Chapter 317: God-Creation Experiment
Ace guided the power of faith from the entire Dream World to converge into a Sea of Faith. The spherical fire of desire fell into this Sea of Faith. The silent sea boiled instantly, the surging ocean of faith evaporating continuously.
About a month passed in the Pocket World before the entire Sea of Faith was refined by the flames into a Lake of Divine Power.
“The distinction between divinity and humanity is the distinction between the sacred and the profane. That which is not profane is sacred, and the sacred is God,” Ace said in a resonant voice, gazing at the Lake of Divine Power.
The Lake of Divine Power was the refinement and sublimation of mortal faith. It retained only the purest piety and reverence of the mortal believers toward the deity—the sacred. As for all the profane elements, they had turned into flames and burned away completely.
Aside from Divine Power, another pious existence was preserved: the imagination and trust in the deity’s mighty power.
“War, Supreme, Fear, Invisible, and Human!”
As Ace spoke each word deliberately, waves of power were separated, eventually forming five strange masses of matter. Ace named them Divinity.
“So-called Divinity is a kind of prayer from mortal believers regarding the deity’s mighty power. It can be said to be the essence of ‘aspiration.’ This aspiration is initially just mortal imagination, but with the accumulation of aspiration, a qualitative change eventually occurs, establishing a connection with certain rules and even laws of the world!”
Ace stroked one mass of Divinity. Shadows of people seemed to flicker within it—from drinking blood and eating raw meat to drilling wood for fire; from knapping stone tools to polishing them; encountering giant beasts, being slaughtered by them, then the descent of the King, the appearance of King-Chosen Warriors, Zi’s combustion, humanity’s counterattack, and the establishment of the nation. Everything converged into a single word—Human!
“This is the Racial Divinity: Human!”
Ace understood somewhat. This specific Divinity had nothing to do with worldly rules or laws; it was solely related to the race. Obtaining it meant becoming the God of Humans, the God of the Human Race!
As for War, Supreme, Fear, and Invisible, these were the fantasies and trust the human believers placed in the King. The fantasies of millions of people over generations finally created these four masses of Divinity.
“The ultimate form of Divinity should be the Divine Authority! It is the true incarnation of rules or laws, or even the rules themselves. If it is a Divine Authority like ‘Human,’ unrelated to rules and laws, then it is the foundation of the human race’s destiny!”
Ace gazed at the black wolf playing nearby. Seeming to feel something, he grabbed the black wolf and threw it into the “Human” Divinity, burning it with the fire of desire.
Gradually, the black wolf melted, but the new Divine Authority did not be born as Ace had expected.
“It still lacks recognition. The collective wish of humanity… I need a grand sacrifice!”
Ace glanced at the still-unconscious Human Sovereign of humanity and woke him up. Despite the difference in Life Levels, Xi, the 11th Generation Human Sovereign of the human nation, rolled over and prostrated himself immediately upon waking. After kowtowing continuously thirteen times, he raised his hands high and shouted to Ace’s dreamlike, massive figure:
“Great Invisible King, You are the Supreme Guardian of humanity, You are Fear itself, the Formless Image, the Incarnation of War! Your servant, the 11th Generation Human Sovereign Xi, begs for Your guidance and craves Your grace and mercy!”
That dreamlike figure seemed both illusory and real. Xi dared not look directly at it and waited patiently. After an unknown amount of time, he heard a terrifying whisper and fainted again.
Three days later, Human Sovereign Xi emerged from the spiral gate of the altar, bringing the will of the Invisible King.
“We need a grand sacrifice, mobilizing the whole country to offer sacrifices to the Invisible King! This is the King’s will!”
In the great hall, Human Sovereign Xi, having received the King’s grace and approval, designated the noblest Witch on the King’s behalf and held a nationwide sacrifice. This sacrifice lasted for nearly a year.
Finally, at the sixteenth Grand Ceremony in the capital, the aspirations and faith of humanity converged into a powerful recognition of Tribal Qi, transforming into a mysterious Rune that floated above the capital.
The Right Eye of God floated up from the altar. The spiral, multicolored gate appeared and sucked the Rune into the Dream World.
“This is…!” Ace stared at the Rune, discovering that he could not observe it in its entirety. This was at least a Level 2 Rune or higher!
Although he couldn’t observe it, with the help of the Book Spirit, Ace recorded this mysterious Rune in advance and threw it into the mass of Divinity representing “Human.”
Boom!
Like heavenly thunder triggering earthly fire, the Divine matter underwent drastic changes. It gradually became as flawless and transparent as crystal. A crystalline pregnant woman appeared, followed by a man holding her; the man carried a boy on his neck and held a girl by the hand. The image gradually solidified.
“This crystal sculpture is the Racial Divine Authority: Humanity!”
As soon as the Human Divine Authority was born, it circled Ace, wanting to squeeze into his body and enter his Soul Sanctuary. But Ace firmly rejected it.
“I am a Wizard. I don’t resist becoming a god—no one says a Wizard cannot become a god. But! I refuse to become a god without research and experimentation. Moreover, it is impossible for me to become merely a god of a Pocket World.”
Ace spoke decisively. As an alternative, he extracted a large amount of Divine Power from the Lake of Divine Power and, modeling it after the Book Spirit, spent a year creating a brilliant sphere of light.
The sphere of light had no life or wisdom, only preset programs, just like a supercomputer.
“This is the Godhead. The Godhead is a tool for a Faith God to process believers’ wishes and manage the Divine Kingdom. The fire of desire is the Divine Fire. A so-called Faith God should be composed of Faith, Divine Fire, Lake of Divine Power, Godhead, and Divine Authority (Divinity).
“But these alone are not complete. A Faith God must have a place for believers to return to after death—the Divine Kingdom!”
Accompanying Ace’s words, the entire Dream World changed drastically. The Lake of Divine Power evaporated and diffused, altering the entire Dream World and completely turning it into a Divine Kingdom.
The Divine Fire, Lake of Divine Power, Godhead, Humanity Divine Authority, and the other four Divinities merged together, turning into a dazzling light that called out to Ace.
Ace did not respond directly. Instead, he separated his Rational Clone, which was devoid of any emotion, and had it walk into the light.
In an instant, the entire Divine Kingdom cheered. Countless little sprites were born out of thin air. The humans participating in the sacrifice were moved to tears; they seemed to feel that some great existence had placed a heavy bet on them, suppressing their Tribal Qi for them.
“The die is cast. Now, we wait for it to ferment slowly.”
Having finished everything, Ace looked at the brilliant light in the sky of the Divine Kingdom and murmured.
Main Material Plane.
The Mt. Larr range was extremely quiet at night. Ambrio’s eerie cackling seemed very abrupt here.
Several monsters ran out following the sound, only to be instantly torn apart by shadow tentacles. Ambrio transformed into a shadow raven and flew to the Witch’s camp.
“Caw!”
The raven’s loud and piercing cry rang out.
A sharp sword slashed at the raven, but the raven dodged agilely. Seeing the strike miss, Sauron retracted his sword and whispered:
“If I were you, I wouldn’t be so showy. Do you worship Arrogance?”
(End of this chapter)
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