Myth: The Spiritual Dominator

"I understand."

In front of Lyanna, Iapitus bowed slightly.

"I will definitely bring you the meaning of the Lord of the Spirit World. But I also hope that you can give a more detailed description so that I can forward it to the God King."

Nodding, Lyanna calmly stated Ryan's decision that he had made in advance.

"The Lord can give thoughts to mortal things, but the gods need to create life themselves, determine the nature of their creations, and give them corresponding powers."

"Whether they look good or have abilities, these are all the gods' own affairs. The Lord will only give them souls at the end of everything in accordance with the predetermined requirements, and when they die, the souls of all things will return to our Lord. embrace."

"Death?" Hearing this, Iapitus was a little surprised.

This is a word he has never heard of. There is no word 'death' in the language of the gods born naturally in Khaos.

"Yes, 'death'. This is a word used to describe death and the end in the language of the spiritual world."

Nodding, Lyanna explained.

Ryan used the oldest text source on the oracle tablet to evolve the spiritual text, which naturally has its own pronunciation. Many words that are not found in the divine language of Chaos can find corresponding descriptions in the language of the spiritual world.

'Death' is one of them, and this is how the 'wine' that is now indispensable in the banquets of the gods comes from.

"I'm very sorry, but dear Goddess of the Dark Moon, I don't quite understand why a life still 'dies' after it acquires thinking?"

On the side, after listening to Lyanna's explanation, Iapitus was still a little confused. The God of Speech is not surprised that the Lord of the Spirit World is not interested in fabricating bodies. Even if he hasn't done it yet, he can imagine that creating life is by no means an easy task.

But when it came to 'death', Iapetus couldn't understand it. In the past years, he has never seen anything with intelligence die, or in other words, he doesn't understand why there is death.

In the mind of God, all conscious existence is eternal.Being thrown into the abyss is already a terrible punishment, but eternal sleep is the most unacceptable ending.

As for the end and death, humans cannot imagine things beyond their understanding, and the same is naturally true for God.

Faced with Iapitus' doubts, Lyanna said calmly:

"Before the Lord's authority to restrain spiritual life, it is not that no life with consciousness was born. This is the case with plants. Just because you cannot detect their hazy thoughts does not mean that they do not exist, but this weak thinking is not enough to form a soul. .”

"Just like plants can be destroyed, thinking life can also die. In this world, only gods are immortal. Unless the gods cut off part of their divinity, all mortal things will eventually die. This is also destined by fate. ending."

".What about the soul?" After a moment of silence, the God of Speech keenly discovered the problem: "The body of life can 'die', so wouldn't their souls die?"

"Of course it does, but it's slower."

Lyanna had already anticipated the ignorance of outside gods, so she continued to explain:

"In this world, matter is easier to manifest than spirituality, so the body is more susceptible to decay than the soul. When the mortal body dies, its spirit is far from ending. Life belongs to the gods, but the soul belongs to our Lord. , when they lose their sustenance in this world, they should naturally return to the spiritual world and the embrace of the spiritual master.”

"I understand."

Iapitus nodded, indicating that he understood. He could accept this outcome, but the gods may not have objections to it. But that has nothing to do with him. In the final analysis, he is just a messenger.

"Life and 'death' are really miraculous phenomena, but they also make sense. How can the creations of the gods be compared with their creators? 'Death' is indeed a very good existence, which allows them to have thoughts after , recognizing God and their differences.”

With some emotion, Iapetus finally said:

"I will truthfully convey His Highness Ryan's wishes, but the specific decision must be left to the God King to make the final decision."

"Then go ahead." Lyanna said calmly: "The decision of the gods is their business. My Lord's intention has been expressed."

"If anyone still has objections, let him try to come to the spirit world. If he can come in, my Lord will take the time to see him."

"Now, you can leave."

After saying the last sentence calmly, the wings behind Lyanna's back flapped slightly. In a trance, she disappeared silently in front of Iapetus.

Watching Lyanna disappear just as she came, the God of Speech waited there for a while, then turned and left.

He didn't know whether the gods would accept the return of souls to the underworld after death. After all, death was a new thing to all the gods today.

But now that the result had been received, Iapitus simply handed the decision back to the gods. No matter what happened in the end, his errand was over anyway.

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Three days later, with the help of wind and space, Iapitus rushed back to the mountain.

Just like six days ago, the banquet of the gods is still going on, and they are all waiting for the return of the god of speech.

In front of the gods, he recounted his experiences on this trip one by one, emphasizing in particular how difficult it was for him and how he skillfully used his divine power to convince the mysterious ancient god.

"I tried my best to talk, but in the end, His Highness Ryan told me that only when the body and soul come together can life have thoughts. He promised to give souls to mortal things after the gods created them. I am very grateful for his kindness."

After listening to what the God of Speech said, the gods were moved by his words. They did appreciate the hard work of Iapetus, and even many gods with weak divine power showed respect to him.

"But in the end, His Highness Ryan told me that non-god life will 'die'. All things are mortal, and matter decays much faster than the soul, so the soul of a living being should return to the spiritual world after death."

"Death? With all due respect, is this a new coinage?"

Beside God Queen Rhea, the three white oak goddesses who were born from the divine blood of Ouranos asked.

Like Iapetus before him, the gods present also expressed doubts. Seeing this, the God of Speech recounted in detail the information he had received from Lyanna.

The gods had mixed reactions to this. When the true gods pay close attention, they can sense the hazy thoughts of the plants. Just like people don't care about ants, the gods in the past never cared about this.

Eventually, they all accepted the existence of 'death'. It is very reasonable to use life and death to define the difference between mortal things and gods.

It might be a little more troublesome later on, because every few thousand years, they have to create a batch of beings.

The final problem of creating life has been solved. Seeing that this trip is complete, the God of speech is ready to return to his seat. But at this moment, the eldest son of the ancient sea god Pontos suddenly stood up.

It was Friendly of the Sea, a sea god who had good relations with many gods. Even in the Oceanic pantheon, many gods have a favorable impression of him.

"His Royal Highness Ryan is willing to give soul to life, and I am very grateful to him."

In his usual soothing tone, Nereus looked at Iapitus and said slowly: "But is the ownership of the soul still open to question?"

"I think this is not my idea alone."