Mythology: Spiritual Ruler

Ascension to the gods has never been a specific concept.

Or to be more precise, the word "神" in Deng Shen does not have a unique interpretation.

From a narrow perspective, the so-called ascension to the gods is just the process of mortal objects becoming gods.

No matter what means or methods are used, it can be called ascending to the gods.

However, from a broad perspective, the true meaning of ascending to the gods is not this. What it really points to is the transformation itself.

Transforming from a mortal to a god is "ascension to the gods", and changing from a true god or a incomplete primitive god to a truly complete and great divine power is also "ascension to the gods".

Even if you take other paths and become favored by external gods, even monsters like Typhon do the same.

And following this path to the end, becoming the Creator and Almighty Supreme Being on a par with the world, can also be called ‘ascending to the gods’.

Therefore, whether Erebus, who is trying to open up the world, or Ryan, who is trying to separate humanity and divinity, is pursuing a narrow version of nature.

After all, they are gods, so why bother climbing the road.

Of course, no matter how you understand it, for the gods themselves, since they can't find anyone to learn from upwards, and there is no precedent to see downwards, then the process of mortals becoming gods will have value.

It's just that in the past, the Lord of Darkness was limited to the present world. Even though his level of personification was far less than that of Gaia, he still cannot be on par with darkness itself.

Therefore, at this point, he focused more on how to escape from the constraints rather than the illusory future.

So Erebus has never paid much attention to certain things.

It's just that unlike him, he is the one who really needs to consider this issue for Ryan who is sitting in the spirit world.

"'Integrating the Tao' but not 'transforming the Tao', the wise men of later generations have also thought about this problem..."

"Oh, actually if we only stop at the realm of great divine power, I don't need to consider this issue at all."

After walking out of the underground secret room, Ryan closed the door.

Separate from the divine, cut the two apart.

Naturally, there was only one reason that really made Ryan do this. That is how to truly integrate him with the source power so that his rationality will no longer be consumed by this source power.

But actually, it's just as he said.

If it were just for the coexistence of reason and strength, Ryan, who had the spirit world, would not need to consider these issues at all.

So what if reason cannot withstand the power of the source, this does not affect him from exerting his power.

But with the end of Hermenu's trip, Ryan once again determined a result.

That is the truly great power, which can never be controlled by 'people'.

Chaos did not manifest in human form. Even if he separated the world and the world as his two sides, he still could not do it.

The nine realms are divided into nine, and the giants on the Golden Gallon Divide are unaware.

Hermione's power is the weakest, and He divides himself the most strictly.

But even though He divided himself into eight parts, he still only briefly manifested in the world as a beast-headed man in the earliest creation era.

As for Amon... Although Ryan has never seen him, even if he does, the result will be no different.

If it had not been for the act of pulling, if it had not been for Hermione, she would have died.

Even if another hundred thousand years pass, Amon will never be able to break away from the restrictions of the Eight Yuanshen and walk the world as an independent life form.

It can be seen that no matter where you are, as long as the power is stronger, it will be more difficult to maintain sanity.

And as the world is, so is God.

Even in different worlds, gods with wisdom have made more attempts.

The gods of Chaos benefited from the priesthood given by the world, while the original gods used the method of personalizing gods to avoid this problem.

It's just that the price is that they are restricted by the world and can never fully exert their powers.

The gods of the Nine Realms took a different approach. They separated the spirit from the flesh.

Gods can die and souls can fall into the underworld.

Since then, the dead god no longer has the power of his life, thus separating authority from himself.

In addition, the same is true for the gods of Hermenu.

They use the existence of 'Ka' and 'Ba' to circumvent this problem, and use their spiritual parts to bear the pressure on their behalf.

And in the end, even though the way to open up the interface is better than these three, the pinnacle of great divine power is still an abyss that is difficult to cross.

Therefore, it is imperative to separate humanity. Even if the exploration of the road is still difficult, Ryan does not choose to give up.

However, many things cannot be solved by taking time... It was not until Hermione was involved and the system of the three worlds was combined that everything became clear.

If he could see a real mortal ascending to the gods again, Ryan would dare to say that his path had finally gotten rid of the darkness and saw some light.

"From heaven to earth, and from earth to heaven."

"Strictly speaking, I'm actually already completing it, but it's just incomplete."

"And this process has been going on since I came into this world..."

Looking back, the structure in my mind becomes clearer.

It is the first time for a mortal to become a god. He gives up the perfection of being a mortal and falls from the sky to the earth. Then he becomes a god from a mortal and ascends to the sky from the earth.

Even the moment when the interface was opened was the second time, when he gave up everything he had as a god and turned them into the nourishment of creation.

When the spiritual world opens up, it will be reincarnation again.

However, unlike the second time, when he got the drop of the original liquid of creation, Ryan realized why he had always subconsciously paid attention to the path of mortals to become gods.

Because his spiritual instinct had long told him that his first reincarnation was incomplete.

He had not reached the extreme of mortals, nor had he ascended to the sublimation of gods, but had completed everything through a reincarnation that he did not even remember.

If the great gods are the pinnacle, then this does not affect it.

But if he wants to continue, then this is a difficulty that he absolutely cannot avoid.

Creak——

Pushing the door open, Ryan walked out of the room slowly.

The sky brightened, and another day arrived.

"So far, everything is going well."

"But Erebus... If the remains of Hermeneus are completely integrated into Chaos, he will still remain the same as he is now."

"Then Gaia or Tartarus today may be his tomorrow."

The soldiers in the city began to change shifts, but most of them were full of hope for the future.

However, Ryan knew that most of them might be destined to die in this war and become insignificant cannon fodder.

After watching for a while, he turned around and had things to do today.

As for the army outside the city... wait a minute.

How to deal with it, let's see what Iapetus gives him.

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Wow——    Just after dawn, the God of Speech flew out of the fortress of the Aigario Mountains.

Now that he has understood the true inside story of this war, Iapetus has completely calmed down.

The battle between the original gods may have a winner or loser, but there should be no real result.

After all, except for Uranus, even Gaia has only lost some face.

"Two choices, start with those mortals, or find some old friends."

"Hmm..."

After a moment of silence, the God of Speech made a decisive choice.

Compared with the latter, the former is easier.

After being in contact with mortals for a long time, Iapetus has more or less a lot of unique experience.

As for how he should solve it...

He changed his clothes with a flash.

At this moment, he no longer looked like a nobleman, but a learned sage.

"To deal with these mortals, force is the lowest way."

"Now, it's my turn to perform."

Waiting silently on the cliffs of the mountains outside the fortress, Iapetus witnessed another tentative siege.

With the blessing of the power of the earth, Athens' defense is very solid.

But the God of Speech can see that this is just because the heroes of the coalition have not ended.

This is obviously impossible to last. After all, whether for the gods or for their own reputation, the heroes of the kings of the world will sooner or later take action, even with the help of the gods.

So Iapetus patiently waited until the evening, and he searched in the camp of the coalition for a while, and finally chose to follow one side.

"..."

"...Your Majesty."

In the evening, in the camp of the coalition.

Although it is nominally a coalition, there have been conflicts between the countries on the continent.

Although some problems can be temporarily put aside under the will of God, in some places, the countries still appear to be clearly divided.

Sitting in the tent, Priam frowned.

He carefully checked the casualty figures in front of him, and did not even notice the voice of the guards for a while.

"... Your Majesty..."

"... Your Majesty?"

"Hmm?"

Raising his head slightly, awakened from his meditation, Priam looked at his guards.

It was another meaningless day, with no progress except the loss of hundreds of lives.

But even so, the king still rejected his son Hector's request to fight in the daytime.

There was no other reason, if there must be a reason, it was that they could not be the first to go.

After all, Athens was not an ordinary small country, even a powerful hero might be defeated in front of them.

Without the help of gods and absolute advantage, if something unexpected happened, Priam would never tolerate it.

"... What's the matter?"

Asked in a low voice, the king knew that if there was no uncertainty, his guards would not look for him at this time.

As expected, after listening to the guard's story, the king was speechless for a moment.

"You mean, there is a scholar from Athens who wants to come to see you?"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Kneeling on one knee, the guard nodded and replied.

"Oh, this is interesting."

Although he didn't know what the visitor wanted to do, the king was still interested.

At this time, an Athenian dared to come here.

If there was no suitable reason, Priam would not mind using him to boost the morale of the army.

"Go and call Hector first, and then bring the Athenian to see me."

After thinking for a moment, the king made a decision.

He had to meet, but safety had to be guaranteed.

Only when Hector was present could he feel at ease.

So a moment later, when Iapetus walked into the tent.

Almost immediately, he saw the tall and mighty hero in bronze armor.

"What a warrior!"

He praised loudly, but the praised person was not moved at all.

Instead, in the center of the tent, the voice of King Priam could be heard clearly.

"Hector is certainly a warrior. As my eldest son, he is destined to conquer Athens and establish unparalleled merits."

"So Athenians, are you surrendering to me on behalf of your king? If so, I accept your surrender."

Priam's momentum was rising without any hesitation.

In the dim tent, Hector's weapon flashed with cold light.

However, facing the king's cold tone, the god of speech just laughed three times and answered loudly:

"Hahaha... I thought the king of Troy was a smart man, but I didn't expect him to say such a thing."

"Now it seems that I came to the wrong place."

"Huh? What do you mean!"

Standing up from the table, Priam looked unkind.

Noticing his father's anger, Hector also stepped forward.

"What do you mean? It's very simple."

With no fear on his face, Iapetus smiled and said, "Your Majesty Priam, I came to see you just to save you."

"But I am a little disappointed to see that Your Majesty is still unaware of his imminent death."