Chapter 161: 16 The Origin of Sequences

Chapter 161: Chapter 16 The Origin of Sequences

Whether it be godhood or the world as spoken of by Zeus, they both naturally refer to the embodiment of the Order aspect of Chaos.

Therefore, Laine didn’t mean to say it intentionally, but rather, before Zeus, successive Divine Kings and the Primordial Gods indeed had, to varying degrees, violated the will of the world.

However, facing him, Zeus was once again at a loss for words. He didn’t know how difficult this was, nor had he any experience in trying. But as for the incident itself, due to never having come into contact with the core of Tartarus and the mysteries of the world, in his mind, godhood was something that couldn’t be affected.

Deities never die, Divine Authority is eternal, this is a truth within Chaos, as immutable as the equation one plus one equals two. Other than the world itself, he had never seen godhood stripped away by external forces.

Of course, the authority of the ancient God of Sun still belonged to him, what was really destroyed was only the structure of the godhood, not its very existence. But to the deities, that was even more terrifying. After all, any deity capable of sensing the existence of the Source Sea, those with more than Intermediate Divine Power, knew what Source Power was.

When it took the form of godhood or a Divine Artifact, it was the most precious treasure any deity could possess. But when it came into direct contact with the deity itself, it was also the most dreadful poison in the world.

It could erode a god’s will, leading to the loss of self, and assimilation with the Law of the world. ‘Fusion with the Dao through the self’ sounds good, but to ‘fuse’ prematurely is another matter. If becoming closer to the rules and more powerful comes at the price of losing Wisdom and erasing one’s personality, then no deity could accept it.

At this moment, even though the three deities present were only spectators, they could already see, following the outflow of Source Power, the mass of golden light gradually starting to twist and warp.

The dim will of the ancient God of Sun seemed to instinctively sense something. He began to thrash about, trying to dodge the impending crisis, but it was futile.

Not to mention he was being restrained by the power of the Spirit Realm itself with nowhere to escape, even without the restrictions, it would be a meaningless act.

After all, authority and the deity are one and the same; even if the structure of the [Sun] godhood was slightly damaged, it still remained bound to Hyperion. Other than this world, nobody could strip a deity of the control over its own Divine Authority, which was supposed to be the innate and noble assurance of a deity’s birth, but at this moment, it had become a shackle instead.

No matter how the ancient God of Sun tried to evade, the leaking [Sun] Origin clung to his will like a shadow.

“Is this what you call a gift, allowing me to witness a deity’s ‘death’?”

“Is this the ‘way out’ you spoke of?”

Besides the four major parts, the remaining fragments were lost to the forces of vibrating time and space during the explosion, while others flew directly towards the three deities. Liana paid them no heed, but Zeus reached out to intercept some.

Looking closely at the light in his hand, the Divine King, who had observed the entire process, roughly understood the principle behind it.

Laine had disguised Chaos using the breath of ‘Samsara’ as the opposing Order, using it to touch and disrupt the structure of ‘Godhood,’ causing a slight overflow of the Origin, which then contacted the consciousness of Hyperion, based on his immortal essence.

Ultimately, the slumbering instinctual consciousness of the ancient God of Sun, to prevent assimilation by the Source Power, caused itself to collapse. His consciousness thus fragmented into countless pieces, shattered under the weight of divinity, while the released Source Power also became finely divided and started to settle down.

“Yes, this was his only ‘way out,’ and of course, it is also a gift I am giving you.”

Nodding, Laine turned his hand, and the largest light spot he had caught disappeared, leaving only three smaller ones.

“I can’t give you the main body of the Godhood, but these three you can have.”

“Unlike the rest, which were merely tools Hyperion’s instincts used to alleviate stress, these three to some extent embody some of the Divine Authority of the ‘Sun,’ which I suppose should be quite valuable to you.”

Indeed they were valuable, but also very dangerous. With a slight frown, Zeus knew these were good items, but he couldn’t figure out how to use them.

As for Hyperion, the Divine King actually didn’t care much for this Titan he had never seen. Compared to him, Helios, who typically drove the Sun Chariot, seemed much more manageable.

“But I can’t use them. Any lifeform that tries to merge with them will inevitably face not only the integration once borne by the God of Sun but also the resistance of its original master’s will.”

“That’s your problem. Use your ‘wisdom,’ and you’ll find a way.”

He emphasized ‘wisdom’ a little more firmly. While Godhood and power were not necessarily equivalent, it at least represented a minimum threshold.

“Just remember, don’t let too many fragments that originally belonged to the God of Sun come together. Otherwise, what might happen, I can’t guarantee.”