God's Birthday

The gods of Khaos were divided into the strong and the weak.

According to what the laws of the world revealed, the gods of this world were roughly divided into four ranks.

Ryan was a typical Weak Divine Power.

As for Primordial Sea God Pontus, he had been born with Intermediate Divine Power and had later grown into a being with Great Divine Power.

As for the Primordial Gods, before gaining consciousness, they had been beings greater than those with Great Divine Power. But after gaining consciousness, they were only about half a rank higher.

"Vrrrr—"

The laws' hum sounded again. When Ryan looked toward the ocean, the phenomenon in the Khaos world was still continuing.

The water vapor between heaven and earth condensed once more, and Pontus's newly stabilized Divine Office trembled along with it.

The Divine Offices of innate gods could not be stripped away by those born later, except by the world that had nurtured them.

Aside from Spirituality, which Ryan had condensed from his own soul, the world itself could reclaim all power.

Of course, except when nurturing new gods, a world without consciousness would not interfere much with its gods.

"Fortunately, I came early. If the five Primordial Gods had already gained consciousness, my Spirituality Divine Office would probably have become the world's property too."

Shaking his head, Ryan continued watching this grand spectacle.

The condensation of water vapor continued. Aside from Pontus, Okeanos, who had only just been born, showed the same signs.

The two gods who shared dominion over the ocean lost part of their authority at the same moment. It was the portion of their Divine Offices related to pure water.

The laws of the world trembled, and all the gods still existing understood the meaning contained within.

Tethys, Original Water God—the next Titan Ancient God had been born!

With two water-related gods born in succession, the world's power began shifting from the ocean toward the sky.

Ryan could feel that the next Titan would be born there.

"Pontus nearly failed to maintain his Intermediate Divine Power."

"But even so, he could still beat five of me with one hand."

With a helpless smile, Ryan turned his gaze toward the sky.

A god's combat strength was related not only to their Divine Power Level, but also to their authority. Gods such as the God of Fire and the God of Spring could have similar divine power yet vastly different combat strength.

But without a doubt, even if Pontus's authority was not the kind best suited for battle, it was still far stronger than Spirituality.

After all, pure Spirituality was like stamina. It looked useful, but was actually not much use at all.

"Vrrrr—"

After waiting for a while, the world's laws seemed to have recovered and grew active once more.

This time, the Khaos world directly gave birth to two ancient gods and a brand-new celestial body.

After several thousand years, Ryan saw the sun in the sky once again.

Looking into the sky, he saw the new celestial body radiating light and heat. The source power of the entire world rose by a noticeable amount in an instant.

Hyperion, the first sun!

Theia, Mother of Light, Goddess of Sight!

As the world's source power rose, even though Ryan was merely an insignificant God of Spirituality, his power increased along with it.

His special Spirituality Divine Office still had its advantages. He did not take the blame when the world declined, but when the world grew stronger, he could still enjoy the benefits.

According to the levels Ryan had subdivided himself, this wave had probably taken him from Divine Power Level 2 to Divine Power Level 3.

If he could rise three more times, he could shed his status as Weak Divine Power and rise to Divine Power Level 6—Intermediate Divine Power.

This subdivision had not existed innately in the Khaos world. It was purely a system Ryan had created himself, but it helped him measure the strength of the gods' divine power.

Just like now, as the world rose as a whole, Pontus, who had originally been teetering at Divine Power Level 11, finally recovered and stabilized his power.

"Vrrrr—"

The humming sounded again. The laws of the world did not stop for the will of any individual god, and the Source Sea began churning once more.

Soon, three successive tremors of the laws announced the birth of three new gods to the world.

In an instant, storms swept across the earth, while many lightless celestial bodies appeared in the sky. These were manifestations of two gods' authority.

The third god followed the path of her elder sister. She divided part of the light from her other newly born sister, Theia, and drew some power from the sun.

Coeus, God of Celestial Bodies!

Crius, God of Meteorology!

Phoebe, Goddess of Luminous Bodies!

The appearance of the three new gods caused the world's source power to rise again, but the increase was far less obvious than when the sun had appeared.

Although his Divine Power Level had not risen, Ryan could still feel a new power taking shape within his body.

This power had appeared when the first Titan descended. With each additional Titan, it became a little more substantial.

And now, it had finally become perceptible.

"Excellent!"

Seeing his expectations come true, Ryan could not help smiling, even though this was precisely the change he had been waiting for.

Fortunately, this was not the era ruled by the Third Generation God King Zeus. In this ignorant age, he still had plenty of room to accomplish something.

"At the very least, I have to work harder. I can't still be a weakling in later generations. Being looked down on would be a minor issue, but being noticed by Zeus would be a major one."

Unable to stop himself from shivering, Ryan thought of those later-generation gods who made no distinction between men and women or between races. His resolve to grow stronger became even firmer.

In this regard alone, Uranus was still quite trustworthy. Aside from Gaia, he was interested in no one, and his twelve children could be considered to have inherited his fine tradition.

"Hmm?"

He had clearly been watching a grand spectacle, yet he had suddenly begun recalling the past. Ryan focused his mind and instantly sensed the source of the influence.

Two more new gods were born in succession, but their power leaned toward the mental domain, so the active laws also affected Ryan's mind.

Mnemosyne was originally the Goddess of Memory, Language, and Innate Writing. Yet until her name traveled through the laws to the world, the Divine Office of Memory still failed to appear.

Iapetus was the God of Soul and Speech. For some unknown reason, the soul portion of his power also seemed to have vanished without a trace.

Ryan declared that he was not taking the blame for this. Although he had indeed been the one who did it.

"Fortunately, I didn't expose myself earlier. Otherwise, Iapetus might have been manageable, but Mnemosyne would probably already have come knocking with Earth Mother."

Letting out a long breath, Ryan felt immensely fortunate about what he had done earlier.

Soul and Spirituality were two sides of the same whole, and Soul had long since become part of him. Memory was subordinate to Soul, and without his permission, no one could obtain the Divine Office of Memory.

If they had been gods nurtured by the Khaos world itself, they would either have been torn apart like Pontus or already become the subordinate gods of those two gods.

But his Spirituality Divine Office originated from his own creation. He was the source god of Spirituality and the first soul to appear in this world, so the world could do nothing to him—unless it killed him outright.

But killing the source god was equivalent to killing the authority he represented. Spirituality would vanish from the world as well, and from then on, no souls would ever be born in the Khaos world again.

Thus, Khaos, possessing only instinct, ignored the divine authorities of Soul and Memory and directly allowed the two new gods to be born.