Greek Mythology: The Spiritual Dominator

Time cannot be tampered with at will. The more powerful the world is, the more powerful beings it involves, the more so.

Therefore, before reaching a certain height, by 'killing the past' and then 'killing the present', it is actually much more difficult and costly than killing one's enemies head-on.

Therefore, although the time dragons in the future can travel through the past and the future, they cannot change what has happened at will. They observe the future, but they cannot know which future is real, or what they see is not real, it is just a slight possibility that is not even a prediction; they have insight into the past, but it is more like looking at a future. A film, even if it involves beings too much beyond themselves, can lead to a blurring of the 'film'.

"But this is limited to the main body of Khaos. After all, there are too many gods here and the laws are too strict. If it were elsewhere, it should be much better."

Ryan's eyes passed through the layers of obstacles and saw the void outside the present world and within the world. As a god who was deeply involved in the process of integrating the nine kingdoms into the world, even if he did not actively predict it, fate still gave him a feedback.

He could vaguely notice that the small Nine Realm fragments that were absorbed by Kaostun from the beginning have begun to evolve. As time goes by, they may become some scattered small planes, anchored to the main body of the world. .

Compared with the current world, the rules of those small planes are weak, and it is difficult to give birth to powerful life. For such places where high-level power does not exist, the Time Dragon can undoubtedly do whatever it wants. Not surprisingly, that will be their main activity place in the future.

After all, as dragons, they are already powerful enough. But in the world of Khaos, the gods are the masters of the world.

"And you."

Ryan turned to look at the other dragon egg, which didn't need to be considered.

Spirituality itself is the power best suited to it. What you really need to care about is how much it can withstand.

The palm of his hand gently brushed the surface of the dragon egg. In an instant, the originally dark eggshell turned white, and the whole body changed from a pure entity to an illusion.

The purest spiritual power is continuously injected into the dragon egg along Ryan's fingertips, providing strength to the unborn dragons inside. It begins to get rid of the state of matter and changes towards a form between virtual body and entity.

Once the transformation is completed, it will not only have a powerful body common to dragons, but also be able to travel between the mind and consciousness, and even control elements to see the future.

Of course, this is limited to itself. As the first one, it is always special, and its kin may not have this ability.

"Huh?"

Suddenly, Ryan unexpectedly discovered that perhaps because spiritual power had significantly enhanced the consciousness of the dragon egg, it had already acquired a vague ability to think even before it was born.

It begins to convey a vague message, roughly seeking a name.

Originally, as Nidhogg's creation, every dragon should have a 'message' originating from him as its unique name in the future. This is both a title and one of his anchor points. But now, the dragon egg transformed by the spirit world has been stripped of this influence, so it instinctively needs a name.

"Do you want a name? Don't worry, it's official. Since it hasn't been born yet, just call it 'Bai'."

After looking at the eggshell that turned white, Ryan said casually.

The dragon egg didn't know whether it was satisfied or dissatisfied, it just shook it twice.

"Then I'll assume you are satisfied."

Smiling slightly, as the two dragon eggs began to be gestated one after another, some rules of the spiritual world also changed.

Ryan had no intention of turning these two powerful real dragons into roles like 'dragon mothers', but there was only one of them, so naturally another method was needed to give birth to the same kind. Ryan's idea is very simple, just use someone else's shell to lay eggs.

From now on, the same kind of these two dragon eggs will not be born through reproduction, but through the convergence of time and spirituality.

They may appear anywhere, and the greater possibility is that they may appear directly in the dead eggs of other dragons and directly replace them.

However, compared to the kings of their respective ethnic groups, these 'weak' fellows are inevitably far behind. Like Bai Mirai's kindred, they only have spiritual power, and their elements and destiny will have nothing to do with them.

For this reason, Ryan also gave them a unique name, [Psychic Dragon].

"It seems that it will take a long time. Then let's wait."

It will still be some time before the dragon egg is born, but this will not last long for the gods. If the passage of time here is accelerated, then it is expected that Bai will be able to break out of the shell before the bronze humans are destroyed.

So Ryan gently raised his hand and distorted the time on the sacred mountain.

In this case, he planned to wait for more than ten years, after this spiritually conceived dragon was born, before considering its much weaker brothers and sisters.

During this gap, he took out Odin's broken weapon, the barrel of the divine spear [Gangnir].

More than ten years, in the chaos of time and space, were probably enough for him to deal with this treasure from another world. Ryan has no intention of repairing or retaining this artifact. After all, [Gangnir] has lost the spear head that penetrates everything, and its own power is not highly valued by him.

Lane had another use for it.

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Mount Olympus, the palace of the God King.

Not a short time had passed since he punished humans. Sitting on a seat in the palace, Zeus gently rubbed his eyebrows.

In recent days, his headaches have become more and more obvious.

The God-King knew what was going on. Her daughter is about to reach adulthood, and she can't wait to come into this world, but as a god, she still needs a process, a process of 'birth'.

But Zeus was not a goddess after all, and it was impossible for him to 'give birth' to her. Therefore, her power began to conflict with her father.

Regarding this matter, Zeus actually has no solution. As an immortal god, it is not human, so the worst thing is to cut open the body and let her be born. But in fact, the God King didn't really want her to come out.

Just as the prophecy said, 'One will surpass the mother, and the other will surpass the father.' This unborn child not only divided most of Metis's [wisdom], but also made Zeus feel that his thinking was not as clear as before. , even this newborn has other divine powers. Undoubtedly, all this indicates that she will be an extremely powerful true god.

But this only made Zeus more suspicious. After all, for such a daughter, it would be fine if she was very obedient, but once she held a grudge against her for devouring Metis, she might have an enemy.

And on the other hand, the God King thought of the 'wisdom' that had not been granted not long ago.

Could it be that this daughter had already seen something before she was born? She didn't want 'wisdom' to become the cause of human destruction, so she refused to call on authority?

"Maybe I'm overthinking it. No god can understand the outside world before he's born."

Shaking his head slightly, Zeus seemed to be letting his troubles go.

With several of his brothers and sisters as comparisons, Zeus knew exactly what an unborn god could do.

Perhaps her refusal to invoke her authority was just a coincidence, or perhaps it was an instinctive reaction to the divine authority of [Wisdom].

"——Zeferos."

Pressing the thoughts in his heart, based on the current situation, this child will not be born immediately, so the God King is preparing to deal with the affairs that have been accumulated recently.

Following Zeus' call, a breeze blew by, and the God of West Wind, who had been 'reused' by the god-kings of the 'two dynasties', came to him.

"Your Majesty, what are your orders?"

With a respectful expression, Zeferos asked in a low voice.

"How did you do with the things I asked you to do before?"

Although everything had been arranged, Zeus asked himself that it was not time to sit back and relax. He is not like he was later. There are many things in this world that he needs to take into consideration.

Therefore, after the gods left, he asked the God of the West Wind to explore the changes in the human tribe and the attitude of the late-awakened Epimetheus, such as whether he had any complaints against the God King.

And most importantly, he asked this god who is good at exploration to track the goddess Hecate. In today's mortal world, she is the biggest uncertainty. After all, Zeus still remembers clearly that when she fought against him, this goddess was not a god.

It was quite astonishing to defeat the True God in his prime state without borrowing his divine power, even if he was still very weak at that time.

"Your Majesty, I may still be lacking in strength, but in this aspect, no one can compare with me."

His expression remained respectful, but Cheferos' words seemed very confident. As a spirit who had secretly spied on the Lord of the Spirit World, Lady Ye and Mother Earth, even the God King could not compare with him in this regard.

What's more, the gods' power now is limited on the earth, and their perception ability has also been further reduced. Under this situation, Zeferos doesn't think anyone can detect his existence.

"Your Majesty, humans are as arrogant as ever. Even though the gods have let them go, they still use the name of the gods to deceive their fellow humans and make them obey their orders. What a bunch of ridiculous mortal beings."

"However, I found that under the deception of those who claimed to be 'priests', the faith of the mortals did not seem to decrease too much because of the loss of the divine gift. Although some mortals became unfaithful as a result, many became more pious."

Speaking of this, Zeferos was a little confused. He could see the result, but he didn't understand the reason. Why did some mortals' faith in God become stronger even though there was no gift?

"What about Epimetheus?"

There was no thought of explanation, Zeus expected this. After all, mortals are different from gods. When dealing with them, you cannot blindly give benefits. While listening to the report of the God of Wind, Zeus couldn't help but think of the guy who prayed to him for eternal life, but didn't even have a trace of faith.

That mortal's name seems to be Ao, but that doesn't matter anymore. His soul will be forever imprisoned in that charred body, enduring eternal pain and torment from thunder and lightning. In a sense, this can be considered a kind of eternal life.

"Your Majesty, the god of hindsight is as stupid as the rumors say. I even overheard him saying that Prometheus wanted him to stay away from the gods and humans before leaving, but he did not listen to his brother's words. . He lives very well with that divine creature, and they even have a daughter."

There was some disdain in his words, and Zephyrus felt that if Epimetheus was half as smart as he was, he would not be reduced to a pawn without knowing anything.

"What about the clay pot that Hades sent?"

Zeus didn't pay much attention to Epimetheus, and he only asked the God of the West Wind to take care of him just in case. What really matters to him is Pluto's 'gift'.

Hades voluntarily bore the name of destroying bronze humans. As long as someone disobeyed his instructions and opened the jar he gave, the gods under his command would use disasters and plagues to solve Zeus's troubles.

As for the price, he demanded that from now on, the corpses of all those who did not believe in the gods would belong to him, and the God King agreed to this request.

But for some unknown reason, his ambitious and talented second brother also participated. Poseidon said that he would also participate in the destruction of mankind.

Zeus felt that he probably thought that this kind of behavior could make humans fear his power. But he never thought that he was not the only god. Hades lived in the underworld for a long time, and humans did not like the power he had. It was understandable to give up a positive image, but what about Poseidon?

But thinking about it this way, it seems difficult to say that his choice was wrong. After all, his second brother probably is not very capable of playing the role of a majestic and just good god.

"The gift given by His Majesty Pluto was well kept by Epimetheus and Pandora. They didn't do anything extra, they just picked it up and looked at it occasionally."

Standing in front of Zeus, Zeferos said.

".I know, I will solve this matter."

After a brief reflection, since pure curiosity and desire to explore can be suppressed by reason, Zeus decided that it would be better to add a desire for comparison.

He believed that he and Eurynome's three daughters would be able to accomplish this well.

What's more, the jar god king was actually very interested in the gift from the goddess of the moon.

"Where's Hecate? What did she do again?"

Finally, the God King focused his attention on the unstable factor.

He still couldn't figure out Hecate's attitude towards him, nor did he understand how the other party weaved the magic web. But she has a powerful artifact that possesses power that is very different from the gods. This is something Zeus is sure of.

"The magic web goddess, she and the moon goddess Selene went to the ruins of Mount Odis. They seemed to have done something there. After they left, I went there to have a look."

After hesitating for a moment, Cheferos still told the truth:

"Because I couldn't use my divine power, I couldn't break through the barrier left by the goddess. It seemed to be connected to the mountains, rivers and land there, and connected to the magic network, so I don't know what they did."

"After that, they headed for the stars."

"It doesn't matter, it's normal that you can't do anything with the things she left behind. In the current world, there are few gods who can do anything to her."

Zeus was quite satisfied, as long as Hecate didn't wander around on the ground at this stall.

It would be troublesome if she suddenly became interested in bronze humans.

"You have done a good job. When the next generation of humans is born, I will allow you the right to spread your faith among humans alone. This is my reward in advance for you."

"During this period, you will continue to be responsible for monitoring the surrounding areas of the human tribe."

"As you command, Your Majesty."

With a smile on his face, Zephyrus knew what Zeus's promise meant.

Today, the Olympus pantheon's belief in humans is still in a state similar to that of "big pot rice". As long as the powerful gods who know the secret of belief are built in human tribes with different specifications according to the level of their respective divine powers. Temples of different sizes.

But in the next era predicted by Zeus, it was definitely not the case.

There is no harmony among the gods. If they are forced to live in peace, the conflict will only point to him, the god king. It is better to let them fight each other. Moreover, although some gods are very powerful in terms of power, they are lacking in wisdom. Like Poseidon, Zeus felt that if he relied on himself, he would not be able to get any followers.

In this case, let the gods be responsible for their own profits and losses.

Moreover, with the belief and deception of bronze humans, the gods gradually discovered that humans who mainly believed in a certain god and only respected other gods would generate far more faith than those who believed in many gods at the same time. This further Intensifying the idea that they are separated from each other.

Speaking of which, this discovery is also Prometheus' "way to death." Because the reason why the gods can discover this phenomenon is that some humans only believe in the Creator and their belief in other gods is superficial.

But these originally had nothing to do with the God of the West Wind. In the God King's plan, only those gods who played an important role in the Divine Court were qualified to spread faith alone in the next human era, and Zeferos's position was very embarrassing.

Although he became the head of the Wind God with the blessing of the God King, and also took on many of the responsibilities of the original God of Weather, he barely stepped into the middle level of divine power. In theory, he is a member of the "Higher God", but this power The God King can take it back at any time.

Now, after receiving Zeus's promise, he was completely relieved.

After receiving the order, the God of West Wind exited the palace and disappeared into a stream of air. Behind him, Zeus couldn't help but nodded secretly.

The authority of the Wind God is indeed useful in gathering information. After all, even if the divine power is imprisoned on the earth, it cannot prevent the gods from transforming into their true form. Presumably neither Hecate nor Epimetheus noticed his surveillance.

In this regard, the rainbow goddess Iris, who also often conveys orders for him, is far behind. Therefore, in recent years, the God King has asked this goddess to serve in front of the Queen of Heaven instead of always following him.

"I hope there won't be any accidents. I don't know where my previous intuition came from."

Just before, before and after pushing Prometheus to the East China Sea, Zeus was a little uneasy, so he accelerated his plan.

He was so eager to create Pandora and give it to Epimetheus that he was actually a bit eager.

But not long after, as the master of Olympus, the God King once again had an inexplicable intuition. He felt as if something was approaching this sacred mountain, and there was some kind of close connection with him.

For this reason, Zeus spent a lot of time exploring carefully, but in the end he found nothing.

"Maybe I should change my approach. Maybe intuition can lead me to the goal far better than divine power."

With a slight movement in his expression, Zeus decided that once the matter with the bronze human was over, he would let his instinct guide him and see what caused his reaction.

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With the integration of the Nine Realms and the imprisonment of Prometheus, the entire world of Chaos became quiet again.

In other words, the continuous occurrence of various incidents like this in recent years is something that did not happen in the past two eras.

Several years passed by in a hurry, everything seemed so peaceful, and only a few people could detect the ripples beneath this tranquility.

Until this day, several visitors from Mount Olympus came to the valley where Epimetheus and Pandora lived.