The undead have descended upon the world? I possess a sword that can cleave the heavens once more!

The pale gold characters were arranged quietly on the paper, the strokes still having that unfamiliar, distorted structure.

Just like last time, the moment he saw it, its meaning immediately entered Wu You's mind.

After receiving the meaning of the pale gold writing on the paper, Wu You, sitting on the sofa, unconsciously frowned.

Based on this information, the functions of both the bestowal and offering ceremonies are actually quite simple.

The main participants in the offering ceremony are the "believers," who can use this ceremony to offer sacrifices or tributes to the target deity.

The main body that performs the bestowal ceremony is the "deity," whose main role is to bestow certain items or powers upon its believers.

The procedures for both rituals are quite simple and do not require any special or hard-to-obtain auxiliary materials.

In the offering ceremony, only a few lit ceremonial candles are needed. The ceremonial candles do not even need to be specially made; any ordinary candle that can be lit can be used as ceremonial candles.

The bestowal ceremony is even more direct, requiring no candles at all. It only requires that the "deity" possess sufficient divinity and master some specific techniques for using that divinity.

Once one possesses sufficient divinity, one can enter the spiritual dimension and receive the prayers of believers.

From this, Wu You also understood why he had spontaneously raised his perspective and entered that layered dark space—that is, the spiritual dimension.

This is not a coincidence or accident, but the inevitable result of possessing a sufficient amount of divinity!

But none of these things made Wu You frown.

What truly made Wu You frown was an unfamiliar term mentioned in the pale gold writing—Divine Kingdom!

And the name of the deity that the God of Beasts mentioned before!

Both the offering ceremony and the bestowal ceremony are related to these two terms.

Believers offer sacrifices in rituals to please the gods and pray for their blessings.

There are two very important points in this process! These are the divine name and the divine kingdom that I just mentioned!

When believers perform offerings and prayers, they must have an object of their devotion.

The deity worshipped in the offering ceremony.

So how do believers direct their offerings to the deity they wish to please?

That's right, it's about using the revered names of deities for precise location!

Every deity has a name, and each deity's name is unique and belongs entirely to itself.

By using the name of the deity, believers can accurately direct their prayers to the deity they worship.

However, this also requires believers to know the name of the deity they worship.

If the name of the deity is mispronounced or made up randomly, the deity may not receive the prayer, and the offering ceremony will be considered a direct failure.

Moreover, if one is very unlucky, the name of the deity chanted by the believer may be biased towards other gods, thus attracting the attention of those other gods.

The consequences would be far more complicated!

If the name is correct, the second half of the ceremony involves another concept—the Kingdom of God!

Because anything that has a physical form, offered by believers through rituals, will be sent to the kingdom of God, that is, the Kingdom of God!

Only after the offerings have entered the Kingdom of God does it mean that the believer's offering ritual has been accepted by the gods, and only then is there a final possibility of receiving a blessing.

Believers perform rituals to offer sacrifices to their deity by honoring the deity's name → the offerings are received by the divine kingdom → the deity accepts the believer's offerings on behalf of the deity → and may receive divine blessings.

Only then is the entire offering ceremony truly complete.

This is easy to understand. In the offering ceremony, the honorific name is used to identify the deity, and the divine kingdom is used to receive offerings from believers.

In bestowal ceremonies where the gods are the primary figures, the divine kingdom also plays an important role.

That is, anything with a physical form can only be given to believers by the gods through their divine kingdom!

The reason is simple, as explained in the message given to Wu You by the God of Beasts: Although the gods receive prayers through the spiritual dimension, the spiritual dimension is not a material dimension and cannot accommodate the passage of any matter.

The divine kingdom serves as a bridge between the material and spiritual dimensions; when deities wish to bestow certain items upon believers, they must do so through the medium of the divine kingdom.

As for what exactly the divine kingdom is, the information given by the God of Beasts only briefly mentioned it.

Kingdom of Gods: The realm of gods, a territory completely controlled by the gods.

There is only one brief description.

But this description unconsciously reminded Wu You of another concept—

field!

The essence of a domain is to create a region centered on oneself, which greatly amplifies one's own strength by mastering the rules.

And the concept of a divine kingdom seems a bit like a ProMax version of a domain?

Could it be that a realm, once elevated to its ultimate level, will transform into a divine kingdom?

Or is the realm the precursor to the divine kingdom?

Many thoughts flashed through Wu You's mind.

But after a moment, he shook his head and pulled his wandering thoughts back.

The important thing now is that he is not a god at all, and therefore has no title or divine kingdom.

The message from the God of Beasts made it very clear that the honored name and the divine kingdom were both necessary for the rituals of offering and bestowing.

In other words, he is now unable to receive offerings from believers through the offering ceremony, nor can he bestow anything upon believers through the bestowal ceremony.

Thinking of this, Wu You couldn't help but sigh.

He had originally planned to give it a try, to respond to the believer named Erin, and to see if he could learn more about the Corpse Realm through him.

In this way, his sources of information will not be so singular as they are now, relying solely on the God of Beasts.

So now, it seems the plan ended before it even started?

Without a name, believers' prayers cannot be directed to Him; without the Kingdom of God, He cannot receive offerings or bestow gifts.

But the next moment——

No, there's still a chance!

Wu You suddenly thought of something, and the starlight in his silver eyes accelerated.

His brain was working at lightning speed, rummaging through all the previous information and rearranging it.

He thought of the question that even the God of Beasts was interested in—since he had no honorary name, how did the believer's prayer in the Corpse Realm point to him and then be received by him?

Wu You recalled the prayer spoken by the humanoid creature: "Great One who dwells high in the nine heavens! Merciful and supreme God!"

Those two sentences kept replaying in his mind.

Could it be that, for some unknown reason, the "great one above the nine heavens, the merciful and supreme deity" mentioned in the prayer happened to point to himself?

But I have absolutely no connection with this so-called "great being above the nine heavens, a benevolent and supreme deity".

But he did indeed receive the believer's prayer.

Wu You suspected that this was Jian Dian's doing, but Jian Dian had never given any hints about it, and he couldn't find any evidence.

We can only give up for now.

Although Wu You couldn't understand this point at the moment, he had always been a pragmatist: if he couldn't understand it, he wouldn't think about it for now; as long as it worked, that was fine.

Now that this "great being above the nine heavens, the supreme deity with a benevolent heart" has pointed to himself.

Perhaps I could temporarily borrow this title as my own? To temporarily impersonate this "Great One above the Nine Heavens, the Benevolent Supreme Deity"?