Chapter 12

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Although Syrinx was not the most powerful god, Matthew knew that she was not to be trifled with.

The murderous intent emanating from her made Matthew’s flesh creep and he got goose bumps all over his body.

The moment Syrinx showed her killing intention, Matthew connected himself to the divine space.

If Syrinx tried to kill him, he could only run away.

But he didn’t show much fear on his face. Instead, he stared straight at Goddess of Forest.

The two fell into silence again.

After a while, the fierce look in Syrinx’s eyes faded away and was replaced by a calm look.

“I struggled the moment I knew the main god appeared. In fact, during the years of dormant state, we middle-level gods communicated from time to time. And we ever thought of devouring the divinity of the main gods so that we could make a breakthrough and improve our cultivation.”

“But finally, between sheltering the heir of the main god and devouring the divinity of the main god, you chose the former.” 

When Matthew saw Syrinx’s murderous intent faded away, he guessed what she was struggling with.

Everything made sense at this time.

Matthew knew why God of Death wanted to kill him and why Goddess of Forest decided to protect him.

He also knew why the inheritance of the main god attracted the attention of all gods.

After the inheritors of the main god grew up, he would be the strongest warrior on Earth.

In this case, all middle-level gods would lose their chance to improve their cultivation and reach a higher level.

Many middle-level gods hesitated between the two choices.

God of Death, Thanatos wanted to go further, so he did not hesitate to choose to kill the inheritor of the main god, whereas Syrinx made a different choice.

“Hold on. What do you mean by the dormant state? Are you still in a dormant state?” Matthew caught a keyword, and he sensed something was wrong.

Although he had thought before that Syrinx in front of him might be a phantom, he didn’t expect that all the gods were in a dormant state.

It was said that in the divine academies, the gods would show up, preach, and share their experience of cultivation.

Were all of these fake?

“Hmm? I thought you knew it at the beginning.” Hearing his words, Syrinx was a little surprised.

Matthew should know that she was a phantom. Syrinx didn’t know why he was still surprised when he learned that all gods were in a dormant state.

Syrinx didn’t think too much about it. After thinking for a while, she said to Matthew, “When one reaches the level of a false god, he or she will be immortal. The middle-level gods and the main gods are more powerful.”

“Even the false gods could be immortal?” Matthew was shocked to hear that.

Although he had the divine inheritance of Hades, he still didn’t have time to digest the information in the divine inheritance.

Only when he saw something could he trigger some memories of Hades. Therefore, he lost his composure from time to time when talking with Syrinx.

“Yes. As long as one reaches the level of a false god, his ‘Void’ will turn into a ‘divine source’. Then the false god can completely get rid of the shackles of aging and achieve immortality, though he only has a little ‘divine source’ in his or her body. But they have one fatal weakness, which the secondary gods also have.”

“The ‘divine source’ can’t be regenerated once the gods run out of it. Therefore, the gods will not use it unless they have to. And this ‘divine source’ is the gap between gods and human beings.”

“The power of the ‘divine source’ is much greater than that of the ‘Void’. ‘Void’ can’t compare with ‘divine source’.” Syrinx finished her words.

Matthew nodded after hearing Syrinx’s narration, 

At this time, Hades’s divinity in his mind was emitting purple black light, which triggered his memory about the ‘divine source’.

The reason why Thanatos wanted to be the main god so much was that he wanted to get rid of the identity of a middle-level god.

Once he reached the realm of the main god, the “divine source” in the body would continuously be self-replenished, which was also one of the main reasons that the main god was invincible.

“There is a limit to the divine source that can be cultivated on every planet. Therefore, every middle-level god on the earth has an avatar on the Earth, and their noumenon will cultivate the divine source in its own Star Domain.”

“And the gods that everyone on the earth sees are all of Epic level in strength, with a small number of the divine source in their bodies.”

“We had an agreement that we shouldn’t act recklessly on the earth. So when the cultivators’ strengths reach a certain level, they will leave the earth and be transferred to respective Star Domain.”

“That’s why there are very few Diamond-level cultivators on the earth,” Syrinx said.

“I see.” Matthew didn’t know that before.

He thought that if he could reach a certain level in cultivation, he would increase his life span.

Millions of years had passed, and there must be countless high-level cultivators on the earth. Though the gods didn’t allow war between the cultivators, the earth might be in danger if the cultivators fought with each other.

It turned out these cultivators were all sent to their Star Domain.

“Let’s get back to the point. Thanatos is determined to kill you. You are safe in Mount Ten Thousand, but I can’t ensure that you will still be safe if you leave here. Every top soldier here grew up in wars. None of them grew up under protection. And I have high hopes for you since you are the inheritor of the main god. Now you have two choices.”

Syrinx began to speak in a serious tone. She looked at Matthew with beautiful eyes as if to see something in his eyes.

“What are the choices?” Matthew ignored the oppressive look in Syrinx’s eyes and asked.

After gaining the divine inheritance of the main god, experiencing the suppression from Hades’ stare, Matthew felt like a child was staring at him when he looked into Goddess of Forest’s eyes.

He was not nervous at all. Instead, he felt a little funny.

“You are indeed worthy of Hades’ inheritor!” Seeing Matthew so calm, Syrinx praised him. Then she continued, “Now listen to me.”

“Option one, you will cultivate on the earth. After you have a certain strength, you will cultivate in my divine domain where my body is located.”

“Since you are a new cultivator, as long as you grow up, you will have the main god’s power. This will enable you to grow to the greatest extent and be ready for future wars.”

“And option two?” Hearing this, Matthew asked about the other option without hesitation.

“Option two, I’ll send you somewhere in space randomly.”

“I’m not sure whose divine domain you will reach. Maybe it will be Thanatos’ domain, or a domain without a god, or somewhere lifeless.”

“Once you got there, you can only depend on yourself. And maybe some other gods will go after you, and maybe space plunderers will make trouble on you.”

“All in all, it depends on your luck.”

“Matthew, tell me, what’s your choice?”