He suddenly changed his tone, his voice becoming serious: "During these long forty-eight thousand years, although those incidents can be said to have mitigating circumstances, since they violated the sacred duties you should bear, punishment is unavoidable."
As soon as Zeus spoke these words, many deities' faces immediately turned bitter, their hearts filled with anxiety.
"However,"
Zeus's voice softened slightly, "I also know the gods' hardships during this period. Throughout such a long time, you all have both accomplishments and toil, therefore, this time there will only be minor punishment as a major warning."
"All gods who violated their sacred duties during this period, starting from today, for one hundred years, may not participate in any feasts, nor drink divine wine or enjoy divine delicacies."
"Furthermore, all gods must remember that after the Divine Order System is implemented, the gods can now have their own time and need not be confined to infinite toil."
"However, the sacred duties and sacred honors you bear must be fulfilled even more resolutely and diligently with full effort!"
Zeus's majestic gaze swept across every deity present, using an extremely stern tone: "You must all remember, the hardship the gods endure in fulfilling sacred duties has now been greatly reduced."
"If there are any more incidents of neglecting public duties for private matters, dereliction of duty, or regardless of the reason, as long as any mistakes are made again, severe punishment will be imposed. I will absolutely not be lenient!"
"Do you all understand?!"
All gods affirmed in unison. Zeus slowly nodded, then required the gods to integrate all their law operations into the Divine Order System and familiarize themselves with its operation.
Zeus led the primordial great gods in adjusting the system's operation, fixing problems that arose, and ensuring the healthy operation of the sacred new order.
After this round of adjustments, over a thousand years of time quickly passed.
Except for certain individual law gods who were not originally part of the Olympian pantheon, almost all law gods had completely integrated their laws into the Divine Order System.
Zeus then officially began operating this grand Divine Order System. After ensuring the system could operate smoothly without any major problems, Zeus declared great success!
With so many laws operating and integrating, having minor problems in the system's operation was perfectly normal and could never be perfect and flawless.
What system doesn't have bugs?
The more complex the system, the more this is true.
However, these were all minor issues.
And one of the gods' future tasks would be to handle these small problems and gradually perfect this system in the process.
Although as the universe became increasingly prosperous and complex, this system would never be able to achieve theoretical complete perfection.
But frequent minor problems were also a good thing.
The gods couldn't be too idle. During the long endless years, gods being too idle would definitely cause trouble.
These endless, destined to be ever-changing and varied minor flaws could just be used to consume the gods' infinite energy that had nowhere to go.
In fact, these minor flaws beyond the gods' expectations were themselves a good thing.
Because these truly random collisions were themselves proof that this universe was evolving, representing all the new changes leading toward the unknown.
Many times, imperfection itself was a kind of perfection.
Being too "perfect" was instead just a kind of rigid stagnation.
Only "change" could lead to "flow."
Anyway, the most fundamental foundation of this system was always within the gods' control, so there was no fear of problems that couldn't be solved.
Moreover, there was no need to worry about these two systems, one "foundation" and one "manifestation," developing any self-awareness.
Because the gods who were the foundational structure of these two systems themselves possessed autonomous consciousness.
The supreme and ultimate God-King had taken another great step on his path toward "omniscience and omnipotence."
He was already the sole divine master above the Divine Order that encompassed all existence.
He was the absolute controller of everything!
Zeus then announced the opening of the most grand feast to celebrate the arrival of the new era!
The gods cheered loudly, then fell into liberated revelry.
As for the hundred-year punishment, well, this punishment itself was just to demonstrate an attitude—any transgression must be punished!
This was a matter concerning the God-King's majesty. Punishment must be given and must be executed.
Actually, it was just raising the hand high and bringing it down gently. The time for integrating rules was already enough for the punishment period to pass imperceptibly.
At the feast celebrating this great moment, Zeus finally had time to pour out his feelings with the beloved goddesses who had suffered from longing.
Well, or rather, mainly to let the goddesses pour out their feelings to him.
Immersed in weaving the Divine Order, he truly didn't feel time passing.
As soon as the feast began, the goddesses had already impatiently surrounded Zeus.
And Demeter was the fastest and most uninhibited among them.
She directly charged first into Zeus's arms, her movement so fast it almost spilled the divine wine from Zeus's cup.
This tender goddess of harvest raised her soft and beautiful face, her emerald eyes full of undisguised love.
She deliberately acted coquettishly, saying pitifully and sweetly: "Dear Zeus, my love~ During this long time, I really missed you so much."
"But I've been properly fulfilling my duties. I listen to everything you say. Tell me, am I good or not?"
Zeus's heart softened, warmly praising: "My dear Demeter is of course the best."
The bountiful goddess of harvest, hearing this, smiled so much her beautiful eyes squinted. She immediately pushed further, continuing to ask: "Then do you like me being so good?"
Facing such an adorable goddess, what could Zeus say?
He could only say: "Of course I like it, I'll always like it."
Demeter hummed coquettishly, burying her little head deeply in Zeus's embrace and nuzzling, where Zeus couldn't see, the triumphant smile at the corner of her mouth was extremely obvious.
Moreover, she deliberately showed this triumphant smile to those goddesses watching like tigers around them.
The goddess of wisdom, who had originally been full of gentle smiles, preparing to be the first to step forward and embrace Zeus, after being beaten by Demeter, the smile on her face instantly disappeared.
But after all, she still had to maintain her dignity as the "God-King's first wife," forcibly suppressing the anger in her heart, stubbornly refusing to lose composure on the spot.
However, now seeing the goddess of harvest's all-too-obvious provocation, she really couldn't bear it anymore.
The golden cup in her hand was instantly silently crushed to powder.
Of course, she wasn't the only one angry at this moment.
At least, the all-knowing goddess was now standing aside with a very displeased expression.
And that goddess of night was even more furious. Her already cold and beautiful face became even more icy.
She was continuously roaring in her heart: 'Olympus is full of shameless little harlot gods!'
And Hera, who had also originally wanted to approach Zeus, after seeing this scene, dejectedly retreated quietly back to a corner of the divine hall.
She could only drink alone.
However, her pair of complex eyes still secretly watched Zeus.
She really missed Zeus too! During such difficult long times, she could only get through by sleeping.
And warm Hestia, looking at Demeter, her eyes were full of undisguisable envy and deep loneliness.
But Dione had no abnormality at all.
She hadn't even thought about crowding over, just bringing her beloved daughter to thoroughly enjoy the wine and divine delicacies at the feast.
Zeus's affairs, what did they have to do with Dione?
After Metis crushed the golden cup, she strode forward, her frosty face showing a cold smile, raising her hand to place it on Demeter's shoulder.
Then forcefully pulled her out of Zeus's arms.
The instant she left Zeus's embrace, Demeter's face had already quickly changed to an extremely aggrieved and pitiful expression.
She looked pitifully at Metis, using an extremely weak tone, speaking first: "Respected goddess of wisdom, what's wrong?"
Metis smiled slightly, using an extremely gentle tone: "Dear Demeter, a goddess should have a goddess's reserve. My beloved is indeed wonderful, but you should also appropriately maintain some propriety."
"Because this is my beloved, not yours. Even in the future, if you are fortunate enough to receive Zeus's favor, you must also learn to respect."
"Understand, my sister? You must know, I am the elder sister. No matter when."
For this little struggle and dispute, Zeus pretended not to see, as if he had become both blind and deaf, not only not wanting to get involved but even wanting to leave immediately.
Demeter secretly gritted her teeth in her heart, but on her face was a soft smile, replying in an extremely obedient voice: "Respected goddess of wisdom, I'm very sorry, I just couldn't help myself."
"Not seeing my beloved for so long, I really missed Him too much, truly unable to control myself. In such a public setting, I indeed lacked some reserve."
"However, in front of Zeus, I really cannot maintain this reserve. Also, Zeus is also my beloved. My dear has already confirmed our relationship with me."
"It's just that my dear God-King has been busy with the universal order for a long time and hasn't had time to announce His private affairs."
After speaking, she directly looked at Zeus, tenderly and concernedly saying: "My love, during this time, you led numerous great gods to weave this sacred and magnificent order. You must have been very hard-worked. Later, come rest well in my hall. I have so many things I want to say to you."
Upon hearing Demeter say Zeus had already confirmed their relationship, Metis immediately glared fiercely at Zeus. Zeus awkwardly blinked, continuing to feign innocence.
This matter, He truly hadn't had time to tell Metis, and He was indeed at fault.
Hearing Demeter say this now, to avoid escalating the conflict, Zeus pondered and said: "Dear Demeter, I'm not really that hard-worked. There will be the Assembly of All Gods later, so rest isn't urgent for now."
Then He changed his tone, returning the initiative back to Metis: "What Metis says is also right. You should properly respect your magnanimous elder sisters. They have many things you need to learn."
After hearing Zeus say this, Demeter felt even more dissatisfied with Metis in her heart, but on her face she still obediently nodded, using a tender voice: "I understand, my love. I'll listen to you in everything."
Except for giving Zeus a light glare, Metis didn't say anything more.
She could never, in such a public setting, make her beloved God-King lose face, and would never make things difficult for Zeus.
And Zeus's words clearly standing on her side indeed made Metis feel very satisfied in her heart.
She then smiled slightly: "My love, so our dear Demeter has also become your wife. Then you should announce it to the gods early. You can't make our lovely sister wait a long time."
She turned to look at Demeter, smiling warmly and adding: "I'm still waiting to share the honey wine symbolizing sisterly affection with you, sister."
Demeter again secretly gritted her teeth, but on her face she remained impassive, instead smiling and nodding.
Zeus also nodded, not saying anything more on this topic. As long as they didn't fight in front of him, it was fine.
He stepped forward, tightly embracing Metis beside him, planting a cherished kiss on her smooth forehead, then tenderly asking: "My dear, I also miss you very much. During this long time, did you miss me?"
Just this simple action, these simple words, had already made all the remaining dissatisfaction in the goddess of wisdom's heart disappear into the clouds.
Her eyes contained only Zeus's figure, using an almost murmuring tone: "My love, the longing accumulated during this long time almost destroyed all my thinking. In my divinity, only your figure constantly drifts."
Speaking thus, this goddess of wisdom had already tightly embraced her beloved God-King.
The two gods showing affection made several goddesses grit their teeth in hatred.
However, they also knew that shaking Metis's position wasn't that easy. In the short term, they shouldn't even think about it. Zeus's actions clearly showed he was backing Metis.
Eurynome, who was low-key on the side, looked at her sister with envy. She was truly extremely envious.
In her mind, she involuntarily recalled those words her sister had secretly told her.
That pretty face had involuntarily been dyed with a layer of charming blush, not knowing what exactly she was thinking.
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