Greece: I am Zeus!

Chapter 117 The Sulking Mother Goddess of All Things
The victory celebration lasted for a full month, during which the gods indulged in endless wine and delicacies, and enjoyed the exquisite dances and melodious songs of the nymphs.

The entire Mount Olympus was immersed in an atmosphere of ecstasy and tranquility.

All the gods tacitly maintained a mutual understanding; no god discussed the division of future honors, and everyone was waiting for the order to be established after the revelry.

Finally, the most important moment has arrived.

Zeus once again ascended to the highest platform in the center of the temple and waved his hand to bring the protracted feast to a halt.

With a faint smile on his lips, he spoke in the laughter of spring: "My dear friends, great gods, let us pause our joyous feast."

He paused slightly, looked around at the gods, and chuckled, "Even though I'm with you all, I don't want to stop this joyful time for a single moment."

Upon hearing this, the gods understood immediately, and a burst of lighthearted laughter filled the hall.

Seeing this, Zeus slowly suppressed his smile, leaving only a warm smile on his lips, and spoke powerful words:

"We will have endless years to enjoy this joyful time."

"But the universe is anxiously waiting for us, waiting for a new order to arrive."

"Let us set the universe in order, fulfill our great duties and missions, and then continue this eternal feast!"

The gods responded in unison, their voices resounding throughout the hall.

In an instant, the gods in the hall displayed a variety of expressions, some confident, some apprehensive, their faces showing joy or sorrow, anticipation or worry, excitement or apprehension, each with their own distinct personality.

Zeus led the gods into the main council hall.

The temple where all the great gods of the universe convene and decide all matters is located on the highest peak of Olympus. To accommodate the majestic bodies of the gods, this temple is incomparably magnificent and grand.

Olympus, with its magnificent palaces and towering domes, was so high that the gods could touch the stars with a mere gesture.

The light of countless stars shone through the temple's transparent divine barrier, illuminating the solemn faces of the gods.

Zeus raised his hand in a gesture of invitation, indicating that the gods should take their seats, while he himself rightfully sat in the highest and most prestigious seat in the center.

On that throne of the God-King, formed from countless stars, radiating supreme majesty and unparalleled nobility.

No God has objected to this.

Since He has not yet married His wife, the highest and most central seat is occupied by only Him, with no other seats on His left or right.

Even the mother goddess Rhea is below Him, but only on the right side, in the first position (in ancient Greece, the right side was considered the most honored).

To show the utmost respect to the primordial Titans, all the invited primordial Titans were seated in the honored seats to the right of Zeus.

The remaining young, newly born gods sat in the seats on the left in order.

The Lady of Night is somewhat special; Zeus placed her first on his left, while Pontus, the god of the sea, was placed last on his right.

As for the other gods, there was no need for Zeus to personally arrange the seats. They all had a tacit understanding and found their own suitable seats. Everything was understood without words, and the temple was in perfect order.

Zeus's deep gaze slowly swept over each of the gods in the hall, and he could clearly perceive the turmoil hidden beneath the calm of each god.

An unprecedented surge of pride rose within him.

Whatever power or pride a deity may have held in the past, they will now revere Him.

The entire universe is now under our control!

However, this is not enough.

During this month-long feast, all the gods tacitly avoided the sensitive topic of the division of authority.

However, all the gods were thinking about this paramount matter concerning their future status.

Zeus was no exception.

He was deeply pondering the reasons for the failures and downfall of the previous and first God-Kings.

Ultimately, it was determined that their art of ruling was simply too poor.

One is arrogant, extremely self-centered, and completely indifferent to impending threats.

One, with crude and cruel methods, successfully aroused the vigilance and resistance of all the gods.

To be truly invincible, one must possess everything completely.

However, the methods used cannot be as crude as those of the previous two administrations, otherwise it will only repeat the same mistakes.

In fact, he has a unique and enormous advantage over the previous two god-kings, namely, the innate authority to "rule".

As long as he firmly sits on the throne of God-King and establishes and promulgates the God-King Order, then all the gods who abide by the God-King Order, and the authority they possess, can be used by God-King.

With his own authority, he had no need to devour the gods. On the contrary, the stronger the gods were, the more powerful the god-king became.

The premise is that the gods need to be loyal to me and follow my divine order.

All that remains is to gradually understand all the rules.

The world we live in now is not yet powerful enough; it must continue to grow rapidly, evolving new laws until it reaches perfection and the laws become endless. At that time, it will be able to embody all that is possible, and transform the endless into the only reality.

All of this is inseparable from the joint efforts of the gods.

To evolve the world on one's own, to strive for perfection and completeness, is truly a distant dream.

Although he is currently invincible and can kill anything indiscriminately, if the gods decide to perish together with him, then...
They could not succeed either.

But this brings us back to the most crucial question: relying solely on ourselves to evolve the world is simply too unrealistic and a thankless task.

For the world to become stronger, it must be diverse and vibrant.

Only through constant change and with positive guidance can the world truly move towards a bright future.

This is something that a single god could never accomplish.

Furthermore, a world that is vibrant and full of life, with its gods actively striving for progress, is completely different from a world that is lifeless and stagnant, with its gods passively resisting and shirking their duties.

Trying to achieve success by relying on the latter is wishful thinking.

We must still arouse the subjective initiative of the gods, so that they will willingly contribute their strength and wisdom to the evolution of the world!

Moreover, as eternal beings, what gods fear most is loneliness.

I am no exception.

If endless, eternal life is not accompanied by higher intelligent life, if the universe is empty, what difference is there between it and being imprisoned in Tartarus?
In eternal life, only when the speed of cosmic evolution exceeds the speed of becoming weary of everything that exists will one not be overtaken by loneliness and boredom.

Isn't all rule ultimately about ruling over higher intelligent life forms?
What is the point of having great power if there is no ruling life?

If that's the case, then if you want the horse to run, you have to feed it grass.

To gain something, you must first give something else; this is the simplest of principles.

We can achieve a win-win situation; there's no need for both sides to lose.

He already had a perfect plan.

Zeus looked around at the gods in the hall and said with a smile, "Since she is the one who determines the order of the universe, how can the Mother Goddess be absent?"

"Revered ocean currents, majestic cosmic foundation, great radiant lord, luminous mother, sacred and just order, source of civilizational memory, mother who nourishes the world, and my dearest friends, mighty Hecatoncleris and Cyclops."

Zeus called out names one by one, his voice gentle and respectful: "May I trouble you to invite the great and loving Mother Goddess of All Things to come and witness the establishment of a new cosmic order?"

The primordial Titans naturally did not refuse. Oceanus smiled and said, "Of course, wise and thoughtful Zeus. It is thanks to your thorough consideration that we were able to avoid committing the grave mistake of neglecting our mother goddess."

The mother goddess Rhea, a faint smile appearing on her beautiful face, said softly, "Zeus, I'll go too."

Zeus pondered for a moment, then nodded and said gently, "Very well, thank you for your trouble, Mother Goddess."

Everything that happened on Mount Olympus could not be kept from Zeus, the mother goddess of all things; in fact, Zeus never intended to hide it from her.

The feast lasted so long, but Gaia, still sulking, didn't come. Even though Zeus had begun to establish the order of the universe, she stubbornly chose to be absent.

Gaia is currently in his Earth Temple, sulking with resentment.

This goddess of all things, who is full of anger, has completely lost her composure.

She dismissed all the gods and nymphs, and now she slumped against her throne, her face full of unhappiness.

Although the Mother Goddess of All Things is the oldest in both seniority and age, time has no meaning for deities.

Gaia, the mother goddess of all things, appeared in the form of a young woman not yet thirty, with a mature yet charming girlishness.

The Mother Goddess of all things, the Great Mother Goddess of the Universe, naturally manifests in a form most suitable for childbirth.

Her long, flowing emerald green hair, like a cascading emerald waterfall, was now scattered haphazardly on the ground, reflecting her languid and powerless posture.

Her slender and graceful body leaned casually against the altar, her perfectly shaped, naked feet resting on the armrests of the altar, swaying unintentionally.

The gods generally don't wear shoes, since they rarely have the opportunity to truly "stand on solid ground."

Moreover, the divine beings are immaculate and pure, and shoes have never been of any practical necessity to them.

The sole purpose of shoes is to look good, serving as decoration and enhancing aesthetics.

At this moment, the Mother Goddess of All Things was alone in the palace, and naturally she was even less inclined to put on shoes.

Even her magnificent robes were now disheveled due to her unseemly posture, revealing glimpses of the spring sunshine through them.

Her bare feet were absolutely perfect, breathtakingly beautiful.

Although the body of the Mother Goddess of All Things is the embodiment of ultimate goodness and beauty, and the most perfect creation in the universe, these two jade pedestals are especially beautiful and moving.

Petite and charming, slender and graceful, with fair skin as white as snow, smooth and radiant, she is undoubtedly one of the most perfect works of art in the entire universe.

Do you even know what the most authentic Greek footwork is?
The Mother Goddess of All Things is herself a symbol of ultimate gentleness!
(End of this chapter)