Me and countless me.

Chapter 361 Demon King
Incense, vows, and the power of faith are a double-edged sword.

If they sincerely thank you, hope that you will become rich and powerful, and believe that you have divine power, then it is a real benefit.

But once your wishes become too many, too complicated, or beyond your ability, you will become a puppet.

This is why all gods attach great importance to the process of fulfilling a vow.

The reason is also very simple.

You threw a bunch of junk wishes to me, and after I fulfilled them for you, you naturally had to give me the power of "I am powerful and effective". And this kind of power is basically harmless, although it can also cause the abilities of the person who uses this power to strengthen himself to become varied and gradually become omnipotent...

But this is actually a contract. If the gods do not fulfill the wish, they will naturally be rejected. And if humans agree to fulfill the wish but do not fulfill it, they will naturally be in trouble.

This is naturally not a legitimate income for the gods in the officialdom, and it cannot even be mentioned in official documents, but just like the charcoal tribute in winter, ice tribute in summer, and various kinds of filial piety, it can be regarded as a kind of bribery, but it can also barely be regarded as a kind of extra income and a part-time job. Everyone has tacitly accepted the existence of this thing.

after all--

The gods of the Celestial Empire are frequently replaced and replaced. Although the Emperor of Heaven and the Emperor may summon them, they are usually elected by the people...

The democratic system plus the recommendation system plus the civil service examination, plus two sets of KPI systems, namely public supervision and official supervision, it is a bit of an exaggeration to say that they are like cattle and horses.

After all, there are no two sets of assessment systems when cattle and horses are working.

Therefore, for the gods in the Celestial Empire, the power of incense and vows is not only strength and the source of superpowers, but also the KPI for assessment, the symbol of their living standards, and the possibility of promotion.

If you can make a little money, or if people actively send more incense and prayers, most of the gods in heaven will turn a blind eye.

Although this thing can be seen as money, public opinion, or the right to speak, but——

"The only thing you can't do is treat it as strength... How can you really treat other people's expectations as your own strength? Have you ever thought about what will happen if unfulfilled wishes and willpower are piled together?"

Li Ke shook his head, looked at Izanami who was sitting obediently in his own underworld palace, and then shook his head.

He didn't want to explain what the power of incense and vows was, because it would easily lead to boring and unrealistic political topics.

It was already afterwards. Inuyasha Li Ke never spoiled women, unlike that womanizing woman like Xingyue Li Ke, who had the desires of a beast but behaved like a pure little virgin.

Of course, he would respect normal women, but for those with holes in their brains——

Then let her go and have the baby. Pregnancy will make people stupid for three years. Maybe it will turn out right.

Looking up, Takama-ga-hara was as brilliant as oil boiling in a raging fire and flowers blooming on a brocade. The gods of Takama-ga-hara were still singing and dancing. Even though Susanoo had disappeared, they were still partying.

Even if there are changes in the underworld, these gods still won't care.

Susanoo is not welcome by other people, and gods will not easily fall into the underworld, but the underworld represents the authority of gods and is also the gods' greatest reliance, that is, the right to transcend life and death.

And Susanoo is the only person Li Ke has seen so far who is doing serious things and is very scheming and resourceful. And judging from the equipment he has, his disagreement with Izanagi is even false. Otherwise, why would his father give his own artifact to a son he doesn't like?

Now, Susanoo, the guarantee of military power, has been killed by himself, and the underworld, the guarantee of status, is in his hands. Two of the pillars of Takama-ga-hara have been removed.

But they were still reveling, not even noticing the crisis. Even the faith and wishes that shrouded Takamagahara had not been responded to for countless years, and resentment had even begun to grow.

Looking at the Totsuka Sword and Ame-no-Kurosakumo Sword inserted beside him, Li Ke hugged Izanami, who had turned into a concubine and was pouring wine for him, and began to think seriously about something.

"Should I artificially create a God Slayer?"

He was considering this matter very seriously, because the Celestial Empire's system of assessing gods would not work in Japan. The eight million gods here were just a fictitious number, and the actual number of gods was so high that Wang Anshi saw the extent of the collapse, so to establish a new order here, a new approach must be used.

The best and fastest way is undoubtedly to kill, but if you simply kill the gods, the facilities they left behind when they were doing their work will also need to be maintained, and some secret things will also need to be known.

But he didn't really want these people to survive...

What's more, sitting on the throne of the God of the Underworld, Li Ke felt the boundless resentment and desire, and his scalp felt numb.

Countless people resent and hope for death, hoping that Hades will be stupid and forgetful, smart and trustworthy, arrogant and kind. The fear of death makes humans give Hades great power, but because of this, Hades cannot leave Hades at all.

This is entirely the fault of a lack of guidance. If there was a complete system of reincarnation and the afterlife, this place would not have turned out like this.

And Izanami is a brainless person, which has directly caused this place to become a huge powder keg. Once detonated, the first one to suffer will be the God of the Underworld!
Countless negative wishes are enough to turn the God of the Underworld into a monster, losing all reason and thinking ability, and only wanting to destroy everything in the world.

In the past, the unlucky person was Izanami, but now it has become myself.

But what he was curious about was that because of their inaction, the hopeful wishes in Takama-ga-hara had turned into disappointment and resentment, almost the same as the wishes of the underworld.

But they neither channeled their willpower nor could they vent the corrupted willpower by deposing or whipping gods like the people of the Celestial Empire did. So how did they resolve the possible threats to Takamaga-hara?

Li Ke was very curious about this, so he asked Izanami.

"Izanami, how do the gods of Takamagahara usually deal with corrupted wishes and grudges?"

However, Izanami tilted her head, not really understanding Li Ke's question, but when she noticed that Li Ke was really asking her seriously, she pointed to the monsters working outside.

"Won't they turn into monsters themselves? Monsters can't reach Takamagahara anyway. This is just a problem created by humans' wishful thinking, so let humans solve it themselves."

Li Ke: “…………”

Li Ke, holding a wine glass, stood there in a daze. He originally thought that these gods must have some clever tricks, but it turns out that the clever trick is to just sit on the high heavens and let humans solve their own problems?
"That's it, I understand."

Nodding, Li Ke felt that he understood everything. At least in this world, most of the monster problems in Japan during the Warring States period were caused by the gods who only ate and did nothing!
Thinking of this, Li Ke no longer had any hesitation in his heart.

"How can we manage Japan well if we live with these insects?"

There is nothing to hesitate about.

He stood up, picked up the Totsuka Sword and the Murasaki Sword, raised his hands, and the moment he took a step, he arrived at the Red Lotus Hell formed by resentment, various negative emotions, and countless negative wishes.

This place was filled with the eight sufferings of life. He loosened his hands and threw the two magic swords that were filled with the power of will by their owners into it, and actively aroused the resentment in it towards the gods' unwillingness to respond.

The red lotus fire ignited from within, and the raging flames instantly dissolved the two swords. The sword of the God of Creation completely disappeared at this moment and turned into an ordinary-looking longbow.

One can tell at a glance that the shape of this longbow is only suitable for hunting. It is also the most common form of longbow in Japan. Li Ke does not even need to prepare arrows. The red lotus fire that fills the entire underworld is the best fuse!

Izanami followed behind Li Ke, watching Li Ke's figure flickering in the red lotus fire. She realized that Li Ke was performing the ritual he had used on her before to take away her divine power and wisdom. She also guessed what Li Ke wanted to do, but she didn't understand one thing.

"Can humans really defeat gods?"

Li Ke is just a special case. She doesn't think all humans can be like Li Ke. She also thinks Li Ke is not a human being, and doesn't think humans have the courage to rebel against God.

The gods have lived for so long and have mastered their powers. They have many divine beasts, divine weapons, subordinate officials, divine arts and exquisite martial arts, which are things that humans under Takama-ga-hara do not have.

What's more, humans still have to deal with the troubles of monsters, so how can they possibly defeat the gods? If Li Ke does this, then all the gods will be Li Ke's enemies.

But Li Ke just turned his back to him, raised the hammer in his hand, grabbed a handful of willpower filled with resentment, and calmly answered Izanami.

"I don't have any idea about what you think. I just want to reduce the hatred in this hell so that I can return to the human world like other people and make the environment here better."

He was not interested in any grand narrative, nor was he interested in liberating the Japanese. It was for a very simple reason.

"I was willing to beg for a living like a dog a long time ago, but you just didn't want to. There are many such people in this land, and there is never a shortage of people who like to overthrow their superiors..."

When he was persecuted by monsters, samurai, natural disasters and villagers, what was the difference between that and being an enemy of the whole of Japan?
The forging of bows and arrows, the fighting against gods, the embodiment of the two swords that took away power, ability, and wisdom, and the resentment towards gods for not responding to wishes, everything came together.

Li Ke also tore off his clothes and put on animal skins instead.

This is also a part of the ceremony, and the borrowed wish does not come from Japan, but from a country that has been stained with blood in modern times, but is still stained with water now!

The days are all gone, and both you and I are dead!

Also: There is a three-legged crow for no reason, and it shines brightly. How can Houyi's bow be used to shoot it down?

Since it is a myth of killing gods, it is natural to draw on the cultural origins!

and--

Amaterasu Omikami, sitting high in Takama-ga-hara, suddenly felt a strong sense of crisis. She immediately looked towards the source of the crisis, the land of the dead that countless gods hated, the underworld where the losers were buried!

She saw the arrows flying towards her in her eyes. Honglian's arrows symbolized disaster, but she had no way to avoid them.

The thick barrier of Takama-ga-hara and the gate separating them from the mortal world were instantly broken. The scarlet red lotus fire fed on resentment and, together with the resentment that could not reach Takama-ga-hara, quickly turned the place where the arrow passed into a sea of ​​fire.

Countless gods howled in terror, and countless descendants of gods fled madly, but it was of no use at all. The power of faith in them was the best sign!

"What is this!!"

The beautiful and noble Amaterasu quickly stretched out her hand, wanting to use the power of the sun to burn the red lotus arrow in front of her, but it was completely useless. The red lotus flames burned the sun instead!
The golden light was instantly enveloped by crimson, and the red lotus arrow that broke through the sun's flames instantly pierced through her gorgeous twelve-piece kimono, causing her to be stabbed in the chest by something she could not understand! She was nailed to the gorgeous temple behind her!

"Ahhhh!!!"

The sun in Japan flashed suddenly, and Amaterasu's screams resounded throughout Japan. The red lotus fire also spread rapidly throughout Japan under the shining sunlight!

From insects to monsters, and even humans in between, all creatures with wisdom and the ability to cherish life understood one thing at this moment -

As long as it is on the land illuminated by this sun, after any god is killed, you will obtain his divine power, divine weapon, and wisdom!

The realm of god-killing is completely opened!

Not only that, the corrupted power of faith entrenched under Takama-ga-hara was also ignited by the red lotus fire. These red lotus fires with clear purposes quickly burned upwards, and anything that stood in their way would be burned clean!

As a result, the gate of Takama-hara was completely burned open! Large burning holes appeared on Takama-hara, and countless burning gods fell from the sky screaming!

The color of the sky turned as red as blood, and countless meteors burning with flames and shining with various colorful divine lights passed by, but the divine light of these meteors continued to emit black light as they fell.

That was the change after the divine light on their bodies was polluted by the absorbed faith. Therefore, the red lotus fire on their bodies would constantly burn their strength and bodies. As long as the resentment was not vented and the desire to generate resentment was not fulfilled, they would have to endure the pain of the backlash of the power of faith!
After doing all this, Li Ke sat down in the empty Red Lotus Hell. After admiring his masterpiece for a while, he stretched, pinched Izanami's chin, and smiled at her.

"Let's go. I want to see what Kaguya's expression is like when she serves me with you."

This man...

Izanami looked expressionlessly at the man who had fallen from the gods just so that he could return to the human world, and she became more certain of one thing.

It’s the devil!

(End of this chapter)