Greek Mythology: The Spiritual Dominator.

Chapter 398 Harvest
"I hope everything is as you said, Aphrodite, and remember to prepare your incarnation.

"I will prepare mine too. This time, I can only succeed, not fail."

"I also hope that what you prepared is really as useful as you said. As for my affairs, you don't need to worry about them."

Speaking quietly, Aphrodite touched her belt.

"It will work. There will be no other possibility."

"Hit the target with one strike - Athena will never have the chance to intervene, after all, that place is not her territory. Once we succeed, we will ask the kingdoms on earth to form an alliance."

"Athens has their magic and alchemy," Hera sneered and gripped the armrests of the golden throne, "but they are no match for the gods!"

"Metis, Prometheus, Athena... these gods who claim to be wise have always been so arrogant, but history will teach them a lesson."

"...Ah, yes, lessons."

Aphrodite smiled and said, "But Hera, you are still bothered by the existence of Metis."

"Do you need me to lend you my belt? To be honest, instead of worrying about a person who has died somewhere unknown, it is better to take practical actions to make the King of Gods revolve around you, instead of running around the human world every day to hunt for beauties - oh, I almost forgot."

"Your Majesty, the respected God King, he is not only hunting for beauties now—"

--boom!

A low roar echoed in the temple. When the smoke and dust settled, the goddess of beauty had disappeared, and only Hera was left in the hall.

She gasped for air, which was why she and Aphrodite had always been at odds.

It was not just because the freedom of love and beauty was in conflict with the constraints of marriage, nor was it because of the provocation of the other party's words. In fact, perhaps deep down, Hera had always been a little jealous.

She was jealous of Metis, jealous of her intelligence and her daughter's power. Even though Zeus swallowed her, it was actually because he was afraid that her children would threaten the throne.

She was jealous of Hestia, jealous of her elder sister being independent and powerful, and not dependent on any male god. If the goddess of law had not left Olympus, Themis would actually have been within the scope of her jealousy.

But compared with the former, the two goddesses' gentle and generous or fair and strict personalities made her unable to be jealous. In the end, what remained in her heart was more of envy.

But Aphrodite... had a passionate character and was obsessed with her husband. She was obsessed with her own son, but she could never restrain her husband.

Even if Hera tried to convince herself to accept all this, she couldn't accept it in the end.

"The king of gods is always arrogant. The ancient gods regarded the gods as slaves and never thought that they would dare to resist. Kronos, standing on Mount Odisha, thought that his strength could help him defeat fate, but the result was in vain."

"What about Zeus? Will there be such a day for you? If so, what will be my fate? Like Mother Earth, like Mother Goddess, or... my own fate."

In the King of Gods and the Queen of Heaven, perhaps due to some mysterious influence, they always show some advantages or disadvantages belonging to each sex.

However, even Hera herself could not tell whether her jealousy came from the influence of her position as the Queen of Heaven or her nature.

"If Zeus is always the king of gods, then let us continue to torture each other."

The sadness was only short-lived, and Hera soon recovered her spirits.

She needs to concentrate on finishing what she needs to do first, as for the future?
She is indispensable in every one of Zeus's love affairs, even though she always plays the role of a vicious and jealous woman, but she doesn't care.

It was so in the past and it will be so in the future. Let those innocent mortals who suffered hate her... She will take it one by one.

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The sky is bright for a moment, and the world has gone through several years.

In the distant foreign land, perhaps not too long had passed. But in the Chaos world, more than a year had already passed.

This was caused by the destruction of Egypt, and it is a very normal thing.

After all, even when Chaos appeared in the world, there was a time disorder due to Typhon's Rebellion, so it was not surprising that similar things happened in the Egyptian world.

So standing on a high cliff of the Acropolis, when Ryan once again returned to the last guard of the city of Athens, this place was already very different from the last time he came.

More and better guards, materials stored in the warehouse, and even though it looked unchanged, the magic array patterns buried underground were gradually taking shape, which could be sensed with just a slight sense.

They will form a huge rune barrier, covering the entire city, and eventually play a defensive role similar to the Silvermoon City puzzle lock - the only difference is that the latter can be activated all day without pause, because the ubiquitous magic network is the source of its power, and defense is only one part of its function. The former is simply a temporary shield, and no one knows how long it can last.

But no matter what, everything before us proves that Athens had long realized the bad situation and began to prepare for war in secret.

Of course, no matter how prepared they were, these things theoretically had nothing to do with Ryan. The reason why he appeared here at this moment actually had another reason.

However, the brief unity of consciousness caused by the end of the foreign land forced Ryan to stay here temporarily and consider the various impacts that the end of Hemenu might have on him.

"At the end of Egypt, the biggest piece of the puzzle has been completed."

"Divine nature is really straightforward in doing things. Everything is moving in the direction of maximizing benefits. However, this is indeed efficient enough, and the final result is still acceptable."

"As for the gods of Egypt...compared to the current situation where almost all of the Nine Realms are dead, Chaos should accept them. But whether they can still become 'gods' is still uncertain."

Compared with most of Chaos' natural gods, Egypt has many animal gods. However, there are already various similar animals in the world today, and they probably won't be able to inherit the old business.

If they are luckier, they may be able to find a new path like Anubis; if they are averagely unlucky, they may become a divine nature spirit or totem and be worshipped by others; if they are unlucky, it is not surprising that they may be captured and enslaved by the locals.

After all, no matter what, he is a god from another world.

"These will depend on how Chaos' rules are handled, and have little to do with the existence of the world today."

"Perhaps by the time they come into the world with a changed appearance, the Third Era will have already ended."

Silently thinking, the matter of the Egyptian gods can be ignored for the time being. The only one worthy of Ryan's attention is probably Amon Ra.

After all, although he had just briefly experienced the supreme power of the realm of creation with the help of a drop of the source of creation, that power had been exhausted when Amon Ra fled.

Ryan could only judge from experience that he might not be dead - just like he said, the other party was difficult to kill.

Even with the help of Hemenu, he is a being who has truly reached the limit of the great realm and even obtained the characteristics of a higher realm. As long as he is willing enough, he should still have a chance to survive.

After all, Chaos doesn't have much intelligence. Or, if he were so smart, Ryan would have no chance of snatching food from him.

"But whether he is alive or not, he should not have the opportunity to influence my arrangements before the end of the Third Epoch."

"So next, it's the real benefit that the spirit world gets - [the sun]."

At this time, the integration of consciousness had been broken, but Ryan still remembered the feeling that Hemenu's sun gave him.

Unlike Chaos' split powers of Light and Fire, in Hermeneus these were all part of the sun god.

Of course, these are all secondary. The most powerful aspect of this sun is actually its ability to "rebirth" and "rebirth". In fact, this is its most powerful aspect.

In the entire Egyptian culture, history, mythology and even the world, the changes of life and death, the transformation of existence and extinction are the most critical part, and the sun is its representation.

Even in the spiritual world today, the power of death is constantly acting on the essence of the sun, but every time a part of it is "killed", another part is resurrected.

It can be said that if you want to annex it in this way, it will definitely take a long time.

After all, Ryan's goal was not to erase it, but to make it a part of himself. Even a powerful being like Chaos took thousands of years to completely assimilate the remains of the Nine Realms.

If Ryan intends to use this "stupid method" to solve the problem, it will only take him longer.

"If I don't rely on time to persevere, then I can only wait for the right opportunity." "Just like the formation of the interface of the four elements, it is an opportunity for me to digest the water, wind and fire source power of Hemenu. The power that would have taken at least dozens or hundreds of years to absorb was refined in an instant, and it actually boosted my strength."

Throughout the Second Age, Ryan had been in the process of "absorbing source power" and "digesting source power". From this, we can see that although eight of the Nine Pillar Gods are only powerful gods, if there is no appropriate opportunity to assist, then this source will definitely not melt in the mouth.

Fortunately, Ryan had already had corresponding ideas about the sun since the day he knew the existence of the Hemenu world. And as Helios was eroded by the mother tree, the balance of fate tilted again.

If nothing unexpected happens, a great-level [Sun] is destined to rise in the world, but the process and way of its rising will probably be beyond everyone's expectations.

"Yes, there is also the Ancient Moon Essence that originally belonged to Thoth, but was replaced by Ra with a magical power that was more suitable for him."

"As the foundation of the spiritual world, the moon cannot be pulled too far away from the sun."

There is no special opportunity to digest this power, but fortunately the spiritual world is no longer what it used to be, and it was not that powerful to begin with, so it should be digested quickly.

However, according to Ryan's judgment, even if this alien moon is added, the concept of Chaos Moon may still not be as good as the Sun.

The sun is the supreme being in the starry sky, and the moon seems to have always been its foil.

Even if he could get Hemenu's moon again, Ryan didn't think its power could be broken through, or even give birth to a moon god of a great realm.

"In addition to the sun and the moon, the legacy that Ra left behind is the history that he himself symbolizes..."

"According to the current situation, the past of this world will eventually become the food of the [Book of Years], which will be completely completed and recast the moment He arrives in Chaos. And the civilization He has evolved over tens of millions of years will become the nourishment of the [Slate of Civilization], and it will even be much stronger than what those who originally believed in God have done over the years.

"Compared to these, the Book of the Dead in La's hand has to stand aside. Although the two powerful divine powers are also valuable, they are actually just better than nothing."

Long ago, [Reincarnation] had reached a limit.

The life and death that constitute it have reached the limit of the great divine power, and only a small critical point is left. But Ryan is also very clear that this point cannot be achieved by the accumulation of quantity, it also requires an opportunity.

This opportunity is not about how much source power related to life and death is piled in, but an event or node that is sufficiently symbolic. It must be related to life and death at the same time, not just one of them.

Fortunately, this problem is not as difficult as imagined, and the answer will be revealed at the end of the Third Age.

Therefore, most of the power in this Book of the Dead was directly thrown into the elemental plane of the fifth layer of the spiritual world, and only the main body remained in the place of reincarnation.

In Ryan's plan, Samsara will refine this Book of the Dead, and then reorganize it in future sublimation, turning it into a magical artifact similar to the Book of Life and Death, recording the lifespan and death time of all spirits - of course, to achieve this, there is a hurdle that cannot be overcome.

That is the three goddesses of fate, Moirai, who weaves fate, arranges fate, and tailors fate.

But this is all later, and there is no need to consider it for now. If the fate of the present world is dismembered, they will naturally die. If the fate of the present world is intact, then it will be difficult for them to die. So this is just a casual arrangement and does not involve any other matters.

The evolution of the artifact of creation also takes some time, and it is not something that can be completed immediately.

"Finally, this is actually the biggest and most direct benefit of this trip to another world."

"Eight Spirits, half of the world."

"Even a tiny fragment of the Absolute Void is more powerful than the Book of the Dead. And the power of the Primordial Water is truly infinite."

"Even if it's just a part of it, I'm afraid I have to digest it thoroughly before I can judge how much it is."

I feel a little emotional. If we rank the eight spirits formed by the four layers of Hemenu's barrier, then [Original Water] is actually the undisputed number one.

Even if it separated the sun and shaped the [Benben Stone] to separate the gods and the human world, it still sat firmly at the core of the four-layer barrier and was the central axis of Hemenu.

In the past, the upper limit of Ryan's evaluation system was Tartarus, so when facing the [Original Water], this system was obviously not enough.

"When I fought Erebus, we were both at about level 25 of Great Power. My so-called advantage was only a superficial one. In a real fight, it was actually difficult to tell who would win."

“But when the inner world of the fifth spiritual world began to be completed, the spiritual symbolism was raised to the level of 26.”

"When the sun is completely digested in the future, the part of the Book of the Dead will help the inner world to be further complete. By then, the spiritual symbol will probably be further improved, and perhaps it can barely enter the realm of 27."

"The same is true for the improvement of the [Book of Years] and the [Slate of Civilization], but it is unknown how much of an enhancement they will have. Perhaps the [Code of Creation] will also need to be involved to determine the broken order of the newly integrated Hermeneu, or even... the new order of the world after the end of the Third Era."

"At this point, the process of achieving great divine power is almost over, and the end point can be seen in the distance."

"But all this does not take into account the [Original Water], because I don't know yet how powerful the [Original Water] is, and how much I can draw from it."

Far away in the distant time and space, when the magic sword was inserted into the [Original Water], endless power had already flowed into the fifth level of the spiritual world along the invisible connection.

In each cycle, with the water element interface as the base point, the power of the interfaces of the four elements of earth, water, wind and fire is also constantly expanding.

Of course, the reason why the newly formed cycle can so easily refine and absorb the power of [Original Water] is partly because although it is called "water", it is actually the cornerstone of the birth of the world and the primordial soup.

The power of earth, water, wind and fire can all be drawn from it, but in varying amounts. In this case, as long as it is transformed, it will naturally be balanced quickly.

It can be said that the power of [Original Water] is quite omnipotent to a certain extent, and it is difficult to see its limit.

Ryan even suspected that if the spiritual world drew enough power from the [Original Water], then in the future, the main gods of the four elemental interfaces would be able to touch the great realm with it - at least touch this realm within the spiritual world.

After all, his judgment of [Original Water] was still too superficial, and he could only guess at many things. Even if it weren't for that sword that destroyed the world, it would be difficult for him to even guess.

"But this also proves that maybe the mother tree is actually stronger than I thought, but it is just under too many shackles."

"No wonder he could partially corrupt the true gods. Even Chaos's sun could not escape."

"But it's good this way. This time, I used the power of creation to make it clear to me that even if I use external forces, my own strength must be strong enough to exert its power as much as possible."

"If I were standing at the pinnacle of great divine power and swung this sword, perhaps my own strength would be insignificant to the realm of creation, but my control over it would be much stronger. Perhaps I could take advantage of the situation and destroy a considerable part of Amon Ra's existence on the spot, instead of just a little bit of it."

Ryan let out a breath, closed his eyes slightly, and opened them again after a while.

The past is the past. Generally speaking, Hemenu is a huge treasury, and it has indeed brought him great benefits.

However, there is still a key to realizing all these gains.

That is the world of Chaos, the end of the Third Age.

"It's still quite troublesome. At least before the divine incarnation returns, we can't let Zeus unify the human world directly."

"The Devil Sword's true full power is only one strike. A mere God King is not qualified to take it."

Athens was just at the end of his sight, and Ryan's eyes flickered slightly.

Fighting against Zeus to unify the world is actually an unavoidable topic for Athens. And from the outside, Athens is indeed preparing for war.

But there was one thing Ryan didn't quite understand, that was, from the Banquet of the Golden Apple, he never understood what Athena was going to do.

Is it a fight for interests, a fight for pride, or something else? If you don't consider her as the 'goddess of wisdom', this is actually normal now. But Ryan felt that Athena's response and reaction was still too 'normal'.

She is so normal that she doesn’t look like a goddess who has read a script, but rather like her original mythological self.

Well... But then again, curiosity is curiosity. The reason why Ryan returned to Athens now was not because he discovered something, but simply a spiritual intuition.

Because his intuition told him that the scene he had predicted before was about to happen here.

(End of this chapter)