Chapter 36 Chapter 13 Legislation

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“Are you ready?”

At the summit of Mount of the Gods, in front of a complex of palaces, Cronus asked.

Although he wasn’t leading the ‘legislation,’ as the Divine King, he would also have a share of the world’s rewards.

“Of course, where is your decree?”

A thousand two hundred years had not left a mark on Themis. Instead, years of toil had made her gaze even more steady and sharp. She looked at Cronus, demanding the last necessary item for the legislation.

“Use this, the Scepter of Divine Authority.”

“My brother, who dominates the outer seas, is enormously powerful, with progeny more numerous than all the deities of Chaos World, aside from Ourea’s mountain gods and the celestial lineage of star gods.”

Cronus spoke in an even tone, showing no particular emotion when talking about Oceanus.

His former elder brother had fused the essence of the sea with the origin of godhood to smith the Scepter of the Sea King for himself, thus commanding the great oceans. Cronus, following suit, forged a Scepter of Divine Authority for himself.

Yet, once the Scepter of the Sea King appeared, thousands of sea deities followed its command. But Cronus’s divine decrees have been largely ignored to this date.

His authority does not extend beyond Mount of the Gods, such is the current state of Cronus. Even the earth has long been occupied by a host of river gods, lake gods, and mountain gods. In their eyes, the rank of the Divine King is a fact that hardly needs stating.

“Following behind others is not something to be proud of, Cronus. The gods will remember the first, but few know of the second.”

Themis, taking the scepter inlaid with three-colored gems, reminded her brother.

This was a sentence she had heard from Liana, and the Goddess of Justice found it quite sensible.

For over a thousand years, she had been visiting the Spirit Realm and then duplicating what she had learned on Mount Othrys. She did this not out of stealth, for Laine had been happy with her actions. Themis’s conduct not only did no harm to his interests but actually accelerated his absorption of the related Chaotic Source Force from Chaos World.

“Perhaps. But the strongest one is also the first, isn’t it?”

The voice of Cronus had grown more confident than it had been hundreds of years earlier, or perhaps, the increasingly significant Divine Authority had given him that confidence, and he was beginning to plan to act.

The Divine King had set three jewels in the scepter, hoping that one day he could command the sky, the earth, and the seas with it. Perhaps then, he might have the confidence to confront the curse left by the Heavenly Father, or even the unspeakable fate.

However, unlike Cronus, Themis, in response to the Divine King, nodded but inwardly was not optimistic about her brother’s prospects.

Unless he possessed a power comparable to that of the Primordial Gods, becoming the true King of All Gods, ‘the strongest one’ would remain no more than an empty boast.

And just relying on godhood, Cronus was completely unable to achieve this. The Sky had the potential for Great Divine Power, as the Heavenly Father was the embodiment of The Sky. But even Cronus, though Themis did not know of his origin’s deficiency, originally only embodied slightly more than thirty percent of the current world’s space-time origin.

To become a true Divine King, one must possess great power. But to obtain great power, Cronus could only rely on his position as Divine King, which was essentially a vicious circle.

In later generations, Zeus would break this cycle with faith, but the second-generation Divine King had not that option at the time.

“I am about to begin,”

Themis softly announced, no longer delaying. Everything was in readiness, and she was somewhat eager to start.

Upon hearing this, Cronus quickly stepped aside. When the legislation began, the rules of the entire present world would converge here, and except for the Lawgiver herself, even the Primordial Gods dared not come into direct contact with these endless Chains of Law at this time.

After all, the so-called ‘present world’ was in the eyes of the gods the consciousness of Chaos. Including the Anomaly of the Law at the birth of a deity, it also only occurred in the present world and did not affect other places. The true complete Chaos included everything in the world, but the side of Order is what the gods were in contact with. This part included most of The Sky, all the land, most of the oceans, and the core of the Underworld.

Beyond the present world lay the Land of Eternal Night, the Realm of Lightless, the Bottomless Abyss, the edges of the starry heavens and the great seas, and some perilous areas of the Underworld.

There, the Chaotic aspects of Chaos predominated, and the powers of the gods could even be diminished in that region, accessible without impact only to those who had touched upon Great Divine Power.

Seeing Cronus retreat, Themis pursed her lips. She stepped forward, standing at the highest point of Mount of the Gods.

In the next moment, the Goddess of Justice gripped the Scepter of Divine Authority tightly, and the vast Divine Power began to surge within her. It was not just her Intermediate Divine Power at work, but also a portion of the Divine Authority of the Divine King temporarily bestowed upon her by the Scepter.

Under the dual influence of Divine Power and Divine Authority, imperceptibly, a part of the innate consciousness of Chaos, the Law of the present world started to open its gates to the Goddess guided by the Godhood of Law.

Instantly, Themis seemed to see the Chaotic Source Force accumulated between the Chains of Order. These remnants from the beginning of creation were common in the regions outside the present world; but in places dominated by Order, their mere existence made the flow of Law much more arduous.

Thus, Themis raised her right hand. In complete silence, a brass-colored book, neither jade nor stone, opened its cover. On the tome initially engraved with calendars and the order of the Spirit Realm, new inscriptions began to emerge.

As part of the pact, she used Spirit Script to write, reinforcing the initial Spirit Script connected to Law.

The Divine Power in her body churned increasingly. As inscriptions emerged on the Codex of Creation, strands of Law materialized from the void, racing each other to flow towards the Divine Artifact. During this process, not only did the Chains of Law themselves seem to be ‘purified,’ but also invisible forces emerged, silently infusing into the Codex, slowly enhancing its power.

This invisible, high-quality force strengthened and rounded the aura of the Divine Artifact with every increment. Themis knew this was the attributeless Source Power transformed from the Chaos. Apart from acting as a medium through the Codex, this Source Power also continuously poured into her, becoming part of Godhood of Law.

Though Themis’s Divine Power did not increase, her limit had been opened. The path to powerful divine strength had been paved by her.

Thus, under the watchful eye of Cronus and the secret observation of the Lord of the Spirit Realm, the Goddess of Law held high the Codex and proclaimed to the Law of the world:

“I, bestowed by Chaos the Master of Law, the great Ancient Titan God born, the wielder of the Divine Authority of the Divine King, the writer of the Codex of Creation,”

“in the name of Order, I hereby make a covenant for the present world.”

At the same time, the very moment Themis raised the Codex of Creation, an invisible ripple spread out. Every deity with Intermediate Divine Power or greater in the Chaos World turned their gaze towards Mount Othrys.

There, the Law of the present world was being rewritten.