Just as on the journey here, the vast earth and mountains flashed beneath his feet. In just half a day, Lein had traversed a third of the continent.
Beside the cave where he had set out, Lein received three stone tablets from Gaia.
"These are the items of our agreement," Earth Mother handed the stone tablets symbolizing destiny to Lein, witnesses of their bet from their first meeting.
At that time, the Heavenly Father and Earth Mother had never encountered such a weak god, so they decided to test Lein.
Inquiring about Lein's divine role and receiving the answer of the prophecy, Uranus didn't take it seriously, and Gaia also believed that with such weak divine power, Lein wouldn't be able to predict anything.
So at that moment, Lein had a sudden inspiration and declared on the spot the birth of the twelve Titans, making a bet with Gaia.
If he could predict the primordial gods with such weak power, then these three stone tablets, born with the world, should rightfully belong to him.
The result was obvious, so Lein accepted his winnings.
"Your prophecy was correct," Earth Mother admitted her mistake again, "the tablets shall belong to you."
"Your integrity is the true virtue." With a slight bow, Lein accepted the stone tablets.
It must be said that the gods of this era were nothing like those in later times. If it were Gaia in the era of Zeus, she wouldn't have easily handed over divine artifacts like this.
After a little more conversation, they bid each other farewell.
As she was leaving, Gaia hesitated for a moment, but still asked, "Your Majesty Lein, as the Earth Mother, as a goddess, I shouldn't ask this question."
"But I still want to know, is the war between child and father truly inevitable?" Gaia was somewhat saddened, she didn't even know which side she should stand on. "That's for you to decide." Lein didn't directly answer the question, he only made a promise at the end.
"If one day you can't bear it anymore and intend to make the final decision, you can come find me again."
"By then, I'll try to think of a solution for you, as a repayment for your virtue of keeping promises."
"I will, thank you again."
Earth Mother thanked him gently, although she didn't know who her 'unbearable' object was.
Maybe it was her child, maybe it was her husband. Regarding this, she planned to ask her sisters for advice.
Although as one of the three phases of Nyx, the fateful Ananke never intervened in destiny, completely unlike her sister Nemesis, she still hoped to receive some hints.
Lost in thought, Earth Mother hurriedly departed, returning in the direction of the divine mountain.
She needed to think carefully about where the future should lead.
Lein closed his eyes slightly, immersing himself in the world within.
After Earth Mother left, he returned to the cave he had dug out himself.
The matter was mostly settled, all that was left was waiting, now he needed to sort out the path ahead.
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Within the divine flesh and blood of his body, the sequences, spirituality, prophecies, and the power of the moon coexisted simultaneously, yet distinctly separated.
But except for the source of spirituality being completely under his control, the rest were just the divine roles bestowed by Chaos.
Even if he hadn't arrived early enough, older than even the five primordial gods, even spirituality wouldn't fully belong to him.
His otherworldly soul would only be devoured by worlds already governed by the law of "soul", returning him to a "spirituality" divine role equal to other gods, then losing power after the birth of the true god of souls, with the best result being just becoming a subordinate god.
This was the difference between a native son and an outsider, so if there was a chance to use spirituality to devour the power of Chaos, Lein would never hesitate.
"Sooner or later, I'll feed you all to spirituality."
Glancing at the other three major divine roles, Lein calculated silently in his mind.
As expected, before the birth of the relevant gods, the source of spirituality had already devoured them. Once something entered his belly, no one could take it back.
Besides spirituality, the remaining three divine roles seemed the weakest.
If categorized by level, it could barely support a weak divine power at level 1.
As time passed, the power of the moon would be strengthened, but it wouldn't rise significantly.
After all, it was just a shell, with the concept of time encompassed by sequences, and it wasn't a tangible celestial body. If not for its opposition to the sun, it wouldn't even qualify as a divine role.
"Before the birth of the true moon, I need to find it a new home."
"Spiritual moon and the true moon may not necessarily be the same thing." Lein contemplated silently, glancing at the illusory moon in the sky.
By then, it would lose its function too, becoming part of spirituality, breaking free from Chaos's control, Lein had some other thoughts.
With the moon's arrangements settled, next came the prophecies.
In the original trajectory, there were quite a few gods of Chaos with prophecy abilities. But aside from the part of prophecy that resembled more of a curse, only Prometheus and Apollo could be considered half-gods of prophecy.
With the prophecy stone tablets now in Lein's hands, these few likely wouldn't have the chance anymore. So in the short term, he didn't need to worry about the prophecy divine role being divided by the world due to the birth of new gods.
"This divine role can exist for a while longer, even if merged divine roles can still be strengthened, but without prophecy as a cover, it's inevitable that my identity as the god of spirituality will be exposed."
"But it still depends on the situation. If Uranus is dethroned as I've anticipated, then I won't need to worry."
"Only spirituality, the divine role that coexists with myself, is my true reliance in this world." With a casual arrangement for the prophecy divine role, which probably had a strength level around level 5 of divinity, Lein shifted his focus to the aspect of sequences.
In the future, he would probably make several major prophecies, so he continued to use this divine role as a front.
"Divine level 9, and still rising."
"If I can perfect the four seasons, create a 'calendar', perhaps the divine role of sequences would reach level 15, and I wouldn't be surprised."
"But let's forget about the four seasons. The calendar can merge with spirituality, after all, it has no tangible form, but the four seasons are part of material change."
"Unable to merge as one, even if I create it in advance, when the true three Fates of sequences are born, they will just change ownership."
It had to be said that compared to spirituality, which was only at divine level 6, sequences were actually the strongest divine role for Lein.
But no matter how strong this divine role was, its ultimate fate would not change, and Lein wouldn't touch the part involving reality.
Otherwise, no matter how well the development is now, when the twelve Olympian gods take their places, the symbolism of the twelve months will be directly skipped over.
Once the three Fates of sequences are born, the divine role's power will be directly halved.
The world of Chaos is absurd in this regard. Pontus, Erebus, and even Earth Mother Gaia, they were all originally powerful primordial gods, but because of the birth of new gods, their divine roles kept dispersing, resulting in a significant drop in strength.
So Lein decisively decided to merge them all with spirituality. As for what would happen to the divine roles of the twelve Olympian gods when the time comes, that's none of his concern.
Prometheus and Mnemosyne are still alive and kicking, even the two elder Titans have no objections, and you Olympian gods dare to mess with them?
Taking the crucial first step, Lein was confident about the future. When Zeus ascends, as long as he becomes a powerful god, the other side wouldn't rashly oppose him.
Zeus is the god-king who knows best how to rely on 'the power of the masses'.