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#267 - Chapter 1 The Nature of the Gods (I)

Liu Yuan arrived at the ancestral lands of House Amber. He walked along the coast, searching for a quiet and secluded place where he could focus on merging the Godhood Shards.

Liu Yuan entered a cliff area, where he found a secluded cave on the stone wall below. He sat down cross-legged, closed his eyes, and began to concentrate. Liu Yuan took out two crystals from his spatial storage: an orange-yellow crystal from the Green Prophet, and a dark purple crystal, only the size of a fingernail, left over from refining the heart of the Lord of Mysteries. He carefully held them in his palms, feeling the power within.

As Liu Yuan's breathing gradually stabilized, he released his spiritual power to envelop the crystals, and the Godhood Shards began to emit a faint light. They resonated with Liu Yuan's body, and energy rippled out.

Liu Yuan's consciousness gradually blurred, as if he was being pulled by an invisible force into a mysterious and strange space. In this space, chaotic aura permeated everything, giving people an indescribable sense of oppression and confusion. The entire space was a hazy gray, with no clear distinction between up, down, left, and right, as if one were in endless nothingness.

In this chaos, fragmented images appeared before Liu Yuan's eyes, like scattered puzzle pieces that were difficult to piece together into a complete picture. Relying on his imagination and judgment, he tried to assemble these fragmented pieces to interpret the meaning they contained.

In the images, countless gigantic beings appeared. Some appeared in human form, with imposing figures; some transformed into ferocious beasts, majestic and awe-inspiring; and some were even like soft jelly, constantly changing.

Liu Yuan understood in his heart that these were the images of the gods who were born at the beginning of this world. They walked on the barren land, and fierce battles occasionally broke out between them. Each confrontation brought earth-shattering shocks, causing the surrounding land to tremble, as if the end of the world had arrived. Eventually, these gods chose to settle in their favorite environments.

Time passed quietly, and years flew by. No one knew how many long years had passed, but this world gradually nurtured various forms of life. Humans, giants, Children of the Forest, and various strange mythological creatures appeared one after another. They adhered to the beliefs of different gods, forming their own unique cultures and social systems. At the same time, the power of faith also created more new gods, most of whom were very weak, but some were very powerful.

These newborn gods were as dazzling as the rising sun, but their appearance quickly attracted the attention and vigilance of those ancient gods. Perhaps due to territory issues, or collisions in terms of divine authority, the relationship between the gods gradually became tense, and eventually evolved into a fierce confrontation and even a full-scale war.

The flames of this magnificent War of the Gods quickly spread to the entire world. Countless innocent creatures died tragically in the war, and many gods who were once high above also fell from the sky.

The protracted and extremely cruel Divine War almost pushed the entire world to the brink of destruction. The earth trembled violently and cracked into countless pieces, some of which sank deep into the vast ocean; and most of the intelligent life races that originally lived on this land could not escape the disaster and were tragically exterminated.

After a long and bloody battle, the surviving gods finally realized that continuing to fight would only bring greater disaster, so both sides were forced to choose a truce. However, at this moment, after the baptism of war, only ten gods survived.

In order to quickly restore the divine power that had been depleted by the war, the exhausted gods resolutely chose to enter a long state of slumber.

During this period, the fragmented land began to slowly heal and repair, and those intelligent creatures who survived seized the opportunity to re-establish themselves on this ruin. It is especially worth mentioning that humans, with their amazing adaptability and reproductive ability, were able to successfully establish themselves and thrive on every continental plate.

Time flies, and years pass by. Countless years have passed quietly. These intelligent and brave beings have successively established their own unique and brilliant civilizations through unremitting efforts. The gods awakened again, and they re-established their belief systems in the mortal world. Everything developed so harmoniously.

In the long river of time, everything seemed so peaceful. However, more than thirteen thousand years ago, a sudden change broke this tranquility.

A mysterious extraterrestrial planet emitting a bright blue light suddenly broke into this universe and broke through the sky with irresistible force. (Liu Yuan speculated in his heart that this sphere from another world should have broken through the world's crystal wall.) It rushed towards the earth with unstoppable force, as if to tear the entire world apart.

The gods keenly perceived the threat, so they joined forces again. They chose to defend on Nasir—the ancient legendary magic moon, also the second satellite of the Ice and Fire world. The gods worked together to use their powerful divine power to build an indestructible barrier there, trying to prevent this star from colliding with the earth.

However, despite the gods' best efforts, they ultimately failed. Nasir shattered into pieces under the violent impact, and the once-solid divine power barrier instantly collapsed. The gods who fought hard to resist were not spared either, and suffered heavy losses. Only two of the ten gods survived: the Ancient Other God and the Red God R'hllor.

In fact, they can no longer be called truly alive. Although the remaining divine bodies are still there, they are heavily suppressed, and their godhoods are broken. Only a small part of their consciousness remains, and they escape with a part of their broken bodies. The fragments of Nasir gathered into a ring around the planet under the gravitational pull of the red moon.

In a sense, the gods' defense did work, at least they saved the world. The huge energy contained in that mysterious celestial body from outside the territory was almost exhausted. Its original huge star gradually became smaller, and its surface was covered with dense cracks, looking as if it would collapse and disintegrate at any time. In the end, it fell on a barren land, and over the years, this place has evolved into a volcanic area full of hot lava and billowing smoke.

Thousands of years passed, and a special group of nomadic, silver-haired humans came to this place. They named this place "Fourteen Fire Peaks". However, no one knows what is buried deep beneath this volcano. The alien star, which has been reduced to the size of a table, lies there quietly, and beneath it, the remains of two true gods are suppressed.