Myth: The Ruler of Spirituality

Boom—

In the center of the vast basin, accompanied by another tremor, Zeus rose from the ruins. The muscles in his flesh-blurred body writhed, constantly pushing out fragments of broken metal.

That damned building had completely vanished, and now the Divine King looked up to the sky. He stared at the Great Serpent that had stopped attacking since his fall, filled with unwillingness and anger.

The opponent had not continued the attack because once Zeus returned from the Abyss to the present world, he was not so easy to deal with. A single advantage had been enough; continuing the fight would only give him a chance to turn the tables.

Even Zeus himself could confirm that if the Great Serpent dared to continue attacking him, the order of the present world would react by starting to strengthen itself, limiting this enemy from beyond.

But just as he had seen, the opponent had timely ceased their attack, pulling back after a nearly absolute advantage strike, while Zeus, as the Divine King, had just forcibly used his sovereign power in Tartarus; he could not defy order again so soon by fighting in the Mortal Realm.

This was clearly his own plan—to retreat immediately after overcoming a move in the Abyss, but now, perhaps the life in the Abyss had seen him drive back the Lord of Hell with his 'valiant' appearance, but his downfall had also been witnessed by the beings of the Underworld.

Moreover, not just the Underworld. At least wrapping the Underworld were those Primordial Gods, all definitely taking all this in.
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"This serpent... and Hades!"

One unexpected event happened after another, as well as this damned feudal system. If he had direct control over the Underworld, then the moment he left the Abyss, he would have been able to instantly mobilize the power of the entire Underworld to support himself, and he wouldn't have been so disgracefully knocked underground by his opponent.

But what was done could not be changed... His breath rose from his body, spreading in an almost provocative manner, yet the Great Serpent in the sky showed no reaction, as if watching a clown perform, its long body twisting and winding.

"Huff—"

Zeus slowly exhaled, his opponent probably wouldn't continue fighting him according to his desires, while at the portal of the Abyss, that previous opponent's aura faintly revealed itself.

Although he didn't know why he hadn't stood out together, at this moment, Zeus could only swallow this loss.

"Who are you, and why did you ambush me?"

A flash of divine light in his eyes, Zeus called out loudly.

He expected his opponent to respond, be it 'All is fair in war,' or even directly mocking him for not realizing in time; he could accept it all.

However, up in the sky, the humanized head of the Great Serpent seemed to show a smile, a hint of malice flitting across its figure.

"Ambush, Divine King of the present world, what nonsense are you talking?"

"Have you forgotten? Just a moment ago, you were almost beaten to death right in front of me—oh, I almost forgot.

"The gods of the present world... care a lot about face, right?"

"Shut up!"

A placid voice echoed in the sky, and Zeus almost saw black before his eyes.

Distorting the truth—this sort of thing, was supposed to be something he did; since when had these monsters, who are not supposed to be gods, also learned to blatantly lie?

However looking around, Zeus awkwardly realized, it seems, possibly, maybe, no one could prove what had happened in the Abyss.

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Pontus Euxinus, deep beneath the ocean trench.

The positioning remained unchanged from previously, and unlike what many expected, when Erebus sensed the upheaval in the Abyss, he did not hurry to intervene.

Instead, he merely observed from the perspective of his domain, and incidentally, he also opened a 'live feed' for Pontus beside him.

After all, unlike on the surface, occurrences on the ground are more likely to reach the Underworld, as every corner of the earth can access the portals to the Underworld, but not vice versa, which is due to its unique spatiotemporal structure.

Aside from acting as an 'audience', faced with such a tangible example, Erebus decisively took on the role of 'commentator'.

However, his 'commentary'... clearly lacked justice.

"Look, Pontus, as I have mentioned before, once Uranus awakens, Zeus is unlikely to be able to protect your safety, so pledging allegiance to him is meaningless,"

"You are a god who has lived through three epochs, having witnessed the clash of great divine powers more than once. You should be aware, being from the same domain, the gap between us is immense, just like the vast difference between you and those minor gods with feeble divine powers."

Smiling, as he listened to the dialogue of the Great Serpent from the image before him, Erebus acknowledged internally that the other was completely making things up, but in that moment, he still provided corroboration in his capacity as a Primordial God.

"Who is Zeus, what are his battle achievements?"

"At the end of the Second Epoch, standing in front of Cronus, he dared not even breathe. Later, he became great by leveraging the position of the Divine King, but still fell far short of his grandfather and father."

"Uranus, despite being severely weakened, still managed to suppress Gaia and subdue the twelve Titans. Cronus, in his full glory, could suppress Gaia with one hand, while Zeus could only win by exploiting the enemy's own mistakes, and even then, it took him three days and three nights."

"And what about Typhon?"

Although Pontus felt that Erebus made some valid points, he still asked.

After all, he was not very familiar with the power disparity among the great divine powers, apart from their battle records, there was no other standard to measure by.

"Typhon, how could you, the last battle took place offshore, Pontus, don't tell me you don't know what happened."

With a faint smile, Erebus was merciless:

"If scheming also counts as strength, do you think Zeus had a chance to feed Uranus another 'Fruit of One Day'? He is a tyrant, not a madman."

"Pontus, the current situation is clear evidence, any great divine power could appear out of nowhere and immediately reduce Zeus to this state. Faced with such a scenario, the Divine King instead of acknowledging the disparity, first attempted to use his traditional skill to twist right and wrong, attempting to smear Typhon with claims of 'carelessness' and 'ambush.'"

"So, here comes the question, Pontus, do you believe what he said?"

"...No, you are right, he indeed cannot protect the lineage of the Sea God before Uranus."

After a moment of silence, considering that the other party had a history of deceit, Pontus decided to trust the Great Serpent and the Lord of Darkness.

After all, monsters, as everyone knows, why would these madmen lie? Therefore, what they said must surely be not lies.