Your Gods Came from Earth

Sharra's voice echoed in the dome, and the swirling stars above seemed to slow down as she spoke, as if listening to her story.

"Set devoured Hyppus; this is the first murder on Earth," Sharra repeated.

Before that, although there were struggles, disagreements, and jealousy among the Elder Gods, they never killed their own kind.

Set was the first; he started it, and then most of the Elder Gods followed suit and fell.

They began to devour their companions, consuming their power, lifespan, and very essence. In essence, the Elder Gods transformed from the first life forms into the first monsters.

"And then?" Russell asked. Although he knew the story of the Elder Gods of Earth, what he learned from other Gods corroborated his own.

K'ythri then continued his story.

The Elder Gods Gaea felt grief and sorrow for her brothers and sisters.

She watched as her companions, who had once wandered with her on the primitive earth, turned into monsters one by one, were devoured one by one, and disappeared one by one.

Ultimately, there was no way to stop it, because she was too weak. Before those fallen Elder Gods, she was merely a mother, not a warrior.

"So she made a decision, and she summoned the Creator in a cave."

She is the embodiment of the Earth's consciousness that created the Elder Gods; she mated with the Creator and gave birth to the Sun God Atum.

Atum is the first new god after the Elder Gods. He is not Elder Gods, but a descendant of both the Elder Gods and the Creator, inheriting both the essence of the Elder Gods and the power of the Creator.

Russell narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Atum," he repeated.

"Yes." Sharra nodded. "When Atum grew up, he saw what those fallen Elder Gods did to his mother and his people."

Enraged, he annihilated most of the corrupted Elder Gods, as well as other creatures that ravaged the primitive Earth.

He then banished the remaining Elder Gods to some extra Dimension, Dimension containing what you Earthlings call ' Hell,' ' Abyss,' or ' Dark Dimension,' all of which were prisons Atum used to hold those fallen Elder Gods."

She paused in her speech.

"Atum devoured many fallen Elder Gods, becoming Demogorge. After destroying the Elder Gods, he flew away from Earth to some unknown place in the universe. It is said that he slumbers on a Planet somewhere in the universe, waiting for his opportunity."

Russell tilted his head.

"Waiting for what?"

"Wait for the other fallen Elder Gods to return," Kythri said in a somber voice.

"Because he knew they would come back; after all, being expelled is not the same as being annihilated."

Set, Chthon, and the other Elder Gods —they've waited through countless eons in the Dimension, probably searching for their way back.

"Set, Chthon?"

Sharra nodded.

"The fallen Elder Gods Chthon, who had been researching mystical powers before his banishment, was the first Dark Sorcerers on Earth."

Before being banished from Earth by Atum, Chthon wrote his Black Magic on an immortal parchment and left it on Earth.

This parchment scroll is the "Darkhold," which became the source of Black Magic on Earth. The powerful Chaos Magic within it also belongs to Chthon's Black Magic.

Vampires on Earth also originated from Chthon; the curses on these vampires, and the progenitor of vampires, are all left behind by Chthon.

Russell listened without saying a word.

K'ythri glanced at Russell.

When Oshtur and Hoggoth returned to Earth, they saw newly born humans running, hunting, reproducing, and laughing on the primitive Earth.

They saw the humans enjoying themselves in the sunlight, and Oshtur shed a tear.

Agamotto was born from this tear, and Agamotto became the first Sorcerer Supreme on Earth.

Later, Oshtur, Hoggoth, and Agamotto formed the triune Vishanti.

Agamotto founded Kamar-Taj, established the lineage of the Sorcerer Supreme, and created the magical defenses to protect the Earth.

The runes, Magic Array, and spells contained within the defensive system were mostly written by Agamotto, with the aim of preventing the return of the fallen Elder Gods and thus triggering a new war.

Russell seemed lost in thought.

"So you mean those fallen Elder Gods will return along with the Earth's gods when they come back from the dimensions?"

"Yes," Sharra answered confidently, "Those new gods are actually descendants of Atum, and their bodies contain a portion of Atum's power, which makes them somewhat attractive to the Elder Gods."

But there are things more important to them than the new gods, which is why there's a high probability they'll return to Earth.

Russell narrowed his eyes slightly.

What is that?

Kythri and Sharra exchanged a glance.

"The Creator Himself." Sharra's gaze was filled with reverence.

Russell looked at them.

"The Creator," he repeated.

"The Creator is actually the embodiment of Earth's consciousness, and also the creator of the Elder Gods. It is very likely that it is sleeping somewhere on Earth."

If it awakens and decides to reclaim the life it has sown on Earth, then all life on Earth, including humans, Mutants, Elder Gods, and new gods, will disappear.

Russell found this absurd; if the Creator of the Elder Gods were truly asleep on Earth, then they should have awakened when the Earth was destroyed by the Fantastic Four.

But nothing is absolute.

It's like Stan Lee suddenly appearing on Earth.

He frowned, suddenly wondering if Stan Lee and the so-called Creator of Earth were the same person.

But Russell did not voice his thoughts.

"To be honest, we are actually one of the Elder Gods voluntarily left Earth, so I hope you can handle the potential crisis on Earth."

Russell looked at them, feigning a somber expression, then lowered his head.

"Okay, I'll give it a try."

After saying that, he turned around and walked towards the black door he had entered through.

"Russell," Kythri called out to him.

Russell stopped in his tracks.

"There's one more thing," Kythri said, finishing his sentence in one go.

"The first thing those fallen Elder Gods will do upon their return is to seek out the Sorcerer Supreme."

Because the Sorcerer Supreme is the successor of Agamotto, the representative of Vishanti, and also the core of Earth's magical defense system.

If the Sorcerer Supreme Sorcerer Supreme dies, if his legacy is broken, Earth's magical defenses will collapse, and the power of the Fallen Elder Gods will be unrestricted.

Russell waved to the back of his hand.

"The Sorcerer Supreme won't die so easily."

"You mean the Ancient One?" Sharra frowned. "But she's already..."

Russell did not give a definite answer, pushed open the door, and walked out on his own.

Outside the door, Lilandra stood alone in the corridor, clearly waiting for him.

"You've met our guardian deity." There was a hint of trepidation in her voice.

"I saw him." Russell nodded.

Hearing this, Lilandra breathed a sigh of relief.

She hadn't seen the Guardian in person for many years, and at one point thought the Guardian had abandoned the Shi'ar Empire.

"Actually, your gods also come from Earth," Russell said casually.

"Hmm?" Lilandra looked surprised.