World Version Updates-Chapter 478 - 305: The Yama King Returns, the Underworld Takes Shape

Anna's voice rang out once more, now lacking some of its earlier innocence and clarity, replaced by a deeper and more authoritative tone. Each word seemed to carry immense weight, stirring waves of invisible ripples within the Divine Hall.

Lu Yan looked at the renewed Anna before him, sensing the nascent, yet forming, authority of Yama emanating from her. He nodded in satisfaction.

He knew that from this moment, the Underworld truly possessed a Yama capable of suppressing a region and executing divine retribution.

"Very good." Lu Yan's voice remained calm, "From today, you shall temporarily take the role of the Fifth Hall Yama King, holding the Yama Seal, and be responsible for rewarding the good and punishing the evil.

This seal is not only a symbol of authority but also the hub that connects you with the Power of Origin of the Divine Court and Underworld. You must use it wisely."

"Anna, I shall abide by my lord's decree!" Anna respectfully bowed, solemnly accepting the black Yama seal with both hands.

The seal was cold and heavy in her hands, and streams of pure Power of Origin from the Underworld flowed into her body through her arms, making her feel a closer connection to the entire Underworld.

She could clearly sense that through this seal, she could easily mobilize the gathered Power of Faith in this realm and unleash a terrifying power beyond that of a Sequence Four Human Saint.

Most crucially, vaguely, she could sense the distant existence of the Divine Court and Underworld, and within Fengdu City, the Pantheon where the gods assembled.

In the Pantheon of Fengdu City, divine seats stood tall, representing the stern order and supreme authority of the Divine Court and Underworld.

Previously, only Lu Yan, as the statue of Emperor Fengdu, sat solidly at the apex of the gods, overlooking countless deities in a state of illusory projection below.

The remaining divine seats, though shaped, lacked substance, awaiting the arrival of true bearers.

At the exact moment in the Underworld Divine Hall in Maidang City when Anna successfully inherited the authority of Yama King, an abrupt change occurred in the Pantheon of Fengdu City within Underworld Heaven and Earth.

In the third row of the grand hall, among the ten towering phantoms representing the Ten Halls of Yama, the position belonging to the Fifth Hall Yama King, once obscure and indistinct, suddenly trembled.

Dark Underworld divine light gathered from nothingness like rivers converging madly towards that fifth phantom.

As the light flickered, the phantom quickly solidified, and its lines gradually became clear.

Finally, a petite figure, clad in black ceremonial robes and wearing the Pingtian Crown, replaced the previously indistinct projection, distinctly manifesting on the divine seat.

It was Anna.

At this moment, it was not her true form descending, but rather her authority as Yama King and the imprint of her Divine Soul, manifesting as a shadow on the divine seat within the Pantheon through the connection with the Power of Origin of the Divine Court and Underworld.

Lu Yan sat upright on the highest divine throne, his deep gaze penetrating layers of void, observing everything that transpired with clarity.

He saw Anna, who had just assumed her position, her youthful face, hidden behind the jade bead curtain, was filled with a mix of bewilderment and caution, carefully turning.

Her clear, large eyes were now darting around, examining the terrifying divine phantoms surrounding her.

Majestic ghost gods, ferocious ghost kings, solemn Yama... each phantom represented a powerful entity within the Underworld system. Even as projections, the ancient divine might they exuded was enough to fill her, essentially only a Sequence Seven, with dread.

Anna's small body trembled slightly beneath the expansive ceremonial robes, her tiny hands tightly clutching the corner of her ceremonial attire, her large eyes filled with trepidation and unease in this unfamiliar environment.

She was like a little girl who accidentally wandered into a kingdom of giants, appearing so small and helpless amidst everything surrounding her.

Seeing this, Lu Yan couldn't help but let a faint smile curl at the corners of his mouth.

Anna was merely sixteen before her death; her long-term illness and malnutrition had stunted her physical development, making her appear younger than her actual age, looking around only twelve or thirteen.

Even after death, despite her soul's repeated ascensions, this youthful appearance, stemming from her life's origin, never changed.

Previously, the holy light in Maidang City acted like a divine filter, causing people to focus more on her divine compassion, overlooking her petite stature.

But now, in this solemn, reverent Pantheon surrounded by divine phantoms, her diminutive form starkly and interestingly contrasted with the ceremonial robes symbolizing supreme authority.

The voluminous robes almost enveloped her completely, and the jade bead curtain of the Pingtian Crown accentuated the smallness of her face even more.

In this guise, she resembled a child earnestly trying to appear mature, secretly donning adult clothes, attempting to mimic an authoritative demeanor, yet everywhere betrayed an innocence unfitting her age, which in Lu Yan's parental eyes, seemed endearingly cute.

Just as Anna felt increasingly uneasy, almost retreating into the large robes, her gaze finally penetrated the layers of divine phantoms, sighting the apex of the gods — the phantom of Emperor Fengdu radiating endless majesty and familiar aura.

In that instant, it was as if a lone boat adrift found a lighthouse; all the fear and anxiety in Anna's heart dissipated like mist under warming sunlight, vanishing without a trace.

A feeling of kinship and belonging, arising from the depths of her soul, calmed her unsettled heart instantly.

She knew that was His Excellency, the one who bestowed upon her a rebirth, guiding her path, her lord.