As the savior, I only want to play single-player games.

"How about it?"

Xin Yang pondered for a moment: "Although it is ingenious, it is a burden on one's rank, making it difficult to advance to Sequence 4."

"Sequence 4?"

"This is the realm you are meant to reach."

God looked at the new sun and said, "The gods call this 'the Way'." The person before him could only be described as unfathomable. As the supreme god of the spirit world, he could sense that this person's strength was weak, but there was a kind of charm in his demeanor that surprised him greatly. It was an aura that surpassed that of all the gods.

It's like a ship lost at sea suddenly spotting a lighthouse, experiencing a sudden sense of clarity.

Yes, such a level of existence truly exists; what the gods have been searching for for thousands of years is not something illusory.

Xin Yang nodded: "That's a very appropriate way of putting it." Along the way, he absorbed the cultural heritage of various great civilizations like a sponge, and he had a broad understanding of them all.

Sequence 4 controls the rules, influences the world's operation, and can even alter the laws of heaven and earth.

But the path to enlightenment is endless, and Sequence 4 is just the beginning.

"You are indeed not from this world." God revealed Xin Yang's origins. "King of another world, what brings you here?"

"My world has already fallen; I'm just passing through here." Xin Yang shook his head, indicating that God didn't need to be nervous. If he wanted to take action, he wouldn't have waited until now, and besides, he didn't have the strength to do so now.

"Do you also have shadows of the past over there?"

“No, it’s another force.” Xin Yang shook his head again.

He still doesn't quite understand the ins and outs of this world, only that it's a very deep place, and even he could potentially drown.

Xin Yang pointed to the sky and said, "You've all been through that kind of thing, so you should know that without Sequence 4, you're powerless and can only follow in our footsteps." Besides looking around, he also wanted to chat with God, who was the strongest person he could find.

"The road ahead is blocked; we must find the right way," God said, without any other intentions. With a formidable enemy at hand and before fully understanding the situation, there was no need to create enemies for himself.

The trinity is the path he has explored over the years.

Unfortunately, just as Xin Yang said, although the three spiritual wills could coexist and resist the call of the spirit world, they could not completely merge. Instead, they hindered his progress and became a shackle.

May all gods swiftly come to my aid; if anyone disobeys, I will subdue Fengdu: Chapter 108: The Distant Era

The gods of the spirit world are not ignorant of persons.

Anyone who reaches the level of a great god possesses the supernatural power of immortality.

At the level of a god, one can vaguely understand where the power that allows one to be resurrected comes from.

Therefore, the gods no longer relied on external things, but sought within themselves.

"The road ahead is blocked?" Xin Yang frowned. How could the road be blocked? Then he paused for a moment, then realized, "Your system is very incomplete..."

God was silent for a moment, probably already knowing the answer, and then said, "This is the result of our repeated deductions."

He said this, but if it gets out, it will definitely cause a huge uproar; even those with great supernatural powers will be startled.

The path of spiritualists was pioneered by human sages, and the divine naturally has its own way as well.

In that distant, primitive era, human civilization was merely a seed, and the way of life was extremely primitive, consisting of eating raw meat and drinking blood.

At that time, a group of wise gods appeared in the place between the two rivers. Holding sharp axes, they shattered the darkness and ignorance, leading mankind onto a path of light.

One of those original gods is the God we know today.

"In the beginning, we were worshipped by mankind, we drove out the demons, and we guided them to build the first city-states, invent writing, establish calendars, and construct legal codes..." God said.

Looking back on those glorious years, many things happened. He chose to leave the oldest civilization and also faced many dangers.

Because of the environment at that time, the spirit world manifested and overlapped with the human world. Everywhere there were wandering demons, some of whom were extremely powerful and required detours.

Elsewhere, he discovered that there were also a group of gods in various places, but they did not awaken as early as they did, but not too late either, only a few hundred years apart.

“I have a different identity in the new civilization, where the humans call me Osiris, and we have ruled for many years…”

He traveled to many places, wandered around, and repeatedly deduced the paths of the gods with different deities. During this time, he vaguely perceived the truth of the world.

For example, the origin of deities.

"You are the reincarnations of humans after they died, aren't you?"

"Most of them are, but a small portion comes from the souls of plants and animals."

Xin Yang nodded. It's not only human spirituality that can become a deity. When life evolves to a certain point, all things have spirits, but compared to humans, the probability of them appearing is much lower.

It is worth mentioning that after a human dies, there is a greater chance that they will become a different kind of god, while pure humanoid gods are actually in the minority.

Human-shaped gods are almost identical to humans.

Thus, some initial disagreements arose among the gods, with debates about their physical forms and ideologies, though the conflicts were not sharp. They were still able to work together to deduce the future path, and with the task of suppressing demons and cleaning up the human world at large, no one paid much attention.

But during this period, a major problem suddenly arose.

Regarding faith, I almost died on the front lines back then.

"When humans sincerely worship us, they generate the power of faith. This power is special and can help deities ascend to higher realms quickly..."

Below Sequence 6, almost all deities can use this faith to quickly ascend to the rank of Great God, enabling them to be elevated.

But the gods soon discovered that the power of faith had both advantages and disadvantages.

The drawback is extremely serious: the power of faith can influence the mind and temperament of deities.

"Humans worship gods, but they worship nothing more than their own desires," God said. Moreover, the prevalence of polytheism and the chaotic state of beliefs in that civilization only fueled the fire.

This has caused many gods to lose themselves, becoming corrupted by human desires, their natures drastically changed, and they are no longer as pure as they were at the beginning.

Xin Yang shook his head slightly; the gods had essentially brought trouble upon themselves.

But the gods changed quickly. After much reflection, they used the power of time to gradually eliminate this influence, and it disappeared for a hundred years or so.

The oldest civilizations began to decline, and psychics emerged during this period.

God admitted that when he realized that humans could also possess divine power, many gods became restless and decided to eliminate the potential threat.

However, there were dissenting voices among the gods, who wanted to explore the possibilities of humanity, hoping it might provide the gods with new ideas.

As a result, things went awry.

The earliest spiritualists, like the earliest deities, were not a single individual, but a group of people. These early spiritualists influenced all of humanity, flourishing in various places, marking what can be considered the nascent stage of the Golden Age.

However, the gods also found inspiration in the mediums, which eventually led to the emergence of beings at the level of Sequence 5 God Lord.

This level is extremely close to the essence of the spirit world, so all the gods of Sequence 5 heard the call.

Ultimately, some deities lost control, as if possessed by demons, and disappeared into the deepest part of the spirit world, never to return.

The various deities secretly joined forces and ventured to the core of the spirit world to investigate, but the result was not good.

They found a completely corrupted ancient demon among them, brought it back, and studied it closely, uncovering a truth that shocked them.

Before the birth of human civilization, there were other civilizations, but unfortunately, they all disappeared many years ago.

This is also the origin of the term "Shadow of the Past".

"We realized that the world is not as simple as it seems on the surface."

The gods became aware of the crisis.

But the conflict also erupted at this time.

God then said, “We have long discovered that gods gain significant power when they devour humans, but the side effects are severe. If they consume too many souls and lives, they will lose control and their self.”

This situation is particularly severe in low-order sequences, and can easily get out of control.

After becoming a great god or god master, the side effects are greatly reduced. As long as it is not excessive, this backlash can be ignored.

Only the souls of those who died with unresolved grievances and the strongest hatred could influence them, and could very well cast a subtle shadow over the permanent evolution of the gods. This is how Yamata no Orochi became possessed.

Even so, the increase is very slight, but it is still a way to become stronger.

Therefore, a group of gods believed that humans were food for the gods and that they should offer their lives to the gods, thus beginning a relatively long period of bloody sacrifices to ensure that the dead would not harbor strong hatred towards them.

But another group of gods believed that their awakening and existence were due to their own self-awareness.

Only by maintaining their own identity can they be true gods. Therefore, these gods never perform blood sacrifices; they only consume the souls of those willing to be consumed, such as the God of Grain.

After so many years of cleansing, all the demons have been suppressed, and the world is clean.

Thus, the gods began to fight amongst themselves, and humanity's golden age began to flourish. Great supernatural beings emerged one after another, and the gods also discovered that they improved rapidly in the war. Many spells, divine arts, and ancient artifacts were constantly developed, making it a golden age where heroes gathered and it was an extremely glorious era.

Ultimately, both sides stopped at the peak of Sequence 5.

The gods are now closer to the essence of the spirit world.

All gods, swiftly come to my aid! If anyone disobeys, I will subdue Fengdu: Chapter 109: Creating Paradise

The golden age of the War of Gods was a time of great prosperity and flourishing of diverse talents.

Both the path of the medium and the path of the gods have made great strides, giving rise to countless traditions and myths.

But the further we went, the more desperate we became.

All people are potential demons. Even if evil spirits awaken and become gods, transcend life and death, and are able to reincarnate, their true spirits will not perish and they will become the gods we know today. They still cannot escape the influence of the world on them.

The gods reside in the spirit world, which is like being submerged in water. The more powerful the god, the heavier the water, and the deeper the water they can reach.

This is also proof of strength, which is why the gods reside in very deep places.

However, the core of the spirit world is a forbidden zone filled with chaos and madness, which can cause people to lose their rationality.

Moreover, countless demons roam there, the vast majority of them ancient demons, their numbers outrageous, and the core area is like a demon's lair.

If the gods wish to advance further, they will be summoned by the spirit world.

Just like two magnets, they will automatically come together.

According to calculations, the gods will find suitable positions and be elevated when the stars reach the correct positions.

The problem is that only the core of the spirit realm is the most suitable location. Even the supreme god cannot stay there for long, because his sanity would be quickly eroded, leading to utter madness.

Therefore, if the gods want to ascend, they can only abandon themselves, indulge their desires, and become something like demons before they can ascend.

This is almost unacceptable to intelligent life.

“So that’s how it is…” Xin Yang muttered to himself.

That eerie dimension cast a lingering shadow over the world.