The Girls Are All Coveting Me-Chapter 438 - 374: Gods’ Facets and the Supreme Strife
It can be said that from this moment on, the struggle for the authority of [Love] in the entire multiverse will undergo an earth-shaking change.
Undoubtedly.
For over ten thousand years, the Slaanesh faction, which had been in a dominant position, was utterly besieged following the last-minute betrayal by the Love and Desire Twins.
From a three-way melee, it turned into a two-against-one.
Without assistance from other Evil Gods, Slaanesh was doomed.
It seemed even their base on the Stars Continent would be stripped clean.
"Wait a minute, Your Eminence, even if the newly born Love and Desire Twins betrayed us, they couldn’t have done it so decisively."
Belief, to some extent, is indeed poisonous.
How could the New God, influenced by the followers of the Love and Desire Twins, so easily tilt towards our side?
However, the Pope revealed a peculiar smile:
"The New God hasn’t fully sided with us, but the issue is that the New God has become a facet of another ancient one."
The cardinals were stunned for a moment, then there was an uproar.
This had already transcended the ancient legends within their understanding.
The legend of the Gods’ Facets must be traced back to an unimaginably distant era.
The beings capable of masterfully wielding facets are all incredibly ridiculous monsters.
The queen of the Naga, Xue Jin尼斯特, known as the Three-faced Goddess, possesses facets of lawfulness, chaotic evil, and absolute neutrality.
And the Three-faced Goddess Xue Jin尼斯特 once devoured one of the facets of the [World Serpent], Shastri.
The Cosmic Giant Serpent, among the strongest, was peerless.
How powerful was the former World Serpent?
In that case, let’s say, the Snow Gold’s facet of World Serpent devoured its other facet, completing its deficiency.
Indeed.
The facet of the World Serpent devoured another facet of the former World Serpent, compensating for its own shortcomings.
Naturally.
That [World Serpent] dissolved itself many years ago.
Fragments of it rooted in countless World Groups.
The powerful Feathered Serpent God, Jirene, is also one of the facets of the World Serpent.
This Creator who plucks at the strings of the gods’ fate, secretive and mighty, as one of the facets, is already quite absurd.
But more ludicrous is the other one...
The God of Good Dragons, Bahamut, and the God of Evil Dragons, Tiamat, are recognized among deities as Dragon Gods with formidable combat prowess.
Yet, Bahamut, who possesses combat prowess on par with powerful Divine Power, is a subordinate god of Asgras.
Nowadays, few besides a select few know the revered name of Asgras.
But many are aware of his other name.
God of Gods, Nine-faced Dragon God Ayo.
The ancient origin of the entire Dragon Race, once holding the title of the master of the gods, the original Creator of Dragons.
Indeed.
This God of Gods is also a facet of the World Serpent.
More intriguingly, the Feathered Serpent God, one of the facets of the World Serpent, was slain more than once by the Snake-man God.
Yes, the Snake-man God is also a facet of the World Serpent.
Even the lesser god of the Lizard God, Samuanya, is also one of the facets of the World Serpent.
So much so that a tiny few in high places aware of the facets’ existence jest, wondering if certain World Group wars will erupt depends on whether the facets of the World Serpent will stir trouble.
Centered around the World Serpent, the deity Scaly Races have grown so powerful that no matter which World Group claims victory, they won’t genuinely shake the foundation of the Scaly Race.
Of course, the World Serpent has now fractured.
It’s hard to believe such an existence would split.
But every part of the World Serpent had long transformed into the Scaly Races, continuing to survive in innumerable worlds.
This is a survival rule belonging to the World Serpent.
As long as the universe remains undying, the World Serpent endures.
Among the ancient beings closest to the Love God Pope’s knowledge, one part even helped the present Stars through their most trying times.
Indeed, it was a facet nearing another existence that approached the World Serpent.
River of Time·Star Time Pantheon·Time Lord Chronos.
"Incomprehensible, nowadays is far from the chaotic era of the nascent multiverse; is there still a chance for someone to wield a powerful Divine Power-class facet in this era?"
A facet could be splintered or combined from other deities.
Its purpose is to utilize authority to the utmost extent.
Merely holding all the authority in one’s hands won’t unleash the strongest power.
Quantity without quality, this situation exists even among deities.
Therefore, splitting appropriate facets to wield more suitable authority is a method considered by only the strongest.
"So, Your Eminence, what kind of being converted the Love and Desire Twins into its facet?"
"You all should’ve heard his legend." The Pope of Love pointed towards the sky, "In the past 13,000 years, only two strongest have been born among The Stars; one already stands high above, while the other is walking the path towards awakening."
"Impossible..."
A cardinal let out a groan.
Someone had already guessed the existence controlling this facet.
"God, the Destroyer who Sweeps Stars, the End of the Universe... the Filthy Sun Demon Monarch?"
"Indeed, that being has truly entered an active phase."
The Pope of Love gazed at the sky absentmindedly.
Although compared to the World Serpent or the River of Time, the Filthy Sun was somewhat too young, what did it matter? In terms of sheer strength, the divine power displayed by the Filthy Sun even surpassed many of the Supremes.
And every major upheaval in the Multiverse is related to these supreme existences.
"Since even the Supremes have become active... then everyone, we should be prepared too."
Beneath a toppled nest, how can there be intact eggs?
The struggle among the World Group is also a struggle among the Supremes.
In a confrontation at this level, no one can escape unscathed.
According to the scriptures the Pope of Love obtained from other ancient sects, the cruelty of the struggle among the Supremes surpasses everyone’s knowledge and imagination.
The last ones to participate in the supreme struggle were the Twin Goddesses.
Hmm, not any of the popularly understood Moon Goddess and Dark Night Goddess.
It was a war waged by the goddess in her prime, who held two unique singularities.
That war, on the surface, was the Light and Dark Twin Goddesses fighting, but in reality, the two goddesses were united, launching a siege against some unspeakable great horror.
In that war, the origin was torn apart, and countless deities who should have continued to gestate were forced to be born prematurely.
Among them were the first Earth Mother Goddess, the ancient Sun God, and the now fallen... Storm Lord Talos.
The battle ultimately ended in a tragic victory for the Twin Gods.
The cost of this war was a mass extinction of 99.9% of the creatures of creation, the loss of complete True God Uniqueness for the Light and Dark Twin Gods, and the whole world returning to great annihilation, forced to start evolving anew.
No race has any record of these events.
The records were preserved by the deities.
Just thinking about this, the Pope of Love felt a shiver in his soul.
...
Such dialogues took place in every corner of The Stars.
In the deep sea, in the clouds, in the sub-planes, deep in the earth...
Silently, it seemed as if some changes occurred, but also as if nothing changed.
Only a tiny fraction of sensitive commoners felt uneasy.
Clearly, it seemed like the state of war readiness hadn’t changed, but they felt the entire atmosphere becoming tense.
...
Of course.
Other people’s affairs had nothing to do with Chloe.
What he was most concerned with now was how powerful April, who had transformed into the artifact spirit of the Thunderous Battle Halberd and was completely under his control, could be in his hands.
"Anyway, you at least survived, let bygones be bygones from today."
Chloe spoke to the Thunderous Battle Halberd.
A phantom slowly appeared in front of Chloe, calmly looking at him and said:
"Then I will stay inside the Thunderous Battle Halberd from now on."
Chloe shook his head and said, "As long as I need you, I can summon you back into the weapon at any time; I am not bothered to restrict your freedom.
Don’t sit idle and harm our grand plan, you can play however you like."
At this moment, Chloe did not yet know that his actions had completely awakened the war machinery of the entire continent.
The rumbling war gears began to turn, ready at any moment to face the madness coming from beyond the world.
"But before that, let me check my current full strength."
Chloe raised the Thunderous Battle Halberd in his hand.
Amidst a roar, a crimson meteor streaked across the sky, heading straight for the Star Realm.
In a certain part of the Star Realm.
The core incarnation of Slaanesh was commanding his subordinates, clashing with the top warriors of the Love God.
Suddenly.
The explosive thunderlight instantly split the battlefield in two, and Slaanesh’s incarnation, in shock and anger, was completely pierced by this halberd strike.
Slaanesh tried to suppress the weapon.
But he didn’t expect the weapon to disappear without a trace the next moment.
The terrifying strike across the world, barely revealing its edge, severed an arm of Slaanesh.
Chloe looked at the Thunderous Battle Halberd that had automatically torn through space to return to his hand and couldn’t help but sigh:
"What a pity, since they don’t know I’ve ascended, I only had time to ambush the weakest one."
If Slaanesh heard Chloe’s words, he might be so furious that even from hiding in the Bottomless Abyss, he would jump out to curse him.
It’s really a bit inhumane.
At this time, spiritual light began to drift across various parts of the World in the Painting.
That was the Extraordinary Traits sealed in the World in the Painting being extracted.
Chloe took a look; besides the Extraordinary Traits of the Path of Omniscience that he had already digested and absorbed, there were also the Saint Class Extraordinary Traits of the Mage Path and the incomplete half of the Path of Shadow Stab Extraordinary Traits.
As for the Demigod Class Extraordinary Traits, there were enough to meet the needs of all those in the team yet to ascend to Demigod, and there would still be more than half remaining.
"Truly worthy of being a divine treasure; the accumulation of the Love and Desire Twins over the years, most of it must be here."
Even Chloe couldn’t help but marvel.
From over thirteen thousand years ago to now, it was the first time he harvested such a bounty of resources.
Previously, either the opponents’ resources were still in their main base, or it was impossible to preserve resources in the midst of frenzied combat.
All in all, after all the calculations, the harvest was truly negligible.
How could it be like with the Love and Desire Twins, who unlocked their treasure vault, armed to the teeth, for him entirely.
It was like a prisoner just out of jail, willing to pay any price for liberation.
