Greek Mythology: The Spiritual Dominator

In the vast void, a drop of water is suspended there. There is no special power flowing from it, it looks so ordinary.

It was just a small thing, but it gave rise to the real world before. It may even be false to reality, but it may not be true to the life inside.

After all, truth and falsehood are relative concepts, and the fate that constitutes them is also the original trajectory of the world of Khaos. True and false may not be interchangeable if certain conditions are met.

Taking a step forward, Ryan stretched out his right hand and cautiously caught the 'water drop'. He was already prepared for the unexpected, but until he held it in his hands, nothing more changed.

Everything was so smooth, like a drop of real water, the remnants of the creation power flowed quietly in Ryan's palm.

Its power is not very powerful, but it is so absolute and elusive. Sensing its existence, Ryan couldn't help but hesitate.

The power of creation has no properties, or rather, it only changes its properties according to the user's will. It is 'omnipotent' and can accomplish almost everything in the world except that it cannot reproduce itself.

Ryan even had a hunch that if he wanted to, this power might be able to give birth to an immortal essence that he could not reproduce before... or crush an existing one.

Killing gods, something he had only done in the illusory world, could be done again by this supreme power. But after just a brief thought, Ryan gave up this idea.

Killing a god may seem powerful, but doing it with the help of external forces actually doesn't make much sense.

Perhaps the power of [Death] will increase significantly because of this, but it is now part of [Reincarnation]. Once [Death] increases unilaterally, even if [Reincarnation] does not collapse, it will still take a long time to rely on its own circulation power to rebalance the two. Before that, [Well of Reincarnation] may stop. A very long time.

Although overall, the gains obtained in this way are still greater than the losses, the hard-won power of creation has completely become a disposable item. What's more, it is still unknown whether the world will react to permanently killing a god in reality.

"After all, it's just an unexpected benefit. As for the [Well of Reincarnation], we should stick to the original plan."

After making a decision, Ryan clicked his finger lightly, and the 'water drop' disappeared and appeared in the spirit world.

It will come in handy soon. As for its function - with the first one, it is natural to make it become two, three, or even more.

"And that was it."

After dealing with the remaining power of Creation, Ryan finally turned his attention back to his artifact.

The oracle tablet transformed by the spirit world was divided into three. The other two pieces had already changed, but only the first piece remained the same as when it was born. But now, with this experience, not only has it directly caught up with the progress of the other two, it even seems to be a bit "full".

At this moment, it has converged all its extraordinary characteristics, just like an ordinary ordinary scroll. After absorbing the concept of the illusory world, this artifact named [History of Time] by Ryan finally began to have its own unique symbol.

However, unlike what it showed before, the true essence of this artifact is not [history], or in other words, [history] is just a manifestation of its power, not the foundation of its existence. After all, pure [history] is not enough to achieve greatness, even among powerful divine powers, it is only at the bottom. It may become more powerful with the changes of eras, but the extent of this enhancement is extremely limited.

Even the artifacts that really involve [time] are still being nurtured in the core of the spiritual world, and it will be quite some time before they are fully born. It is impossible for one symbol to give birth to two greats, and it is naturally impossible for two [Creation Artifacts] to appear in the time domain, so unless Ryan can find the part outside the world and let them represent different aspects of time in Chaos, Otherwise, relying on [History], the artifact transformed from the first stone slab would never be able to progress further.

Therefore, the "History of Time" does not actually take "years" as its foundation, and "history" is only its appearance. What it really represents is the unchanging, permanent, and eternal things. This is a conceptual category with a high intention, but it is very empty along with it, just like spirituality at the beginning. Although it can be all-encompassing in theory, it needs to be filled bit by bit.

Similarly, there is the [Civilization Slate] that is far opposite to it. It also has certain powers similar to the 'future', just like the 'divination' extended from it. This kind of peek into the future is one of the manifestations. . But the composition of the time domain is just the embellishment of the [Civilization Slate], and the artifact itself symbolizes change, creation and inspiration.

They are mutually opposed and interdependent, and the criterion that connects ‘change’ and ‘immutability’ is the [order] outlined by the [Creation Code].

The three artifacts originate from one body. This was an arrangement that was already made when they were born. After completing this transformation, the last link among the three is finally on the right track.

"So, people are always contradictory."

"When it doesn't belong to you, you hate it very much, and then the next step...is to make it something you can control."

This is true of many things, and Ryan is no exception. If he hates something, it's often just because it's out of his control. Just like now, 'immutability' and 'change' are the principles that delineate the order of all things... It's easy to know what these three artifacts are trying to benchmark against together.

After repeatedly confirming that the illusory world had been absorbed, there was nothing inappropriate left in the artifact, and Ryan sent it back to the spiritual world.

When Hermione's matter is over, there will be another 'big meal' waiting for it, so it is better to digest the gains of this trip quickly. After all, unlike the other two artifacts, it was perfected step by step and went through the entire Second Age.

Growth that is achieved overnight will definitely require more time to adapt, so as not to leave some bad consequences. Especially as part of the three artifacts, if there is any problem with it, it will only be affected along with the other two.

“In the end, that’s where it all started.”

Being in the void, Ryan finally returned his attention to what happened at the beginning.

During this trip, he originally came to check out the memories about Zeus, but he didn't expect such an accident to happen midway. Although the result was also very good, it was impossible for him to forget the important matter.

Athena is no longer here at this moment. After all, neither Ryan nor her actually entered here in person.

As the master of spirituality, Ryan can continue to maintain this state of 'fugue' and separate his consciousness from his divine body, but Athena cannot do this. So when the world collapsed, she had already returned to her body on an overseas island. And the memories that were originally blocked by the power of the world were naturally obtained by the two of them.

Without the cover-up and distortion of high-level power, everything becomes clear. Almost in an instant, Ryan browsed through that period of history.

Asgard, Odin, World Tree, sacrifices, rituals...until Metis was used as a sacrifice to Chaos in exchange for the ladder for Zeus to become king.

Seeing these contents, many doubts in Ryan's mind were immediately solved. The first thing to bear the brunt is the change in the laws of the abyss and hell not long ago.

One day hundreds of years ago, a new rule was written into the bottom layer of the world, which was related to 'sacrifice'. Although the Lord of the World can actively choose to accept or not accept, respond or not respond, this change has actually occurred. (See 3-83)

Before, Ryan once speculated whether this was because the two came from the same source. Both worlds instinctively evolved the ability to accept sacrifices, so that the creatures in his own world could sacrifice the beings in the other world to him... But he felt that it didn't make sense when he thought about it carefully.

But looking at it now, all of this actually stems from the sacrificial ceremony that Chaos personally participated in. It was he who influenced the changes in the underlying rules of the world. When the world does it for the first time, it will become a destined rule. Perhaps independent realms like the Land of Eternal Night have also given birth to similar abilities, but Ryan didn't know about it before.

As for why there is no underworld...it can only be said that its self-contained world is still somewhat watery. Otherwise, even if it only has half of the authority, Hades would not be able to touch the great realm.

After all, the God King has never been the master of this world, but Pluto is indeed the incarnation of Hades. Therefore, it seems understandable that Netherworld has not undergone similar changes.

The first doubt was solved. In addition, Ryan's second doubt was Athena's 'destiny of death'.

It seems normal. Zeus swallowed Metis, so Pallas could never be born again, so his fate of 'death' is natural... But if you think about it carefully, you will find that there are all loopholes in it. .

The gods are immortal, so any possibility can only be postponed, not completely eliminated.

No matter being swallowed by Zeus, or even being imprisoned in Tartarus, as long as Metis is still alive, there is a possibility of coming out, and Pallas will have a chance to be born. But his fate is already 'dead'. This is an unchangeable ending recognized by the world. This means that even Chaos denies his existence, and even if any means are used to make him 'born again', it will only be destroyed by the world itself.

Ryan didn't understand why this was before, why a being who was originally favored by the world would in turn incur the world's malice... But he understands now. Metis became a sacrifice, and when the world accepted it, there was no possibility of Pallas being born.

The world will not deny what it has done. If Athena's destined brother is still born, it will undoubtedly deny the present world itself. Unless He breaks his own rules and 'releases' Metis - but this is undoubtedly impossible, so not surprisingly, Pallas will never have a chance to come to the world again.

"That's a problem...I wanted to make him 'alive' in another way before, so as to impact his destined destiny in this world."

Frowning slightly, Ryan felt a little embarrassed.

Now the 'arrogant King of Gods' originally prophesied has been destined to deny his existence by the world, but if he wants to be born, he must be born within the place shrouded by the laws of the world of Chaos, otherwise he will not be able to take over. This period of fate is simply an endless cycle.

If Ryan has the power to directly compete with the world, then what's the use of him... Shaking his head, Ryan put this matter down for now.

We will talk about this later, as there is still a long time before the end of the era. No one knows how many changes will occur in the middle, just like the wreckage of the Nine Realms, it is completely unexpected.

After putting aside this problem, when the two big problems were solved, Ryan also understood the reasons for the side issues one by one.

The transferred priesthood and Zeus's surge in power were all given reasonable explanations. Ryan even had a further understanding of this sacrificial ceremony.

The present self sacrifices to the future self, and the self as a god sacrifices to the world's representative... This was his initial judgment on Odin's ritual, and it was later confirmed by the wisdom giant Mimir. .

But this was Odin's sacrifice and Zeus's had two problems. One of them was that the world of Chaos did not recognize this sacrificial ceremony at the beginning.

Although due to the intertwining of the Nine Realms and the power of Chaos, different laws took effect there at the same time, causing him to be forced to accept Zeus's sacrifice, but also under the influence of his power, the reward actually responded to this ceremony was only to Half done.

Odin's [Rune Runes] were given by the world, and it would be impossible for him to research them by himself. Even after gaining this supreme wisdom, even he himself could not carry the mystery of the runes, so he had to record them in the [Original Code], but Zeus's ritual was different.

That ritual was something in his destiny that he could rely on to study on his own. The world only further perfected it, giving the God King more special authority and closer access to the world itself. So from a harvest perspective, Zeus actually just foresaw the future and received some additional enhancements.

And the second question...

"Although it seems possible to understand Metis as the 'wisdom of Zeus', the gap between the collision of the two worlds may not completely follow Chaos's rule of 'one god cannot be subordinate to the other'... But Chaos After all, this is the home court, and His power is far greater than the broken interface. Since the rewards are only half distributed, does this rule really have no effect at all? "

There is some suspicion, but Ryan has no evidence, because judging from the current situation of Zeus, it seems that he has not paid anything extra.

So Ryan put this matter aside for the time being and focused on the ceremony.

This is a ritual centered on the position of God King, and it is something that he cannot directly copy and use. What's more, as a creation that has been perfected by the world, it actually contains many deep-seated mysteries, and it was difficult for Ryan to see clearly for a while.

He also needs some time to analyze the mystery and see what he can get from it, and what is the difference between this changed ritual and the original one.

Yes, after devouring the illusory world, the original ritual also came into Ryan's hands. Comparing the two, what is the difference between them is what he is most concerned about.

"It just so happens that the positive and negative energy interface is still a while away from being stable, so it's time to find something to do for yourself."

"This journey has come to an end."

Everything was dealt with and the matter was barely brought to an end, so as soon as his mind moved, Ryan's figure gradually blurred.

He is still in a state of 'fugue', and his real body is still in the fifth level of the spiritual world, and now he is going back. But before leaving, he took one last look back at the place where the illusory world disappeared.

At the end of everything, at the point where the illusory world was contained by the "History of Time", the God-King who realized his own falsehood also understood the irreversibility of everything. But he still persisted until the end, until the moment when the world collapsed, because he still had things to do.

At that moment, he was infinitely weak, because he almost lost all existence; but also infinitely powerful, because he almost came into contact with the power of creation itself.

Zeus did not have the same essence, so it was impossible for him to use this power. However, with the indirect influence, he still saw Ryan's existence and finally issued a warning.

It was passed on to another self, following the connection between the two Zeus in the underworld. Under the final influence of the Creation Power, his warning was indeed spread, but it was not completely spread because it was only an indirect influence after all, so the content directly pointing to Ryan himself was 'blocked'.

"'The Lord of the Little Soul Realm, is he an outsider'..."

"Well, '"Taken out of context", excerpted from "Don't take things out of context"'."

After smiling, Ryan's figure completely disappeared. As for how Zeus from the outside world would understand this warning... then he didn't know.