There were now 2 Demon gods in this world. If before, the situation could be called dangerous, now it was critical. Gaia could already imagine that it would take more than a few average gods to deal with a single demon god, but the only god she knew of was none other than herself.

Thankfully, her divinity was nothing to scoff at. Creation was omnipresent and was not something that could be avoided. Being the goddess of Creation, if she played her cards right, she would be able to get the entire World to revere her, making the gap between her and the demon gods diminish greatly.

However, that was too hard of a project and would take a lot of time. And even in the situation that she did accomplish that, wouldn’t there be more demon gods by that time? If there were still only 2 at that time, perhaps she could overcome them using other techniques from her past life. After all, she wasn’t just a goddess, she was also an ex-immortal that had lived thousands of years. That meant that there were many things that she would be able to use in this life to grant herself a greater advantage, with fighting experience being the least of it.

In comparison to that, even though it was clear that the Demon gods possessed a lot of raw might, there were things that an old Soul like hers would be able to do that that small children like them wouldn’t be able to do.

…But 3, 4 or more Demon gods?

She would definitely die even if she rallied the help of the entire Continent.

Perhaps she was wrong. All of her ideas of their strength came from mere speculation and not concrete fact. She hadn’t even seen a single one of them yet, talk less of their fighting prowess. But then again, perhaps the situation was even more lethal than she was guessing it to be.

Gaia sighed.

It had been a long time since she had had to worry so much for her future. When she had become an Immortal, although it was a whole new playing field with even more dangerous enemies, retaining her life or even avoiding all kinds of hostility altogether became much easier. She had been able to leave the World!

Back then, if she had aggravated someone she wasn’t able to deal with, she could have just fled to another Planet. Although Sigothia was her home, the place her heart resonated with the most… most of the time, she wasn’t even in the Desolate Region.

She would either be in the Mithril Region since it was not only the safest location but also the best in terms of commerce, or the Dragoria Region. The latter was because there was a really powerful man there who had hoped to win her heart. He had always managed to protect her and shower her with resources ‘without expecting anything back’, and had never gotten mad at her. Honestly, if she hadn’t found out about the other hundreds of women that he gave the same treatment to, she would have given her body and heart to him long ago.

Besides that, she also sometimes travelled to other Regions, but never ever to the Unhallowed Region. For obvious reasons, if she offended a big player there, even one weaker than her; that Region would become her final resting place. It was for that same reason that she had only visited the Kong Eternal Region once. The place was really amazing and quite welcoming, but sometimes they were a bit TOO welcoming.

If a single arrogant young master decided that he wanted her, she would never be able to leave the Kong Eternal Region ever again. There were numerous stories of female immortals from other regions being forced to marry into the Kong Eternal Region after a single visit. Not that they were all unwilling, but it was still true. There had even been a case of an Evil goddess (World Sinner) being forced to marry a young master from the Kong Family’s main branch. That had been quite the shock all over the Galaxy.

Luckily, when Gaia had visited there, she had been able to mask herself using a special technique and got what she went there for without encountering a single big player that would have seen through the facade, and left very swiftly. In and out, very simple. Since then, she had never tested her luck again.

Thinking about her old life, Gaia sighed once more and then shook her head. She needed to focus on the now.

Closing her eyes, she resumed her Faith Energy to Divine Energy conversion.

…

[West Continent, Central Lands, Heavenly Sun Domain]

At the peak of a luscious mountain filled with various verdant life, a gigantic golden flame that was 30 metres tall peacefully floated in the middle with majestic lustre. This was, of course, the Heavenly Sun Flame. The very same Heavenly Sun Flame that had caused this same mountain to become a wasteland filled with nothing but ash 45 years ago.

But obviously, things had changed. For one, this mountain was no longer a land of ash and was now filled with golden grass, trees packed with golden leaves, bountiful Magic Herbs and more. No doubt the most beautiful of them all were the trees. Not only were they pristine and gorgeous, but they also rained down tiny embers that looked like golden snow.

Clearly, this land had become a Sacred Land because of the Heavenly Sun’s existence.

And speaking of the Heavenly Sun, its size had also increased by quite a bit. Before it was only 10 metres tall but now it floated at 30 metres tall, proving that it had increased in power just like the Sacred Volcano had.

he [Syphon Essence] skill was indeed a great one.

But that was by far not the extent of the changes around here.

“SHEEEEEEEEEERRR!” The majestic cry of a legendary bird sounded.