Douluo Continent: This Tang San is different

Chapter 295 Electrox's Understanding of the Power of Faith

After leaving the Papal Palace, Tang San focused his mind on his upper dantian, his gaze deep and unfathomable: "Why didn't you respond at all before?"

"Isn't it because I'm afraid of ruining Brother Tang's plans?" Electrox winked, then coughed and said seriously, "But let me make it clear, I didn't see anything—"

Unlike the remnant soul of the former Rakshasa god, who was a complete yaoi fangirl, she watched with great interest.

Electrox even suspected that if there had been a physical body, the former Rakshasa god would have definitely been involved!

And so, he got his just desserts; his soul was scattered and his spirit was destroyed.

Tang San naturally didn't hear the last three sentences, but at this moment he also frowned, feeling that Electrolux was becoming more and more improper. Could it be because of his influence?

That's really unnecessary!

only--

"I don't believe you did nothing during the process. The balance of attributes within Bibi Dong's body couldn't have been solely due to our dual cultivation," Tang San said in a deep voice. "Although I also benefited, with my blood, soul power, and spiritual power all showing a tendency to condense into a core, and my soul power even breaking through to level sixty-five..."

Six months ago, Tang San obtained his sixth spirit ring, and his spirit power reached level 62. Six months later, he increased his level by one, reaching level 63.

Now, after cultivating with Bibi Dong, his soul power has broken through two levels again.

But Tang San believed that Electrolux was definitely up to something in the dark, otherwise he wouldn't have such an attitude. When he was being intimate with Xiao Wu and the others, this guy never mentioned it. Why would he give such an explanation?

"Okay, I'll talk..."

As Electrolux recounted his deal with the remnant soul of Rakshasa, Tang San narrowed his eyes: "The origin of faith, the devout intention emanating from the heart?"

"That's right, it's a power that originates from the mind. It's a power that only intelligent beings can generate. Non-intelligent species cannot produce it."

Electrolux said in a calm and extremely serious voice, "However, the power of faith cannot be directly absorbed under normal circumstances. It will be subtly influenced by the thoughts of all living beings and cannot be directly utilized. Most gods rely on divine artifacts to carry it. For example, the sea god of Poseidon Island uses his own divine artifact, the trident, as the core for gathering faith."

"According to the remnant soul of the Rakshasa, apart from the two supreme god-kings, only angels and Rakshasa can be spared the effects of good and evil."

"Angels represent all the good qualities of humanity."

"Rakshasa is exactly the opposite."

"This is because the faith absorbed by both is relatively pure, and the distinction between good and evil is extremely clear. Correspondingly, the Asura's murderous intent is more complex. This is one of the reasons why the Asura God wanted to give up his divine position. It's not just because he wanted to explore a wider universe, but also because he was constrained by other god-kings."

"The core essence of these two god-kings, Life and Destruction, lies in the laws of life and destruction. They require no power of faith, and there are no legends related to them in the 108 worlds under the rule of the gods."

"In reality, among the five great god-kings, apart from the special cases of good and evil, the other three do not require the power of faith. Only life, destruction, and asura are the enforcers."

Especially Shura; every time there's a mission, it's him and his subordinate gods and officials who are in charge of the operation, while Life and Destruction only stay in the divine realm to make initial judgments and assessments...

Therefore, while there are legends of Asura gods in the lower realms, there are no accounts of life and destruction. This is because most of the god-level powerhouses who violated the laws of the divine realm were eliminated by the enforcers of the Asura faction. Very few powerhouses were brought to the divine realm to undergo the initial judgment of life and destruction.

"It was precisely because Shura frequently appeared in the mortal realm to enforce the law that he gained fame and the power of faith gathered there. Even though this became extremely rare after it reached the realm of gods, it also subtly changed his personality."

Hearing these secrets, Tang San seemed thoughtful, then asked, "Are good and evil special?"

"They are indeed special, because the two of them embody the concepts of good and evil."

Electrolux nodded. "They can grow by harnessing the good and evil thoughts of all living beings, and they are not affected by the good and evil thoughts of the world. Their feelings are as sincere as a child's... Hmm~ To be honest, such beings are actually very dangerous. For example, it's like two children controlling the switch of a nuclear bomb—I think I can understand why those two guys in the Douluo series you remember would give up their status in the God Realm to experience love in the mortal world."

Only love can enable a person to truly grow.

In Electrolux's view, the kind of perseverance honed through constant life-and-death struggles had nothing more than cultivating a heart of stone driven by self-interest.

"If Ji Dong and Lie Yan really exist on the Five Elements Continent, then after they inherit the positions of good and evil in the future, they will never reach the heights of their predecessors."

Electrolux continued, "Because they are ultimately human, their emotions and desires are too complex, and good and evil are the original source, which are the manifestations of the good and evil thoughts of the creator god who opened up the divine realm."

"From this perspective, inheriting a god's position is not advisable for humans unless the previous god is completely dead, like the god Rakshasa. Otherwise, in terms of understanding the origin of the god, one can never compare to the previous god. Unless one takes a different path and only pursues the improvement and enhancement of power, similar to the character in the original work, who does not consider the understanding of the laws and only pursues the accumulation and qualitative change of energy, but in the end, one is just using the property left by the previous god."

Tang San was speechless: "Don't lump me in with him. I'm way more of a scumbag than him... oh, no, I mean much more loving."

Electrolux: "...After all that I've said, is this all you care about?"

"Let's get down to business," Tang San changed the subject. "So, the power of faith is useless to us, right?"

"That's how it is for now," Electrox said. "But don't think I've lost out. I got information about the power of faith from the remnant soul of Rakshasa, which will help you manage the illusory world of the Blue Silver Emperor in the future."

"How do you manage it?" Tang San wondered. When did the power of faith become a "smart butler"?

"Didn't you read quite a few novels in your past life? 'Yang Shen', 'Star River Emperor'...?"

"Stop!" Tang San interrupted Electrolux's detailed explanation, asking in confusion, "Can this really be used as a reference?"

"That definitely won't work, since there's no detailed description. But I've discovered that the power of faith does indeed possess certain properties, and perhaps it can be condensed into something similar to a virtual Heavenly Dao," Electrox said confidently. "Once your virtual starry world is complete, even with our combined mental strength, plus the mental strength of your women, it will be difficult to manage the entire system. Why not directly use the power of faith to create an [Administrator] to assist us? Wouldn't that be wonderful?"

This suggestion sounds very good, but at this point, even the virtual star world only has a starry sky "texture". To truly develop the virtual world, it will probably take a lot of time and effort.

Secondly, even if the power of faith could truly create something similar to a divine body, a spiritual body, or even the Heavenly Dao, it would probably require tens or hundreds of millions of experiments.

Tang San's assessment of this can be summed up in just four words: "A promising future."

However, there's still one thing I don't understand—

"How do you know the nature of the power of faith? Surely the remnant soul of Rakshasa wouldn't know such details? Or have you studied the power of faith? Where did you obtain it?"

"You might not believe it, but you have the power of faith within you, and there's even a constant stream of faith power from the outside world flowing into you." Ilex recounted a fact he had witnessed. "This might be related to the fact that you are a master of spirit theory, and you are also a powerful spirit master who can rival the Pope of the Spirit Hall. The world's worship of you and their admiration for strength have caused their faith power to converge on you."

Tang San frowned, worried that the power of faith might have a negative impact on his mind and personality, or even distort them.

It may have already had an impact!

For example, he now feels no remorse whatsoever for having a harem!

"Rest assured, this has absolutely nothing to do with the power of faith."

Even though Electrox was now just a soul, he couldn't help but twitch his lips. "What does your being a lecherous old man have to do with the power of faith?"

"Furthermore, the power of faith can only be absorbed by beings who have condensed their divine souls. It is equivalent to existing in another dimension. You cannot feel it at all; it is simply gathered within your body."

"Perhaps one day you will die unexpectedly, and these powers of faith may be able to protect your soul from destruction. In fact, over a period of millions of years, you may even become a god of faith. But whether you will still be yourself at that time is unknown."

Mortals cannot perceive faith, let alone utilize it, and naturally cannot enjoy the enhancement of their own strength by the power of faith.

But Tang San breathed a sigh of relief.

He could accept cultivating with Bibi Dong to improve his soul power, since Bibi Dong was stronger than him and he was passively "absorbing yin to replenish yang". But the power of faith was different; it subtly influenced a person's mind.

This proves the old saying true: Faith can be toxic!

Back at the Soul Martial Manor, Tang San took a shower first to get rid of the smell before joining the others, who were either training, conducting research, or shopping, for a meal.

"Third Brother, I heard you chatted with the Pope all afternoon today?" Xiao Wu asked curiously while eating fatty beef. "Was it because of the throne?"

"The main thing is to teach her the Three Elixir Method and see the effect." Tang San felt that this wasn't exactly lying, since Bibi Dong had indeed condensed a soul core with both death and soul-devouring attributes in that primitive and ancient movement.

"You're the first person to dare experiment on the Pope," Ning Rongrong said, covering her mouth before joking, "By the way, you didn't end up even taking down the Pope, did you?"

Tang San remained unfazed and instead echoed Ning Rongrong's words, saying, "Of course, your men are quite powerful."

"Pah, you're so vain!" Huo Wu winked at Tang San.

"Haha, let's eat!"

(End of this chapter)