"I have a suggestion. I hope you three can stay in the underworld to help me guard the imprisoned criminal gods."
"Incidentally, you can also use your mighty power to support the earth, carefully watch over the underworld's safety, not letting it be crushed by the earth's heavy pressure, ensuring the new realm's stability."
"The underworld has just been born, and its structure is not yet stable enough. If it collapses, that would be most unfortunate, not only causing chaotic disorder but also harming countless newborn souls, making them suffer undeserved disasters."
Zeus said solemnly: "My dear friends, such an important mission concerning cosmic order, such a crucial duty—besides you, I no longer know whom else to entrust it to."
"Only you—I absolutely trust your unmatched power and unshakeable loyalty!"
Briareus pondered only for an instant before immediately agreeing without hesitation, his voice extremely firm: "Yes, Your Majesty the Great God-King! Your will is our direction. We will certainly complete your entrustment, guard the underworld, and never slack off!"
Hearing this, Zeus laughed heartily: "Aha, don't rush, don't rush. You don't need to worry about enduring the torment of loneliness either."
"I can separate part of your consciousness and ask the Mother Goddess to shape another smaller, more convenient divine body for you to play in the world."
"This way, your true bodies can remain in the depths of the underworld to rest peacefully, while the separated consciousness can attach to new divine bodies, freely enjoying this beautiful world, accompanying the Mother Goddess, roaming freely. How does this sound?"
The three Hundred-Handed Giants, hearing this, were immediately wild with joy!
This was truly a perfect solution!
They also clearly knew what enormous disaster their incredibly massive bodies would bring within the world.
Never mind intentional destruction—no matter how careful they were, the slightest movement would cause tremendous damage.
Just thinking about it, if they lived within the world continuously, it wouldn't take long before their massive size and various inconvenient actions would again provoke the gods' annoyance and complaints.
Even with Zeus's protection, over time, they probably couldn't have a good outcome, as the troubles their size brought to the gods were very real.
Emotions were never unchanging—they could deepen, but they could also become shallow, even turn to disgust and hatred.
No matter what emotions or relationships, they all needed careful maintenance.
Moreover, their bodies were truly too large, which was indeed inconvenient in various ways, with actions restricted in all sorts of ways, unable to truly experience the world's beauty in detail. The method Zeus now proposed was truly too perfect!
It was practically tailor-made for them, solving all troubles!
Of course, only Zeus, who possessed the power of division, could accomplish this. The Hundred-Handed Giants' divine consciousness was too powerful, and they were pure material gods, with divine nature and body too tightly combined for ordinary division.
Even if it were possible, they wouldn't have dared before.
They were different from pure law gods. If their divine nature were truly completely transferred to a fragile body, they could really be killed.
Under Kronos's rule, they dared not entrust their lives' safety to Kronos's utterly merciless character.
Now it was only Zeus—he both protected them, giving absolute safety, and could separate only partial consciousness.
Even if the new body were destroyed and part of their consciousness eliminated, it wouldn't cause too much impact to their main body, reducing risk to the minimum.
The Hundred-Handed Giants were now ecstatic with joy, their sincere gratitude evident. They shouted in unison: "Wise and brilliant God-King! Your method is perfectly flawless! We thank you for your meticulous care and protection. Your mercy will forever be remembered in our hearts!"
Zeus nodded with a smile, looking toward Gaia and respectfully asking: "Respected Mother Goddess, what do you think of my arrangement?"
Gaia's mood was now much better. She nodded repeatedly with satisfaction: "Zeus, only you could think of such a good method, and only you can accomplish it. I have no objections. Thank you for your mercy and care toward my children."
The Mother of All Things was truly satisfied. She had also been worried about how these children could live in the world. Now this was the best solution.
Everything Zeus had shown had completely convinced Gaia of his character.
Zeus—tolerant, dignified, merciful, and reliable god!
Zeus smiled modestly: "This is all what I should do. They are all my close friends—how could I not consider them?"
Plan successful! With the giants in the underworld, even if you Gaia had any ideas, you definitely couldn't act on them!
The gods also secretly breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts. These three Hundred-Handed Giants were truly too difficult to place. If they lived in the world, they would cause destructive disasters at every turn. Now this was indeed the best solution.
At this time, the leader of the three Cyclopes, Brontes's loud voice echoed in the hall as he pleaded: "Immortal mighty God-King, please arrange us the same way. Although our bodies are not as massive as the Hecatoncheires, they still have many inconveniences."
"We are also willing to enter the underworld to guard criminal gods for you, to do what we can for you."
Zeus pondered for a moment or two and nodded in agreement.
The three Cyclopes were overjoyed. They shouted in unison: "Benevolent and generous Zeus, thank you for your grace. You are the eternally most merciful God-King!"
As soon as the words fell, Brontes changed his tone, speaking even more respectfully and solemnly: "Supreme God-King, merciful Your Majesty Zeus! It was you who saved us from endless torment, rescuing us from Tartarus's abyss! And granted us all the glory and rebirth we dreamed of!"
"We are incredibly grateful for your benevolence. We furthermore firmly believe you will surely become the universe's most mighty sovereign, the gods' greatest king!"
"To thank you for your redemption and to demonstrate your supreme rule, we and the Hecatoncheires have jointly prepared a gift for you, Your Majesty Hades, and Your Majesty Poseidon. Please be sure to accept it to express our humble respect and loyalty!"
"Oh?"
Zeus appeared slightly surprised but then showed an expectant smile. He said gently: "My dear friends, we are so intimately close—how could I refuse your thoughtfulness?"
"I have always heard you are skillful and wise. Your gift must certainly be extraordinary. I very much look forward to it."
Brontes said respectfully: "Great and generous God-King, your pleasure is our supreme honor!"
After speaking, the three Cyclopes together left the divine hall and retrieved a relatively tiny "scepter" from Briareus's massive hand.
This scepter, called a scepter, was actually not simply a scepter, not even scepter-shaped.
It was a sphere of light flickering with billions of strange and colorful lights throughout, appearing neither gold nor jade, neither iron nor copper, neither wood nor stone, neither hard nor brittle, neither firm nor soft.
This sphere of light didn't look very large but actually possessed unimaginable mass, incredibly heavy.
This could be seen from how the three Cyclopes, such powerful beings, struggled greatly even lifting it together—showing how heavy and extraordinary this divine artifact was.
The three Cyclopes knelt on one knee again, with incredibly reverent hearts, together presenting this peerless divine artifact to Zeus.
Zeus personally descended from his divine throne, extended his great hand, and grasped that sphere of light.
The moment he touched it, he felt its heavy weight, and Zeus could sense this scepter had a natural intimate connection with him.
After Zeus took this scepter, the three Cyclopes suddenly relaxed and breathed heavily.
It was clear that even in this short time, they had exerted all their strength.
Thunder Brontes panted heavily, but pride and satisfaction were evident. He explained to Zeus: "Respected Zeus! We used the Mother Goddess's eternal material essence as the most solid foundation, combined with the endless dark and night threads woven by Lady Night from infinite darkness and night."
"Also the ether crystal spines captured by the Hecatoncheires from high above, and the pure ocean water that gives birth to all things."
"And most importantly, the core of Tartarus."
"During the endless time we were devoured by Tartarus, we understood part of Tartarus's power of chaos, devouring, and destruction. With Lady Night's help and the might of your thunder, we and the Hecatoncheires extracted this crystal core containing Tartarus's power."
"The Hecatoncheires and we merged our divine blood containing the essence of sky and Mother Goddess, as well as our divine blood that once contained lightning laws, without reservation."
"In those underground depths, at the edge of darkness and void, borrowing Tartarus's pure void power, we smelted all this into one, exhausting all our heart and effort, finally forging this divine artifact!"
Brontes's voice carried immense pride: "This is the most powerful supreme divine artifact we created by pouring out our heart's blood!"
"We can never again create such a supreme divine artifact assembled from the sky, earth, ether, darkness and night, and void essence. It is the universe's unique supreme existence!"
"Our remaining divine blood containing thunder and lightning power has all been fused within, serving as control and connection, so you are naturally this divine artifact's only master!"
"This is also the only divine artifact that can bear your invincible immortal power, the symbolic scepter of your supreme great thunder."
Zeus already showed undisguised smiles, nodding repeatedly with satisfaction, his joy and love evident—he truly loved this divine artifact from his heart.
He infused thunder power into it. In an instant, this perfect and flawless sphere symbolizing perfection flickered with surrounding lightning and thunderbolts, bursting forth blinding radiance, brilliant light and strange colors continuously appearing.
In just this moment, this divine artifact had already been branded with his supreme mark, completely becoming his possession.
This perfect divine artifact had no fixed shape, not even fixed properties. This divine artifact assembled from all the universe's essences could freely change at will, transforming into any form Zeus desired.
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