Luo En’s eyes lit up, a radiant smile spreading across his face.
He was just thinking he didn’t have a good reason to stir up some trouble for this old neighbor of the Babylonian Divine Era and harvest the sixth piece of World Essence.
Enlil’s sudden departure provided him with a ready-made excuse
— "Hey neighbor, open up, one of the Three Pillar Gods from our place went missing in your territory, let us come in and take a look."
Prepared with lines for negotiation, Luo En didn’t intend to take immediate action.
The Babylonian Divine Era had suffered a significant blow from the recent battle and was trying to recover.
It’s better to wait until Tiamat has absorbed the essence of the Babylonian Divine Era and re-entered the Origin, and then it’s not too late to bring warmth to the Canaan neighbors.
Luo En nodded to himself, laying out the upcoming action plan in his mind.
However, fate never has a fixed script, and things never easily go as personally desired.
Just as everyone was busy tidying up the battlefield and repairing the damaged Babylonian Divine Era, a purple-black pillar of light rose from the southern sky.
Dense thunderbolts and a fierce storm brewed and churned within it, and large patches of pitch-black clouds began rapidly spreading toward Uruk City.
Along its path, stars dimmed and the sun and moon lost their luster.
Is it time to make a move already?
Sit back and watch the tigers fight, then reap the benefits as the fisherman, is that it?
Luo En narrowed his eyes and asked the pantheon of gods:
"Who is the Origin God of the Canaan Divine Era?"
The Moon Goddess Xin respectfully answered, carefully detailing the divine authority structure of the old neighbors.
Yi Le is the Origin God worshipped by the Canaan Divine Race, holding the highest position, thus also known as the [Supreme]. He and his wife—the Heavenly Queen Asherah, reside together in the Sky Temple surrounded by storms and thunder, overseeing the world.
Beneath them are their three sons and one daughter, namely Thunderstorm God and Storm God Baal, God of the Sea Yam, Netherworld God Mot, and Love and Fertility Goddess Anat.
The three sons each govern the sky, sea, and earth according to their divine authority.
And their daughter Anat is quite unique, responsible for mediating the relationship between the world and her three brothers.
However, it’s said that Anat is quite fond of her eldest brother Baal and has already gotten close to him.
And with the help of his sister and the favor of his mother, Thunderstorm God and Storm God Baal has gradually defeated his other brothers, marginalizing Father Yi Le, and has become the designated next Origin God and leader of the Canaan Divine Race.
Marginalize the ancestors?
Luo En’s eyes flickered as he turned to look at the Moon Goddess Xin:
"How is the relationship between Canaan and Babylon?"
"There have been disputes and there has been cooperation."
"And the kind of [cooperation] you’re talking about is..."
"The Origin War!" The Moon Goddess Xin added thoughtfully, "I’ve heard from Father... Enlil mention that Enki and Marduk were able to defeat Father God Apsu and Mother Goddess Tiamat, as Divine Kings, because they received help from outsiders. Otherwise, their victory wouldn’t have been so straightforward."
Luo En realized suddenly, and couldn’t help but recall the words this Mother of Origin had mumbled when he first met Tiamat:
"... so many people, the children were instigated, turned bad, they want to kill me..." (See Chapter 38)
Apparently, the rebellion of the Babylonian pantheon and Tiamat’s defeat involved the incitement and interference of the Canaan Divine Race.
Or, maybe Marduk and the Babylonian gods weren’t content to remain under others and actively allied with the Canaan Divine Race.
Solving the mystery in his heart, Luo En quickly associated it with another matter:
"So, the outsiders who previously destroyed Babylon and Uruk City weren’t a coincidence? They were probably brought in by Marduk and his company?" (See Chapter 54)
The Moon Goddess Xin nodded, continuing:
"Those Chaldeans who established a capital in Babylon came from Canaan!"
Luo En sneered inwardly, about to make a sarcastic remark, but then he frowned deeply:
"Wait, what about the Hittites and the Elamites?"
Back in the day, the invading army that attacked the Babylonian Divine Era had three groups!
The Moon Goddess Xin shook her head in confusion, clearly not knowing much about it either.
But soon, the celestial phenomenon provided the answer.
Two new spiral light bands rose from the eastern Babylonian Divine Era, piercing through the obscured chaos.
One was like a giant pillar of fiercely burning flames, with countless spirits nurtured from the flames dancing and singing praise songs;
The other resembled a black torrent connecting to death, with numerous skeletal remains floating within, wailing and crying in sorrow.
Luo En’s eyelids twitched wildly as he quickly analyzed and linked the information in his mind.
Elamites... Hittites... East...
Iran Plateau and Turkish Region...
Luo En gazed at the giant pillar of burning flames, and the flame elves floating and singing around the pillar, his suspicion was all but confirmed.
In the early stages of human civilization, the Indo-Europeans spread from their original residing place across the Eurasian continent, forming multiple ethnic groups. One group entered Asia Minor as the Hittites, while another migrated to the Iran Plateau to become the Elamites.
After experiencing glory and decline, both laid the foundation for a common civilization.
Persia revered flames, establishing the Fire Worship as the embodiment of light, and among them, the strongest was named Zarvan.
Meaning "Eternal Time," nicknamed "Great Ming Venerable," he was the singular primordial god of the Fire Worship at its inception.