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

The path of divine rules and the path of divine faith: one relies on the inner self, the other on the outer self.

One is a world unto itself, the other is subject to the rule of the people.

The counterattack strategy of the true masters of rules is precisely to exploit this fundamental difference.

They will transform into the deadliest ghosts and toxins, penetrating deep into the heartland of the faith in the true God.

[The aim is not to occupy territory, but to destroy the foundation of faith, eliminate believers, and incite internal conflicts within the faith's true god, thus launching a brutal and unrestricted war against the theocratic system of faith.]

They want to clearly tell the group that believes in the true God that their previous compliant departure from the central authority was not because they couldn't defeat it.

[Because they believe this is an internal power struggle within the Red Heart Society!]

Now that the other side wants to rewrite the Red Heart Law and turn this into a life-or-death war, then so be it!

The true God of rules will show them the fundamental difference between the two divine paths!

[But if a true god of rules decides to cause trouble, even one true god of rules can throw ten true gods of faith into turmoil, causing their faith to collapse!]

In the year 231168 of the Extraordinary Calendar, when the True Gods of the Rules erupted from their long-suppressed rage on the frontier, pushing this civil war to the brink of total war and resorting to any means necessary, the tide of the war began to turn dramatically.

The groups that believe in the true God are numerous and occupy vast territories and central resources.

However, in the face of the true god of rules who has completely unleashed his power, transforming into a phantom of the starry sky and a plague of rules, his theoretical advantage quickly vanished.

The true gods of the rules do not engage in direct, legionary battles with the true gods of faith. Instead, they appear and disappear unpredictably, targeting the weaker faiths and even the supply lines and communication networks between the faiths' divine kingdoms.

They used the power of rules to distort spacetime, creating vast areas of disordered beliefs.

They can even split into multiple avatars, infiltrate the core of the divine realm, and detonate the faith-collecting array.

[It even targets the doctrines and idols of a specific deity, directly undermining the believer's piety at its very root.]

The numerical, territorial, and resource mobilization advantages that believe in the true god of war boast of appear cumbersome and inefficient in the face of the rule-based true god's unreasonable, costless, and relentless attacks on vital points in unrestricted warfare.

[Soon, their initial arrogant attack turned into a series of defeats.]

[The output of faith in many divine kingdoms has sharply declined, believers have wavered, and the divine fire has thus become flickering.]

[In this near-desperate, passively attacked situation, a true god of faith, who was being heavily targeted by the true god of rules and whose own divine power was teetering on the brink of collapse, made an extreme choice that crossed all moral boundaries in a state of fear and madness.]

No longer content with drawing faith from the outside, He turned His greedy and desperate gaze upon the territory of the Red Heart Society, to those official members protected by the law who carried the blood of the Red Heart.

[He acted ruthlessly, using his divine power to forcibly abduct a large number of members from Red Heart Society colonies or transport fleets located far from the core of the battlefield and with relatively weak defenses.]

Then, using the most domineering and directly interfering forbidden divine arts to brainwash these powerless compatriots on a large scale.

[Brutally erasing some of their free will and original memories, implanting runes of absolute self-worship and fanatical faith, forcing them to dedicate their faith to them.]

[That wasn't enough. In the subsequent battle against the pursuing True God of Rules, this fanatical True God of Faith went even further, completely activating the identity markers of these controlled compatriots, members of the Red Heart Society, and the resonance imprints deep within their bloodlines that were subtly connected to the Red Heart Society as a whole.]

This is like wielding a shield made of living people, blocking the devastating attack between oneself and the true gods of rules. This move struck at the softest, most vulnerable spot in the hearts of the true gods of rules.

[They can ruthlessly execute tactics against those who are not members of the Red Heart Society, showing no mercy whatsoever.]

However, when faced with these brainwashed and controlled individuals who still possessed a loyal bloodline and were once their comrades, the attacks of the true gods of the rules inevitably encountered hesitation and pain.

[A devastating attack could kill these innocent compatriots in the process; attempting to rescue them would give those who believe in God a chance to breathe or even retaliate.]

Despite the ultimate balance between rage and reason, the true gods of the rules, through a relatively precise but far more costly method, breached this evil human shield, completely destroying the instigator's god of faith and his divine kingdom.

But that moment of hesitation and inner torment during the battle, like a spark in the darkness, was clearly seen by the other believers who were struggling to hold on.

They saw hope, a deadly weapon that could turn the tide of battle, and even be used to blackmail the true god of rules.

That is the unwavering protective love that the true god of rules has for his fellow human beings!

Thus, the darkest, most shameful, and bloodiest epic darkness in the history of the Red Heart Society descended!

[Those who should have been guardians of civilization and leaders of its members, the true gods of faith, under the dual oppression of survival and power, have collectively degenerated into plunderers more terrifying than any external enemy.]

They no longer distinguish between friend and foe, nor do they heed the law. Any member of the Red Heart Society who appears within their sight or perception, regardless of their identity, contributions, or innocence, becomes a bulwark of life in their eyes.

In life-or-death moments, those who believe in the true God can't worry about so much!

They used divine power to capture, imprison, and brainwash ordinary members of the Red Heart Society on a large scale, even some lone demigods, forcing them to offer their faith and placing them on the outermost edge of their divine kingdom as a flesh-and-blood buffer against attacks from the true gods of the rules.

The once warm and welcoming planet, the bustling metropolis in the starry sky, has instantly become a ranch where those who worship the true god hunt with impunity.

Countless members of the Red Heart Society, in bewilderment and fear, were dragged into an abyss of eternal enslavement by the very god they once believed in or at least revered.

[And these believers in the true god, once they take action, are even more ruthless than the external enemies of the Red Heart Society.]

At least the enemy only wanted to kill them and destroy them.

[These true gods of rules, born from within the Red Heart Society, these true gods of faith with whom they have various connections, want to erase their souls and wills, turning them into machines for providing faith.]

The great Red Heart Society, with its astonishingly pure ideals, was not destroyed by external interference.

【on the contrary!】

It was destroyed by internal strife!

This incident further enraged the true god of rules.

In an instant, the various True Gods of the Rules ceased to conceal themselves, spontaneously igniting everything around them and unleashing even greater power.

They would rather die than let these scum be completely wiped out! (End of Chapter)