"Of course." Duramid nodded slightly. "Ultra-ancient deities is a special term I personally coined for the ancient gods revered by the Revival Society."
"These deities are quite interesting. They form a system of their own, an extremely complete one. Some are weak, some are powerful, and their might is enough to cover every facet of the universe.
"Of course, if that were all, it would not have been enough for me to believe that this so-called divine system truly existed. Not until that negotiation."
"You mean that the gigantic beasts the Revival Society respectfully called Black Tortoises, which appeared during those negotiations, were members of the ultra-ancient deities?!" Councilor Resina's expression shifted slightly.
"Yes. The Black Tortoise is one of the Four Sacred Beasts, one of the Four Spirits. The other Four Spirits are the Azure Dragon, Vermilion Bird, and White Tiger. None of them have appeared so far." Duramid nodded.
"Come to think of it, in other star systems, I have seen the phantom of a golden crow with three legs emerge within stars." At this point, other councilors also spoke up to add their findings.
"But that still cannot prove that the Revival Society's ultra-ancient deities are real, can it?" Aisharnir frowned.
"Of course not. But since the Revival Society had dared to go head-to-head with the Perfection Society back then without falling into the inferior position, and the Black Tortoise is still locked in battle with that Water True Spirit, it is clear that the Revival Society may not fear the Perfection Society all that much.
"There is likely an equally troublesome force behind them." Duramid nodded as he explained.
"A force similar to Mother River Star Abyss?" Malon felt a headache coming on.
Their attention had previously been entirely on the Perfection Society. He had never