CHAPTER 151: REALM WAR

The heavens broke into war.

No speeches, no parley—only power unleashed. The sky ripped open as storms, suns, moons, and fire clashed all at once. The ground of the Shinto realm was nothing but splinters of stone and burning cloud, temples shattered into drifting rubble. Lightning laced every horizon, thunder shook rivers of starlight into ash, and divine fire poured like molten rain.

Zeus and Odin pressed at the front, their presence turning the battlefield into chaos itself. Gungnir carved arcs through the air, runes bursting from its edge like living fire. Every spin of Odin’s spear split the sky into threads, unraveling charms and nets that the kami had cast to bind them. Beside him, Zeus moved as storm incarnate, fists burning with the primordial sky. His strikes turned valleys into craters, clouds into oceans of sparks. When he roared, it was not sound but thunder rolling through creation.

The kami met them with fury. Amaterasu’s light blazed across the horizon, her radiance pressing over the storm until it seared the eyes of all who looked. Susanoo’s blade surged with endless waves, carving whirlwinds into walls of water that split apart mountains. Tsukuyomi’s moonlight rained like silver blades, each one sharp enough to cut lightning mid-strike. Their force together was relentless, and behind them stood Izanagi and Izanami, power steady and immense. Creation bent at Izanagi’s gesture; death whispered at Izanami’s breath. Every move they made weighed on the field like a hand crushing the world.

The armies of gods blurred together, their powers colliding without pause. Raijin’s drums pounded until the air itself was a storm of hammers. Fūjin’s winds screamed, pulling even lightning into their whirls. Kagutsuchi dropped rivers of flame, each one rising high enough to set the broken heavens ablaze. Inari’s foxes poured forward, snapping and tearing in swarms of fire and smoke. Bishamonten’s blade cut wide arcs of justice, his armor glowing with righteous fury.

The Norse answered in kind. Thor’s hammer whirled until the skies were a wall of thunder, each strike silencing Raijin’s rhythm with sheer force. Baldur’s light spilled into Amaterasu’s fire, matching brilliance with brilliance, burning brighter until even the stars dimmed. Vidar’s boot crushed storms of foxes into mist, his fists striking with a weight that sent shockwaves ripping through the clouds. Loki’s illusions darted everywhere—some whispering in ears, some stabbing unseen, others bursting in green flame that turned waves into smoke.

The clash was no longer lines or duels—it was flood and fire, storm and quake.

Zeus and Odin moved together, Godkings in unison. Odin’s spear carved threads of fate, each spin undoing the bonds of creation as they were made. Zeus’s fists struck those openings, lightning flooding through, tearing holes in nets that Izanagi wove. Izanami’s breath curled across them, shadows thick and choking, but Odin’s cloak flared with runes that caught the death and bound it. When Susanoo’s blade dropped like a tidal wall, Zeus met it with his storm head-on, the clash exploding into white fire that burned the sea itself into steam.

Amaterasu pressed harder, her sun flaring brighter, waves of fire so vast they painted the sky into a second dawn. But Baldur’s glow matched it, each flare countered by his radiance until neither yielded ground. Tsukuyomi darted through their clash, his moonlight slicing, but Thor’s hammer met his arcs, scattering them into sparks. Fūjin and Raijin battered the heavens, winds and drums striking with endless fury, but Zeus’s storm devoured their chaos, lightning running across their tempests, breaking them into silence with every strike.

The field convulsed under their fury. Torii gates cracked, rivers of prayer shattered, shrines exploded into drifting dust. Every clash scarred the realm deeper, until the heavens themselves bent under the weight of gods.

But the longer the battle burned, the clearer it became.

Zeus and Odin did not falter. Their storm and spear pressed heavier with each breath, their rhythm steady, their blows sharper. The Shinto host matched them in number, but the weight of two Godkings tore holes into their defense that even Amaterasu’s fire could not seal.

The siblings fought together, light, storm, and sea clashing as one, but cracks showed. Susanoo’s blade chipped, his waves scattered wider with each strike. Tsukuyomi’s moonlight dimmed under the constant hammer of thunder. Amaterasu’s fire burned hotter, desperate, until her body shook with the strain of holding the heavens aloft against lightning that would not die.

The turning came when Zeus struck low. His fist hammered into Susanoo’s chest, the storm detonating through the sea god’s ribs. The clash hurled him across the shattered clouds, his blade flickering. Tsukuyomi leapt to cover, his moon arcs sharp, but Odin’s spear caught him mid-strike, runes bursting, scattering the light into shards that fell like broken glass. Amaterasu screamed, her fire flaring so bright it seared through the storm for a breath, pushing Zeus back. But Thor and Baldur struck at once—hammer and light together—tearing her sun into fragments. She fell to her knees, her glow dimming, her fire sputtering under the weight of thunder and brilliance combined.

The three siblings staggered together, their bodies scorched, their powers faltering. Susanoo’s blade drooped, his sea bled into steam. Tsukuyomi’s moonlight flickered weak across the ruins. Amaterasu’s fire burned only faint, her sun dim over the shattered heavens.

And Zeus stood above them, storm still blazing. His chest heaved, sparks dripping from his fists, but his eyes burned steady.

The Norse pressed close, Odin’s spear spinning, Thor’s hammer roaring, Baldur’s light blazing, Vidar silent but unmoving, Loki’s laughter sharp in the smoke. The siblings could rise no longer, their strength burned out against storm and spear.

The clash stilled, the battlefield shaking under the silence of gods catching their breath.

The siblings lay broken, unable to rise, their glow faded.

Zeus’s gaze lifted, sparks crawling brighter across his skin. He turned his head to Odin, then back to the Primordials watching from the shadows of the realm. His storm flared louder, heavier, hungry.

Amaterasu, Susanoo, and Tsukuyomi were done.

Their next quarry waited.

Izanagi and Izanami.