Chapter 129: Supreme Divine Artifact
“I have a suggestion. I hope you three can stay in the Underworld and help me guard the imprisoned Sinful God.”
“By the way, with your majestic power, support the Earth and carefully protect the safety of the Underworld. Do not let it be crushed by the heavy pressure of the Earth, ensuring the stability of the new territory.”
“The Underworld has just been born, and its structure is not yet stable enough. If it collapses, it would be extremely bad. Not only would it lead to disorder in order, but it would also harm countless newborn souls, causing them to suffer unwarranted disasters.”
Zeus solemnly said: “My dear friends, such a task concerning cosmic order, such an important mission—besides you, I no longer know who else to entrust it to.”
“Only you—I absolutely trust your unmatched power and unshakable loyalty!”
Briareus pondered only for a moment before immediately agreeing without hesitation, his voice extremely firm: “As you command, His Majesty the Great God King! Your will is our direction. We will surely fulfill your entrustment, guard the Underworld, and never slack off!”
Hearing this, Zeus laughed heartily: “Haha, no rush, no rush. You don’t need to worry about enduring the torment of loneliness either.”
“I can sever part of your consciousness. Please have the Mother Goddess reshape for you a smaller, more convenient divine body for wandering the world.”
“This way, your true bodies can remain deep in the Underworld to rest in peace, while the severed consciousness can attach to the new divine bodies, freely enjoying this beautiful world, accompanying the Mother Goddess, and roaming freely. How does that sound?”
The three Hundred-armed Giants were instantly ecstatic upon hearing this!
This was truly a perfect method that served both purposes!
They also clearly knew that with their incomparably massive bodies within the world, it would be a tremendous disaster.
Not to mention intentional destruction—even with the utmost caution, the slightest movement would cause massive destruction.
Just think about it: if they lived within the world all the time, it wouldn’t take long before their enormous size and various inconveniences in movement would provoke the annoyance and complaints of the gods.
Even with Zeus’s shelter, over time, it would be unlikely to end well, after all, the troubles their size brought to the gods were real and tangible.
Emotions are never constant; they can deepen or fade, even turn into disgust and hatred.
No matter what emotions or relationships, they all require proper maintenance.
Moreover, their bodies were truly too large, causing all sorts of inconveniences, with restricted movement and no way to truly experience the world’s beauty in detail. Zeus’s proposed method was truly too perfect!
It was practically tailor-made for them, solving all their troubles!
Of course, only Zeus, who possesses divine authority over severance, could do this. The Hundred-armed Giants’ divine consciousness is too powerful, and they are even gods of pure matter, with divinity and body too tightly bound—ordinary means cannot sever them.
Moreover, even if possible, they never dared to before.
They are different from pure Law Gods; if their divinity were fully transferred to a fragile body, they could truly be killed.
Under Cronus’s rule, they dared not entrust their lives’ safety to Cronus’s divine quality, which showed no mercy whatsoever.
Only now with Zeus, who both shelters them, providing absolute safety, and can sever only part of their consciousness.
Even if the new body is destroyed and part of the consciousness is extinguished, it won’t cause too much impact on the main body, minimizing the risk.
The Hundred-armed Giants were overjoyed at this moment, their heartfelt gratitude overflowing as they shouted in unison: “Wise and brilliant God King, your method is incomparably perfect! We thank you for your meticulous care and protection. Your mercy will be forever engraved in our hearts!”
Zeus smiled and nodded, looking at Gaia and respectfully asking: “Respected Mother Goddess, what do you think of my arrangement?”
Gaia’s mood had improved tremendously now, nodding in satisfaction repeatedly: “Zeus, only you could think of such a good method, and only you could achieve it. I have no objections. Thank you for your mercy and care toward my children.”
The Mother Goddess of All Things was truly satisfied. She had been worried about how these children could live in the world, and now this was the best method.
Everything Zeus had shown had completely convinced Gaia of his divine quality.
Zeus, the tolerant, dignified, merciful, and reliable god!
Zeus humbly smiled and said: “This is all what I should do. They are my close friends; how could I not consider them?”
The plan worked! With the Giants in the Underworld, you, Gaia, whatever ideas you have, you absolutely cannot act on them!
The gods inwardly breathed a sigh of relief. These three Hundred-armed Giants were truly too difficult to place. If they lived in the world, every movement would be a destructive disaster. Now this was indeed the best method.
At this time, Brontes, the leader of the three Cyclopes, spoke with a resounding voice echoing inside the hall. He pleaded: “Immortal majestic God King, please arrange for us in the same way. Though our bodies are not as enormous as those of the Hecatoncheires, they are still full of inconveniences.”
“We are also willing to enter the Underworld to guard the Sinful God for you and do what we can.”
Zeus pondered for a moment and nodded in agreement.
The three Cyclopes were overjoyed and shouted in unison: “Generous and benevolent Zeus, thank you for your bounty. You are the eternally most merciful God King!”
No sooner had the words fallen than Brontes changed the subject, speaking even more respectfully and solemnly: “Supreme God King, merciful His Majesty Zeus! It was you who saved us from endless torment, rescuing us from the abyss of Tartarus! And granted us all the glory and rebirth we dreamed of!”
“We are immensely grateful for your kindness. We firmly believe that you will surely become the most majestic master of the universe, the greatest king of the gods!”
“To thank you for your salvation and to demonstrate your supreme rule, we and the Hecatoncheires have jointly prepared a gift for you and Your Excellency Hades, Your Excellency Poseidon. Please accept it along with the two Excellencies to express our humble respect and loyalty!”
“Oh?”
Zeus was slightly surprised but soon showed an expectant smile. He said gently: “My dear friends, our bond is so close—how could I refuse your intentions?”
“I’ve always heard that you are skillful and wise. Your gift must be extraordinary. I’m looking forward to it.”
Brontes respectfully said: “Great and generous God King, your liking is our supreme honor!”
With those words, the three Cyclopes left the divine palace together and retrieved a “scepter” that seemed extremely tiny from Briareus’s massive hand.
This scepter was called a scepter, but it was not merely a scepter at all—not even in the shape of one.
It was a light sphere throughout shimmering with billions of strange colorful lights, appearing neither gold nor jade, neither iron nor bronze, neither wood nor stone, neither hard nor brittle, neither firm nor soft.
This light sphere did not look very large, but it actually possessed unimaginable mass, incredibly heavy.
Just seeing how these three extremely powerful Cyclopes struggled to lift it together showed how heavy and extraordinary this divine artifact was.
The three Cyclopes knelt on one knee again, offering this world-shaking divine artifact to Zeus with utmost reverence.
Zeus descended from the divine throne and reached out with his large hand to grasp the light sphere.
The moment he took hold, he felt its substantial weight, and Zeus could sense that this scepter had a natural closeness to him.
After Zeus took the scepter, the three Cyclopes suddenly relaxed and gasped for breath.
It was clear that even in this short time, it had exhausted all their strength.
Thunder Brontes panted heavily, but pride and satisfaction overflowed as he explained to Zeus: “Respected Zeus! Using the Mother Goddess’s eternal primordial matter as the firmest foundation, combined with the eternal night threads woven by the Lady of Night from endless darkness and night.”
“Along with the aether crystal spines captured by the Hecatoncheires from high above, and the ocean pure water that gives birth to all things.”
“And most importantly, the nucleus of Tartarus.”
“In the endless time we were devoured by Tartarus, we learned part of Tartarus’s powers of chaos, devourment, and destruction. With the help of the Lady of Night and your majestic power of thunder, we and the Hecatoncheires extracted this crystal nucleus containing the power of Tartarus.”
“The Hecatoncheires’ and our divine blood containing the origins of the sky dome and the Mother Goddess, as well as our former divine blood containing the laws of lightning, were all incorporated without reservation.”
“In the depths of the ground, at the edge of darkness and void, borrowing Tartarus’s pure void power, we fused all this into one, exhausting all our heart and effort, ultimately forging this divine artifact!”
Brontes’s voice carried immense pride: “This is the strongest supreme divine artifact we created with all our heart and soul!”
“We can never create another like this, gathered from the sky dome, Earth, aether, darkness and night, and void origin—a unique supreme existence in the universe!”
“Our remaining divine blood containing the power of thunderbolts has been fused into it as the control and link, so you are naturally the sole master of this divine artifact!”
“This is also the only divine artifact that can bear your invincible and immortal power, the scepter symbolizing your supreme great thunder!”
Zeus now wore an undisguised smile, nodding in satisfaction repeatedly, joy and fondness overflowing. He truly liked this divine artifact.
He infused it with the power of thunder, and in an instant, this flawless, perfectly symbolic sphere was surrounded by lightning and thunderbolts, bursting with dazzling radiance and brilliant lights.
In just this instant, the divine artifact was imprinted with his supreme mark, thoroughly becoming his possession.
This perfect divine artifact had no specific shape or even specific properties. This divine artifact, gathered from all origins of the universe, could freely change as desired into any form Zeus wanted.
