On the nameless blue planet, in a peaceful and quiet stone temple.

Immersed in his own thoughts, the simple hem of his clothes hung to the ground.

Theia thought back to the past and regretted some of the decisions she made in the Second Age.

From today's perspective, the starry sky at that time seemed to be full of wars, but in fact it was much more stable than it is now.

If I could go back to the past, the situation might be different now... Thea closed her eyes and pondered in front of the bronze mirror until one moment, when she suddenly opened her eyes.

boom--

Silently, an extremely strong and overbearing light enveloped the stone palace.

The space was wrinkled, and the contradictory laws were eliminated... and outside the temple, no light leaked out, as if nothing had happened.

At almost the same moment, Demeter, who was watching from afar, felt a palpitation in her heart, as if a sword was placed on her neck.

In the temple, behind the Mother of Light.

A small golden arrow flew through the air and was clearly visible in the reflection of the bronze mirror.

It was just interspersed in the boundless light, as if it was not affected at all, and it still shot towards Theia's figure at a speed that seemed slow but was actually fast.

wow——

Her expression remained calm; ten thousand years of silence had not erased the Goddess of Light's fighting instinct.

In an instant, with a flash of dazzling divine light, Theia's figure disappeared in the temple.

The next moment, on a remote star that was unknown how far away from the nameless blue star, a ray of light condensed and turned into the body of the goddess.

However, before she could breathe a sigh of relief, a golden arrow came close to Theia's eye.

Ignore space, ignore distance.

Or to be more precise, in the perception of the Goddess of Light, the distance between her and the arrow was not distance in the conventional sense, but a conceptual distance.

The golden arrow flew towards this unique concept, and with every passing moment, the gap between the two narrowed a little.

When this barrier is completely eliminated, no matter where she is, this golden arrow will pierce her heart at the same moment.

"..."

who is it?

His mind raced, but no matter how hard Theia tried to recall, she could not find the enemy who might be targeting her.

For tens of thousands of years, she has hardly ever left the vast star field. How could she suddenly face such a threat?

With a heavy heart, the Goddess of Light was helpless as she looked at the approaching golden arrow.

At the end of everything, she chose to explode her body and scatter into the stream of light in the sky, trying to confuse the target of this mysterious arrow.

But after a moment, there was no hesitation.

The golden arrow shot into an illusory light and shadow somewhere, and then merged into one with her.

“Hiss… Is this the Mother of Light who stands at the pinnacle of powerful divine power?”

"Volos, how did she fare against Poseidon?"

The Goddess of Agriculture asked subconsciously and was almost frightened by the sudden burst of breath.

But at some point, Volos, who had completed the commission, had disappeared into the vast starry sky.

Maybe he is still watching the subsequent story, or maybe he has already left.

But no matter which one it was, Demeter, who did not receive a response, gave herself an answer.

Poseidon could not be a match for Theia. It was not just the difference in divine power, but also the differences accumulated in all aspects.

If this arrow was not the arrow of lust from Voros, I'm afraid the goddess of light would never be hit.

"Legend has it that when different gods hold the same priesthood, their true powers are likely to be different."

"Compared to this Titan goddess, even Apollo is far inferior..."

Murmuring softly to herself, the goddess of agriculture stared in a daze at the place where the light finally burst out.

She didn't know the difference between Theia and Apollo, both of whom were gods of light.

But in her perception, the light of the latter is warmer, while the light of the former is so wanton and ostentatious.

It was as if the supreme being had stepped into her territory, and everyone must bow down to her - but Demeter could hardly believe her own feelings.

After all, in the past thousands of years, the other party has never set foot out of this starry sky.

"You're right, Apollo is indeed not as good as me."

"He is just a part of the light, a manifestation of its gentleness and healing... This power is indeed very popular among mortals, but it has never been the core source of light."

brush--

Without any warning, a low voice sounded in the goddess of agriculture's ear from behind her.

Cold sweat instantly broke out from her back, and divine power enveloped her, and Demeter disappeared from the spot immediately.

But just the next moment, she seemed to suddenly remember something and hurriedly looked back to the original place.

But to her surprise, the Goddess of Agriculture did not see the figure of the Titan Goddess there.

"What are you afraid of? Didn't you ask me to come here?"

"Why...are you regretting it now?"

The voice was faint, but still echoed in my ears.

My body is a little stiff, and I no longer try to escape.

Taking a deep breath, Demeter turned around.

This time, she was thankful that the Goddess of Light was standing not far behind her and had no intention of hiding her whereabouts.

Or maybe the other person was here from the beginning to the end, but Demeter failed to understand her thoughts in time.

"I'm not scared, and what does regret mean? Aren't you affected, Volos, come out?!"

She felt uneasy, as the scene before her was undoubtedly different from what the Goddess of Agriculture had imagined.

In her impression, if a goddess fell deeply in love with another god, shouldn't she be like Zeus' lovers, intoxicated by his sweet words, stick with him, and help him with all her might?

But no matter how you look at it, the Theia in front of you is not like that.

Her thinking was still quite rational, and she had no intention of obeying her orders at all.

"Volos? So the owner of the golden arrow is called Volos..."

Lowering her head in thought, the Mother of Light smiled.

"Don't be afraid... If you are talking about that arrow, it should have affected me."

"Even though I know that my current state is not normal, I am still hopelessly in love with you - but Demeter, what do you think my love is like?"

"Successful? That's great!"

Not paying much attention to the content that followed, the goddess of agriculture only focused on Theia's previous words.

Even though he remembered the golden arrow and knew there was something wrong with his condition, he still couldn't help falling in love with her... Perhaps Poseidon was like this in the past.

Demeter was shocked by the twins' power, but also a little happy.

Regardless, this power now works for her, and she has used it to capture a powerful Titan goddess.

She seemed to be a little more relaxed, and she answered the questions of the Goddess of Light casually.

"What else can it be? Probably the same as the other Titans."

"I heard that in that era, most Titan gods combined with each other and gave birth to a large number of gods."

"And you should have a good relationship with the Ancient Sun God. After all, you once helped him unify the starry sky."

Expressing one's own understanding is another reason why Demeter chose the other party.

If Theia were a character like Aphrodite, it would be difficult for her to guarantee how the other person's love would be expressed.

Fortunately, most of the first generation of Titans were dedicated and loyal. Starting from Sky Father, his first generation of normal bloodlines were basically like this, which was far from being comparable to Zeus who came later... But the next moment, in front of the Goddess of Agriculture, Theia slowly shook her head.

"No, that's not the case...you probably don't know that."

"In fact, in the starry sky in the past, the reason why Hyperion and I were able to get together was not only because of the compatibility of our priesthoods, but more because we shared the same ideals."

"He wants to unify the starry sky and become the 'God King' above the starry sky. In fact, I support him."

"It's just that as time went by, and with the birth of Helios... a rift eventually appeared between us."

This rift was not caused by the former's imprisonment. In fact, unlike previous goddesses, the Goddess of Light did not seem to show too much obvious concern for her children.

She only gave some guidance based on experience, but never provided any further help.

Just like Helios, even though he managed to escape, Theia hardly helped him at all, so that he ended up on a path of no return.

Demeter didn't know much about this, but looking at the goddess of light in front of her, no matter how slow she was, she gradually realized that things were not quite what she thought.

With a forced smile, she asked tentatively:

"So...what does this have to do with me?"

"Even if we are not 'like-minded', it shouldn't affect your love for me, right?"

There was no response. In the starry sky, Theia just looked at Demeter with a strange look.

Feeling this gaze, for some reason, a bad premonition came over the Goddess of Agriculture.

……

The nature of the innate gods will be affected by their priesthood, and the closer they are to the source, the greater the impact they will receive.

Even though many years had passed, Theia still remembered it.

At the beginning of the Second Age, when Helios was locked in the sun and Hyperion was punished by the Code of Creation for the first time, she gave him advice so seriously.

This is not because of blood connection. After all, he is just a son. It is not that he cannot have another child. What's more, this is a son who divided his father's power as soon as he was born.

For Theia, who had personally experienced the First Age, Hyperion's imprisonment was somewhat regrettable, but not so unacceptable to her.

Compared with the tyranny of the gods, the second generation of gods swallowing their sons, and the third generation of gods swallowing their wives, what Hyperion did was nothing.

Just because of this matter, during that time, Theia still had a quarrel with the ancient sun god.

Because she discovered that Helios' existence was clearly the key to making up for the other party's shortcomings.

In Chaos's starry sky, the original sun was undoubtedly violent, scorching and inhuman.

However, with the passage of time, complex trajectories of the movement of celestial bodies came into being, and corresponding gods came to the world and took away some of his father's divine power.

But if we think about the problem from another angle, Helios' existence is also a tool to neutralize the sun's violence.

As the original sun god, Hyperion also had enough power and authority to restrain his offspring.

Unfortunately, the other party did not listen to Theia's advice in the end and went towards failure step by step.

"I warned him before... In the middle of the Second Age, when we faced the alliance between the God King and the God of the Lightless Celestial Body, we were already at a disadvantage."

“But he didn’t want to give up – which is normal, as a fiery sun should be.”

"And you have seen the final result. Now his bones are scattered all over the earth. There is no Sun God anymore in the world."

Walking along a star road that no one has ever passed by, heading towards the edge of the starry sky, a place like a river that surrounds the world to the sea, the goddess of agriculture listened to this story that happened in the past.

She looked unhappy and felt as if things were out of control.

Theia just ignored her depression and continued to lead her forward.

"The events of the Second Age are over. I am not saying this to blame the failure on a 'dead' person."

"Just learn from history, Demeter. What I want to say is that as the first generation of Titans, although we are not as close to the world as the original gods, our interaction with the priesthood is far beyond the reach of later generations."

"So back to the beginning of our meeting today, do you remember what I said?"

"You said that Apollo is far inferior to you. He just took away the part of Light that is most acceptable to mortals, the part that symbolizes gentleness and healing... But what does that have to do with me?"

She said absentmindedly, associating it with reality, and the goddess of agriculture found that it was really the case.

Apollo is not only the god of the sun and light, but also has the divinity of medicine and music in the world.

She had even heard a rumor that the other party had a demigod descendant who was proficient in medicine and healing and could bring the dead back to life.

"The relationship is that Hyperion is born to represent the heat and violence of the sun itself. This character and failure made him imprison his son and eventually go down a path of no return."

"But I lost the warmth and healing of Light the other day, and only its extreme ability to purify everything and reject those who are different from me remains."

"Fortunately, there is a difference between nature and nurture, so before today, I never wantonly released my repressed personality, but instead used simple clothes and remote temples to cover them up... Even since the birth of Apollo, I have become less and less willing to stay in the starry sky."

"Until today, a golden arrow broke through the air... Its power was beyond my imagination. It seemed to contain some power unique to the beginning of creation, a supreme power related to emotions."

"So as you can see, I am standing here now, for the unforgettable love with you."

"I will use the key to open this portal... Of course, this also means that we will walk onto this chessboard together."

The edge of the starry sky is also the edge of the world.

At the coordinates that had been determined long ago, Theia used the key to open a barrier formed by the power of the world.

And on the other side of the barrier...an endless expanse of light was shining brightly.