A journey of survival starting from Zhetian

Chapter 611 Conferring Titles and Conferring Godhood
Heaven and earth are silent.

Tens of thousands of god-kings perished at the same time, turning into handfuls of ashes. Such a terrifying scene should have enraged even more god-kings, prompting them to unleash their killing techniques. However, those two indifferent "statements" directly silenced all living beings in this world, leaving no one daring to raise their voices against the Earth God-King.

On a sacred mountain almost isolated from the world, an ancient god-king, whose divine body was already radiating wisps of supreme light and whose appearance was slightly weathered, leaned on a green vine cane and looked at the illusory divine eye on the other side through the net of heaven and earth, his expression somewhat blank.

He murmured softly, "He controls mountains and rivers, the Yellow Court of Earth and Earth, and the balance of all things. Those who deviate from the central Earth and Earth will be abandoned by Heaven and Earth and will be subject to the cycle of all things."

"How terrifying is the 'words become law,' how vast is the central divine authority, how powerful is the earth element law. If it weren't for the absence of supreme light, I would have thought that an ancient god had descended and was using supreme divine power to define all things in the world."

Standing beside this ancient god-king, a young god-king, dressed in a tight-fitting outfit, with a robust physique, bulging muscles, a fox tail, and a faint, supreme light rising from his body, crossed his arms and gazed into the distance, also across the net of heaven and earth, at the illusory image of the divine eye located at the other end.

After a moment of silence, the young god-king said quietly, "An ancient god has descended. Judging from the power displayed by this Earth God-King, it's hard to say."

"Although these tens of thousands of god-kings are not as powerful as us ancient god-kings who have already taken the first steps on the path to godhood, they are still a relatively strong core force in the world. Among them, quite a few belong to the twenty-six ancient gods."

"Since the fall of these god-kings, more than a few breaths have passed, and not a single one of the twenty-six ancient gods has descended. What do you think is going on?"

"Aside from the commotion caused by the rearrangement of the laws of heaven and earth, the current network of laws of heaven and earth is extremely calm."

The ancient god-king, leaning on his green vine cane, suddenly looked at his friend beside him, his expression changing from blank to stiff, clearly having guessed something.

The robust young god-king continued in a low voice, "Either this Earth God will surely become an ancient god in the future, or the twenty-six ancient gods will not risk offending a fellow being who will surely stand by their side in the future for the sake of a mere ten thousand or so god-kings who do not possess supreme light."

"Either this Earth Deity, after attaining the God-King rank, continued to advance towards the Ancient God rank, and his divine body never revealed anything beyond the Supreme rank, or perhaps he consciously concealed it."

"In the present world, his pronouncements to all living beings in heaven and earth seemed to refer to him as the 'Earth Deity,' rather than claiming to be the 'God King'?"

The ancient god-king, leaning on his green vine cane, became even more stiff-faced.

His lips trembled, his face showed shock, and his voice became hoarse, "This Earth Deity, who seems to have only been born a little over a million years ago, how could he have attained the rank of an ancient god?"

"My body has been imbued with supreme light for nearly a billion years, and I am still refining my divine path to this day. Yet the thick earth has completed it in just a million years?"

"How is this possible? Even someone as gifted as the Heavenly Boat Ancient God, who rose from the God-King level to the Ancient God level, took more than 30 million years!"

The robust young god-king glanced at the ancient god-king beside him, and said with a slightly naive expression, "That's a question for you, the old god who had already attained the rank of true god when the ancient god of the Heavenly Boat held the power of all spirits and was stationed in the ancient city of god-kings. What exactly have you been doing all these years?"

The ancient god-king, leaning on his cane made of green vines, fell silent instantly.

Within the Heavenly Law Network, in a temporarily created virtual space, the consciousnesses of twenty-six ancient gods converged once more, gazing at the manifested illusory eye, creating a solemn atmosphere.

The old tree solemnly asked the ancient god of the celestial vessel, "Is this the Earth Deity who has only existed for a million years, Him?"

The Ancient God of the Skyship's expression froze for a moment, then he said with a wry smile, "I don't know, I can't be sure, and I can't sense it. The only thing I know and am certain of is that the supreme being truly holds the power of eternal destiny. But how exactly 'destiny' is expressed is completely beyond my comprehension."

"However, this earth deity's path does not seem to involve the rules of 'fate' at all. Instead, the focus of the path is on the 'central earth element' of the five elements, and it may also involve aspects of suppressing the laws of heaven and earth and harmonizing yin and yang."

The Ancient God of the Heavenly Boat paused, then continued with a hint of inexplicable hope, "Although the path he has taken to become a god is almost equal to ours, like an ancient god without the rank of an ancient god, which seems to defy common sense, it is not impossible for such a brilliant and extraordinary being to be born in the world we have expanded over countless years."

The ancient god of the Heavenly Boat spoke in a softer and softer voice, his expression showing a hint of reluctance.

Zhong Haogu sighed softly, "There have been beings in the worlds we have created who have already attained the God-King rank after a little over a million years of birth. In fact, many God-Kings who radiate supreme light have broken through the True God rank and entered the God-King rank after cultivating for about a million years."

"However, after reaching the God-King rank, not long after, less than a year later, he opened up his own divine path and perfected it to a level almost like ours, becoming a deity of faith who, though lacking the rank of an ancient god, possessed power infinitely close to that of an ancient god."

"Tianzhou, what do you think is the probability that he appeared naturally?"

"What are the odds that it is Him?"

The expression of the ancient god Tianzhou immediately took on a hint of bitterness, but also a hint of relief.

The sooner this ancient god, who had cultivated the "The Dao Scripture of the Myriad Transformations of the Mysterious Lord of Floating Life," went to meet that supreme being who controlled eternal destiny, perhaps the more advantageous it would be for him?

After all, encountering that supreme being doesn't necessarily have to end badly.
perhaps?

Suddenly, the Heavenly Boat Ancient God looked at the location of the Thick Earth God and became somewhat stunned, as if he had seen something unexpected.

The next moment, the remaining twenty-five ancient gods also sensed something and turned their gaze to the sacred mountain where the Earth God resided. A huge mountain stele slowly rose from the edge of the sacred mountain range, inscribed with the two characters "Xuanpu". Surrounded by endless earth veins, it exuded a profound and solemn aura, reflected within the net of heaven and earth, and etched into the history of time.

Immediately, a rudimentary divine path, which had not yet reached its end and was even more rudimentary than the twenty-six ancient gods had anticipated, manifested on the net of heaven and earth, and could be viewed by all the gods who had ascended to their divine thrones.

In an instant, the expression on the face of the Heavenly Boat Ancient God became subtle, and the eyes of the figure manifested in the temporary virtual space showed astonishment. The expressions of the other twenty-five ancient gods were not much better, all showing subtle expressions and carrying an emotion of extreme astonishment.

The ancient god of the Heavenly Boat picked up the rudimentary divine path from the Earth God, saying, "The seventh-rank 'Earth God' corresponds to the mortal realm and possesses the ability to live forever; the sixth-rank 'Earth God' corresponds to the rank of a true god, whose existence is measured by the length of their divine heart; and the fifth-rank 'Star Lord' corresponds to the rank of a god-king and can establish a pantheon."

"Well, it seems we've all misjudged. The rudimentary divine path of the Thick Earth Deity hasn't fully reached the same level as us yet. According to his path deduction, this fourth-rank level is still at the God-King level. Only when he reaches the third rank will he perhaps correspond to our current Ancient God level."

"He has only reached the fifth rank of 'Star Lord' so far. He has not yet seen the corresponding path to the fourth rank and the third rank corresponding to the ancient god level. As it stands, the Thick Earth God is still a deity who has just entered the god-king level."

"The path of the gods has never reached our level; they are merely superior in combat. The Earth God is most likely a being born naturally from heaven and earth, not Him."

At the same time, the old tree's branches swayed slightly, browsing the information about the path of faith released by the Earth God with a hint of surprise.

He murmured to himself, "The reason he possesses such combat power is because he perfected his mortal cultivation, transforming this level of life into a solid foundation that supports the higher 'True God Rank' and 'God King Rank'."

"He means that if one's cultivation in the mortal realm is not solid, it will cause a serious deficiency in combat power, regardless of whether one is a True God or a God-King. He even infers that the higher the realm, the more severe the deficiency in combat power?"

"He completed one of the realms of mortal cultivation, namely the seventh rank of 'Earthly Deity,' which, while consolidating the foundation of mortal cultivation, also grants mortal beings the ability to live long."

As the old tree looked down, its expression became unusually subtle, and an incredulous feeling welled up in its heart. The other twenty-five ancient gods also frowned from time to time, then showed a look of understanding, followed by a trace of confusion.

In their eyes, the mortal realm is the beginning of entering the realm of true gods, the true beginning of transcendence.

To beings at the level of true gods, mortal beings are practically nothing more than ants, so how important can they be?

As for the unstable foundation, these beings at the ancient god level did not notice the slightest problem.

As long as one has enough faith in divine power, one can gradually deduce and cultivate any law, any divine body required, or any method that suits oneself.

In this case, can it still be said that one's foundation in cultivation is unstable?
More importantly, for them, cultivation in the mortal realm is about collecting faith, refining it into divine power, and then ascending to the throne of gods. It is the true transition to cultivation.

Although in the mortal stage one may comprehend a certain law of heaven and earth, learn how to forge a divine rank, how to cast divine spells of faith, and how to gather one's own faith, these are merely different means of using the power of faith, nothing more.

What other aspects are worth exploring further?
Until, the ancient god of the Heavenly Boat, with the divine power of faith carrying the charm of the "The Dao Scripture of the Myriad Transformations of the Mysterious Lord of Floating Life", copied the [Divine Talisman: Seventh Grade - Earth Deity - Star] in this temporary virtual space, and gradually incorporated it into the operation of his own divine path.

A strange sense of weight instantly erupted from the divine talisman he had refined, transforming into a heavy beacon that anchored his "existence." In an instant, the feeling of ethereal uncertainty, the sense that he might dissipate at any moment after the "Time Ship" capsized, dissipated slightly, replaced by a trace of inexplicable peace of mind.

This means that even when the ancient god of the Heavenly Boat is far away from this world and the special order node, and goes deep into the "ocean" where rules and logic are chaotic, it can ensure that it can persist for a relatively short period of time without the probability of self-dissipation.

Once this [Divine Talisman: Rank 7 - Earth Deity - Star] is refined, it becomes a node or beacon of order that can exist for a period of time in the chaotic "ocean," providing support for its continued "existence" amidst the chaos.

After the ancient god of the Heavenly Boat felt a strange sense of peace, the divine power of faith within him found a "stepping stone" and directly stepped into a higher level. He had a kind of illusion of "perfection," as if his own cultivation system should have had this "stepping stone" from the beginning, so that he could "step on it" and enter a higher level.

Sensing the changes in his illusory body and consciousness, the ancient god of the Heavenly Boat froze.

Possessing this talisman is undoubtedly a way to enhance oneself, and it would even be of great help to beings at the Ancient God level. But could a God-King who has not reached the Ancient God level possibly comprehend such a "talisman" that also works on deities at the Ancient God level?
Impossible. A cultivation system that is also very useful for ancient gods would require at least the same level of cultivation, or even a higher level of cultivation, to perfect to such an extent.

so.
"The Earth God is Him."

The Ancient God of the Sky Boat stated his judgment in a somewhat stiff but very certain tone.

When this realization dawned on the ancient god Tianzhou, he suddenly felt as if everything around him was distorted. Besides himself, countless substances, energies, and consciousnesses seemed to coalesce into tiny bubbles, as if they would burst at the slightest touch.

His way of observing the world and all things underwent an inexplicable elevation; countless rules and logics within the world changed and became incredibly clear. It was as if a "giant" had lifted him out of his current realm and into a dreamlike perspective that only the combined power of twenty-six ancient gods could glimpse.

This is the perspective of all living beings at the end of the road, looking at all things in the world.

While the Ancient God of the Heavenly Boat was somewhat distracted, the [Divine Talisman: Seventh Grade - Earthly Deity - Star], which he had condensed from a wisp of his consciousness, quietly appeared before him. It perfectly matched his own appearance and began to evolve according to the divine path he had opened up.

At this moment, he seemed to sense an emperor standing at the center of heaven and earth bestowing upon him a Taoist register and conferring upon him a divine position.

(End of this chapter)