Gospel of Blood-Chapter 564 : The Fall of the Gods

Charlotte finally understood how the “false Gods” of the Old Gods’ Alliance came into being.

Investigating the core temple of the “Sun Temple” was not difficult, especially with two true Gods involved.

Moreover, since the “Sun God” Helios had not deliberately concealed anything, the truth quickly surfaced once

Charlotte saw the stripped divine cores and heard the trembling confessions of the Demigods under Oceanus’ roar.

For the past three and a half years, all those “false Gods” that emerged from the Old Gods’ Alliance were created by the “Sun God” Helios using these stripped divine cores.

More accurately, it was the “Sun God” Helios who killed these slumbering Myria Gods.

“Their last breaths linger around three years ago. They must have been killed by my brother… by Helios.”

“Slumbering Gods are inherently weak, and the subordinate Gods protecting them chose betrayal. Who would have thought… that the Myria Gods, who contended with the Western Continent for thousands of years, would meet such an end.”

Examining the dim divine cores in the temple, Artemis, the Moon Goddess, sighed with a complex look in her eyes.

Charlotte’s expression also grew grave.

Unlike the sighing Artemis and the enraged Oceanus, Charlotte, aware of the origins of “Sun God” Helios, realized there were more profound issues.

Helios had changed history.

No, “change” is not the right word.

More accurately, he, like Charlotte, had “influenced” history and “filled in” the gaps in history.

The Mythic Era of the Myria world was mysterious and distant.

In the future, a thousand years later, various records did not provide detailed accounts of this magnificent era, only legends passed down by various churches and the memories of ancient beings.

Regarding the mysterious “Gods” of Myria, records were vague.

Even though Charlotte was well-versed in the records of the bloodborne in the future, what she knew was that during the peak of the Mythic Era, those ancient slumbering Gods gradually awakened but were ultimately defeated by the “True Ancestor of Blood”, with many even submitting to the bloodborne.

But those records were vague at best.

Previously, Charlotte did not understand why this part of history was so obscure, even with no detailed accounts from the long-lived bloodbornes.

But later, she understood why.

It was due to historical distortion, errors in the world’s space-time continuum, and gaps in history.

Charlotte dared to elevate her power by defeating the Old Gods in this era because she discovered the knack for “influencing” and “filling in” history.

And now, it was evident that the “Sun God” Helios had discovered this too.

Like Charlotte, he didn’t come to this era without a plan but was also using his power to “influence” history.

Additionally, there was something Charlotte found very concerning, perplexing, and unsettling.

That was the symbol of the Creator God.

This symbol, which shouldn’t have existed in this era, was present now.

Clearly, it must have been brought here by the “Sun God.”

So, why the symbol of the Creator God?

These symbols were used to seal the power of the divine core. Why would the “Sun God” Helios choose the symbols of the Creator God to seal them?

In this era, the Creator God had not yet “awakened”, and there was no evidence to suggest that the “Creator God” was indeed the awakened “Creator God.”

Even if the “Sun God” desired the origin power and aspired to become the Creator God, it wouldn’t make sense to use the symbols of the Creator God.

After all, according to the uniqueness of the holy symbol, this ring cross symbol could only refer to one being, and that was the Creator God Harald.

Not the “Creator God”, but “Creator God Harald.”

But how could there be a Creator God Harald in this era?

There was a Harald, but obviously, Charlotte’s cheap disciple had not yet become a God at this moment.

Charlotte couldn’t even be sure if the person was the same Harald from the future, even though he had already shown “holy power.”

This means that logically, engraving this symbol in this era should have been ineffective.

But clearly, this was not the case. Since the power of these divine cores had been successfully sealed, it must have worked.

In other words, the “future” Creator God had responded to these seals.

Charlotte didn’t know if a true God at the level of the “Creator God” could transcend history to observe the past and the future, but one thing she was certain of.

Gods… do not casually respond to their own symbols.

If there was a response, it could only mean one thing: the “Sun God” Helios likely had a deep connection with the “Creator God.”

That was not a common relationship. For a God to allow others to use their symbol, the other party must either be a devout follower or a disciple.

Furthermore, the “Sun God”, disguised as “Oceanus” from another era, mentioned that he could influence the decisions of the Holy Court, making it hard for Charlotte not to let her imagination run wild.

“Eternal Night, your expression… is somewhat frightening. Did you discover something else?”

Oceanus glanced at Charlotte, frowned, and asked.

Charlotte took a deep breath and looked at the ring cross symbols.

“Your Excellency Oceanus, Your Excellency Artemis, do you… recognize this symbol?”

“This symbol?”

The two true Gods focused slightly.

Oceanus studied it for a while and shook his head.

“I haven’t seen it before. Is it the divine symbol of a God? Strange… I know the symbols of the Myria Gods, and this does not belong to any of them. No, they are all hung on these crosses, and it couldn’t be their divine cores.”

Artemis fell into deep thought, her brows furrowing slightly.

Charlotte’s heart stirred.

“Your Excellency Artemis, do you… recognize it?”

Artemis hesitated for a moment, then gently nodded, but soon shook her head slightly.

“I’m… not sure.”

“This should be my first time seeing this symbol, but for some reason, it feels very familiar.”

“I think I might have seen a similar symbol, but there’s no related memory in my divine soul.”

Oceanus was taken aback.

“A familiar feeling? Wait, Artemis, do you mean to say that your memory might be faulty?”

A God’s memory couldn’t be flawed.

At the level of a true God, memory was like data on a computer hard drive—if it existed, it existed; if it didn’t, it didn’t. If it had been there, there would definitely be traces of it.

If a true God felt “familiar”, it meant one thing: the memory had definitely “existed.”

“Perhaps. Even though we are Gods, we are still higher forms of life. Memory can have issues, especially since I experienced a calamity and slept briefly.”

“After all… even history can have problems.”

Artemis sighed.

Hearing this, Charlotte’s heart skipped a beat.

“History can have problems?”

Artemis nodded.

“Yes, I once heard this from an elder. Of course, I haven’t verified it, just heard about it.”

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“Your Excellency Artemis, may I boldly ask which God you heard it from?”

Charlotte asked.

Artemis was stunned.

Her arched eyebrows furrowed slightly, and she fell into deep thought, her beautiful face showing a hint of confusion and bewilderment.

After a few seconds, she shook her head.

“I… can’t remember. Maybe it was before I became a God.”

Then, Artemis looked back at the divine cores.

“We should recover these divine cores first. They have lost their divinity and were probably erased by the origin power.”

“Even though they were once our enemies, that was in the past. They are still Gods, and even in their fall, they should not end like this.”

Charlotte felt a bit embarrassed.

When she devoured the divine power of those Demigods, she did it quite naturally. Compared to Artemis, a true “benevolent God”, she really couldn’t compare.

Artemis extended her hand towards the divine cores.

“May you return to eternal peace, may everything return to the world.”

Silver divine power spread out, gradually enveloping the divine cores.

Charlotte did not stop her.

The power of these divine cores was already gone, leaving only the laws. They were of little use to her since she was already a Demigod and had her own path to Godhood.

Perhaps for mortals, obtaining these divine cores could allow them to become Gods, but when it came to the point of becoming a God, it was uncertain whether the God would be the mortal or the returning God.

So Charlotte never intended to give these divine cores to her blood descendants.

It was best to let Artemis handle it.

Charlotte could see what Artemis was doing. She was deconstructing these divine cores, liberating the laws within, and returning them to the world.

Perhaps in the distant future, these Gods would revive through faith, or maybe some fortunate individuals would follow similar paths and become new Gods.

But that was for the future.

As for now, deconstructing these divine cores was the best way to honor the fallen Gods and was a consensus among Gods.

Helping a God return or keeping their core for safekeeping was something only close Gods would do.

After all, assisting a God’s return was inherently uncertain. The returning God might be entirely different from the past one. No God would willingly do such thankless work.

Deconstructing the divine core to prevent third parties from using it for mischief was already the utmost duty.

This was the “knowledge” Charlotte had gathered from Oceanus over the past few years.

The moonlight-like divine power covered many divine cores, making these Myria Gods’ essences seem illusory.

Charlotte seemed to see countless ethereal photons flying out from the cores and merging into the world.

However, just as Artemis was fully deconstructing the cores, Charlotte suddenly felt a twinge.

The twinge carried anxiety, worry, and confusion.

Her heart stirred, and she delved into her mind, discovering that the bloodbornes outside the temple were calling her.

‘Something might be happening outside.’

Charlotte’s heart sank.

“Your Excellency Oceanus, Your Excellency Artemis, my descendants seem to have some problems, I will take a look.”

Charlotte said to the two Gods.

With that, her figure flashed and turned into a crimson light and left the temple.