Chapter 827: Chapter 425: Fleeing into the Depths of the Starry Sea
Accompanied by the words of Louis and Olivia, a strange sound came from the Gate of White Bones in the sky.
When the gate opened again, what appeared was not any god Louis expected, nor the Twin Gods.
Presented before them was a bizarre scene of intertwined bones and a woman, both upright and inverted.
It was sacred yet carried a hint of decay and withering.
Olivia looked bewildered, tugged at Louis’s hand, and said:
"Louis, that god doesn’t look like anything good."
Louis was stunned as he looked towards the sky.
At this moment, there were no longer any illusions of the Love God and Desire Dichotomy in the sky.
He exclaimed in shock, "Did the Love God really go to such lengths?"
Olivia asked, "What do you mean?"
A calm voice echoed: "To bring about change, one must have the resolve to make sacrifices. The new god is not the benevolent deity you imagine but is equally a threat to my lord.
Rather than facing the aggressive Desire, it’s better to create a buffer zone between the two.
The impure new god is the choice of my lord."
The Pope of Love Church stepped out from the darkness, with half of his face hidden in shadow, gazing quietly at the two.
Louis quickly comprehended the implication.
"You intend to open a second battlefield?"
"Yes."
"Even if it possibly means facing two gods at once?"
"Yes."
"The divine power of the Love God will decline, possibly even ending up like the Eternal Fierce Sun did."
"It is the wish of the god."
Louis fell silent.
For a moment, he felt a deep sense of reverence.
The world might not know how the Eternal Fierce Sun ended up with only a shred of divinity left, but all factions knew all too well how it fell.
It almost single-handedly sparked a tidal wave against the Evil God, repeatedly launching assaults with the Divine Kingdom.
At the peak of the Eternal Fierce Sun, countless villains perished by its hand, including the Evil God.
But even the sun must set.
Even a mighty warrior can be worn down.
Gradually, it began to sustain injuries.
As injuries accumulated over the years, it grew weary.
But it never ceased.
Until it no longer had the strength to respond to the calls of its followers, it continued its lifelong mission.
He originally thought that the Love God wished to foster a god inclined towards goodness.
In this way, with the newly born dark side of the Love God, or perhaps now aptly called the "Love and Desire Twins," they might be able to completely suppress the increasingly rampant Desire.
However, the situation was even crazier than he imagined.
He should have guessed it. The moment he saw the Gate of White Bones appear, he should have sensed something was amiss.
He solemnly asked, "The thing that called forth the Gate of White Bones above, is it the Mad King or Rudelson?"
"Who knows? Now, whether the one rescued is Lady Xilin or another kind of existence, we can’t tell either.
But whether it’s that pitiful man (Mad King/Rudelson) or that tragic woman (Xilin/unknown existence), neither wants to be separated again."
Louis nodded and said, "In this way, at least in the future, the baseline can be maintained, and at most, only the Love God will fall, right?"
The remark was sharp.
So sharp that even the Pope of Love showed a bitter smile.
He didn’t expect the other party to grasp the god’s intention so quickly.
If it were just the birth of a god with authority similar to the Love God, the conflict between them wouldn’t be so intense.
It would merely mean a reduction in the domains of both the Love God and Desire.
In the astral realm, there aren’t many gods with similar authority.
But the newly born Love and Desire Twins are different.
They are an existence that is entirely different from the mainstream deities.
Whether good, neutral, or evil, there is typically a very clear delineation of factions.
But this newborn is not like that.
It possesses two faces, one facing goodness, the other facing evil, much like its original definition of "love and desire," it bears dualism.
Have you ever heard of a god on the Star Continent that is both a god of good and a god of evil?
Even some major gods with avatars have completely segregated their divine roles.
There has never been a god like the New God.
Both representing evil thoughts and lust, yet also representing pure love.
Thus, regardless of which face the Love and Desire Twins show, both are directed at two enemies.
The Love God is its enemy, and Desire is also its enemy.
If the Love God and Desire allied, they could naturally target it.
But that’s simply impossible.
Even if Desire wanted to act, the Love God would still try to stop it.
As things progress, only three outcomes are possible.
A balance is reached between all parties; the domains of the Love God and Desire shrink, resulting in a loss for both.
The Love God allies with the New God, significantly encroaching upon Desire’s domain, the Love God barely compensating for the loss of authority, and Desire suffering severely or even falling.
Desire allies with the New God, significantly encroaching upon the Love God’s domain, Desire, and the New God occupying much of the Love God’s authority, and the Love God suffering severely or even falling.
In any scenario, the most the Love God can do is barely compensate for the loss.
The reason lies with the New God it has fostered.
A dualistic god, with adversaries on both sides.
If it truly wished not to suffer losses, the Love God should have killed it in its infancy.
"Is it worth it?"
"The god says, even if it means falling, let the world believe that although love and desire are hard to distinguish, people’s hearts are fickle, it is precisely because of this that the love that never extinguishes becomes all the more precious."
With an indescribable sigh, the Pope of Love revealed the truth:
"It’s not that they don’t believe in love, it’s just that everyone thinks they’re not the one being loved, and this is what the god wants to say.
So, whether the god leaves us, or we drive away Desire, as long as the Love and Desire Twins exist, that love endures, and that is enough."
