Chapter 050: Farewell

Besides this, the gods possessed all sorts of marvelous powers.

For example, omniscience and omnivision.

Within the range covered by a god's will, they were omniscient—able to know anything of the past and present with a single thought, and also able to perceive the future. The will of a second-class god sufficed to cover a range of hundreds of billions or even trillions of light-years.

The reason Wang Bo was discovered by the Death God when he took Shion from the Underworld was precisely because of this ability.

There was also the World Mirror, the ability to create a light screen and project the image of a planet. No matter how many billions of light-years away a planet was, the light screen could display what was happening there at that moment.

Even more impressive was Imagination Materialization, the power to turn one's own thoughts into reality. The eighty-eight constellations that twinkled in the night sky and the myths of the constellations were said to have appeared according to Athena's thoughts.

Later, the constellations also became the design blueprint for the Cloths.

Of course, whatever powers the gods of other worlds possessed, the gods of this world also had.

For instance, the power of creation—creating an entirely new world according to one's own will, with the ability to arbitrarily set the laws and rules of that world. Hades created the Underworld, Hell, and Elysium. Poseidon created the Sea World and the phantom kingdom of Atlantis.

Another example was creating life—creating various lives and souls according to one's own ideas, and being able to arbitrarily set the strength of the life one created. In the Age of Myth, when the gods created humans, they set the life level so that humans were born with the Seventh Sense.

That era of humanity seemed to be called the Golden Age.

And Poseidon created trillions of sea tribes, some of which were creatures imagined in myths and legends, but Poseidon brought them into existence. Nowadays, these were also considered one of the prototypes of the Scales.

Sometimes, the more one understood these gods, the clearer their power became.

Wang Bo really couldn't understand how Seiya and the others managed to overthrow these powerful gods one by one.

But upon careful thought, Wang Bo discovered a problem.

In the last Holy War, whether it was the Death God, the Sleep God, or even Hades, they all seemed to use human bodies to fight against the Saints.

Especially Hades, who cherished the body born from his parents, the former God King Cronus and the Queen of Gods Rhea, and hated to have that body injured. So since the Age of Myth, he had always kept his true body in the deepest part of the Underworld, Elysium, and each time he revived, he would occupy the body of the purest human of the current era.

Wang Bo wasn't sure how much of their true power these human bodies could unleash, but it probably wasn't too much—maybe not even one percent, or even one thousandth, since they all ended up being defeated.

If their human bodies could unleash great power, they wouldn't have been defeated.

As for the later Sea Emperor Poseidon, because his true body had been destroyed in the Age of Myth, when he awakened, he also used a human body, and moreover, he hadn't fully awakened, so his power wasn't fully unleashed.

In the end, he was overthrown by Seiya and the others.

From this point of view, human bodies were really weak, unable to fully manifest the power of the gods.

On the other hand, Seiya and the others were truly strong, time and again like indomitable cockroaches, overthrowing the human bodies of the gods one by one. Of course, Athena's help was indispensable in this.

But even so, their strength was beyond doubt.

Moreover, Wang Bo remembered that Pegasus had possessed the power to kill gods since the Age of Myth. No wonder Seiya later overthrew the human bodies of the gods one by one.

These random thoughts flashed through Wang Bo's mind. When Wang Bo came back to his senses, he saw Shion on the ground slowly opening his eyes.

He was resurrected.

Having lived in the Underworld for countless years, Shion found the sunlight of the Sanctuary somewhat uncomfortable upon his return, raising his arm to shield his eyes.

Seeing this, Mu was overcome with emotion and walked over to kneel down. "Teacher, welcome back."

"It's you, Mu." Shion saw his disciple and, with Mu's support, slowly stood up, asking, "This is the Sanctuary."

"Yes, Teacher." Mu nodded, struggling to contain his excitement.

Shion quickly understood what had happened to him. "Did Lady Athena resurrect me?"

"No, it was Mr. Wang Bo," Mu said. "He is a friend of Milo's."

Shion's gaze shifted and soon locked onto Wang Bo. Among those present, everyone was either wearing a Gold Cloth or holding the Goddess's scepter; the only man with a different style was naturally Wang Bo.

"Thank you very much for your help, Mr. Wang Bo," Shion said slowly.

"You're welcome."

Just then, Aiolia of Leo approached, his voice trembling. "Mr. Wang Bo, if the Pope can be resurrected, then my brother..."

Wang Bo smiled bitterly. "Sorry, I can't do that."

"Why?" Aiolia's eyes widened in confusion.

Wang Bo said, "When I resurrected Shion just now, I alerted Thanatos, the God of Death, and exchanged blows with him. I believe he is now on guard, so..."

Aiolia then remembered the scene where Wang Bo had suddenly donned the Kamui and punched out of the Sanctuary.

So that wasn't part of the resurrection process at all; it was an exchange of blows with Thanatos across space.

"Sorry for putting you in a difficult position." Aiolia was not unreasonable; knowing the full story, he immediately apologized to Wang Bo.

Wang Bo waved his hand modestly. "It's nothing. Your thoughts are only natural. Actually, I didn't expect the God of Death to intervene either."

In this world, the Sanctuary maintains peace throughout the universe.

The Underworld, on the other hand, gathers the souls of all the dead from the universe—a number so vast that Wang Bo had no clear idea. So when he resurrected Shion, he never imagined Thanatos would interfere.

But unexpectedly, he did intervene. If Wang Bo hadn't acted in time, Shion would have been finished.

The other Saints, though disappointed that Wang Bo could not resurrect anyone else, accepted the fact.

Shion then paid his respects to Saori Kido. Upon learning that the purpose of his resurrection was to govern the Sanctuary, Shion did not decline and resolutely took on the responsibility.

After all, at present, he was the only one suitable to be Pope.

Moreover, after being nourished by the Fountain of Eternal Youth, he felt full of energy and believed he could live for another eighty or a hundred years, so he was more than capable of being Pope.

A few days later, everything in the Sanctuary was on track, and Wang Bo took the opportunity to bid farewell to Saori Kido.

After all, he had been in this world for some time and it was time to return to the world of The Mummy. Wang Bo had not forgotten that there was still a time-traveler in that world to deal with.