Oceanus quickly waved his hands, smiling gently: "For the great Mother Goddess, all honors are what the Mother Goddess deserves. How could I usurp the Mother Goddess's honor? Your Majesty the God-King, please don't say such words that make me ashamed."
He paused, his wise gaze flowing, then continued: "There is also another great Mother Goddess whose glory and contributions should also be above mine, even standing shoulder to shoulder with Mother Goddess Gaia!"
Oceanus looked toward Rhea, respectfully bowing in salute, his voice full of respect: "Respected Your Majesty the Divine Queen, the most revered Mother Goddess Rhea!"
"It was you who gave birth to the great God-King, bringing hope to this world!"
"It was you who, in the most dangerous moments, carefully nurtured the God-King's growth, and at the crucial moment, with endless wisdom and courage assisted the God-King, ending the old erroneous order and completely opening up the new sacred order!"
"You are the foundation of everything in the new era! Without Your Majesty the Divine Queen's careful planning and selfless dedication, there would be no everything of today's Olympus, much less the peace and glory the gods enjoy!"
"It was Your Majesty the Divine Queen who did the most dangerous and arduous things, directly facing the former God-King's tyranny, so that the gods could enjoy all the current tranquility and prosperity! Therefore, you are deservedly as great a Mother Goddess as the Mother Goddess!"
"Therefore, I, Oceanus, under the joint witness of the gods, solemnly propose: the great Mother Goddess, the sacred, eternal, and unique Divine Queen Rhea, should rightfully enjoy the supreme honor of first among all Titans, and among the supreme honors of the twelve months, should be second only to Your Majesty the God-King!"
Mother Goddess Rhea's gentle face showed slight surprise, her tender eyes flashing with a ripple. She quickly said: "My dear elder brother, Oceanus, please don't say such words that make me blush with shame. Your praise, I truly dare not accept."
"Everything of today's Olympus cannot be separated from the joint efforts and dedication of all gods. I only did what I should do as a Mother Goddess."
"You are all my dearest brothers and sisters, my most intimate comrades. Your care and protection for me I will forever remember in my heart. How could I usurp your honors?"
Mother Goddess Rhea said with utmost sincerity: "This would not only harm your glory but would also make my heart constantly uneasy, unable to bear this deep affection."
"Dear Oceanus, my elder brother, you are the world's great ocean current, forever supporting and protecting us. How could I let you be beneath me? And my other elder brothers and sisters, how could I stand above you?"
The gentle Tethys carried an incredibly tender smile, her soft words flowing like water: "Dear Rhea, my dearest sister, please don't decline anymore. Your contributions are incomparable to any god. All our gods' contributions combined don't exceed your single god's contributions, because you are the God-King's mother!"
"You are the great God-King's Mother Goddess, the protector of all living beings in the new era. This supreme honor is what you deserve, it's natural and right. Rather, if we shamelessly accepted this glory that should belong to you, that would truly be going out without any face, completely ashamed."
The silent Mother Goddess Gaia suddenly spoke: "Enough, stop being modest."
Gaia looked lightly at Rhea, saying slowly: "Rhea, what Oceanus said is not wrong. This honor can only belong to you."
Having said this, without waiting for Rhea to decline again, her gaze turned to Zeus, saying indifferently: "Zeus, I propose that the second month's representative should be Rhea, as the honor of your Mother Goddess. What do you think?"
Zeus smiled cheerfully: "Dear Mother of All Things, I thank you for your generosity. Your magnanimity fills me with admiration. I naturally have no objections."
Speaking thus, he looked around at the gods, asking majestically: "What about the gods? Do you have any objections?"
In an instant, the divine hall erupted in clamor, full of strong voices of agreement, even stronger than the previous agreement with Zeus.
On such matters, whoever raised different opinions would truly have lost their wits, utterly foolish.
Anyone truly stupid to this degree would sooner or later receive a premium seat in Tartarus, and it would definitely be sooner rather than later.
Seeing that all gods had no objections, Zeus nodded with satisfaction, giving the final universe-shaking announcement: "Time is the scale that measures existence, and also the core driving force and eternal rhythm that propels the evolution of all things and spirits in the universe!"
"Under the unanimous witness of all gods, I Zeus, in the name of King of the Gods, Master of the Universe, Establisher of Sacred Order, and Guardian of Noble Justice, solemnly proclaim here: from this day forward, the universe has the clearest and most stable time units, which will guide all things until eternity!"
"Each alternating cycle of Helios and Selene is one day; each waxing and waning of Selene is one month."
"Twelve months cycling once is one year, representing the endless vitality of all things and the eternal cycle of the universe!"
"The first and final months are represented by me. Symbolizing my supreme position of beginning and ending, start and finish, representing the endless vitality of all things and the eternal cycle of the universe!"
"The honor of the second month belongs to my Mother Goddess, the sacred, eternal, and unique Divine Queen, Mother Goddess Rhea! All things flourish because of her, she is the protector of all spirits in the universe!"
"The third month is for Mother of All Things Goddess Gaia, she gave birth to everything! The fourth month is for the world-supporting Ocean Current Oceanus, he generates all things! The fifth month is for cosmic cornerstone Crius, he stabilizes existence! The sixth month is for Father of Celestial Bodies Hyperion, he brings light! The seventh month is for Mother of Sacred Radiance Theia, she bestows brilliance!"
"The eighth month is for Sacred Order Justice Goddess Themis, she guards fairness and justice! The ninth month is for civilization memory incarnation Mnemosyne, she passes down civilization and wisdom! The tenth month is for World-Nourishing Mother Tethys, she nourishes life! The eleventh month is for Lady Night Nyx, she controls mysteries!"
Zeus's majestic voice echoed throughout the entire Olympus main hall, giving the final proclamation: "Gods, the sacred order is established! The universe's calendar has been determined! Please continue working with me to make the universe more beautiful and prosperous, let the new era's brilliance shine upon all things!"
Following Zeus's earth-shaking proclamation, the gods burst into thunderous cheers, their voices resounding through the clouds, echoing long on Mount Olympus, reluctant to fade.
Everything was brought to the most perfect conclusion. Perfect order had been established, and a new era had completely begun!
The new era was Zeus's eternal beginning!
Zeus looked at the cheering gods, his majestic face radiating immense confidence and joy. He rose laughing heartily, his laughter full of power and infectiousness, saying loudly: "Gods, cheer! Celebrate! Let us begin the celebratory feast, let wine and song resound through Olympus!"
"From today onward, the universe has a completely new beginning, an era belonging to light and order!"
The gods' feast lasted a full ten years. For ten years, Mount Olympus was immersed in endless laughter and nectar.
After ten years, the gods each began to fulfill their responsibilities, solemnly announcing to the entire vast universe the sacred new order established by the new God-King Zeus!
Not all gods settled on Mount Olympus. Mainly the new generation gods chose to make their homes on Olympus, while the other great gods returned to their familiar homelands.
However, Mount Olympus reserved exclusive divine palaces and temples for them all, always welcoming them to return and reside permanently on Olympus.
Mount Olympus, this towering mountain range, at the main peak's summit, reaching out to pluck stars was not an exaggeration.
The numerous peaks covered immeasurable ground. The gods were currently not many, and with their scattered distribution, it was actually pitifully desolate.
When the commotion subsided, Zeus fell into contemplation alone.
He was very clear that the current world order was still too rough and simple.
Although at this moment the gods each held their responsibilities and authority, and were currently in the exciting phase of creating a new era, naturally they were full of energy and ambition.
But soon, they would probably be tormented and annoyed by the day-to-day heavy work.
Having the gods enjoy themselves was no problem, but making them work diligently and conscientiously—don't even think about it!
Moreover, the gods' responsibilities couldn't entirely rely on their personal bodies to carry out.
This wasn't just a matter of annoyance; more importantly, once any accident occurred, even the most insignificant oversight could instantly plunge the world's order into chaos, directly resulting in widespread suffering.
Not to mention anything else, if the sun and moon got tired and went on strike, or had the slightest mishap, it would definitely be chaos immediately, with countless civilizations and living beings instantly gaining underworld citizenship.
It was still necessary to weave more detailed and sophisticated world laws, constructing a cosmic order system capable of automated operation.
In this system, the gods' laws could be set to run automatically. The gods would only need to perform major supervision within their authority ranges, preventing accidents or performing special operations and interventions, without needing to handle everything personally.
And this required the gods working together with one heart to jointly weave this vast and precise order network.
Moreover, the current world was still too desolate, with a pitifully small number of intelligent life forms, and higher intelligent life forms were even rarer.
The current existing higher intelligent life forms, besides the gods themselves, were only some nymph fairies, a few elemental beings, and some divine monsters and divine offspring.
Just this little bit of life spread throughout the vast universe—that wasn't just few, it was far too few!
It was necessary to encourage the gods to create life!
Whatever kind, anyway the more the better. The more possible collisions, the more prosperous universe would appear. Anyway, with himself in control, there was no fear of any major chaos.
To encourage the gods to create life, it was still necessary to find ways to stimulate their subjective initiative.
This couldn't be done well by forcing it. It was still necessary to make them interested themselves, to do it with enthusiasm themselves. A method was needed to arouse the gods' enterprising spirit.
However, creating higher intelligent life wasn't urgent for the moment. Now the most important and urgent thing was still to first weave a law system capable of automatic operation.
This was the foundation! The top priority!
If there were many living beings but the gods frequently went on strike, mortal life would be miserable, unimaginably miserable.
Without stable and fundamental order and laws as guarantee, the universe couldn't hope for vigorous development.
Imagine, life had just begun reproducing here, but suddenly the sun went on strike, even just for a few months, and all the newly sprouting vitality could be instantly destroyed, everything starting over again.
Zeus already had a rough plan in mind: use cosmic framework Crius as the most fundamental foundation framework, supporting the entire system; use Aether pervading the universe as endless energy, ensuring system operation; use Hyperion and all his offspring and all other celestial bodies as carriers and transmission media.
The gods would integrate their authority together, jointly forming this unprecedented "Divine System," constructing the magnificent mechanism of automatically operating laws.
Civilization Memory Goddess Mnemosyne would record and store all data, and according to cosmic data provide error correction and technical guidance, ensuring the system operated increasingly smoothly; Mother Goddess Rhea would be responsible for maintaining this Divine System and program operation, serving as core coordinator; Sacred Order Goddess would be responsible for judging system commands, processing order system data, and judging and supervising whether the order system operated normally.
Finally, with his own thunder and lightning closely linking all this together, and providing input, output and control supreme authority, becoming the entire system's core hub and link.
Ocean God Oceanus would continue to be responsible for expanding the universe's pie, ensuring the world continuously grew and strengthened, providing broader living space for all living beings.
As for Tartarus, he would continue eating garbage.
The gods would set their authority into this system, allowing the universe to operate autonomously according to programs set by the gods, both maintaining normal cosmic operation and liberating the gods from never-ceasing heavy work, ensuring the gods didn't need to handle everything personally and had more free time.
Additionally, this system could also let the gods develop and establish some "user programs," so the gods could also share authority and share some divine powers, making handling affairs more convenient. For the gods, this was undoubtedly also a tremendously good thing, much more convenient.
You must know, currently within their own authority, the gods were absolute gods who could do whatever they wanted.
But outside their own authority, they were truly completely powerless.
Everyone sharing some usage rights would be convenient for everyone. Anyway, the final control and highest management authority would still be in the gods' own hands.
Simply perfect!
The more Zeus thought, the more satisfied he became, nodding repeatedly, thinking to himself: 'This "Divine System" shall be called "Heavenly Way."'
'As for the "user programs" created by the gods, they shall be called "Divine Arts."'
When this system's rules became sufficiently perfect, until it could completely cover everything in the universe and control everything in the universe, then it would be the ultimate order transcending gods and all spirits, capable of achieving absolute domination and control over all things and spirits in the universe.
Zeus's lips curved slightly, outlining an unfathomable arc. 'At that time, this set of rules shall be called "Destiny."'
And he, God-King Zeus, would be this system and rules' only super core administrator, the universe's true supreme sovereign!
Also, a communication system among the gods must be established!
Zeus hadn't forgotten how much effort and time he spent when initially seeking Wisdom Goddess Metis.
Now communication among the gods was still very inconvenient, definitely relying entirely on shouting to find people.
Even supreme great gods, leaving their own authority range, if they wanted to find anyone, could only slowly search.
Zeus clenched his left fist and clapped his right palm, making a slight sound. He had made up his mind—he must create a "Divine Network"!
This was a necessity for the convenience of all gods!
Once this "Divine System" was created, this "Divine Network" would be very simple.
Just needing Day Goddess Hemera, plus Lady Night, using cosmic celestial bodies as base stations, his own thunder electromagnetic as linking medium, Aether still as energy source, could quickly create this "Divine Network" covering the entire universe!
Oh right, Mnemosyne was also needed for data storage and indexing, ensuring information flow, Mother Goddess Rhea responsible for maintaining its stable operation, and Themis serving as "network administrator supervisor," ensuring the Divine Network's fairness and security.
This was called perfect!
Zeus had already determined all the planning and details in his mind, but he wasn't in a hurry to propose it immediately.
Proposing this now, the gods' motivation wouldn't be too great. They hadn't yet experienced the torment of heavy work.
Zeus planned to let them first properly be "slave workers" for a while, experiencing the hardships of handling everything personally.
When the gods were all tormented to the point of wanting to die by day-to-day work, then proposing this "Divine System" and "Divine Network" would be what everyone hoped for, what all divine hearts desired, an excellent plan no one could refuse!
Perfect!
Zeus silently admired his own planning in his heart. He even admired how creative he could be!
'Worthy of being me!' Zeus was quite pleased with himself.
This vast plan, he decided to create as soon as possible and solemnly announce to all deities in the entire universe at the upcoming Grand Divine Assembly!
With the new God-King's succession, naturally all gods throughout the universe would come to Olympus to pay homage.
The previous Divine Assembly could only be considered a small meeting, although the small meeting had decided all the universe's new order.
But the Grand Divine Assembly was also necessary!
All deities would come to pay respects to the new God-King. At that time, Zeus would declare to all deities in the universe once again the core principles and sacred laws of the new order, establishing absolute authority!
It was just that the universe was too vast. For ordinary deities to reach Olympus and all arrive would still require a relatively long time.
As for whether not coming was acceptable—of course it was, but consequences also needed to be borne.
As for creating higher intelligent life, this needed to wait a bit longer.
Before this "Divine System" was created, if life were rashly created, for those newborn lives, it would only be terrible disaster and endless suffering.
Just as Zeus contemplated how to specifically implement the grand plan of the "Heavenly Way System," the offspring of the defeated Titans were trying to find connections to fish out gods.
Literally fishing out gods!
Fishing from underground.
Coeus and Phoebe's two beautiful daughters—the gentle and tender, melancholy Leto, and the brilliant and bright, resolute and tenacious Asteria.
At this moment they were crying like pear blossoms in rain, before Mnemosyne who had just returned to her homeland, pleading bitterly, hoping she could extend a helping hand.
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