Chapter 21: Return the Gift

β€œ...... Thank you for the gift. ”

As if he hadn't heard Ryan's words, the expression of the Dark Lord hadn't changed. He only paused for a moment, then reached out and took the point of light from Ryan's hand.

Unlike the myths of later generations, when the Lord of Spirits is born, there will be no life in this world without His permission. For whoever has a soul must have a spirit, but a spirit does not have to have a soul, so the soul is contained in the spirit.

In the original trajectory, even without the help of the soul lord Iapetus, a natural spirit like a Nymph could still be born in the world. But now without Ryan's permission, only the gods can be the exception.

After all, God is different. The structure of the gods is very strange, and Ryan does not understand the mysteries inside.

"Mine?"

The Night Lady, who was watching from the sidelines, suddenly spoke.

Ryan was a little surprised. He thought that the relationship between the couple was intimate, after all, there had never been a tragedy like Gaia's between them.

"Don't look at me like that," Nyx sensed Ryan's surprise, and she explained with some dissatisfaction, "He and I are not husband and wife, and those divine sons are the offspring of our essence. ”

"I thought the 'Prophets' knew everythingβ€”"

Ryan was a bit of a surprise at this point. Whether it is the myth of the afterlife, or the history witnessed by this Lane, the Night Lady rarely appears. His so-called understanding of Nyx is more of speculation.

It's no wonder that the Night Twin Gods don't seem to care very much about their own children, and they have never received the treatment that the ancient gods and children deserve. It turns out that in their view, these so-called 'descendants' are just the product of the ontology inspired by the world.

Ryan, who witnessed the process of the personification of the primordial gods, knew very well that for the ancient gods who were already self-aware, the ontology and themselves really could not be equated.

That's why Ryan never cared about it, even though he always had Ananke on his lips.

The three phases of the ontology and the personification are not the same. Nyx can indeed mobilize the power of fate, but she herself can't see the full destiny.

"I'm sorry, it was my negligence." Ignoring Nyx's sarcasm, Ryan used his spiritual power to condense thousands of soul embryos.

He sent the embryos to float towards the Night Lady, but beyond that, there was a glowing gadget in between.

Through the changing veil, Nyx seemed to tug at the corners of her mouth, but she reached out to take it.

"Don't forget to snatch it from Kaos's hand," the Night Lady became yin and yang again, not at all like the appearance of the primordial old god, "You are really a good family. ”

"There's no way, but as long as the world respects the sovereignty of the gods over the priesthood, I won't make such a decision."

Ryan does not shy away from his purpose, he wants to occupy part of the origin of the stars in front of the star gods.

It's just that this one is a bit special, so he hopes that Lady Night can hang it up herself.

"The current Earth Mother, the god of the sea, the future sun god, and even the priesthood of the [Moon] that I once controlled. Whenever I see them tearing apart under the power of the world in the future, I am troubled by escaping the control of the world. ”

"Luckily, I made it."

Tangible stars will still be born, but the notion that they belong to 'stars' will be eliminated and become the light-bearing counterpart to the god, Koos, who has no light.

In the present, starlight is not much different from pure light, but in the future, Ryan will personally give them distinction.

"But I can hang it up later." Lady Night was unceremonious: "As long as the corresponding god is born, your stealing will not take effect." ”

"Yes, if you're going to do that, then please."

Ryan spread his hands, not caring about it.

Kaos's 'uncertain fate' is completely in the spirit world, not to mention the origin of fate absorbed in the birth process, the spirit world and even Ryan himself are the products of fate that should not appear.

So if Nyx wanted to wait for the corresponding god to be born, she probably wouldn't be able to wait until the world was destroyed.

"Humph!"

Nyx was a little angry, and she didn't need to hide her emotions.

On the side, the Dark Lord laughed a little, but he still spoke up and explained:

"Alright, Nyx, since you're still here, I think you should think the same as I do."

"Let's get down to business, Lord of the Spirit Realm. We want to know how you managed to take the Source Power from the world. ”

No god wanted to be controlled, but they didn't know there was an option. But Ryan's success has undoubtedly given them a direction, which is why Nyx and Erebos are still here.

They also want to follow the example and become gods outside of the world's control.

"It's simple." In the face of the Dark Lord's inquiry, Ryan did not hide his secrets:

"Having an origin outside the control of the world, connecting with it with time, space and fate, and throwing yourself into it as the original substance, the world was born."

The void that carries the world, the material and spiritual nature that makes up all things, plus fate, these are the four pillars of the world.

The body of the gods can replace the spirit and matter to a certain extent, which is also the reason for the success of the spiritual world.

"The question is, how did you get the 'Origin Beyond the Control of the World'?"

Nyx was unhappy with Ryan's explanation, and what he said was complete nonsense, like 'three steps to putting an elephant in the freezer'.

If she had such a source, why did she ask him?

"Then I can't help it, it's all by nature. I was born before you, you know that. ”

Faced with the Night Lady's questioning, Ryan smiled and shook his head, "Why do you think that as the original ancient god, my strength is so weak?" ”

"It's not because the world doesn't like me, so why did it give birth to me?"

Nyx was silent, she hadn't thought about it before. But now she also reflected that in Kaos, the powerful are not necessarily ancient, but the ancient ones are mostly powerful.

Erebos was also a little disappointed, if it was only related to the time of birth, then he really didn't have a solution.

Just as the primordial gods had a part of the world as their essence, they were free to choose the degree of personification, but the later new gods could not do that anyway.

So if Ryan's speciality is also because he was born early enough, then Erebos can only accept it.

"Then it looks like we're going to return with nothing today."

Erebos sighed, he wasn't going to stalk him.

After all, when Ryan successfully opened up the spirit world, the other party was destined to become an existence equal to him. To the extent that Erebos personified, he spends most of his time in ontological form, so he doesn't want to do anything to Ryan either.

After all, Ryan didn't steal the source of darkness. Kaos belongs to everyone, and his Erebos is his own. This matter has nothing to do with him.

Even before leaving, he planned to give a gift to ease his behavior of blocking the door.

"Your Highness Ryan, I'm sorry for today. As a sign of my apologies, I also have a gift for you. ”

Erebos stretched out his hand, and a black mist appeared in his hand.

The black mist rolled and shifted, but in the hands of the Dark Lord, it had no chance of breaking out of its control.

Ryan vaguely felt that this seemed to be an extreme emotion.

"This is my nephew's negativity. They shook the origin of the world and gave me many children for it. ”

"I was still struggling with what to do with them, but now it's yours."

Taking over the black mist, Ryan felt the most blazing emotions before the God King lost his throne.

This is not only a negative emotion, but also the hatred of the father for the son, and the murder of the king against rebellion. Pure emotions are not terrible, but when it was born at the moment when the God King changed hands, it became even more powerful.

This emotional power was of no use to the Lord of Darkness, and perhaps his children could take advantage of it, but Erebos clearly did not really consider them his own.

As for Ryan, when the spirit realm transforms these emotions, he can use them to forge an artifact or spawn a monster that threatens the true god. When faced with the Twelve Titans, they may have a different effect.

"Thank you for your return gift." Putting away the black mist, Ryan smiled and said, "It's really a nice meeting. ”

"Humph!"

To this, the Night Lady snorted coldly, and the Dark Lord smiled. In any case, the conflict, which could have erupted, ended peacefully.