Myth: The Ruler of Spirituality
Chapter 701 - 248 Egyptian Version of 'Supreme Heavenly Treasure' _2

Swish——

A glimmer of light suddenly appeared where the red mist surged.

Time and space overlapped, and the distinction between inside and outside lost meaning. As with the previous few times, through some sort of time-space transformation incomprehensible to mortals, the power of the outer world appeared at the center of the Fifth Layer of the Spirit Realm.

The illusory mist continuously emanated, and within its deepest confines, the shimmering radiance moved at a speed that seemed slow yet was actually fast.

Following a path already decreed, it surged straight towards a yellowish-brown speck of light.

In the depths of the cosmos, the presence of the two entities seemed as if they were naturally one and the same, so harmoniously and seamlessly integrated. The speck of light flickered like a breath, yearning for the arrival of the 'Earth's' Source Power.

However, at this moment, within the utterly controlled stream of light, a wave of consciousness violently expanded outward.

"..."

"...where is this, where is La? Is this the place where they were captured before?!"

"Nut, are you there? Shu? Set?"

"Are you still here, where are you?"

"..."

The consciousness spread outwards, and compared to the few others before, the consciousness of the Fifth Layer of the Spirit Realm's fifth visitor from the Otherworld was clearly more lucid, and it seemed he hadn't been influenced by any other power that could have altered his soul.

This meant that at this moment, he had more energy to observe his surroundings, but this wasn't because his power was greater than that of the previous few.

It was merely because the time of Geb's consumption had been brought forward again, leaving more of the protective power remaining.

Of course, this also confirmed another problem: with the fall of one deity after another, Hemenu's strength was increasingly weakening.

The resistance against Chaos's erosion had made it difficult for It to free up hands, so much so that even the chessboard formed by the power of the world had become damaged.

The original rules were no longer absolute, with interventions occurring earlier with each instance, seemingly conveying some message to La sitting across the table.

Of course, all of these were irrelevant to Geb at the moment.

The dusky gold radiance hovered above his consciousness, desperately resisting the immense pressure from all directions.

It seemed impregnable, but Geb didn't place his hopes on it at all. He was merely groping around arduously, trying to find the Egyptian deities who had arrived here before him.

However, it was clear he couldn't make any discoveries; after all, the only things left here were their 'corpses'.

Crack——

"Who?"

A faint sound immediately tensed Geb's spirit.

He frantically scanned all around, praying in his heart that someone had heard his voice... but soon, he despaired upon discovering the source of the sound.

It was right beneath his feet where the dusky gold light was disintegrating inch by inch, signifying that the calamity he had previously caused at great expense to Hemenu had ultimately been unsuccessful.

Now, since the enemy had not perished, it was his turn.

"No... why?"

"If Isis could, I can too! Deities from beyond, spare me, I can——"

"——Ah!"

Crack——

Followed by another shattering sound, as the radiance broke apart, Geb's consciousness was completely exposed in the Void of the Fifth Layer of the Spirit Realm.

The chaos of time and space tore at his soul for a moment, then stilled in the next instant.

An ultimate will observed from a boundlessly high place, immobilizing that patch of chaotic time and space.

"Come——"

In the distance, as the yellowish-brown speck of light drew closer, the feeling of mutual attraction became clearer, and Geb seemed to hear this voice.

Then, in the next moment, his consciousness plunged into total Darkness.

Separation, fusion, reconstitution, living, the 'ka' and 'ba' belonging to the Egyptian deities slowly shifted towards another state throughout this process.

...

Hum——

Boom——!

The light contracted, and the surroundings returned to nothingness.

Then, in the span of a moment, the speck of light exploded with a bang.

The three Elemental Planes that had already begun to take shape were not spared from this step, as if with the arrival of Geb and the Earth, something had been fully replenished.

Like the explosion at the beginning of Creation imagined by mortals, after an endless contraction came boundless expansion.

The core of the Fifth Layer of the Spirit Realm burst out like four suns in an instant, proclaiming its existence in all directions.

At the same time, this fluctuation even started to spread from top to bottom, passing along layer by layer through the Spirit Realm.

...

The Fourth Layer of the Spirit Realm.

As the nearest place, the "Well of Reincarnation" bore the brunt of it, with the power of cycles quickly completing an exchange between the two under the guidance of a profound force.

The rotation between black and white became more agile, and subtly, the aspects belonging to life and death within seemed like some upper limit was being lifted.

If the power of the cyclical force of Samsara could have possibly been hindered by an even stronger force of life and death, now this problem no longer existed.

At the same moment when changes in the cycles occurred, variations also started to happen within the Elemental Planes that had erupted and expanded.

Previously, the fall of the first five Egyptian deities brought to the Spirit Realm the origins of 'earth,' 'wind,' 'water,' and as deities that once wielded authority, their 'ka' and 'ba' also fell into the corresponding planes under the power of the Spirit Realm, scattering amongst the elements.

Regardless, as former deities, even though the essence of the Egyptian gods wasn't very powerful, their harmony with earth, wind, water, and fire was genuine.

And now, as the "Well of Reincarnation" connected with them, the suppressed alterations also began to occur at a much-accelerated rate.

The scattered and shattered souls instantly entered the Well, then returned along invisible 'lines.'