A Guide to Conquering the Heavens Starting with Dragon Ball

Chapter 198 The Expanded Olympian Pantheon

"Splash!"

The illusory tide flowed on, the war with Hades, the god of the underworld, had ended, and Jiang Chen left the underworld without lingering, returning to reality. As for his killing of Anubis, the god of death, it did not cause much of a stir.

After all, in the previous display of power.

Everyone assumed that the goddess of wisdom, Athena, had bestowed her power.

Even those three sea warriors thought so.

After all, the gap between gods and humans is almost insurmountable.

They simply couldn't believe that Jiang Chen could transcend the boundary between humans and gods.

In comparison, it seems most likely that the goddess of wisdom would intervene.

Jiang Chen, of course, had no intention of explaining this.

For him right now, the most important thing is to focus on his spiritual practice and avoid attracting too much attention.

As for the rest, none of that matters.

"Buzz!"

A ripple spread out from within the sacred space.

The next moment, Jiang Chen's figure appeared directly in the Holy Domain.

And it was at the very moment he arrived at the Sanctuary.

A gentle voice reached his ears.

"Asclepius, come to the temple!"

"Yes, Lady Athena!"

Jiang Chen was somewhat surprised, but he quickly nodded in agreement.

At the same time, the figure took a step and flew towards the highest peak of the Holy Domain.

A moment later, he arrived at the temple.

Meanwhile, Scythe, the priestess of the Temple of Athena, was already waiting at the temple entrance.

"Asclepius, come in!"

Sisina spoke softly, then gestured for Jiang Chen to enter.

"This is troublesome!"

Jiang Chen nodded slightly, then stepped inside.

Soon, Jiang Chen walked along the long red carpet to the very center, where he once again met the absolute ruler of this sacred realm, the future goddess of the earth, and now the goddess of wisdom, Athena.

"Lady Athena!"

Jiang Chen bowed respectfully.

"You must be very confused, right?"

A gentle voice rang out, and Athena's gaze involuntarily turned to Jiang Chen.

"Yes, Lady Athena, you must have already sensed that power. Why?"

Jiang Chen took a deep breath and then nodded slightly.

This indeed puzzled him greatly.

Space power is not a special existence in the Saint Seiya world. Even spacetime power is something that many people in the Saint Seiya world can master. However, time power is an extremely special existence in the entire Saint Seiya world.

The entire Saint Seiya world.

According to Jiang Chen's understanding, the only one who truly possesses this knowledge is Chronos, the god of time.

It was an unknown entity, not a creator god like those in mythology who opened up the world, but rather the creator of all myths, existing outside of all worlds. The Saint Seiya world was merely a book to it. The wills of the two supreme beings mentioned in a conversation that the father of the creators was Chronos.

That kind of existence is what all the gods ultimately seek.

Even if the power of time he wields cannot compare to that of Chronos, the god of time, it is still the power of time.

It's strange that Athena not only didn't care, but also helped him conceal its existence.

"Indeed, if Omega is the taboo of the gods, then the god of time is the ultimate goal of the gods. No matter how powerful a god is, even my grandfather Cronus was pursuing the true meaning of time."

"I've had similar thoughts about him."

"But that's not my path, and I can't control it!"

Athena spoke slowly, her gaze drifting towards the distant sky, her thoughts wandering slightly.

Jiang Chen opened his mouth, as if to say something.

But he hasn't said a word yet.

Athena's voice rang out again.

"Asclepius, you should know my father and mother, shouldn't you?"

Athena spoke, her gaze turning to Jiang Chen.

"Yes, Lady Athena."

"Your father is Zeus, the king of the Olympian gods and god of thunder, and your mother is Metis, the goddess of wisdom."

Jiang Chen was somewhat puzzled, but still nodded slightly.

"Yes, my father was Zeus, the king of the Olympian gods, and my mother was the goddess of wisdom. But you don't know that Gaia and Uranus prophesied that Metis, my mother's future children, would all be intelligent and powerful. After giving birth to her bright-eyed daughter, she would give birth to a son who would overthrow Zeus. Zeus was afraid of the trouble his children would bring, so while my mother was still pregnant with me, he swallowed both my mother and me whole."

"But after Zeus swallowed my mother, he suffered a splitting headache and had to ask Hephaestus, the god of fire, to split his head. As soon as he raised his axe, I was born from Zeus's head and inherited my mother's goddess of wisdom, becoming the new goddess of wisdom."

Athena's voice was soft and gentle, as if she were lost in a distant memory.

Jiang Chen listened quietly without disturbing him.

He naturally knew about these things, but he didn't expect that even in a mythological world evolved from the Greek pantheon, Athena's birth would still be like this.

"Lady Athena!"

With a slightly puzzled expression, Jiang Chen couldn't help but speak after thinking for a moment.

There was nothing he could do; he was completely baffled by these words and had no idea what Athena was trying to say.

"Don't worry about it, I was just expressing my feelings!"

"Asclepius, the power of time—from now on, you should not use it outside of the Sanctuary. No one here will pay attention to you!"

Athena shook her head, then spoke softly.

"I see!"

"Thank you, Lady Athena!"

Although Jiang Chen still had many doubts in his heart, he still bowed slightly.

Even though there were still some things he didn't quite understand, Athena's words were already very clear.

That means that while he is in the Sanctuary, Athena will protect him when he uses the power of time. As long as he doesn't use the power of time outside, there won't be any problems.

For this reason alone, Athena has undoubtedly taken great care of him.

"You're welcome!"

"You'll probably be quite busy these next few days, Sanctuary!"

Athena nodded, then spoke softly.

"Want to get some work done?"

Jiang Chen's heart stirred, and he seemed to be deep in thought.

"Yes, the Holy Land should begin to expand during this period!"

Athena didn't play the riddle-maker; instead, she directly revealed the reason.

"Understood!"

Jiang Chen nodded.

Then he withdrew and left the Temple of Athena.

"The Power of Time!"

Athena murmured something, watching Jiang Chen leave before turning her gaze away.

The power of time is something that all the gods covet, but Athena doesn't care much about it.

Though it was the path to the pinnacle of the gods, so what? It was a path that did not belong to her.

Of course, Jiang Chen was unaware of all this at the moment, and his figure, filled with doubt, quickly left the temple.

Even as he walked home, his expression remained full of doubt.

Athena's words seemed to come out of nowhere, leaving him completely bewildered.

"I hate riddle tellers the most!"

He muttered something under his breath, then shook his head and ignored it.

After all, doubts are doubts.

At least one thing is certain.

That means Athena doesn't have any particular feelings for him for the time being, nor does she intend to do anything about it.

He was relatively safe in the Sanctuary.

That's enough.

For him, the most crucial aspect of going to the Saint Seiya world for training was to improve his own strength.

A relatively safe and sufficiently good training environment is all that's needed.

As for the rest, that's not something he needs to consider.

There's no need to consider it.

After all, he wasn't actually a native of the Saint Seiya world.

The figure returned to the room.

After greeting Merkaba, Jamil, and the others to let them know he was safe, Jiang Chen began his cultivation as before.

Time slips by unnoticed.

As Athena said, the Sanctuary did indeed begin to fall into turmoil.

Meanwhile, on the outside world, Hades, the god of the underworld, and Poseidon, the god of the sea, were taking action.

Athena, the goddess of wisdom, also began to take action.

One by one, the Saints began to wage war against the entire surrounding pantheon of gods.

The strength of the Sanctuary at this moment is undoubtedly much greater than before. The Saints from the eighty-eight star systems of Athens showed unprecedented power as soon as they appeared.

In less than a year.

More than three divine realms were swept aside by Athena's Sanctuary.

As one divine realm after another was swept away, the scattered earthly authority that had been lost after the death of the earth goddess Gaia began to quietly converge towards the sacred realm.

Just this moment.

Compared to the other four powers, the powers of the sky, sea, death, and earth are not attracting much attention at this moment.

After all, the power over the earth had completely dissipated between heaven and earth after the death of the earth goddess Gaia.

No god has ever been able to control it.

No one even controls the very tip of the iceberg when it comes to the power over the land.

Compared to the sky, the ocean, and death.

Three kinds of authority.

They have all been mastered by someone before.

Some people even control the vast majority.

For example, the power over the sky was initially held by Uranus, the god of the sky. Although the power of the sky god was shattered with the fall of Uranus, even so, a portion of the power of the sky god was still held by the second generation of god-kings, Cronus.

Subsequently, this part of the power over the sky was taken over by Zeus, the king of the gods.

The same applies to maritime power.

Initially, it was controlled by Pontus, the god of the sea, but with Pontus's fall, the power over the seas was dispersed.

It is controlled by Nereus, the Old Man of the Sea; Taumas, symbolizing the miracles of the sea; Phorcys, symbolizing the wrath of the sea; Ceto, symbolizing the danger of the sea; and Eurybia, symbolizing the power of the sea.

The three powers not only exist and are in existence, but also have the potential to converge.

Naturally, no one paid attention to the power over the land.

However, unnoticed by everyone, the power of the land began to quietly gather.

Strands of power are constantly intertwining.

The radiance of the sanctuary seemed to grow ever brighter with the passage of time.

Jiang Chen's impression was that the Holy Domain was indeed busier after that day.

Amidst the busyness, Jiang Chen also noticed that cultivation in the Holy Domain seemed to have become smoother.

The microcosm within him is rapidly perfecting itself at an almost visible speed.

"Hurry, hurry!"

"Asclepius!"

"Arudi has been seriously injured!"

"Asclepius!"

Within the Holy Domain, voices rang out as Jiang Chen's figure darted through every corner, continuously treating the severely wounded from the Holy Wars.

With the blessing of his Ophiuchus Scepter, even without using the power of time, healing most of the Saints in the Sanctuary was not a big problem.

Even if there are problems, they can be quickly healed with the blessing of the power of time.

Compared to before, Jiang Chen was now less worried about using the power of time.

Previously, he would consider Athena's perspective and would not mobilize the power of time extensively.

But after hearing Athena's words, he had nothing to worry about.

If there's something he can't solve, he'll even transform into the Saiyan God to resolve it.

In this situation, the outward manifestation is that his treatment level seems to have made rapid progress again in a short period of time.

This further enhanced the reverence that all the Saints in the Sanctuary held for him.

Time slipped away quietly under these circumstances.

Ten years have passed in the blink of an eye.

These past ten years.

The size of the Sanctuary has continued to expand and grow alongside the Saints.

The name of Athena, the goddess of wisdom, began to resound throughout the entire land.

The situation across the land also began to become tense as the Olympian pantheon expanded.

Initially, most of the gods remained spectators during the conflict between Poseidon, Hades, and Zeus, as well as the expansion of their divine authority.

They even wished they could beat the Olympian pantheon to a pulp.

After all, with the succession of three generations of pantheons, the Olympian pantheon has now become the most powerful being in the entire pantheon.

The conflict between the three most powerful gods in the Olympian pantheon was something the other gods would welcome.

But no one expected this turn of events.

As time went on, they too were swept up in it.

As time went on, some weak pantheons even began to be wiped out.

Normally, if only some weak pantheons were destroyed, this impact wouldn't be too great.

After all, no one would care too much about a weak pantheon.

Gradually, it wasn't just the weaker pantheons that were drawn in; even the powerful pantheons began to be involved.

The fall of even first-level gods and even chief gods has begun, which has made other powerful pantheons uneasy.

They all started to enter the fray.

With the departure of a powerful pantheon, the chaos among the gods on Earth undoubtedly reached a new level.

As the chaos continued to spread, the Olympian pantheon had quietly taken over most of the land.

(Personally, I think the Athena character in LC is the best, unlike the Athena in SS who is practically a green tea b*tch, so my Athena character is relatively upright.)

(End of this chapter)