Gods: Civilization Cultivation, Infinite War

Chapter 208 Divine Transformation and the Path of Faith
Solus was well aware of why he was able to gain faith.

After all, the essence of faith is a kind of worship, but this emotion can only be manifested through rituals such as sacrifices.

Although no one ever held any sacrificial ceremonies or similar rituals for him.

However, the [System for Harmonizing Myriad Pains] is software developed with a semi-divine artifact as its core, and this semi-divine artifact itself was created with the incomplete divine essence of the God of Pain as its core.

Solus has the highest authority in the [System of Harmonizing Myriad Pains], which is equivalent to him directly controlling this semi-divine artifact that possesses a portion of the authority of a true god.

All citizens who have joined the [System for Harmonizing All Suffering] have already formed some kind of connection with him.

Without needing rituals like sacrifices, the citizens of the Spiritforged were able to transform their worship of him into genuine faith.

However, he wasn't very knowledgeable about this area, and his application of the power of faith had always remained at a relatively low level.

They cannot perform acts such as sending down miracles or their own incarnations through the connection between believers and themselves; they are far inferior to the many gods of the All Souls Alliance.

After arriving in the no-man's-land, the power of faith within Solus did not immediately begin to transform.

About ten more days passed, and Solus, who had been staying in the no-man's-land, suddenly changed his expression.

He felt the power of faith within his body begin to burn and rapidly transform into some unknown substance.

The burning process did not last long; after about three days, the power of faith within Solaus's body had been completely burned away.

Within Solus's body, a certain change also occurred.

Without needing to probe with his soul power, he could feel that his heart had been tinged with gold.

He cut open his finger and took out a drop of blood.

Looking at the perfectly round drop of blood before him, Solaus's expression changed slightly.

The blood at this moment also carried a touch of gold.

In addition, this drop of blood also exuded a certain divine aura.

At the same time, a continuous stream of information began to flow from Solus's body and the space between heaven and earth, forcibly filling his mind.

After digesting this information, Solus understood where the changes in himself came from.

At this moment, he was no longer a pure human being, but had been transformed into a kind of divine being by a vast faith.

In some related records, certain powerful creatures were able to gain the worship of many weaker species, who would then offer their faith to them.

If this belief is strong enough to last for a long time, those powerful creatures may be transformed into divine beings.

Even after becoming divine beings, they can continue to improve themselves on this path, step by step becoming demigods, or even true gods.

Solaus unknowingly embarked on such a path.

Under normal circumstances, it takes an extremely long time for an ordinary species to transform into a divine being.

However, Thoraus's situation is quite special. Even if only a very small number of the Spiritforged have developed faith in him, that is still an extremely large number.

He was able to generate immense faith power at every moment, which gathered on him through the threads of faith.

Furthermore, the effect of the [System for Harmonizing All Suffering] has made this belief very solid.

This is how they were able to reach the standard in just a few years and directly transform Solus into a divine being.

Solus did not feel any aversion to being transformed into a divine being.

He wasn't a staunch humanist, and divine beings couldn't really be considered a separate race.

He can now be described as both a divine being and a human being, and these two identities are not mutually exclusive.

Solus wasn't bothered by this change in status; he was more concerned with how much benefit he could gain after becoming a divine being.

After carefully observing the changes in himself, Solus quickly revealed a satisfied smile.

For Solus now, the biggest change from becoming a divine being is undoubtedly the significant increase in his lifespan.

His original normal lifespan was only a little over three thousand years, and he needed to use the technology of soul revival to significantly extend his lifespan to a certain extent.

However, the technology of soul revival also has its limits. Until there is a new breakthrough in the technology of soul revival, and until his own strength also makes a new breakthrough.

His maximum lifespan is only about 20,000 years.

Even if he now has the opportunity to break through to the highest level of legendary status, he will eventually become a legendary figure, but at most he can only extend his lifespan to about 30,000 years.

If he cannot become an eternal transcendent being, he will eventually be completely devoured by the relentless passage of time.

However, after becoming a divine being, his lifespan was increased by an exaggerated amount.

According to conservative estimates, Solaus felt that his normal lifespan had already exceeded ten thousand years.

If he could incorporate the technology of soul revival, his maximum lifespan would be at least 60,000 years.

However, Solus still needs to carefully study whether the soul revival technology will still be effective after becoming a divine being.

"Divine beings are still limited by their lifespan, but demigods are eternal and immortal beings."

Solus whispered, his eyes filled with longing.

Before this, he had never dared to hope that he could become a demigod and have an infinite lifespan.

The All Souls Alliance has always maintained very strict control over matters of faith.

Apart from the faith in the many gods of the Alliance of All Souls, the Alliance of All Souls has never allowed any other faith to exist.

After all, everyone knows that as long as one has enough faith, one can become a divine being and have a long lifespan.

If one can become a demigod, one can also have an infinite lifespan.

Without strict control, it's difficult to guarantee that some powerful superhumans won't commit some outrageous acts when they're nearing the end of their lives.

When Thorauth first realized he had gained the faith of many Spiritforged, he was actually somewhat at a loss.

Because he knew that this had violated a taboo of the entire All-Spirit Alliance.

Even though this was not the result of his own manipulation, the fact remains that he occupied a portion of the faith that originally belonged to many gods.

Although it is only a very small portion, it will not affect any deity.

However, if this precedent is set and other extraordinary individuals follow suit, the entire order of the All-Spirit Alliance will be affected. Even if he is a level seven scholar in the soul realm and has made significant contributions to the development of the All-Spirit Alliance.

If his actions were to affect the stability of the entire Alliance of All Spirits, the high-ranking officials of the various civilizations would not hesitate to take action without hesitation.

Even if he had broken through to become a supreme legend, he would still be powerless against the entire Alliance of All Spirits.

Fortunately, things did not develop in this terrible direction.

A portion of the Spiritforged race worships an unknown being, which is an open secret throughout the Alliance of All Spirits.

Few people discuss this issue, and the major civilizations haven't taken any additional action, as if they've simply tacitly acknowledged its existence.

Solus knew this must be related to the god of time and fate.

After all, in the entire Alliance of All Spirits, only the God of Time and Fate can see through all the changes.

Including the fact that he himself had gained the faith of many Spiritforged, which was certainly also under His watchful eye.

The fact that the All Souls Alliance did not take any further action on this matter is likely also His will.

Knowing that the God of Time and Fate was behind him, Solus felt much more at ease, no longer worried about being purged by the Alliance of All Spirits.

However, Solaus did not rush to spread his faith.

After all, the main reason he is able to gain faith now is because of the [System for Harmonizing Myriad Sufferings].

He did not have his own church organization, and his overall faith was still in a very primitive stage.

If you want to spread your faith to the outside world, you must at least establish your own church.

Moreover, there is no competition for faith within the entire Alliance of All Spirits. Even the God of Time and Destiny would not steal the faith of other gods, let alone him.

Although the Spiritforged race was the only special civilization within the Alliance of All Spirits with freedom of belief, their beliefs were completely divided up afterward.

Unless major changes occur in the future, the belief structure of the entire Spiritforged race will not change much.

Therefore, he doesn't need to consider spreading his faith for the time being; he just needs to stabilize his base.

He has now transformed into a divine being, and the most important next step is to become a demigod.

However, becoming a demigod is not an easy thing.

Becoming a divine being requires only immense faith, but becoming a demigod involves understanding certain rules of the universe.

Each demigod possesses specific divine duties, which allow them to leverage the power of the rules governing the universe.

However, the power of the rules of heaven and earth is limited, and the number of rules of heaven and earth that each demigod can manipulate is also limited.

According to some records, Thoraus learned that many of the conflicts among the Old Gods in the Old Gods era were often battles centered around these divine roles.

Therefore, in the era of the Old Gods, demigods were also the most dangerous and fiercely competitive deities.

Divine beings have no divine office and are not very attractive to either demigods or true gods.

True gods are extremely powerful beings, and they also have divine kingdoms to protect their safety.

Even among true gods, or even some of the more powerful ones, it is difficult to kill a god of true god level.

But demigods are different; they do not possess as many means of self-preservation as true gods.

Moreover, they have already assumed divine authority and possess a portion of the power over heaven and earth, enabling them to manipulate the rules of the universe.

If you can kill these demigods, you can plunder their divine authority and strengthen your own.

In the era of the Old Gods, apart from those gods who were born as true gods, most other gods of that level ascended to their positions in this way.

The era of the old gods is long gone; the deities of the Supreme God Realm now rule the entire Crystal Wall System.

Solus wasn't sure whether the gods in the Supreme God Realm would engage in the same brutal and fierce competition as the Old Gods of the Old Gods era.

However, he still had no clue how to achieve divine authority and become a demigod.

Previously, if Solus wanted to find the answer to the question, he would have needed to consult a large amount of information, and even then, he might not have been able to get a satisfactory result.

However, after acquiring divinity, Thoraus's doubts were quickly answered by the divinity, giving him some more concrete ideas.

"First, it is necessary to establish a church and compile specific scriptures to guide believers in forming a concrete concept of their own deity."

"Only by continuously accumulating knowledge and experience based on this foundation can one possibly attain the corresponding divine authority..."

After gaining a general understanding of the conditions for becoming a demigod, Solus's expression relaxed considerably.

Before acquiring divinity, Solus wanted to learn about the various aspects of the divine realm, but he didn't make much progress.

After all, even knowledge related to the extraordinary carries a portion of extraordinary factors, which can easily have various effects on others, let alone knowledge in the realm of gods.

Even the library doesn't have much information about the realm of the gods.

Even a high-ranking superhuman like Solus could only understand some of the related concepts.

It was only with the birth of divinity that a new world was officially opened for him.

"However, establishing your own church is not something you can do just because you want to."

The birth of a new church is essentially equivalent to the birth of a completely new civilization for the All Souls Alliance.

In some respects, this has an even greater impact than the birth of the Spiritforged race.

In the current Alliance of All Spirits, those Spiritforged who have developed faith in Thorauth probably don't even know who they are truly worshipping.

Even Solus himself didn't know who had come to believe in him.

It was only through the [System for Harmonizing Thousands of Pain] that the two sides were connected.

Solus knew this was not a long-term solution, and that establishing a church was essential to maintaining his faith.

Solus still didn't have a concrete idea about what attributes this church should have or how it should write its own doctrines.

Furthermore, if one wants to establish their own church, should they report to the higher-ups of the All Souls Alliance, or do they need the permission of the various gods?
Just as Solus was struggling with his decision, a familiar spatial portal reappeared before him.

(End of this chapter)