The great Mother Earth, Gaia — the bearer of life — could no longer bear watching her children being tortured by Uranus.
Although she still felt significant resentment toward Uranus, she still took the initiative to invite the King of the Gods to share in pleasure.
Because this was the only thing that could make Uranus temporarily stop bothering the children — and he was very interested in it.
But earlier, Uranus had struck mountains with his stars, damaging the earth.
Gaia’s old wounds hadn’t healed yet, and with resentment in her heart, she was no longer as enthusiastic as before.
Although Uranus was angry about this, he was powerless — because Gaia hadn’t rejected him, she just wasn’t enthusiastic.
Annoyed, Uranus became even more aggressive.
The sky pressed down on the earth, and in an instant, countless mountains were crushed and destroyed again, and many cracks appeared on the ground.
Gaia let out a pained groan, but that sound only excited Uranus more.
The entire universe was filled with a divine rhythm, and the laws of the world collided with fury.
The twelve first-generation gods didn’t dare to move at all — because such powerful force of law, if touched, would likely tear even the strongest of them apart.
Gaia’s voice grew more and more pained, and Ourea, the mountain god connected by blood to Gaia, endured both physical and mental torment.
Every mountain crushed by the sky brought Ourea pain — like skin being cut and limbs severed.
What’s more, he could also feel the earth.
Ourea, as the god of mountains, stood above the earth and was the child most closely connected to Gaia.
The two gods shared prosperity and loss.
Ourea always hated conflict, so even when Uranus targeted him so often, he just endured it silently, not saying anything — because he didn’t want to see the kind Gaia in trouble.
But after so many years of torment, Ourea could no longer endure it at this moment.
Because every painful cry from Gaia echoed in his mind, and the torment of that pain was far more unbearable than physical pain!
Suddenly, he exploded with powerful divine force, raising countless mountains together, trying to split the sky that covered the earth.
He angrily protested against the King of the Gods!
But this act completely angered Uranus, who was already displeased.
The prophecy that his relatives would betray him had always made Uranus wary of Ourea and Pontus.
Now Ourea actually dared to resist — and in the eyes of the arrogant King of the Gods, this was exactly what the prophecy had foretold!
This was betrayal!
The mountain god Ourea had betrayed him!
So this Lord of the Heavens, the King of the Gods, without the slightest hesitation, directly unleashed the supreme power of creation.
“No!”
Gaia let out cries of pain and despair, but she couldn’t stop Uranus’s actions.
She could only helplessly watch as this overwhelming force, capable of destroying everything, struck Ourea with great force.
A god could not be destroyed.
Just like a law, once it appeared, it would not disappear.
But Uranus directly struck out and erased Ourea’s personal consciousness!
And amid Gaia’s desperate pleas, he unleashed the powerful force of creation and crushed all the mountains in the world!
From then on, the mountain god Ourea was no longer in the world, leaving only the wounded mountains, crushed by the mighty force of creation.
Gaia helplessly watched her child disappear, feeling unbearable pain and a torn soul.
But no matter how much she wept and wailed, Uranus remained completely unmoved.
Facing the cruelty of this King of the Gods and his absolute dictatorship over the entire world, the laws of the whole universe trembled, terrifying the gods who witnessed it with their own eyes.
But Uranus listened to the Mother Earth’s weeping and felt the trembling fears of the gods.
Instead of feeling guilt, he felt an overwhelming sense of joy and pride.
This joy made him want to release his energy — he even ignored the rejection and resistance of the Mother Earth, once again descending into a close union of heaven and earth, forcibly joining with Gaia.
In an instant, the whole world merged into one, leaving only chaos in the world.
But this time, no Ourea would stand against him.
Looking at the entire world, which had darkened because heaven and earth were pressed together, Prometheus didn’t have time to sigh — because his law of fate had even strengthened a little when Ourea was dissolved.
“What’s going on?
Is Ourea’s death connected to me?”
Prometheus looked completely confused — there was no connection between him and Ourea…
But soon he didn’t have time to think about it, because…
Trouble was knocking at the door.
Ourea’s death shook the twelve first-generation gods, especially Hyperion — the sun god who had been heavily persecuted by Uranus during this period — and Crius, the god of the heavens.
Fearing that they would be the next gods to face such a fate, they took advantage of Uranus and Gaia’s union — when the King of the Gods had no time to care about them — and together went to Iapetus’s residence.
With them was Hyperion’s wife, the radiant goddess Theia.
Their goal here was simple: to convince Iapetus to work with them to completely destroy Prometheus, so he could no longer speak prophecies.
If Iapetus agreed, it would be a matter of four first-generation gods.
Even if Uranus accused them, he couldn’t just destroy all four of them at once.
Although the backlash from the King of the Gods was inevitable, it was still better than Prometheus revealing their names, causing Uranus to completely erase them!
Although Hyperion and Crius both believed they had no rebellious intentions, they didn’t trust Prometheus.
Especially after Prometheus first proved that Oceanus was not the one who would raise the blade.
Everyone knew that Oceanus was Prometheus’s grandfather, and it was Tethys who personally came to beg Prometheus — only then did Prometheus go up the sacred mountain to deliver the prophecy.
In the eyes of the gods, this was clearly favoritism toward his own people.
Hyperion and Crius hadn’t realized this yet, but after Cronus’s reminder, they suddenly understood.
They could even imagine that the next one Prometheus would clear would not be the one who would raise the blade — but his own father, Iapetus.
Thus, Uranus would have only four targets left to suspect, and Hyperion and Crius would still be given special attention — since Cronus and Coeus were indeed much weaker than them.
The next one Prometheus would prophesy about might be the weaker Cronus or Coeus, who were even weaker than the two of them.
Hyperion and Crius would become more and more dangerous!
By then, who knew when they might anger Uranus, leading to Ourea’s fate today.
Something worse than execution awaited them in death!
So Hyperion and Crius could wait no longer — they decided to strike first.
As long as Prometheus was killed, the King of the Gods would never know who would raise the blade against him, and the gods would still be safe.
After all, there would still be five suspected targets left, so Hyperion and Crius wouldn’t be easily condemned to death.
If Prometheus were allowed to eliminate another one or two, the King of the Gods might even destroy the rest!
Faced with the firm demands of Hyperion and Crius, Iapetus — who already disliked Prometheus — immediately hesitated, wavered, and was about to agree.
Unable to persuade him, Clymene couldn’t bear to watch her child be erased, so she quietly went to Prometheus’s home and told him the truth.
The gentle ocean goddess wept and said to him: “Child, run quickly — find a place to hide.”
But Prometheus just shook his head.