Chapter 3: Deceiving Gaia, Devouring the Source of Chaos
Chapter 3: Deceiving Gaia, Devouring the Source of Chaos
As Tartarus called out, the deep abyss trembled slightly, causing the vast earth to tremble as well.
A holy light shone, and Gaia, the God of Earth, appeared between the earth and the abyss.
She opened her beautiful eyes and spoke gently, "Dear Tartarus, what's the matter with you?"
Tartarus said, "My beautiful sister, you just said that within this beautiful earth lies a great deal of Chaos Sources, and that you must constantly suppress them."
"These Chaos Sources continue to harm you, and I feel deeply saddened. I want to help you."
"How?" Gaia suddenly opened her eyes and spoke quickly, "Various Chaos Sources are scattered throughout the earth, constantly devouring it and destroying my body."
"I am the earth, controlling everything within it, but I cannot eliminate the Chaos Sources; I can only suppress them. Tartarus, do you truly have a way to eliminate the Chaos Sources within me?"
At this point, hope shone in her beautiful eyes.
"I'm not sure, but to help my sister, I'm willing to give everything I have and do my best," Tartarus said.
"As the Abyss, I too contain various Chaos Sources. I cannot tell which is greater, the Abyss or the Earth."
"But unlike the Earth, the Chaos Sources haven't destroyed the Abyss. They've only occasionally caused my memories to become chaotic. I suspect the Chaos Sources have caused you far more harm than I have."
Tartarus wasn't telling the truth.
The Abyss was born from the fusion of countless Chaos Sources; he was the very essence of Chaos. The Chaos Sources hadn't harmed him in the slightest.
As for the memory disorder? That was completely fabricated.
After a pause, his tone was filled with seriousness: "So, my sister, for the sake of the Earth's beauty, to help you eliminate this pain, I wish to receive the endless Chaos Sources within you."
"If possible, please channel the Chaos Sources you can't eliminate from the Earth into the Abyss."
"You will receive the Chaos Sources that destroyed the Earth! Is that okay?" Gaia, the God of Earth, was tempted, yet reluctant.
The Earth Mother in Greek mythology wasn't synonymous with beauty, but rather madness and recklessness.
She was crucial in both of the divine wars in Chaos.
But now, she wasn't born later, but at the beginning.
Tartarus said, "The Abyss is chaotic, the Earth is beautiful. To free you from suffering, I am willing to accept the Source of Chaos."
"My brother, although the Abyss is chaotic, your heart is beautiful. You are so kind to me, and this makes me very happy and blessed. However," Gaia, the God of Earth, remained somewhat troubled.
Tartarus spoke first, "Sister Gaia, don't worry. The Source of Chaos will only cause occasional confusion in my memories, not pain."
"You can try channeling some of the Source of Chaos into the Abyss. If I feel it's too much, I'll tell you. In Chaos, it's just you and me. I want you to be free from suffering. Believe me, I can."
"Then... well! Thank you, my brother. I will definitely repay you for your efforts in the future." Gaia, the God of Earth, looked solemn.
"The Chaos Source's destructive power is too great. I must control it at its strongest."
With that, the holy light dissipated, and Gaia vanished.
Tartarus, the Abyss, felt the earth tremble ever so slightly.
After a moment, ten black threads of Chaos Source slowly squeezed through the border between the earth and the abyss, flowing from the earth into the abyss.
Tartarus controlled the abyss, absorbing the ten black threads of Chaos Source, rapidly devouring them and completely merging them into the abyss, becoming one with it, indistinguishable from it.
These Chaos Sources gave him a sense of familiarity, and a touch of comfort.
It was like a child who had once belonged to him returning home.
It was like a part of his body returning, filling him up and bringing him a sense of comfort.
At this moment, a familiar message reappeared in Tartarus's mind:
"The world devours for the first time. Obtain the Devouring God - Godhead Fragment."
"The world absorbs the Source of Chaos for the first time. A complete union has been achieved. The derived Godhead of the God of the Abyss of Hell is born. Obtain the Chaos God - Godhead Fragment."
In the invisible ball of light, two fragments of the Godhead, different from the Fraud Godhead Fragment, appeared out of thin air.
The Book of Creation automatically flipped to the third page:
[God of Chaos]
[God of Chaos - Godhead (Incomplete - 1%)]
[Method to achieve completeness: Successfully absorb the Source of Chaos multiple times.]
The Book of Creation automatically flipped to the fourth page:
[God of Devouring]
[God of Devouring - Godhead (Incomplete - 1%)]
[Method to achieve completeness: Successfully devour multiple times.] "The fragments of the Chaos Godhead have appeared! Excellent! As long as I continue to absorb the Chaos Origin and possess the complete Chaos Godhead, I can achieve deification." Tartarus was slightly excited.
Most of the five primordial gods born from Chaos, as well as future gods, were successfully deified at birth, possessing divine bodies.
As one of the primordial gods, he surprisingly hadn't achieved deification. Even though he possessed overwhelming power in the Abyss, he didn't want to remain in the Abyss's original form.
"Tartarus, is this all right?" Gaia, the Goddess of Earth, asked uncertainly.
"It won't affect me, Sister Gaia. You can inject a hundred times more Chaos Origin into me," Tartarus said.
After a pause, Gaia said with difficulty, "I can't increase it a hundredfold at this point. I can control everything on Earth, but these Chaos Essences don't belong to the Earth. Ninety percent of my divine power is needed to suppress them and prevent them from harming me."
"Only a small amount of divine power can be used to expel the Chaos Essences into the Abyss. Currently, I can only triple my previous power."
"Once the Chaos Essences are expelled from my body in large quantities, I'll have more divine power available, and the amount I can expel will increase even more."
"Triple is fine, I can handle it. Don't worry, expel the Chaos Essences that are harming you. For the sake of the Earth!" Tartarus said generously.
Although he couldn't be certain, he predicted that the tiny trace of Chaos Essence just now might not even be one billionth of the Chaos Essence within the Earth.
The gods of the Chaos world possess eternal life and cannot die.
Currently, three primordial gods have yet to be born, and neither have any other gods. Only the Abyss and the Earth remain. Tartarus is in no hurry.
The Earth expels the Chaos Essences...
The Abyss devours the Chaos Essences...