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"Hey, why aren't we getting revived?!" Zhulong's soul complained.
"I don't think you have the right to complain," Lucifer replied. "If you don't want me to eat your soul, go join my children and plead for mercy!"
"Ugh…!" Zhulong's blazing soul glared at the other Heavenly Dragon Souls. They had all been befriended and refined into Divine Spirit Dragon Ghosts by Nyx and Thanatos, becoming their contracted Undead Familiars. In the end, he accepted his fate and became their friend—or rather, their pet.
As all of this unfolded, Maria explained to Shiva, Kali, Vishnu, Brahma, Zhulong, Kannon, and the other deities present what had been happening and why she had chosen to give them a second chance.
She revealed that the Heavenly Father planned to devour them all once Shiva weakened the Tenfold Realm enough, and that the Jade Emperor was a traitor willing to sacrifice every one of them except his own Heavenly Jade Palace Immortals.
