Epic of Caterpillar Chapter 2927 - 2928: The Hades Family Reunites

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"Come, join me. Parallel selves can become one in this world. Like it happened to Kireina and many others," Earth's Tsukuyomi uttered with a soft smile, beckoning his alternate self to unite.

"Ah…! Is that… possible?" Genesis Tsukuyomi wondered.

"It is… Let's fight together, to avenge Amaterasu!" Earth's Tsukuyomi pressed.

"…Yes! I am not a fighter like you but… if my power, and my moon, can be of any use, take it!" Genesis Tsukuyomi agreed resolutely. He merged his soul with Earth's Tsukuyomi.

Their thoughts and recollections blended into one lunar deity. Now fully tapping into Genesis Moon's strength, Tsukuyomi brimmed with unmatched power.

He charged at the Supremes of Time, Destiny, and Souls, battling intensely and aiding Aura alongside the System Master as Lucifer drew nearer with Hell's primal force.

"Wait, you?!" Aura cried out.

"Excuse me, gentlemen, let me assist you," Tsukuyomi stated serenely. "In these dire times, we must work together."

"Fine by me," the System Master grumbled. Pillars of divine light and celestial elements exploded from his form. "Aura, don't slow us down!"

"Hah?! I should say that about you, my friend!" Aura chuckled.

The trio collided with the Supremes of Time, Destiny, and Souls. The fight remained balanced. Time's powers proved most lethal, yet Tsukuyomi's command over Time let him block and neutralize them before they struck others, positioning him as Time's chief foe.

Simultaneously, Aura deployed his stellar cosmos domain, showering countless fiery stars onto the three Supremes. The System Master tampered with their system profiles, debuffing stats and skills maximally while pilfering abilities to integrate into his own arsenal.

While battling at full force, Tsukuyomi dispatched a swift message to every comrade across the field—even reaching Kireina and those soaring overhead.

"To stop the brainwashing you must separate your target's body and soul! If the soul remains brainwashed, split it open and extract the inner side. The brainwashing creates an 'outer shell' that controls and cages the true mind and consciousness buried within! If you do this, you can save them. The outer shell cannot be recovered, however."

With the technique clear to all, they acknowledged it. Far above, Zagreus soared beside his mother, sisters, and allies against Hades, horrifically twisted into a gigantic tentacled horror of cadavers and specters, overtaken by the Netherworld Plane Ruler.

"But how can we do that when Father looks like that?!" Melinoë snapped furiously.

"Yeah?!" Makaria echoed in shock.

"The power is within you, my dears," Persephone soothed. "Makaria, you are the Goddess of Soul Healing. Melinoë, you are the Goddess of the Duality Between Life and Death. Zagreus, you are the God of Undead Hunting. Combined and boosted by the Blessings from Flora and Kireina, it is feasible. But we must merge as one. Zagreus, bearer of your father's Tartarus Authority, must weave our souls into a unified being."

"That's possible?!" Zagreus questioned.

"I will guide you," Persephone beamed. She clasped her daughters' hands and pulled her son into an embrace.

FLAAASH!

Zagreus sensed his hidden strength flare up. Myriads of Tartarus souls rushed to empower them, merging into a massive winged infernal serpent. Zagreus and his sisters' Divinities combined, Persephone at the heart. Their companions channeled Moon and Sun energies, bestowing the serpent with Eclipsing prowess—to divide body from soul.

"Divinity Soul Grand Fusion – Soul And Body Eclipsing Primordial Serpent: Acheron-Helios Sunderer!"

"SHAAAAAHHHH!"

The kilometer-spanning serpent roared with savage might. All inside experienced the glowing essences of Sun, Moon, Death, and Life flowing through its spectral frame.

"Then, shall we begin?!"

Persephone bellowed, spearheading the assault on the hideous aberration Hades had transformed into.

Though weakened, the beast roared back. Tentacles whipped wildly as hordes of phantoms, bones, and undead melded into huge clutching limbs.

The serpent retaliated with rays of eclipsing radiance—strikes meant to mercifully dispatch the undead and usher them forward.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The fiend moaned and fought back, but its appendages exploded as the serpent, akin to a dark-golden bolt, tore through and burrowed into the core.

"HADES!!!"

"DAD!!!"

Persephone and her children shouted in anguish as the serpent plunged into a turbulent ocean of awareness and shadow.

Within, Hades lay trapped inside a enormous black cube, itself enclosed by a vast sphere of piercing brilliance.

He suffered domination by dual forces—utterly robbing him of any defiance.

The serpent lunged at the glowing sphere like a dart. The light chased relentlessly, but the serpent, fusion of light and dark, outpaced it.

Suddenly the black cube bellowed, its red eyes flaring wide.

The Netherworld Plane Ruler's awareness stirred.

"WHO DARES— AAACK!?"

It never got the chance; the serpent hammered once more, demolishing its psyche and rendering it comatose deep in the Netherworld Plane.

"Hades!"

"Dad!"

"E-Eh?"

Hades gradually lifted his eyes, beholding his cherished wife and offspring. They surged forward to hug him as the serpent absorbed his shape, letting his soul emerge and hover in its ghostly form.

"P-Persephone?! Zagreus…! Melinoë…! Makaria!"

Tears streamed from Hades as he clutched his family, reunited at last. Precisely then, Ferberite—Divine Supreme Darkness and Death Spirit, kin to Ruby and the rest—roused and channeled his essence into Hades.

"Hades! We don't have much time! That monster's mind is destroyed, but its instincts to devour all life remain. Let's escape—quickly!"

Ferberite bestowed a fresh Spirit Body on Hades and empowered the serpent with his abilities, advancing its evolution. The beast erupted from Hades' remains, morphing into an infinite sprawl of tentacles unleashing death and nether everywhere.

"GRUUOOOHHHHH…!"

Hades realized this horror demanded total annihilation to avert worse devastation. He signaled to Persephone, his son, daughters, and his son's companions trailing them.

"Let's do it!"

His Divinity fused with Ferberite's Spirit Power, igniting like an obsidian star. All divinities funneled into that orb, firing a cataclysmic beam of annihilation.

"Divinity Soul Grand Fusion – Acheron-Elysium Equilibrium!!!"

The ray—bearing solar brilliance, lunar sheen, death's might, and life's splendor—lanced through the atrocity. Its frame ballooned, overwhelmed by the clashing titanic energies.

Until…

BOOOMMM!!!

The blast engulfed the vicinity. The grotesque shell of the mindless Netherworld Plane Ruler fragmented utterly. Devoid of its divine intellect, the Plane could no longer invade other realms.

"It's finally done!" Persephone cheered delightedly. "Aahh, how I missed you all, my dears!"

"Mommyyyy!" Melinoë wailed childishly.

"Mooom!" Makaria bawled.

"Mother…" Zagreus grinned tenderly, embracing her while restraining his tears.

"My family…! Everyone…! I cannot believe it… we're finally together again…!" Hades sobbed, gritting his teeth in their group hug.

"Well, looks like things turned out nice and good, heheh!"

"Yep! I like good endings."

Hanshuan and Henshian, the Sun Monkey God siblings, beamed while toasting the Hades clan's reunion.

"It's not done yet, however!"

"Yeah, we must press on. With this serpent's power, we should help the Supremes regain their minds!"

Glimmerdust, the Moon Moth Goddess of the Moon's Shadow, and Sindarin, the Moon Elf Goddess of the Moonlight Dew, prodded the family onward.

"You're right. This Divine Beast we've forged holds the key to saving them!" Hades affirmed. "Let's not waste time—let's hurry!"

The Hades family streaked across the heavens, first targeting the Supremes of Time, Destiny, and Souls.

Lucifer had unleashed his utmost fury. He called forth Hell's Dimension and merged with his authentic form there, surging with dominant strength.

United with Tsukuyomi, Aura, and the System Master, they contained the three enthralled Supremes.

Yet unwilling to slay former comrades, they merely held them off—only to get repelled repeatedly by their vast power.

Against entities of this level, holding back proved futile. Death was the sole viable path.

"Damn it! Do we really need to kill our old friends?!" Aura yelled, his stellar fists clamping Time.

"T-There's nothing else we can do!" the System Master bellowed. "If you won't, I will!"

"Stop!" Lucifer ordered. "Look!"

A colossal serpent descended from above. All marveled at its colossal aura. They instantly knew its nature—and its masters.

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