Chapter 242: Earthly Divine Realm
Owen only approached the altar through the tunnel dug by the Skaven after receiving a safe signal, having hidden far away. His sneaky appearance was no different from the Skaven.
There was no helping it. This was a Goddess. How could Owen not be nervous? He covered his pounding heart with his hand and couldn’t help but think about what he needed to prepare for his first visit to the Goddess’s home. Should he be gentle or forceful?
Should he persuade her with his eloquence or directly take action? Owen’s heart was in turmoil. He decided that if all else failed, he would do both and subdue the Goddess with his strength.
When his racing heartbeat calmed down, Owen, who had regained his rationality, constantly reassured himself. If nothing unexpected happened, this trip shouldn’t be dangerous. So he calmed himself, expanded his Domain, and searched for the entrance to the Earthly Divine Realm.
The Earthly Divine Realm wasn’t as grand as imagined. Firstly, it referred to the place where the Totem Temple was located, signifying that it belonged to the gods and was inviolable. Secondly, it referred to a spiritual space opened up by divine power and faith, the final dwelling place of gods and believers.
In reality, the latter was the foundation of a Faith God. It was not only a sanctuary to hide themselves but also a resting place for the souls of believers.
Unfortunately, such an important place couldn’t be completely hidden. Otherwise, how would faith come, and how would the souls of believers enter? At most, there would be a door and a password.
As Owen expanded his Domain, the passage anchored to the Totem Altar was forced to appear.
This was the signal tower for collecting faith and the entrance for the souls of believers to the Earthly Divine Realm.
“It’s a pity there’s no priest to cooperate. Otherwise, it would be much easier to open the passage directly,” Owen thought.
Although the Earthly Divine Realm was in the Material Plane, it was essentially an intangible spiritual space. Ordinary methods couldn’t open it.
However, Owen was prepared for this. He transformed his Domain into a stick shape and then thrust it in forcefully, forcibly widening the passage that was originally only a crack. After going back and forth dozens of times, he managed to smooth out the wrinkles in the passage with his own strength, making it very smooth.
This was delicate work. It wasn’t enough to just be forceful. Firstly, he had to be steady, aim, and then exert force. Moreover, he couldn’t be fast for the first few times. He had to give the passage time to adapt, and then go back and forth repeatedly, deep and shallow, to completely open it.
“I’ll leave the rest to you,” said Owen, sweating from his efforts.
The Dragon Mother and An Qi, who were staying in the Domain, knew that the time was ripe and immediately rushed into the Earthly Divine Realm of the Mountain Mother Goddess through the passage. Owen was also prepared for the worst.
If the Mountain Mother Goddess still had the power to resist and couldn’t be taken down in a short time, Owen would issue the order to kill. At that time, the Witch Hunters carrying poisonous potions and the Limit Warriors who were on high alert would immediately take action.
If they acted without regard for the consequences, both sides could inflict thousands of casualties on the Mother Tribe in a very short time, and the casualties would continue to increase.
This was mainly to prevent the Mountain Mother Goddess from gathering believers to besiege them. It was also to interrupt her faith collection, giving the Dragon Mother and An Qi a chance to turn the tables.
However, unless it was absolutely necessary, Owen wouldn’t choose to win in this way. Because even if they defeated the Mountain Mother Goddess, the hatred between the two sides would be too great, and his plan to subdue the Mother Tribe would completely fail.
After entering the Earthly Divine Realm of the Mountain Mother Goddess, the Dragon Mother and An Qi revealed their respective forms.
The Dragon Mother in human form was taller than Ai Mi Er and still retained many dragon characteristics, such as horns, tail, wings, and claws on her limbs. Only her torso was in normal human form, if you ignored the scale and curvature that humans couldn’t achieve.
Compared to the calm An Qi, the Dragon Mother seemed a little nervous. After all, this was the first god she had encountered. Even if it was just a Faith God, it was still a god.
“Don’t be nervous. Didn’t you notice that we came in too smoothly, without any obstruction?” An Qi said soothingly, knowing that the Dragon Mother was the main force in this operation.
The Dragon Mother understood and nodded, taking the lead and looking around, planning to absorb some experience. After all, she was now following the path of a Faith God as well.
The Earthly Divine Realm of the Mountain Mother Goddess was like a giant egg. The internal space wasn’t large. Judging from the curvature of the top, the entire Earthly Divine Realm was smaller than a stadium.
Such a small space naturally couldn’t accommodate too many things. However, this place was mainly used for believers to rest, and the soul was intangible. Size was only relative, which made things much more convenient.
The Dragon Mother and An Qi saw glowing eggs the size of chicken eggs, like luminous balloons, scattered throughout the space. If you looked closely through the light, you could see small lizardmen sleeping inside the eggs, curled up like babies.
These were the most devout believers of the Mountain Mother Goddess. After death, their souls came to the Earthly Divine Realm to enjoy a long sleep and provide faith.
However, every once in a while, the Mountain Mother Goddess would throw the souls of devout believers whose light eggs had begun to dim into the eggs of newly born lizardmen, giving them a new life. Because as time passed, souls would also become tired, and the faith they could provide would be greatly reduced.
In this way, generation after generation, the foundation of a Faith God would become stronger and stronger.
Unfortunately, this place was polluted. The power of the Voodoo King had eroded this place. The large black spot on the dome was proof of this.
The most unfortunate were the light eggs near the black spot. Countless lizardmen who were still sleeping were corrupted by the power of the Voodoo King, awakened from their sleep, and transformed into ferocious monsters, constantly destroying the intact light eggs.
Even more monsters gathered together, greedily staring at the only mountain range in the entire space.
This was a lizardman that could only be described as gigantic. If ordinary lizardmen were Velociraptors, then this one was a Tyrannosaurus Rex. Therefore, lying there, to the small lizardmen monsters who were only the size of chicks, this was a mountain range with mountains, valleys, and forests.
Obviously, this was the Mountain Mother Goddess, who, although a lizardman, displayed obvious female characteristics. Unfortunately, after being ambushed by the Voodoo King, she had fallen into a deep sleep and was unable to react to the outside world. Otherwise, she would never have sat by and watched the pollution spread in her Earthly Divine Realm, destroying more and more light eggs.
You had to know that the lizardmen sleepers in the Earthly Divine Realm weren’t just for show. Each one would provide a little faith to the Mountain Mother Goddess. Although it wasn’t much, the quantity was there. The most important thing was that the faith provided was pure and stable. After all, in a sleeping state, they wouldn’t have random thoughts, only the awe of the Mountain Mother Goddess in their subconscious.
The lizardmen sleepers who could provide pure faith were the most important foundation for the Mountain Mother Goddess to maintain herself. It was impossible for her to sit by and watch them be polluted and destroyed. This showed how bad the situation of the Mountain Mother Goddess was at this time.
