How do you survive the underworld with max health, an amethyst staff and a godly ice blade?
I always die from the enemies and hellstone, but all the enemies are a bit stupid because they stay away from you (demons and fire imps do it). I always enter hell and land on hellstone (there is a hellstone brick building under my hell-evator). I just die in the first 10 seconds. It's a bit annoying.
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Fire Imps spawn where there is enough room. You can build a grid with stone and make sure the holes in the grid are just small enough, so the Imps wont spawn there. That is how I do it.
Also, with advantage, you can use melee weapons to deflect the fireballs coming from the Fire Imps. Higher attack speed will of course make it easier to hit the fireballs.
For more information on Fire Imps, take a look at the Terraria Wiki.
Where it also states:
Fire Imps cannot spawn in tunnels three blocks high by two blocks wide.
So building your grid around that information should work. And thus keep Fire Imps from spawning.
Find a place where below you there's a lot of ground (ash) and hellstone (no buildings or anything where the imps can spawn on). Dig a tunnel (width 2) under you (block fireballs with a fast pickaxe) and mine until there are no visible places to spawn for imps, other than your own tunnel (which you can even fill with dirt).
Then it's easy to mine hellstone while blocking the fireballs of the few imps with your pickaxe (always face the enemy while mining). There won't be many imps since they don't have much space to spawn.
A stack of potions, magic mirror and any flail (for worms) should then be enough.
(I think the tunnel in the image is too wide, but hopefully this still makes it more clear)
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You really should have at least an Obsidian Skull before you attempt to tackle the Underworld. It makes you immune to the damage from Hellstone and Meteorite Ore and simply requires 20 Obsidian to craft at a Furnace. However, I strongly recommend that you craft yourself an Obsidian Shield as this also provides immunity to knockback effects, which can be incredibly dangerous when you're mostly surrounded by lava! For that you'd need to head to the Dungeon (and kill Skeletron if you haven't already) and open the chests there until you find a Cobalt Shield, then combine it with the Obsidian Skull at the Tinkerer's Workshop
An appropriate set of armour would be extremely beneficial as well (you didn't list what armour you're currently using).
If you're more of a melee player at heart, then you should consider getting either the Shadow Armour or the Crimson Armour depending upon whether your world has Corruption or Crimson.
If you're more of a ranged player, then consider getting a set of Meteor Armour and a Space Gun to go with it. If no meteors have landed in your world yet, head to the Corruption/Crimson and smash a Shadow Orb or Crimson Heart or two (do it at night for a 50% chance of a meteor either immediately or the next night, depending on the time).
Next up, make sure you've got some mobility-enhancing items with you as well. Some form of Grappling Hook is extremely important as you won't be able to make a set of Wings yet. The hook will allow you to cross over the lava lakes much more easily, and can save your life in a pinch.
Make sure you have a stack or two of healing potions as well. Obsidian Skin Potions are also an extremely useful tool for mining Hellstone and generally improving survivability due to the lava damage immunity it grants, however you need Fireblossom as one of the ingredients so you probably won't be able to make any until you've played around in the Underworld for a bit first (you can sometimes find them in pots in the Underworld, so smash any that you find).
Also remember that an Imp's Burning Sphere projectile can be destroyed by simply swinging your sword at it when it gets close - completely negating any damage you might have taken.