Chapter 654: Ancient Great War, the Water Deity Reveals the Secret

Jiang Chen doesn't really understand the relationships among deities.

However, from the Water Deity's words one can infer that the relationships among deities are both simple and complex.

The various schools are distinct, and the Water Deity is the leader of the Water Element.

It can be said that all deities of the Water Element line are her subordinates.

Jiang Chen felt a bit surprised when he heard this information.

"You."

Jiang Chen was surprised that the Water Deity's power was not as great as he imagined.

How could the eminent leader of an entire line of deities be only a low‑rank deity, not even a mid‑rank one?

The Water Deity guessed Jiang Chen's thought, gave a slight smile, and asked, "Do you think my power is weak?"

Jiang Chen did not deny, "Indeed, as the head of a line of element deities, I'm a bit weak."

The Water Deity smiled, and that smile made a thousand blossoms bloom, stunningly beautiful.

A gentle voice rose slowly, "You are very frank, which is good. Back then we were equally frank with your Human Professionals, and that allowed us to achieve the final victory."

"Our five lines—Wind, Water, Fire, Lightning, and Light—should not have been so weak. Unfortunately, when the great war began, we were stripped of our power, our divine seat fell, and we became low‑rank deities."

"Had it not been so, this battle would not have been so hard to endure."

Jiang Chen was puzzled, "Who stripped us of our power?"

The Water Deity shook her head lightly, "I don't know, no one knows. We don't know who did it or what method was used; we simply fell from the divine altar."

"Then guess, what level we were at in the beginning."

The Water Deity seemed a bit relaxed now, even willing to joke with Jiang Chen.

She was in excellent condition, unhurried and unflustered, as if she cared not at all about her own life fading.

In fact, Jiang Chen knew that what she should be doing now was continuing to sleep.

That way she could live many, many more years.

Thousands or even tens of thousands of years would not be a problem.

But the Water Deity did not wish to sleep; she wanted to speak, to chat.

Jiang Chen thought for a moment, "You were probably at the Super God level back then."

The Water Deity chuckled softly, "You're very clever, you actually guessed correctly."

She was not surprised, as if she had already expected Jiang Chen to guess.

The hierarchy of deities, after the high‑rank deities, is the Great Deity.

The Great Deity exists on the same level as the Human Race's Half-step Super God.

After the Great Deity comes the Super God, equivalent to the Human Race's Super God.

It means surpassing the ordinary Divine Level and reaching another realm.

Jiang Chen was not guessing randomly; his guess was grounded.

Why would a mysterious entity target these leaders of the element lines?

Moreover, the Water Deity said that if their power remained, the battle would not have been so hard to endure.

To become the head of a line of deities, how could they be weak?

The Tianshan Great Deity was not targeted, yet they were.

Then there is only one answer: they are stronger than the Great Deity, existing on the same level as the Human Race's Super God.

Jiang Chen said, "Can you tell me exactly what happened back then?"

The Water Deity looked at Jiang Chen, "You really want to know? We made an agreement with the Human Race to bury this matter in history; only those who reach the Great Deity level can know."

"Although your power is decent, your level is still too low; learning it too early won't benefit you."

"It might undermine your confidence."

Jiang Chen replied earnestly, "I've heard similar words many times. Since I first entered the Fire Deity Instance and first uncovered this secret, I've been pursuing it."

"I really want to know the answer, to know everything that happened back then."

"Don't worry it will affect me; I'm strong. I've seen many strong ones, both within this world and beyond it."

"For example Antares, you must have heard that name."

Jiang Chen produced Antares's Dragon Scale, which bore Antares's aura; he believed the Water Deity would certainly recognize it.

Antares has existed for many ages, having been present since the previous era, perhaps even older.

Antares also witnessed that great war, but that creature refused to speak.

It was intentional, just to make Jiang Chen depressed.

Jiang Chen asked many times, Antares kept looking away, and finally Jiang Chen, fed up, decided not to ask further.

When the Water Deity saw the Dragon Scale, a faint gleam appeared in her eyes, "You actually obtained the adult's token; you're truly remarkable."

"Alright, if you want to know, then I will tell you."

Jiang Chen felt a slight joy; after pursuing this for so long, he could finally get the answer.

The Water Deity pointed to the courtyard outside, "You entered the three courtyards; you saw those ice sculptures, right?"

Jiang Chen nodded, "I saw them. The middle one should be the enemy; I saw a wild beast. The first and third courtyards were respectively the deities and the Human Professionals, launching a siege on the enemy."

The Water Deity, with a breathtaking smile, voice crisp like water droplets, "Your understanding is correct; indeed it was so. At that time they invaded, and we allied with the Human Race to battle them."

"We, several Super God‑level deities, were stripped of our power by humans, fell from the divine altar, and became low‑rank deities."

"I was already powerless to wage war, so I made ice sculptures to record the situation then."

"If you have reached the Great Deity level, which is your Half-step Super God, you can obtain all the information from the ice sculptures."

"Thus, even if I have already fallen, this information will still be known to people."

The Water Deity has already prepared; even if she falls completely and dies, eventually someone will discover this place and obtain the corresponding information.

The Water God spoke slowly about what happened back then.

This piece of history should be buried, yet it should not be buried.

For the entire world, this was a global disaster.

It affected not only the Human Race, not only the deities, but also the whole world.

At that time, foreign invaders attacked, and the world was in peril.

The strongest few deities were stripped of their power, falling from the divine throne with great loss of strength.

Among the Human Race, there was only one Super God, unable to shoulder the burden.

Moreover, the scale of this great war was so high that anyone qualified to participate was at least Divine Level.

The lower Divine Levels were merely cannon fodder.

From the outset of the battle, the deities and the Human Race were on the defensive, being beaten badly.

If this continued, the Human Race and the deities would inevitably lose, and world destruction was imminent.

The World Will began to revive.

As the World Will revived, the World Power began to stir.

The World Will had no thought, only instinct.

It instinctively sensed danger.

Under the influence of the World Power, many Heavenly Pride figures emerged among the Human Race, and numerous Job Changers became deities.

True geniuses attained higher Divine Level, Half-step Super God.

In just a few years, more than ten Super Gods had emerged.

At that time, only the Wild Beasts invaded, and the Human Race had already figured out their nature, making the fighting increasingly smooth.

This great war finally turned in a direction favorable to the Human Race and the deities.

Just then, the second invader appeared.

The second invader was called the Insect Race.

Their arrival caused the battle situation to change.

The entire battlefield became more dangerous and also more bizarre.

This great war lasted a hundred years, the World Power was exhausted, and the World Will fell back into slumber.

After paying an extremely terrible price, the Human Race barely achieved final victory.

Unfortunately, the world was left battered.

The deities were nearly all dead; only a few survived, and they were gravely injured and fell into sleep.

All the Human Race's Super Gods and Half-step Super Gods were slain in battle; only one higher Divine Level remained, and even that was critically wounded and on the brink of death.

The World Power was depleted, and no one knew how long it would take to recover.

The lineage of Job Changers suffered a break, and the World Power's recovery was slow; without the support of World Power, it became extremely difficult for the Human Race to produce new Heavenly Pride figures.

Nevertheless, they finally won, and the Human Race will have plenty of time to recuperate.

But the good times were short; perhaps the great war had destroyed the world's barriers.

Only a hundred years after the war ended, the Abyss and the Dragon Realm descended simultaneously.

The Human Race fell into crisis again.

But by now, the Human Race has finally held on and grown ever stronger.

The World Power is also recovering, beginning to produce more and more geniuses.

Although it cannot yet compare to its peak, as long as no such crisis recurs, the Human Race will surely recover completely.

Jiang Chen, after hearing the Water God's story, said, "Antares should have been there then, right? It didn't act?"

If Antares didn't act, Jiang Chen plans to go back and scold it, that damned fellow.

The Water God said, "You intervened; if it weren't you, the final outcome would be hard to say."

"But you also said that it has reservations and cannot be moved lightly."

Jiang Chen also speculated about Antares's reservations; Antares came here, apparently having been thrown here by the Dragon God.

In any case, Antares didn't come of its own accord.

There are some things Antares would not even tell even if beaten to death, and Jiang Chen is too lazy to ask further.

Now he has roughly figured out the course of events.

"Do you know who is trying to invade us?"

Jiang Chen pointed straight at the root of the great war, saying that since the fighting has already happened, they must find out who the enemy is.

The Water God sighed and shook his head, "I don't know. The world was battered to the brink of collapse, all the people died, and yet we still don't know who the enemy was. Isn't that funny?"

"Antares doesn't know either?"

"You know, but you can't say."