Fiefdom

Half an hour later, in the Spirit World.

After chatting with the two ancient gods for a little longer, Ryan bade them farewell one by one.

If not for the birth of the God Child and the world's Summoning, it would probably have taken a thousand years for these two reclusive gods to come out even once. Most of the time, they still existed in their true forms.

After parting from them, Ryan took one step, crossed the seven layers of spacetime barriers, and returned to the core of the Spirit World.

As the Lord of the Spirit World, Ryan had created the world in seven days, so he had divided the Spirit World into seven layers, from deepest to shallowest. He had also divided the concept of the moon into seven parts, hanging one in each layer of the Spirit World.

Those in the deeper layers could see the moons of the shallower layers, but those in the shallower layers could not see the scenery of the deeper layers. Thus, standing at the core of the Spirit World, Ryan saw seven different Spirit Moons hanging in the sky together.

During the initial design, Ryan had made each moon bicolored. It could be silver-white or bear its own color. In the future, he would grant each of them a different "symbol." However, the newborn Spirit World could not accomplish that yet, so all seven moons currently appeared in the same hue.

Looking out, the barriers between the seven layers of the Spirit World could not block their master's gaze. The realm was still very empty. Aside from the two outermost layers, which contained life, the five inner layers were completely barren. This was also due to the limits of Ryan's current abilities; he could only create relatively "orderly" life.

The more outer a layer was, the more stable its Time Sequence became. The closer it was to the center, the more chaotic Time Sequence became. Thus, apart from the batch of living beings created last, only the two outermost layers of the Spirit World could support ordinary spirits.

Of course, as the core of the Spirit World and the place where Ryan resided, the order of this Nameless Mountain Peak was absolutely stable.

Its predecessor had been the spine of Ryan's divine body. It pierced through all seven layers of the Spirit World on the level of spacetime, and this would also be where Ryan's future palace stood.

After admiring his creation, Ryan casually conjured a chair. He sat down and called the living beings he had created.

"Lyanna."

"I am here, Your Highness."

As Ryan's voice fell, a young woman with a pair of wings on her back answered her creator's summons.

She had an appearance similar to that of a human, but her silvery-white wings were undeniable proof of her extraordinary identity. In the Spirit World, she and her sisters possessed powers similar to those of Regional Gods and could handle many matters for Ryan.

Ryan called them Cristo, translated as "transparent, souls without deceit." As divine beings created on the sixth day, there were eighteen of them in total, and Lyanna was their leader.

According to Ryan's judgment, they were not demigods, because they possessed the same nature as True Gods. But they were not True Gods either, because they had no Divine Offices. They somewhat resembled the Ocean Goddesses of later ages. Though they were gods, they could not even be considered Weak Divine Power.

Divine Power Level 0. That was their current state.

"I have something for you to do."

Looking at the young woman kneeling before him, Ryan said gently:

"Currently, the projection of the Spirit World outside is the Shadow Moon. The light of the seven Crescent Moons takes turns passing through the projection and shining upon the Underworld. As a result, the concepts and sources related to Khaos and the Shadow Moon are converging toward the Spirit World. But completing this process will take at least another two thousand years. I cannot wait that long."

"So I need someone to operate the authority of the Shadow Moon. She will wield this Divine Office in my stead, greatly accelerating the gathering of the concept."

"To serve you is the meaning of my existence."

Lyanna's answer was utterly decisive. Faced with her creator, she had no intention of refusing.

"Very good." Ryan nodded.

He extended his hand, and the already concentrated concept of the Shadow Moon surged toward him from within the Spirit World. Soon, a crystalline Multifaceted Crystal appeared in his hand.

He pointed with his right hand, and the crystal instantly sank into Lyanna's body. In the next moment, a power belonging to a True God surged from her.

"From today onward, you are the Shadow Moon Goddess." Ryan announced it calmly.

As his voice fell, Lyanna's Divine Power rose steadily, finally stopping at around Divine Power Level 2.

The current upper limit of the Divine Office of the Shadow Moon was Divine Power Level 5. But if Lyanna could gather all the sources related to Khaos and the Shadow Moon, then with this Divine Office alone, she could enter the realm of Intermediate Divine Power.

When that time came, Ryan would naturally lend her a hand, helping her advance further and become one of Khaos's true supreme gods.

Divinity surged into Ryan's eyes as he observed Lyanna's fusion with the Divine Office. His actions now resembled the investiture of a subordinate god, but were not entirely the same. Lyanna was to him as the gods were to Khaos. Once this Divine Office was bestowed, he felt no weakening of his power. Instead, his digestion of the chaotic sources accelerated.

He had gained far too much source power this time. Even now, the sources of the Shadow Moon, the stars, and others were still flowing toward the Spirit World. By Ryan's estimate, it would take him at least several thousand years to completely digest and unify these powers.

But now, with the investiture of the Shadow Moon Goddess, he was digesting the concepts related to the Shadow Moon at ten times the speed.

"Esther."

"I am here, Your Highness."

She was the second divine life he had created. This time, Ryan said nothing more and directly took out several hundred orbs of light.

At this moment, he could sense that the star symbolizing "Uncertain Fate" had already been hung up by Lady of the Night. The remaining stars should appear as well.

Strictly speaking, these stars were only projections. Their true bodies were still in the Spirit World. Just as the light of the seven Crescent Moons passed through the Shadow Moon outside and shone upon the earth, the starlight in the Spirit World would also follow the connection with their projections and shine in Khaos's sky.

Until the true gods of the stars were born, they would continuously seize the source power of Khaos's stars. After being transformed by the Spirit World, this power would strengthen them.

If the star gods were born late enough, perhaps Ryan would not need to pour in any power. These illusory stars might become more powerful than the physical stars.

With a light point of his finger, another Multifaceted Crystal entered Esther's body, and Ryan's voice rang out with it.

"I command you to scatter the stars across the night sky and let starlight illuminate the earth. From today onward, you are the Star Sower, Starlight Goddess."

Divine Power surged once again, but this time, Esther could only barely become Weak Divine Power of Divine Power Level 1.

Compared to the Shadow Moon, the authority of the Star Sower and Starlight was still somewhat weaker.

But it did not matter. Ryan could feel that his digestion of the source of the stars had also accelerated.

Immediately afterward, Ryan successively invested twelve star gods. Each of them had a star corresponding to one of the twelve months.

Ryan bestowed the concept of the months upon these stars, along with the growth of plants and changes in climate influenced by the different months. With the birth of the twelve Weak Divine Powers, Ryan's digestion of the stars' source power accelerated further, and his fusion with the power of Time also sped up.

He waved his hand, and the fourteen newly born goddesses withdrew. Ryan did not continue investing gods, because he could sense that the more powerful the Divine Office, the greater the requirements it placed on the investee.

As his first creation among the Cristo, Lyanna could barely bear the incomplete Shadow Moon. But Divine Offices such as order, history, spirituality, plant spirituality, living beings, and even Time and Space Life were not something Ryan's creations could easily withstand.

Perhaps if Lyanna spent several thousand years in the position of a True God, she could slowly elevate her own nature and bear a stronger Divine Office. But for now, Ryan could only stop.

With a movement of his thoughts, spacetime formed a Round Mirror before his eyes. Through the mirror, Ryan saw the scenery on the earth.

Although it seemed like a long time had passed, in reality, only a little more than a day had passed outside since the Spirit World was created. Beneath the sky, the war between Uranus and the Titans was still raging.

Divine blood flowed across the ground like a river, and Sky Father's power had already fallen below thirty percent of its peak. Though his momentum remained fierce, the outcome of this conflict was already difficult to change.

"The end of an era."

Murmuring softly, Ryan casually pulled over a canvas woven from moonlight.

He mixed some paint with the blood of the God King he had collected earlier and placed it on the Round Table beside the chair.

"Khaos's first painting. Let us call it Death of the God King."

As a god, Uranus would not die. But as the oldest God King, today was the destined end of his reign.

Thanks to Chenxin Qianyu for the one hundred points of support yesterday morning. It was my first time receiving a tip as a newcomer, so I was a little excited, haha.

The first volume will officially end tomorrow, and the era of the Second Generation God King will begin. When the time comes, I will also put on airs and write some End of Volume Thoughts to commemorate my first book as a novice.