A long silence settled over the abyss before Gaia, the goddess of the earth, asked in confusion, “Brother?” Considering Gaia’s next course of action, Tartarus replied, “Dear sister, I truly apologize.
I wish to perceive the world more realistically, to feel the beauty of the earth, and for now, I do not wish to become a god.” “I am the abyss.
What you see now is my most authentic ‘self,’ and what you feel is my most authentic ‘self.’ Is this not better?” As Tartarus finished speaking, from within the nearly invisible sphere of light in the abyss, a fragment of irregular shape emerged from nowhere—indiscernible by any physical sense.
A message appeared in his consciousness from nowhere: “The world’s first liar has been born.
Acquire the God of Deception—Divine Fragment.” “This must be the result of the will of the Chaos realm.
The first divine fragment in the world has been obtained—interesting.” When the Chaos realm exposed his lie, Tartarus did not panic; instead, he felt calm mixed with a hint of delight.
He had discovered a method for acquiring new divine fragments.
At this moment, Gaia, the goddess of the earth, was unaware of Tartarus’s deception, and on her young, beautiful face appeared an expression of envy.
“Yes, if I could, I would also like to return to the original earth, to comprehend the abyss, to comprehend the world.
But I was already deified when I was born.” “Chaos told me that my deification would change the world in the future.
I do not understand, but I trust Chaos, because He gave us life.” “The future!” Tartarus exclaimed.
“Above the earth, there will be sky!” “What is sky?” Gaia, the goddess of the earth, asked in surprise.
“I do not know, my sister.
The abyss is chaos.
From time to time, certain thoughts suddenly flash through my mind, and I cannot control them either,” Tartarus replied mysteriously.
“Yes, I can feel the chaos of the abyss,” said Gaia, the goddess of the earth.
“Dear brother, I must go.” “Within the earth, there are still many chaotic sources disturbing its balance.
I need to return to the earth and use my strongest divine power to suppress these chaotic sources.
If you miss me, you can summon me, and take your leave of your brother.” “Farewell, my sister,” Tartarus replied.
The sacred radiance vanished, and Gaia, the goddess of the earth, disappeared.
Between the abyss and the earth, there was no trace of light left.
Tartarus continued to intently perceive the abyss.
From the outside, this abyss now resembled the earth in shape—a vast, solid region whose area equaled that of the earth, composed of earth and stone.
However, the earth was mainly composed of two colors: black and yellow, interwoven, with yellow dominating and black being less prominent.
But the abyss was completely black, without a single trace of any other color—pure black.
Perhaps it had not become a god and had not entered the earth.
Or perhaps the goddess of the earth, Gaia, was actively isolating the earth from external influence.
Tartarus was the abyss, and at present, he could only vaguely sense that the earth was stable and full of life.
He could faintly perceive that the earth contained a significant number of chaotic elements, but all were suppressed, and their exact proportions could not be determined.
From the perspective of origin, the fundamental forces that defined the existence of the abyss and the earth could be completely opposite.
“In Greek mythology, Zeus and the other gods loved to imprison other gods in Tartarus.
The chaotic source here might have prevented the gods from using their divine power, making it difficult for them to escape and descend to earth.” As the embodiment of the abyss, he was able to clearly sense and see everything within it.
At this moment, Tartarus contemplated his own divine nature.
Within the nearly invisible sphere of light, the “God of the Abyss—Divine Essence,” resembling a pure black crystalline sphere, floated naturally.
Beside it, tiny fragments of the “God of Deception,” like grains of rice or scraps of paper, drifted naturally.
Tartarus thought for a moment, and the divine essence of the black crystalline sphere transformed into various shapes he desired, such as a square, a rhombus, and a sword.
He sensed that the divine essence was the core of a god’s life, and that as long as this divine essence existed, the god would never die.
“Divinity is not a fixed form; it can change at will.
Although I have not compared it with other divine attributes, I sense that my God of the Abyss possesses overwhelmingly powerful divine force, as it is one of the five primordial gods.” Tartarus pondered, “However, in the ancient Greek mythology I knew from my past life, Tartarus, although a terrifying place, was not deified.” “Could it be that the energy source of the abyss is too powerful?
Or that too many chaotic sources are not unified, preventing it from becoming a god?
Or is Chaos deliberately hindering Tartarus’s divinity?” “That doesn’t seem right either.
In Greek mythology, Tartarus and Gaia had an extraordinarily powerful child, so Tartarus should have been deified.” “However, as divine beings, they could engage in sexual relations even without being deified…” Tartarus considered many possibilities but still could not understand the reason.
As for the method of his deification, he could not think of a suitable approach.
His knowledge of ancient Greek mythology was limited to various mythological stories.
Having truly entered this world and become the Abyss, he had not received much information from Chaos.
He was still very unfamiliar with this world, and there was much for him to explore.
— While Tartarus racked his brain but still could not find the answer…
Within the sphere of light, a black book appeared from nowhere.
Sometimes the book emitted brilliant starlight, sometimes a blinding array of nine colors—red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, purple, black, and white.
At other times, it radiated a mysterious aura reminiscent of the boundless chaos beyond the abyss and the earth.
“This is…
the Book of Creation?” Tartarus saw four mysterious characters in the book that he did not recognize.
Then the text quickly transformed into familiar characters.
Book of Creation “A cheat code!
But what use is this Book of Creation?
Can it make me a god?” Tartarus wondered to himself.
At that moment, the pages of the book turned.
On the first page, new text appeared.
God of the Abyss God of the Abyss – Divinity (Incomplete – 99%) [Complete Method: Absorb the power of the chaotic source, become the God of Chaos, and successfully achieve deification.] Tartarus thought for a moment, then turned the page again.
On the second page, new text appeared.
God of Deception God of Deception – Divinity (Incomplete – 1%) [Complete Method: Several successful acts of deception.] After this, the Book of Creation turned no more pages.
“Each of the two pages displays two different types of divine attributes.
Currently, I have no other divine attributes or fragments of divine attributes, so there are no new pages.” “No wonder I couldn’t achieve divinity; it turns out my divinity was incomplete, at 99%, just incomplete.
The first page hinted that absorbing the power of chaotic sources could lead to divinity.
I have a method.” Tartarus began to think rapidly.
Chaos might appear to surround the abyss and the earth, but in reality, it was completely isolated from both and from Gaia.
Tartarus could only see the mysterious chaotic source beyond the visible space, but he could not sense any trace of that source, nor could he break through the barrier to absorb the chaotic source within chaos.
The only way to break through was to pierce through the earth.
Earlier, Tartarus had sensed that the chaotic source remained within the earth.
Given the vastness of this earth, the amount of chaotic sources on it must be considerable.
He had tried before to sense the internal structure of the earth, but he had failed completely.
Tartarus simply could not forcibly extract the chaotic source from the earth.
So…
“I summon you, my sister, Gaia, Goddess of the Earth!”