Mythology: Spiritual Ruler

“Yes.”

On the side, the Mother of Light didn’t know her daughter’s mental activities. Although she heard Selene’s trembling voice, Theia didn’t even look at her.

She just stared at the land and the sea, witnessing the gathering of storms and the weakness of the sun in its violent fury.

Before, she knew that the moon originally belonged to her daughter’s domain, but she still occupied it and took care of the remaining star gods. It’s hard to say whether Theia had ever thought about the day when Hyperion would escape from the predicament.

But now, she no longer pays attention to these things.

Even if Hyperion still has a chance to escape from the predicament in the future, perhaps being a lonely sun is better than trying to be the master of the starry sky.

For him, Theia has done her best.

“Yes, Selene, he was captured, right in front of you.”

Taking a deep breath, Theia seemed to let go of something and turned to look at her daughter.

"I am leaving too, just like my brother, Coeus, the god of the lightless celestial body. I will find a place that belongs to me to live in seclusion, or visit the earth and the underworld that I rarely set foot on."

"The moon should have been yours. I have occupied it for too long. From now on, I will return it to you. Your brother has his own place, and your sister probably doesn't need you to worry about it."

Helios is more or less a sun god. As for Eos, the goddess of dawn, as the mother of the star gods, she will not be homeless.

"What?" Selene was suddenly startled. Although she didn't like the feeling of having her place occupied by others, she didn't want to drive Theia away.

In any case, as the mother of light with powerful divine power, Theia's existence itself is a deterrent, even if she doesn't really need this deterrent now.

"But mother-"

"Listen to me."

Waving her hand to stop the moon goddess from speaking, Theia rarely looked at her daughter.

In the past, because she didn't have part of the [Sun] priesthood like the eldest son, nor did she have a "wide range of friends" like the second daughter Eos, she somewhat ignored Selene.

But now, maybe she is the one who will have the best life in the future.

"I heard that you were good friends with a "wizard" named Hecate before? She is the one who just became a god."

"Yes." Selene nodded, not knowing why her mother suddenly asked this.

"Nothing, this is good. I don't know if it is what I think that she got the priesthood out of thin air, but even if it is not, there must be other equals behind her."

"Only they are the real masters of the world."

After a pause, Theia finally admonished her daughter.

"I hope you remember, Selene--"

"Unless there is a truly great person standing behind you in the future, never get involved with the existence of the God King again. In the face of absolute power, those calculations are simply a joke."

Perhaps it is because the bystander is clear, Theia vaguely realized that there is definitely something wrong with the "God King".

After experiencing two throne changes, the Mother of Light has gradually understood. The seemingly glamorous throne is not a good thing.

However, no matter who is behind it, it has nothing to do with her. Fighting for power and profit cannot help her enter that level, and if she cannot become a great divine power, the power she has is just a bubble.

Since it is a bubble, there is nothing to be nostalgic about. [Light] is also different from [Sun]. She herself is not really keen on power.

Being an ancient god who controls light may be more respectable than controlling part of the starry sky.

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The gods who watched the changes had different reactions, and more than one true god chose to avoid it.

On the earth, since the sun came to the east, it has only been a short while since the world appeared, and billions of lives have been wiped out. Even in the core of the sun's fall, even the souls were burned to ashes.

After all, souls will die. Although they exist longer than the body and can avoid some material damage, they are still no different in front of the sun itself.

The laws of the world began to vibrate faintly, and almost instantly, the aura of the authority of the God King on Kronos dropped sharply. At the same time, a sense of oppression also enveloped the hearts of all the gods in the world. But perhaps because the change of the era has not yet ended, the substantial changes have not yet occurred.

But the changes in the world still need to wait for the succession of the new king. In Tartarus, in the distorted time and space, a creation that lasted for nine months has come to an end.

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"It's over, is this the feeling of controlling the world?"

In the core of the abyss, in the new interface, Kronos's voice came from the ninth world.

As the nine-layer interface gradually took shape, under some influence, wonderful changes also occurred in the abyss.

Some substances began to be born here, but unlike the world opened up by humans, because there were no gods who completely belonged to the abyss at this time, this change was extremely slow.

It may take a long time for these substances to gather together and form a structure similar to the "earth".

Maybe on that day, this place will become the first layer of the small world under the abyss system, and will be connected with the nine worlds opened up by Kronos.

"The great divine power has just been opened up, but I have already felt a trace of power belonging to that level. Ryan, no wonder you are always so arrogant."

It is far from being comparable to Ryan's previous seven-day creation. Although Kronos has also gained enough power, his control of the source power is not smooth, and he has to consider the 30% that does not belong to him. Therefore, although he has spent dozens of times more time than Ryan, the new world is still not as good as the newborn spiritual world.

Fortunately, although it still looks desolate and broken, and there is no life, the image of the nine-layer world is already looming. As soon as it was born, it greedily absorbed the power of the abyss, taking advantage of the last moment before the birth of the demon mother to strengthen itself.

After all, if you lose this opportunity, it will never be so easy to absorb the power of Tartarus in the future.

"Arrogant? So in your eyes, my image has always been like this?"

Outside the Nine Realms, Ryan's incarnation can feel that his 30% source power has become the foundation of the third, fifth, and seventh layers of the new world.

As for Kronos, he divided the 70% of his power into six parts. Except for the 20% power used to build the ninth layer interface, the difference between the other five layers is not big.

After all, the newly born Nine Realms are not like the Spirit Realm, which has a central axis running through the interface. So in order to maintain stability, Kronos chose to make the ninth layer of the interface more "sunken".

"Arrogant people can't perceive it themselves, Ryan, you don't realize it yourself, but I can always feel the kind of spiritual condescension you have when you look at other gods. Even the Earth Mother can't make you look up to her."

Outside the interface, first a white snake shadow emerged from the Nine Realms, like an enlarged version of the previous source of order. The next moment, the snake shadow condensed into a human body, and once again, Kronos appeared in the world as a god.

But now he is completely different from the past, and he can't see the past at all. If Ryan hadn't witnessed everything with his own eyes, it would be difficult for him to connect the thin god with black hair and blood eyes in front of him with the previous God King.

No matter how you look at it, from temperament to strength, there is no similarity between the two sides.

"Really? Maybe. But since you can't feel it, it's hard to talk about correction."

After looking at Kronos's new image, Ryan said lightly:

"Almost, the new world has taken shape. The rest is like my spiritual world, which needs to be accumulated slowly over time."

"What about the artifact?" Kronos asked: "I remember you seem to have more than one artifact."

The former God King still remembers Ryan's artifact. Especially the [Code of Creation]. When he was still the God King, this artifact was very suitable for him. Now as the Lord of the World, he once again realized how important an artifact with [Order] and [Law] as its core is.

If possible, he also plans to make one, even if it is weaker than Ryan's.

"As for artifacts, I'm afraid there is nothing we can do now. The [Order] in the abyss is like my [Spirituality]. It has become the foundation of the world and will not form an artifact. You are not like me. You have extra source investment when opening up the interface, so unless you just plan to make something that is not very useful, there is no need for this."

"In contrast, the new world still needs some life."

Shaking his head gently, Ryan could clearly see that Kronos's mouth moved.

After all, the so-called extra source, Kronos's former space-time power is one of them. One of them is still incubating, and the other has turned into a special mirror.

Turning to face the new world, at this moment, it can no longer be directly observed. Only a space-time concept entrance is temporarily opened above the body of the demon mother Moya, swallowing and spitting out the power gathered from the abyss.

A trace of the source is absorbed by the nine realms, but the speed is different. The ninth layer of the world where Kronos poured more power is obviously much faster than the other eight layers of the interface, and Ryan's three layers are faster than the other five layers.

This is the difference in practice. After all, Ryan has an era of experience in swallowing and digesting source power.

At this time, theoretically, the creation of the world has ended, but the creation of the new world still needs a key step. Just like the life on the earth, there should be life here.

Life is not a must for the world, but it is an indispensable part of the world's perfection. Besides, the silver human souls have been brought with them, so there is no need to take them back.

Originally, they were used in the abyss. Ryan can help Kronos complete his transformation by observing their reaction to the power of the abyss. Even after the transformation is completed, the life transformed by these souls can be used as his contribution to Tartarus after he becomes the 'King of the Abyss'.

But now, let them become residents of the new world. Maybe among them, there will be a few lucky ones who will be promoted to god-like existences by Kronos. As for Ryan's three-layer world, he has other plans.

"Kronos, these souls are my gift to congratulate you on your success."

With a slight smile, feeling the vague desire coming from the world in front of him, Ryan threw the souls of the silver humans mixed with the water of the Well of Eternity into the new world.

So in the new world, these souls were instantly accepted, decomposed, transformed, and reshaped by the world, and then given bodies by the world, turning into life in another form.

But perhaps because of the connection with the abyss, they have nothing in common with their appearance in life. Instead, they look hideous and evil, and their vision varies.

"Hmm-?!"

"Hmm?"

Suddenly, Ryan seemed to have discovered something, and so did Kronos. In the process of soul transformation, a strange power was revealed. It was only slightly disturbed, and was almost swallowed and digested by the new interface without resistance.

The new nine-layer interface thus gained a trace of authority belonging to [Darkness]. This seemed to be a good thing, but both of them sensed that at that moment, a message was transmitted along the invisible connection. That was the connection between the source power and its master. It would be delayed by the abyss, but it could not be blocked.

After all, although there was a gap between his master and the abyss, there was no suppression in terms of status.

"What is this situation? Darkness, is it the original god?"

There was no anger, or rather, Kronos didn't really care whether his method of opening up the world was leaked or not. The abyss cannot accommodate a second world. Even if it is exposed, there is no room for others to use it.

But this matter itself is very interesting. After all, it seems that Ryan did not discover all this in advance.

".Yes, it is Erebus and Gaia."

After a moment of silence, Ryan slowly spoke.

"Heh, I was wondering why this dark master was so quiet. I see. You're right, Kronos, I'm a little arrogant."

Almost at the moment he saw the source of darkness, Ryan understood the cause and effect. Gaia created humans, and darkness itself symbolizes secrets, so even if he brought these souls along the way, Ryan, who had not actively checked them, did not find any problems at all.

It's just that the other party should have targeted the spiritual world at first, but he didn't expect to fall on Kronos's new world in the end.

"He came for me. I actually knew a long time ago that he might not believe me, but I really didn't expect that he would use this method to sneak through Chencang."

"Using souls to sneak through is indeed a good way."

Gradually calming down, Ryan was not very angry. After all, what the other party got was actually harmless to him. On the contrary, Erebus did teach him a lesson.

"Lord of Darkness, I can't do anything to him now. This primitive god who rarely appears in the world really has no flaws."

Facing Kronos's gaze, Ryan shook his head: "But Gaia is different."

"She once gave me a branch of a golden apple tree as a gift, but now it seems that the gift is just an appearance. These in the soul are the real 'gifts'."

"In that case, I must return the previous gift as it is."