The dark star, like a black hole, devoured all creation. In the blink of an eye, it had consumed the entire Parthenon, and even the city of Athens was drawn into it.
White lightning rained down from above, aimed at Athena and Su Mo. But this time, even the power of the lightning was completely distorted within the dark star's gravitational field, swallowed whole by the pitch-black celestial body.
Even the Authority of Zeus in his Father God form disintegrated instantly within the dark star, reverting to its original state.
"Is this the final power of the Earth Mother Goddess?"
Seeing this, Zeus's shock and anger were mixed with an even greater greed.
He was now only one final step away from becoming the true One God. He just needed to use all the remaining power of the Earth Mother Goddess to complete that final step, and he would become the true and only god!
"A mere relic of a bygone era! How could it possibly withstand the power of the Father God!"
He immediately unleashed his full power, mobilizing the faith of Mount Olympus to its absolute limit. The other Olympian gods also began to channel their power into him, all of them fighting together against the dark star.
At first, the dark star's range was only a few kilometers, but as more and more of the earth was consumed, its gravitational pull grew stronger and stronger. Like a black hole with ever-increasing mass, its suction became more powerful.
Incandescent lightning covered the entire sky of the Greek Divine Realm, and the storm of the dark star swept across the entire land. Before long, the two forces had reached a stalemate.
"To think it's this powerful…"
Looking at the dark star she had created with her own hands, then at Su Mo's profile, Athena was momentarily stunned.
She was intimately familiar with the source of this power—it was the final piece of the Earth Mother Goddess's wisdom that she possessed.
The technique was called the Blade of Blackness, also known as the Sword of the Beginning and the End, or the Rite of Creation.
If cast with the power of a normal Heretic God, it was strong enough to rival the Blade of Salvation, a true ultimate secret technique of the Earth Mother Goddess lineage.
But even so, the power of this technique should by no means be comparable to the current One God, Zeus.
After all, this ritual was, at its core, just a fragment of the power of the Great Earth Mother, Gaia.
The current Zeus, however, had already surpassed Gaia, achieving an existence that towered over all previous gods in Greek mythology.
Even as a half-step One God, he shouldn't be beatable by a mere fragment of Gaia's power.
Yet now, after being modified by Su Mo, the power of this technique could actually match Zeus, who had unified the entire pantheon. In fact, it even seemed to surpass him.
Even though Athena already knew Su Mo was special, she never thought he could enhance her technique to such a degree.
Perhaps even the Mother of the Gods of old, if resurrected, could not achieve what Su Mo had!
After her initial excitement, remembering that this technique was a power Su Mo had developed specifically for her, an inexplicable joy welled up in Athena's heart.
"Master, what is the name of this technique?" she asked softly, her tone more submissive than ever before.
"It has no name yet. Do you have a recommendation?" Su Mo shook his head and asked casually.
Just as the Second Mythological Thaumaturgy, the Sword's Origin, came from the characteristics of the Heroic Gods of Steel, the Fourth Mythological Thaumaturgy he had just compiled came from the characteristics of the Earth Mother Goddesses.
As a representative of the Earth Mother Goddesses, Athena was indeed qualified to name it.
"Me?" Hearing this, the slender goddess's heart wavered even more. Her suspicions were completely confirmed. This truly was a power made for her.
She swayed slightly in Su Mo's embrace, then bit her lip and shook her head. After carefully sensing the nature of the dark star, she spoke.
"Then let's call it the Primordial Mother Goddess, in memory of the source of the Earth Mother Goddesses, Gaia, the Mother of the Gods!"
"Alright." Su Mo nodded.
As they spoke, the power of the dark star continued to expand, even showing signs of surpassing the white thunderstorm.
"How is this possible?! Everyone, full power!" Zeus roared in fury, directing a portion of the dazzling lightning at the other Olympian gods.
He knew very well that not all the gods acknowledged his rule.
The moment an enemy appeared that could match him, the oppression he had built on his authority could crumble. Therefore, before anyone could betray him, he had to apply maximum pressure.
Seeing the god-slaying tips of the lightning bolts, goddesses like Hestia froze for a moment, then immediately lowered their heads, not daring to resist.
But imperceptibly, the power output of the gods stopped increasing, stabilizing at a level where they wouldn't be held accountable.
Coupled with the fact that Zeus had to divert his attention to threaten the other gods, the power of the white lightning-star actually decreased.
Sensing the resistance in their hearts, Zeus's eyes grew cold, and he was about to make an example of someone.
But just then, an ominous tremor ran through the land, and darkness enveloped everything. Sensing the direction of the anomaly, Zeus's face suddenly turned pale with shock.
"Tartarus?!"
Hearing this, more than half of the Olympian gods showed expressions of horror, their gazes turning in the same direction as Zeus's.
As the dark star continued to expand, the earth began to shake, and mountains turned into chasms.
In the border regions of the Greek Divine Realm, the volcanic plains of Lydia, a massive volcanic cavern was revealed as the land disappeared.
For the Olympian gods, it was an incredibly familiar and terrifying place: the abyss of Tartarus.
It was not Hell, but it was worse than Hell—a prison Zeus used to incarcerate his enemies.
The Titans who were defeated in the Titanomachy were imprisoned in this abyssal purgatory, including the second-generation God-King, Cronus.
In addition, various monsters were also locked away here. It could be said that all who were imprisoned here were opponents of Zeus.
BANG! BANG! BANG!
A huge sound erupted, as powerful as a giant bear pounding on a door. Tartarus was surrounded by a triple layer of blackness and a triple bronze wall.
Now, the triple blackness had been torn apart by the dark star. The Titan gods inside seemed to have noticed the changes outside and began to hammer at the gate, trying to break out of their prison.
Even more terrifying, a violent tremor originated from under Mount Etna in Sicily, as if something was breaking free from its seal.
"Typhon, the last son of Gaia!"
The faces of all the gods changed, and even Zeus's expression grew grave.
As the strongest monster in Greek mythology, Typhon's strength was second only to Zeus the Father.
In the myths, even Zeus was no match for him without his thunderbolt scepter. And as for the other Olympian gods, almost all of them had been chased by Typhon, fleeing for their lives. This monster's strength also surpassed that of the gods.
If Athena were to free all of Zeus's opponents, even the current Zeus the Father would be absolutely overwhelmed.
Under Zeus's furious gaze, Athena mercilessly tore apart the two prisons. Zeus's opponents swarmed out, immediately targeting their enemy in the sky. Especially the Titan King Cronus, whom Zeus had overthrown; he would not let such a good opportunity pass.
However, the Titans did not immediately attack Zeus. Some of them even targeted Athena. Being enemies of Zeus did not make them allies of Athena.
But Athena didn't consider them allies either.
"Descendant of the Mother of the Gods, hand over your—what are you doing?!"
"W-Wait! I can allow you to form an alliance!"
"We are allies! Zeus is our enemy! You can't—"
Except for a few allies of the Earth Mother Goddesses, Athena sucked all the other Titan gods into the dark star, completely annihilating them.
As a war goddess, she knew one thing very well: a war has no need for a disorderly mob.
All the monsters were slain, including even Typhon, the last son of Gaia.
The power of the draconic-serpentine monsters, which were incarnations of the Earth Mother Goddesses, was completely absorbed by Athena, becoming nourishment for the dark star.
In the end, the power of the dark star transformed into the phantom of a giant dragon-serpent—the primordial form of the Earth Mother Goddess.
"Zeus, your era is over! Thanks to my Lord, it is now the era of the Earth Mother Goddesses."
Athena did not speak, but the phantom of the dragon-serpent coiled on the earth let out a rumbling sound.
Having unified the land of the Greek Divine Realm, she was no longer at a disadvantage against Zeus; in fact, she held a slight upper hand.
"Impossible! The era of the One God will not end!" Zeus, of course, was unwilling to accept this outcome.
However, as he prepared to summon all his power for a final battle with Athena, the power within him suddenly halted by half.
He looked down and saw that the sacred fire of Mount Olympus was now just a flickering flame. And the only one with the authority to control the sacred fire was…
Zeus looked down in shock and saw that his eldest sister, Hestia, had stopped assisting him.
"I'm sorry, Zeus. I would rather support Athena!" Hestia apologized, her attitude exceptionally firm.
Just as firm were the moon goddess Artemis, the queen of the underworld Persephone, and other gods. After some hesitation, goddesses like Aphrodite also sided with Athena.
Before, Athena couldn't fight, so they didn't dare to take sides. Now that she could, they naturally supported her. After all, as Earth Mother Goddesses, they all shared the same experiences.
In the face of a new challenger, a rule built on authority crumbled at the first touch.
This critical failure made Zeus's lightning extremely vulnerable. Athena did not miss this opportunity.
In an instant, the dark star completely devoured Zeus's lightning, reducing it to the primordial chaos.
With the final, decisive blow, the so-called Zeus the Father, along with the other Olympian gods, were completely sucked into the dark star, losing their lives.
Zeus the Father, and the Olympian gods, were officially defeated!