Chapter 10 A Prelude to the Change of Divine Power
The flickering on the fragments of Nyx's origin was like a series of coded messages, rippling across the meta-timeline.
Lin Yun stared at the fragment that emitted a faint blue light, his fingertips hovering in mid-air, hesitant to fall.
"You're hesitating."
The light and shadow of Anan moved silently to his side.
She turned her gaze to another part of the original timeline.
There, suspended in the air, are the core fragments of Hesiod's Theogony, with Zeus's thunderbolt symbol faintly visible within.
"The Orphic creation myth is too 'quiet'."
Lin Yun finally spoke, his voice carrying a hint of contemplation.
"Phanes' birth was natural, and the propagation of all things was orderly, but that's not the whole story of mythology."
Lin Yun recalled the records of divine succession in Earth's memory. The rise of the Olympian gods was never gentle and mild, but rather filled with bloodshed and betrayal.
Uranus was castrated, Cronus swallowed his son, and Zeus once again overthrew patriarchal authority...
These harsh details are the most distinctive feature of the Olympiad system.
From the very beginning, this curse has remained unchanged and has been passed down through generations.
The light and shadow of Anan swayed slightly.
"You want to build a universe of 'conflict'?"
It is a 'dynamic equilibrium'.
Lin Yun shook his head, then corrected him.
"Orphism emphasizes 'one origin,' while the Olympian system demonstrates 'stability in transition.'"
"If the former is a tranquil creation poem, then the latter should be a dramatic epic."
He withdrew his hand from the Nyx fragment and instead grasped the core fragment of Theogony.
It feels cold to the touch, with a metallic hardness, quite different from the warm and smooth feel of the Orphic fragments.
The melody of creation begins once more.
This time, however, Lin Yun deliberately suppressed Chronos's primordial divine will.
He no longer directly personifies Aether and Chaos, but instead uses chaos itself as the initial starting point.
A formless and intangible "Chaos" containing infinite potential permeated the void.
There is no light, no time, only pure, infinite "possibilities".
"According to the logic of Theogony, the first thing to be born should be Gaia, the Earth."
Lin Yun mobilized his powers, guiding the heavy part of the chaos to sink and condense.
The nascent form of the earth slowly emerged.
It is not a smooth sphere, but rather has undulating folds.
The mountains rise like bones, and the ocean meanders like blood vessels.
When Gaia's outline became clear, he could feel a vibrant life force emanating from the core of Mother Earth.
That is the gentle power that nurtures all things.
"Next up is Uranus."
Lin Yun flicked his fingertips upwards, and the light part of the chaos rose, gathered, and transformed into a deep blue sky.
Unlike Gaia's material representation, Uranus is more like a manifestation of a "law," possessing a sense of etherealness that is neither material nor substantial.
He is the embodiment of the sky and a symbol of the original "patriarchal" world order.
Surrounding him were storms and lightning, symbols of majesty.
When he met Gaia, a subtle tension immediately formed between heaven and earth.
They are interdependent yet harbor hidden antagonism.
"This is the 'first level of opposition'."
Lin Yun said in a low voice.
"Uranus's absolute desire for dominance was destined to become the first spark of conflict."
Lin Yun did not intervene directly, but simply observed quietly.
Sure enough, when Gaia gave birth to the first Titans, Uranus's "tyranny" began to manifest.
He loathed the existence of these children and forcibly pushed them back into Gaia's womb, preventing them from seeing the light.
Gaia's suffering is clearly visible.
That was the despair of a mother being deprived of her right to bear children.
Lin Yun watched as she conspired with her youngest son, Kronos, amidst her pain.
Watching her forge that scythe, a symbol of "resistance."
My heart was completely unmoved.
This is not indifference, but an understanding that this is the "necessary evil" of the Olympian system.
Without Uranus's tyranny, there would have been no Cronus's rebellion.
Without Cronus's patricide, there would have been no rise of Zeus.
Without the successive changes of power, the "humanity" of the Olympian gods would be meaningless.
"The accuracy of the 'sickle castration' incident needs to be ensured."
Lin Yun mobilized the "Meta-Time" power to fine-tune the upcoming scene.
He amplified Cronus's "ambition," ensuring he didn't back down at crucial moments.
This also weakened Uranus's "vigilance," causing him to lower his guard under Gaia's temptation.
When that decisive moment arrived, the lament of the sky god echoed through the chaos.
His blood dripped onto the earth, giving birth to the Furies and the Giant.
The "vital part" that was thrown into the sea transformed into Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty.
"Violence gives rise to a new order, but it also sows new seeds of hatred."
As Lin Yun watched Cronus become the new God-King, he hid his scythe and looked at his brothers with suspicion. He couldn't help but think of the similar cycles of power in Earth's history.
He knew that Cronus's reign was destined to be short-lived, because he inherited not only the throne from his father, but also the curse of "fear of being overthrown."
Next is the crucial "swallowing" mechanic.
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Lin Yun strictly followed the records in the "Theogony" and made Rhea give birth to children one after another, only to watch helplessly as they were swallowed by Cronus.
He could sense Rhea's grief and helplessness, emotions that were more nuanced than Gaia's pain and more likely to ignite her subsequent "resistance."
When Zeus was about to be born, he deliberately amplified Rhea's "maternal instincts".
This made her determined to deceive her god-king husband.
By using a swaddling cloth wrapped in stone instead of an infant, Zeus was successfully delivered to a cave on the island of Crete.
"Hidden traces of Zeus's growth."
Lin Yun created a "fog" in the time and space of Crete, making it impossible for Cronus's eyes and ears to penetrate it.
He watched Zeus grow up being nursed by the goat Amalthea.
Watching him draw upon the power of the earth, growing stronger step by step.
Watching him make future allies, I felt "expectation" for the first time.
It's not a preference for a particular deity, but rather a curiosity about the "fulfillment of prophecies" and a fascination with this kind of "chance within necessity."
As creation progressed to this point, Lin Yun felt that the consumption of his divine essence was even greater than when he was building the Orphic universe.
Perhaps it is because the "conflict-based" nature of the Olympian system requires more power to maintain balance.
Or perhaps it was because he deliberately suppressed the will of the primordial god.
Just as he was preparing to construct the "Hundred-Handed Giant," this crucial entity, an accident occurred.
The Hundred-Handed Giant, as we remember him, was a symbol of "power," possessing fifty heads and one hundred arms, and was an important ally of Zeus in his battle against the Titans.
When Lin Yun activated his powers, images of "giant creatures" from Earth documentaries flashed through his mind.
The sheer size of dinosaurs, the immense strength of whales, the towering grandeur of mountains…
These images, intertwined with mythological memories, resulted in the "source of power" injected into the Hundred-Handed Giant far exceeding expectations.
When the three hundred-armed giants were born from Gaia's belly, the power emanating from them nearly tore apart the nascent universe, and even the sky trembled.
Lin Yun's heart tightened.
This force is too strong.
If left unchecked, they could very well disrupt the balance of power prematurely during the war between Zeus and the Titans.
It might even, in turn, threaten the future Olympian gods.
"It must be corrected!"
Lin Yun immediately activated the "Time Rewind" ability, rewinding the scene of the Hundred-Armed Giant's birth back to the beginning.
This time, he strictly followed the description in Theogony as the basis for creation.
Eliminate all interference from Earth's memories and precisely inject power that is "just enough to help Zeus win without going out of control."
When the three giants were reborn, the power fluctuations, though still strong, were now within a controllable range.
Cold sweat!
If God sweats cold.
It was sliding down Lin Yun's consciousness.
He watched as the Hundred-Handed Giant was being thrown into Tartarus by Cronus, and his heart was filled with alarm.
"Memory is not a perfect blueprint, and human cognitive biases may distort the balance of creation."
Just then, from the mist of Crete came the cry of a baby.
Zeus grew up.
He was preparing to disguise himself as a bartender and then return to Olympus to offer his father, Cronus, the "medicinal wine" that would make him vomit up his children.
Lin Yun turned his gaze back to the meta-timeline and found that the fragment representing the "Athens Universe" had lit up.
There are images of Athena being born from Zeus's head, and scenes of her vying with Poseidon for control of the Athenian city-state...
But when he tried to focus, he found that the two images contradicted each other.
In my memory, when Athena was born, Zeus had a headache because of Hephaestus' axe, but when Poseidon was fighting for the city, he said that Zeus had already promised to give him the city.
"The conflict between the different versions has become concrete."
Lin Yun frowned.
Back on Earth, he could attribute this contradiction to "legendary evolution."
However, any logical flaw in the creation process could lead to the collapse of the universe.
The bottleneck of creation has arrived without our knowledge.