Tokyo: My Hundred Demon Scroll

After all, it was Amaterasu who bit down on the Totsuka Sword and exhaled, which gave birth to the Munakata Three Goddesses.

However, in the Japanese mindset, this isn't how it's calculated.

Because the Totsuka Blade belonged to Susanoo, the three goddesses of Munakata, who were born from biting the Totsuka Blade, were considered Susanoo's daughters, while the five male gods born from the Magatama were considered Amaterasu's sons.

So here comes the question.

What kind of bizarre relationship is this?

First of all, there was no sexual relationship involved in the entire process of creating the gods.

From this perspective, the existence of bloodlines becomes meaningless.

Neither the three goddesses of Munakata nor the five gods were born from the flesh and blood of Amaterasu and Susanoo.

There are also significant problems with the process.

The Totsuka Sword belongs to Susanoo, so his daughter is also his, and has nothing to do with Amaterasu. The three goddesses of Munakata do not need to call Amaterasu their mother.

They have no mother, only a father, Susanoo.

This story shows that the relationship between gods as fathers and daughters, mothers and sons, is not based on the flesh and blood that carries their genetic information, and even the process of women giving birth can be omitted.

The important thing is to establish causal relationships.

The Totsuka Sword belongs to Susanoo, and the three Munakata goddesses born from it should also belong to Susanoo.

Once this 'belonging' relationship is established, whether or not the child was born by the goddess herself becomes irrelevant.

"That guy was never really capable."

"If it weren't for me, how could the Takamagahara Pantheon have achieved its current prosperity?"

Izanami looked down on her brother, thinking he was a good-for-nothing, a coward, and a wimp: "And the moment he ran away, I cursed him."

The two are not only siblings, but also husband and wife, and their fates are intertwined.

The curse emanating from Izanami is like the division of property in a divorce, a shackle that Izanagi can never escape.

"He first cleansed his left eye, and the radiant Amaterasu was born; then he cleansed his right eye, and the bright and clear Tsukuyomi was born."

The two goddesses could not possibly be the filth of the underworld that had been washed away, but rather 'light' falling from Izanagi's eyes.

Amaterasu was the most brilliant light after the first round of cleansing.

Tsukuyomi is the remaining brightness after another cleansing.

After two cleansings, much of Izanagi's divinity was stripped away, much like the division of property, with a large portion of his assets being awarded to his wife.

"Susanoo was born from his nose."

Izanami: "The nose represents 'ki,' which is his courage, boldness, blood, and essence."

Without Amaterasu's light, Izanagi could no longer illuminate others.

Without the light of Tsukuyomi, Izanagi will never be able to see the path ahead in the darkness.

Without Susanoo's aura, Izanagi completely lost his confidence and courage, becoming a weakling who could only run away.

"Therefore, the three of them are children that I forcibly separated from Izanagi."

Originally, all three children were born in Izanagi.

Based on the fact that the Totsuka Blade belongs to Susanoo, and that the three goddesses of Munakata born from the Totsuka Blade are merely daughters of Susanoo.

The authority belongs to Izanagi, and the three noble children were born carrying this authority, so they should belong only to Izanagi and have nothing to do with Izanami.

But alas, when Tora went to rule Takamagahara and Tsukuyomi went to rule Yoru no Shirahara, only Susanoo remained by the sea, weeping, longing to see his mother again.

"The moment that child called me mother, my existence became predetermined."

Susanoo called out "Mother," and this word "Mother" was not just a title, but also a causal confirmation of the established fact that the three noble children were born.

"He remains powerful because Amaterasu and Tsukuyomi are not close to me."

“But without the ki that Susanoo represents,” Izanami said with a mocking smile, “how could he possibly have the courage to confront Hiruko?”

"Well."

At this point, Izanami sneered, "Anyway, it's the same. Even if he hadn't lost that courage, that guy would never have dared to go to the seventh floor and join the battle between the gods and Hiruko-gami."

In Izanami's description, Izanagi, the father god of the Takamagahara pantheon, is a scoundrel, a coward, and a wimp.

"Oh, and there's also the power of reversal."

Izanami seemed to have thought of something: "That guy didn't have the guts to face me directly, so he reserved his power for Dohan and even specially trained the Higa clan to oppose me."

"But that guy definitely didn't expect that I would take the opportunity to transform the Thousand-Point Method into a prison for evil gods."

The numerous evil gods sealed within Higa Kotoko's body are the very same deities from Takamagahara who once followed Izanagi to the human world.

However, like the Father God, these gods also lost the courage to fight Hiruko-no-Kami to the death.

They fled, fleeing to the human world, the afterlife, and the illusory world...

What Izanagi didn't expect was that the Higa clan, who were supposed to be used by him to deal with Izanami and the army of Yomi, these servant-like dogs actually showed their claws to their former masters.

The Higa clan's rebellious power contains the authority of Izanagi.

If that's all there is to it, then it's nothing.

But then, Izanami infused this power with her own authority.

Thus, the father god and mother god of the Japanese pantheon simultaneously bestowed words of power upon the Higa clan.

How would the gods from Takamagahara deal with such words of power?

Their father and their mother spoke at the same time.

In terms of suppression and restraint alone, even if Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, or Susanoo were to come, they would still have to avoid its sharp edge.

In other words, these three had already broken free from the shackles of divine bloodlines, so even the power of the Dao Reversal had a very limited impact on them.

In contrast, those fallen gods were completely outmatched by the head of the Higa clan, who had inherited the power of the Way of Reversal.

Chapter 298 Even Gods Have a Hard Time

In modern Shintoism, Amaterasu Omikami is the orthodox god-king.

Although Izanami is of higher status than Amaterasu, she is not recognized by the belief system, which makes it difficult for her to directly become the supreme god of Takamagahara.

After all, the Japanese people would not accept the idea that the goddess of the underworld defeated Amaterasu and sat high in the heavens.

"The belief system cannot be changed, and Amaterasu's influence is deeply rooted."

Gu Yun asked, "So you just want to reclaim Takamagahara from the perspective of the Otherworld?"

"I only want a title; I have no interest in the power of faith."

The power of faith is indeed a good thing; many divine spells require it to be cast in order to ensure sufficient power.

However, Izanami doesn't care.

She is a deity who has already broken the rules, and she is a natural god born of heaven and earth, the same kind as the Eternal Heaven.

Most of the gods, such as Amaterasu, are second-generation deities, meaning they were created by gods themselves.

God creating God can be through procreation through bloodline inheritance, or it can be a simple creation, conceived from a certain place.

They are inferior to the first generation of nature gods in terms of their life level, and have a high demand for the power of faith.

Without faith, a large portion of them will perish.

While the main gods like Amaterasu will not die, their power will certainly be severely damaged and greatly diminished.

"That's true. When it comes to faith, the Yellow Springs are the real deal."

Izanami was not lacking in faith.

Faith is not something that simply involves reciting the name of a deity in your heart, and your faith power will be acquired by that deity.

This requires the gods to take the initiative, which is a very troublesome matter.

Like Izanami, which relies on the entire underworld, the power of faith will be born whenever someone experiences fear, awe, or fantasy about the afterlife.

This power of faith is very pure because most people are afraid of death.

In addition, the sheer size of the population generates a massive amount of faith power at all times, which is then absorbed by the other world.

The afterlife exists objectively and does not require the power of faith.

Therefore, this energy was naturally divided up by beings in the other world who possessed divine status.

Divinity is only related to resistance; it can grant immunity to many things.

The role of divinity is related to God's authority, and at the same time, it is a reservoir for absorbing and containing faith.

Only deities with divine status can absorb and utilize faith.

Faith in the afterlife is distributed according to social status.

To put it in a more pragmatic way, Izanami's monthly income is very high, placing her among the very top tier in the entire Otherworld.

Moreover, those who are considered "Ecological Spirits," "Nature's Incarnations," or "World Will" can receive a substantial bonus in addition to their fixed salary.

Of course, just like a company in the secular world.

Having reached the level of Izanami, she no longer cared about money (the power of faith).

What truly attracted her was that right.

Yes, rights.

Ecology, nature, and will each possess immense power to control a world.

This is similar to the company's shares.

The more shares you own, the more say you have.

The three Amaterasu are highly revered in Shintoism, but they are not orthodox nature gods.

With his strength reaching the ecological level, his spirit level also increased to 70.

However, this kind of spiritual advancement, like Yoh Asakura's, is merely a matter of power, not a change in rank.

They are not recognized by the world's will, and can only use spiritual power and divine power to manipulate the rules and borrow the power of the world.