The tornadoes dwindling across the ground, along with the dead gods, seemed to have sapped the Corn God's will to fight.
He tried to keep Alvin occupied with an immortal puppet, while sending out several gods to sow chaos in the outside world.
Everything seemed to be going according to his plan, but Alvin's Xingtian Battle Axe turned it all to dust.
Looking at Alvin's savage grin, the Corn God had no doubt that if he said one more pointless thing, that terrifying Battle Axe would cut him down.
The power in that Battle Axe reminded him of those fearsome Immortals.
Now wanting only to stay alive, the Corn God honestly explained his origins to Alvin...
The thin film covering the Pyramid's floor was a seal. After the third generation of Maya Deities won, they had used it to imprison the first two generations!
After the third generation of Maya Deities had been defeated and killed, the seal became a protective barrier, shielding the imprisoned Maya Deities from those fearsome Immortals.
Or from letting those Immortals know they were still alive, but had been sealed away!
The Corn God had gone out to gather the corpses of the third generation of gods. When he returned to the Pyramid, he had fallen into a deep sleep beneath it.
He had awakened only when the World Tree revived.
But his soul and body were separated. His soul had remained underground, attached to the divine artifact that looked like a timer.
His body, meanwhile, had remained inside the Pyramid, guarding another divine artifact—the object that looked like a mirror.
Used together, these two artifacts could warp the fabric of space.
With the mirror's ability to observe, one could find a suitable location in the void, create a warped space, and transport things there.