The fierce battle between gods darkened the heavens and blotted out the sun and moon.
The Earth God and the Ocean God would lose strength if they left the Red Line and the Calm Belt.
Otherwise, their divine battle with Houka would have spread elsewhere long ago, shattering islands across even more seas.
Yet the destruction wrought by these three strongest gods did not even compare to the divine battle on Imu's side.
It did not even compare to the Hundred Years War eight hundred years ago.
After all, the Red Line had been formed by fusing the bodies of the Earth God and the Hellfire Serpent, giving it the power to restore itself.
And once it encircled the entire world, that restorative power became all but infinite.
Unless Houka became strong enough to destroy the Red Line in one blow, or killed the Earth God before the god could hide away.
If the Earth God and the Ocean God chose to stop fighting and retreat into their Divine Barriers.
It would become extremely difficult for Houka to kill them.
Even the Fate God had failed to kill these two Fallen Ancient Gods after trying for so many eras.
These two Fallen Ancient Gods had long since learned how to evade the World Will's attacks.
The Fate God could only use the Rain God to thwart the two Fallen Ancient Gods' schemes, kill their subordinates, and keep them firmly confined to the Red Line and the Calm Belt.
If they dared leave their Divine Barriers, their combat strength would not even match the Rain God, a mere puppet.
Under the Fate God's machinations and the Rain God Puppet's suppression, the Earth God and the Ocean God could only remain holed up in the Red Line and the Calm Belt.
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