Chapter 31 Do even gods need to cultivate both body and spirit?
The primordial lotus, brimming with vitality, seems to contain elements of primordial water and ancient mounds.
Water is the source of life, and soil is the foundation upon which all things are sustained. When water and soil combine on a lotus flower, it is clearly the best place for life to be born.
As Araha held this wondrous lotus flower in his hand, the S-shaped mark between his eyebrows pulsated continuously, emitting a blazing light.
Something inexplicably made him understand some things.
He appeared in this world full of gods by passing through the Path of Rebirth between two special divine realms.
After countless years of struggle, the essence of the soul received the blessing of two special divine realms, which allowed it to be sublimated and born as a god.
However, his physical body was merely a natural product of his divine birth, arising naturally in this world.
It can be said that it does not match the divinity of Arah, or is unworthy of the authority and divinity he possesses.
The best choice is to use this primordial lotus as the place where one can be conceived, so that a physical body in harmony with divinity can be generated, facilitating future growth.
"Is this considered a different form of dual cultivation of body and spirit?"
Aroh was somewhat surprised after sensing this information.
He was born in the world of Egyptian mythology more than a hundred years ago, and has never heard of any god whose path to power lies in improving the essence of his physical body.
In this world, and even in Olympus, where Dionysus originated, the source of the gods' power lies in their status, authority, and divine strength.
In short, they are all above divinity.
"My knowledge is still limited. Perhaps there really are some gods who are pursuing the path of physical strength."
Aroh thought to himself, since the mark between his eyebrows had guided him down this path, he should certainly give it a try.
Physical strength is still strength; even if its effects are not immediately apparent, it may prove useful in the future.
More importantly, the "path to rebirth" represented by this S-shaped mark also contains a concept beyond his current comprehension.
Perhaps only after Alok, whose physical body has gradually become stronger, and whose two divine realms have been fully established, will he truly understand this concept.
In this way, Aroh's authority will not only extend to the two special divine realms, but also to the third one.
He began to think about how to choose a suitable opportunity to walk the "Path of Rebirth" again with the help of the primordial lotus.
However, the primordial lotus at present does not belong to Arahasa.
The mark of the sun god Ra landed on the lotus, and he could not erase it; he made it his own.
Just as Atum had agreed to with him, a completely new deity, representing the authority for the rebirth of this world, would be born from the lotus before his mark would depart.
At that time, this primordial lotus will belong entirely to Aroh.
"I wonder which goddess Atum will choose to become the mother of the new god?"
Araha suspected that this so-called "newly reborn god" was simply a new rebirth of Ra.
Atum did not give a direct answer, but his personal intervention, at the cost of this incomparably precious primordial lotus, spoke volumes.
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On the other side, Atum, the sun god of dusk, after sending Araha out of his kingdom, quickly welcomed another deity into the kingdom of dusk.
"Great Father God, praise you, you are the first birth of primordial life and the first name of nameless things."
The deity who came to Atum, the land of twilight, was none other than Hathor, the god of love and beauty.
Upon seeing Atum, she immediately paid homage, which is how gods should pay homage to the Father of Gods.
In the entire Egyptian world, apart from the serpent demon Apep and his retinue, there was no one like Araha who would see the sun god Ra or Atum as if they were just an ordinary old man.
Atum accepted the bow of Hathor, the goddess of love and beauty, and said with a smile, "Hathor, my daughter, you were born from the eyes of Ra, and you bear Ra's wrath. After my birth, you terrified the gods and cleansed the world."
"Now, Ra is about to be reborn. An era has passed. Have you found your own path to domination?"
Atum recounted the story of Hathor's birth.
That was before the appearance of Atum, the god of twilight, when Ra, the sun god, first entered old age. The gods outwardly obeyed Ra but inwardly defied him. Isis, the goddess of life, even took the opportunity to obtain Ra's true name and became the head of the gods.
It seems that people are starting to disrespect Ra.
Thus, Hathor, imbued with the wrath of Ra, was born from his eyes.
At that time, Hathor was not a goddess representing love and beauty, but a female war goddess representing slaughter.
Her name is also another—Sekhmet!
Ra placed his "eye," a symbol of the sun's majesty and burning power, into Sekhmet's body, causing rivers of blood to flow throughout the world.
Both gods and humans were terrified of her.
At that time, having received the true name of Ra, she served for a period as Isis, the goddess of life and the head of all gods, and was planning to spread magic throughout the world.
Because of that massacre, she abandoned her plans and used her magical power to offer the God of the Dead the Book of the Dead, which praises the sun, and began to hide her own power.
It wasn't until Atum appeared that he commanded the newly born gods of wisdom, Thoth and justice, Ma't, to use a scheme to sprinkle wine made from pomegranates all over the earth.
After Sekhmet mistook it for blood and drank heavily until he was drunk, Ra was able to retract his "divine eye".
Because after this "divine eye" returned, it discovered that Ra had a new eye and was very dissatisfied.
So, Ra found a new place for it between his eyebrows.
This third eye, known to the gods and mortals but never seen, is called the "Eye of Ra".
Under Atum's radiance, Sekhmet also suppressed her murderous intent, becoming Hathor, the goddess of love and beauty, and the wife of Horus, the protector of the pharaohs.
As the god Atum said, an era has passed.
Hathor, the goddess of love and beauty, seemed to have pondered the past for a long time before thinking about Atum's question. She shook her head and said, "Great Atum, I have followed your and Ra's teachings and have not killed a single person all these years, only bringing love and beauty to humankind."
"But even now, I still haven't found the path to domination."
Upon hearing this, Atum sighed softly: "Of all my juniors, Isis and you are undoubtedly the most talented."
"Isis was frightened by me last time. Although she had a big plan, she dared not act rashly and has been waiting for my rebirth this time."
"You are different. Although you were asked to marry Horus, you have always looked down on him and were even unwilling to have children with him."
"But did you know that for most goddesses who want to forge their own divine path, the birth of a child is almost an indispensable step?"
Hathor was stunned upon hearing this: "So, even though Set hid Osiris's genitals somewhere, Isis still gave birth to Horus for this reason?"