What is the truth of history? The so-called gods in legends, those supreme beings, actually have these speechless secrets...
The hero who once "saved" humanity, who once defeated the powerful demon god with the "Spear of Longinus", humanity's strongest god of war, Ares, was in front of Du Wei at this moment.
That tone full of sadness and despair existed so vividly in front of Du Wei... This is God! The God of mankind?!
I see!
I see!!
The human world now only knows the "Goddess of Light". The goddess has become the only god worshiped by humans and the only dominant god in the world. However, the former male god Ares stayed in this place and was sealed away for thousands of years.
Year!
Du Wei thought for a while and slowly shook his head: "I still don't understand. Since... she plotted against you and imprisoned you here... But what about the Demon God? Why don't I see the Demon God here? The Demon God
Where have you gone?!"
After such a long talk, it seemed that the ten thousand years of sadness that had been trapped in Ares's heart had been vented a little, and his tone didn't sound so sad anymore. Therefore, the male god did not answer Du directly.
Wei's question, but asked him a question first:
"Human, let me ask you, in your opinion, what is God?"
"??" Du Wei looked at the figure in the crystal stone above his head silently. He thought carefully before replying: "Have the supreme power. Create the world? Create living beings? Well... in my opinion,
The power of God and Earth is as if it is in its own domain, and everything can be controlled according to one's own will... Then, creation or destruction, change or eternity..."
"No, no, no, that's not what I asked." Ares said slowly: "Let me ask you, in your opinion, what is God? Or let me put it another way: Where does God come from?"
Where did God come from?
It seems that there is no precise explanation on this issue in any religious scriptures.
In a general sense, almost any religious doctrine anywhere believes that God is the founder of the world. Everything in the world, the sky, rivers, mountains, forests, creatures, and everything else, are created by gods. But...
…Where were gods “created”?
It seems as if this answer has never existed before. Because it seems that God exists so eternally.
Perhaps, if you ask anyone in this world, the answer will be like this.
But Du Wei was not, because after all, he had the memory of his previous life. In his previous life, he was an atheistic believer in materialism. So he quickly said: "I think the so-called God is not a creation at all.
The existence of this world... Ares, maybe when you are on the ground, I say this a little disrespectfully. But I feel that although you are very powerful, you are not really powerful enough to create such a world! So, I
I feel that the so-called gods are just ordinary beings originally, but you are lucky enough to have strong strength, which is higher than ordinary beings."
Ares smiled, and his laughter seemed satisfied this time: "Human, no matter what, your answer is very good. Last time, Aragorn said the same here. Indeed... we are called so-called
'God'. But the name God is just what ordinary gods call it."
Then he slowly said:
"A long, long time ago, when the world was still very young, there were already all things and creatures in the world. There were various races, including humans, demons, elves, dwarves, orcs, and even
There are other races that you don’t know about now. And I, she, the demon god, and the so-called beast god, elf god, or dwarf god, etc., at the beginning, we were just ordinary gods.
Ordinary humans are ordinary demons, ordinary dwarves, and ordinary elves. However, later, with personal opportunities and development, some powerful individuals appeared among ordinary creatures. These powerful individuals understood
Understand the true meaning of power and understand the rules of space..."
After hearing this, Du Wei immediately thought of the so-called "fish in the river" theory mentioned by Bai Hechou.
He even thought of Bai Hechou. Wasn't this guy originally an ordinary human being? But he began to change from an ordinary fish to a strong fish, able to jump out of the water and see the rules of the river ahead.
, at this time, he reached the holy level. Later, he became more and more powerful, and gradually became powerful enough to walk on the river bank from a fish in the river...
This is a breakthrough!
A breakthrough on the road to godhood!
Whether it is Ares or the gods that existed in ancient times, they probably all came here this way!
"At the beginning, when we understood the rules, we thought it was the limit and the end. But later, some powerful individuals found new breakthroughs and discovered that it was just about understanding the rules, knowing how to use them, and
It is not the real end. Then, it gradually developed to the point where some people can change the rules, or even create new rules... The power becomes more and more powerful. Even after reaching a higher realm, we can have a long life.
!A life that is much longer than that of ordinary creatures!
So, gradually, we have become awe-inspiring existence in the eyes of ordinary creatures. We have power that ordinary creatures cannot understand. We have 'eternal' life in their eyes, because our power is so powerful that it even reaches
He has reached a situation where he can use his own power to change the fate of many, many people, even beyond the scope of what ordinary beings can imagine...
Therefore, in their eyes, existences like ours have become idols that must be respected and feared.
Moreover, over the long years, ordinary living beings experience birth and death, generation after generation. But we have always existed, which makes them even more incomprehensible and awe-inspiring.
And then, in the eyes of ordinary people, they mistakenly believe that we are truly eternal.
Although we have powerful power, we are not the real beings who created the world. We are just evolved from ordinary people. We also have our own thoughts and emotions. Therefore, strong people born in various races will still not be able to create the world.
Consciously take care of your original race.
Gradually, those races regarded the gods who took care of their own races as the patron saints who protected their own races... And, after a long time, everything became a 'tradition'.
It’s as if we were born to exist and to be superior.
And these gods also have desires, evil sides, kind sides, vanity sides, etc..."
"I understand. You are just humans. You are just much stronger than ordinary people." Du Wei said lightly: "Then according to what you said, the so-called gods are only stronger than saints.
They're just people with more power, right? The so-called earth gods just have their own domain."
"No."
Unexpectedly, Ares denied Du Wei's statement: "This time your answer is wrong. Do you think that after reaching the domain level, you are a god? Let me tell you, it's still a little bit worse, and it's even worse.
Quite a few!”
Du Wei frowned, and then listened quietly to Ares's continued story.
"As you said, we are just some extremely powerful 'people' who have exceeded the limits of ordinary people. However, no matter how powerful a person is, he is still limited. Even if you can reach the domain level, you can only create your own domain.
, just control everything in your own field. But how big can your field be? One hundred steps? One thousand steps? Ten thousand steps?"
Du Wei was speechless.
Because in myths and legends, any god seems to have the power to destroy the world.
"Unless your power is so powerful that the area you support covers the entire world?" After Du Wei finished speaking, he immediately shook his head: "No, I don't think it is that powerful."
"There is indeed no earth. No matter how powerful the domain expert is, he cannot expand his domain to cover the entire world. Therefore... the domain is not truly god-level."
"Then what's the difference?" Du Wei couldn't help but asked.
"Godhead!" Ares's voice seemed a little mysterious, and he said a word that was familiar to Du Wei.
godhead?
Of course Du Wei has heard of this word, but its meaning has always seemed so vague.
Fortunately, Du Wei now has a real god in front of him who can answer this question for him.
"When a person's power has reached its limit, we can only seek other sources of power." Ares said slowly: "I think since you have reached the domain level, you should understand that the so-called domain power,
The power to control the rules does not come from the body, but from the mind. It is the power of the spiritual consciousness space! It is a kind of spiritual power. However, no matter how powerful a person's power is, there is always a limit. Therefore, the earliest domain is strong.
I don't know who discovered it first, but in my opinion, it should be the Demon God who made the breakthrough first.
The method for this breakthrough is faith and religion!
Using faith, using religion, or in other words, using the worship of ordinary creatures towards us. Using the worship and devotion of those creatures who are the most pious to us in their hearts. When a person's heart is filled with piety and fanaticism, his
The spiritual power will become stronger than usual. And at this time... we will open our own domain and envelop these ordinary creatures who believe in us.
Then, you should know that when your domain space is opened, everything within this domain is under your control! And the spiritual power of these ordinary creatures in the faith that have been sublimated due to worship and piety can also
All yours!
And all we have to do is use their power!
Collect the spiritual power of faith from thousands of living beings, concentrate it together, and finally use it for your own use!
From the initial accumulation to more and more and bigger, your power will become stronger and stronger... This is the so-called godhead!
So, from this point of view, as a god, if the more ordinary creatures believe in him, and the stronger, more pious and fanatical the belief, the more powerful the god will be! Because the more powerful the godhead he possesses will be!"
When Du Wei heard this, he suddenly said something coldly and sneered: "Then if a god does not have the worship and belief of ordinary living beings, then its power will become weaker, right?"
Ares seemed to acquiesce. Du Wei sneered in his heart: Robber!
"This is a cycle. When you open up your domain, the more power you gain from the people who believe in it. Your power will be enhanced, and then your domain can become larger. And the larger the domain, the more power you can gain from people who believe in it.
The more creatures there are in the coverage area, the more power of faith you can continue to absorb... It's like a snowball, getting bigger and bigger. All you have to do is store all the power of faith.
.In this way, the power of the so-called earth 'god' is naturally powerful beyond imagination. In comparison, the strong men at the domain level have only just touched the threshold."
When Du Wei heard this, he laughed: "I am already a strong person in the field. Aren't you afraid that after you tell me this, when I go out, I will also use this method to enhance my strength and become a new god?"
Ares seemed very calm: "You can't do it yet. Because although you are in the realm, you don't know how to absorb the power of faith in this way. You don't know how to establish your own godhead in this way. And I can't tell you this.
of."
"I understand." Du Wei seemed to smile, a bit mockingly: "You are a group of beings living at the top of the pyramid. The top of the pyramid should originally belong to only a few places. Of course, the original beings would not want to appear.
New guys are coming to take over the already limited space!”
Ares smiled, and he smiled very peacefully: "Perhaps I did think so in the past, but now, after being imprisoned here for ten thousand years, do you think I will still think so? Human beings..."
"My name is Du Wei, you can call me by my name. Because when you call me 'human', I don't like this title. It makes me feel as if you are really some kind of god... After all, you don't
He is just a person who is stronger than me and lives longer than me."
"Okay. Duwei." Ares seemed to be very calm: "Then what I want to say to you is that it's not that I don't want to tell you how to establish the godhead, but that this is a realm of understanding, not something that can be said
It comes out. You need to understand it yourself, so that you can truly understand...Words cannot describe that feeling."
"Okay, I accept this explanation." Du Wei nodded: "But you haven't told me yet, why the devil is not here... Does this question have anything to do with 'what is a god'?"
"It does matter." Ares said: "Now that you know that God is just a human being, he also has human desires and emotions. Then you can imagine our way of thinking in a 'human' way."
Du Wei is listening.
I heard Ares's voice slowly saying: "On that day, after she suddenly stabbed me with the Spear of Longinus, I was heartbroken and desperate, and was imprisoned by her in this Tower of Babel. And outside... that
Osgilia and the elf, who are also subordinates of the devil, are also imprisoned here. The only difference is that they are only holy steps, and the scope of the Babel Tower is the domain, and they cannot enter. Therefore, this
For thousands of years, they just stayed outside, not knowing what happened inside. They didn't even know that the devil had already left here!
Just because, after I was injured by the goddess and imprisoned in the Tower of Babel, the devil and I were left here together for the rest of the time. The two of us were originally enemies. After getting along for a period of time, we
Both of their hearts have changed!
The one who has undergone the biggest change is the Demon God!
He is a strong man, he fell deeply in love with a woman, and then he was betrayed by love...
After the initial despair, sadness, and pain, if you are an ordinary person, you will be lucky, because you can die... But after reaching our state, even wanting to die is a very difficult thing to do.
Therefore, after experiencing a period of pain, no matter how severe the pain is, there will always be a time when he gradually calms down. When he calms down. It is natural, according to the way of thinking of "people", after experiencing pain and despair
,In the end, all these emotions were finally transformed into..."
"Hate!" Du Wei replied coldly.
"Yes, it's hatred." Ares said lightly: "He loves deeply and hates very strongly. And I, I was also hurt, deceived, and used by that woman. So, I also have something in my heart.
Hate! And in this case, if two men who were deceived by the same woman are locked together, do you think we will continue to hate each other? "
The answer is obvious.
Even if there was hatred between the two at first, it would eventually fade away as they have been locked up together for a long time. There may even be a possibility of "sympathizing with each other".
"Then, by chance, we finally communicated, and finally we reached a settlement. After the settlement, the common wish of both of us was revenge!"
Ares' tone was a little helpless: "But after all, he is still stronger than me. Even his heart is much stronger than mine... Maybe it's because he was hurt more deeply than me. Although I also want to
Revenge, but I don’t want to face her anymore. So we finally reached an agreement... He will go out to take revenge! And I will stay here."
"Get out?" Du Wei's heart moved.
"Yes. Get out!" Ares smiled, his laughter getting louder and louder, with a hint of mockery: "Although she deceived me and plotted against me here, she seemed to have left a flaw.
Because, in order to consume my divine power, and then take advantage of my weakness to plot against me, it was me who used my divine power to arrange the seal here! The strengthening of the seal here was arranged by me myself. Therefore,
Although I was also plotted by her, I can still find a way to let him out! It's just a pity that I need to be imprisoned in his place.
There was only one flaw in that seal. So, I finally let him out.
And before he left, he swore to me that he would definitely complete his revenge... and that one day, he would personally defeat that woman, bring her here, and then... let her taste the feeling of being imprisoned!
I have only one request from the Demon God..."
When Ares said this, his voice became cold:
"I want her to stay with me!"
No matter how slow Du Wei's reaction was, he could still hear the extremely strong hatred in these words!
However, Du Wei still couldn't help but ask: "So, ten thousand years have passed... It seems that the Demon God has not succeeded. Because I come from the outside world, and now I am on the outside continent. Your
My old lover is revered by all mankind as the 'Goddess of Light'! And she is still the only ruler of this world, the only supreme existence! And there seems to be no news about the demon god you released. He has not even appeared.
Traces...even history has been completely tampered with by the goddess. In the current history of mankind, there seems to be no trace of the existence of demons at all! If I hadn't happened to know an elf who came to the mainland from the north,
I don’t even know of any other mythical eras in history!”
"This is not surprising." Ares said lightly: "It's only been ten thousand years. You know, after imprisoning both of us here, the strength of the goddess has increased tremendously, even if the devil comes out from here
, it’s not easy to defeat her!”
"Isn't the Demon God the most powerful god?" Du Wei frowned.
"It used to be." Ares' voice was a little helpless: "Because..."
After a pause, he sighed helplessly: "After she plotted against the two of us and imprisoned us here, she took advantage of our weakness and used her divine power to take away most of our godhead!"
Seized...godhead?!
After walking up 3,650 steps on the Snowy Mountain, Vivian and Ellu, following the Elf King Luoxue, arrived at the huge square at the top of the Snowy Mountain.
Looking at the empty square, Vivian couldn't help but feel anxious: "Mr. Luoxue...Duwei, where did he go? Didn't you say that he was on the mountain?"
Luoxue said nothing quietly, her eyes seemed to have crossed the square, looking far ahead in the direction of the Witch King's throne...
Ai Lu's expression suddenly changed: "Could it be that... they went to the cave where the teacher practices together?!"
Following the direction of Ellu's finger, Vivian looked into the distance.
At this time, Bai Hechou's cold voice came from far away.
"Elf, why did you go and come back? Are you not convinced by your defeat and want to try again?"
Luoxue said calmly: "Mr. Bai Hechou, I just abide by what I said before. There are still three days left in the time agreed upon by Du Wei and I... I just decided to accompany Du Wei's wife up the mountain and wait here until the time we agreed.
Until the end...I have no doubts about your strength."
Bai Hechou's voice was silent for a while, and then came softly: "That little Du Wei's wife? Huh, in that case, you can come in together."
After a pause, the voice became colder:
"Elu! Just stay outside! Before I have any other instructions, just stand there!"