【So even gods… have their moments of helplessness.】

Violet didn’t hide this sudden thought that arose in her mind from Sethlin, and the latter didn’t mind, continuing to speak of the past she had just recalled with a somewhat bitter tone.

【Seth remains Seth. Although the state of divine power and divine body undergoes uncontrollable cyclical changes, it didn’t immediately drive her insane or transform her into another deity. Even the power of the world couldn’t achieve such a thing.】

【But as I mentioned earlier, the authority represented by the divine essence will influence the thought processes of its associated consciousness. This is an almost instinctual effect, something that cannot be resisted simply by will.】

【And the two separated authorities gradually began to subtly change the perceptions of the same deity. Under the state of the goddess of life, Seth became excessively benevolent, unwilling to harm any creature, even if it was sinful. While under the goddess of withering, she began to disregard life, seeing all living beings as mere instruments bound for their inevitable end, ruthlessly seizing and trampling upon them.】

【Seth remains Seth, struggling to resist this instinct, trying as much as possible to treat people with the same mentality as the original Goddess of Earth, but the influence grows stronger, causing Her immense pain, and Her personality gradually becomes solitary and irritable, gradually disregarding the prayers and pleas of the believers.】

【In order to divert attention and escape the torment inflicted by this torture, She made an extremely wrong decision.】

【At the edge of this world, there exist several special dimensional worlds connected to it in a special way, and the southern region governed by Seth is connected to a world called “Aibus.”】

【The divine body is too powerful, so Seth cannot cross the world’s borders and enter Aibus, but She can communicate with or bestow some power upon it by responding to faith and prayers.】

【Due to some events in earlier years, there are also sects in the Aibus world that worship the Goddess of Earth, and it seems to be the mainstream there. Although the population of the Aibus world is sparse and individual strengths are not strong, they have taken a different path, researching methods of living with the assistance of magical puppets, synthetic beasts, and special mechanical devices.】

【Previously, although aware of the existence of the other world and occasionally bestowing miracles upon it, Seth had not sent angels to descend or carefully investigated the situation there. However, in a hurry to find something to divert Her attention, the Goddess of Earth stumbled upon the completely different from this world, called bio-technology in Aibus, and quickly became addicted to it.】

【After a period of understanding, Seth decided to use this technology to try to create a new form of life, and in this matter, the two severely split consciousnesses had astonishingly reached a consensus.】

【The goddess of life, Seth, hoped to create a perfect supreme life that would not feel pain, fatigue, would not die easily, and would not be limited by lifespan, while the goddess of withering, Seth, wanted a more convenient and obedient tool that would absolutely obey Him.】

【So, the wrong path unfolded.】

【Although the technology of the Aibus world was miraculous, due to limitations of boundaries and power, many of Seth’s imagined requirements could not be met. However, in a random attempt, She discovered that if She fused this technology with Her own divine authority, it could lead to astonishing breakthrough effects.】

【Then, after many attempts, the first god-made beast appeared.】

【The god-made beast possessed all the advantages that both Seth could think of: super-fast recovery ability, an incredibly strong vitality that would not die unless crushed to ashes, no pain or hunger, no need for sleep, and absolutely obedient. As long as it held the essence of life, it could keep moving, and what the Goddess of Earth lacked the least was life energy.】

【She was very satisfied with Her work, using it as a prototype, and making various god-made beasts according to the characteristics of various creatures, even taking a small amount of divine essence fragments to create a gigantic creation capable of producing more god-made beasts according to the template.】

It seems that Sethlin has been talking for too long and intends to take a break. She paused for a rare moment, and it was only then that Violet interjected.

【That sounds pretty good, actually. If this thing could be applied properly, it would indeed be a convenient aid.】

Just like the concept of robots on Earth.

Sethlin sighed heavily.

【Yes, if it had stopped there, it wouldn’t have been much. Even as Seth, the goddess of withering, never had the idea of using the god-made beasts to launch large-scale wars or the like. But just when He couldn’t help but prepare to introduce His proud creation to other gods and believers, the malice of the world descended once again.】

【Perhaps because the god-made beasts were creations of the Goddess of Earth Seth, these creatures, which originally should not have been rejected by the world based on their boundaries, were distorted by the power of the law.】

【They began to become monstrous and terrifying, deviating from Seth’s predetermined appearance. Their originally gentle nature turned into cruelty and bloodthirstiness. Seth’s life energy could no longer continue to nourish them, and instead, it became necessary for them to sustain their activity by devouring life.】

【The god-made beasts turned into terrifying abyssal beasts created by the Goddess of Earth with the power of the Aibus world, causing great panic for a moment. Outsiders couldn’t understand why the lady of order suddenly wanted to create such monsters, leading to a serious crisis of faith.】

【And in this matter, the two Seths, split apart, had completely different opinions for the first time. The goddess of life, Seth, felt regretful and uneasy. She decided not to continue the subsequent research and began to seal all the distorted god-made beasts.】

【But the goddess of withering, Seth, was very interested in this. Not only did He attempt to continue strengthening the power of the god-made beasts, but She even came up with the idea of using this “world distortion power.” She secretly conducted various inhumane experiments on innocent lives, using the technology of the Aibus world and the power of withering to create all sorts of eerie and bizarre things.】

【Thus, the Goddess of Earth finally split into two separate consciousnesses in the same body, doing completely contradictory things in a cyclical state, even blocking each other’s memories to prevent the other from causing harm.】

【But destruction is always simpler than protection and healing. Despite Seth’s efforts to remedy with the power of life, the disasters and tragedies caused by the god-made beasts—the abyssal beasts—continued to wreak havoc, angering both gods and mortals alike.】

【Eventually, they decided to stop and punish the Goddess of Earth Seth, who had descended into madness. As one of the main gods with the highest-grade divine power, it was difficult to deal with her, let alone to kill her completely. So, the gods sought out Minerva, the chief archangel of Seth’s guardian, hoping she could help as an insider.】

【But Minerva was not only the strongest angel in the Goddess of Earth faction, but also absolutely loyal to Seth. She pretended to agree but immediately reported the matter to Seth, who was currently in a state of life power.】

TL Note:

深渊 (yuānchén) is the Chinese word for “abyss.”

艾卜司 (àibùsī) is the Chinese name of the thing. I translated this as “Aibus.”