"Gods?"
Yue Xiaofei froze.
If someone had asked him that question before today, he would have thought they were out of their mind.
But after witnessing that world-shattering battle between gods with his own eyes, he hesitated.
Yue Xiaofei did not know how to answer.
Ye Jincheng saw the look on his face and knew his answer.
"So you've seen them."
Weariness and gravity weighed on Ye Jincheng's voice. "Your father... is he all right?"
Pain stabbed through Yue Xiaofei's heart. He remembered the final scene in the rearview mirror.
The blazing spear that pierced heaven and earth.
The white light that swallowed the entire world.
Yue Xiaofei's throat went dry. "I don't know..." he said hoarsely. "At the end, that thing in the sky threw a spear... and then I couldn't see anything."
Ye Jincheng shuddered.
A flash of worry and anger crossed his clouded eyes.
"It was Gungnir... That old bastard even used a projection of his divine weapon!"
"Gungnir? What's that?"
Yue Xiaofei pressed him.
"In Norse mythology, it's the weapon of Odin, king of the gods. An eternal spear fashioned from a branch of the World Tree, said to strike its target without fail once thrown."
Ye Jincheng explained it slowly.
"Norse mythology? Odin?"
Yue Xiaofei's thoughts fell into chaos. "Grandpa, what's going on? Are all those ancient myths and legends real?"
An absurd, wild idea took root in his mind, beyond his control.
"They're real, but not entirely."
Ye Jincheng looked at him, his gaze turning unfathomably deep.
"Xiaofei, what you're about to hear is this world's greatest secret. It's the truth that will overturn everything you think you know."
"Are you ready?"
Yue Xiaofei took a deep breath and nodded firmly.
"Go ahead, Grandpa. I can take it."
Ye Jincheng nodded and gathered his