"Beautiful, holy, flawless justice Themis, please forgive my impropriety, but at this moment I truly cannot contain my emotions. You are the embodiment of justice, the manifestation of the universe's most vast order."
"You are sacred and bright, upright and just. You are so beautiful, so noble, so flawless. You have always been upright and fair—the most beautiful god in the universe, and also the most kind and just god."
"I can only trust you, only depend on you."
"Only with you forever by my side, constantly supervising and urging, assisting and counseling, can I ensure I do no wrong. Only with you sitting beside the God King's throne can the God King truly govern the universe well."
"So I have come to seek audience with you today not for you to help me achieve final victory in war. I know that would violate your principles—how could I force justice to commit unjust acts?"
"I only hope you can promise me that after I achieve final victory in this war, you will come to my side to help me stabilize the universe and bring true order and eternal peace to the universe."
Themis was truly moved at this moment.
Everything Zeus promised completely fulfilled all the expectations in her heart's depths.
More importantly, there was no bargaining involved, nor did it require any compromise from her.
Even the once-wise God King Kronos had never respected her so completely.
Everything Zeus said deeply touched her heart, and the blueprint for order Zeus outlined made her deeply yearn for it.
She couldn't help but sigh inwardly: The son of Kronos truly has good character and speaks so well—he's truly different from his father god!
Zeus naturally had no intention of haggling or bargaining.
When dealing with justice, to win justice, one must be straightforward and open.
Justice didn't mean stupidity—justice was simply holding fast to hopes for goodness.
Playing mind games with justice was truly unwise.
Now it seemed like giving up dictatorial power, but in reality it was because he couldn't obtain it anyway.
Moreover, giving up power didn't mean giving up strength.
When strength was sufficient, power would naturally come obediently.
Justice would naturally never submit to any injustice!
But justice could be well utilized and guided toward correct goals.
Just like any order had loopholes.
And there was no perfect order in the world—only order that constantly pursued perfection.
As order's guardian, as long as the universe's order hadn't collapsed to completely lose its core of justice, then order's defender would forever be Zeus's most capable and loyal assistant!
However, justice also feared being deceived.
So wise Themis's golden eyes gazed at Zeus as she finally asked: "Respected Zeus, future Your Majesty the God King, your magnanimity is unprecedented; your divine nature's purity deeply earns my admiration."
"But may I ask how you can guarantee that the promises made today can truly be fulfilled in the future?"
Upon hearing this, Zeus smiled: "Beautiful Themis, when I win this grand war, all gods throughout the universe will gather at Olympus."
"At that time, I will sincerely invite your arrival. In that solemn moment, I will personally establish the universe's order before all gods and share the universe's supreme honor with all gods."
"If at that time my actions differ from today's words, then please criticize me mercilessly in justice's name."
"And now, in mother goddess Rhea's name and in my own name, I solemnly request to swear in justice's name—everything I have said today, every word and sentence, is true without any falsehood!"
Hearing this heartfelt oath, a look of recognition finally appeared on Themis's flawless face.
She slowly rose and bowed slightly to Zeus in respect: "Respected Zeus, in the future, when you truly establish that sacred and just order, I will definitely come to Olympus to assist you, accompany you, and follow your sacred order and will."
Zeus also rose in response, joy and anticipation sparkling in his eyes: "Beautiful Themis, that day will come soon."
"Olympus forever welcomes your arrival. I deeply anticipate your coming."
"Only with you standing upon Olympus can Olympus truly become the universe's center of order. Only with you defending universal justice can the universe truly bloom with beauty."
Zeus said this, his lips curving in a smile as he added: "Beautiful like yourself."
Upon hearing this, Themis's lips curved slightly upward, returning a gentle smile: "Respected son of the God Queen, future God King, the universe will have true beauty under your governance."
After Zeus left, Themis pondered quietly in the temple for a long time, weighing various future possibilities.
Finally, she bit her silver teeth and made her decision.
She immediately used her supreme authority over order, in the name of absolute justice and fairness, to solemnly judge Kronos's existing order as "corrupt and wrong"!
Although she had not openly declared support for Zeus, her actual actions already explained everything.
She could not betray order's principles to blindly support an unknown future.
Even though the future Zeus depicted for her was so beautiful and full of hope.
But since she had already seen that beautiful hope, she also resolutely chose to stand completely opposite to corruption and injustice!
At the same time, back at Mount Othrys, Kronos, still brooding alone in anger, suddenly felt strong rejection of his order from the entire universe.
Even though he was the supreme God King, at this moment he felt dizzy in his divinity, his tall and majestic body nearly unable to stand steady.
"Themis!!!"
The God King's roar, carrying endless shock and fury, echoed throughout the entire world.
The already cold-faced Coeus couple were even more shocked.
The couple exchanged glances, despair rising in their eyes.
Iapetus remained silent in shock, only clenching his fists.
The entire universe felt the collapse of the God King's order at this moment.
All things in the universe were rejecting this rule judged as wrong by the sacred goddess of order.
Crius, as part of the universe's framework, was overjoyed in his heart and immediately gave another hard push to Kronos's tottering order.
As one of the manifestations of the universe's most fundamental laws, he cooperated with Themis who governed universal order, using his authority.
Under the combined effort of two of the universe's most core law Titans, God King Kronos's ruling legitimacy had suffered unprecedented massive impact.
This was completely different in nature from Zeus's rebellion.
Although order and justice had not yet clearly stood beside Zeus, Zeus's rebellion had thereby gained unquestionable reasonableness and legitimacy!
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