Chapter 375: The Sun God of Babylonian Mythology

That's right, they've all grown stronger.

Every living being that entered the ancient divine temple—no matter who—came out stronger.

What exactly is inside?

The mere thought of growing stronger just by entering made gods, demons, immortals, and devils all tempted.

Even the big shots in the "Want a Round Today?" chat group, upon learning of this, were equally stirred.

In the end, the sole purpose of cultivation is to grow stronger.

Only by growing stronger can one achieve longevity; only by growing stronger can one pursue greater power; only by growing stronger can one protect the people and things one wishes to protect.

The ancient divine temple at the center of the Babylonian Mythology realm—rare birds and strange beasts, deities, and even Nidhogg all gained some advancement in strength after entering. How could gods and demons not go mad for it?

"Stay one day and your strength advances a sliver; what about ten days, a year, ten years, a hundred years?"

A god-demon of the Eternal Star Realm muttered to himself. The more he spoke, the rougher and heavier his tone became—clearly thrilled and agitated.

Immortality is within reach!

At this moment, gods, demons, immortals, and devils stared at the ancient divine temple, their eyes reddening.

They had to get inside!

In fact, while the gods and demons were worked up, the big shots of every nation on Earth were also breathing heavily. The ancient divine temple was suspected to harbor some great terror within.

If they could investigate just what this great terror was, they might uncover the truth of the sins committed by the Babylonian Mythology.

"Assemble a suicide squad and find a way to get them into that temple."

As the saying goes, fortune favors the bold.

The Babylonian Mythology realm held a great secret. Whether to uncover the truth of the Babylonian Mythology's sins, or because the otherworldly gods, demons, immortals, and devils clearly intended to enter, they could not let the fortune of the Babylonian Mythology fall into the hands of another realm.

Or perhaps there was something inside crucial to the study of the supernatural.

No matter the reason, they had no intention of letting the chance to reach the ancient divine temple slip by.

Worth mentioning.

While the gods, demons, immortals, and devils—and the big shots of every nation—were all pondering how to enter the ancient divine temple, the historians of the supernatural departments' analysis divisions across the nations studied the ancient divine temple and produced a report.

"You're saying it's not a palace?"

Director Takahashi was startled and doubtful.

Professor Beishan nodded and said:

"By gathering the existing records left behind by ancient Babylon, the accounts of ancient Babylon circulating among the common folk of various nations, and some discoveries at existing ruins—

it should not be a palace, but an altar—an altar where the ancient Babylonians worshipped their deities.

Judging from the phenomena previously revealed and the divine patterns carved on the altar, it is suspected to be an altar dedicated to the sun god Shamash."

Shamash, the sun god in Babylonian mythology, regarded as the enforcer of "justice," seen by the Sumerians as a war god, and believed by the Babylonians to be the vanquisher of all darkness between heaven and earth.

To the world, he is the bestower of light and life, the inspector of souls, and the source of law and justice.

He formed a triad with his father Sin and his sister Ishtar.

Although, judging by the divine ranks in Babylonian mythology, he was not a first-generation chief deity like the sky god Anu, the earth god Ea, or the air god Enlil, but rather a fourth-generation deity, throughout history no sun god has ever been weak.

His strength must not be underestimated.

"So you're saying that inside the altar might be the sun god Shamash?" Director Takahashi stroked his chin.

"It's possible."

Professor Beishan paused briefly in thought, then continued:

"Based on the current situation, and with the supercomputer analyzing the patterns of every palace in this Babylonian Mythology realm, the probability that the altar contains a sun god is forty-five percent."

They can even analyze that out…

Director Takahashi was taken aback.

He cleared his throat, then said:

"Forty-five percent? That's nearly half."

……

Unable to wait any longer after half a day, the gods, demons, immortals, and devils stopped holding back and surged into the Babylonian Mythology realm one after another.

Through half a day's observation—

the rare birds and strange beasts, the Babylonian deities, and Nidhogg in this realm had emerged from the ancient divine temple no longer in a foul temper, much calmer—seemingly needing to digest their advancement in strength, and so had returned to their respective lairs.

Now Nidhogg had sunk into the blood-colored Dahu and had not emerged for a full day.

So they had to act quickly.

Otherwise, once Nidhogg finished digesting its advancement, getting in would be far harder.

In an instant—

they surged into the Babylonian Mythology realm, divine light enveloping them like a great sun falling toward the earth, wave after wave, all aimed at the ancient divine temple.

Everything was a race against time; not one dared slacken in the slightest, fearing Nidhogg might recover.

Fortunately, Nidhogg had not awakened at all, still within the blood-colored Dahu digesting its advancement.

With that, the immortals, gods, demons, and devils no longer held anything back, charging full speed toward the ancient divine temple, arriving in short order.

Viewing the ancient divine temple up close—

it was even more magnificent than from afar. Even gods and demons a hundred zhang tall felt small standing here.

"This… is an altar?"

A god-demon nearly cursed aloud.

What the hell kind of altar is this—this altar is way too massive, beyond anything an altar should be. Up close, the patterns carved upon it gave one the dizzying impression of a scene from the creation of the world, with the deathly miasma of primordial chaos swirling around the altar.

Moreover—

star after star circled the altar, and even ribbons of starry sky wound around it.

Such a sight defied common sense, exceeding the bounds of imagination — how could it be?

Up close, the gods and demons could only marvel.

The altar's material was nothing else but star remains — fallen celestial bodies — piled and built into this altar, infused with an indestructible Dao within, undying through the ages, standing eternal.

Standing here and gazing at the altar was like an ant looking up at the vast heavens!

It was majestic, vast, and utterly silent — like an altar of death. What it enshrined was not a sun god, but rather death and darkness.

When they drew within a certain distance, the bodies of the gods, demons, immortals, and devils ached sharply, suppressed by an indescribable force, their physiques about to crack — this was the might that had lingered on the altar since time immemorial.

They were pressed until their bodies were about to collapse, and one after another summoned divine abilities and weapons to shield themselves.

But it was still of little use; sweat seeped from their brows.

Their entire bodies were bent by the pressure until they knelt, their knees striking the ground heavily.

The altar's majesty compelled even gods and demons to kowtow before it — terrifying beyond measure.

At the same moment, whether it was because their god-and-demon power had stimulated the altar, or because of the arrival of outsiders, an anomaly occurred.

The patterns upon it and the blood that had long since congealed upon its surface, flowing across it, seemed to revive — as if one deity after another were awakening, bursting forth with a light capable of illuminating the ages.

The radiance was dazzling, illuminating the past, present, and future.

The gods, demons, immortals, and devils present, as well as countless people on Earth who were watching, saw it.

The world of ancient Babylonian mythology!

Not the present-day world of ancient Babylonian mythology, but the world of ancient Babylonian mythology as it once was.

It was the ancient Babylonian mythology when it was still one of the four great mythologies of the Primordial Realm, still ruling over the various heavens, at the height of its splendor and glory!

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