Mythology: Spiritual Ruler

It was obviously the same person, and it was only a moment before and after, but it gave Ocean God completely opposite feelings.

When the black-robed god in front of him finished speaking, Oceanus suddenly felt a sense of depression coming from his heart. The surface of the great river that enveloped the present world invisibly dropped by three points, as if it was under an unbearable weight.

This is the fourth time Oceanus has felt this way. When I faced Heavenly Father in the distant first era, when I faced Cronus a hundred years ago, and not long ago that dark shadow that was suspected of being the original god. But those three times, he did not face this pressure alone.

But now, no one can stand in his way.

"What are you going to do, are you going to be my enemy here?"

Suppressing the throbbing in his heart, Oceanos didn't know what had happened to the god in front of him. God's power is innate. He can't be like Cronus and inexplicably break through the innate boundaries.

The divine power was mobilized, and the water flow turned into a spear in his hand, Ocean God said threateningly. However, in front of him, Ryan had no intention of stopping.

On his right hand, the black ring becomes deeper and deeper. Since the [Well of Reincarnation] was built, this sublimated [Death] has always existed as a part of it, and Ryan has never tried its power alone.

Now, it has been temporarily extracted, leaving only a small part to maintain the stability of reincarnation. It is definitely impossible to kill gods with it, but what kind of effect it can produce really makes Ryan look forward to it.

"I am thinking too much about being your enemy."

Said calmly, before the God Lord Ocean opposite could breathe a sigh of relief, the power of [Death] turned into a long sword and was held by Ryan in his hand.

He really didn't intend to be an enemy of the other party, after all -

"After all, you are not worthy of being my enemy."

Zheng——

The black sword was raised high and cut through the void. The next moment, everything on its trajectory suddenly became quiet. Airflow, moisture, light, and even space, they were killed by [death] blessed by the power of the great one in an instant, losing all traces of their existence in the world.

Ocean God, who faced the sword, no longer paid attention to Ryan's previous words. He only felt a sense of fear rising in his heart, and his intuition told him that he must not let this sword fall on him.

"Ryan, this is my domain!"

Fear turned into anger, and anger inspired strength. When the instinct of the Titan god was aroused, Oceanus roared angrily, and the water of the long river rolled back.

The river water infected by divine power surged towards the black sword, and Ocean God could tell that this sword was not a divine weapon, but just a temporary representation of some kind of power, no different from the spear condensed in his hand.

Without the blessing of the artifact, how could the other party dare to confront me on the River of the World? !

"Your domain?"

"Now, it's mine."

With a little force, in front of Ryan, the water of the River of the World surged with the spear of the Titan God, but he just held the hilt of the sword and slowly pressed down.

The next moment, whether it was the spear or the river in front of him, they all 'died' inch by inch as the black sword approached. Opposite Ryan, Oceanos was horrified to find that his connection with this part of the 'river' seemed to have been temporarily erased.

"ah--"

A roar that also contained a bit of pain caused the water of the long river to riot. But this instinctive counterattack was obviously of no use. In front of the black sword's blade, the huge waves were cut and suppressed, until finally, it struck directly at the 'river' that seemed to be formed from the void.

boom--

The long river shook, and the symbol of Ocean God's divine power was directly hit. The pain it brought to him was no less than that of the sun. But Ryan's hand holding the sword finally encountered an obstacle. It seemed that the power in front of him was not enough to cause further damage.

After all, the channel of the River of the World is not ordinary. It actually exists as a barrier at the edge of the world. It is not an entity, but a conceptual existence, making it difficult to access, let alone destroy.

"No, the power of [Death], even if it is not perfect, is far more than this."

His eyes narrowed slightly. Maybe Oceanus was really unlucky. Ryan's original understanding of [Death] was not deep, but the sense of ruin he felt from the other party before gave him some inspiration.

Holding the 'hilt' of the sword with both hands, Ryan tried to recreate that feeling with spiritual power and blessed it on the blade.

That feeling of dimness and annihilation seemed to be very consistent with the divine power of death, so much so that Ryan could clearly feel that the black sword in his hand was like magic being constructed into witchcraft, and its power increased sharply by three points.

He smiled with satisfaction, then pressed down hard.

"open--"

There was a soft drink, and finally, under Ocean God's unbelievable gaze, accompanied by a loud noise that shook the source sea, the sword edge finally continued to sink.

The long river was cut open, and the power of decline and end spread along the cut to the upper and lower sides of the river. Ryan can feel that due to the erosion of [Death], the river of the world is no longer 'perfect', and even this power is still extending along the current time and space to the past and future, intending to completely and eternally destroy this long river. truncation.

But unfortunately, whether [life] or [death], their parts in the spiritual world only reach greatness after fusion and sublimation, making their unified creation a [creation artifact]. Moreover, its current user cannot be said to have complete and great divine power.

Although the power of separation is also very strong, it is obviously far from the absoluteness of spanning the ages. Moreover, this is only a temporary power drawn from the [Well of Samsara], not a natural artifact forged by the power of death. Therefore, Ryan can feel that this erosion of the past and the future will soon be exhausted and forced to stop.

But roughly calculated, the damage caused by this sword has affected at least three hundred years.

"Ryan?! Why are you here? What did you do!"

With a cry of surprise, when Ryan's sword fell, the source sea was surging and boiling, and in the distance of the present world, a blue light was approaching here.

That was the original water goddess Thesis. When the Ocean God stayed in the temple at the edge of the world, she was in charge of the Ocean God system. She was originally discussing things with her children. After all, in recent decades, the God King has turned part of the eastern part of the continent into a restricted area, prohibiting the river gods and lake gods of the Ocean God system from approaching there. But after sensing her husband's sudden mobilization of divine power, the goddess rushed over as soon as possible.

Thesis came in a hurry. She thought that the Ocean God had encountered some accident "there", or had a conflict with the Lord of Darkness who had come before. But what she didn't expect was that there was only Ryan standing above the long river and the black sword in his hand that slowly dissipated.

In front of him, a crack exuding a deadly atmosphere crossed the long river, and there was no breath belonging to Oceanus there.

The "cut-off" of the long river was not in the physical sense, because the river water could still flow through there. But this section of the river, which was nearly a hundred miles long, gave people an ominous feeling because it was too quiet.

The river water upstream and downstream was still surging, and even more surging because of the owner's pain, but as long as the water flowed through this section of the river, it would calm down silently.

The huge waves were calmed, and the waves were eliminated, as if the river water would die once it crossed an invisible "line", and it would not come back to life until it flowed out of the "line" at the other end. Even the Goddess of Water could feel that her authority of [Water] was still there, but she had no sense of the cut-off river in front of her.

The two sides seemed to be blocked, and with her current strength, it was far from enough to break through this barrier. If she wanted to restore everything to its original state, she could only use hundreds of years to wear it away.

"[Death] is indeed one of the most destructive forces in the world."

Ryan, as the initiator of all this, was shocked by the scene in front of him.

He did not expect that in terms of pure destructive power, this divine power actually had such a terrible performance. That is, [Death] still has an insurmountable gap from the realm of greatness, otherwise he even suspected that the authority of [Death], which stands at the peak of the great level, might even permanently kill a god's control over the symbol of his authority, or turn it into something else.

For example, the [Sun] killed by [Death], the sun itself might not be destroyed, but it is very likely to change from a light body that brings vitality to all things to an existence that brings decay. At that time, whether the original sun god will lose his divine power or be forced to change, that is unknown.

No wonder Chaos's [Death] is so weak by nature. This power to end everything is simply challenging the order of the world.

"But now, this place has indeed become 'my domain'."

Feeling the river channel temporarily transformed by the power of death under his feet, Ryan turned around. He ignored the original water goddess who came and looked at Oceanus.

A black line also spread on the body of the Ocean God at this moment. It was the damage reflected on the divine body by the symbol of divine power. His divine power was constantly flowing towards the black line, and then it was exhausted in an instant.

Just like the river channel under Ryan's feet, this wound will be difficult to heal within 150 years, and it will always bring pain to its owner.

Of course, with the help of his wife, this period of time may be shortened.

"So are you willing to tell me now, what is here, and what did you encounter?"

With a calm face, Ryan asked.

".Huh——What kind of power is this? What did you do to me?"

Surprisingly, even though he was panting, Oceanus still answered the question irrelevantly. It seemed that even after being stabbed by a sword, he still had reservations.

".It seems that I am still too easy to talk to."

"Perhaps only in front of a god like Uranus will you understand what you should do."

His face turned cold, and the long sword in Ryan's right hand gathered again.

This place can be considered outside the present world, so no matter what he does, theoretically nothing will happen. Unless he intends to completely demolish the entire Ring World River, the rigid laws will just turn a blind eye to it.

And he is very sure that if he cuts a hundred swords on a river of just a few hundred miles at a time, it will not be a big deal for the long river itself.

After all, as a barrier at the edge of the present world, the Ring World River is more stable than the earth, and there is no need to worry about accidentally damaging it.

So he raised the long sword again, and Ryan was about to cut it, but a shout stopped his behavior.

"Wait, I know what's there, and I also know that the master of the Lightless Realm has already gone there."

"As a primordial god, he discovered the place only a little later than Oceanus. It's just that he can't enter for the time being, but if you delay too long, then you can't be sure."

Arriving in a hurry, the original water goddess didn't care to think about why Ryan was so powerful. The reality is here. Although the pressure the other party gave her was worse than that of the Lord of Darkness, the damage caused to Ocean God was the opposite.

When the primitive god arrived, he also drove away the 'ants' on the side, but after receiving a blow from the opponent, Oceanos quickly recovered. In contrast, this stretch of dead river is a real existential threat.

Erasing the authority of the gods, even temporarily, is terrifying enough. After all, any 'temporary' can become 'permanent' with enough power and endless time.

"Erebus?"

The movement paused, and Ryan's heart moved. He was actually not surprised when he heard the name of the Lord of Darkness.

If the river around the world is the edge of the earth and the ocean, then the realm of the two primitive gods is the edge of the underworld, and Tartarus is directly underneath the world concept. It’s no surprise that you’ll find it early if you’re close.

However, he originally planned to do a little testing and then invite Nyx to explore here together, but now it seems that he can only do it alone.

"So what's in there?"

He spoke in a deep voice, but the black sword in Ryan's hand did not dissipate. Ocean God seemed to want to stop him with words, but in the end he remained silent.

He had been warned by the Lord of Darkness before, so he kept it secret. But now he also realized that although the primitive god who casually knocked him back into the sea was terrifying, after experiencing Ryan's sword, he found that the other party was not necessarily that bad.

One was right in front of him, and the other was far away. There was no need to think about what to do, not to mention that he had already been struck by a sword.

"In fact, we are not very clear about this, because when I rushed there, it was already blocked by the chain of the Law of Chaos."

Shaking his head slightly, Tesis said slowly:

"I only know that it seems to be a large piece of broken fragments, some big, some small. They seem to have crashed here somehow due to the turmoil in the East China Sea a hundred years ago, but"

"But what?"

Seeing this, Ryan asked.

"But their auras are very strange, just like their broken appearance, exuding a sense of decay from the inside out, and some of them give me an inexplicable sense of threat. I don't know what is there, because Before we could wait for the chain of laws of Chaos to weaken to the point where we could enter, we were driven out by His Highness Erebus who came later. "

"This is all I know." Looking at Ryan, Tesis said sincerely: "So can you withdraw this power?"

The original water goddess was referring to the power of death on the long river. Ryan raised his eyebrows when he heard this, but remained unmoved.

He and Oceanus were not on friendly terms to begin with, but now they were only willing to answer questions under the coercion of his own force, and he would not just laugh at it.

"Take this sword mark as a lesson, Oceanus, even Gaia has never declared that other gods are not allowed to pass by on the earth, and the king of gods has not refused me to walk in the world, let alone you."

"Just let it stay here, so that when I come back, I will at least be returning from 'my territory'."

The black sword dispersed, and now that he knew the source of the strange movement, Ryan no longer hesitated. He glanced at the two Titans one last time, then turned into a ray of silver light and walked away.

Behind him, watching his leaving figure, the two gods were silent. First, Cronus broke through the boundary for some reason, and then Ryan, who was once not strong, suddenly showed terrifying power. In just a hundred years, the originally familiar world of Chaos seemed a little strange.

At this moment, Ocean God suddenly felt a desire to go further.

If it were other gods, desire would just be desire, but he was different. He had this opportunity.

As long as he can completely rule the sea and have a closer interaction with Tesis in terms of divine power, then as the master of all water in the world, he may reach that point.

After all, the land and water of Khaos are superior to wind and fire. Even if they are divided into three, they have created three extraordinary gods with powerful divine power, and even dozens of true gods and countless gods. If the endless regional gods could be gathered together, their power might not be weaker than that of Gaia, which had been hit hard many times.

"I remember you said that Zeus designated a restricted area in the eastern part of the continent?"

After a moment of silence, enduring the pain, Oceanus asked.

"Yes, no gods are allowed to approach there, and our children are no exception."

Nodding, the goddess responded.

"No matter what is there, when I recover from my injury, I will go there and see for myself. I have to know what he is doing to know whether he will get involved when I attack Poseidon."

"Okay, I'll go with you then.

The black mark that brushed across her husband's chest, the power contained in it made Tesis's hands tingle.

The gods were still new to death, especially death so powerful. Their thoughts are still stuck on the death of simple mortal things, so this kind of power that seems to make all things die is really frightening.

"Zeus, our adopted son, he will indeed not interfere in the sea as the king of gods. This is also the promise he made to me as the guardian of the oath, but he will never want to see the sea unified."

"In order to prevent the gods of Olympus from "actively" helping Poseidon, we should indeed go and see what he is doing. If we are discovered, we will just assume that we are looking for Metis."

When it comes to their missing daughter, the two Titan gods do not seem to have any worries or anger. In the original myth, the Ocean God couple did not have any conflicts with the God King because of Metis, and they actually did not intend to investigate it now.

The daughter whose reason was blinded by Zeus's sweet words was no longer regarded as their own. Now, the other party is only worthy of existing as an excuse to help her parents achieve their goals.

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After leaving the Ring River, Ryan set foot in this place close to the outside of the world for the first time.

It is said to be outside the world, but in fact it is a bit like the starry sky without celestial bodies. Walking in it, Ryan can hardly see anything except the Ring River that is getting farther and farther behind him and smaller and smaller.

Strictly speaking, this place still belongs to the category of Chaos World, because it is "there". Outside the real world, whether you call it ‘chaos’ or ‘void’, it’s all ‘nothing’.

Creating something out of nothing is the real driving force for the birth of a world, and it is also a miracle that violates the underlying logic of the world in Ryan’s previous and later lives.

And the real ‘nothing’ is something that Ryan, even the spirit world, cannot directly touch now. Only a complete world like Chaos can anchor itself in ‘nothing’ and even draw strength from it.

And what Ryan is looking for on this trip seems to be the ‘nothing’ from outside the world, just like his soul that came to Chaos, a creation that does not belong here.

“Nothing is created out of nothing. Is the collision between the sun and the East China Sea really the source of this change?”

Thinking in his heart, maybe it’s not the case.

Ryan felt that perhaps other things he had done were the cause of all this.