"Hold on, brothers! The moon has vanished."
In the sky, the intertwining radiance of the sun and moon vanished, leaving only the eternal, unchanging sun hanging in the sky.
The defending soldiers had never looked forward to this unchanging, silent sun more than they did today.
With the disappearance of the intertwining radiance of the sun and moon, the overpowering chaos slowly receded.
The demons' strength returned to normal, and the abyssal aura that permeated their bodies began to slowly fade.
"What's going on?" a demon lord asked, standing behind the attacking camp, staring at the sun in the sky.
According to their agreement,
The intertwining radiance of the sun and moon should become increasingly normal, until it became a daily occurrence.
This was used to strengthen their strength and enhance Chaos to resist the growing influence of Order.
"We attack, they counter. That's perfectly normal. Just like they're reinforcing order, and we're destroying it.
It's just a matter of who's more powerful, whose methods are better," said another demon lord standing beside him.
Speaking of it, below the level of demon lord, demons are almost clearly divided into two categories.
One category is the demon lord who has taken the demonic chaotic attributes and reckless nature to the extreme.
The other category still possesses the demonic chaotic attributes, but has suppressed their recklessness, allowing them to think calmly.
"Does that mean our plan has failed? These damn gods are truly unreliable," the demon said disdainfully, spitting a mouthful of lava to the side.
The more rational demon lord beside him nodded in agreement.
Those traitors are all unreliable.
"Only a coward like the Devouring Mouth would be suppressed by such wretches and reduced to his current state." Even at this moment, it was necessary to mock this coward.
The Devouring Mouth had become a laughingstock among the demon lords, constantly being used as a negative example.
Elsewhere,
In the small world,
The aura of the stolen divine essence was being stolen by Alka.
He was stealing the divine essence's personal aura that once belonged to the Moon Goddess.
Because the divine essence had long since departed from the Moon Maiden, in Alka's world, with the Moon Maiden's help,
the personal aura was easily stolen by Alka.
"Hurry, now."
The moment he stole it, Alka immediately returned the divine essence to Sofia, allowing her to immediately begin to control it.
Sofia took it and began to flow her own magic power into the divine essence. The Moon Maiden let her moon hang suspended in the sky of the small world, its massive mass occupying nearly half the sky, as if poised to fall.
The surging moonlight enveloped the entire small world, nearly obliterating the Moon Goddess's sense of this world.
Now, she could only frantically wander around the outside world.
Under these circumstances, she had no way of sensing the fate of the divine essence that Alka had stolen from her.
Sofia's power quickly mastered the divine essence, and with the Moon Maiden's assistance, not even a ripple was generated that affected the surroundings.
Then Sofia's aura began to replace it.
Only then did Alka let go.
The Moon Goddess's personal aura, stolen by him, drifted out. But now, it couldn't penetrate the inner world, and slowly dissipated into the air as time passed.
"It's fascinating that you can even steal something like this," the Moon Girl observed Alka's actions from the side.
Meanwhile, she silently kept a watchful eye on Alka.
This compulsive stealing ability was a bit terrifying. If one wasn't constantly vigilant, Alka could easily steal something without even noticing.
Alka wasn't powerful enough yet, not even fully divine yet, but that was inevitable in the future.
After all, he wasn't even divine yet, yet he was able to steal the divinity of a god. Even with the help of others, he already possessed this ability, which was incredibly incomprehensible.
What if the divinity could steal something else? What was even more outrageous?
The Moon Girl was certain that this young man named Alka would become famous in the astral realm.
At the Moon Girl's words, Alka simply smiled.
Then, the Moon Girl looked at Sofia and said seriously, "Now is the most important moment. You need his help to replace the moon in the sky. Push out the moon of your world, and you will become the new moon.
Your moon will hang within this world, obscuring the brilliance of the moons outside.
Our ability to help you is limited, but your chances are great. You can only rely on your own efforts."
Sofia, who had just mastered this treasure, nodded vigorously.
"People outside have already discovered it. Let's do it now," the Moon Girl said from the side.
Outside.
The Moon Goddess called over her colleagues.
Among them was the God of War.
The moon is one of their most important channels for interfering with this world, and they cannot allow this channel to become compromised.
The moon inherently makes it easier for them to create a channel for invasion.
"Shine brightly, and we will help you resist other problems," the God of War said.
He and the other gods immediately set up a defensive line outside to prevent interference.
At this moment,
Sofia transformed into a starlight and soared into the sky.
The Moon Girl's illusory figure also vanished from its original location.
Alka and Lucilia also returned from their small world to the real world.
They quickly reached the front lines.
The sky seemed to have remained unchanged.
At this moment,
Alka's eyes saw many auras colliding in the area beyond the sky.
Just like the divine conflict years ago.
This time, it was even more obvious than before.
It was clear that the Holy Mother and the others had also taken action.
"Heaven... look up at the sky!"
Some people pointed to the sky and shouted, drawing the others to look upwards.
Then they saw a scene they would never forget.
Three full moons hung in the sky during the shimmering daylight.
The pure white moonlight, representing the Moon Maiden, had accompanied this world through a thousand years of shattering.
The pale blue moonlight, representing the Golden Age, had betrayed this world.
And the brand-new moon, never before seen, but unmistakably Sofia's.
This full moon was as bright as a mirror, its smallest size radiating the brightest light.
Pure light, devoid of any attributes.
Even around it, you could see twinkling, brilliant stars.
The stars' light reflected off the mirror-like white moon, emitting a brilliant hue like a galaxy.
Her colors were the most beautiful and brightest, and she was also the closest to this world.
Of course, it wasn't because it was stronger than the other moons; that was evident in her size.
It was simply because Sofia's moon was the closest to the world.
She was in the sky.
Just beyond the clouds.
The largest, pure white moon, in a distant, unknown place, merely projected its shadow onto the astral plane.
The once blue moon existed outside this world, projecting its image through its connection to this one.
And now, the blue moonlight found it even harder to penetrate this world, for the element that represented this world's moonlight had been stolen by Alka.
Three moons of different colors shone simultaneously.
And in a more obscure place, visible only to Alka,
The four gods and those ascending gods were constantly interfering with the blue moon's encroachment on the world's light.
The pure white moonlight was also interfering.
The God of War did not attack, but instead defended against the interference.
"What's wrong with you? Why is your light so weak?" an unknown, masked god asked, gazing at the radiant Moon Goddess.
The light was clearly too weak, not even close to what she should have been able to produce, giving the impression of complete inaction.
Their relationship was essentially based on a nexus of interests, which irritated him greatly.
The other gods also turned to look at her.
The God of War stared at her sternly, "What's going on? Did something happen to you?"
Otherwise, he wouldn't have summoned them so suddenly, leading to such a huge conflict.
The Moon Goddess struggled for a moment before sighing and saying, "My moonlight has been stolen, and so has the divinity of the moonlight."
"..."
The gods suddenly felt a wave of confusion.
What did "stolen" mean?
What could possibly steal the divinity that had accompanied these natural gods for so long?
And stealing from within themselves? How could such a ridiculous thing be possible?
The gods' first reaction was disbelief.
"If you don't mind, please show me," the God of War said.
The other gods also stopped their attempts to block the interference. After all, if the moonlight had truly been stolen, their current obstruction would be meaningless.
Even the importance of the goddess before them would be greatly reduced.
Because the Moon Goddess would inevitably lose in this battle, being targeted, even though she was more familiar.
The Moon Goddess looked at the gods before her. After a long moment, she seemed to come to her senses and silently allowed her divinity to manifest through the radiance of her body.
One was indeed missing.
"Was it really stolen? How did they do that?"
None of these traitorous gods mocked the Moon Goddess. If it had truly been stolen, the problem would have been far more serious.
A being capable of stealing their divinity.
It was enough to make them wary, perhaps even temporarily avoiding and fearing it.
It was precisely this desire to possess the divinity and power within them that had brought them to this point.
The Moon Goddess sighed and slowly recounted to the gods what had just happened.
"So, you sensed it the moment it was stolen, correct?" a goddess adorned with jewelry asked the Moon Goddess.
The Moon Goddess nodded.
She had indeed sensed it the moment it was stolen, and added, "If, if I hadn't been completely focused on the problem at hand due to the circumstances at the time, I would have definitely noticed.
Then my divinity wouldn't have been stolen, and..."
"And what?" the God of War asked.
"And, he stole the power encased in my divinity, a bit like... when our mother took our divinity away."
"What?"
"Impossible!"
The gods reacted violently to these words.
It was a nightmare they would never shake. This was the reason they had gathered together to rebel.
When the Moon Maiden said this, they naturally couldn't accept it.
"Enough, silence!" the God of War roared angrily, then calmly began to think.
"I remember, I remember there was once a beast that could steal things, right?" a god suddenly said.
He was referring to the Golden Age.
In that era, all naturally powerful creatures possessed a certain degree of divinity within them.
Following his reminder,
A god seemed to have a thought and said, "I remember now. It's that rat, right? But didn't I remember he was killed by the God of the Newborn long ago?"
"Wait..."
With the mention of the God of the Newborn, the gods immediately realized something and looked at each other.
The God of the Newborn and they were not on the same side at all.
Or perhaps they hadn't initially imagined the Newborn God would join them in destroying the world.
However, his behavior over the years had confirmed that the Newborn God wasn't joining them in destroying the world, but simply wanted to see how his sister was doing.
He had already left.
As for the Newborn God, their relationship wasn't good, so naturally, they had no power to stop him.
All they knew was that he had invaded the world and seemed to have failed.
"So, this stolen divinity was given by him?"
"That's what I knew. We should have teamed up to kill him and take his divinity away, instead of letting him come with us. Now we have a huge problem, don't we?"
"Team up to kill him? Do you think he's a fool?"
The gods quickly began arguing with each other.
At this moment, the Moon Goddess asked, "Can a single divine power accomplish such a thing?"
If it could, it wouldn't have emerged only now. It would have already been renowned in the golden age.
"Of course not, but you also said he must have borrowed his mother's power.
And just like us becoming gods, he couldn't have relied solely on this single divine power. He must have used other divine powers in conjunction with it, perhaps even transforming it into authority.
Perhaps the person who stole your divine power has already become a god."
"Okay, now our main task is to find out who this person is, and you all must remain vigilant."
The God of War spoke, his figure vanishing from the point of origin.
The others also vanished as they spoke.
Only the Moon Goddess remained, her expression grim, her gaze unsettled.
She was already wondering if her return was the right decision.
Without moonlight, she could no longer even make her own moon appear above the world. Then her role would be drastically reduced, becoming a liability to the team.
Although much of her divinity, which was also related to this world, was stolen from other gods,
But already fearful and cowardly, she had already prepared a final retreat.
What if, what if their goal failed?
What if Mother recovered and reclaimed her divinity?
The fear and humiliation of the past made it impossible for her to place all her bets on one thing.
Within her divinity lay a power she had forged after the shattering of the World Mother. It was her own power.
This power stemmed from her fear of the uncertain future.
Though stripping it of all, leaving only this one power, would weaken her, it meant that these things were hers, and no one could take them away.
She was already thinking of leaving.
She felt their chances were slim this time. In her previous statement, she concealed a crucial point.
Although the one who stole her divinity had used her mother's authority and power,
She sensed her mother's will within this power.
That was something she had never perceived.
The sadness she felt.
This sadness was all too familiar to her.
During the Myriad Gods' Calamity, when the World Mother stripped their divinity, everyone thought it was anger, and only a few felt sadness amidst that anger.
Just like what she felt now.
So.
If the World Mother ignored her, and the sadness accumulated to a certain limit, it would likely return to the situation she had before, forcibly stripping them or even destroying them.
At that point, the divinity within them would likely be withdrawn in a mutual destruction, or even rendered useless.
Her own World Mother could do such a thing.
As she pondered, her current resolve grew stronger.
She couldn't help but turn her head to gaze at the boundless sea.
At the newly born moon.
Perhaps.
Perhaps a deal could be made.
With this thought, her figure gradually faded from sight.
She now needed to find a being that could serve as a bridge, allowing her to communicate with the people or gods of the Boundless Sea.
Meanwhile,
A day had passed, and the Boundless Sea had already entered darkness.
But the moon hanging in the sky amidst the darkness was no longer the pure white moon, nor the moon emitting a blue glow. Instead, it was a brand new moon.
This moon shone like a mirror, surrounded by starlight.
Its gentle light spread across the world,
Making everyone
feel a sense of comfort they had never felt before.