In the modern Chaos realm, there was no concept of time, but Tartarus—having come from another world to become the god of the abyss—possessed intellect and abilities far surpassing his previous life, and he himself had a vague sense of time.
Gaia, the goddess of the earth, continuously expelled the chaotic source, causing it to flow through the boundary between the earth and the abyss.
Then Tartarus commanded the abyss to absorb and digest the chaotic source.
This continued for about a thousand years.
Throughout the past millennium, as the chaotic source descended into the abyss, Tartarus never claimed to have been harmed, and Gaia grew increasingly at ease.
For a long time, Tartarus remained conscious and communicated normally, and Gaia sensed no diminishment in his power.
She concluded that the chaotic source did not cause Tartarus significant harm, so she spent most of her time on the earth, using all her divine power to draw even more of the chaotic source into the abyss.
The chaotic source strengthened Tartarus within the abyss, but for Gaia, it was like termites in the earth—devouring and destroying her, bringing only suffering.
Therefore, she was even more eager to expel as much of the chaotic source from the earth as possible.
Naturally, Tartarus was even more pleased with Gaia’s reaction.
As a god, he had no need for sleep; Tartarus constantly perceived and analyzed the abyss.
He wanted to understand more deeply the various chaotic sources that composed the abyss.
Tartarus discovered that the chaotic essence spewed from the earth also carried traces of an essence that the abyss lacked—one that was unique to the earth.
The origin was unknown and could not be named, but as more and more chaotic sources flowed from the earth into the abyss, Tartarus also acquired new sources he had never possessed before—sources unique to the earth.
The abyss could not digest and integrate these unique earthly sources quickly, but they did not harm it.
On the contrary, they were easily dissolved by the immeasurable chaotic sources.
Tartarus’s influence prevented the destruction of these unique earthly essences, after which he attempted to absorb them, fully immersing them in the abyss.
Through these origins, Tartarus began to understand the earth’s structure.
At the same time, he also took advantage of the chaotic source’s descent into the abyss to perceive the earth.
Additionally, throughout the past millennium, Tartarus had also tried to break through the barriers and comprehend the chaos beyond the membrane.
Though unsuccessful, he continued trying.
Tartarus never intended to speak with Gaia.
Chaos continually endowed him with fragments of divinity, suggesting that it might be more than just a world will.
Too many words could affect Gaia’s fate and cause a complete shift in the direction of the world’s development—and most importantly, it would undermine his position as a “prophet.” Chaos might also detect him as a “world bug” and destroy him.
Chaos was the world itself, unlike himself and Gaia; it was not a god like them, nor a person.
It possessed neither divinity nor humanity.
He was unfamiliar with the structure of the Chaos realm, let alone its rules of operation.
Until he understood it, it was better to speak as little as possible.
If he accidentally touched upon some taboo and was destroyed, there would be no guarantee that he would have another chance to pass through this world.
As more and more chaotic sources were absorbed…
The Book of Creation in Tartarus’s possession showed that the values had also changed.
The first page remained unchanged.
Page two – God of Deception – Divinity (Incomplete – 10%) Page three – God of Chaos – Divinity (Incomplete – 70%) Page four – God of Devouring – Divine Spark (Incomplete – 90%) At the same time, the more chaotic sources he absorbed, the larger the abyss grew, and his power also increased slightly.
In comparison, because the earth had expelled a vast amount of chaotic essence, it grew much faster, its area increasing at a rate far exceeding that of the abyss.
At first, the abyss was roughly the same size as the land, but after thousands of years, Tartarus could no longer accurately determine the land’s dimensions.
Each time he perceived the earth, merging with it through the abyss.
Each time the chaotic source entered the abyss, his divine sense could extend further, allowing him to perceive the earth beyond the abyss.
But later, the earth became too vast, and his fleeting moments of divine perception were no longer enough to cover the entire territory.
Suddenly, Tartarus, who had just received a massive amount of chaotic essence, felt the abyss collapsing upon him!
Similarly, Gaia, the goddess of the earth, who had just expelled a portion of the chaotic source, also felt it.
The abyss, which had originally been connected to the very bottom of the earth, was now tearing away from it!
Sacred light blazed brightly as Gaia, the goddess of the earth, appeared between the earth and the abyss.
“What is happening?” Gaia asked in confusion.
“It has begun!” Tartarus sensed it from below.
He muttered to himself: “When the abyss is far from the earth, and darkness and night come, the abyss will no longer be able to truly perceive the beauty of the earth.
My sister, I hope you remember that we were together.” “Tartarus, what is happening?” Gaia, the goddess of the earth, asked with inexplicable panic.
She had been born alone, existed and grew in this world in isolation, constantly destroyed by this chaotic source.
But the birth of the abyss had relieved her loneliness, and with the expulsion of a large amount of chaotic essence from the earth, she grew faster and stronger, and the unending pain had significantly diminished.
She had grown accustomed to the pain subsiding, and she had grown accustomed to being together.
Now the abyss was pulling away from the earth, and she felt somewhat lost.
“I do not know—my memory is a bit clouded,” said Tartarus, confusion in his voice.
At that moment, the abyss and the earth completely separated.
The abyss began to slowly descend, then its falling speed increased.
Then darkness fell between the abyss and the earth.
Tartarus could not see the earth through the darkness, and his divine sense could not perceive the earth through the darkness; he could not even see the darkness clearly.
At that moment, Gaia, the goddess of the earth, did not stay in place but descended to the surface of the abyss and fell along with it.
The speed of the abyss’s descent increased, and the region of darkness expanded.
“Soon, a new god will be born.” This information appeared in Tartarus’s consciousness from nowhere.
“A new god has appeared.” Gaia, the goddess of the earth, also received this message from Chaos.
She looked down into the abyss and asked, “Tartarus, are you alright?
Did you hear Chaos’s warning?” “I heard.
I am fine.
It’s just that suddenly being separated from the earth, I feel a bit unsettled,” replied Tartarus.
In the modern world, there was no concept of measurement; he could not comprehend or know the thickness of the earth.
But the abyss was very vast and very thick—there was a general concept of thickness.
Having traveled a significant distance from the earth, the abyss quickly exceeded its own thickness, and its depth continued to decrease rapidly.
The boundless darkness between the earth and the abyss grew larger and larger.
“How far apart should we be?
Now that the abyss is far from the earth, it is much more difficult for me to absorb the chaotic source again.
I need to devise a new strategy,” Tartarus pondered…