My Goddess is Good at Pretending

Chapter 328: World Core Replacement

"..." Elysia scratched her head in a complicated and astonished moment.

She previously intimidated Gaia by saying that she wanted Gaia to become hers, and she would dig out the Earth’s Core to retrieve Mother Goddess’ true body.

Gaia was initially confused and afraid, asking Elysia to spare Earth because the Earth would deteriorate once she was no longer there as the World’s Core.

When Elysia showed a spare World Core to replace the Mother Goddess Core, Gaia immediately agreed with a beaming expression.

’Are we getting scammed? She should have come up with a thousand reasons to refuse, and I would have scared her more...’ Elysia muttered in her mind and deactivated her water-bending mode.

She put the Vibrant Seawater Shawl into her gourd storage space artefact. She moved her finger with a circular motion, commanding the primordial water that enveloped her entire body to enter the gourd storage as well.

"Hmm-mm~" Gaia hummed melodiously as she replaced the metal gate’s seven sigil seals.

’I think... you are giving rewards rather than punishment, Ely. Lifa and I almost convinced Gaia to join us, but she was restrained by her task and duty. She can only send her divine avatar at most, not her true self. However, you offered the World Core replacement, and she had no reason to refuse.’ Elena chuckled in amusement.

’Regardless, this Gaia deserved a punishment. Let’s bring her to the Nature Realm after you extract information from her, Ely. No wait. She is just a divine avatar. Let’s dig out the Earth’s World Core. We shall punish Gaia’s true body, hehe~’ Ai came up with an opinion. Still, she ended up cackling like a villain, looking forward to punishing the one who accidentally caused harm to them.

’Gaia has been weakened a lot. Earth’s great apocalypse, as predicted eons ago, is now near. The metal gate has emerged, and everything... we need to find out Earth’s current state. I can feel the profound chaos everywhere...’ Elysia looked up at the blue sky with a strange, heavy feeling in her heart.

After saying that, she took out a divine sealing artefact from Quadtria and attached it to the metal gate.

"Please don’t do it, Ely. This metal gate is destined to open and destroy itself." Gaia held Elysia’s arm with a pleading gaze, understanding Elysia’s intentions.

"I want to prevent the great apocalypse from happening." Elysia stared into Gaia’s eyes with a profound gaze, emphasizing her intentions.

"Heroes will rise and fall. The apocalypse has begun, and even the Gods of Heaven are not free from the cause and effect. Civilization will change when the time comes. Please understand..." Gaia trembled slightly as she stared at Elysia’s mystic purplish blue eyes.

It was as if she was sucked into the profound universe with countless stars and galaxies. However, she strengthened her will, hoping Elysia would refrain from interfering much with the original flow of fate.

"You will meet your demise in a century, and Earth will gradually be destroyed. I will not let that happen since you are one of us, and Earth is my homeworld too. We offer a World Core replacement, and then we will decide the new future ." Elysia pressed her finger to Gaia’s upper chest, pointing to Gaia’s divine avatar core.

"Understand... Earth will not be destroyed, but the flow of fate still needs to take place. We can leave this metal gate alone. The Creator God has prepared the heroes to solve everything on the grand stage to mark the new era and civilization." Gaia hugged Elysia’s arm, keeping the divine paper artefact away from the metal gate.

After that, she swept her hand, and the metal gate vanished from the outside world’s dimension.

"This metal gate is the revelation from Heaven, bestowed by the Creator God’s will, and was built by the chosen one, the king tens of thousands of years ago. I know about the prophecy. The great apocalypse will occur when this gate is destroyed. I’m not worried about those Evil Gods or calamity divine beasts. That sealed realm is connected to the colourful ocean... the primordial sea is inside. If the gate is destroyed, what will happen next?" Elysia shook her head while staring at the gradually disappearing metal gate.

"It should be fine. The gate only covers that floating island." Gaia tried to reassure Elysia.

She was glad Elysia returned from that primordial water form and listened to her explanation. However, she then wondered why Elysia could control the primordial water.

She previously thought Elysia was harmed because of the primordial water. However, she knew Elysia’s life should be safe because it was only five days. It would take thousands of years to dissolve a Goddess, but she had no idea how Elysia crafted an elemental artefact from primordial water.

"We have so many things we wish to discuss with you. However, let’s go outside the world’s atmosphere first. My divinity is nurtured by the higher universe’s divine power. I bring the imbalance to Earth’s world laws." Elysia looked up at the blue sky above, ready to teleport out of space.

"You shall board our boat, and you have nowhere to go. Your punishment still awaits~" Elena manifested her form and held Gaia’s shoulders from behind.

"Let’s go." Ai also emerged, holding Gaia like a prisoner.

"Huh, wait..." Gaia looked left and right. She knew it. Elysia would never come alone, and she had to deal with Elysia’s Goddess sisters, too!

Elysia took everyone out of Earth, floating in the higher dimension in outer space tens of thousands of kilometres from the Earth’s atmosphere’s outermost layer.

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Four Goddesses convened in a celestial gathering. Their forms shone against the backdrop of stars.

They hovered in a cosmic congregation, each embodying the essence of a specific aspect of the natural world.

Celestial tablets floated beside the Goddesses, inscribed with cosmic runes that encapsulated the laws of nature. Orbits of insights encircled the Goddesses, visual representations of the cycles of nature and the interconnectedness of all living things.

The Goddesses engaged in harmonious discussion, their voices resonating like celestial music.

Elysia and her sisters discussed many things with Gaia, and the latter had no choice but to reveal everything, even though it was Heaven’s secret.

Gaia also gave Elysia an explanation to straighten out the previous accident.

She thought the super-powerful foe had arrived to invade. She was too late to recognize the one she threw into the sealed dimensional realm was Elysia.

Elysia’s divinity had soared to far greater heights, and it took her a while to realize her biggest mistake.

"Huff..." Elysia heaved a subtle sigh after Gaia shared all the information she needed to know.

Cascading waterfalls of emotion flowed... reflecting the sorrow and empathy.

The sealed monsters, Heavenly Traitors, and Evil Gods from eons ago were about to re-emerge to create chaos on Earth as the prophecy and revelation written in the world’s history.

The apocalypse was near, but to think that the world from another dimension merged with Earth.

Several Outer Godly Entities came to invade Earth four years ago, and those monsters tried to take over Heaven.

That was the beginning of the world merging with Earth and more complicated problems.

The victory was achieved by the heavenly army led by the Heavenly Emperor. However, the price that needed to be paid to overthrow the invaders and stabilize the newly merged Earth was beyond expensive.

"You have fought so hard to protect Earth alone. We shall help you out." Elysia heaved a subtle sigh.

"Thank you... However, we have overcome the real threats. It’s just that many enemies were reincarnated or transmigrated to Earth’s mortal world after the decisive battle in Heaven four years ago, following the cycle of reincarnation of the fallen Gods from Heaven." Gaia breathed a sigh of relief, but her concern remained.

"So, those calamity divine beasts are the Outer Godly Entities... Where do they come from, to begin with?" Ai put her hand to her chin, remembering the five monsters Elysia slayed in that colourful ocean.

"We can visit Heaven when Fortuna joins us later. However, there are many things that we need to dig up from you, Gaia. Let me see if you can cover the divine secrets about Ely’s lost origin again~" Elena held Gaia’s shoulders and smirked.

"Eh, ah, no, wait... What will you do? Can you help me to resolve the chaos first? Earth’s humanity and the other world’s inhabitants caused massive destruction too. I will reward you greatly." Gaia broke out in cold sweat, afraid of Elena. She tried to reason, using a hot topic to divert attention.

"You don’t need to give us any reward. We will pick up your real body in a few days. I look forward to your promised vow, Gaia." Elysia faintly smirked and released Gaia from her arms.

She secretly healed and recovered Gaia’s vitality back to one’s minimum prime condition. Since Gaia would join her family, then Gaia’s belongings would be owned by her family too. Thus, the mentioned rewards needed to be revised.

Resolving Earth’s problems was a relatively easy problem. Yet, she needed to retrieve the Earth’s Core to form a contract with Gaia’s true body first.

"Uhm, alright. You are a special variable from the divine prophecy. I have promised the higher celestial entity to guide you through all your trials, but well... I will follow whatever you say." Gaia nodded in understanding.

"Hou~ So, you said Ely has been reincarnated several times? Why can’t I remember? Ely, please open the Nature Realm. Lifa and I will handle this woman. You retrieve the Earth Core as soon as possible so she can’t lie or hide anything anymore." Elena dragged Gaia away.

"Okay." Elysia opened the Nature Realm’s portal.

"Hey, wait... Ely, please don’t use otherwordly power on Earth." Gaia waved her hand, reminding Elysia.

"Understood. The old rules still apply." Elysia replied with an ok hand gesture.

"Now, let me ’welcome’ you, Gaia." Elena threw Gaia into the portal.

"Can’t you be a little more gentle? Elena, I hate you!" Gaia voiced her complaint and fell into the Nature Realm with a thud.

"???" Lifa, as the Tree of Life, was surprised by Elena and Gaia’s arrival. However, she felt relieved because that meant Elysia arrived on Earth safely.

Elena then shared some details with Lifa, and Lifa immediately manifested her second avatar to ’welcome’ Gaia on their turf.