Chapter 23: The Sky Seizes Ocean Godhood? The Abyss Crashes the Sky! 3
Determined that the Origin of Chaos harmed the gods, Uranus, the Sky God, remained unconvinced that Tartarus, the Abyss God, was acting in his and Mother Goddess Gaia's best interest.
Any unknown god not under his control could be a threat to his future.
He always insisted that the Abyss was problematic.
So, after his birth, he discussed Tartarus with Gaia.
He also consulted Erebus, the God of Darkness, about the Abyss.
He also discussed the Abyss with Eros, the God of Love and Lust.
Through numerous inquiries, as well as his perception of the world and the true nature of the various gods, Uranus confirmed that as the Sky God, the embodiment of the sky, he possessed a powerful divine body, surpassing most.
But he could only possess this one divine body; he could not possess a second one, and neither could any other god. He was certain that what he saw wasn't the deification of the God of Hell and the Abyss, but the deification of the Devouring Divine Power, possessing the power of "devouring." After the deification of the Abyss, another divine body would be formed.
This deification of another divine power, annexed by the Abyss, should be a unique ability of the God of the Abyss.
He also knew that before his birth, he had absorbed a large amount of the essence and divine power of the Mother Goddess Gaia, as well as the essence and divine power of night and darkness.
The God of the Abyss could devour the essence of chaos. The Devouring Divine Power had already been relinquished to Tartarus, but similar divine powers still existed, suggesting he had a chance.
Thus, Uranus, the God of the Sky, anticipated the birth of the next god, so he could experiment with his ideas.
Now, the opportunity had arrived.
Suddenly, a brilliantly colored barrier of divine power appeared in the sky connecting to the ringed earth, attempting to intercept the invisible essence and divine power that were soaring from the heavens.
He wants to seize the essence and divine power that rightfully belong to Pontus, the God of the Sea!
Uranus's current strength is not far behind that of the Mother Goddess Gaia. If he succeeds this time, he will be on par with, or even surpass her.
From now on, the Sky will be the most powerful in this world.
No matter what he does, who dares to criticize him? Who dares to resist?
Only the most powerful can rule this world!
"Crazy Sky! He's trying to steal what belongs to his brother. The gift from the Chaos world could very well be divine authority. Is he trying to seize that authority?" asked Nyx, the Goddess of Night.
Although the new god has absorbed the essence and divine power of Night, it's only a small amount, and it won't affect her.
But if the Sky God succeeds, it might even prevent the birth of the new god.
The Sky is stifling the birth of the new god!
This behavior is egregious.
"Yes, he's trying to seize the divine authority of the ocean," Tartarus said.
Whether it mattered or not, Tartarus had said this deliberately.
Furthermore, he was certain that the Sky God would fail.
He sensed that even if his Devouring Clone rushed forward with its powerful Devouring Divine Power, it would not be able to devour the Origin and divine power bestowed by Chaos from the outer world.
With their current strength, compared to Chaos, it wasn't a matter of strength or weakness; rather, they were on a completely different level.
The figure of Erebus, the God of Darkness, merged into the darkness, not even a trace of divine consciousness remaining, completely vanishing.
A new conflict was about to begin. This place was dangerous and unsuitable for him.
"Nyx, Erebus, release the barrier between darkness and night."
As Tartarus spoke, hundreds of millions of massive stone pillars erupted from the abyss at the bottom of the earth.
These pillars rapidly grew taller in a circular pattern, surging first into the darkness.
Almost as Tartarus finished speaking, Nyx, the goddess of night, commanded the night to release its barrier against the abyss, and Erebus, the god of darkness, did the same.
If the night had blocked it, the abyss's attempt to force its way forward would have been too consuming, perhaps even leading to a war between the abyss and the night.
But now, without the night's barrier, the massive stone pillars soared at a higher speed.
At this moment, the incredibly thick membrane of the sky enveloped the earth, enveloping it and the ring of land within.
Suddenly, a dense mass of mouths appeared on the membrane, opening wide and exerting a powerful suction force, attempting to absorb the invisible essence and divine power that pierced the sky from beyond.
At this moment, hundreds of millions of massive stone pillars broke through the night, supporting the ground beneath the ring of land surrounding the earth.
The God of the Sea was also quite powerful, while Gaia, the Earth Mother, was in the process of giving birth to a child, unable to manifest her divine form.
However, she seemed to have sensed what was happening at the end of the world. As the abyssal pillars grew taller and reached their destination, a massive gaping hole, numbering hundreds of millions, automatically appeared in the earth.
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom..."
The scene was magnificent, as hundreds of millions of abyssal pillars burst forth from the gaps with immense force.
Then, their momentum undiminished, they soared tens of millions of meters high, slamming into the towering, thick membrane of the sky.
At this moment, the abyss and the sky collided!
This was also the first time the abyss and the sky had truly clashed!
Battle!
The resounding explosion that shook the heavens sent tremors through the hearts of several gods.
Half of the abyssal pillars shattered upon impact with the membrane of the sky, while the remaining tens of millions of towering abyssal pillars blasted tens of millions of massive holes into the circular membrane of the sky.
Without the barrier of the membrane of the sky, the abyssal pillars then struck the sky.
This deafening roar instantly reverberated at the end of the world.
Above the ring-shaped land, two gods at the peak of their early divine power unleashed a mighty force, their momentum overwhelming.
Erebus, the god of darkness, originally far away from the end of the world, moved swiftly within the darkness, quickly retreating from the battle zone.
Even Nyx, the goddess of night, merged into the night with Tartarus's devouring body.
The collision surprised Uranus, the god of sky.
The sky was far greater than the abyss, but he sensed that the abyss's strength was no less than his.
At this moment, Uranus was momentarily stunned.
Because, after the abyss and the sky collided, the invisible source and divine power passed through the sky membrane normally.
It did not flow through the hole in the sky membrane created by the abyss's collision, but rather, his sky membrane seemed to be non-existent to this invisible source and divine power.
The invisible essence and divine power passed through the sky wall, through the area where the two powerful divine powers collided, and naturally landed in the collapsed ring-shaped earth.
What Uranus, the god of the sky, attempted was completely futile; he failed to seize a single trace of essence or divine power.
The sky wall membrane dissipated, and Uranus stopped mobilizing divine power.
Continuing to do something futile would only make it harder to explain later.
Similarly, the remaining stone pillars that had surged towards Gao Tiancai also completely shattered, falling to the ground in rubble.
With the continuous influx of invisible essence and divine power, the ring-shaped earth cracked and collapsed even further.
In just a short time, except for scattered raised areas, the previously expanded ring-shaped earth had collapsed into a circular depression surrounding the original earth.
This circular pit was incredibly deep. Without the darkness to interfere with his divine consciousness, Tartarus truly sensed it, so deep it bordered on the abyss.
At such close range, even with the darkness blocking his way, he could instantly pass through it and enter the pit.
A circular pit formed around the earth, and within it, blue and white points of divine power emerged, floating and filling the entire pit.
Then, each of these black and white points of light transformed into a pool of transparent liquid, a familiar sight to Tartarus—seawater!
"It's about to be born! Let's get out!" In the darkness, Tartarus looked to the goddess of night, Nyx, beside him.