Once upon a time there was a greedy snake.

Chapter 86 is too big, it's just too big.
The gods of Ignivas have awakened, today.

For the Ignivas, this was undoubtedly an exciting day. No matter what had happened in the past, the serpent god's awakening from its long slumber was a momentous event for every Ignivas.

"So their snake god... is preparing to come?"

The leader of the minotaurs looked at his subordinates.

"Are these Ignivas preparing to welcome their god?"

"It wasn't the snake that came over, it was these monkeys that went over."

The minotaur who came to deliver the message said this.

“Those monkeys were going to their sacred mountain to see for themselves the serpent god awakening from his slumber… They seemed to regard this as a ritual.”

"A festival..."

The leader of the minotaurs stroked his chin.

This so-called Taiyi God, that snake hiding in the mountains, has quite the grand entrance. Even though it's awake, it doesn't intend to come out on its own, but insists on putting on some fancy ritual.

However, he could roughly understand such things.

The Hennu people have seen many of these mountain spirits and monsters who like to play tricks. In order to gain the worship of their followers, these powerful beasts often devise some rather complicated, even meaningless, rituals.

The Hennu people inherited the wisdom of the sacred cow god Dehennu, and they could naturally see that this was a ritualistic way to select those who were more willing to obey.

It seems that this so-called Taiyi God, even though he had already woken up, still insisted on holding a festival to celebrate his awakening, probably for this reason.

"But that's not necessarily a bad thing."

The leading minotaur nodded slowly.

The more this so-called snake god tries to be clever, the more it exposes its true nature and reveals its need to be feared and worshipped.

Where there is a need, there is a flaw.

"Let's set off then, and go see what's going on."

As he said this, the leader of the minotaurs also stood up.

"Remember to bring the Divine Feeder."

After a brief period of preparation, the Hennu people's group quickly entered the sacred mountain and joined the Ignivas people's group.

But just as the Hennu were preparing to venture deeper into the mountains, closer to the slumbering place of the serpent god in the Ignivas legends.

The Ignivas, however, stopped him.

“We are here to observe the ceremony, and we also represent the will of the sacred bull god Dehennu.”

Faced with the obstruction of the Ignivas, the leader of the minotaurs spoke up.

"Why are you stopping me? Do you intend to disrupt the communication between the gods?"

"Well, it's not that we're stopping you, it's just that we're not going over there either."

Faced with the Minotaur's persistence, even the Thirty-Sixth Generation Akakage, who was already quite familiar with these Minotaur, felt somewhat helpless.

"It's mainly for safety reasons."

It was at this moment that the minotaurs realized that these Ignivas people did not seem to have any intention of going any further.

Everyone stopped some distance from the serpent god's habitat.

"Taiyi is very large. If he comes out directly, some unsuspecting people might get run over."

The Thirty-Sixth Generation Akakage continued his explanation.

"Fortunately, the merciful God Taiyi called us in advance, instructing us to evacuate everyone from the mountains..."

Since the summons had been made, it could no longer be kept secret. Upon hearing the news, all the Ignivas naturally wanted to come and see for themselves—after all, their ancestors had worshipped the Taiyi God for generations, yet they had never seen him in person. Now that the legendary Taiyi God had awakened from his slumber, they naturally wanted to see the deity they had worshipped for generations. The Thirty-Sixth Akakage had considered whether to strictly forbid the Ignivas from entering the mountains, but he also knew that such things couldn't be stopped simply by blocking them, since most of the people he could send out also wanted to see the Serpent God.

So the 36th Akakage simply changed the method: watching was allowed, but it had to be done in an organized manner, strictly following the divine decree, and at least from a distance, with attention to safety.

After all, the size of that Taiyi God was really huge.

"Very large?"

Upon hearing the explanation from the Thirty-Sixth Generation Akakage, the minotaurs immediately looked towards the distant mountain where the Taiyi God was said to reside.

They saw nothing.

The Hennu people had seen large mountain spirits and monsters, those who claimed to be gods, and they even knew about some mountain spirits and monsters with strange abilities—but right now, no matter how they looked, they couldn't find any trace of the so-called Taiyi God.

"This……"

After glancing once more at the distant mountain peaks, the leading minotaur finally couldn't hold back any longer.

"Red Shadow, my friend, where is your venerable Supreme God?"

"It's over there. Didn't we talk about it before?"

The Thirty-Sixth Generation Akakage pointed to a distant mountain peak.

"That's where the God Taiyi slumbers underground..."

"But……"

The leader of the minotaurs was about to say that he hadn't seen even a trace of a god.

But just at this time.

The distant mountain range moved.

The earth trembled, the mountains shook, and countless plants and rocks tumbled down. The tremors from afar were so intense that it was impossible for people to even stand still.

In an instant, the Ignivas had all fallen to the ground, and even the minotaurs were all sitting on the ground, unable to get up for a long time.

On the one hand, it was because the earth was still trembling, and they simply couldn't stand firm.

On the other hand, what came into view was an immense shock.

The Hennu people had seen snakes before, from small, non-venomous snakes to venomous snakes that spray venom, to giant pythons that swallow lions and tigers whole, to those enormous snakes that were even large enough to be gods—but what was standing in front of them now, was it really a snake?

Although you can tell it's a snake just by looking at its raised head.

But this enormous shape rising from the mountain...

"What the hell is this?"

The leader of the minotaurs was even somewhat dazed, a sign that his understanding of the world was being challenged.

However, after taking a deep breath, the leader of the minotaurs, as an elite among the Hennu, managed to regain his composure.

"If it's that big..."

After glancing at the giant serpent in the distance and then at the few divine servants he had brought with him, the minotaur began to hesitate.

He never expected that this so-called Taiyi God would have such a huge body.

Are the few divine servants he brought with him really capable of serving such a behemoth?

"It's up to you guys!"

The leader of the minotaurs gritted his teeth.

Success or failure depends on this.

(End of this chapter)