You want me to take out a loan to practice cultivation? I'll just pay off the debt physically.

But even this is not enough; faith in the true God.

[Subsequently, with the opponent incapacitated, these eight hundred true gods of faith brutally murdered these imprisoned true gods of rules in a manner close to execution.]

Its divine essence was shattered, its divine fire extinguished, and its imprint of existence was continuously eroded and corrupted by the power of faith until it was completely erased.

Even if the person opposite them was once their teacher, someone who sheltered them as they grew up, or even a mentor who guided them, they showed no mercy.

They must be wiped out!

Otherwise, in the future, it is very likely that you will die!

This bloody massacre not only eliminated the potential core of resistance, but also, in the most extreme way, proclaimed the end of the old era and the iron fist of the new overlord to the entire Red Heart Society, especially to the remaining True Gods of Rules.

This coup was undoubtedly a crucial turning point in the rise of the faction that believed in the true God, allowing them to seize supreme power.

Its cruelty is deeply etched into the historical memory of the Red Heart Society.

The ebb and flow of power, coupled with their complete political decline, led to the irreversible and gradual withdrawal of the "True Gods of Rules," a group that had once shone brightly and represented the ideals and highest individual achievements of the Red Heart Society's founders, from the historical stage of the Red Heart Society.

Their doctrines have been marginalized, their achievements have been selectively forgotten or downplayed, and their legacy faces the risk of being severed.

No one could have imagined that the True God of Rules, who, in the long and glorious history of the Red Heart Society, had shattered many existing divine path systems in the universe, established a unique system based on his own understanding of rules, and created a glorious era, would experience such a change.

In a peaceful and prosperous era where all external enemies had collapsed and the world seemed to have no rivals left, civilization was utterly destroyed by the rise of the faith-based divine path, which had once been considered a misguided path, and lost its dominance and voice.

The irony of history could not be greater.

Amidst this devastating blow and the relentless tide of history, the surviving true gods of the rules exhibit varying attitudes.

Several highly respected ancient deities, who held an almost sacred faith in the founders of the Red Heart Society, were moved to tears by the prevailing trend of faith and the trampling of their former ideals.

In their private sighs and gatherings, they deeply regretted failing to live up to the earnest hopes of the founders of the Red Heart Society.

Because of their own incompetence, they failed to protect the embers of their ideals, allowing civilization to slide down a path they saw as utilitarian and enslaving, leaving them feeling powerless and sorrowful.

However, not all true gods of rules are immersed in nostalgia and resentment.

[Some true gods who hold a positive mindset or a more pragmatic approach to the laws of faith hold different opinions, and even harbor a certain degree of optimism or acceptance, regarding the rise of the faith-based divine path and the impending so-called golden age of faith.]

The birth of a true God through faith does indeed have its advantages, occurring far more frequently than with a rule-based true God who relies on personal understanding, opportunity, and long-term accumulation.

If, through a relatively efficient path of faith, members of the Red Heart Society can be made gods in large numbers, ultimately achieving the grand vision of universal deification, wouldn't this be another form of universal power dissemination and civilizational advancement?

From a results-oriented perspective, if successful, this would undoubtedly be a great contribution to the Red Heart Society!

This perspective attempts to find a compromise and a new interpretation between ideals and reality, and between the path and the outcome.

In short, what the younger generation accepts and loves will be the orthodox path of the future. Since the true rules are not accepted by the younger generation, it's normal for them to be eliminated, right?

Stay calm and relaxed!

Don't be so irritable!

However, to those old-school rule-followers who regard the path of rules as orthodox and the way of faith as a malignant tumor, such pragmatic remarks are tantamount to betrayal and surrender.

[A seasoned rule-follower, hot-tempered, and unwavering principled leader immediately rebuked a colleague who held such views, directly denouncing their ideas as blatant scab theory.]

In their view, this is not only bowing to the wrong path, but also actively whitewashing the aggressors, abandoning the responsibility to defend the purity of civilization and the height of morality, and representing a complete moral decay.

In the year 216328 of the Extraordinary Calendar, after the faction that believed in the true god had firmly controlled the highest power center of the Red Heart Society for tens of thousands of years, a legal reform aimed at fundamentally reshaping the ethics and power structure of civilization was finally formally put on the agenda and implemented.

The core of the "Red Heart Law" has been rewritten in the most thorough and controversial way since its inception.

The focus of this rewriting is on the most fundamental aspect of the law: the definition of the right to life.

The provisions in the old law that reflected universal concern and protected the equal rights of all intelligent human beings have been quietly replaced.

The new legal text deliberately blurs and narrows the definition of "human being," abbreviating its meaning and strictly limiting it to only formal members of the Red Heart Society, or those descendants whose pure bloodline of the Red Heart Society can be clearly traced and verified.

In other words, only individuals registered within the Red Heart Society's vast bureaucratic system, or those possessing Red Heart certified lineage, are recognized by the new law and granted full human rights!

[In addition, the legal status of all other intelligent human civilizations that have naturally developed and progressed throughout the universe, those billions of beings not included in the Red Heart Society system or whose bloodlines are not pure enough, is quietly stripped away in writing.]

In practice, this is implied, or even explicitly stated, as resources available for exploitation and utilization!

This shift in positioning solidified, in the form of supreme law, the prevailing utilitarianism and racial superiority that viewed outsiders as resources.

Although this core legal change, which touched upon the bottom line of civilized morality, caused considerable shock, unease, and private discussions within the Red Heart Society, leading to some disputes.

However, with the current leadership of the Red Heart Society almost entirely monopolized by believers in the true God and their allies, any dissenting voices appear weak and powerless.

The voting process in the Supreme Council was conducted under tight control, and the media mobilized to defend the new law, portraying it as a necessary measure to optimize resource allocation, clarify the boundaries of civilization, and concentrate efforts on cultivating loyal elites.

Faced with overwhelming power and discourse dominance, this bill, which fundamentally reshapes the nature of civilization, was still successfully passed and formally promulgated.

When the provisions of the new law reached the hands of the true God of rules, who had been exiled and left idle in remote and marginalized regions, the response was not a fierce protest, but a deeper silence.

History often repeats itself in surprising ways.

[The true gods of the rules seemed to see a shadow of the old Federation era in this rewritten law.] (End of Chapter)