"The level of great divine power?"

Unlike Ryan, who has seen double-digit greats shoot in almost every way.

He is also different from the Lord of the Nine Hells, who is able to partially glimpse the complete path of the great power through the connection between Hell and the Abyss.

Although Koos knew before that just as there are gaps between true gods and even between equally powerful divine powers, there must be divisions between great divine powers as well.

But no one came to tell him how this distinction existed.

Until now, although it is still not very clear, Asmodeus at least told him that the realm of God can be roughly divided into two parts.

There may be an invisible barrier between the two, with some clear differences.

"So according to you, I just need to wait for the Dark Lord to seek death... and then devour his power?"

"That doesn't sound fun, even if he really is going to die."

"After all, if that's the case, then I can't imagine why you would come to me for cooperation."

His voice still calm, Koos questioned again.

"If, as you said, the Lord of Darkness is really dead."

"Even if this is only temporary, as one of the gods on the dark side of the world, I will inevitably feel it."

"On the other hand, if you want to do something to him, you don't have to ask me to do it for you... So what can you gain from this process?"

I didn't believe it and was even wary.

At this moment, the God of the Lightless Celestial Body even suspected that the 'Cronus' in front of him was someone else in disguise.

And this 'someone else' is most likely Erebus himself.

Perhaps the so-called death of the other party was just a trick to lure me into devouring his power and then turning myself into a part of his power.

Although this was still outrageous, Koos had never heard of any primordial god being able to devour other true gods.

But if the other party can even achieve "death", then what does this matter?

"..."

"Well, I think you're overthinking it."

"But it doesn't matter. I have plenty of patience."

After a moment's silence, Asmodeus was speechless.

However, considering the other party's special circumstances, he still patiently explained in detail.

"I have just mentioned that for the great divine power, there is a clear gap between the first half and the second half."

“In fact, the most striking manifestation of this gap is the vastness of the concept to which it belongs.”

"Just like the ocean now, just like the light and the sun."

"Although they have long been qualified to form a symbol of cohesion, their division has resulted in the corresponding great divine power not being born yet."

"But have you ever thought about this? If it is not the ocean that is split, but the abyss, or Chaos, then will there really only be a few more powerful gods in the world?"

"Even further, if the one that was split was the Great Mother of Flesh and Blood who brought evil to Chaos, then what kind of existence would be born from her remains?"

"…So this is the difference in 'symbols' between the Great Divine Power before and after?"

As if he understood what the other party meant, Koos couldn't help but ask subconsciously:

"Even if the symbol of [Ocean and Water] is condensed, it is currently only in the first half of the great divine power. So even if Oceanus has unified more than 80% of the ocean and almost all the water systems on the continent, as long as the ancient sea god does not submit to him, he will not be able to complete the promotion without a key support."

"But an existence like Tartarus is different... If He splits up for some reason, His successors only need to occupy a part of His legacy to condense a relatively incomplete symbol and then leap to a realm above the true God?"

"Yes."

Nodding slowly, Asmodeus said affirmatively:

"Even strictly speaking, Erebus does not possess all the symbols of Chaos' dark side. The Eternal Night ruled by the Goddess of Night is his biggest competitor... Of course, for the existence of the second half of the great domain, as long as their symbols are intact, they will definitely occupy an absolute advantage in the relevant fields."

"So in the realm of pure darkness, the Night Mother is far from being able to match him."

"To her, the darkness she controls is just a piece of the puzzle of eternal night."

"So under such a grand concept as [Chaos] [Order] [Fate], more than one great divine power can be born."

“But within the same concept, there is only one great being in a world who can truly use this concept itself as a symbol of himself and eventually reach the second half of the great divine power.”

"As for other existences, they either seek to separate themselves from this big concept, or find another way and combine it with other concepts."

"And what I want you to do is actually the latter."

"As for completely replacing the Lord of Darkness... he won't give you that chance."

Speaking in a deep voice, the Lord of the Nine Hells slowly expressed his understanding.

This was the conclusion he came to after opening up hell and even observing the states of Ryan's giant snake clone and other primordial gods.

In his opinion, the Serpent of the Courtyard is a typical example of the former.

It divides the "evil side of spirituality" under the grand concept of "spirituality", but this symbol actually belongs completely to a part of spirituality, and there is an obvious hierarchical relationship between the two.

Conversely, if the spiritual world and the abyss collapse one after another, the completely independent [spiritual evil side] can also combine with part of the power of [chaos], and then a new symbol is born that neither completely belongs to [spirituality] nor completely belongs to [chaos], but is complete and independent. This is obviously the latter.

What's more, most of the power in this world is actually generated by the interweaving of two or more grand concepts.

For example, a complete [life] can be regarded as a combination of the forces of [spiritual life], [material life] and [destiny].

It is also difficult to say that [order] and [chaos] are not involved. After all, life in the material world naturally has a certain attribute of [order].

So it was in this situation that Asmodeus came up with the idea of ​​weakening Erebus - as for taking this opportunity to kill him completely, forget it.

The Lord of the Nine Hells was almost certain that this mysterious and ancient primordial deity definitely had some kind of back-up plan.

After all, I could tell from his behavior that he was going to die last time, and he must have known this a long time ago.

Therefore, in order to prevent someone from taking over his position halfway, Erebus would definitely be prepared to complete all the preliminary steps only to be usurped by latecomers.

But then again, no matter how much preparation one makes, the moment the other person dies is definitely the moment when he is at his weakest, and this cannot be changed in any way.

In this situation, Koos, who originally had little presence, suddenly became useful.

"It is impossible to completely seize the legacy of an original god."

"Let's not talk about other things. Although the Lord of Darkness wants to die, he won't really die. At least his immortal nature won't change."

"The other party may at most disappear in the eyes of the world, but the original god of Chaos is still alive, just as I am still a part of the world now."

"The original god... is a special one among the great divine powers."

"I'm also not sure what would happen if the authority that the world delegated to the original gods was completely usurped."

"But no matter what, you can at least take this opportunity to tear apart some of his power and further weaken the scope of his control over [Darkness]."

“As long as you can do that, you’ve succeeded.”

Little by little, telling the story.

Although Asmodeus had not had much contact with Erebus, he always remembered how the other party secretly mixed his power into the souls of the silver humans and finally glimpsed the secret of the creation of the world.

Having such a person as a neighbor is a matter of both risks and opportunities no matter how you look at it.

So before that, instead of letting the other party turn his attention to you, it is better to find an opponent for him in advance.

What's more, in this process, the Lord of the Nine Hells himself also wants something.

"So what should I do, and what do you need me to do?"

"Even if I succeed and gain something from the Dark Lord, I probably won't be able to complete my promotion solely with that."

His heart beat faster and faster, but Koos still didn't get too excited.

The gods and the priesthood influence each other, and this is the case with the aphrodisiac celestial bodies.

"According to what you said, I need to combine the power of Darkness with something else to form an independent symbol that is not completely subordinate to it... Then what is this power you are talking about?"

"It's very simple, didn't you guess it?"

Asmodeus spoke quietly, his expression calm.

"You are the god of the lightless celestial bodies. Apart from [darkness], the [celestial bodies] are naturally the closest to you."

"Heh... In a sense, [celestial body] is actually a relatively large concept."

"Under it, the lightless celestial body was born, the goddess of light was born, the god of stars and the gods of thousands of stars were born, the sun was born, and the moon was born."

"Even beyond that, the dark moon is also a celestial body, and the illusory celestial body is naturally a kind of celestial body."

"Even those small interfaces that have not yet been fully nurtured by the laws of the world and are mostly floating on the outermost surface of the world, aren't they also 'celestial bodies' in the eyes of living beings in this world, expanding some kind of mysterious power?"

Yes, from a certain perspective, those beings born from tiny and broken interface debris are also a kind of celestial body, but like the Hades Moon, they do not belong to the starry sky of the present world.

As gods of the celestial bodies, Coeus and Phoebe naturally only govern the starry sky, and do not include other interfaces, such as the glowing fireballs on the interface of the abyss, or other things floating in the depths of Tartarus.

"[Celestial body]?"

"That may be possible."

"It's just that the concept of [celestial body] is actually more inclined towards [light]. I am just a small embodiment of its dark side."

"But in fact, the full power of just one sun is more than one point greater than mine—"

"But you're never more than one, are you?"

Asmodeus interrupted, his voice full of meaning.

"I heard that Phoebe insisted on standing on Zeus' side, even though you yourself never wanted to leave the stars."

"In that temple you yourself built, your statue is so far away from her, as if you had already separated."

"..."

Hearing this, Koos remained silent and said nothing.

In front of him, the Lord of the Nine Hells continued:

"You are right. The main body of the starry sky is light."

"But for you, when have the sun and the moon ever been controlled?"

"Rather than keep a hopeless connection, it's better to give up completely... and that's what I want."

"Cut off the last connection between the Goddess of Light and the sun and moon. I have a way to amplify the impact of this severance - it will temporarily expel the sun and moon from the ranks of 'celestial bodies'."

"Then destroy all existing star gods in the starry sky. As luck would have it, Astraeus, the god of stars, has fallen into eternal sleep, so he himself is not an obstacle to this happening."

"Next, find a way to make Phoebe leave the starry sky, and make the Goddess of Light disappear from the starry sky as well."

"Finally, hand over all the annihilated star gods to me."

"The starry sky can be without physical stars, but certain places need celestial bodies to complete its cycle."

"And at that moment, when the light body and the stars fell from order to chaos, when the entire starry sky was briefly left with only the lightless celestial body represented by you, this was the best time for you to integrate darkness and the celestial body."

"With this opportunity, you will breed a new symbol between the two. Even from the moment it is born, Erebus will regard you as his lifelong enemy."

"But no road is smooth sailing. As long as you can complete the promotion, you can control your own destiny from now on."

To be honest, Asmodeus himself only thought that the above operation might be feasible in theory, but he was not sure in practice.

But as he said, the path to becoming a great divine power is not so certain.

Unifying the starry sky is certainly possible, but Koos does not have the ability to do so.

So in the final analysis, this is the other party's only option.

"Cut off the connection between the sun and the moon, and erase the existence of the Star God... It seems that this plan is also related to the spirit world?"

His heart moved slightly. When the complete plan was placed in front of him, Koos seemed to have guessed something.

Perhaps the person in front of him took this opportunity to make a deal with the spiritual world, but it didn't matter, he didn't care about it.

If this was really related to the spirit world, it would actually be a good thing, as he could at least rule out the possibility that Erebus faked his death and took over his identity.

As for the price that Phoebe might have to pay in the process...Koos didn't hesitate at all.

Over the years, if the other party had listened to me, things wouldn't have developed to this point.

It was Fubai who started it, but it was not her turn to decide when it would end.

So he nodded slowly, and although he did not agree completely, Koos already had a tendency in his heart.