Mythology: Spiritual Ruler

Hidden in his dreams, Hypnos had been waiting for a long time.

Until now, he was a little surprised that his trip went smoothly. No one asked him, and no one stopped him, because this place was not like Olympus, where nymphs acted as waiters and wandered between palaces. Crossing the sixth spiritual world, the god of sleep came to the peak of Mount Sinai openly.

When he walked into the Temple of Lopers, the empty temple was empty, and even the wine on the table was still warm. Not far from the main seat, there were some eggs of unknown creatures stored there, but Hypnos just took a look and didn't pay attention to it anymore.

He had plenty of time to look at it later, and now, business was the most important thing.

"It's really careless, but it's true, who would be careful all the time in their own palace?"

Walking past the long table, Hypnos noticed that at some point, a ball of colorful flames appeared on the left side of the main seat.

It changes and jumps between different colors, takes root in the void, uses space as fuel, and illuminates everything around. The god of sleep has never seen such a fire before. It is not a product of power, but a special wonder that is born and raised like the golden apple.

This is extremely rare in the world of Chaos, but in this palace, it is just an ordinary lighting tool.

"After all, he is an old guy who has lived for a long time, and he always has something special in his hands."

Whispering to himself, Hypnos tried to make himself look calmer. While talking, he sensed every corner of this temple. After a while, he walked around the table, and the god of sleep finally did not find anything wrong.

"Is it an illusion?"

Frowning, the young god always felt that he had an inexplicable sense of being watched since he entered this palace, but no matter how he looked, there was no other life here.

After a little hesitation, he finally let go of that strange feeling and hid his body in his dream. Time is running out, and he can't do anything extra. Besides, he didn't dare to start a big fight in this palace, lest his sneak attack lose its effect.

Next, it was time to wait.

"Hmm——?"

When the figure of the god of sleep disappeared, the young white dragon poked its head out from behind a dragon egg and looked at the place where Hypnos disappeared in surprise.

Just now, Bai had been watching the god of sleep silently, watching him observe the layout of the temple. She was a little curious about this person's purpose, but she didn't expect that in just a blink of an eye, the other party disappeared.

After searching around, there was still no harvest. The feeling of loss surged in her heart, but the next moment, the young dragon awakened its instincts as if it had learned without a teacher.

She opened the "eyes" that belonged to her heart, and then clearly saw where Hypnos was.

It was a tiny light spot. The god of sleep shrank his dream into a tiny dust. If she hadn't seen him disappear with her own eyes, even if she could see the existence of the dream, she would probably find it difficult to detect the hiding of the god of sleep.

In it, Hypnos had taken out the purple flute. This companion artifact has obviously also gained a lot of benefits in the process of perfecting the third layer of the spirit world, and the breath flowing on it has become deeper.

"Is this a dream?"

A crisp voice sounded in his heart, and Bai just stared at the tiny dream world. There is no distinction between big and small, and it is not restricted by rules. Everything depends on the heart of life.

"From now on, the dream belongs to me?"

When Ryan walked into the temple, a voice sounded in his heart. Looking at the excited young dragon, Ryan responded to her in the same way.

"The third layer of the spirit world is the world of dreams. From now on, it will be your home."

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Gray feathers fell from the void, intoxicating all spirits. The melodious flute sounded between existence and non-existence, but it did not arouse anyone's vigilance at all.

Hiding in his own dream, in front of Hypnos, Ryan was almost unconsciously enveloped by the power of sleep. The process was incredibly smooth, and he didn't even notice it from beginning to end.

"I really didn't expect it to go so smoothly. But it seems normal."

"Maybe I thought too much. Everything should go so smoothly."

Putting down the flute, Hypnos gradually smiled in his dream.

Although in the case of a sneak attack, the God of Sleep asked himself if there was anyone in the world who could not be affected by his authority, but when he really succeeded, he was still a little excited.

He was not arrogant. In fact, Hypnos had some knowledge of his own strength, but it was this knowledge that boosted his confidence. Today's God of Sleep not only incorporated a little chaotic source power at birth, but also deeply experienced the essence of his authority in the process of building the dream spirit world. All of this made him stronger than the myths of later generations. Since he could secretly plot against Zeus, who was almost at the peak, with the help of the Queen of Heaven, he would do better now.

It can even be said that if Hypnos faced any other god, his judgment of himself would be very correct.

Crushing a round bead in his hand, following the invisible connection, the spiritual beings that had long been scattered received instructions. Not knowing how long it would take for other spiritual gods to return to the spiritual world, Hypnos simply took the initiative and let these spiritual beings create chaos everywhere.

Let them focus on these places, so that he has enough time to take over the authority of the spiritual world. After doing this last thing, the God of Sleep turned around and looked at Ryan, who was sleeping soundly on the throne.

He didn't know why, but he always felt that the scene before him was a bit unreal. Perhaps the victory came too suddenly, which made him subconsciously feel a little less confident.

"Not anymore."

Taking a deep breath, Hypnos slowly stepped forward.

"All gods are like this, aren't they?"

He stretched out his hand and reached towards Ryan's chest. He didn't know what the symbol of authority in the spiritual world looked like before. He just guessed that it was probably a pen. After all, the artifact that suppressed the core of the spiritual world was a book. And the result was just as Hypnos thought, the next moment, he really held an illusory quill.

The whole body is gray in tone, with dark silver patterns on it, and mysterious symbols are carved on it. The most important thing is that it is a symbol of authority in the spiritual world.

"Now, I am the king."

He whispered softly to himself, clenching his right hand subconsciously. At this moment, Hypnos felt that he had 'seen' an extremely majestic existence, and even his consciousness became a little blurry.

I don't know how much time passed, but when he regained consciousness, the God of Sleep seemed to have established some kind of connection between himself and the spirit world. A strong sense of power filled the sleeping god's heart. At this moment, he felt that he was omnipotent.

"Is this the Lord of the Spirit World?"

With a thought, all the worlds were shaken. With the power of this thought in his heart, Hypnos could no longer suppress his smile.

This feeling is so wonderful!

"Hahahahaha"

After laughing loudly for a while, Hypnos managed to regain his composure. Feeling this authority, he looked outside the spiritual world. With such power, how could he stop here?

The next step is to let the whole world sink into an eternal dream.

That's what he thought, and that's what he did. So Hypnos summoned his men and decided to use the newly acquired authority to canonize them as gods.

It's a bit strange to say, why didn't the previous Lord of the Spirit World canonize a god, so that he defeated him so easily?

Shaking his head, Hypnos felt that he didn't need to think about such trivial matters. He stood alone on the top of the spiritual world, quietly waiting for the worship of hundreds of millions of creatures.

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When the God of Sleep crushed the ball, at the same time, a moderate chaos began to erupt in the first four levels of the spiritual world.

When Hypnos's final order was issued, the beings in the spirit world who had just gone to the Dream Realm to visit him not long ago also received the news. Although none of them disobeyed the God of Sleep, they still made different choices.

Some obey orders, some assign avatars and subordinates to execute them, and some use various methods to get around things. Under the prestige of the spiritual world, not everyone is unscrupulous. But no matter what, the spiritual world today is no longer as peaceful as it used to be.

One after another, the natural passages connecting different levels were temporarily destroyed, and many spiritual beings perished in the fighting. No one knew the reason for everything, but all this was immediately sensed by the gods in the spiritual world.

Or to be more precise, the three goddesses who lived together with the reincarnation sensed the strange movements in the fourth level of the spiritual world, and they immediately informed their companions who came together.

"This is your arrangement."

The sentence structure was questioning and the tone was affirmative. Although she didn't know how the other party got in touch with the life in the spiritual world, Lyanna didn't believe it was a coincidence.

Opposite her, Asmodeus smiled and seemed very polite.

"Maybe, so that's it. In fact, there is no need for us to continue this meaningless fight. I also promise you that after today, I will not personally interfere with soul matters."

As the Lord of a Realm, it is not a glorious thing to personally come to snatch souls from others. That is to say, there has been secret communication about this matter, otherwise the Lord of Nine Hells may not be able to do it.

But that's all. From now on, it's all about the lords he canonized and the gods in the spiritual world. After all, with this first ‘investment’, the inner circle of hell is officially on track.

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Lyanna was silent for a moment after listening to the Lord of Hell's words. The first three levels of the spirit world don't matter. No matter how much trouble the beings in the spirit world make, they can't harm the spirit world itself. In fact, there is no need to pay attention to their fight, but it is different in the world of spirits.

The area around the Well of Reincarnation swallows the souls of the entire world, and it is much more important than a small Aurora Plain. When weighed, it is obvious which one is more important.

But this was the last time. Lyanna secretly decided that from now on, she would advise Ryan to disconnect the fourth spiritual world from other levels.

The land of reincarnation does not need to welcome the entry and exit of even native beings in the spiritual world. From now on, only angels who follow the River of Forgottenness or have some authority in the spiritual world can step into this interface.

In a few words, the originally tense situation changed subtly, and the atmosphere at the ruins of the human city changed again, but this time, the pressure was on Hestia who was standing aside.

Not only because she couldn't watch all human souls being taken away by others, but also because she saw that the unknown strange existence turned its head and set its sights on her.

Even that look made her feel inexplicably familiar.

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Spiritual world.

‘Tens of thousands of years’ passed, and after seizing the authority of the spiritual world, Hypnos began his plan to enter the dream world.

He first secretly led some weak gods into the dream world, and then let their main consciousness immerse in the false dream world, and the real body was used by him. He took advantage of a human war called ‘Troy’ to erode Olympus, and then successively annexed the underworld and encompassed the starry sky. Even the original gods were not his opponents.

He dominated the sky and the earth, ruled the sun, the moon and the stars, but he did not accept the position of the king of gods in the world, and became the master of the material and spiritual worlds at the same time. Because the god of sleep felt that the spiritual world should be higher than the world, not equal to him.

Finally, when Hypnos stood at the top of Chaos, he looked at the world itself.

“All living beings have dreams, so I will let the spiritual world become the ‘dream’ of the world.”

Let the laws of the world fall asleep, fall into the dream woven by oneself, and then replace it. For a time, the god of sleep was amazed by his own ideas. He who already had everything executed this idea without hesitation, and then used his consciousness to merge with the world.

At this moment, a sense of detachment and reality came to his mind, and Hypnos, who was in charge of everything, felt that he was more perfect than ever before.

This feeling

"How does it feel?"

In his intoxication, Hypnos heard a familiar voice asking him.

"Very good, I feel unprecedented reality."

He said subconsciously, but the next moment, the consciousness of the god of sleep suddenly woke up. He is already the master of the world, who can speak in his ear?

"Who are you?"

He asked this, but no one responded to him. Hypnos began to recall, following this familiar feeling. Finally, at the beginning of everything, he remembered the source of this familiar feeling.

That was Ryan's voice. The memories of the past gradually came to his mind, and Hypnos remembered it, but then a greater confusion came to his mind. God is immortal, and he took away the authority of the spiritual world, so he should still be alive, but what is his end, why does he seem to have completely ignored his existence?

There are others. At this moment, the god of sleep seemed to "understand" something, and when he "woke up", the world was broken.

Everything between heaven and earth was destroyed, the rule he established and the gods he canonized disappeared. When Hypnos came to his senses, he suddenly realized that he was standing in the center of the Temple of Lopers, and Ryan was sitting on a chair, looking at him quietly.

"Am I not good enough for you?"

Sitting on the chair, Ryan asked softly.

"I gave you life and let you come to this world; I gave you power to make you stronger than your destiny; I also gave you the right to make you the master of the third spiritual world."

"Now, tell me, what drives you to do all this, just because of the influence of nature?"

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After a long silence, Hypnos had countless doubts in his heart, such as why he was the god who was in charge of dreams, but was easily influenced by the other party and fell into his own dream, but now even if he got an explanation, it would be meaningless.

If he still can't win despite having all the advantages, then his failure is inevitable. But listening to Ryan's words, Hypnos felt a fire burning in his chest.

It's always like this. We are all sons of the spirit world. What the world gives me has nothing to do with you!

"Hehe, dreams are the activity of the spirit under sleep, and the bridge for communication between the spirit and life. I am also a sacred being born in the spirit world, and the supreme being who is immortal. Before the birth of the existence that serves reincarnation, only you and I in the entire spirit world have the natural divine power. Why are you higher than me!"

The voice gradually became louder. At this moment, he was not stating to Ryan, but more like speaking to the spirit world. The divine power surged, and Hypnos's voice spread down the sacred mountain. Looking at Ryan on the high seat, he said word by word:

"The son of fire will not worship the son of earth. I didn't lose to you, but the spirit world didn't choose me."

The evil god's emotions are naturally weak, but it's not that there is no positive emotion at all. It's just that Hypnos left this emotion to the spirit world itself. In his opinion, Ryan is to the spirit world as Gaia is to the world. They are the symbol of "earth" and the original sacredness of the world, but they should not be rulers, but assistants.

But he is different. He should be the king of the spirit world, and then lead the spirit world to erode the world in turn, just as he did in his dream. Once a thought arises, there will be all kinds of things today.

In particular, the existence of the immortal essence has contributed to Hypnos's confidence. In the past years, he has heard of the saying that "Ryan is the incarnation of the spirit world", but the god of sleep did not take it to heart. Because until the beginning of reincarnation, among the gods of the entire spirit world, only he and Ryan have been in power since their birth, and even Lyanna has never had this innate authority.

Hypnos does not know what fate is, let alone that Lyanna did not exist in the original history, but he did, so Chaos only gave him the privileges given to the innate gods by the world. He only knows that he and Ryan are equal.

"I understand. But unfortunately, the spirit world and I were born together."

Standing up from his chair, Ryan couldn't tell whether he was happy or angry. In front of him, the god of sleep sneered at his words.

His figure rushed straight towards Ryan, but seeing this scene, Ryan looked at the door of the hall instead.

Even at this moment, Hypnos was still not overwhelmed by emotions. He seemed to want to fight hard, but in fact he did not make any futile resistance, but wanted to escape from here and plan for the follow-up. But obviously, he would not have this opportunity.

Looking at the back of the god of sleep going away in an instant, Ryan gently raised his hand, and a section of verdant wood appeared in his hand. The "must hit" power that originally belonged to it has been transferred to the other two sections, but it still has a little primer left.

Now, this little primer is triggered. When it is thrown out, it will hit, this is the destined result.

"The spirit world is born with me, He is, I am, we are all part of the existence of "Lion". You refused to obey me, although you did not betray the father who created you, but you disobeyed the "spirit" that showed His authority in the world."

The voice echoed in the seven-layer interface, looking at Hypnos who was far away, Ryan calmly gave him the final judgment.

"In that case, I will expel you from the spirit world. You originally lived in the highest sky, and now, I will demote you to the bottom of the world."

As soon as the voice fell, the wooden pole flew out of his hand, and it turned into a bright light, hitting the back of the god of sleep.

The next moment, under the guidance of the fate of "must win", it and the gods in front of it went to the destined trajectory.

"Thirteen million years, this is my punishment for you."

Standing in the temple, Ryan looked at the god of sleep who was wrapped in light and fell from the sky, as calm as usual. At the same time, when Hypnos fell from the deep mountains, the sky outside also changed.

In Chaos's sky, in addition to the physical stars, there are also the virtual stars without physical bodies, which together constitute the vast starry sky. However, on this day, a star suddenly shone brightly.

It was originally a symbol of a god, illuminating the direction in the dreams of all living beings, but it is no longer.

Under the gaze of all living things, the stars fell from the sky, at an immeasurable speed, straight into the human world.

I'm asking for your opinions. When I write about hell, do you think I should use Kronos's original name?