231: Chapter 231 War of All Races, War of Gods

【Of course, you are well aware that you are merely one step ahead of the other gods.】

【As you predicted earlier, your status surpasses that of ordinary Rule Gods.】

【You will reach your current level sooner or later; you merely advanced the timeline.】

【The God of Creation, God of Destruction, God of Chronology, God of Cosmos, and God of Fate, who are of equal status to you,】

【will also, over a long period, gradually Breakthrough to your current level as the world grows.】

【After the Breakthrough, you invited all the gods to your Radiant Divine Realm to attend a celebration banquet.】

【Inside a magnificently decorated room within the Temple of Light.】

【Countless stars, condensed from pure Divine Power, twinkled on the dome, illuminating the entire room as if it were daytime.】

【This was the banquet hall you prepared, capable of accommodating over ten thousand gods of varying sizes.】

【At the highest point of the room, you sat upon the Supreme Throne, a gentle and sacred halo flowing around you, smiling as you watched the gods arrive one after another.】

【Three hundred and sixty Twelve-Winged Angels, holding Holy Swords of Light, stood in two rows. The holy flames flickering on their wings automatically parted to create a path as the gods passed.】

【Soon all the gods arrived and the banquet began. The gods, already aware of the situation, offered you their congratulations.】

【Afterward, you first shared your Breakthrough experience with the gods.】

【However, most of the gods clearly weren't interested, as their levels had already peaked. Only the God of Creation and a few others listened intently.】

【At the end of the banquet, you imparted two theories you had compiled to the gods: "On How to Use Divine Power" and "On How to Maximize the Power of Authority."】

【These two theories could teach the gods how to maximize the utilization of every ounce of their power.】

【Soon the banquet ended. Before leaving, the gods, in gratitude, offered some parts of themselves as gifts to you.】

【As the last deity departed, you tallied the gifts bestowed by the gods.】

【"Good, most of the Materials for the Divine Artifact upgrade are now gathered. For now, I'll integrate these Materials into the Divine Artifact."】

【"Once the God of Creation, God of Destruction, and the others Breakthrough, I can proceed with the Divine Artifact's upgrade."】

【At five hundred million years old, as the number of living beings between heaven and earth grew exponentially, the major races' interactions became frequent, and conflicts gradually began to arise.】

【Initially, they were just small-scale tribal skirmishes, which later escalated into full-blown wars between races.】

【Lush forests turned to scorched earth in the flames of war, clear rivers were stained red with blood, and towering mountains collapsed under the clash of forces.】

【If it were merely conflicts and wars between living beings, it would be nothing; compared to the entire Ancient God Continent, it wouldn't even count as minor skirmishes.】

【After all, this continent is vast and boundless; even the most brutal wars would only leave a few insignificant scars on its surface.】

【But the problem was that these living beings were no longer isolated entities.】

【After so many years of development, the vast majority of races on the Ancient God Continent had become entangled with the gods.】

【Some races had devout followers of a certain god, frequently meeting with them; others were descendants of divine creations; and some even had the Bloodline of gods continuing within their ethnic groups.】

【When these races met on the battlefield, their gods naturally could not stand idly by.】

【Initially, it was just covertly bestowing Divine Power blessings, but it gradually escalated into direct intervention.】

【The conflicts between races gradually escalated, turning into conflicts between gods.】

【What was once merely grudges between mortals now became a contest of divine will.】

【The sky was torn by the aftermath of Divine Power, the earth trembled under the pressure of Divine Might, and the oceans churned with monstrous waves due to divine wrath.】

【You did not choose to stop this, because it was the normal trajectory of this world's development, an essential part of the world's growth.】

【Moreover, just as saplings need to endure wind and rain to grow into towering trees, civilization also needs to be tempered in the fires of war to reach maturity.】

【War is the greatest catalyst for racial development.】

【At seven hundred million years old, the God of Water and the God of Fire, both Rule Gods, erupted into intense conflict for unknown reasons.】

【Unlike the previous sparring matches among the gods, which were treated as entertainment.】

【This time, the two gods truly entered a state of mortal combat, and the impact of their battle grew increasingly severe.】

【The God of Water summoned colossal floods that submerged the continent, while the God of Fire ignited world-ending flames that incinerated the sky.】

【These two extreme forces fiercely collided above the Ancient God Continent, generating energy fluctuations that even warped space-time.】

【They even caused some irreversible effects on the Ancient God Continent.】

【If you were to say, it's just that the God of Chronology and the God of Cosmos have good tempers, otherwise these two would definitely be getting a beating right now.】

【Seeing the situation gradually worsen, and that one of the two would surely die if they continued fighting, with many living beings on the Ancient God Continent also perishing, you intervened to stop the two gods.】

【You emerged from the light, and with just a glance, you calmed the churning ocean; with a gesture, you extinguished the raging flames.】

【The two Rule Gods were powerless before you, like infants, and were directly pushed back to their places of birth.】

【After returning to the Radiant Divine Realm, you looked into the depths of the world, feeling that the world was about to enter its next stage.】