Wizard Immortal

Chapter 887 The Changes in the Material World

The situation in the material world has fallen into an awkward predicament.

If we follow the old pattern, when the first gods appeared in the material world, the gods would start a civil war, begin to fight for faith, and wage a series of divine wars in the material world.

But that's not possible now.

the reason is simple.

Previously, the God of Death had made a promise, guaranteeing that those who came before would not oppress those who came after, and ensuring the advancement of everyone.

Now that the external enemies originating from the wizarding world have retreated, the God of Death, due to his previous merits in saving the gods and protecting the material world, is now showing signs of becoming the leader of the gods.

However, if he fails to fulfill the conditions he previously promised and allows the gods to wage war in the material world, then the prestige he has painstakingly built will be lost.

Therefore, from any perspective, he cannot allow the war of gods to begin in the world of gods, and he must stop it.

However, stopping this matter is not something that can be done simply by force.

Forcibly suppressing those pioneers by force may have a temporary effect, but it poses significant long-term risks and is detrimental to the God of Death himself.

Therefore, this is a choice that the god of death should never make unless absolutely necessary.

Therefore, how to coordinate the contradictions among all parties and how to make the conflict between pioneers and latecomers less acute is the first problem that the God of Death is currently facing, and also the first challenge he must face in order to become the King of Gods.

However, the god of death had already made preparations for this.

In the material world, the God of Death, leading the already revived gods, began a massive expansion.

The conflicts in the world of gods begin with the struggle for faith.

The number of believers in the entire material world is finite; if you have more, I will have less.

It is for this reason that the gods are not on good terms and are rivals.

If we want to prevent the gods from fighting over things, we must satisfy their need for faith and ensure they have enough followers.

In the eyes of the god of death, this problem is not too difficult.

Just make the cake bigger.

To satisfy all the gods' basic needs for faith, the believers in the material world alone are not enough.

But if that's the case, then increasing the number of believers in the material world would suffice.

The land in the material world is vast. Even though it has existed for so long, much of it remains unoccupied, or rather, although there are living beings, its utilization efficiency is not very high.

Past experience has taught the god of death that the same piece of land can support different populations.

In primitive times, it might have taken an extremely large amount of land to satisfy a tribe, but with the progress and explosion of productivity, the output of a piece of land increased, and the population it could support also increased.

This trend of change is often a standard for judging whether a civilization is advanced enough.

However, at this moment, in the entire material world, due to the past wars between the gods and some reasons brought about by faith, there are not many advanced civilized areas in the material world. Instead, wild and untamed regions occupy most of the land.

Even in those more advanced civilized regions, the productivity they possess might not be that high in the eyes of the God of Death; it could only be said that they are better than other places.

Commonly known as **rotten.

The existence of this phenomenon is undoubtedly extremely detrimental to population growth.

In some regions, slavery even existed, with precious human beings being openly sacrificed.

In the past, no one thought of changing things, not because no one saw it, but because the gods were entangled with each other and held each other back, which led to this result.

Those who want to change things are powerless, while those who have the ability are already beneficiaries and have no motivation to change anything.

But now, with the God of Death, the situation is somewhat different.

The current state of the material world has reached a point where change is imperative.

Unless, of course, the god of death is willing to break his promise.

That's a possibility, but the god of death would never do it unless absolutely necessary.

In response to the situation in the material world, the God of Death led the other gods to take active action.

In many ways, they began to make changes.

When the gods intervene personally, the speed at which they change mortals is extremely fast.

Under the divine light of the gods, the entire material world began to slowly change. Ancient empires collapsed one after another, and new empires were built and then fell.

On the land, a variety of high-yield crops were discovered and put into use, which greatly alleviated the pressure on food production and allowed the population to begin to grow.

At the same time, the expansion into undeveloped regions also led to population growth in the material world.

The population of the entire material world has multiplied several times in just a few thousand years, which is enough to meet the needs of the gods' revival.

At this point, the God of Death, using his prestige, convened the second General Assembly of the Gods.

The first meeting of the gods took place when ancient wizards like Adir invaded the material world.

At that time, the gods were threatened by the sorcerers, so they came to seek the protection of the god of death.

This time, the regular meeting of the gods was convened again, relying on the prestige of the god of death himself.

After thousands of years of effort, the God of Death has gained even greater prestige. As the population of the material world has multiplied, he has also acquired considerable key authority and gained more support from the material world.

It can be said that after thousands of years of cultivation and preparation, the prestige of the God of Death is now in no way inferior to that of the former King of the Sun.

Compared to the former King of the Sun, there is no existence in the material world today that can rival him.

All the gods were newly born, and their strength was at its lowest point. They dared not disobey the orders of the God of Death.

Faced with his call, the gods did not hesitate for long and came one after another.

At this council of gods, witnessed by all the gods, the god of death established several principles.

There are many things involved, but the truly crucial and specific ones are only two.

First, believers of the gods are not allowed to perform blood sacrifices or adopt any rituals and ceremonies that involve offering sacrifices of intelligent beings. Those who violate this rule will be branded as evil gods and will be jointly attacked by the gods.

Secondly, it allows believers to worship multiple deities, so that faith is no longer singular.

In the past, a person who worshipped the Sun King could no longer worship the Earth Goddess, but this situation has now changed.

An ordinary mortal may believe in the god of death, and may also believe in other gods.

Faith has become no longer singular.

This change may seem bad, but it is actually a means of liberating believers.

A believer who can worship multiple deities cannot be a devout follower of any one deity. Even if they are not allowed to worship other deities at the same time, their faith in their original deity may not be very devout, and the supply of faith power may not be much.

However, if one is allowed to worship multiple deities, then one can simultaneously provide faith power to multiple deities, thereby increasing resource utilization.

At the same time, this also gives those weaker gods a way to survive.

Among the gods, there are those who are strong and those who are weak, and the powers they wield also vary.

Many deities have religious offices and powers that are too small for the general public, which inevitably leads to a small number of followers.

In the past, when a believer could only worship one deity, the number of followers of that deity was destined to be small, and they were simply powerless to compete with those powerful deities.

However, if believers were allowed to worship multiple deities at the same time, the situation would undoubtedly be much better.

At least with more choices available to believers, the opportunities for these weaker deities will increase considerably.

Besides these two, there are actually many other minor regulations, but only these two truly affect the gods.

After reaching a consensus with the gods and jointly formulating the laws of the gods, the prestige of the god of death grew once again, imperceptibly.

the reason is simple.

Enforcement power.

To ensure the effective implementation of these two rules, monitoring and enforcement are naturally required.

As the current unseen leader of all gods and the initiator of the Council of Gods, the God of Death automatically possesses these two powers, naturally making his deterrent effect on the gods even stronger.

This is also one of the purposes for which the God of Death convened the Council of Gods.

In the days that followed, the material world gradually fell into a state of calm.

The gods lay dormant in their respective territories, recuperating and slowly restoring their power.

But for those beings below the gods, the material world appears extremely bustling.

The rules established at the Council of Gods have a certain binding effect on the gods, but their impact on those beings below the gods is even more terrifying.

In the material world, there are many legendary powerhouses, and even some demigods, who have the habit of having their followers perform blood sacrifices in order to gain power.

This is one way to acquire power; after all, demigods are not true gods, and their sources of power are far less extensive.

Therefore, in the material world, many demigods use blood sacrifice as their primary means of gaining power.

At this moment, with the release of the rules of the Council of Gods, many such beings were directly labeled as evil gods.

Within the material world, priests of the gods of death continuously took action, eliminating one such being after another.

If one is a demigod, they might even possess divine artifacts, or even have some divine incarnations personally take action against them.

For a time, these beings were in an extremely miserable state.

The severity and terror of the attack were something those evil beings had never imagined.

Under the continued impact of this attack, the atmosphere of the entire material world was cleared up in a short period of time, becoming much quieter.

In this atmosphere, the god of death also began to prepare for new actions.

(End of this chapter)