Mythology: Spiritual Ruler

Continuously moving forward, Ryan no longer knew how far he had traveled in an instant, but in the void outside this world, he seemed to be standing still.

Without reference, it is not clear how far one has moved. Only the increasingly smaller long river ring behind him was witnessing Ryan's progress.

Gradually, Ryan's divine body began to become a little blurry, and he had to mobilize more power from the spiritual world to maintain 'stability'. But here, even the connection with the spirit world becomes somewhat unclear.

This is not because the environment here is so bad, or there is any force blocking it. In fact, it is just because Chaos's 'existence' is getting weaker and weaker here.

Regardless of the divine body or various rules, they are actually products based on the world itself. When the ‘existence’ of the world becomes weaker, everything established under the rules of the world will naturally no longer be stable.

However, Ryan unexpectedly discovered that the power of the spiritual world seemed to be able to calm this instability relatively easily.

To be precise, this comes from the trace of time and space divinity that Ryan invested in when the spiritual world was established.

"Time and space. I don't know how I got here at that time."

Until now, Ryan still knows little about his 'travelling' process. Tens of thousands of years ago, when he woke up, he was already the first god of Chaos.

Even the fact that the world had tried to kill him completely was only known to Ryan after he started reincarnation. Going forward, all he could do was guess.

But no matter what, the result is always good.

Continuing forward, Ryan kept getting closer to the place he had previously sensed. At a certain moment, Chaos's 'presence' in the surrounding void stopped falling, and instead began to rise slowly.

Ryan perked up and then became cautious. According to what the original water goddess said before, the laws of the world locked these unexpected fragments, and everything that happened now undoubtedly proved this.

As Khaos' power extends, his 'presence' here naturally becomes stronger. But this also means that the Lord of Darkness is probably nearby.

"arrive."

After a while, the chain of laws was vaguely visible. At the end of his sight, Ryan could clearly see large and small light spots floating in the void.

A series of 'chains' are tied to it, and the power of the world is pouring out continuously, eroding the membrane on the surface of these light spots. On the side, a familiar figure was standing there, looking at everything in front of him quietly.

Erebus, the Lord of Darkness, Ryan was already prepared to use his divine power to turn himself into a 'secret' and hide himself aside, but he did not expect that the other party would be waiting here openly and openly.

Noticing the visitor, Erebus tilted his head. He looked at Ryan who was coming from a distance, but he had no intention of taking action.

"Ryan, long time no see. The last time I had a face-to-face conversation with you was probably ten thousand years ago."

With a smile on his face, the Lord of Darkness looked polite, not at all like he had fought against Ryan mercilessly a hundred years ago.

"It's been a long time indeed, but I thought you would welcome my arrival with more enthusiasm."

Stopping not far from Erebus, Ryan looked calm, but his secret vigilance did not diminish at all.

At the same time, he slowly observed the surrounding environment. The 'light spots' are very close at hand, but Ryan has already distinguished that they are actually fragments of the interface that range in size from thousands of miles in diameter to incalculable in size. It's just that under the dual effects of the void and the chain of Chaos' laws, size has lost its meaning.

Only a few of them can be roughly seen to be a little "larger" than others. That is because those fragments seem to be one of the main parts, so they appear a bit special.

"I fought you before because Chaos is only so big. You have already taken so many steps first. As a latecomer, I always have to slow down your progress. But these things are different now."

"I always have to choose one to go in, and I can't always confront you. When I leave, you can still enter. There is no need for a meaningless fight."

Looking at the scattered fragments in front of him, Erebus said directly.

If it makes sense to take action, he will naturally not hesitate. But if it doesn't make sense, then naturally there won't be any extra effort.

On the side, Ryan nodded when he heard the words. He quite agreed with what the Lord of Darkness said.

Strictly speaking, just like the result of the battle between the two sides at the turn of the era, Ryan's current strength is still worse than that of his opponent. This is not a personal defect like Gaia's that is difficult to repair, but an imperfection in divine power. .

If the lower limit of complete and great divine power is regarded as level 21, then the incarnations of other great beings are composed of divine power that is infinitely close to this field, plus the personality of the original body.

In this regard, the person in the spiritual world is not inferior to the opponent, but the gap in divine power still exists. In Ryan's original plan, there were no such sudden interface fragments, so he had been steadily increasing his divine power just like he had been for thousands of years.

But as the other party said, if there is only one interface fragment here, then both parties will have to fight for it. But since there are more than one, there is no need to do anything.

And the most important thing is that these fragments may not be just there for them to take whatever they want. No one knows what is inside. No one knows whether the destroyed world was caused by external factors or internal factors, or whether it still exists here. On the other hand, Khaos is constantly wearing down their resistance.

When they completely lose their ability to resist, the world will directly take away these fragments and 'digest' them. As for what will happen after the 'digestion' is completed, no one knows.

It is possible that it will be transformed back into its original form to enhance the power of the world, or it is possible that these fragments will be directly reorganized into large and small 'planes' that are anchored to the main body of the world. These are all unknown things.

Even Chaos is very likely to give birth to gods that did not exist in the original destiny because of these unexpected gains.

The time when Ryan and Erebus could really explore these fragments was actually only a short period of time. That was the period when the 'world' level power in the fragments was nearly obliterated by Chaos, but was not completely obliterated. .

This is also the reason why the Lord of Darkness was waiting here before. Since these fragments can float in the "nothing" outside the world, it is naturally because the power of the real world still remains on them. Faced with a piece of cake that was destined to be endless, the two of them should of course focus on how to eat it faster.

"You're right, so do you have a goal?"

Agreeing with this, and looking at the group of fragments in front of him, Ryan spoke.

"First come, first served, I'll let you choose first."

Although he had only been here for a while, Ryan had already roughly browsed through all the interface fragments around him. Nine of these fragments are the largest, and the chains of laws locked on them are also the thickest, while the rest are far inferior to them. Undoubtedly, these nine are their real targets.

Despite being isolated from the power of the world, the differences between these fragments can still be vaguely distinguished from their appearance. However, the more he looked at these fragments, the more frightened Ryan became.

He had already guessed why these fragments came to Chaos. Before, Ryan thought this was the result of the sun bathing in the East China Sea, but now it seems that this is just an accelerator at best, and it determines that the approaching position of these fragments is in the east of the world.

What really attracts them is probably Ryan himself and the Nine Hells that were opened not long ago.

At the world level, information, energy, and matter are equivalent, and the same information will also have special connections. Ryan originally named the fifth level of hell 'Atrium' just to commemorate the past, but he never expected that he would actually lead the real Atrium here.

What made him even more unexpected was that what he attracted was not a 'living' one, but a 'dead' one.

This is actually very reasonable. After all, if it is a complete world, it may not come because of a name. But looking at the remains of these dead worlds, Ryan doubted whether there were any living things in these fragments when the world was 'dead'.

"That's it. It seems suitable."

"Speaking of which, this time, we don't even know what the outcome will be—"

On the side, Erebus obviously didn't know what Ryan was thinking. He just pointed at a target that he had already spotted.

It was one of the nine largest fragments. Although there was nothing visible from the outside, it was undoubtedly a fragment dominated by dark power.

Ryan was not surprised by Erebus's choice. The reason why he generously let the other party choose first was naturally because without knowing what was specific, anyone would give priority to options that were close to or opposed to him.

Among the nine fragments present, exactly two are dominated by darkness and light respectively.

"Then I will choose this. In terms of luck, I am still very confident."

With a casual finger, Ryan selected a fragment that shone with golden light.

He actually hesitated. The other chilly fragment was equally important as the mist-shrouded fragment, but in the end Ryan chose this one.

After all, this is just a choice at the beginning. As long as the speed is fast enough, no one stipulates that only one fragment can be explored. This is also true for Erebus.

"Okay then, it's settled."

After taking a look at Ryan's choice, Erebus didn't think there was anything wrong.

In Chaos, it's understandable that Lion was born before him and therefore has means that he doesn't know about. But facing these things from outside the world, they are on the same level.

Even the power of [Destiny] may not be of much use in the face of these interface fragments that do not belong to Chaos. Therefore, although Ryan was famous for his prophecies from the beginning, Erebus didn't think he could see anything.

The so-called ‘luck’ probably won’t take effect here.

Just like that, the choice was made, and the two stopped talking, and there was nothing left to say between them. At the edge of the world, they quietly watched the spectacle of the intersection and collision of the world's forces.

Although there is also a world, the spiritual world is undoubtedly far inferior to the predecessors of Chaos and these fragments. They are all complete interfaces that can exist in the void by themselves, and Ryan is still far behind. In the confrontation between the two world powers, many things that are usually difficult to see are revealed.

What Erebus gained was unclear to Ryan, but he did learn some useful techniques from it.

I don’t know how long it took, even some small fragments had been completely wiped out by Chaos, and then they were dragged into the void by the chain of laws and disappeared. Until a certain moment, the power on the nine largest fragments finally reached a low point, and it could be broken open.

"It's now!"

I saw Erebus disappearing from the corner of my eye, and Ryan took a step closer to the fragment he had chosen. The divine power of [Death] turned into a black sword again. He clenched his hands, mobilized the power of the spirit world, and slashed the surface of the fragment fiercely.

Silently, a tiny crack appeared and healed. But when it returned to its original state, Ryan's figure had disappeared.

So the void outside this world once again restored the silence of the past.

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The light and shadow flashed in front of him, and illusions came and went. The moment he stepped into the fragment, time seemed to be infinitely stretched, and all kinds of old scenes were staged in front of Ryan one by one.

It seemed to be the "memory" of the world, containing His desire before destruction. In the illusion, Ryan seemed to see that on both sides of the gap of a void structure, ice and fire were clearly separated, and they met at the junction.

Twelve long rivers extend from the first springs born in the Kingdom of Ice and Mist in the north. They flow southward and enter the territory of the Kingdom of Fire. The river water circulates between the kingdoms of ice and fire, condenses into glaciers, and evaporates into mist.

Finally, in this eternal alternation, the first life, the giant, was born

"Step--"

The illusion disappeared, and when Ryan came to his senses, he found that he had entered the fragmented world.

Unlike what he saw outside, there was no golden light here, and there was a dead silence.

The sky was dark, the earth was cracked, and a breath of decay and ruin permeated the surroundings. There was no sign of life around.

On the ground, with the vision of the gods, occasionally you can see broken buildings or dry rivers in the distance. It seems that everything proves that in the past, there was an intelligent race here.

And looking at all this, Ryan's guess was finally confirmed.

"Asgard, the top of the nine realms, the country ruled by the Aesir, is indeed here."

"Who would have thought that I just picked a name casually, and it would actually attract the real owner?"

Lian was a little emotional. Undoubtedly, the predecessor of this broken world in front of him was another world recorded in later myths.

Unlike Chaos, although the present world here is somewhat separated from the outside world, it has also formed an interface like the underworld that almost claims to be a world, but Chaos is still a whole, but this is not the case here.

When this world was still complete, a world tree stood in the world, and the nine kingdoms were hung in different positions of the tree, together forming this fantastic and magnificent mythological world.

And the 'atrium' that Ryan had named for the fifth layer of hell before, here is located in the middle of the nine realms, also known as Midgard, the world where mortals live.

As for the 'Asgard' where he is now, it is the top of the nine realms, the country where the Aesir, ruled by the famous god king Odin in later generations, lives.

"If I remember correctly, in the records of Scandinavian mythology, one of the three roots extending from the World Tree extends here and takes root next to the Urd Spring."

"I don't know what is left of them now."

Standing in the air, Ryan looked into the distance. The possible remains of the God King Odin, the Urd Spring that was unknown whether it had been destroyed, the legendary "Rune", and the roots of the World Tree, this is why Ryan chose this world.

Although it is highly unlikely that all of them will be left, as long as he can find one, he feels that the trip is worthwhile.