Myth: The Ruler of Spirituality

In the All-Spirit Realm, the three Goddesses who wield the Reincarnation Scepter had no fear of any enemy, not even if the Divine King from the outer realms himself should come, he would merely be suppressed by the power of the entire Spirit Realm and then easily subdued before the Well of Reincarnation.

Of course, Erinys did not think the current Divine King was so foolish as to sneak into the Spirit Realm in secret.

Erinys's consciousness soon touched upon that reincarnation power permeating the All-Spirit Realm, the very place that had given birth to them.

With every contact with this vast and endless strength, she found herself utterly intoxicated, regardless of whatever changes occurred in the River of Oblivion, she could—

"—What is happening? The 'Well' is empty?"

Her expression changed as Erinys could hardly describe the situation she perceived.

The Well of Reincarnation was still there, still fulfilling its duties, but in Erinys's perception, it now seemed like an empty shell.

Its power had long been drained, and no one knew where it had gone, and the River of Oblivion was the same. The reason it was so tumultuous was precisely that its power had been drained, yet it did not possess the essence of the Great Divine Power.

As a result, the countless souls in the river caused it 'pressure,' preventing it from maintaining its calm and quiet.

"Huff—"

Taking a deep breath, the panic was but a momentary flicker, as Erinys quickly came to her senses.

This was the Spirit Realm, and the Well of Reincarnation was a sacred artifact of the Genesis Artifact level. Even if all the great divine powers in the world were to practice on it, it would be impossible for them to silently extract all its power without a trace in the Spirit Realm.

Therefore, the source of all this was clearly not in need of questioning; right now, she just needed to fulfill her duties.

"—Quell!"

With a light command, Erinys stepped upon the River of Oblivion.

The boiling river water was immediately quelled under her, and at least from the surface, everything appeared to have returned to calm.

Nobody in the heart of the Spirit Realm noticed the changes. Four Spirit Moons hung in the sky, illuminating countless lost souls in the All-Spirit Realm.

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Hemenu, Primordial Water.

Far across the horizon, Apep's movements never ceased.

With no hesitation, the bisected twin serpents attacked once more the moment they split.

An aura of destroying all things circulated around it, a mission with which it was born.

However, the next moment, before Apep, a drop of essence in the extreme appeared out of nowhere.

Acting on instinct, the Great Serpent swallowed it without hesitation. It might have been a trap, but it lacked the intelligence to recognize one and saw no need to discern its nature.

As an undying Demon God, there was nothing in this world that could truly harm it. So with a big gulp, the liquid was swallowed by Apep.

And then, in an instant, under the influence of some power, Apep seemed to forget where it was and what it was about to do.

It suddenly calmed down, as if no longer a threat. Only the drop of liquid inside it began to rapidly diminish.

It couldn't control Apep for long, and in no time, the undying Demon God would awaken and respond to the world with even greater ferocity.

But to a god, this was enough.

Reaching out to grasp the separated serpents, they were fused back into one. Sacred flames ignited in His palm, scorching the body of the bewildered Great Serpent.

The scales gradually took on a metallic sheen, and a black aura seeped into the serpent's spine. Hemenu's world began to shake as if outraged by the Outer God's actions.

Watching this scene, Ra, beside Him, was surprised but also somewhat perplexed. The other party could make Apep lose consciousness, which was indeed astonishing, but what was He doing now?

Was He forging Divine Artifacts? That seemed somewhat ludicrous.

If Apep's existence could be eroded by such simple means, then why had they allowed it to exist till this day?

Apep was undying, and only by eroding its will could there be a chance to eliminate it; otherwise, any action was meaningless.

But can its spirit be destroyed with just such a simple method?

However, regardless of the reason, after only a moment's hesitation, La immediately raised his hand.

The Sun radiated an incomparably intense glow, its majesty undiminished even by the smattering of dark spots that lingered upon it.

The Great Day, like a weapon, was thrown mercilessly in the direction of the Outer God.

The golden disc cut across the sky, its trajectory reflected on the surface of the water. Experience more tales on My Virtual Library Empire

La-Atum merged at the center of the Sun, with the Benben Stone suspended above his head.

The Outer God was up close, and this visitor from beyond had transfigured Apep's snakehead into a 'sword hilt' and its body into a scabbard.

But La knew that if Apep awoke, all of this would be futile. Even if the Outer God could bind its form, they couldn't constrain its will or make it serve their purposes.

"Bring it on—"

Clang—

A sword split it down the middle, cleaving into the core of the Sun.

La-Atum looked at the Black Sword piercing his chest, his expression neither sad nor happy.

It had to be said, this thing was quite powerful, and it seemed the Outer God had incorporated the powers of 'death' and 'destruction' from their world, using them as a core to dominate Apep's strength.

However, La could also sense that the will within the sword seemed to be showing signs of awakening under the direct stimulation of the Sun.

Is it meaningful? No, it is not. If the Outer God did all of this just to have a method to kill the Sun with one strike, then La-Atum must confess it plays right into his hands.

Indeed, as the Sun's archenemy, Apep's power dealt special damage to the Sun, and he, despite being gravely wounded by this combined strike of the Outer God and Apep, found it to be exactly what he desired, didn't he?

A smile tugged at the corner of his mouth as La-Atum reached out his hand, grasping the Black Sword that had pierced his chest.

His palm was easily cut, and as the Sun was grievously wounded, the Black Sword seemed to draw an even more potent force of destruction from all things.

Yet facing all this, La-Atum simply took a step forward.

"Gravely wounded, I'll not be of much use in the upcoming battle."

"Therefore, for the great world of Hemenu, as Egypt's Sun, I choose to perish with my foe!"

It seemed like he was trying to convince himself, but more likely, he was speaking to the world.

In the face of such a formidable enemy, any price paid for victory is reasonable.

So, in an instant, liquid magma spilled out from the Sun, igniting blood-red flames, as if it were the Sun God's own fiery blood.

La-Atum himself was set ablaze as well, and the entire Sun resembled a bomb about to detonate.

The tremors in Hemenu grew more intense; such acts of self-destruction by a deity would never be permitted by It if there were no external threat, but now It appeared to be sending off Its offspring.

Meanwhile, in Amon-Ra's perception, a power many times more formidable than before was surging towards him, while conversely, the constraints of the world's Law on him had lessened by more than a notch.

If the Sun were destroyed, only the Eight Primordial Spirits carrying all creation and a few fragments of Divine Authority would remain, which would bring catastrophic consequences to It.

It's a good thing he had slain that mortal earlier, slowing the assault from the Alien Realm. Otherwise, Amon-Ra even doubted that if the Alien Realm had continued its previous madly powerful onslaught against the will of Hemenu, the world would no longer be able to withstand the attack from the Alien Realm once the Sun fell.

At that moment, the world's barriers would be shattered, the main body dismembered. In an 'extremely short' time on a cosmic scale, Hemenu would be swallowed by the other side. Neither he nor the Outer God could ever wrest—

"Hm?"

Suddenly sensing something, a shock went through La's heart.

In that case, his killing of the mortal seems not only beneficial to himself...

So if the Outer God had predicted his prediction, then might It also know that he could actually become stronger from the world's ruin?