"Where am I? Why does this place feel so familiar?"

As Jiang Yuan looked around, he disappeared from Yu Garden, but when he reappeared, he found himself in a space that felt very familiar.

"Lord Death, do you remember me?"

Just as Jiang Yuan was confused, a hoarse voice rang out in the space, and a phantom ghostly figure was floating in mid-air not far away.

"The master of the black market?" Jiang Yuan asked calmly. The Five Ghosts had just brought him to an ordinary mansion, and he had entered this space as soon as he stepped through the mansion's gate. So it was obvious who was in this space.

"No!"

The ghostly figure trembled, clearly trying its best to suppress its excitement. It slowly removed its black robe and hat, revealing a skull beneath. Deep black vortexes were visible in the skull's two eye sockets—vortices of souls that had absorbed countless innocent dead.

"Lord Death, you really don't remember me?" The ghostly voice carried an indescribable sinister chill, as if it were a demon crawling out of the depths of hell.

"Lord Death?"

Jiang Yuan's heart raced. The other person had been calling him "Lord Death" ever since they came in. Logically speaking, no one would call him that, yet the other person acted as if they knew him and had a deep connection with him.

"Hehehe!"

The ghostly figure's jaws clashed, and a voice from hell rang out: "That's right, how could a god like you, devoid of emotion, care about a mere imp!"

What are you saying?

Jiang Yuan wanted to activate his Heavenly Eye, but he couldn't get any information in this space. Even the Eye of All Heavens couldn't penetrate the dimensions of space and time to help him find the answer.

"In that case, I will take your place."

The ghostly figure donned its black robe once more, flames erupting from its eye sockets. In no time, the hellfire had enveloped the ghostly figure layer upon layer, making it appear as if it were a hellish ghostly figure walking amidst flames.

Upon seeing this scene, Jiang Yuan suddenly had a memory that didn't belong to him appear in his mind. It was a god walking in the cycle of reincarnation, whose body was wrapped in countless hellfires.

This hellfire represents the fire of lust, the fire of sin, and the fire of karma, and only the true god of death can control it.

"Lord Death, merge with me, and I will walk the rest of the way for you," Ghostly Shadow grinned excitedly at Jiang Yuan.

"I know who you are."

Jiang Yuan remained calm. He had indeed recognized the other party. When Hell first opened, the Grim Reaper obtained a wisp of sentient, companion ghost fire and carried it with him. After countless years of evolution, this wisp of ghost fire had become an existence comparable to a living being. In fact, if the Grim Reaper hadn't perished along the way, this wisp of ghost fire would have grown into an existence on par with the companion god.

Hell is, in a sense, a world, and at the end of the will-o'-the-wisp is the accompanying god.

"Hahaha, the true Grim Reaper has fallen. Since no one in the world can inherit his will, then I will carry on his legacy." The ghostly figure was so excited that he danced with joy. The space became restless and agitated because of his anomaly. Countless crimson flames rose from the ground, and the entire space was showing signs of turning into hell.

"Trying to take your place? You've really got a good plan!" Jiang Yuan was filled with a murderous aura. This symbiotic ghost fire originated from the Grim Reaper, but now it wanted to devour its master. It definitely couldn't be allowed to live.

"Jiang Yuan, I know everything about you, I know all your abilities!"

"In this space, the power of death you possess has no effect on me. The only result is that you will be assimilated by me, and I will become you, become the Grim Reaper!"

The ghostly figure kept changing, and its appearance began to match Jiang Yuan's. Clearly, it was now planning to live on as the Grim Reaper.

"Are you already so eager to replace me?"

Seeing the actions of the accompanying will-o'-the-wisp, Jiang Yuan was furious. He never expected that the owner of the black market would be a wisp of will-o'-the-wisp that had lived for countless years.

Because the companion will-o'-the-wisp is not a true living being, and because the Grim Reaper truly regarded the companion will-o'-the-wisp as one of his few friends, he used his own methods to allow it to escape the restrictions of reincarnation and life and death, which is why the companion will-o'-the-wisp lived for countless years. But unexpectedly, this guy has now usurped the Grim Reaper's power.

"Please rest assured, sir, I will treat your family well. After all, you are the person I respect most."

The ghostly figure laughed wildly as it charged towards Jiang Yuan, unleashing a torrent of hellfire that instantly engulfed him.

Feeling the excruciating pain of being burned by a thousand flames, Jiang Yuan tried to activate the cycle of reincarnation, but no matter what he did, he could not find any trace of it. Moreover, not only the cycle of reincarnation, but all the abilities related to the God of Death within him were imprisoned by a force.

Given the current situation, there's no need to guess who the culprit is; it must be the work of the accompanying will-o'-the-wisp.

Having accompanied Death for countless years, it naturally knows the strengths and weaknesses of the Death system. Therefore, it had already considered all aspects when setting up this hell. It would be strange if it could use Death's power now.

Being old and not dying is a thief, and the companion ghost fire is definitely an old thief in the cycle of hell. Since it has chosen to devour its master, the success rate of its plan must be over 90%.

Unfortunately, the accompanying ghost fire didn't know that Jiang Yuan was not just the Jiang Yuan who had received the inheritance of the God of Death.

It is no exaggeration to say that the strongest inheritance within his body is not the God of Death, but Eternity.

Eternity comprises three selves: the Grim Reaper representing the past is the ego, Jiang Yuan representing the present is the id, and the infinite future is the superego. Therefore, the Grim Reaper is only a part of his power.

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