Awakening from the Eternal Seal , Lilith , having regained her freedom and a new life , looked incredibly excited.
He raised his hands in the air and shouted loudly toward the sky, just like a priest performing a ritual.
"I await my departure, I await my return, and I await ultimate destruction. I am Original Sin; I need no salvation, nor can salvation be granted to me. Fear me, for I have returned from the abyss! I am Lilith, I am Isis. I am the Dark Spirit of the World . I am condemned to be an elusive, ominous, unknown being in the pitch- black night. Tremble! I am mist, you are stars; you are merely a speck of light, while I am the eternal darkness of night. I have existed since eternity , I never perish, I never fade."
Ancient words flowed from his mouth.
Even though Zhou Yi had never heard the language before, he understood everything Lilith said .
It was a magical language; it seemed able to penetrate directly into the depths of a person's soul .
You could grasp its meaning, but you could neither understand nor replicate any of its characters.
This language did not belong to humans; it belonged only to the supreme and powerful gods.
As Lilith finished these ritual words , the night grew heavier.
Mist and faint stars began to appear in the sky.
The moon also appeared, but it was a hazy crescent.
This month, hanging behind Lilith , it perfectly displayed her identity as the Goddess of the Night.
Zhou Yi could now feel his growing strength , a stark contrast to the weakness he had displayed before .
Perhaps, as he said, he had maintained his power through his own petty methods.
And now, the time for his return and awakening had come.
At that moment, Lilith acted completely unrestrained.
He revealed his divine essence.
He not only drew the entire ancient fortress into a world of his own creation and design , but he also permeated an alternate spatial dimension, expanding his divine power infinitely.
This was an unknown dimension.
Although Zhou Yi didn't know exactly what was happening in that dimension, he could sense that it was abnormally active, and when Lilith pulled him into this world she had created , he immediately began frantically devouring the surging sea of blood and the countless lives evolving from it.
That was Lilith's hell , her kingdom , and the source of her power.
The two-thousand-year-old seal had left the kingdom completely deserted.
Lilith , to protect her own power, enveloped all life in that kingdom with the blood of her heart, transforming it into a death zone where no living thing existed besides herself.
And now it has been revived and is once again welcoming its former inhabitants.
The surging blood that engulfed the entire world flowed to this magnitude.
With every drop that flowed inside, Lilith's power grew even stronger.
The awakened kingdom restored Lilith's power, which was originally hers, allowing her to gradually return to her highest level.
This meant that Jehovah's two-thousand-year-old Seal was completely useless and could even be described as a big joke .
And this situation was clearly unbearable for some people.
Thunder and dazzling lights began to appear in the sky.
Countless columns of light, like sharp swords, tore through the night world that Lilith had woven .
The sound of hymns echoed again, as if countless angels were singing divine songs .
At the same moment, a massive column of light completely pierced the night sky.
And so, a figure completely enveloped in an endless light, emerged step by step from within that radiance.
Looking at this figure, Lilith couldn't help but clench her teeth and utter his name.
" Jehovah ... You really have come at this time."
"I cannot allow you, whom I once defeated, to return to this world in this state ."
Lilith , submit to me.
I can reserve a place for you in heaven.
Otherwise, you'll be sealed once again.
And this time, it will last forever ."
The god Lilith called Jehovah stood upright in the middle of the sea of light.
From her burst forth a divine being as vast and radiant as the ocean.
Every word he spoke put immense pressure on Lilith .
Faced with this intense pressure, Lilith gritted her teeth and fought back.
"Don't even think for a second that I will submit to you."
Even if I were to completely disappear, I wouldn't be able to enter your paradise!
"That time isn't too far off, Lilith ."
You are just one step away from complete annihilation."
Jehovah laughed, and with his laughter the ocean of light churned, raising up countless waves.
He said nothing more to Lilith , instead turning his gaze to Zhou Yi.
" Are you the New God who repelled my asthma and stole the soul of my messenger ?"
I was really surprised.
" I thought there should be no room for a new god in this world anymore ."
"So, you've come here seeking justice for your subordinate?"
Even when facing a god-like being, Zhou Yi didn't show much surprise.
Even when he was human, he had never respected the gods, let alone now that he was on their level.
Therefore, his words contained a sharp and powerful provocation.
"You're so arrogant, New God of the World ."
Hearing the incitement in Zhou Yi's words, Jehovah lowered his eyes and said in a deep voice:
"I don't understand where you get the confidence to provoke me."
Is this your divine power, one you don't even know how to use?
Or is this your real name, which hasn't even consolidated its authority yet?
The path of the gods (Dao) is far more difficult than you imagine.
As a newborn baby, you're not yet capable of shouting at me."
As he spoke, countless sharp swords shot out from the sea of light towards Zhou Yi.
It was a rain of swords of light; each sword was a manifestation of Jehovah's divine power , possessing immense momentum and limitless might.
From the perspective of pure destructive power, each blow here was no weaker than the spear Michael secretly threw .
But Michael's spear was a single blow, whereas here there were thousands of blows; an almost endless combination of blows.
Faced with this overwhelming attack, Zhou Yi frowned and increased his divine power.
Golden flames blazed, forming a gigantic circle of sun around it .
The rising light and fire were intertwined, just like a sun rising from the earth .
Infinite lightsabers were hurled toward the Sun , but instantly vanished.
Although Jehovah's swords of light were infinite , they could not harm Zhou Yi inside the Wheel of the Sun.
They could both feel the consequences of their clashing divine powers : the divinity of one was being consumed by the other.
The reason Jehovah's expression became ugly was because his divinity was being destroyed.
The purity of Zhou Yi's divine power surpassed anything Jehovah had imagined.
Furthermore, their duties overlapped, and this overlap directly put him at a disadvantage.
From the day Jehovah was born until today, as long as the name of the Lord God has reigned in the world , he has never encountered anything like this .
Although his facial expression was hidden within the sea of light, both Zhou Yi and Lilith could tell that his face was extremely serious.
Seeing his sullen expression, Lilith , his former rival and now arch-enemy, immediately burst into laughter.
" Jehovah , there will come a day when you too will lose."
Didn't you ever guess that this new god was actually the sun god ?
Your brilliant divine power cannot harm him, and your sacred fire may not affect him.
When you have him as your opponent, most of the resources at your disposal will be directly ineffective.
"I would like to see what other abilities you possess to demonstrate your authority as God."
In response to Lilith's mocking words, Jehovah's expression became even harsher.
But as Lilith pointed out, as a goddess who commanded the power of light, she was naturally at a disadvantage against a sun god .
Furthermore, he felt that this new god held an incredibly high rank ; it was clear he was no ordinary sun god .
As the Ruler of a pantheon , he had a very deep understanding of the other pantheons belonging to Earth .
Sun gods, regardless of which pantheon they belonged to, were truly unique beings.
This situation stemmed not only from their immense strengths, but also from their shortcomings.
In the Greek pantheon, Apollo , whose primary authority was music , was not the Sun itself , but the Sun's charioteer .
Baldr of the Norse pantheon , although his name refers to the Norse sun god, actually commanded a Divine Power that , like him, only emitted light .
Whether it was Surya , the sun god from India's Twelve Deviants , or Tonatiuh, the Mayan sun god, the rest were all partial, incomplete sun gods.
Nevertheless, these were incredibly powerful gods; so powerful that even God himself had to approach them with caution.
And now, faced with this new god Zhou Yi , Jehovah felt that mere caution would not be enough to deal with him.
Jehovah , a divine statue even taller than him, felt a power .
He had only felt such power in another god.
Ra, the chief god of Egypt , was the sun god who controlled the flow of time, dawn, and dusk .
And he was a being who could stand shoulder to shoulder with himself.
Could this new god be the chief god of the sun ?
The thought suddenly occurred to Jehovah , but he immediately suppressed it.
Figures like Ra were rare beings among the countless gods; how could he have possibly encountered one of them by chance?
Moreover, she hadn't yet shortened her real name.
Having considered this, Jehovah decided to use all his power to deal with this new god .
No matter what Zhou Yi's identity was—even if he were truly the head of the Sun God—he couldn't be a rival without revealing his true name.
Once he dealt with her, Lilith , who was still trying to regain her power , would be child's play for him.
The methods Jehovah used to occupy half the world in the name of the Lord God and become the deity with the largest following on earth were certainly not simple.
He severed the beliefs of the Celts and Germanic peoples and brought all of medieval Europe under his rule.
He even allowed his followers to start countless wars in his name and destroy countless cultures and religions.
Countless gods had perished at his hands, and countless failures had paved the way for his success.
Judging by his methods, he was certainly a top- tier figure among the gods .
Ruthlessness and resolute action were his style; he was a warlord among the gods, and naturally, he wouldn't allow someone like Zhou Yi to grow up safely.
Therefore, he made a decision immediately.
The sea of light surged towards them, resembling a massive tsunami.
The next moment, her voice echoed across this world , touched by Lilith .
"I am God, the All-Knowing, the All-Powerful, and what I say is the immutable truth of Eternity !"