The System Awakens: Rise of the Champion

Damian spent the next few hours with Lilith in her bedroom, indulging in the most depraved and perverse acts known to humankind, pleasuring each other over and over again.

Their bodies were soon covered in the evidence of their passion, and even Lilith, known as the original succubus, struggled to keep up with his relentless libido.

It was understandable; despite being a powerful demon, she had not yet achieved godhood.

Her soul was still weaker than that of a true goddess, and so she could only endure Damian's intensity for around three hours.

Still, she was impressive.

Among all of Damian's non-goddess wives, she lasted the longest without losing consciousness.

Now, in the castle of the Succubus Queen, within her personal chambers, on her own bed, Damian and Lilith lay together, their bare bodies pressed against each other.

Lilith sat astride Damian's waist, her legs and arms wrapped tightly around him as they kissed deeply.

Her dazed expression showed she was drowning in waves of pleasure.

Her demonic tail was entwined with Damian's own, as if neither of them wanted to be separated.

"Don't overdo it, my love," Damian murmured, his palm resting gently on her chest, trying to steady her and help her resist the overwhelming succubus instincts that screamed at her to continue.

"I know… I–I'm sorry, Master…" Lilith whispered breathlessly.

When succubi are intimate, they instinctively absorb pieces of their partner's vitality.

Damian's vitality, however, was too strong, too potent, to be fully safe.

If she absorbed more than she could handle, it could harm her.

She had already taken in an impressive amount of his essence, considering the predatory nature of his vitality.

If Damian hadn't weakened it intentionally, her own life force might have been destroyed.

Even then, Damian could have continued to do it with her.

If he blocked her vitality-absorbing ability, he could have gone on for a few more minutes, but he didn't want to, since he was planning on taking her to Heaven when he went for the race of angels.

With a small smile on his face, he gently rubbed her neck before sinking his fangs into her.

"Ahh… M-Master?" Lilith let out a surprised groan of pleasure as Damian drank her demon blood, all while silently injecting the racial essence of High Humans, Alpha Werewolves, and Noble Vampires into her.

In the next couple of seconds, the changes started to become visible to the naked eye.

Her dark purple eyes lightened to a softer shade of purple, and her bronze skin turned paler, whiter than before, though not as pale as Noble Vampires.

Her fangs no longer resembled those of vampires or werewolves, but something in between, a merging of vampire, werewolf, and demon traits.

Her horns shifted from deep black to a dark purple hue.

These were just the outward changes.

Inside, many more transformations were taking place: her senses, her physical constitution, her blood composition, everything was being influenced and altered to make the most of the racial essence now within her.

This was only the beginning.

The full effects of the racial essence would take time to manifest.

While Lilith reeled from the overwhelming sensations of becoming something far greater than a simple High Demon, her master summoned a necklace from his spiritual space and clasped it gently around her neck.

"Huh?" Lilith blinked in surprise, looking down at the necklace.

"Mmm… I give one to all of my wives," Damian said, rubbing her head.

"W-Wives? As in… more than one?" Lilith asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Yes… Do you really think you alone can handle all of my needs?"

Lilith wanted to say yes, but she couldn't.

She had just painfully discovered that she wasn't enough for him, and as jealous as she felt, there was nothing she could do about it.

"I just have one more thing to do, then we can meet the others in Nightingale… you should get dressed," Damian said as he wrapped his fingers gently around her neck and pulled her in for a small kiss.

"What are you going to do, Master?" Lilith asked.

"Nothing much… now that I have complete control over Hell, I'm thinking of using the billions of souls there to recover a portion of my own soul. That will help me better control my needs as the progenitor of so many races and of Hell itself and it will also increase the potency of my abilities," Damian muttered, as a golden-red crown manifested on his head.

Hell has two kinds of rulers: the one who rules the race of demons as the true Demon King, and the one who controls Hell and the damned souls, the King of Hell or Master of Hell.

Lucifer Morningstar was a fallen angel, not a demon.

He could never truly become the true King of Demons; only the Progenitor of Demons could ever truly hold that title.

Since there was no Progenitor of Demons, the demons simply submitted to the strongest being in Hell, which was Lucifer.

Thus, he was recognized as the King of Demons.

When Lucifer proclaimed his fealty to Damian, Damian instantly became the King of Demons.

And when he became the Demon Progenitor, he became the true King of Demons.

As for becoming the Master of Hell, a person must be acknowledged by the Will of Hell, something no one had ever achieved.

Except Damian.

Gaining the acknowledgment of Hell is nothing less than gaining the acknowledgment of the World Tree that powers Hell.

This World Tree was the most ancient and oldest of the five World Trees in existence, the one known as the first World Tree to be born: Yggdrasil.

Yggdrasil was the oldest of all World Trees and the one that powered countless worlds, including the divine pantheons of the upper and lower planes.

In fact, she was the one who powered most of the worlds of both planes, including the Biblical pantheon, the Norse pantheon, and the Greek pantheon, and their respective Heavens and Hells.

Gaining the acknowledgment of someone like her would be close to impossible, for she would never give her acknowledgment to anyone but him, the one she loves and adores.

Gaining Yggdrasil's acknowledgment was inevitable, and so Damian became the true Master of Hell.

Not just the Hell of the Biblical pantheon, but all the Hells of the Greek, Norse, and other pantheons as well.

Becoming the Master of Hell meant Damian could not only control the functions of Hell regarding its management of damned souls but also the very structure of Hell itself.

He then activated one of the four abilities he inherited by becoming the Master of all Hells of the lower plane.

He chose to activate [Scepter of Souls].

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[Inherited Ability: Scepter of Souls]

[Ability granted only to the Master of Hells]

[Effects: Grants the ability to manipulate and control the damned souls of all Hells at will.]

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[Scepter of Souls: Inherited Ability Activated]

As soon as the Master of Hell activated his ability, billions upon billions of souls detached themselves from every pit and corner of the fiery Hells and flew toward the Demon King.

The hellish sky became illuminated with countless specks of blue light, billions of souls rushing toward the chambers of the Succubus Queen.

Lilith, the Succubus Queen, watched with a strange expression on her face as she dressed, her eyes fixed on the endless flood of blue soul-lights descending.

Billions of souls landed on Damian's hand, before a strange purple-red aura engulfed it, absorbing the souls like meteors falling into the land under the pull of gravity.

This lasted for several seconds before he stopped, deeming that enough had been taken.

[You have devoured 2,000,000,000 souls]

[Beginning extraction and synthesization]

[Extracting soul energy from the souls…]

[Extracting karma from the souls…]

[Extracting providence from the souls…]

[Your soul energy increased]

[Your soul energy increased]

[Your soul energy increased]

[Your soul energy has increased by a huge margin…]

[You have recovered one-third of your original soul energy and strength]

[All your innate, unique, and developed abilities have been strengthened by a large margin]

[Your control over your needs and powers as the Progenitor of Humans, Vampires, Werewolves, and Demons has increased by a large margin]

[Your Karma and the karmas of those connected to your life have increased by a large amount]

[Your Providence and the providence of those connected to your life have increased by a large margin]

[Erasing the empty souls from existence…]

Damian absorbed the karma, providence, and soul energy that each and every soul he devoured possessed before erasing the empty vessels of those souls from existence.

As he finished, a thick blue aura encompassed his figure for a few minutes before disappearing completely.

When it faded, his presence seemed to grow, not in the sense that devouring those souls had increased his power, but rather that his very existence had become more prominent than before.

Hell held billions of souls, drawn not only from Earth but from countless other worlds as well.

Twenty billion souls were nothing, and he knew that using them for himself wouldn't affect the system of death, life, and reincarnation.

Devouring those souls not only increased his soul's strength but also reaped additional rewards.

His mind spiraled as his [Law Master] talent worked overtime.

[Your understanding of the Law of Karma has increased]

[Your understanding of the Law of Souls has increased]

[Your understanding of the Law of Destruction has increased]

[Your understanding of the Law of End has increased]