Divine Artifact

"Shua shua—"

In the Spirit World, with the final stroke of his brush, Ryan looked at his work with satisfaction.

The God King was pierced through the chest, but his expression did not appear ferocious. He spoke softly and gently, as if imparting wisdom to his children.

Opposite him, the Knife Wielder God of Space-Time looked shocked and angry, while the Titans had various expressions. At the bottom of the painting, Ryan thoughtfully drew cracks on the Earth resembling a human face, representing the Earth Mother who was constantly watching.

In the next moment, although Khaos was unwilling, the Source Power of Art and Painting connected with the Spirit World. Unlike the stars, which had physical forms, Ryan could not devour all of Khaos's Star Source Power. But now, if a God symbolizing [Painting] did not appear within three hundred years, Khaos would never have such a God born again.

"I can't say that for sure. Perhaps a 'God of Painting' with superb painting skills but completely devoid of creativity will be born."

Sensing the absorption of the origin, Ryan once again confirmed that he had difficulty absorbing Source Power related to Material, which was determined by his initial origin.

Unless one day in the future, he could stand in the realm above Great Divine Power and thoroughly comprehend the origin of all things.

In addition to [Painting], [Art] and [Inspiration] also poured in. The former was stronger and could last for a thousand years before being completely absorbed. As for the latter, pure [Inspiration], like [Memory], was already Ryan's for the taking.

"You are the world's first painting, the origin of [Painting] should favor you; you are the world's first work of art, [Art] regards you as its source; you recorded the end of the era, [History] should also have a share of you," he said.

Thus, the Source Power in the Spirit World began to gather on the painting. As expected, a thousand years later, when the origin related to Khaos was almost completely absorbed, a Divine Artifact would be born.

Stepping out, Ryan's figure disappeared from the Palace. In the next moment, he appeared out of thin air inside the hollow mountain belly below.

There was nothing extra here, only a small pool placed in the center, with a spring spraying liquid that seemed both real and illusory. Ryan casually put [Death of the God King] into the pool, letting it nurture itself.

The pool was an external manifestation of the Spirit World's origin, and the other Divine Artifacts that had not yet been born were all inside.

Ryan's gaze turned to the pool. Located around the spring were the three transformed Divine Decree Stone Tablets.

"Is this the [Creation Artifact]? In essence, it is a Sacred Object of equal rank to [Great Divine Power]."

"Even in later records, the Khaos world did not have many such powerful creations."

With some emotion, Ryan knew that Gaia had not realized the true power of these three Divine Decree Stone Tablets.

Unlike other Divine Artifacts, the Divine Decree Stone Tablets were a roughcast. Only when they were 'used' would the power contained within them gradually reveal itself. In the original History, Themis used it to write the Codex, so she was respected by the Gods, and even the jealous Hera never dared to offend her. Metis of Wisdom used it to create Hydrology, so her child was once the Predestined God King.

But now, they had become the property of the Spirit World. Even if the last Stone Tablet was not yet perfect, their power was still extraordinary.

After looking at the slowly changing Divine Decree, Ryan's gaze turned to their surroundings. Three slightly inferior embryos were surrounding them, Divine Artifacts spontaneously conceived by the Spirit World.

"[Time], [Space-Time], and [Life]. Unfortunately, the Source Power of Space-Time is still too little, after all, I did not obtain the corresponding Divinity before."

Ryan shook his head. Although the three undefined embryos were very powerful, the [Space-Time] one was obviously not as good as the other two, because the Spirit World's Space-Time origin only came from Cronus.

But even so, when it was born, it would at least be a high-level Divine Artifact, which would be enough to drive any God crazy.

The other two, the [Time] one, integrated Cronus's Time origin and Chronology, as well as the past, present, and future symbolized by History, Calendar, and Prophecy.

It was already very close to a Creation Artifact, but it was still a little short. Ryan estimated that it would take another one or two eras of time to make up for the shortcomings.

As for the [Life] embryo, it was conceived from most of the Life Source Power seized from the [Life Treasure Bottle].

The complete [Life Treasure Bottle] would gradually become stronger with the prosperity of Khaos. It should have become a Creation Artifact symbolizing the beginning of all things, but having lost most of its origin, it was destined to never break through the last step, just like the one conceived by the Spirit World.

Unless in the future, they could obtain power outside the [Life] domain.

Besides these, the rest in the pool were the same as the newly placed painting, ordinary Divine Artifacts scattered in the corners.

Some were conceived from the concept of [Moon], others were born from the Source Power of [Change]. They are still powerful in their respective domains, but their power level is far inferior to the previous ones.

As for the lower-level Sub-Artifacts, those acquired creations would never appear in the Spirit World at this time.

Any true Divine Artifact contains corresponding Source Power. Even Gods with Great Divine Power would not ignore their existence.

"If I hadn't opened up the Spirit World, I wouldn't have been able to obtain so many Divine Artifacts at once. After all, only a world can directly use Source Power to conceive Divine Artifacts."

"However, our New God King probably can't wait to kill me—"

Ryan chuckled and glanced at the embryo conceived by the Space-Time Source Power, then returned directly to the previous Palace.

The Space-Time mirror suspended in mid-air was now empty. Just now, the Earth Mother and the Titans had returned to Mount Othrys.

Ryan did not continue to pry into their movements, after all, the battle was over, and his level 11 Divine Power was not enough to prevent his prying from being discovered.

But even without observing, he knew that the Titans had gone to the Divine Mountain to celebrate their victory, perhaps mixed with the distribution of power.

Although Cronus was the Second Generation God King, he was also the God King with the weakest Divinity. Unlike Zeus, he did not have a group of children and lovers to consolidate his Divine Court. Nor did he have the supreme Divine Power to suppress disobedience like the Sky Father.

Under his rule, Khaos will fall into a 'feudal' era lasting tens of thousands of years. The Titans will have the final say in their respective fields, and the third generation of Gods will also be born during this period.

Now, because of Ryan, Cronus, whose Source Power is depleted, is even less likely to do anything extra. As expected, he will first be a 'Zhou Tianzi' in peace. At least after a thousand years, he will try to do something.

"But he will send someone to find me, not only because of those two agreements, but also because he needs Mortals to strengthen his Kingship."

"If he cannot make the Gods worship him, then let the Mortals who resemble the Gods respect him as their King, which is also a good way."

"Besides, creation itself is a behavior favored by Khaos."

Ryan smiled silently, he was actually quite looking forward to creating Life.

The Spirit World is ultimately a world of Spiritual Lifeforms, and Khaos is the final destination of all living beings.

Giving creatures the seeds of Souls, when the Souls grow old and die, everything will return to the Spirit World, this is what Ryan wants, a way to continuously draw power from Khaos.

"And Faith."

Feeling the meager power coming from the Spirit World Lifeforms, Ryan's expression was a little strange.

First, he 'cut' Cronus, and now Zeus is also suffering. Ryan decisively expressed that he would take as much of this unexpected good thing as he could get.