Chapter 46 The River of Oath

After crossing the land, Iapetus came to the underworld.

Although strictly speaking, the [underworld] is also a part of the [earth] at this time, perhaps because it is tightly wrapped by the four ancient gods of creation, it feels like a "world of its own".

No matter where you enter the underworld, whether it is the bottom of the ocean or the center of the earth, unless it is a time-space jump like "spiritual shuttle", anyone will first appear at the edge of the underworld, a place guarded by the three-headed dog Cerberus in later generations.

Behind the door is the river of pain, Acheron, and on both sides are the edges of the land of eternal night and the land of no light. No matter who wants to enter the underworld, there is only one way to cross the river.

Of course, at this time, the underworld has no portal, and the river of pain has not yet been born.

Carefully avoiding the territory of the two ancient gods of creation, the god of speech stepped into the gray plain. Of the five great rivers of the underworld in later times, only one is still in existence, the Styx River, which conceptually "circles the underworld seven times", but in reality connects the present world with one end and goes deep into Tartarus with the other.

Iapetus stopped here, nodded slightly in the direction of the River of Oath, and waited for a while.

As expected, after a while, he did not get any response. But the God of Speech was not angry, but continued to fly to the center of the underworld.

As the goddess who governs the law of [Oath] of Chaos, Styx came to the underworld alone since her birth. Even her father, Oceanus, the Lord of the Ocean, rarely saw her, so she was one of the few gods who did not visit the "legislation".

However, despite this, the God of Speech still did not dare to ignore the other party easily. When Styx took over the authority of [Oath] delegated by the world, she became one of the few gods in Chaos who could increase the strength of her priesthood on her own.

Witnessing the oath of God can bring her a tilt of the world's source power. Punishing the gods who broke their oaths can get extra gains. This kind of enhancement may have its limits, and the growth is very slow, but at least so far, Iapetus can't see where its upper limit is.

Feeling a little envious, the God of Speech quickly passed over the gray plains and flew straight to the Hades Moon in the sky.

As a weak god, Iapetus did not fly fast.

But before leaving, Kronos and the four wind gods gave him temporary blessings, allowing him to quickly travel between the sacred mountain and the underworld. So on the third day after leaving Mount Odysseus, he came to the Hades Moon.

According to the goddess of justice, the Hades Moon is the official gateway to the residence of the Lord of the Spirit World. As long as he is called here, he will receive the gods who come to visit.

"Respected His Highness Ryan, I am Iapetus, the God of Speech."

"By the order of the God King, I come with the request of the gods, and I hope you can meet me."

Facing the dark moon that seems to be close at hand but is actually untouchable, Iapetus said respectfully.

Unlike other Titans, the God of Speech has no airs. He now completely puts himself in the position of a 'messenger' and does not intend to say a single extra word.

Convey the gods' intentions truthfully, and then go to the sacred mountain to reply, this is what he wants to do. As for using the priesthood to influence Ryan's decision, that is impossible.

He came for the benefit of the gods, not just for himself. When he becomes the God King, he will come to 'serve the gods'.

"God of Speech?"

After a while, a strange female voice came from the side of the dark moon.

Iapetus looked in the direction of the voice, and saw a goddess in a black dress silently appearing in front of him.

The goddess in front of him had wings on her back, and seven different kinds of brilliance flashed on her silver-white wings. A faint breath of divine power lingered around him. This was a god who was close to the limit of weak divine power.

With a thought in his mind, the God of Speech knew that, according to the instructions of Lady Justice, this was the goddess Lyanna who was in charge of the Dark Moon on behalf of the Lord of the Spirit World.

Themis advised Iapetus not to despise her, even though she often regarded herself as Lyanna's servant, but the God of Speech felt that the reminder of the goddess of justice was completely redundant.

Just kidding, the premise of despising is a psychological sense of superiority, but the reality is that without taking action, Iapetus knew that he could not beat the other party at all - although the difference in divine power was not big, [Dark Moon] was not comparable to [Speech].

So the next moment, he expressed his respect without hesitation.

"Respected Highness Lyanna, goddess of the moon that shines forever in the underworld, your beauty is amazing."

"I obeyed the request of the gods and came here to visit the Lord of the spirit world and ask him for the secrets of creation. Please lead the way for me."

Nodding, Lyanna accepted the salute of the gods in front of her, but she did not mean to open the portal to the spirit world.

Now Ryan is not the god of prophecy who could not predict anything before. Not long after he returned to the spirit world, he had already felt the rhythm of fate.

Although he never actively observed his own fate, as a symbol of uncertain fate and a destined observer, Ryan can always get some revelations from fate more or less. The closer a thing is to him, the lower the level of power involved, the higher the probability and clarity of the revelation.

Undoubtedly, in the destined trajectory, the birth of creatures on earth is extremely important, and the participation of the 'soul' in it is also high enough, so Ryan naturally foresaw the visit of Iapetus.

"The Lord already knows your purpose," Lyanna said calmly, facing the gaze of the God of Speech: "Simply creating a body is not enough to make living beings intelligent. Living beings also need souls to carry thoughts and memories. "

"The Lord can give souls to all things, but it is up to you to figure out how to shape the body."

After the words fell, Lyanna quietly waited for the answer. As she said, Lane had no interest in participating in the preparation of creation. Although he also looks forward to life, he is only willing to give souls, and at most he can witness the birth of a golden human being in person.

Anyway, the first generation of life has no ability to reproduce and will eventually die. The gods simply wanted to create retainers and pets, not a species that could perpetuate itself.

Even when he created humans, he actually wanted to test his conjectures. After all, humans in the Golden Age were actually quite different from the 'human' he understood.

With a lifespan of thousands of years, an appearance that remains unchanged even after birth, and an appearance that remains unchanged even after death, as well as a life that has only devout beliefs and positive emotions, as if it were stamped with thoughts, this kind of life, apart from its similar appearance, is actually very different from Ryan. There is nothing resembling a human being.

Even from the perspective of 'human nature', the gods of Chaos at this time are far closer to the 'human beings' in Ryan's understanding than the mortals in the Golden and Silver Ages.