Myth: The Ruler of Spirituality

The winter in the Mortal Realm affects not only the land but, with the increasingly cold climate, many places in the world are influenced by the seasonal changes.

Or rather, it's not the winter brought by Demeter, for what she truly presides over was never the change of seasons. It's just that the present world requires a complete cycle of seasons, which then descends upon this world as a node, and The Fertility Goddess's wrath is merely an initiator.

Like now, when the concept of [winter] was born in this world, the first to sense it were not the creatures on the land, but the gods or Divine Artifacts that were connected to it. Within the fourth layer of the Spirit Realm, the Well of Reincarnation churned tumultuously, seemingly resonating with something distant.

As the symbol of all things in [cycle] in the world, the perfection of the seasons spontaneously triggered the power of this Genesis Artifact. It attempted to pull the concept of [winter] into the Spirit Realm according to some predestined intuition, yet despite the Divine Artifact's immense power, it was still unable to achieve this.

For the current world blocked the additional powers of this Spirit Realm Divine Artifact, it retained only the innate connection between [spring], [summer], [autumn], and [winter]. This connection was still quite strong, but obviously, it was not as profound as that of Demeter, who personally ushered in winter, and even less so than that of her daughter, Persephone.

So no matter how the waters of the well fluctuated, as the concept of Chaos' [winter] became more complete with the long cold season, the cycle originally formed by [spring][summer][autumn] was instead being torn apart.

This impact on the Well of Reincarnation might not be severe but was undeniably present, because its foundation was the interplay of [life] and [death], but at the time of its creation, the cycle of the seasons was also part of its power.

The negative effects brought by change caused a surge of waves, and the turbulent surface of the well continued to swell. Therefore, when Erinys, the Goddess of Autumn, first noticed this change, she went to the fifth layer of the Spirit Realm to report the situation to Laine. However, at that time, the only response she received was to wait.

The right time had not yet come, and although Erinys did not know when the right time would be, Laine's decisions were never wrong, so she returned to the side of the Well of Reincarnation to continue her usual duties.

Until today, Erinys, who was awakened from her busyness by her indistinct connection with the Artifact, suddenly discovered that at the bottom of this endlessly spinning well, there seemed to be some unexpected changes taking place.

Something was being born, or rather, some kind of consciousness was awakening.

"This is..."

"This is the rebirth of a 'dead' one."

Before she knew it, Laine was already standing on the well's edge like a high wall. Inside the well's mouth, the water surged even more violently, but the splashing waves stopped upon reaching a certain height as if hitting some barrier and fell back into the well.

Meanwhile, the queue of souls waiting for reincarnation had stopped, clearly indicating that for the moment, the Well of Reincarnation had lost its original function due to these inexplicable changes.

"Your Highness."

With a respectful greeting, Erinys bowed slightly. In front of her, Laine simply waved and then signaled that there was no need for formalities.

"Watch, Erinys, today is the right time."

"Some things, if you cannot ask for them, then let those who are capable of asking take them."

Speaking softly, Laine, well-versed in mythic trajectories, naturally had knowledge of the matter of the seasons.

The report from the Goddess of Autumn served mostly to confirm the specific timing, but knowing did not mean that Laine could grasp the dominion of [winter], even at this moment, when it had yet to be bestowed upon any particular creature in the current world.

After all, whether it was given to Demeter or belonged to Persephone, it was because they were deities of this world that they could bring about 'winter' and not for any other reason.

Strictly speaking, it was the arrival of winter that caused the withering of all things, and not the other way around. The actions of The Fertility Goddess just happened to align with the Law of a perfect cycle of seasons in the world, which then led to the descent of [winter].

Even if another deity of the Spirit Realm used a different method to cause the decay of all things, it would not replace the existence of Demeter. Now, in the third epoch, certain loopholes in the Laws that existed in the second epoch have long since vanished, which is an unavoidable fact.

However, while that's said, it's obvious that Laine couldn't just stand by and watch the cycle of the seasons tear apart. The Well of Reincarnation being one of the core elements of the Spirit Realm, he could not allow such a thing to occur. Fortunately, on the day when Samsara was opened, some causes had already been sown, and now, the time for their fruition had come.

"Eros, a Primordial Deity meant to be great from birth, you died before your birth due to Chaos and my involvement, but it's also because you've never experienced 'life' that you have the chance to begin anew."

"Your 'death' is tangled with me, and I used it to shape Samsara; thus, your 'life' will also start from here. From now on, you shall be an independent being."

Laine spoke softly, the fourth layer of the Spirit Realm trembled slightly, and a vast power extended from the void, plunging into the bottom of the Well of Reincarnation and completing the final transformation.

Since the opening of reincarnation was facilitated by the 'death' of Eros, it symbolized life and death simultaneously and naturally also brought the 'cycle' opportunity to the Primordial Deity itself. Most importantly, Eros had a somewhat ambiguous existence in the original trajectory of Chaos.