Mount Othrys.
After obtaining the Codex of Creation from Ryan, Themis immediately hurried toward the Divine Mountain without stopping.
Legislating for the world was not something that could be accomplished casually. A compatible Divine Office, a sufficiently powerful vessel, the world's administrator, and the God King's authorization—none of these could be missing.
However, Themis was not worried that her younger brother would refuse her request. After all, the God King's position was not fixed forever. Take Cronus, for example. Let alone before the five-hundred-year limit, even after it, his God King Divinity would absolutely be inferior to his father's.
Uranus might have acted against the natural order, but the fact that he had "given birth to life through intercourse" was itself the greatest achievement of a God King.
Moreover, Cronus was a usurper. The divine authority he had obtained would only be weaker. Being able to accomplish the feat of "legislation" under his rule was something the New God King would definitely welcome.
Three days later, after finally returning to the Divine Mountain, Themis immediately sought out her younger brother and explained her ideas to him in detail.
However, contrary to the Goddess of Justice's expectations, although Cronus was very supportive of her legislation, he seemed more interested in that God of Spirituality.
"So you're saying that not only did he make no demands of you, he even promised to deal with the chaos and madness expelled by the laws?"
"Yes. I originally thought they would gather on the earth and form many dangerous forbidden zones, since I couldn't deal with them. But since His Highness Ryan was interested in them, I agreed to hand them over to him."
Somewhat puzzled by what Cronus was focusing on, Themis still answered him.
She had guessed that Ryan must have some ulterior motive, but she did not care. They were merely things she had no use for. Keeping them would only cause her trouble.
But while Themis was open-minded about it, Cronus did not think the same way. His resentment toward Ryan had not started only recently.
"It can't be that simple. There must be something you don't know!"
"Ryan could definitely gain something from this process. He isn't the kind of good Samaritan who would do this out of kindness!"
Cronus gave a cold snort, his expression somewhat ugly.
Three hundred years had passed. Although the power brought by his own Divine Office was negligible, the God King Divinity that had already condensed most of the way still granted him the formidable power of Divine Power Level 17.
Even so, whenever he recalled the source power he had lost, Cronus regretted the decision he had made back then immensely.
Divine Power Level was one thing, while actual combat strength was another. Without most of his Divine Office of Space-Time, even with the same Divine Power Level, Cronus's strength was far inferior to before.
Moreover, if his Divine Office of Space-Time were still intact, his Divine Power Level would currently be one level higher. In the realm of Great Divine Power, the gap between a single level was not something that could be compared to the levels below Great Divine Power.
On the other side, seeing Cronus's expression, Themis had evidently misunderstood. She thought he was angry about Ryan's former prophecy. But the Goddess of Justice would not take out her anger on others, so she reminded him:
"I know, Cronus. Because of His Highness Ryan's prophecy, you and my siblings all harbor resentment toward him."
"But you must understand that, at least as far as you're concerned, not only did you take the initiative to ask him for the prophecy, you also owe him two requests."
"You once swore to the world that you would fulfill them. Once you completely inherit the God King's Throne two hundred years from now, you can no longer keep putting it off."
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Cronus was left speechless.
Once again, he cursed Khaos's rigid instincts inwardly. That God of Spirituality had clearly done something the world disliked, and he had clearly devoured Cronus's source power, but as far as the world was concerned, it had always judged the matter rather than the person.
Even if its instincts naturally disliked Ryan for stealing source power, it would not abandon its guarantee of Cronus's oath because of that.
".I will. But there are still two hundred years, aren't there?"
In the end, Cronus accepted the fact that he would have to work for Ryan. He then asked about another matter:
"You said he opened an interface called the Spirit Realm, and that there are many special life-forms within it?"
"Yes." Themis nodded. "I was just about to tell you. After he returns the Life Treasure Bottle, I plan to visit Mother Goddess and create some new life on the earth as well."
"Speaking of new life, I've seen some before."
Cronus slightly furrowed his brows as he recalled. "It was probably more than a hundred years ago. Kael, the God of Destruction, came to the Divine Mountain to pay his respects to me on behalf of the eight deities who permanently reside in the Netherworld."
"At the time, he was accompanied by some life-forms called Eternal Night Nymphs. They weren't deities, nor were they demigods who possessed divine authority. According to him, they were attendants bestowed upon him by Mother of Night, the Primordial God Nyx."
Cronus had actually embellished the process. Kael had not come to pay respects to the God King as some representative of the eight deities. He had simply come to show off in front of the New God King.
In truth, most of Khaos's deities were still highly emotional. The God King was still alone, while Kael had attendants at his side. This greatly satisfied Kael's vanity and also caused Cronus to seethe inwardly.
But he had no choice. After all, according to Kael, he and his mother goddess had a close relationship. The New God King did not dare provoke a Primordial God at a time like this.
Of course, what Cronus did not know was that the God of Destruction had also embellished how he had obtained the Eternal Night Nymphs.
According to him, the two Primordial Gods cared deeply about their group of deities. In reality, the Twin Gods of the Night had barely met them a few times.
Erebus did not care at all about the children born from his main body's evolution, while Lady of the Night had merely given several of the Nymphs she created with Soul Embryos to them out of nominal obligation.
Not a single one had been granted divinity by Lady of the Night and enlightened into a demigod. It was nothing like what Kael had claimed—a testament to the closeness between mother and son.
"Didn't Mother of Night visit His Highness Ryan before?" Themis speculated. "Perhaps it was then that he and Her Highness Nyx created the new life-forms together."
"Perhaps," Cronus said. "But since Her Highness Nyx has accepted the existence of the new life-forms, I imagine there shouldn't be anything wrong with them."
"When the time comes, I'll go with you to meet Mother Goddess. The land of Khaos should also have some life-forms that know to revere the God King."
Themis frowned slightly, somewhat displeased. Ryan had created life in his own interface, yet Cronus's first reaction had been, "There might be something wrong with them"?
At least in her impression, Ryan had never taken the initiative to do anything to the Titans.
"You don't understand." Cronus shook his head. He glanced at the Goddess of Justice's expression but ultimately said nothing more.
He had no intention of proclaiming his mistaken idea to the entire world. If possible, he wished no one knew about the depletion of his Divine Office's source.
"Let's leave it at that for now, Themis. By the time you finish the initial draft of the codex, I will probably have taken control of the God King's Throne as well. At that time, I will support your actions in the name of the God King."
"That would be wonderful."
The Goddess of Justice nodded, still not explaining Ryan's affairs in depth to Cronus. To her, legislation was the most important matter before her at present.
The previous three hundred years had been far from enough for her to understand all the loopholes in the laws of the present world. Now, with the assistance of the Codex of Creation, she could come into deeper contact with the rules of the present world.
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