Once upon a time there was a greedy snake.

Chapter 170 The Gods Are Dead
Seeing that the four priests had actually been recruited by the eagle-headed man, Du Yi had to admit that recruiting these four priests was indeed a very correct decision.

Considering his lack of expertise in interrogation, Du Yi had four priests interrogate him on his behalf. Although the distance between them was so close that it was no different from asking him directly, having this intermediary step would make the information more reliable.

"So, I'll ask the question, and you let him answer it."

Du Yi gave instructions to the four priests.

"Who exactly are you? What exactly happened back then?"

The four priests were stunned for a moment, and even the sun god, who was paralyzed on the ground and unable to get up, was stunned—it turns out that after fighting for so long, this ancient serpent didn't even know who it was fighting.
However, the sun god immediately realized that this was not a question about his identity.

Instead, they were asking about his background.

If the enormous serpent before them is indeed the evil ancient serpent from back then, then asking this question would be perfectly reasonable—but did this ancient serpent really not realize that he was a descendant of the three giant gods from back then?
And then there's the question, "What exactly happened back then...?"

This evil ancient serpent was a witness to what happened back then, so why is it asking him this question?

"It seems you still don't want to talk about it."

Sartek, carrying a large sword, walked over, chanting a prayer.

"Great serpent god, please make way."

The enormous serpent tilted its head slightly, and the sunlight once again shone on the sun god. Under the sunlight, the spot on the sun god's neck where a piece of flesh had been cut off quickly recovered.

This made Du Yi, who was standing to the side, envious. It was the first time he had ever seen a breed that could grow flesh simply by basking in the sun.

"Wouldn't it be great if this thing wasn't humanoid and couldn't talk?"

Du Yi couldn't help but start daydreaming.
They look humanoid and can talk. Although theoretically they are not completely inedible, eating them would still be somewhat unpleasant. So, if this technology of gaining weight by sunbathing were applied to mammoths, it would be perfect.

If such a mammoth existed, even just one, he could obtain a continuous supply of mammoth meat.

Thinking of this, Du Yi, who hadn't eaten mammoths in so long, even instinctively felt a bit hungry.

Stared at by those hungry eyes, the sun god immediately broke out in a cold sweat. At that moment, he no longer cared about whether he should ask or not, and he blurted out everything he could.

“I am one of the three giants, the son of the King of the Sky, and I inherited the name of Horus, the god of the sun. My original name was Ujat.”

The sun god with the head of an eagle and the body of a man quickly revealed his origins and background.

"As for what happened back then... which time exactly? Was it before the Dark Ages? Or during the Dark Ages? Or after the Dark Ages?"

"You're supposed to speak! Not ask!"

Ansag, wearing a jeweled crown, immediately rebuked him.

"be honest!"

"I……"

Seeing the priests who once served him now riding on his head, Ansag had never felt such humiliation.

But faced with the gaze of those snake eyes, and the drool practically dripping from his mouth, the sun god swallowed hard and continued speaking. Since he didn't know which specific period he was going to talk about, he could only start from the beginning.

"Before the Dark Ages, long, long ago..."

"Ok?"

This very move caused Du Yi to frown.

Before the Dark Ages, wasn't that the time when the Ignivas burned the mountains? If he remembered correctly, this eagle-headed man had already said it once before when he made his move—and now, this eagle-headed man was going to repeat it to him again. What a despicable act!
However, just as Du Yi was about to start cursing and stop this rambling behavior,

The eagle-headed sun god continued speaking.

“Long, long ago, before the gods of that time even appeared, there was another group of gods in this world.”

"...Eat?"

Du Yi, who was about to start cursing, stopped in his tracks.

Things turned out to be a little different from what he had imagined; the eagle-headed man seemed to be saying something he had never heard of before.

As the eagle-headed man continued his narration, Du Yi gradually fell into deep thought.

According to the Eagle-Headed Man, in an era even older than the Primordial Era, the world was not in chaos. In that era, the true gods roamed the clouds, their glory spreading across the earth, and their every move influencing countless beings.

However, even such gods eventually fell. Those ancient deities, for various reasons, were ultimately annihilated in the equally ancient past.

But its former prosperity did exist, and it left some traces in this world.

For example, those earth-shattering divine powers, and those colossal beasts that stand tall and imposing.

Or perhaps, an ancient serpent that blots out the sky.

"Go on."

Although Du Yi was filled with doubt upon hearing this, after a moment of silence, he chose not to interrupt the eagle-headed man and let him continue.

According to the falcon-headed man, the evil ancient serpent should be the remnant of the annihilation of the gods. Of course, in the era of the three giants, the gods of today could not actually be sure of this. At that time, they had just experienced the Dark Age and were being defeated by the evil servants of the ancient serpent, who were called the Ignivas, and were even on the verge of extinction.

Of the gods who were once brought out by the three giants, only one-tenth remain. Even two of the three giants themselves are severely injured. The flames unleashed by the Ignivas have pushed the gods to the brink of life and death.

"However, it was at this time that the Sky King, one of the three giants, who is also my father god, discovered that secret treasure hidden under the yellow sand."

It was a rather secluded space, not even belonging to this world. Originally, after discovering this place, the three giants wanted to take the other gods inside for refuge—however, it was in this perilous space that the three giants and the later gods gained unprecedented power.

With this power, they not only successfully fought against the evil Ignivas and drove them out of the world, but also mastered divine power and became true, immortal gods.

"It was only later that we learned that the space was originally a cemetery."

"A cemetery that buried and obliterated the gods."

(End of this chapter)