Greek Mythology: Evolution from the Gargoyle

"Also," Medea counted on her fingers, "Lord Metis, the first wife of Zeus, the source of her divine power is a gushing spring called [Fountain of Wisdom]."

"It's been a long time since I heard from Lady Metis. She is smart, gentle, and full of compassion. I like her very much."

Medea smiled and winked at Yang Qi, "But I still want to kill her."

"She was handed over to Hera by Zeus." Yang Qi thought silently in his heart without saying it.

"Then there is Zeus's second wife, Eurynome. The source of her divine power is a wilderness with lush water and grass called the [Happiness Field]."

"There is a green tree of happiness growing in the wilderness, which will bear the fruit of happiness. It is said that the living being who eats the fruit of happiness will receive great happiness."

"Lord Eurynome is also very cute. She is shorter than me, ignorant and really like a child. The source of her divine power is eternally visible, and there is a small sapling growing on her head. That small sapling is happiness. Tree."

"Then there is Lady Themis, the third wife of Zeus. Lady Themis is cold and arrogant, like an iceberg. She is the goddess of law in the Court of Gods, and is said to be the most powerful goddess in the Court of Olympus. "

"The source of her divine power is a judgment seat, with swords and scrolls placed on the judgment seat."

"Then..." Medea counted them one by one with her fingers, "Too many!"

"If you have the chance, you will know everything in the future!"

"But it's a pity that you are just a stinky lizard crawling on the ground on your belly. If it weren't for me, how would you know so many Olympus gods." Medea said with a smile.

"Oh, right!" Medea's eyes suddenly lit up, "As far as I know, among the gods of Olympus, the one with the most special source of divine power is the seventh wife of Zeus, who is also his first wife, the Queen of Heaven. Hera.”

"The source of Hera's divine power is three golden beads. Endless phantoms burst out from behind each bead. In the phantoms, all the female creatures in the divine world are reflected."

"The three beads represent the girl, the wife, and the widow respectively, throughout the life of a female creature."

"As each bead shines behind Hera's back, her character changes, becoming a maiden, a wife, or a widow."

"Hera is the guardian of all female creatures," Medea clicked her tongue, "but it is said that Hera has a very bad temper."

"Did you see it? Lady Hera's source of divine power is special because she has had the form of a trinity since she was born. It is an extremely noble form of the source of divine power that even Zeus does not have!"

Yang Qi thought to himself: "No wonder I saw three golden beads phantom behind the statue of Hera in the altar. At that time, I was still wondering why she was the only one with them."

Yang Qi asked, "Trinity, so important?"

Medea said: "There are three important stages in moving from a weak god to the greatest god."

"One is the realm of gods that appears after advancing to a higher god."

"One is the doppelganger that appears after advancing to the main god."

"One is the trinity that appears after advancing to God-King."

"The realm of gods is the authority controlled by gods."

"For example, my mother is the queen of magic and witchcraft, so I was born with the authority of magic and witchcraft."

"After I advance to the level of higher god, the authority I control will evolve into [God's Domain]."

"The control of authority is more skillful and more powerful."

"Of course... there will be creatures who are born without authority. For example, you were born as a smelly lizard, so how can you say that you have authority?"

Medea smiled and said, "Gods without authority can only gain authority through the priesthood of Olympus."

"Then talk about the doppelganger."

"In the divine world of Olympus, all living creatures have only one soul."

"But after advancing to the main god, a second soul will appear."

"Two souls will bring two sources of divine power, two bodies, two names...everything."

"Do you know the other name of God King Zeus, Jupiter?"

Yang Qi nodded. The twelve main gods of Olympus in later generations all have two names.

Zeus corresponds to Jupiter, Hera corresponds to Juno, Poseidon corresponds to Neptune, Athena corresponds to Minerva, and so on.

Medea said: "That's it. At this stage, the gods will first awaken two souls, and then [doppelgangers] will appear."

"Two souls...what about me?" Yang Qi thought silently in his heart, "Do I have a human soul now, a dragon soul, or both?"

Yang Qi asked: "So, before advancing to the main god level, is it possible for a living creature to have two souls?"

"Impossible!" Medea said categorically, "Even if for very accidental reasons, the creatures before the main god level have two souls, the two souls will attack each other. In the end, only one will be left."

Yang Qi thought in his heart: "In other words, if I have a human soul and a dragon soul at the same time, these two souls will attack each other..."

Medea continued: "For [Double], two names, two bodies, and two sources of divine power are not the most important."

"the most important is."

Medea stretched out her white slender fingers and inserted them into the earth of the underworld.

A centipede came out from her fingers.

She stared at Yang Qi: "Big dragon. What will happen if I kill this centipede?"

"..." Yang Qi shook his head, "I don't understand. What will happen?"

Poof!

Medea pinched the centipede to death with her fingers, and the green blood of the centipede covered her fingers.

"I killed this centipede, which also means that I and this centipede are entangled with threads of fate."

"And you witnessed this happen."

"You, me, and this centipede are entangled in the threads of fate."

"Do you know what I'm talking about?" Medea asked solemnly.

"It seems... you're talking about cause and effect?" Yang Qi replied.

"I'm not talking about cause and effect. What I'm talking about is, [let reality disappear]." Medea grabbed a handful of underworld dirt and wiped her fingers clean.

"What I mean is that after ascending to the level of the main god and awakening the second level, the gods will have one and only one chance to cut off the thread of fate!"

"The god can sacrifice his second source of divine power and cut off the thread of fate entangled with all living beings, which means cutting off reality!"

"Whatever happened will be as if it never happened!"

"For example, if I awaken my doppelganger, then I can cut off the thread of fate entangled with this lizard at the cost of a source of divine power."

"Then, I am no longer the one who killed that lizard. I have nothing to do with it."

"This is the power of doppelganger!"

"It can make what happened disappear!"

"Or to put it more bluntly, you can avoid responsibility."

Medea's eyes twinkled.

“In the end, there’s the Trinity.”

"After advancing to the God King level, the Trinity will appear."

"Only by condensing the source of divine power of the Trinity can we transcend the realm of the God King and move to the next stronger stage! That is a stage that even Zeus has not reached!"

"But Hera has vaguely possessed the source of the divine power of the Trinity since she was born."

"It can be seen that Hera is indeed the destined queen of heaven."

Yang Qi asked: "Where do you know so much knowledge?"

"Of course it's because I am the number one scholar in the divine world!"

"Have you seen the source of divine power of the Olympian gods?"

Medea opened her thin palms, and there were three white pebbles inside. She smiled and said, "Of course it's a divination! It's not guaranteed to be 100% accurate!"

"..." Yang Qi smiled and shook his head, "I understand."

"Big dragon." Medea looked at Yang Qi with her beautiful eyes and said, "You come with me."

She smiled: "There are a lot of delicious food."

Yang Qi couldn't deny it. He was not familiar with the underworld, and it would be good to have Medea as his guide. "where are we going?"

Medea used the stones to divine things and observed carefully for a moment, "We have to go due east."

"You can tell fortunes, right?"

"Nonsense! This lady is the world's number one fortune teller!"

"Forget it." Yang Qi rolled his eyes and let her go.

"Let's go to my palace." Medea's voice suddenly dropped. "Three Phases Temple."

She seemed to have remembered something unhappy, her face darkened, she lowered her head, took out the broken staff, rode on it, and flew into the air.

Yang Qi also followed.

Medea seemed a little unhappy.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing." Medea flew in front, the wind blowing her hair and her shallow voice came over,

"Dalong, you said that the daughter of a prisoner is still a prisoner. The daughter of a slave is still a slave, even if she is a god."

"Is this correct?" Medea asked.

"I don't believe it." Yang Qi said.

"I almost believe it. Haha." Medea suddenly slowed down, flew to Yang Qi's side, took out two crystal-clear gems from her pocket, and handed them over.

"Dalong, as promised. I'll give you the reward."

Yang Qi swallowed the gem in one gulp, and immediately felt a rush of heat gushing out of his internal organs, which was extremely comfortable.

Strength is increasing again.

"So good! So greedy! It's almost the same as the two-headed dog from the underworld that I raised!" Medea said with a smile.

"Get out!" Yang Qi opened his mouth and spat back.

"Yo yo. He has a bad temper. I feed my puppy, and it still knows how to wag its tail twice."

"I'm not a dog, I'm a dragon! And this is what you promised!"

"Can you let me ride now?" Medea blinked and came closer, "I have never ridden a dragon before."

"I won't let any god ride."

"Humph!" Medea's face darkened, and she immediately increased her speed and flew towards the earth.

"Coming!"

…

A dragon and a girl fly in the underworld for about half a year.

During this period, Yang Qi hunted some wild beasts from the underworld when he was hungry. Although there were not as many wild beasts here as in the divine world, there were some, mostly mourning birds flying in the air.

When he was thirsty, he dug in the soil and drank from the spring.

Medea barely ate and drank only water. However, every time Yang Qi ate, she would mock him in different ways.

"Eating phase!"

"dirty!"

"Like a dog! Worse than a dog!"

"How can you be so good at eating? You won't eat up our mourning bird, right?"

"You won't hold up until you die, right?"

Yang Qi responded every time.

In this way, Yang Qi and Medea finally arrived at their destination after flying for half a year.

However, Yang Qi felt that the closer to the destination, the lower Medea's mood became.

"We're here." Medea descended slowly, pointing to a huge palace in front of her, "That's my home. The Temple of the Three Phases."