Gods: Civilization Cultivation, Infinite War

Chapter 203 Audience with the Gods
Even after the conflict with the Council of Truth ended, Solus continued his treasure hunt deep within the spirit world.

The frequency of treasures appearing in the depths of the spirit world is indeed much higher than in the outside world. Solus can basically obtain a treasure every day.

A month has passed since the last conflict with the Council of Truth ended, during which time he has acquired dozens of treasures.

Half a month ago, he had already rarely encountered legendary superhumans from other factions.

Every time he saw the dazzling light covering the treasures, he was the only one who was drawn to it.

Solus also knew that the spirit world was about to collapse completely, and that the legendary superhumans from other forces had basically returned to the material world.

Otherwise, once the spatial rules of the spirit world completely collapse, it won't be so easy to teleport again.

However, Solus naturally didn't need to worry about this, since he didn't arrive in the spirit world through any spatial teleportation device.

For that god of time and destiny, whether or not the spatial rules of the spirit world collapse will not affect His ability to bring Him back to the material world.

As time went by, the depths of the spirit world became increasingly dangerous.

Even legendary superhumans would likely find it difficult to protect themselves here.

Even when Solus is searching for treasure deep in the spirit world, he must be even more careful.

Another half month passed, and the collapse of the entire spirit world seemed to have reached a critical point.

The spatial storm sweeping across the entire spirit realm grew increasingly intense, and even Solus felt immense pressure.

It was at this moment that a spatial gate appeared in front of him.

After this spatial gate appeared, the surrounding spatial storm was instantly suppressed, and the area returned to calm.

After taking one last look at the spirit world that was on the verge of complete collapse, Solus passed through the portal.

"here it is?"

After passing through the spatial gate, Solus did not appear in the Realm of All Spirits as he had expected, but instead arrived in an unknown space.

Guided by a sudden thought that appeared in his mind, Solaus headed in a certain direction.

As he moved forward, many enormous statues came into his view.

As a renowned scholar of the All-Spirit Alliance, Solous was naturally not like some ordinary people who were unaware of such basic common sense.

The moment he saw these statues, he recognized that they represented various gods of the Alliance of All Spirits.

"Could this be the legendary Pantheon?"

Solus was puzzled, not understanding why he was there.

In the legends of the Alliance of All Souls, the Pantheon is the place where the gods hold banquets.

Even the highest-ranking members of many civilizations are not qualified to attend the banquet of the gods at the Pantheon, let alone a Spiritforged race like him who has no faith.

Thoraus always maintained the highest respect for the many gods of the Alliance of All Spirits.

Even from the perspective of personal strength, his strength has actually surpassed that of many gods.

Solus had also participated in the wars that the All-Spirit Alliance had previously waged against many primary realms.

He had personally witnessed many battles between gods, and even fought alongside some of them.

Therefore, he also knew that gods were not omnipotent beings; gods could also bleed and even die.

Of course, the scriptures of all civilizations have never stated that gods are omnipotent beings.

Even in the scriptures of the Church of All Souls, there is no mention of the God of Time and Fate being an omnipotent being.

However, compared to the vast majority of ordinary people, they do not have many ways to come into contact with the gods.

He only gained a more concrete understanding of the gods through his own powerful strength during his conquests.

Even so, he still held the deepest and most profound respect for the many gods of the Alliance of All Spirits.

The reason is actually quite simple.

Although there are differences in strength among the gods, some gods are even weaker than themselves as extraordinary beings.

But no matter which god it is, as long as they do not perish due to an accident, they are an eternal and immortal being.

Compared to the extraordinary beings who must reach the realm of eternity to escape the natural limitations of birth, aging, sickness, and death, gods have never had these troubles.

As a legendary superhuman, Thoraus's lifespan is actually quite long.

Even so, he has lived for over three thousand years, which is already beyond his lifespan limit.

He was able to live until now only because of the soul revival technology developed by his teacher, Iser, which enabled him to rejuvenate. Otherwise, he would have died of old age long ago.

Strictly speaking, Solaus is now living out his second life.

However, the technology for reviving souls has its limits; it's impossible to continue reviving in this way indefinitely.

His teacher, Iser, was able to live from the Land of Origin all the way to the Endless Void because elves have an unusually long lifespan.

Even ordinary elves have a lifespan of at least several thousand years, and after their life essence is enhanced, they can greatly extend their lifespan.

But he was just a human, and even if he became a legendary superhuman, he would only have a lifespan of a few thousand years at most.

Even if one could achieve rejuvenation through the technology of soul revival, it would be impossible to become a living fossil of civilization like Iser.

According to Solus's own prediction, before a breakthrough in the technology of soul revival, his maximum lifespan would be around 20,000 years.

For the vast majority of extraordinary individuals, 20,000 years is an extremely long time.

However, for many gods, whether it is 20,000 years, 200,000 years, or even 2 million years, it is just a blink of an eye.

His own strength was indeed impressive, even surpassing some of the gods, but this didn't mean much to the many gods.

Unless he can become an eternal transcendent, that's a different story altogether.

But becoming an eternal transcendent is easier said than done.

Within the entire Alliance of All Spirits, perhaps only within the cradle of life in the divine kingdom of the God of Time and Destiny could there exist eternally-level transcendent beings.

Furthermore, even within the divine realm of the dwarves and the god of blacksmithing, it is impossible for an eternally transcendent being to exist.

If Solus wants to become an eternal superhuman, he first needs to become a supreme legend.

Even for a supreme legend, he saw no hope in the short term.

He had already become a top legend more than a thousand years ago.

Now, more than a thousand years have passed, and he still cannot find any hope of becoming a supreme legend, let alone an eternal transcendent.

Unable to achieve eternity, no matter how stunning, it is merely a fleeting moment for many gods. Even from a combat power perspective, an eternal being possesses combat power at least comparable to a seasoned legend, or even approaching a top-tier legend.

Its importance certainly surpasses that of a top-tier legend or even a supreme legend that can only exist for a few thousand years, or at most ten or twenty thousand years.

Of course, Thoraus's high respect for the many gods of the All-Spirit Alliance was certainly not solely due to their combat prowess.

More importantly, many gods are the creators of civilization.

All civilizations in the Alliance of All Souls originated from numerous gods, who were the original source of these civilizations.

They created and guided many civilizations from the weakest primitive civilizations to their current level of development.

Even a civilization like the Spiritforged Race, which has no religion, received many blessings from gods during its establishment and development.

Without the will of many gods, the Alliance of All Spirits could not have unconditionally supported hundreds of billions of people without light.

Without the support of the Alliance of All Spirits, the only fate of the People of No Light would have been extinction, and how could they have developed into the thriving Spiritforged race they are today?

Therefore, Thoraus felt a deep sense of gratitude towards the Alliance of All Spirits and the many gods behind it.

He wouldn't think that the war of the gods led to the emergence of the people of darkness, and that their care for the people of darkness was only natural.

Even between different individuals, it is not easy to achieve this, let alone between civilizations that originally had different stances.

It is enough that they are willing to take care of the people of darkness when they are still worthless, or that they are investing in the future of the people of darkness.

All the people of the Lightless, including Solous himself, were naturally willing to give back after they grew up.

His respect for the gods behind the Alliance of All Souls stemmed largely from this.

As he walked deeper into the Pantheon, Solaus did not encounter any gods or other living beings.

Although the Pantheon is said to be the place where the gods held banquets, Solaus had no knowledge of its specifics.

Therefore, he didn't care why the Pantheon was so deserted; it was probably just because it wasn't the time for the gods to hold a banquet.

After an unknown amount of time, Solus finally arrived at a tightly closed door.

Without any hesitation, he pushed open the enormous door, whose size was difficult to estimate even with the naked eye.

With a flash of light, what appeared before Solus was just a somewhat cramped room.

The room has a modern style and contains two computers.

Two figures were sitting in front of the computer, one hand holding the mouse and the other rapidly typing on the keyboard, while they were muttering instructions to control the game characters on the computer.

Solus was momentarily at a loss for words in response to this scene.

Solus was certainly no stranger to computers.

In addition to vigorously developing numerous extraordinary systems, the entire All-Spirit Alliance has also not slackened its research and application of technological systems.

Every citizen's daily life is closely related to various technological products.

Solus's own research institute has a super quantum computer, which serves as the core for handling many of the institute's affairs.

The two computers in the room were outdated models, having been completely phased out more than two thousand years ago.

The citizens of the All Souls Alliance now use specialized gaming pods to play virtual reality games.

Although it's a virtual reality game, its realism is so good that it's almost indistinguishable from reality.

The insights gained about extraordinary systems in virtual reality games can be directly applied to reality.

Games like this, where you control the game through a screen using a mouse and keyboard, are extremely rare in the entire All Souls Alliance.

Of course, the key point is not the nature of the game, but the two figures playing the game.

Although neither of these two figures exuded any divine aura, they seemed to be just two ordinary people.

But after being teleported to the Pantheon and pushing open a giant door, they arrived in this room.

There's no need for much guessing about the identities of the two figures in the room; the answer is obvious.

Without a doubt, these two figures are the two true gods who stand at the top of the entire Alliance of All Spirits: the God of Dwarves and Forging, and the God of Time and Fate.

Thoraus still knew too little about the realm of the gods.

Although he had fought alongside gods, he had never had any specific communication with any of them.

Judging from the way those gods fought, their images are quite consistent with the descriptions of them in the scriptures of various civilizations.

Kind yet powerful, above all beings yet never indifferent to anything.

Many deities will not ignore the difficulties encountered by believers.

During his campaigns, he witnessed many gods personally taking action to protect their followers, and even being harmed by the enemy in the process.

The reverence and love that the beings of the Alliance of All Souls have for the gods is never solely due to their own faith.

But Solus never imagined that a god who reigns above all living beings would sit in front of a computer and bicker and play games like an ordinary person.

Not daring to disturb the two gods, Solus stood quietly behind them, observing the progress of their game.

"Damn it! You found another opening."

Sitting in front of the computer, Zheng Jie released the keyboard and mouse, and spoke with a look of dissatisfaction.

He is clearly a gaming expert, having been exposed to all kinds of games since childhood, and can be called a master of all fields in the gaming world.

When fighting Chen Li, he always manages to find his weaknesses and then finish him off with a swift and decisive combo.

"Hehe, keep up the good work, the gap between us before was only a tiny bit."

With a smile, Chen Li gestured with his fingers to show the distance of a fingertip universe.

"One more!"

Zheng Jie was not convinced and wanted to play another game with Chen Li.

"Let's talk about it later, we have important things to do."

"That's right."

Zheng Jie then realized what was happening, and the two of them turned around to look at Solaus, who had been standing behind them.

"Nice to meet you, little one."

(End of this chapter)