I ascend to the throne of God with arcane magic.

Chapter 648 Totem Clone and New Specialty
Pearl Clan,

After Belion prepared the altars of faith for Klaus in each tribe, Li Si spent a few days visiting all the tribes of the Pearl Sea fish people.

On the one hand, it is to demonstrate the legendary power of the murloc Klaus and plant the seeds of awe in the hearts of the murlocs.

Another aspect is to plant Li Si's spiritual imprint in the prepared altars of faith, connecting each altar of faith with Li Si.

The altar of faith is the place where the murloc tribe prays and offers sacrifices, and its function is somewhat similar to that of a human church.

Among the entire merman tribe, only the Coral Tribe has a church of the Church of the Sea Goddess, and the act of the merman Klaus to build an altar of faith was not opposed by the Church of the Sea Goddess.

As for the Church of the Sea Goddess, unless there are special circumstances, they will not interfere with the beliefs of the merpeople.

As long as no other church wants to interfere with the beliefs of the murloc tribe.

For this purpose, Li Si made a special trip to the Church of the Ocean Goddess and met with the bishop of the Church.

What surprised Li Si was that the bishop arranged by the Church of the Goddess of the Sea in the merman tribe was a merman priest.

But soon, Li Si understood why this situation occurred.

This situation also occurs in other churches of gods. Even among the churches of gods, competition among believers is still quite fierce.

Human gods will also develop believers of other races, and in order to develop faith more smoothly, they will also recruit people of other races to join the church and become clergy.

At the same time, clergy of other races will be able to spread their faith to their own kind more smoothly.

When visiting the church of the Sea Goddess Church, Li Si also noticed some special fish-man statues.

According to the introduction of the merman bishop, Li Si learned that these statues were the gods of the merman tribe. After becoming gods, they joined the pantheon of the goddess of the sea and became subordinate gods of the goddess of the sea.

However, these fish-man gods are beings with weak divine power, and the areas of priesthood they control are not strong, so Li Si did not know about these situations before.

There were too many gods appearing in the later stages of the previous version, and no one knew how many weak and insignificant gods had died.

However, Li Si now understood why the Church of the Sea Goddess would support the Murloc Legend in his journey to godhood and did not mind him taking away the faith of the Murloc tribe.

If they really succeed in becoming gods, the merman gods will basically join the pantheon of the Sea Goddess, which is also a good thing for the Sea Goddess.

After dealing with the affairs of other tribes, Li Si went to meet with O'Neill and gave him a round of consolation, then returned to the Pearl Clan.

Li Si is about to officially begin trying to cultivate his own totem spirit.

Totem spirits are basically the power of the tribe's faith. They are beings that are transformed according to the wishes of the tribal people. They basically have no obvious intelligence and act on instinct to protect the tribe that worships them.

Because of the special nature of totem spirits, although their external manifestations are related to the tribe that worships them, they do not have any fixed form, and the powers they possess are also varied, but basically related to the wishes of the tribal people.

If the power of faith that Li Si collected from the merman tribe was used directly to cultivate the totem spirit, it would basically be the same as the totem spirit that O'Neal had mastered before, and it would basically be in the form of a sea beast.

Similarly, perhaps because the power of faith is directed towards Klaus, the generated totem spirit form will be related to him.

But that meant nothing to Li Si.

Even a legendary totem spirit would not be of much help to Li Si, not to mention that it would consume a considerable amount of Li Si's energy and time.

He did not want to cultivate the totem spirit of the murloc tribe, but to cultivate a special clone that could carry the virtual elemental godhood, help him explore the path to godhood, and be completely under his control.

The reason why the totem spirit has such different manifestations is that the power of faith generated by the believers' prayers to Li Si is mixed with many "impurities".

These "impurities" may be the wishes, worries, etc. of the believers, but they will affect Li Si's use of the power of faith.

According to Li Si's understanding, if one wanted to purify the impurities in the power of faith, one would at least need to condense the divine nature and temper it through the divine nature in order to eliminate the impurities in the power of faith.

Even so, impurities may remain, unless the power of faith is refined into divine power using divine fire.

That is too far away for Li Si now.

But now that Li Si has mastered the basic expertise of the priest profession [Chaos Faith Convergence], he no longer has this worry.

[Chaos Faith Convergence] can help Li Si refine the collected power of faith into the power of chaos faith, making it a completely pure power without any characteristics.

During Li Si's exploration during this period, he discovered that the power of chaos faith was extremely inclusive. It could be said that it could be controlled by Li Si's mind and transformed into different manifestations of power.

Li Si tried to use the power of chaos faith to nourish the totem spirit cultivated by O'Neill and found that the effect was quite good. Li Si could even feel the totem spirit's desire for the power of chaos faith.

Especially when Li Si used the totem possession skill, this desire even affected Li Si himself.

However, although Li Si was very curious, the power of faith had too many secrets for him now, and it was beyond his ability to figure out.

After using totem possession countless times, Li Si's understanding of totem spirits has reached a fairly high level.

After all, with the "delicious" power of chaos faith, the totem spirits are quite close to Li Si.

Even if Li Si returns these totem spirits to O'Neal in the future, as long as Li Si waves his hand, these totem spirits will come over like puppies begging for food.

I don’t know what O’Neal would think if he knew about Li Si’s NTR behavior.

All the preparations have been completed, and all that remains is to officially begin cultivating Li Si's exclusive totem spirit.

Before coming to the fishman tribe, Li Si had gained the power of faith.

On the one hand, it is the power of chaos faith that is automatically absorbed by the specialty [Chaos Faith Convergence], and on the other hand, it is the people who believe in Li Si.

Although Li Si did not cultivate believers and establish a belief system in his territory in order to conceal his identity, there were still some people who spontaneously believed in Li Si.

However, after gaining the faith of the Pearl Sea Mermaid Tribe, the amount of power of faith that Li Si could obtain increased significantly.

If the power of faith gained before was a trickle, then now it is a gurgling stream.

However, as the power of faith he gained increased, Li Si was also affected by the power of faith.

Although [Chaos Faith Convergence] helps him purify the power of faith he has gained, there are still impurities that affect his spirit.

Although this has not affected Li Si yet, if the power of faith continues to increase, he will face this trouble sooner or later. No wonder many legends who embark on the road to godhood fall into madness. Even with legendary willpower, it is difficult to resist the faith of countless people, right?
Until a solution is found, Li Si decided not to expand the size of believers.

Anyway, the faith of the murloc tribe is enough for him to conduct research on the art of ascension, and the rest can be taken slowly.

For Li Si, taking each step steadily is more important than walking fast.

In the center of the murloc tribe, a newly built altar stands tall.

The altar was entirely carved from bluestone, and an ancient and sacred atmosphere surrounded it. In the center of the altar, a tall statue stood out, the incarnation of the fishman legend [Raging Waves] Klaus.

This statue is based on bluestone and vividly displays the image of Klaus, with an upright posture and clear muscle lines. The statue holds a long sword in one hand, which seems to flash cold light in the sun and seems to be able to jump out at any time.

Although it is a newly built altar, there have always been fishmen from the Pearl Clan coming to worship, offering fresh seafood around the altar or singing ancient hymns to express their endless admiration and awe for the hero who saved the Pearl Clan.

Li Si was sitting in front of the statue on the altar, and the fishmen who came to visit him could not detect Li Si's presence at all.

The statues of Klaus on the altar were all made by Li Si himself. Just like the statues enshrined in the church of the Church of the Gods, the bluestone statues on the altar of each merman tribe contain the power of Li Si.

If nothing else, the effect of shocking the fish's heart is quite good.

As Li Si mobilized his magic power, a figure identical to Li Si appeared in front of him.

Legendary arcane [Li Si’s totem clone]!
This is an exclusive arcane created by Li Si based on his special skill [Mirror Body]. Although it does not have very strong combat power, its biggest advantage is that it can be maintained for a very long time. At the same time, Li Si specifically enhanced the plasticity and adaptability of this clone based on the characteristics of the totem spirit.

Everything is ready, let’s get started!
Under Li Si's careful control, the power of chaotic faith slowly flowed from Li Si's body into the totem clone.

As the power of chaos faith continued to fill up, the totem clone began to appear illusory light gray, which was the characteristic of the power of chaos faith.

All things are difficult at the beginning, and Li Si was highly focused when taking this step.

The totem clone is now just beginning to carry the power of the chaotic faith. If one is not careful, the clone may collapse directly due to the overly powerful force.

Click~
At this moment, the right arm of the clone suddenly broke, and cracks instantly spread all over the clone.

Seeing this, Li Si did not insist but directly released the totem clone.

"It's a bit too hasty, slow down a bit."

"It seems that the clone's physical strength needs to be strengthened further. Let's see what the effect is."

Li Si quickly analyzed the experience of his previous failure without any sign of frustration.

Failure is commonplace in arcane research. Moreover, Li Si is trying to combine arcane and the power of faith, so it is normal to encounter any troubles.

Just take a little more time.

But the good news is that even if the attempt fails, most of the power of chaos faith can be recovered by Li Si, which greatly reduces the loss of the experiment.

Otherwise, with Li Si's current financial situation, he wouldn't be able to try even a few times.

Time goes by day by day,

During these days, Li Si has been staying on the altar to integrate the totem clone with the power of chaos faith.

After countless failures, Li Si finally opened his eyes and looked at the light grey clone sitting in front of him. He said with some emotion:

“Finally succeeded. It was not easy!”

Li Si's previous idea was still too simple, and he somewhat underestimated the difficulty.

In the process of integrating the totem clone with the power of chaos faith, quite a lot of trouble was encountered.

The most crucial thing is the essential difference in power between the two, which makes the totem clone and the power of chaos faith separated from each other like water and oil, and it is difficult to integrate them.

Even if it is barely integrated under Li Si's control, it will return to its previous state as long as Li Si releases the control.

This won't work. What Li Si needs to do is to cultivate a totem spirit that belongs to him alone, not a time bomb.

However, Li Si finally found the trick and used some of the knowledge in the [Sphinx Ascension] to condense the virtual elemental godhood to completely merge the totem clone with the power of chaos faith.

Looking at the light gray clone in front of him, Li Si felt a sense of accomplishment.

Try it first.
After integrating the power of chaos faith, the current totem clone has not yet truly become a totem spirit.

Totem spirits are not just extraordinary beings that control the power of faith, they also represent the power of a certain characteristic.

Regardless of the previous totem clone or the power of chaos faith, no characteristics were manifested.

After the fusion was completed, the totem clone was more like a blank piece of paper, waiting for Li Si to paint on it.

Li Si thought for a moment and put the demigod power he had obtained before into the totem clone.

Since it is an attempt, you have to start step by step.

Li Si now has two godheads, one is the virtual elemental godhead from the Sphinx, and the other is the demigod godhead from [Singer of Death] Ivan Watt.

The virtual elemental godhead Li Si is still unable to separate it from the [Wisdom of the Sphinx], and this is also the important medium that Li Si plans to carry with him to learn the [Sphinx Ascension Technique].

It is better to put the demigod status of Ivan Water, the Death Singer, into the totem clone first.

Anyway, this can be changed at any time.

Moreover, after obtaining the demigod status of Ivan Watt, the [Singer of Death], Li Si's [Undead] domain was also upgraded to the level of legendary domain, which was just enough to begin to control the power of this godhood.

After this demigod power entered the totem clone, the light gray clone began to take on a pale color, and a desolate and gloomy feeling slowly emanated from the totem clone.

Under Li Si's control, the demigod nature, as the core of the totem clone, began to continuously absorb and exhale the power of chaotic faith to nourish and strengthen the clone.

Li Si discovered that the presence of this divine power saved him a lot of effort.

However, thinking about the fact that in order to obtain this divine power, Li Si directly faced Demogorgon's pursuit, he should not have such an experience again.
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Hey~
[Your totem clone has completed its transformation!]
[You obtain [Totem Clone - Undead Skeleton]!]
[New expertise generation detected]
(End of this chapter)