Chapter 187: Zeus’s Guest Rights
“All living beings who obey my Divine Law and have contributed to the Prosperity of the Universe, all pure and good living beings, may ascend to ‘Heaven’.”
“All living beings who have made outstanding contributions to the Universe and have fought for the survival of All Spirits may enter my ‘Paradise’ and enjoy eternal Happiness and Glory.”
“I am the Master of the Sky, King of the Gods, God Above Gods! I am also the Lord of the Divine Realm, King of Heaven, God of Paradise! I will Shelter all Gods and All Spirits who obey the Holy Justice Order, and grant to all who deserve it endless Happiness and Glory! This is the eternal sacred Pact established between me and you!”
Styx was the first to step forward, shouting loudly: “Your Majesty is Benevolent and Sage! Praise the All-Good Loving-kindness, Justice, and Faithfulness of His Majesty the God King Zeus!”
Themis, Mnemosyne, Hera, Metis, and many other Goddesses closest to the God King also immediately chimed in unison.
Since there was already an example, the Gods inside the Hall hurriedly shouted in chorus: “Your Majesty is Benevolent and Sage! Praise the All-Good Loving-kindness, Justice, and Faithfulness of His Majesty the God King Zeus!”
Zeus nodded lightly, signaling the Gods to quiet down, then continued: “The Gods have set aside everything, endured Hardship, and come to celebrate with me. I am overjoyed and deeply gratified. Today, all Gods are my honored guests.”
“As the Gods treat me with Respect, I shall surely repay with Grace.”
Upon the God King’s majestic Face, a gentle Smile appeared.
He slightly waved the Thunder Scepter in his hand and said in a slow yet incomparably resonant Voice: “Today is a Celebration for the Entire Universe! I hereby grant to the Gods: every God present today, regardless of Status, shall receive one jar of Divine Wine and one plate of Ambrosia!”
“Your Majesty is Sage!” The Gods shouted again, their voices of gratitude endless.
This time, they shouted with their truest and loudest voices, and it was the most sincere.
Zeus raised his hand to stop the Gods’ cheers, then said: “The interaction among living beings should be based on ‘Faithfulness’ and founded on ‘Kindness’. Mutual Respect and mutual assistance lead to Peace and Tranquility. Any living being, whether facing familiar kin and friends or strangers, should prioritize Goodness.”
“I do not wish for this world to have deceitful and unfaithful ones, nor for all living beings to guard against and kill each other. This is absolutely not my desire, nor the way of Universal Prosperity.”
“Today, the Gods come to pay homage to me out of Respect for me. I shall surely repay the Gods with Grace. And the All Spirits of the Universe should take today’s sacred gathering of Gods as an eternal exemplar.”
“Hereby, in the name of I, Ruler of the Universe, King of the Gods, Father of All Spirits, Zeus, I proclaim: From this day forward, whenever guests arrive, whether familiar or strangers, the hosts have the obligation to warmly receive the visitors from afar, providing them with Food, lodging, bathing, and Gifts, without proactively inquiring about the guests’ origins or Objective, and must not Harm or plunder the guests!”
“And guests, as the hosted, also have the obligation to Respect the host’s home and customs, not to cause trouble or Harm to the host, not to be Greedy, Deceptive, or Harm the host and their kin and friends. Upon leaving, they should express thanks, and when necessary, repay with equal Goodwill.”
“From this day forward, I shall be the sacred Shelterer of all guests! This is my—Zeus’s—Right of Guests! Any who violate it shall suffer my severe Punishment of Sacred Justice Thunder!”
The Gods affirmed in unison once more, this time all utterly convinced from the heart.
Under the God King’s sacred and Just decree, the entire Universe burst forth with Rebirth.
In the new Era, under the new Just Order, no Civilization will ever again become that pathetic dark forest of mutual suspicion and mutual Destruction.
The God King is truly a Merciful and Generous God!
Everyone coming to pay homage to the God King is only natural.
Yet His Majesty the God King, from this, extended empathy to all living beings, establishing this sacred and Merciful Law.
The God King is truly Great!
Zeus turned his Gaze to the three special Goddesses behind Gaia— the three Furies（ Erinyes）.
These three were the first drops of blood from the Ruler of Spirituality to fall, and also the largest pieces of Spirituality blood to incarnate.
They were also the only existences among Uranus’s final three lives that possessed Authority of Laws.
They were the incarnations of “Hatred” and “Loathing” from the endless negative Emotions of the Old Heavenly Lord.
This also resulted in these three Goddesses not having the conventional kind of Beauty; the Aura they emitted was quite sinister and Coldness.
They were three Goddesses of enduring allure, in the appearance of young brides, with inherently fine Faces.
It was just that their Eyes were blood-red, filled with eternally unquenchable, bone-chilling Hatred.
Their teeth were sharp, with two fangs slightly protruding beyond their lips, and behind them grew a pair of bat-like, membrane-covered ferocious black wings; even now folded behind, they still emitted an ominous Aura.
Especially their hair, which was composed of countless blue, green, black, red, and other colored Vipers entwined and coiled.
At ordinary times, these Vipers would take turns, terrifyingly flicking their forked tongues and incessantly issuing “hiss hiss” Threat sounds.
But in today’s sacred and majestic occasion, these hair Vipers behaved very obediently.
Each one closed its eyes, retracted its tongue, tightly shut its mouth, all pretending to be dead.
Normally, they also wielded burning Torches, Long Whips woven from Vipers, and dripping Sharp Swords as weapons.
Of course, at this sacred Council of Gods, no Gods carried any weapons, and they naturally came empty-handed.
Zeus thought rather presumptuously in his heart: Stupid little Younger Brother might like their type.
Although these three Goddesses had noble origins and extremely formidable Strength, to be frank, the current Universe had no space for their Honor.
After all, since Uranus ascended, among the new ruling group of Primal Titans, whoever saw these three incarnations representing Uranus’s Hatred would feel deeply annoyed.
If not for their old Mother Gaia Sheltering them, their days would have been very tough.
At this moment, the three Goddesses stood quite cautiously behind Mother Goddess Gaia, doing their utmost to restrain their own Aura, fearing to be noticed by the Great Gods high on the Divine Seats, keeping an extremely low profile.
If not for this audience with the God King being the greatest and most important matter in the current Universe, they truly did not want to show their faces at all.
And now, God King Zeus’s Gaze had truly fallen straight upon them.
They all simultaneously lowered their heads, screaming madly in their hearts: Don’t see me! Don’t see me! Surely not looking at me!
“Erinyes, come forward.” However, Zeus’s words shattered their Fluke.
Alecto, Megaera, Tisiphone—the three Goddesses felt utmost unease upon hearing this.
They had no idea why the Great God King had suddenly summoned them, inwardly lamenting their misfortune.
But they dared not disobey in the slightest, so they quickly stepped out from behind Gaia, came before the Divine Palace, and deeply bowed to the God King: “Alecto（ Megaera）（ Tisiphone） pays homage to His Majesty the God King, Supreme and Sacred Great.”
Zeus’s Attitude was quite mild, smiling slowly as he said: “Erinyes, you are remnants of the old order.”
This one sentence scared the three pitiful Goddesses into a shudder, but before they could react, Zeus continued: “However, you have not violated my Order.”
“You too are Gods birthed by the Ruler of Spirituality and the Great Mother Goddess of All Things. You too possess incomparably noble Bloodline. My new Holy Justice Order welcomes your joining.”
“Are you willing to obey my Will? To accept my Bounty?”
The three Furies, upon hearing this, were first stunned, then their endless unease instantly turned into Ecstasy!
Integrated into the new Order just like that?! Joy from Heaven!
They immediately knelt on one knee without hesitation, shouting in unison with the most fervent Voice from the depths of their Divinity: “Great God King Your Majesty! Thank you for Your Bounty! We are more than willing to obey Your Will and pledge our lives to uphold Your Holy Justice Order! You and the Great Mother Goddess may both witness this sincerity!”
Zeus smiled and nodded, saying slowly: “Rise. In my Holy Justice Order, the Gods need not kneel casually.”
“Thank you for Your Generosity and Magnanimity!” The three Furies, upon hearing this, slowly stood, but still bowed deeply, not daring to stand straight.
Zeus surveyed the Gods, then said majestically: “In my Holy Justice Order, those who advocate and uphold it, I shall not stint on rewarding; but those who oppose and destroy it, I shall surely Punish severely!”
“Reward merit, punish fault—that is the righteous principle.”
“I know well that the Gods are born from various causes, each different, each with their own Nature. Forcing the Gods to betray their own Nature is not the Righteous Path, nor my Order.”
“However, to indulge one’s Nature without restraint is also absolutely not conducive to the All Spirits of the Universe or to the Gods themselves.”
“The sublimity of Divinity should arise from Nature, then control Nature, and ultimately transcend Nature.”
“The sublimity of Divinity should originate from ‘Restraint’. Gods should be controlled by the ‘Ego’, not the reverse—controlled by ‘Nature’, letting those primal Impulses and Desires completely dominate the Self. If so, that is Disorder of Chaos.”
“And ‘Disorder’ is the greatest Destruction to my Order, and to the entire Universe. If the Gods all act on Impulse, in the end, all Existence will surely be devoured by the ultimate Chaos of Disorder’s Void.”
