Chapter 221: Gaia’s Despair
She is undoubtedly the most brilliant, most beautiful, most flawless, most powerful, and also most vast great deity besides Zeus.
Her divine body is likewise so.
As the embodiment of primordial matter, if Gaia’s divine body had even the slightest flaw, then there would be no perfect existence left in this universe.
Because she herself represents “matter,” and she herself represents the most perfect “existence.”
Zeus personally stepped forward, gently and respectfully supporting this Mother Goddess of All Things, inviting her to slowly sit down in the guest seat.
Immediately after, He strode up to that supreme divine seat, swung His divine robe, and sat down heroically in a posture filled with supreme majesty.
His large hand opened, and the thunder scepter symbolizing the highest authority of the universe turned into a golden streamer, steadily falling into His hand.
He lightly waved the scepter, and Clymene, who had been waiting at the side, personally presented a cup of fragrant honey wine to Gaia.
Then she silently led all the children inside the hall and completely withdrew.
In an instant, within the magnificent God King’s divine palace, only the two of Them remained.
Zeus, with a ceremonial smile, slowly said in a calm yet majestic tone: “My respected Mother Goddess, if there is something, please speak.”
Gaia’s posture was extremely dignified, but her expression carried an extremely rare restraint, almost like a little girl meeting a king for the first time.
After being repeatedly “disciplined” by Zeus, now this great Mother Goddess of All Things had learned, in front of Zeus, what posture to show when requesting the God King.
She gently held the golden cup in her hand, her beautiful slender jade hands unconsciously rubbing the cold cup wall.
She carefully organized her words in her heart before slowly opening her mouth and saying: “Great God King Your Majesty, there is one thing I want to ask You.”
“Please tell me, God King Your Majesty, what exactly is going on with Cronus and Their laws?”
Upon hearing this, Zeus showed a look of sudden realization on his face: “Oh, so it’s this matter.”
Zeus still wore a warm smile on his face and said in a quite gentle voice: “Respected Mother Goddess, a few days ago, I did indeed go to the underworld, originally intending to release the old God King and the others.”
Hearing this, Gaia’s heart skipped a beat, and a trace of irrepressible joy flashed in her eyes.
But in the blink of an eye, she regained her composure.
She knew that since the children’s laws had already become Zeus’s, there must be something else involved.
Sure enough, Zeus continued: “However, after I had an in-depth conversation with Them, I found that They had not realized their wrongdoing, did not believe in my mercy, and did not respect the order of me, this new God King.”
“My Father God is still as irritable and cruel as ever; Iapetus is still as stubborn and loyal as ever; while Coeus and Phoebe have never trusted my character and still harbor unrealistic flukes.”
“Therefore, They need more education and more tempering. Before They truly admit their wrongdoing, I cannot release Them.”
Gaia opened her mouth, about to speak.
But Zeus gently waved his hand, interrupting her speech with an unquestionable posture.
He continued: “Originally, I intended to release Them, and as long as They truly recognized their wrongdoing, I would allow Them to share this beautiful and prosperous new universe together.”
“But They chose to continue their stubborn resistance.”
“Now, the Heavenly Dao Order is set, and the universe is about to usher in the largest-scale and most rapid development.”
“And Their laws are all primal laws of the universe, indispensable great origins in this universe.”
“Therefore, even though I was unwilling in my heart, I could only choose to first strip and sever Their law authorities, and hand these laws over to those main gods suitable for them. Because the universe’s development requires these laws.”
“As for those old gods, I can only continue to imprison Them in Tartarus, letting Them receive the punishment and lesson They deserve.”
“When They truly know to repent, I will consider granting Them freedom again.”
Hearing this, Gaia was both shocked and angry, unable to hold back any longer, and abruptly stood up from her seat, shouting loudly: “Zeus! You! You actually stripped Their law origins?! What’s the difference between this and completely destroying Them?”
“You! How can you do this? Cronus, He is after all your Father God!”
Zeus calmly waved his hand and said in a flat tone without the slightest emotion, softly: “Respected Mother Goddess, when the old God King mercilessly devoured all my brothers and sisters, and those laws He mistakenly thought were mine.”
“At that time, did He ever consider us as His children? We were merely ‘provisions’ for Him to strengthen Himself.”
Zeus’s brows slightly furrowed, His body leaned forward slightly, and an invisible yet heavy pressure like the entire sky dome slowly descended.
He said in a cold and unquestionable tone: “The old God King has already done all manner of unrighteous deeds, yet I still preserved Their divinity and divine bodies.”
“I still preserved the ‘existence’ of the old God King and those decadent stubborn gods, and did not completely erase Them.”
“Even, as long as They are willing to repent, perhaps in the future I will still release Them. How can You now come to blame my injustice?”
Zeus made no major actions.
But this simple posture of His already brought immense pressure to Gaia, making her almost unable to breathe.
She took a deep breath, forcibly softened her tone, and said softly: “Respected God King Your Majesty, I have no intention of blaming You, please do not misunderstand.”
“I just, just feel that perhaps there are other better methods.”
“Moreover, didn’t You promise me back then that You would release Them when the time was right?”
Zeus chuckled lightly and slowly said: “Yes, I will absolutely keep my promise to You.”
“Moreover, I have already tried to release Them. It was They Themselves who gave up this precious opportunity that You and I jointly granted Them.”
“I, with the supreme name of Ruler of the Universe, God Above Gods, King of the Gods, stripped Them of Their honor and law authorities.”
“This does not conflict with my promise to You at all.”
Zeus paused slightly for a moment, looking seriously at Gaia whose expression was growing increasingly unpleasant, and softened His tone a bit.
He said softly: “Respected Mother Goddess, I deeply respect You and deeply thank You for everything You have done for me and for this universe.”
“You are the great Mother Goddess deeply loved by all living beings, and I love You just as much.”
“For this, I still guarantee to You now that my promise remains valid. I will still release Them at the appropriate time.”
“And now I can clearly explain to You what this ‘appropriate time’ is.”
“That is, after They truly repent for the wrongs They have committed, that will be the time They gain freedom.”
“As for the laws They lost, I do not believe that losing laws is equivalent to annihilation.”
“Their divinity and their divine bodies still exist perfectly. As long as Their ‘self’ exists, then They are ‘existing.'”
“After They are released, if You wish to re-grant Them laws, as long as it is appropriate, I will not stop it.”
Gaia tightly pursed her emerald lips.
Zeus’s words were well-reasoned, combining grace and might, leaving her speechless.
As for being unreasonable…
Well, she couldn’t beat Him, could she?
After experiencing that conversation just now and personally witnessing Zeus’s unquestionable majesty, the last thought in Gaia’s heart had also been extinguished.
She now fully confirmed that strong-arming the current Zeus was absolutely impossible.
She also did not doubt the words Zeus had just said.
Since her children still refused to submit and admit fault, then when stripping authorities, They certainly would not cooperate.
No, even if They pretended to submit, They still might not cooperate.
Law origin, for a god, is life!
They would absolutely not voluntarily cooperate in handing it over!
Especially Cronus; Gaia was certain that this tyrannical son of hers would never so easily submit to any existence.
Yet, under complete non-cooperation, Zeus still effortlessly obtained Their authorities in this short time.
This could absolutely not be achieved solely by His own “severance” law.
The “severance” authority is very strong; Zeus Himself is also very strong.
But if using force, unless the opponent has completely lost all ability to resist and all consciousness, it is absolutely impossible to do so this easily.
And to make such powerful gods instantly lose all consciousness and thought.
That was almost only one possibility.
Zeus had completely mastered that supreme “spirituality” authority!
This, Gaia could completely confirm.
The God King Zeus, who was already unparalleled in strength and wisdom and invincible throughout the universe, now also obtained the most fundamental “spirituality” authority.
This truly made any god wanting to oppose Him feel deep despair—a true invincible God King.
