The entire process was nearly complete, and the gods held their breath, their gazes fixed on the golden-haired goddess radiating a life force that was utterly at odds with the underworld, alongside her, the dark-haired deity with ebony wings.

"O spirits who have completed the journey of death, listen to my whispers. Death is not an end but a new beginning. When you regain your original purity, you will be granted the right to be reborn. Come, enter the temple of ...