Chapter 99: True Name
Walking through the abyss of disembodied and fixed matter, Ryan and Kronos are getting closer and closer to their core.
Visible to the naked eye, there are more strange characters in the surrounding space, and even a tone of depravity and blasphemy is heard, and distorted noise echoes in this boundless empty world.
This time, though, Ryan was able to make out where they came from. After the loss of her memory, the Innate Writing and Language, the only priesthood she had left. However, the power of the former is far inferior to the three-line proverbs on the oracle tablet, and the latter is much weaker without the cooperation of [speech].
From this point of view, maybe the twelve Titans were originally matched in pairs, and their priesthoods were able to cooperate with each other. In the original mythology, if Cleos, the god of weather, had not been imprisoned in the abyss after his defeat, perhaps he would have come together with the goddess of justice and give birth to the three goddesses of time, which symbolize spring, summer, and autumn.
Of course, whether it is the original him or the current him, probably the abyss is his only destination. From this point of view, he and Kronos are really fated.
Maybe the relationship between the two monarchs and ministers can continue.
But none of this has anything to do with Mrune, Mosine. As the god of language and writing voluntarily renounced her identity as a Titan deity, she was transformed after being assimilated by the Abyss. As the first deity of Tartarus, the two priesthoods stripped from her body have also been gradually infected over the past tens of thousands of years, taking on the color of the abyss. Since then, words and language have taken on a special meaning here.
However, as Ryan had judged before, the words of the abyss were used as 'names' at most, and had no other meaning.
This will give the life that follows in the abyss, as well as the life in the new world born from the power of the abyss, a special, powerful name. But at the same time, once you are controlled by other beings with their unique name, it will also lead to being more easily controlled and influenced by them.
As far as he could remember, Ryan had given them a fitting nameβhis real name.
"It's an amazing view."
Stopping and looking at everything in front of him, Ryan sighed heartily.
The greatest artist is always nature itself. Here, perhaps under the influence of the short-lived convergence of the origin of order, everything looks similar to the present world, and it is much easier to understand than the rest of the abyss.
The sky was full of 'stars' shining in the sky, and chaotic-colored liquids were churning and converging at the feet, converging into a sea. In the center of the ocean, a naked female life floats there.
The reason why she is described as 'female' is because there is no longer any resemblance to her past in Mone Mosine. Bizarre, weird, inscrutable, and even more like gods than the hundred-armed giants. Her appearance itself is a taboo against mortal things.
Of course, now she is no longer called Mene Mosine. The first moment they saw the creature in front of them, a new name came to Ryan and Kronos's minds.
Moya, the Mother of Demons
Just as the first primordial god Gaia was chosen by the world to give birth to the first sky, sea, and mountains on her own, Moya was destined to give birth to new gods, a responsibility given to her by Tartarus.
As for whether the gods conceived by this abyss itself have the same immortal essence as those in the outside world, Ryan does not know. Maybe there is, maybe not, but it doesn't matter, time will tell him.
"Wonderful? Oh, I don't feel it at all. β
"If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed that my beautiful sister would have become like this. Even if she hadn't woken up yet, I could already have predicted her hatred for you. β
The corners of his mouth moved, and Moya's appearance in front of him was enough to cause mental damage to the gods, and Kronos really didn't know how Ryan could say the words 'wonderful scenery'.
"I'm certainly not talking about her, of course, and I can't say anything about her. Extremely beautiful and extremely ugly, both are the creations of the world. β
That being said, Ryan's aesthetic was still fine, so his gaze quickly shifted to Moya's top.
At this moment, the conception of the Demon Mother has come to an end. In the long passage of an era, the past that belonged to Mone Mosine has been almost washed away.
Maybe not just 10,000 years. Even in the distorted timing of the abyss, Ryan could vaguely perceive the time that had passed here. It took at least millions of years for the most powerful primordial god in the world to assimilate and unify a weaker god in the world.
This is the essential gap between the two sides. The present world is 'the order-oriented side of the world', and the abyss is only 'the main part of the world's other chaotic side'.
Of course, ordinary gods are even more unbearable, and they are only 'agents of some of the authorities in one side of the world'.
"Can we do something about it?"
In front of the two of them, the last bit of chaotic air was still flowing into the Demon Mother's body, and she could be reborn at just the right time. But looking at all this, Kronos became murderous.
Although the other party used to be his sister, the future is a demon god under the will of the abyss. From the perspective of the newborn Moya, perhaps Ryan is the object of her hatred. From the perspective of the Demon Mother, perhaps his being, who is about to steal the power of the abyss, is the real enemy.
In contrast, the spirit realm is far away, while Kronus is close at hand.
"There is nothing to be done, the power of the entire abyss is condensed around her, and even the 'order' is forced out. Not to mention an incarnation, even if my body is here, there is nothing I can do with her for the time being. β
Shaking his head, Tartarus was different from several other primordial gods, and Ryan didn't have the intention of provoking him.
"Let go of these thoughts, this is the other person's body after all. That is, the instinctive consciousness of the abyss is not active, otherwise it would be difficult for us to get here. β
As he spoke, Ryan looked above the Demon Mother. There, corresponding to the chaotic currents around Moya, an indescribable, indefinable mass of void light floated above her, the Order that had emerged from the abyss.
Interestingly, the forces of chaos can unconsciously turn into serpentine shapes, and so does order. Ryan could clearly see the existence of the meandering circles inside the light.
"That's your goal. Part of its power and the abyss will be transformed into the void and the original material and spiritual nature that carries the new realm, and your own destiny of eternal imprisonment in the abyss will be transformed into this fourth pillar to complete the opening of the world. β
"However, given that you first embraced the Abyss and then seized its power to evolve the world, in the future, I am afraid that the life in Tartarus will be hostile to you and the existence in your world."
"Then be hostile, that's exactly what I want. If I can't get the 'royal power' in the abyss, even my sister who has been reborn won't be able to touch the edge of great divine power. β
Nodding, Kronos seemed to have regained his fighting spirit from the past.
"The power of my new world comes from the abyss, which means that He and I can devour each other. Although I am far from Him, I am wise from His primitive and obscurantist mind. I believe that even if I am not as good as Him at the beginning, I will be the victor in the end. β
"Bring it," turning to look at Ryan, the former god-king couldn't wait, "what you promised, after I was assimilated by the abyss, to break free from His power." β
With a slight bow, Ryan stretched out his right hand. Immediately, an uncertain power was erased by him, and it floated towards Kronos in front of him, and as the power floated out, this incarnation also became a lot more illusory.
Taking over this power, feeling that only seventy percent of it was ownerless, Kronos thought for a moment. He divided it into ten and then incorporated it into himself. The next moment, his form, which had been difficult to observe, solidified.
"There are seven levels in your spiritual realm, do you have any suggestions about my world?"
Before beginting, Kronos asked one last thing.
"I can only talk about what I was going to do at the time."
"The number starts at one, stands at three, becomes five, flourishes at seven, and ends at nine. I don't like to be too extreme, so I only opened up seven layers of interfaces at that time, and as for you, it is naturally up to you to think of yourself. β
Gave a faint suggestion, but Ryan wasn't going to make a decision for him.
For mortal things, it is because numbers have a special meaning that they are used.
But for them, it's they who give the number a special meaning, so it's powerful.
Therefore, no matter how many floors Kronos chooses to build, it will not affect the strength of the new world, only the structure of the world.
The multi-layered interface, each with its own genus, always has an advantage in self-circulation. Even in the legends of the East in later generations, there is a saying that there are three worlds of heaven, earth and man.
"Then the ninth floor."
"People who have been winning will think about convergence. But I like extremes. β
At the end of the decision, Kronos no longer hesitated. His half-virtual and half-solid form slammed into the light in the distance.
He had already thought about it, the nine-layer interface, ten percent of the strength, he would let the third, fifth, and seventh layers out. Construct them with the thirty percent power that belongs to Ryan, wrap his interface in his own, and then the two of them develop separately, independent of each other.
In his own turf, he won't lose to anyone else.
As for taking the initiative to take action against Ryan, Kronos didn't think that before he was sure that he would completely defeat this mysterious ancient god, the former god-king would only be wary of him, not hostile to him.
There are many opponents worthy of him in this world, and the abyss is the most direct one. Rather than setting up an opponent who can't figure out the details, it is the enemy in front of you that needs more attention.
(End of chapter)