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"This is your good fortune to be favored by an existence from a higher dimension, in the same realm as His Majesty Chaos. You have been blessed by fate."

Athena took a deep breath. After all, she was the goddess of wisdom and had a stronger capacity to withstand pressure. She quickly stepped forward, grabbed Medusa's hand, and treated her even better than she would her own sister.

"Let's go, let's follow the two Your Majesties."

As the three goddesses stepped in, the forcibly torn void slowly dissipated.

The invisible deep chaos, the very depths of chaos, is devoid of heaven and earth, sun and moon, and all things. There is only an extremely dense, invisible chaotic power. This is the birthplace of Chaos, and even the five primordial gods dare not casually step into such a place.

But today, things are different. A figure stepped into this place unhurriedly. With his appearance, all the invisible chaotic forces around him seemed to have touched an untouchable and terrifying existence, and they quickly and spontaneously retreated, revealing a wide and smooth road.

Locke completely ignored the invisible chaotic energy around him and walked forward at a leisurely pace. Behind him, the three goddesses followed closely, not daring to slow down or speed up.

 …

A moment later, the four of them arrived in front of a temple.

Its style is very ancient, even simple, much simpler than Athena's temple, but the magnificent power of the creator god that permeates it is enough to make the five primordial gods dare not touch it in the slightest.

Looking at the incredibly simple Temple of Creation before him, especially the power of Chaos swirling around it, a strange look appeared in Locke's eyes.

"I underestimated Chaos; I didn't expect him to have reached this level."

Superior monomer, definitely a superior monomer!

"Does Your Majesty mean that Your Majesty Chaos has gone a step further?"

Locke nodded, then shook his head: "In this vast field, He is already among the upper echelons. As for going any further, not quite. He hasn't yet touched the true peak of this field."

"Then, compared to Your Majesty?"

This wasn't meant to be presumptuous; Gaia actually sensed the tone in Locke's words. He was somewhat surprised, but that was all. There was no sense of awe or fear. Gaia figured that this person was probably not afraid of Lord Chaos at all.

That's why Gaia asked that question.

As the mother goddess of the earth and the original creator of most things on earth, if anyone thinks Gaia is stupid, then he is the truly stupid one.

"Compete against me, in a normal match."

"I will lose, He will die~"

Locke's normal combat strength is only at the limit of a mid-level single-target fighter, so he probably couldn't defeat this guy who has been a high-level single-target fighter for who knows how long. But if it really came down to a life-or-death struggle, ha~

Even without using the Limit Breaker form, there is almost no single entity that could kill Locke. Well, let's add "almost" to that, just to be a little modest.

"As expected of Your Majesty!"

A well-placed little boost, neither exaggerated nor superficial.

Locke turned around and glanced at Gaia with a half-smile. How could he not see what the other was thinking? Besides, Gaia didn't try to hide it at all.

However, it must be said that such a subtle approach does not annoy people.

"Gaia, don't overthink things. My humanity outweighs my divinity, and I do indeed yearn for beauty. However, your Olympian pantheon is too chaotic."

Gaia sighed slightly. Gaia did have some ideas. If he could get involved with such a powerful being, it might be able to help him get out of this predicament. As for face and such? Did you think a primordial god who had created a pantheon with his son would care about such things?

However, Gaia, lost in thought, did not notice that the two goddesses behind her, who were like little invisible figures, suddenly brightened up.

The legend of the goddess Gaia is known not only to gods but also to many humans. To be frank, it is indeed quite chaotic. However, while the goddess Gaia is chaotic, they are not.

One was a famous virgin goddess, the other was protected and no one dared to touch her—this divine opportunity had arrived! Nine.

Chapter 178 Locke's Fury

Locke turned around, looked at the Temple of Creation before him, and stretched out a hand. In an instant, deep green fairy power flashed and began to frantically devour the energy barrier left by Chaos.

Two immense, singular forces collided, unleashing surges of energy. In an instant, monstrous waves rose within the boundless chaos, and forces surged in all directions. Even a single aftershock was enough to obliterate the Heavenly Father!

Gaia, along with Medusa and Athena, retreated again and again.

At this moment, both the supreme god and the primordial god appeared incredibly insignificant.

Gaia's eyes gleamed with eagerness: "This is the higher level!"

"Although I am only half a step away from that level, it seems that I can never take that half step." A look of loneliness suddenly filled my heart.

"Half a step? No, you're far from it."

Locke's calm voice came from ahead.

Gaia was stunned for a moment: "Your Majesty, but I clearly already..."

"You've clearly already reached a higher level, haven't you?"

"Being qualified to make contact does not guarantee your success."

"The single-single realm, which is what you call the highest level, is extremely rare, even in my world. There are very few people like you who can truly break through it, less than one in a hundred."

The physical requirements for impacting a single target are too high.

At least, the possibility is greater if one's physical strength reaches the pseudo-single level, and according to Thiam of the Celestials, that level of strength would require being a thousand times stronger than a lower-level Celestial Father!

Even someone as powerful as Odin, after six thousand years of accumulation, only managed to satisfy one-third of the requirements.

Apart from that, they can only look for shortcuts, such as the power of fairies, or Thanos's method of constantly resurrecting himself by using necromantic energy.

Clearly, Gaia does not meet either of these conditions; it is 100% certain that one charge will result in certain death.

Gaia was silent for a moment, then tentatively asked, "Your Majesty, are there any other restrictions in that domain?"

"Yes, and it's very simple; all you need is sufficient physical strength."

"How strong would that physical body need to be?"

"If I can kill you with my physical strength alone when you're going all out right now, that would be about right."

Gaia fell into a long silence. To kill him with just his physical body at full power, one would need an incredibly powerful body!

As the goddess of the earth, Gaia's physical strength is definitely not weak, but the power of the earth is the core of everything for Gaia and also her strongest means. Her physical body is comparable to or even surpasses that of the power of the earth. Is this really a physical body that a normal living being can possess?

Suddenly, Gaia seemed to have thought of something and looked at Locke eagerly.

"You're wondering, my physical body doesn't seem that strong, is that it?"

Gaia nodded quickly.

"That's just the most orthodox way. You can also take shortcuts, like having hundreds of lives and being able to withstand a force that could completely annihilate you for a period of time."

Hundreds of lives were obviously out of the question, but Gaia didn't ask any more questions. She understood that this person must have a more feasible method. However, asking further might touch upon the other party's deeper secrets. Gaia wasn't the kind of reckless fool who would completely anger this person and then there would be no hope left.

At this moment, the person before him had become Gaia's only hope for a breakthrough.

Behind Gaia, Medusa was alright. She was too weak to have any other thoughts, but her eyes kept glancing at Locke's back, and she seemed to be thinking about something. Her face would occasionally turn slightly red.

As for Athena, she is different. As a senior goddess, she has some understanding of the current level of the earth goddess Gaia. Although she is far from being able to reach it, she may be able to in the future. When that time comes, she will also encounter the same dilemmas that the goddess Gaia faces today.

Athena lowered her head, suppressing the burning passion in her eyes.

She is hailed as the Goddess of War of Olympus, and has a natural desire for power.

Time is slowly passing by.

Finally, at a certain moment, with a cracking sound, the protection set up by Chaos began to break. This breakage triggered a chain reaction, with cracking sounds echoing continuously. Moments later, the barrier of the entire Temple of Creation was completely shattered.

"Let's go and see what special things your first god left behind."

It took so long to break through, so Chaos Chaos must have put a lot of effort into it; there must be something inside.

The group entered the seemingly simple Temple of Creation. There wasn't much to see: a crystal floating in mid-air, a strange stone spear, and nothing else.

Upon seeing these two items, Locke instantly fell silent.

That stone spear was a single-target super artifact, and it was even a high-level single-target super artifact, stronger than Locke's current Ice Crystal Gauntlets and Destroyer Armor.

That crystal was even more outrageous. Locke sensed pure divinity at the level of a superior being inside it—indifferent, ruthless, and cold, devoid of any humanity.

Clearly, the crystal contains the divinity of Chaos, and the stone spear is also Chaos's exclusive artifact.

So here's the question: if Chaos left behind all his divinity and artifacts, but then vanished without a trace, was he insane?

Chaos destroyed itself?

Some species, due to their excessively long lifespan and lack of interest in life, eventually give birth to long-lived species that have no meaning or thought in their lives, and thus are prone to self-destruction.

However, Chaos is the primordial god, an existence where divinity outweighs humanity. Even if Chaos were to embody the cosmic will of this universe, the possibility of its self-destruction would be greater.

Most importantly, why strip away divinity?

It's important to understand that Chaos, the primordial god whose divinity surpasses humanity, carries most of his power within his divine nature!

Why would He be willing to drastically reduce His power in order to completely strip away His divinity? Did that guy not want to be a god anymore?

and many more!

Locke seemed to suddenly remember something and turned to look at Gaia behind him.

"Gaia, your descendant, the sky god Uranus, was he stronger than you after his birth?"

Although she didn't know why Locke asked that question, Gaia immediately nodded: "Indeed, Uranus's strength back then did surpass mine, but Uranus died too early. Now, I have far surpassed him back then."

"Athena, are the three generations of gods generally stronger than the second generation of Titans?"

Upon hearing this, Athena nodded in agreement: "Your Majesty, that is indeed the case."

Locke immediately understood. The Greek pantheon was strange; new gods seemed to easily surpass old gods. Looking at the various chaotic actions of the Greek gods, it was clear that the human side of each new god surpassed that of the old gods.

In other words, in the Greek pantheon, a greater degree of humanity is more conducive to breaking through spiritual barriers.

The reason is unclear. Perhaps it is a characteristic of this pantheon. Chaos may have discovered this, so he took the initiative to strip away his divinity and most of his power in order to pursue a higher level of humanity.

Who knows, the human side of Chaos might have already been reincarnated or something.

Having figured this out, Locke sighed and turned to leave.

He was looking for Chaos Chaos himself, wanting to learn the most advanced runic mystical knowledge from him. Now that Chaos Chaos has most likely been reincarnated, what's the point of looking for him?

As for divinity and artifacts, Locke had no interest in divinity. Besides, these belonged to others, and taking them without permission was theft. Compared to a bundle of divinity and an artifact, stealing was not even a matter of losing face for Locke.

As soon as Locke turned around, his expression changed drastically.

A force, an incomparably vast force, suddenly erupted from behind.

"Chaos, you're asking for it!!!"

With a roar, the location where Locke was standing was completely engulfed by a terrifying force in the next moment.

In an instant, a terrifying abyss, hundreds of millions of miles long, was blasted out of the formless chaos by a horrifying force. Everything in the abyss was completely annihilated, even the laws were completely eliminated, leaving only the purest chaotic laws to fill it, constantly strangling the entire area.

This abyss seemed to have formed an absolute death zone where no life could possibly remain!

One second, two seconds...

Suddenly, a terrifying burst of energy erupted!

boom! ! ! !

A dazzling light shot into the sky, instantly annihilating everything into the purest energy that returned to the heavens and earth.

A moment later, Locke, now in his Limit Breaker form, stood above the abyss, gazing down at the utterly destroyed Kill Domain below, his face extremely grim.

Driven by the pride of the strong, he disdained to touch what Chaos Chaos had left behind. But that damned fellow had left a backup plan, and suddenly attacked with ruthless ferocity, leaving absolutely no room for retreat.

That attack was enough to annihilate everything below the level of a single superior unit!

Furthermore, the remaining chaotic laws of the opponent are still relentlessly strangling them, resolutely eliminating any possibility of survival!

Locke suddenly reached out a hand, shattering the void with one hand, and firmly grasped the superior single-target super artifact stone spear that was about to escape.

The super artifact stone spear struggled violently, but no matter how hard it struggled, it was meaningless in the face of Locke, who had transformed into a Limit Breaker. A Limit Breaker power surged out and instantly erased all the original owner's marks on the stone spear!

This wasn't the end. Locke raised his head, the power of time seeping from his eyes, striking the void and beginning to rewind time.

Having taken such a blow, it's not in Locke's nature not to retaliate. Chaos has completely enraged Locke!

Go back in time, even if it means returning to the past, to annihilate Chaos!

However, a moment later, Locke frowned deeply as he looked at the irreversible passage of time.

"That attack was an attack that completely unleashed all of my divinity, relentlessly strangling me and completely disrupting all the laws, resulting in no time to rewind now."

"Good, very good, you've really planned everything out so clearly!" Locke was so angry he laughed.

Damn it, I haven't suffered such a huge loss in a long time.

Reincarnation? A search for humanity?