Mythology: Spiritual Ruler

Time cannot be tampered with at will. The more powerful the world is, the more powerful the existence involved is.

Therefore, before reaching a certain height, the difficulty and cost of "killing the past" and then "killing the present" is far greater than killing your enemies head-on.

Therefore, although the future time dragons 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, which is just a tiny possibility that is not even a prophecy; they see into the past, but it is more like watching a movie, and even if the existence involved exceeds their own too much, it will cause the "movie" to be blurred.

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

Ryan's eyes penetrated through layers of obstacles and saw the void outside the world and inside the world. As a god who was deeply involved in the process of the nine kingdoms integrating into the world, even if there was no active prophecy, fate still gave him a feedback.

He could vaguely notice that those small fragments of the Nine Realms that Chaos had swallowed up at the beginning had begun to evolve. As time passed, they might become some scattered small planes, hanging on the main body of the world.

Compared with the present world, the rules of those small planes themselves are weak, and it is difficult to give birth to powerful life. For such a place where there is no high-level power, the Time Dragon can undoubtedly do whatever it wants. Not surprisingly, that will also be the place where they will mainly move in the future.

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

"And you."

Ryan turned and looked at another dragon egg, which did not need to be considered.

Spirituality itself is the most suitable power for it. What really needs to be concerned about is how much it can bear.

The palm gently brushed across the surface of the dragon egg, and in an instant, the originally dark eggshell turned white, and the whole body changed from pure entity to illusory.

The purest spiritual power was continuously injected into the dragon egg along Ryan's fingertips, providing power for the dragons that have not yet been born. It began to get rid of the material state and change to a form between virtual and real.

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

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

"Huh?"

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

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

Originally, as Nidhogg's creation, each dragon should have a "message" from him as its unique name in the future. This is both a name and one of his anchors. But now, the dragon egg transformed by the spiritual world has been eliminated from this influence, so it instinctively needs a name.

"Want a name? Don't worry about the formal name yet. Since you haven't been born yet, you can be called 'Bai'."

Lian said casually after looking at the eggshell that turned white.

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

"Then I'll assume you are satisfied."

With a slight smile, as the two dragon eggs began to be bred one after another, some rules of the spiritual world also changed.

Lian didn't intend to turn these two powerful real dragons into the same role as the 'Dragon Mother', but there was only one of them, so naturally another method was needed to give birth to the same kind. Ryan's idea was also very simple, just use the shell to lay eggs.

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

They may appear anywhere, and it is more likely that they will appear directly in the dead eggs of other dragons and directly replace them.

However, these 'weak' same kind are inevitably far behind the kings of their respective tribes. Like Bai's future tribe, they only have spiritual power, and elements and destiny will have nothing to do with them.

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

"It seems that it will take quite some time. Let's wait."

It will take some time for the dragon eggs to be born, but this is not long for the gods. If the passage of time here is accelerated, it is expected that Bai will be able to break out of the shell before the destruction of the bronze humans.

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, and after this dragon born by the spirit is born, he will consider its weaker brothers and sisters.

During this gap, he took out Odin's broken weapon, the gun barrel of the magic gun [Gungnir].

More than ten years, in the chaotic time and space, is probably enough for him to deal with this treasure from another world. For this artifact, Ryan does not intend to repair or keep it. After all, [Gungnir] has lost the gun head that penetrates everything, and its own power is not valued by him.

For it, Ryan has other uses.

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Mount Olympus, the bedroom of the king of gods.

It has been a long time since the punishment of mankind. Sitting on a chair 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 protoss, 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 for 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 make him worry.

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 was good at exploration to track Hecate, the goddess of the magic network. 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's 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 be reduced too much because of the loss of the divine gift. Although some mortals have become unfaithful because of this, many have become 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 seems to be called 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 and that divine creature lived well and even had a daughter.”

There was some disdain in his words, and Zephyrus felt that if Epimetheus was half as smart as himself, 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 took on 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 has 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, Zeferos 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 of time, 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 of being like a big pot of 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 more than a step 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 Prometheus was pressed to the East China Sea, Zeus was a little uneasy, so he accelerated his plan.

He was so impatient to create Pandora and give it to Epimetheus, which actually showed a little eagerness.

But not long after, as the master of Olympus, the God King once again had an inexplicable intuition. He felt that something seemed to be close to this sacred mountain, and there was a close connection between him and it.

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

"Maybe I should change another way. Maybe intuition can lead me to the target better than divine power."

His expression moved slightly, and Zeus decided that after the bronze human affairs were over, he would let his instinct guide himself to see what caused his reaction.

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With the integration of the nine realms and the imprisonment of Prometheus, the entire Chaos world became quiet again.

In other words, the constant occurrence of various events like in recent years was something that had never happened in the past two eras.

Several years passed quickly, and everything seemed so peaceful. Only a few people could perceive the waves beneath the peace.

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