I Created a Sanctuary in Marvel

Chapter 163 Cooperation Achieved!

Upon hearing Ye Feng's words, Athena's originally resolute gaze wavered for a moment, as if she had been pulled back to some distant time and space.

Her slender fingers unconsciously traced the edge of the stone table, her fingertips turning white.

"That was a conspiracy against the gods."

"The span of time was long enough for mortal civilizations to reincarnate countless times. It waited patiently until the power of all the pantheons reached its peak, and then—the harvest began."

Her voice lowered, carrying the weight of years.

Ye Feng did not interrupt her, but listened quietly. A gentle breeze swept through the backyard of the Holy Domain, carrying the faint shouts from the training ground in the distance, creating a strange contrast with the ancient disaster that Athena was recounting.

"Initially, no god truly cared."

A bitter smile curved Athena's lips.

"In the boundless universe, the rise and fall of pantheons are like the birth and death of stars, happening every few hundred or thousand years. We all thought it was just another ordinary cycle."

She paused, raised her eyes, and the lingering fear of the past remained in them.

"Later we realized we were wrong, terribly wrong."

"Odin was the first to notice something was wrong."

Her tone carried a complex reverence for the Father of the Gods.

"He was also the first to embark on the path of resistance."

"Until the very end—Asgard, that eternal golden city, was reduced to ruins."

She took a deep breath, as if she could still smell the smoke and blood of that final battle.

"The monster sealed beneath Asgard, Mangog!"

"It absorbed the overwhelming resentment that arose from the deaths of countless living beings and gods, and broke free from its restraints. It began an endless massacre against the gods."

"Mangog's strength is breathtakingly powerful."

Athena's voice lowered unconsciously, trembling with lingering fear.

"Even a Heavenly Father-level powerhouse is as fragile as a child before it."

"Even Odin, who wielded the Spear of Eternity, was defeated after only a few rounds."

"According to Gaia's later speculation, Mangog's strength level may have risen to the same level as Aristem, the judge of the Celestials."

"That's a gap that would make even the gods despair."

She slowly shook her head, her long golden hair swaying in the light of the courtyard, yet exuding a sense of sorrow.

"Even if we gathered the power of all the gods in the entire universe, it would still be to no avail."

"In the end, all the gods, whether powerful or weak, will perish."

"Our origin—was ruthlessly taken away by some unknown entity, like harvesting crops."

"In the moment before our memories and souls were forcibly separated by the Mother Goddess Gaia and thrown into this universe, we witnessed the reversal of time with her power."

A fleeting, illusory light flashed in Athena's eyes, as if she were seeing that mind-blowing scene once again.

"Mangorg, who slaughtered the gods, retreated step by step to the foot of Asgard; Asgard, which had been reduced to scorched earth, was rebuilt into a magnificent divine realm with its bricks flying back."

"The dead gods opened their eyes one by one—this reversal of time traced back to the very beginning of each pantheon."

"The entire universe is like a pointer being turned by an invisible hand, beginning to evolve anew."

At this point, the goddess, known for her wisdom and war, couldn't help but reveal a deep sense of helplessness in her voice.

Although she still appeared confident, only she knew that deep down she wasn't very certain about the power that could rewrite the rules of the universe.

Between the Celestial Father level and the Single Universe level, there is an almost insurmountable chasm.

Odin, as one of the top beings among the Celestials, could only barely defeat a Celestial at the early stage of a single universe level when he was riding the Destroyer armor jointly created by the gods. In the end, he was still easily torn apart by his opponent.

Mangogo's strength far surpasses that of ordinary Celestials.

"Are the Celestials just going to stand by and do nothing about this?"

Ye Feng asked the question that had been nagging at him.

In his understanding of the Marvel Universe, the Celestials are almost like enforcers of the universe's rules, and the Judge Aristom possesses unimaginable power.

Athena shook her head subconsciously: "They can't control it. Or rather—the Celestials might not be a match for those ancient gods behind the scenes."

Upon hearing this, Ye Feng's eyes narrowed slightly.

He keenly realized a problem: gods like Athena, who originated from a specific universe, might have limited perspectives.

Within their cognitive scope, they may only come into contact with beings like the Celestials or abstract entities like the M-body. Their understanding of power and competition at the multiverse level or even higher is extremely limited.

In the eyes of these deities, the abstract entity M might represent the most powerful force in the multiverse.

"So, you came to find me."

"Does he think I'm capable of dealing with enemies of that level?"

Ye Feng leaned forward slightly, his gaze calmly fixed on Athena.

His current displayed strength is enough to intimidate ordinary Celestials, but he is clearly far from being a match for Mangog, who, according to Athena's description, could easily crush Odin and was comparable to Aristem, as well as the ancient gods behind him who might be capable of cosmic-level time reversal.

"I have no idea."

Athena answered with unusual candor, meeting Ye Feng's gaze.

"Initially, I sought you out simply hoping to have another powerful ally, to have more strength to struggle through future storms. But after actually meeting you, I realized one thing—"

Her gaze became exceptionally sharp, as if trying to pierce through Ye Feng's facade.

"Your very existence may exceed my imagination. In all the memories I've accumulated throughout my long life, there has never been a new god who came to be from a human body. You are the only one!"

She emphasized, "More importantly, someone like you leaves absolutely no trace in my memory, in that rewound timeline!"

"This means that you are very likely—an exception that has transcended that cosmic timeline!"

"Can."

Ye Feng gave his answer almost without hesitation.

"What?"

Athena was stunned, seemingly not expecting him to agree so readily.

She had prepared herself for doubts and even rejection.

I said, "I agree to your invitation to cooperate."

"However, I also have one condition."

Ye Feng repeated it, his tone calm.

"you say."

Athena quickly suppressed her surprise, took a deep breath, and prepared herself for bargaining.

"Join the Sanctuary."

"To become a god of the Sanctuary."

Ye Feng's words were clear and unambiguous.

Athena tilted her head slightly, a hint of surprise flashing across her face: "This is the condition?"

"That's right."

"I am not entirely ignorant about Ragnarok, and I know that its shadow will one day spread throughout the universe. Even if we do not cooperate, that storm will come to me sooner or later. In that case, we might as well take the initiative to confront it."

Ye Feng nodded, stood up, walked to the edge of the courtyard, and looked at the sacred buildings shrouded in twilight and lamplight in the distance.

"You have more foresight than those conservative fellows in the Pantheon."

Athena, her tone laced with undisguised sarcasm, also stood up and stood shoulder to shoulder with Ye Feng.

"Those idiots actually thought they could rest easy by hiding in this universe and continue to dream of ruling over all living beings and being high above everyone else."

"If Mother Goddess Gaia could send us here, it means that other ancient gods could also find this place. They are nothing but a bunch of idiots who are scared out of their wits and obsessed with their past vanity."

"Oh? Including your father, Zeus?"

Ye Feng turned his head and asked.

"Zeus————"

Athena was silent for a moment before speaking slowly.

"He's old. Ever since that Ragnarok, his ambition and vigor seem to have vanished."

"He was powerless and unable to defy the will of the united gods, who preferred to eke out a living in this universe rather than return to that time prison that meant endless time."

"He is now more like a powerless, lonely ruler."

"Is it possible for us to win him over to our side?"

Ye Feng proposed another possibility.

"impossible."

Athena answered decisively.

"Zeus may not have completely forgotten the mission entrusted to him by his mother deep down, but his inherent pride never changed."

"He looks down on humans, and just like that—he won't truly respect you, this new god. Even if you possess the power of a Heavenly Father, in his eyes you might still be a usurper."

"Yeah?"

Ye Feng smiled noncommittally and did not dwell on the matter.

For him, while Shen's attitude was important, it was not decisive.

If Athena, the goddess of wisdom and war, joins the Sanctuary, then the Sanctuary will have four Heavenly Father-level combatants on the surface.

He himself, Wu Fengji, Gu Yi, plus Athena.

This power is enough to give the Holy Land absolute say on Earth and even in the surrounding dimensions, and it would be able to fight back even if the Greek Pantheon came in full force.

"Now that you have brought such definite news..."

"Then it's time to fully roll out the Sanctuary's plan."

Ye Feng turned around, his gaze becoming deep and resolute, as if stars were flowing within it.

The process of global unification must be accelerated.

Before a bigger storm arrives, he needs to consolidate as many forces as possible and build a strong enough fortress to deal with those threats.

The path to godhood through one's own universe has been opened.

This means that he will not encounter any barriers before breaking through the diversity.

As long as you follow the steps, you can break through to the eighth sense, or even the ninth sense!

As for the legendary Tenth Sense, that depends on fate.

After all, in the world of Saint Seiya X, the Tenth Sense is a power that only a first-level god can comprehend.

As long as there are enough people cultivating their inner universe, he can accelerate this process infinitely.

Time waits for no one —