Spirit of Spirituality
在卡奥斯的世界里，神灵的力量是有区别的。根据世界法则，众神一般分为四层。例如，莱恩是一个典型的神灵，神力微弱。相比之下，原始海神本都天生具有中等神力，后来成长为拥有强大的神力。
至于太初神灵，在发展意识之前，他们比强大的神力还要强大，但是在发展意识之后，他们只是略微优于强大的神力等级。
“嗡嗡——”
法律的嗡嗡声再次响起。当莱恩看向大海时，卡奥斯世界的奇怪现象仍在继续。天地间的水蒸气再次开始凝结，让刚刚稳固的本都神权颤抖起来。
自然而然的神的神圣权威不能被后来的发展所夺走，除非被养育他们的世界所夺走。除了莱恩自己的灵魂凝聚的“灵性”之外，世界本身可以收回所有其他力量。
当然，除了新神诞生的时候，潜意识世界通常不会对神灵产生太大的干扰。
“我来得早，真是太好了。如果五位原始神灵已经发展出意识，我的'灵性'神权很可能会成为世界领域的一部分。
摇了摇头，莱恩继续观察着这壮观的景象。水蒸气的冷凝仍在继续。除了本都之外，新生的Oceanus也表现出类似的迹象。共同统治海洋的两位神灵在某个时刻失去了部分权柄，特别是与纯净的“水”有关的那部分神权。
世界的法则处于动荡之中，所有现存的神灵都明白其中的含义。塔拉萨，海洋的原始女神，另一位泰坦古神，诞生了！
随着两位与水有关的神灵的不断出现，世界的力量开始从海洋转移到天空。莱恩能感觉到下一个泰坦将在那里诞生。
“本都快要失去他的'中级神力'力量了。”
“即便如此，他还是能打败我五次。”
莱恩苦笑着，将目光转向天空。神灵的战斗力不仅关系到他们的神力等级，还关系到他们的神权。比如火神和春之神，就算神力差不多，战斗力也会相差很大。
但毋庸置疑，即使本都的神权不是最适合战斗的类型，它仍然远远优于“灵性”。畢竟，純粹的靈性就像體力一樣——它可能看起來很有用，但在實際上，它並不是很有效。
“嗡嗡——”
After a while, as if recovering its strength, the world’s laws became active again. This time, the world of Kaos gave birth to two ancient gods and a new celestial body. After thousands of years, Lane saw the sun in the sky once more.
Looking up, the new celestial body radiated light and heat, causing the world’s essence to rise immediately. Hyperion, the original sun!
Theia, the mother of light and goddess of sight!
As the world’s essence rose, although Lane was only an insignificant deity of spirituality, his power also increased. The special “Spirituality” divine authority had its benefits—while he did not bear the blame for the world’s decline, he could enjoy the benefits when the world grew stronger.
According to Lane’s own grading system, this increase might have raised his divine power level from 2 to 3. If he could rise three more times, he could shed the “weak divine power” status and be promoted to “weak intermediate divine power” at level 6.
This grading system is not innate to the world of Kaos but was created by Lane. It helps him gauge the level of divine power among deities. For example, with the overall increase in the world, Pontus, who was teetering on divine power level 11, finally regained some strength and stabilized his power.
“Buzz—”
The humming sound returned. The world’s laws did not halt due to any single deity’s will, and the primordial sea roiled once more. Soon, the third instance of the laws’ disturbance announced the birth of three new gods.
In an instant, storms arose on the earth, and the sky was filled with many dark celestial bodies, marking the authority of the two new deities. The third deity followed the path of her older sister, Theia, taking some of the light from her and drawing power from the sun.
Coeus, the god of celestial bodies!
Crius, the god of meteorology!
Phoebe, the goddess of light!
The emergence of these three new gods caused the world’s essence to rise again, though not as significantly as with the appearance of the sun. However, even though his divine power did not increase, Lane still felt a new power growing within him.
This power had been present since the birth of the first Titan. With each new deity, it became more substantial. Now, it had finally become detectable.
“Very good!”
Seeing his expectations come true, even though this was the change he had longed for, Lane couldn’t help but smile. Fortunately, this was not the era of the third-generation King of Gods, Zeus. In this primitive age, he still had plenty of opportunities.
“I need to work hard to avoid being a weakling in future eras. Being looked down upon is one thing, but being noticed by Zeus is another.”
Shivering slightly, Lane’s resolve to grow stronger was further solidified as he thought about the future generations of gods, who would be of diverse genders and races. In this regard, Uranus was still quite trustworthy. Besides Gaia, he was not interested in anyone else, and his twelve children had inherited his excellent traits.
“Hmm?”
Although he was watching a grand spectacle, Lane suddenly recalled the past. Focusing his attention, he immediately sensed the source of the disturbance.
Two more new gods had been born, but their powers were inclined towards the mental realm, affecting Lane’s spirit due to the active laws.
Mnemosyne, the primordial goddess of memory, language, and primordial script, had not yet manifested her divine authority of memory, even though her name had spread through the laws to the world.
Iapetus, the god of souls and speech, similarly seemed to have his soul-related power disappear.
Lane noted that he would not take the blame for this, even though he was indeed responsible.
“Fortunately, it was not exposed earlier. If it had been, while Iapetus might have been manageable, Mnemosyne would probably have been hunted down by Gaia.”
Taking a deep breath, Lane felt immensely relieved about his previous actions.
The soul and spirituality are two sides of the same coin, having long become part of him. Memory is a subordinate aspect of the soul, and without his permission, no one could obtain the divine authority of memory.
If they were deities born from the world of Kaos itself, he would have either been torn apart like Pontus or become a subordinate deity to one of the new gods. But since his spirituality originated from his own creation, as the primordial deity of spirituality, the world could not do much to him—unless it directly killed him.
Killing the primordial deity would mean destroying the authority he represents, and spirituality would vanish from the world, ensuring no more souls would be born in Kaos.
Thus, only the instinctual Chaos ignored the divine authority of soul and memory, allowing the two new gods to be born.
