Mythical Scroll Artist: Starting with the God of Wealth, Zhao Gongming

Chapter 434 The Essence of Divinity
Some of the merits from the underworld also begin to flow to the God of Wealth of one's birth year.

Of course, the main change is the transformation and enhancement of the God of Wealth.

After this wave, the God of Wealth's combat power underwent a qualitative change, becoming even stronger than the previously transformed Pleiades Star Lord.

After all, the God of Wealth's divinity value is as high as 81 points, and coupled with the characteristics of his innate [Crimson Fate Axis], it directly elevates the God of Wealth's "Painting Spirit Body" to a rather terrifying level.

At the same time, without revealing the [Crimson Life Axis], the God of Wealth's aura also transformed into a jade scroll.

It will definitely not be possible to disguise it as a gold coin in the future.

In addition, the God of Wealth's core characteristics have been greatly strengthened and enhanced.

They can even sense the flow of "wealth" throughout the world to a certain extent.

As consciousness sank into the sea of ​​consciousness, the true divine will of the God of Wealth could almost be seen as a part of one's own soul, but it could not yet be truly integrated into one.

While possessed by one's destined scroll, one can temporarily merge into one, but only temporarily.

According to the God of Wealth's perception and analysis of this world, perhaps when they have ten life marks, the two will be able to truly merge into one and become indistinguishable.

"Tsk tsk, now this body is starting to look decent!"

The God of Wealth transformed into his spirit form beside Wu Xian, and only then was the God of Wealth satisfied.

"What's your opinion on divinity?" Wu Xian asked.

“Divinity, as the name suggests, is a quality that only gods possess,” the God of Wealth chuckled. “Humans have humanity, and gods have divinity. Divinity is not a specific power; you can simply understand it as the degree of recognition and affinity of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth.”

The stronger one's divinity, the stronger the power of the Great Dao that one can manifest.

Wu Xian was only half-understanding. "So, possessing divinity makes one a god?"

“Of course,” the God of Wealth said noncommittally, “but the situation in this world is rather special. Many things have been separated. Only when the final divine map and the scroll are perfectly integrated can it be considered a true god.”

"I am now more like an incarnation restricted by a special power."

Wu Xian understood. "How does divinity arise? Or rather, how does the divinity of this world arise? Through merit?"

"Based on my current understanding, it is probably not as simple as merit. The structure of the divine diagram's laws, spiritual value, merit, and faith incense are all related to divinity. None of them can be missing, and none of them can be neglected."

With the God of Wealth's detailed explanation, Wu Xian gradually understood.

Divinity = Merit + Lawful Framework + Spirituality + Faith and Incense.

However, it's not as simple as just adding things together; it's more like the barrel principle.

What determines the level of divinity is not the longest plank, but the shortest plank.

Therefore, it's useless to have excellent grades in a single subject; the weakest area is the key, or in other words, every subject's grades are important.

Only when the whole progresses together can divinity be elevated.

“I see,” Wu Xian said, suddenly realizing. “The reason why the Pleiades Star Lord transformed into 32 points of divinity was obviously because he was held back by the incense offerings. But the problem is, you haven’t collected any faith power on your side yet?”

"I may not have it, but you do," the God of Wealth teased.

"Huh?" Wu Xian was slightly taken aback. "You mean, believing in me is the same as believing in you?"

"I've already said it, our fates are intertwined, we are one."

Wu Xian clicked his tongue and nodded, still somewhat incredulous.

To put it bluntly, the trust and respect that everyone in the club, and even the people of Yaoyang City and the surrounding cities have for him has been transformed into the incense offerings of the God of Wealth.

Especially in Yaoyang City, the general public has reached a point of blind worship towards him. It's precisely because of this cancerous "gacha system" that they're denouncing and cursing him online, venting their pent-up resentment.

But one thing is one thing. No matter how fiercely they criticize him online, in real life they all call him "Master Wu" and vie for his autograph and a photo.

In short, it can be summed up in one word: authentic!
"No wonder his divinity value is so much higher than that of the Pleiades Star Lord," Wu Xian remarked with a click of his tongue.

From this perspective, the reason why the god of mechanical creation is so powerful must be due to this.

After all, the virtual network has always provided faith and merit to the god of mechanical creation.

In comparison, Shi Weier and Yu Boling are significantly inferior, clearly still limited by certain shortcomings.

However, in the future, these two will certainly develop and improve upon these shortcomings.

"It seems there's no hope of winning them over," Wu Xian said regretfully.

"Those three little girls on Shiwei'er's person?" The God of Wealth glanced at her and said, "Why bother trying to win them over? Are the gods of our Heavenly Court and the Three Realms not powerful enough?"

Are you kidding me? He's already heartbroken to death when his Heavenly colleagues share his merits with him, how could he possibly let outsiders have a turn?
Wu Xian chuckled, then suddenly felt a strong sense of curiosity. "Speaking of which, what is the relationship between our Eastern pantheon and those Western pantheons?"

"What kind of relationship could there be? We basically keep to ourselves and do our own thing," said the God of Wealth. "We only fight each other occasionally when it comes to disputes over beliefs and spheres of influence."

"You fought?" Wu Xian became even more curious. "Which side was stronger?"

“They’re all quite impressive,” the God of Wealth joked. “But a small country with few people is still a small country with few people. In the eyes of us Eastern Gods, there has always only been our own country and other countries outside.”

As for the Buddhist sect in the Western Paradise, they are now considered one of our own.

Upon hearing this, Wu Xian's expression turned strange, as if he were deep in thought.

I vaguely understood what the God of Wealth wanted to express.

It's roughly equivalent to the previous era of China, where people always only had their own home and foreign countries in their minds, and all other countries outside of China were collectively referred to as foreign countries.

We are ready to go to war with all other countries at any time.

"But I remember that the gods in Hinduism seem to be quite powerful?" Wu Xian asked curiously.

"You mean those people? After Buddhism merged with us, they're the only ones left entertaining themselves," the God of Wealth chuckled, seemingly amused. "They do have some strength, but they exaggerate it too much. You need to understand that strength isn't something you can just boast about."

"Where did it come from?" Wu Xian asked curiously.

The God of Wealth smiled without saying a word, then seemed to have thought of something, "However, what you said has reminded me of something. It's a pity that my power is still too weak to sense the depth and essence of this world."

"What are you thinking about?" Wu Xian asked, puzzled.

"It's just a guess for now, we'll talk about it later." The God of Wealth's expression was solemn, and he didn't reveal much. "If that's really the case, I alone really won't be enough. Tsk~ We'll talk about it when the time comes."

It's too early to talk about these things now.

Wu Xian didn't ask any further questions.

After all, things like the God of Wealth are clearly beyond his current understanding and ability to discuss.

The primary task at hand is to develop our own power.

Then, we brought the God of Wealth to the sealed battlefield of the evil realm to hear his thoughts and opinions.

"Is this the power of that so-called evil god?" The God of Wealth pondered. "It seems to have some substance. At least within the framework of the rules of this world, I can't handle it for the time being."

(End of this chapter)