Chapter 123: From This Day Forth, I Am The Great Father Of All Spirits!
When Zeus opened up the Underworld, he cleverly introduced the Ocean Current into the Underworld.
From then on, all the world’s matter transformed by the Ocean Current would begin from the underground Underworld, simultaneously strengthening the Underworld and the Earth itself.
Then, as the world expands outward, it pushes the Sea to further expand; the Sea then pushes the Ocean Current to open outward, and the Ocean Current continues to open up Chaos, transforming its matter into energy that nourishes the world, cycling endlessly in this perfect closed loop.
The nature of the world’s expansion has been completely changed.
Zeus did not limit the Ocean Current to only strengthening the world from underground; there is another way, which is Pure Water evaporating and rising to the sky, turning into endless water vapor and clouds.
Under Zeus’s supreme authority to Summon Wind and Rain, it moistens the Earth, bringing down sweet rain, thereby continuing to strengthen the world and spreading Vitality.
However, in doing so, the Ocean Current’s direct power to strengthen the world is also controlled by both Zeus and Hades.
But this may not necessarily be a bad thing; the power of the Ocean Current husband and wife has also been greatly strengthened under Zeus’s support.
Their binding with Zeus and Hades has become even deeper, with their authority expanding to the entire Three Realms and Three Domains, penetrating into the world’s deeper structures.
However, proceeding without prior discussion left Zeus somewhat in the wrong. For this, he would later give the Ocean God more Compensation.
Also, the connection between the Ocean Current and Mother Goddess Gaia has been severed, no longer as interdependent and directly connected as before.
The Mother of All has lost another powerful Arm and reliance; the Earth authority she holds has outwardly suffered no loss.
On the contrary, the newly born underground Underworld acts like a solid support, firmly upholding her.
In the planning of the Three Realms and Three Domains, the Earth is undoubtedly the core and Foundation, and with the triune cycle of expansion across the entire Universe, in principle, the Earth Law has become even more powerful and Stable.
However, she has thoroughly become a sandwich cookie.
Firmly squeezed between the Sky and the Underworld.
If she cooperates with the God King from now on, then naturally she remains the Mother of All, Mother of the Gods, with supremely revered status and ever-growing power.
But if she whimsically throws a little tantrum and challenges the God King’s authority, she will have to think deeply about her situation.
This is a case of gains and losses; whether the gains outweigh the losses or vice versa is a matter of perspective, as the wise see it differently.
Until the underground Space and the ground Space are equally vast, and the Underworld is completely Stable, with its internal Laws cycling endlessly.
Tartarus’s power is thoroughly suppressed, retreating step by step, its Threat reduced to the minimum.
Ocean Pure Water permeates the Underworld, endlessly evolving and Creating within it, with the powers of Vitality and Cycle germinating in the Abyss.
Finally, completing this magnificent Creation, the invincible God King Zeus truly halted his vast Thunder, and the thick Dark Clouds in the sky slowly dispersed, revealing the clear and vast Sky Dome.
This is the first and last change after Heavenly Father Uranus established the Universe’s Structure.
The world’s Structure is henceforth thoroughly flawless, with no Chaos or imbalance anywhere.
The Gods gaze upon the newly expanded world Structure, feeling the perfect and magnificent rhythm of the world, facing Zeus’s unimaginable power of Creation, and all fall Silent.
In their hearts, there is nothing but extreme shock and deep Awe.
Amid the Thunderbolt Roar of Thunder and Lightning, the world has thoroughly changed, reborn anew.
A blinding Electric Light flashed, and Zeus’s majestic figure instantly returned from the underground Abyss to the Main Hall of Olympus, once again seated on the God King’s throne.
He looked at this renewed world, nodded in satisfaction, and said in a loud voice full of Majesty: “Gods, only now is the world truly flawless. From henceforth, inside and out, above and below, across the Universe, all things and All Spirits can cycle and expand, and the world is free from worry!”
The beautiful Hera, her bright large eyes now shining as she gazed at Zeus, her Gaze filled with unconcealable Worship and adoration, her stunning jade face radiating endless brilliance—this moment of her beauty defies description by all the words of the mortal world.
She involuntarily rose abruptly, raising her arms and shouting fervently: “Zeus! Zeus! Zeus!”
All the Gods joined in the ceaseless shouting, their voices of praise resounding through the clouds, shaking the entire Heaven and Earth!
Zeus raised his hand and pressed downward virtually, signaling the Gods to cease their praise, and his high and majestic Voice once again resounded through the Hall: “I am the Incarnation of the Sky, hence the Sky is my supreme authority; I am the King of Gods, Ruler of the Universe, hence Heaven above and Earth below, Six Directions and Eight Wastelands, Three Realms and Three Domains are all my domain, and all Living Beings are under my rule.”
His Gaze like lightning swept over the Gods, and he asked once more in an unquestionable Tone: “Gods, any objections?”
Seeing no God raise any objection, with all the Gods expressing Unwavering support, Zeus nodded in satisfaction.
He raised his hand and pressed downward virtually, inviting the Gods to Sit Down, then turned his Gaze to Hades, scanned the Gods, and said majestically: “My dear brother, Hades has made crucial Merit in this great endeavor.”
“Now, I grant the newly opened Underworld to him. From henceforth, he is the King of the Underworld, Master of the Underworld.”
Zeus looked around at the Gods and asked: “Gods, any objections?”
The Gods still had no objections, unanimously supporting once again, fully expressing complete Recognition of Zeus’s Decision.
Zeus’s Expression was extremely Solemn, his golden eyes deep and profound, and he said solemnly: “Gods, we are Immortal Gods with Endless life.”
“But in the Universe, there are far more mortal Living Beings, born from Dust and returning to Dust.”
“Heavenly Father Uranus granted Spirituality to all Existence in the Universe; the great Mother of All Gaia granted containers for all Existence’s Spirituality.”
“When Spirituality strengthens through Time’s tempering and gains independent Self Consciousness, those fortunate Living Beings, under the Loving-kindness Mother Goddess’s Bounty or the Gods’ Blessing, obtain concrete Shells as vessels, allowing them to walk the world and experience all things.”
Zeus’s Voice took on a tone of compassion: “They exist relying on Matter, but under Time’s merciless passage, their bodies will eventually Decay into Dust, and their Spirituality, losing its carrier, will face the fate of Self Consciousness annihilation.”
“In this cruel process, those bodies that Decay first return to Primordial Matter, but their Spirituality loses Matter’s Shelter, with Self Consciousness left to wander helplessly in the world, enduring Endless Pain and Vain Torment, until final total annihilation.”
“And those unfortunate Spiritual existences cannot even have a Shell’s Protection; fragile Spirituality can only endure Vain Torment continuously, bearing Pain’s Loneliness.”
“This is far too cruel for them! They struggle in Pain, and we, as the Universe’s merciful Masters and Order’s guardians, should not let these mortal Living Beings suffer such Pain any longer.”
The Gods exchanged glances; they had never considered these things— the passing of those mortals was insignificant.
Their lives are brief and fragile; whether their insignificant Self Consciousness or weak Shells, they are no different from sand blown in the wind.
Spiritual Origin does not easily annihilate; it is merely the fragile Self Consciousness it carries that dissipates.
And Spirituality will eventually give birth to new Consciousness; this has no substantial impact on the Universe’s grand operations.
However, for specific individual Living Beings, in their brief Existence Consciousness, there is only unbearable Pain and Torment left.
Zeus turned his Gaze to the Gods, his Voice high and filled with sacred solemnity, declaring an epoch-making Bounty:
“I, in the name of King of Gods, Ruler of the Universe, Zeus, declare: From this day forth, once all Spirituality in the Universe gains Self Consciousness, they shall, under the joint Bounty and Blessing of myself, Eternal Goddess Queen Rhea, Mother of All Gaia, Lady of Night Nyx, and Ocean Current Oceanus, possess ‘Souls’ to protect their fragile Spirituality!”
“With this act of Shelter, they shall not be left with only fragile Spirituality, drifting helplessly and painfully in the Universe, bearing Pain they cannot endure!”
Zeus’s Voice reached its peak, thundering through the Universe like Thunder, issuing the most merciful eternal Declaration: “From henceforth, in the name of King of Gods and Ruler of the Universe, I solemnly grant to all things and All Spirits in the Universe: All mortal Spiritual existences, after their bodies End, shall enter the Underworld, surviving there in the form of Spiritual Souls, attaining rest and Tranquility!”
“From this day forth, I am the supreme Protector of all mortal Living Beings in the Universe.”
“I am the granter of Souls to All Spirits, Holy Lord of the Salvation of Living Beings, Great Father of all All Spirits!”
This was not all; Zeus continued his solemn announcement: “From this day forth, those with Souls possessing Pure Matter bodies or other Element bodies are ‘alive.’ They enjoy the Right to exist upon the Earth, within the Universe.”
“Those who lose their existing bodies and have only Souls remaining are ‘dead.’ They shall go to live in the Underworld, attaining Tranquility and Order there.”
“All deceased Living Beings must pass through the passage opened by Mother of All Gaia, under the guidance and Protection of Lady of Night, to enter the Underworld and accept King of the Underworld Hades’s governance.”
“The Underworld is their place of rest and the final home of Souls!”
“Until the Soul’s Self Consciousness completely Ends, the Pure Spirituality returns to the world’s Origin via the Underworld’s Ocean Current, Cycle of Recurrence, Endless, the world Immortal, All Spirits eternal!”
The Gods deeply sighed at this moment: the new God King is truly immensely merciful and generous to all Living Beings of the world, going to such great lengths to create extra Shells for fragile and insignificant Spirituality.
In this way, even weak and shallow Spirituality without Pure Matter entities can slowly strengthen under the Soul’s protection, becoming Souls living in the Universe, rather than being able to do nothing until dissipating their Self in Pain and confusion.
But this has no impact on the Gods; on the contrary, the world will develop faster as a result, with more Living Beings, making the Universe more Prosperous—this is also a great good deed for the Gods.
