Desire Creates Love, Love Creates Beauty

In the Oceanic Temple, Ryan bestowed the Divinity, and in the next moment, he used the characteristics of the Spirit World to leave his original location.

Apart from Mount Sinai, the Space-Time of the Spirit World becomes more chaotic the deeper one goes. Above the third layer, it already belongs to the deep layers of the Spirit World, where a single step forward could mean being thousands of miles away in reality.

Although only the first two layers of the Spirit World have been completely constructed so far, this does not prevent Ryan from using the characteristics of other layers.

Thus, in an instant, he arrived at the sea surface thousands of miles away.

This is because the Spirit World's coverage in the real world is too small. Otherwise, with this method of movement, which Ryan named Spirit World Shuttle, he could travel back and forth across the earth in a few minutes.

"When life is born on the earth in the future, and my Divine Power accumulates to level 16 or higher, I can weaken the barrier between the surface of the Spirit World and the real world."

"At that time, beings with high innate Inspiration will be able to directly see the first layer of the Spirit World, and some spiritual entities with deep obsessions or those who are worshiped and respected can also stay in the shallow layers of the Spirit World, surviving in another way."

Thinking secretly, Ryan looked back at the direction of the Oceanic Divine Palace.

Later generations rumored that Zeus's Wisdom came in large part from Metis, but now, Metis's Divinity was bestowed by Ryan.

"But you never know. Rather than saying that Zeus's Wisdom came from Metis, I'm more inclined to believe that he was just borrowing her name."

"Swallowing a God and being able to use her Divine Authority, there's no such good thing. Besides, being able to trick the Goddess of Wisdom, Zeus's sweet talk may not be inferior to Metis's 'Wisdom'."

Shaking his head, Ryan followed the direction in his Memory and headed towards a place near the sea.

After spending eight hundred years in the Spirit World trying to digest the origin, Ryan didn't plan to go back immediately after finally coming out.

At least, he was going to get something from over there.

..."Here."

Seven days later, after crossing a long sea area, Ryan arrived at a special sea surface.

There were no waves here, and the sea surface was as still as death. But when the Sun shone on it, there was a sacred beauty.

In the distance, a layer of blood foam exuding desire and hatred floated there. This was the source of all the anomalies in this sea area, and even Pontus himself was unwilling to come near here.

Because this was where Uranus's organs fell, containing his hatred for the Titans and Pontus. In the future, the Erinyes and Aphrodite would be born here one after another.

And as the birthplace of the four Gods, when the God King's blood disappeared, this place would also become a sacred sea area.

"Who are you? This is the territory of the Lord of the Near Sea, strange God, state your name."

Suddenly, accompanied by a slightly strange tone, a half-snake, half-fish monster emerged.

She looked directly at Ryan in the distance, her eyes wary, but she did not act rashly. Because the aura of Divine Power on the other party made her know that this was at least an Intermediate Divine Power God.

As one of Pontus's five children, she and her brother and husband, Phorcys, were both demigod and demimonster beings. Together, they gave birth to many sea monsters, the most famous of which were the Graeae Sisters.

They appeared in the image of old women, but the three of them shared one eye and one tooth. They were in charge of 'Venom', 'Tyranny', and 'Terror' respectively, but they were not true Gods, they only possessed authority and had the immortality of demigods, just like those Oceanic Goddesses without Divinity.

"Ceto, Danger of the Sea, I know you."

Ryan didn't look at her, let alone answer her question.

Compared to Eurybia, the Power of the Sea, and Nereus, the Friendliness of the Sea, Ceto and her brother were more like Cyclops, disliked by the Gods of Khaos.

There was no way, the Gods of Khaos had always judged by appearance.

"But I don't know you, strange God."

"This is the sea area that was turned into a forbidden zone by the Father God; all gods know this."

Ceto's expression grew increasingly unkind. Compared to normal gods, she was more severely affected by her instincts.

"That's not important," Ryan said, an interesting idea suddenly popping into his mind.

"What's important is, would you like to change your appearance?"

"Get rid of your current look, or at least have another appearance that is recognized by the gods."

Ceto's increasingly hideous face froze.

Ryan's repeated non sequiturs annoyed Ceto, who was somewhat controlled by her bestial nature. She had intended to follow her instincts and attack Ryan, but his subsequent words immediately brought her back to her senses.

She had claimed more than once that she didn't care about her appearance, but when the gods' banquets turned her away, only she knew what she really thought.

"I want to! I mean, what should I do?"

Her voice suddenly softened, and Ryan could tell that although this 'softness' was still jarring.

Without playing coy, Ryan pointed to the blood foam in front of her.

"Drink them, but of course, only a small portion."

"If you dare to drink it all, you will only become a mother, giving birth to four new gods. But if you only drink a few mouthfuls, then you may get unexpected gains."

Ceto hesitated.

As the 'Danger of the Sea', she was well aware that this was the most 'dangerous' place in this sea area, and the source of the danger was this blood. She didn't know whether she should believe this strange god's words, but she was too eager to change.

"It's up to you whether you drink it or not, but this may be your only chance."

Reaching out, Ryan scooped a spoonful of blood from the blood in front of him, and then his figure flashed, silently disappearing on the sea.

He had come here for this purpose, and meeting Ceto was an accident.

"Wait—"

She hurriedly spoke, looking at Ryan's disappearing figure, Ceto wanted him to explain more clearly.

But Ryan obviously didn't have time to pay attention to her. He was just interested and casually reminded her, just to watch the fun.

"Damn it!"

She roared angrily, but under the faint desire in her heart, Ceto still focused her gaze on the blood foam. For a long time, a look of struggle appeared on her hideous face, but in the end, Ceto's desire for 'beauty' overcame her instincts. She no longer cared about the dangerous feeling of the blood in front of her and began to swallow it in large gulps.

As the blood entered her stomach, her appearance did change. At one point, she stopped swallowing and looked at her reflection on the sea.

A beautiful goddess with black hair appeared there, and the wildness in her eyes added a bit of charm to her. But at this moment, Ceto did not feel happy, but instead felt 'jealousy' towards those who were truly beautiful.

She knew that she was now also a [God of Beauty]. It's just that she is 'decorated beauty', 'false disguised beauty'.

At the same time, under the influence of her Divinity, she also understood that the true god symbolizing [Love and Beauty] would be born in these blood foams in the future, and her 'decoration' was meaningless in front of the other party, and could only become a green leaf to set off the flowers.

"Nothing is eternal. One day, I will become true [Beauty]."

"If I can't, then let them all die. As long as there is no one more beautiful than me, then I am still beauty itself."

Her voice was no longer hoarse, but the pleasant tone spoke cruel words. Ceto looked at the blood foam on the sea and secretly vowed in her heart.

That future God of Beauty, was her destined enemy.

After staring for a long time, as the Sun set, Ceto still left this place. According to the Time in her Memory, she headed towards the palace of a Divinity, where it seemed a gathering was being held.

The future was still far away, and now, she also wanted to experience the feeling of other Divinities enjoying a banquet.

This time, she would not be rejected again.