Once upon a time there was a greedy snake.

Chapter 187 Consciousness and Soul

A true god is extremely difficult to kill, which is the source of faith in the sun god Ujat.

Indeed, compared to the naturally powerful animal gods of the ancient times, the gods of today may lack brute strength. But it was precisely because of this weakness that the gods of the past were able to steel themselves to explore the dangerous tombs of the gods and obtain the secrets about the soul.

Speaking of this, we should also mention their old adversaries, those Ignivas who drove them all the way to the Tomb of the Annihilation Gods—their so-called fire magic was studied by the gods back then. After all, it was quite perplexing for the gods that simple fire could burn them to such an extent.

However, after a deeper understanding, the gods of that time had already analyzed the source of the magic.

It was less a flame and more an external manifestation of a strong consciousness; it just looked like a flame, but its essence was completely different.

To influence the outside world with a strong consciousness, thereby burning or tearing apart the enemy, is less an attack on the body and more an attack on another consciousness itself.

So, here's the problem.

Where does consciousness come from?

Now that we know that the power of so-called magic comes from consciousness, we must find the origin of consciousness—and this is the most detailed part recorded in the Tomb of the Gods.

What drives consciousness itself is the soul.

What exactly is the soul? It's hard to define. For example, in the context of the Ignivas, the concept of a soul doesn't exist. They only believe that the human body is a unified entity of consciousness, and when consciousness is extinguished, the body itself will also perish.

The gods of that time did not deny this view; on the contrary, they accepted it entirely and even extended it.

Just like what Ujat is doing right now.

Since the soul is the embodiment of consciousness, it can naturally be dispersed. Therefore, the gods no longer keep all their consciousness in their bodies, but deliberately place some of their consciousness in distant places. This means that as long as all consciousness is not annihilated at the same time, there will be no true death.

And this is the role of believers.

The prayers they recited all day long about the sun god, seemingly just praises of the sun god, actually made them understand the sun god better than anyone else—which meant that the sun god Ujat could attach his consciousness to the source of these prayers at any time, thus achieving the so-called "divine descent".

This was also the key to the gods' victory over the Ignivas.

Indeed, even if the gods realized the role of the soul, they could not make a leap forward in combat power in a short time. However, the application of the soul itself gave the gods almost unlimited opportunities. No matter how many Ignivas there were, they would eventually die one by one, but the gods would never die. They would never die.

"Just one more time, just let me do it again..."

A deafening roar resounded from the depths of the sun god Ujat's heart.

"I understand now! The true power of this ancient serpent lies in its power! It's not the brute force of an animal god at all; it's the ultimate driving force of consciousness over the body! If I had another chance, I would definitely be able to extract that consciousness..."

With this thought in mind, the sun god Ujat once again connected with those prayers from afar.

If he can be sent down by the gods again, given another chance to go to the underworld, allowed to deeply experience the mysteries of the soul, and allowed to replenish the energy from the annihilating sun god, he will surely win! He will surely win back!
This time, however, what resonated deep within the consciousness of the sun god Ujat was not just the prayers from afar.

There are also other voices.

"Has the sun god you worship ever answered your prayers?"

"Has the sun god you praise ever answered your calls?"

"You worship the sun god all day long, offering sacrifices day and night... and then what? Has your life really gotten better?"

"What? You're saying you're not worshipping the sun god to improve your life? Then what is it for? If the sun god can't improve your life, why are you worshipping it?"

……

One voice after another, though faint, was quite firm—at first, only one voice said this, but soon, more and more voices began to say it.

Even the voices that were originally chanting prayers began to join in. "You..."

The sun god Ujat cursed the voices that had ceased their prayers, cursed those who questioned him. In Ujat's eyes, these voices were shameful traitors, especially at this crucial moment when these traitors actually...

"How dare you!"

When he sensed that the voices praising him were dwindling, the sun god Ujat became extremely anxious.

Fewer believers mean that the process of divine descent becomes more complicated, and finding a suitable body for divine descent becomes increasingly difficult. Without a body to receive consciousness, it means that his consciousness cannot be transferred out, which means that he cannot leave the shadow of the ancient serpent and return to the underworld to retrieve new power.

"Who on earth is doing this?! Who on earth is doing this?!"

Thinking this, the sun god Ujat quickly began to connect with the most obvious prayer.

Although it was just his voice, even just by listening to his strong and powerful tone, one could tell that it was Matt Perry, the High Priest of War.

Similarly, he was also the first messenger of the sun god Ujat.

"rely on you."

At this moment, Ujat could only place all his hopes on this divine messenger.

Meanwhile, in the distant city of the Sun, Matt Peri, who was praying in the temple, suddenly raised his head.

"I will certainly not fail in my mission."

Matt Perry made a fist with both hands, and in his hands, a sword and spear forged from light materialized.

The search operation itself was rather uneventful, or rather, the swordsman named Habisa had no intention of hiding his tracks at all—until Matt Perry and his priests blocked the door, the swordsman was still standing among a group of people, spreading blasphemous words.

"Why did you betray my god? You yourself were also under divine spells."

Just by glancing into Habisa's eyes, Matt Perry knew that this was a divine warrior who had once received the power of the stars.

But now, those who received the gift have betrayed the gods.

Damn.

"Om-"

The light-forged blade pierced through Habisa's chest.

However, after this strike, Matt Perry was stunned, simply because it was too easy—although with his strength, it was indeed to be this easy, the fact that the swordsman named Habisa did not put up any resistance was really too strange.

No, it's not just a matter of not resisting.

The swordsman before them even took the initiative to meet the blade head-on.

"I won."

In Matt Perry's view, the swordsman with a pierced chest suddenly laughed.

What was clearly just a deathbed laugh appeared strangely eerie to Matt Perry.

Especially the sentence the other party added.

"You killed your god with your own hands."

(End of this chapter)