I have no regrets about my 2D world!

However, Lin did not answer, but just lowered his head and let Bai Shiwei do as he pleased.

After a moment's stalemate, Bai Ye felt that this was a bit boring, so he put away the weapon in his hand and his expression returned to normal.

"Alright, that's enough. Stop pretending. But thanks to your reminder, I've found a use for this body, so I can't give it to you. You should go back to where you came from."

Lin raised his head and looked happy when he heard that.

"Thank you, sir. I will take my leave now."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin's figure quickly disappeared from Bai's sight as if he had encountered some ferocious beast.

"Really? You're still pretending. Am I that scary?"

Bai curled his lips, then looked at Yaqi's body.

He originally wanted to cremate Yaqi's body directly, but now he has thought of a new use for it.

"Izumo Country..."

With a murmur, Bai's figure disappeared along with Yaqi's body.

Izumo, a land reminiscent of a paradise, where people live fulfilling lives with smiles on their faces. Of course, it would be even better if there were no Yamata no Orochi.

It is obvious that Lin, the lord of Izumo, played an indispensable role in causing all this.

After leaving Bai, Lin returned here at the fastest speed in his life.

After returning to the palace built spontaneously by the people, Lin patted his chest and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Luckily, that gentleman didn't make a fuss about it, otherwise he might not have come. Could it be that this is also the luck you brought me?"

Lin was talking to himself, and a girl with rabbit ears appeared from behind him.

"Maybe. But it was your good performance, plus some luck on my part, that made that person not take it to heart."

"may be."

Lin thought about what had just happened and couldn't help but feel secretly relieved.

Fortunately, he didn't bet wrong on Bai's character.

Bai's willingness to talk to him instead of attacking him directly was the reason Lin took the gamble. Otherwise, if any other god caught him spying, they would probably have attacked him directly.

But now that I've gotten over this, there shouldn't be any problems...right?

Just as Lin was thinking this, he suddenly felt a powerful aura spreading above his country. Just as he was about to rush out, he found that this aura was somewhat familiar.

"Wait... this is!"

Lin's expression changed, obviously this was not what he expected.

Turning back to look at the girl with rabbit ears, the girl also shook her head, indicating that she didn't know what happened.

Then Lin gritted his teeth and didn't move, waiting to see what he wanted to do. If he really wanted to do it...

A look of determination appeared in Lin's eyes.

The owner of this breath was Bai who had disappeared before, and the body of Yaqi appeared with him.

He let the aura spread, ignoring the panicked people in the country below, and waited quietly for the aura to cover the entire Izumo country.

As the aura gradually spread, finally completely covering Izumo Country, Bai stopped. Energy emanated, and the sound echoed throughout the country with the aura.

"I am Takehashi Susano-no-Mikoto, also known as Susanoo-no-Mikoto. I have been traveling overseas and have returned today. I learned that there is a demon named Yaki in this place. So I have come here to eliminate it."

As he spoke, Bai waved his hand, and Yaqi's body gradually descended.

"This is Yaki's body. I have severed his head and burned it, while his body is suppressed in the Izumo region as a warning to others."

As Bai finished speaking, Yaqi's body fell to the seashore in the territory of Izumo Province, forming a small hill there.

Then he waved his arm, and the sword of Ame no Murakumo appeared and fell directly to the top of the mountain.

"This sword is named Ame-no-Murakumo. It will be used to suppress Yaki from now on. After a thousand years, a destined person will be able to pull it out and slay evil."

"With this, my work is accomplished. This sea will be free from worry for a thousand years."

After finishing speaking, Bai waited quietly for a while, his figure gradually disappeared, and the pervasive aura dissipated instantly.

Lin stood in the palace and watched all this in a daze. He didn't know why Bai did this. If he felt uncomfortable about being deceived by him before, he wouldn't have made such a big fuss.

But if it weren't for this, Lin couldn't think of why Bai did this. Apart from making Bai's reputation more famous, it seemed that there was no benefit.

Wait... Fame? Fame!

Recalling the faint power of faith he possessed when he first met Bai, he was like a newly born god. However, after witnessing Bai's strength, this thought completely dissipated.

If he was just born, then it would be like I wasn't even born yet!

So he came here for faith? Lin thought thoughtfully.

Although Lin was right to think so, Bai's actions this time weren't entirely motivated by faith. Firstly, he wanted to get some revenge for Lin's deception, and secondly, he wanted to plant a pawn.

Originally, if Lin hadn't said it, Bai was planning to burn Yaqi's body as well, but after Lin's reminder, Bai also thought that he could use this incident to promote his own name, so he did this.

And he was not lying. If the Murasakibara Sword was still there a thousand years later and absorbed some power of faith, it could indeed eliminate ordinary evil spirits.

But it is unknown what the situation will be like by then.

After Bai Zou, there was a village on the hill formed by Yaqi's corpse.

"Tian Ji? Tian Ji? Qi Inada Ji!!!"

A young girl seemed to have not recovered from what had just happened until her friend next to her called out to her.

"Ah, here it comes, here it comes."

The girl responded to her friend's call and ran over. However, she paused midway, glancing at the mountaintop where the Ame-no-Kurosuke sword was pierced. Then, without hesitation, she left.

Chapter 15 The way forward is clear

What is life? Where did humans come from? And what are gods?

It has been a topic of endless debate in the world since ancient times.

In Eastern mythology, Nuwa created humans, in Yamato mythology, the first human was born by the sun god, while in the Western Bible, it is recorded that the origin of humans was fabricated by God.

There are many different things between them, but no matter where they are, there is no escaping the fact that human beings were created by God.

But where do gods come from?

Born from heaven and earth, transformed by faith, or sublimated by humans?

In Xieshi Shrine, Bai sat cross-legged, thinking about these things.

Some time has passed since Haku slew Yaki and established the Murakumo sword. Thanks to the actions of Kamiki and the others, Haku's deeds quickly spread under the title of Susanoo, and the killing of Yaki was over-hyped, making Haku's reputation known throughout Yamato.

At the same time, Bai was constantly harvesting the power of faith. After gathering a lot, he began to try to absorb it under Shenqi's guidance.

There were no accidents during the fusion process, and it successfully merged with its own energy.

But when it merged with spiritual power, some unexpected changes occurred.

Originally, in the battle world, Bai had already perfectly integrated his own energy and spiritual power, but this energy underwent some changes when it was integrated with the power of faith.

The ten energies representing the characteristics of the elves should have been combined together, but they dispersed after absorbing the power of faith, and the absorbed power of faith was also different.

From Origami to Tohka, the amount of Faith Power absorbed by each of their respective traits was ranked from greatest to least. Origami's Spiritual Power absorbed the most, while Tohka's Spiritual Power absorbed almost nothing.

This puzzled Bai, so he tried to fuse them together again.

However, even with the spiritual power of the original elves, he was unable to combine them together again.

However, even though they were scattered, Bai was still able to control their power.

But Bai did not continue to merge, but instead thought about the reason for this matter.

Bai soon came up with an explanation.

He had read many mythological books in Patchouli's library, and this made him think of the system called 'Kabbalah'.

Kabbalah is symbolized by the "Tree of Life" that grows in heaven, representing the vast universe, the human body as a microcosm, and the spiritual journey to reach the realm of God.

This tree of life is composed of ten circles and twenty-two diameters, and is divided into four worlds according to its structure. The wise among humans begin to climb from the most basic kingdom, and their thoughts reach sublimation during the process until they reach the crown.

Furthermore, it is said that each circle has an archangel who protects and guides people.

In the world of Date Affair, the characteristics represented by the elves seem to correspond one by one to the ten sephirot of the 'Kabbalah Tree of Life', and Bai has already integrated them.

But maybe it's because Bai is no longer a normal human being, or there is no normal method, the concept of the Tree of Life does not appear in the world of the battle.

In this era, there is the concept of God, and Bai has absorbed the power of faith and can be regarded as a god, so these particles began to show the characteristics of the "Tree of Life".

Thus, Bai also walked towards the opposite side of the "Path of the Fire Sword" of human cultivation from the basic kingdom to the crown, that is, the process of God creating the world.

In Kabbalah, the four levels that constitute life are also the four levels of the world created by God. They are the archetypal world representing fire, the creative world representing wind, the formative world representing water, and the material world representing earth.

And in turn, it is divided into four levels: God, God's soul, human soul and human beings.

Bai is currently in the class that represents God, the archetypal world, so the power of faith is mostly absorbed by the three particles of 'Crown', 'Wisdom' and 'Understanding'.

And when these three particles gradually fill up, it means that Bai is about to enter the next world.

If that day comes when everything is fully realized, perhaps Bai will truly become the god who represents the Garden of Eden or even the god who created the Garden of Eden. After all, the path Bai is currently walking is represented by that god.

As for now, Bai looked up at the sky and saw two figures flying back and forth, one holding an iron wheel and the other holding a pillar, constantly colliding with each other.

"It's time to stop them." Bai stood up and flew into the sky.

"You're getting stronger quickly, Suwako."

Kanako stood in the sky, looking at Suwako with a smile, with two wide pillars hanging beside her.

Suwako, on the other hand, had a blank expression on her face, with an iron wheel floating behind her. Although she said nothing, one could vaguely see the joy in her eyes.

Since Shiro and Shinki left to discuss something, Kanako stayed. Although Suwako didn't like it at the time, she didn't drive her away because it was Shiro's arrangement.

Later, after Bai came back, Kanako did not receive any message from Shenqi asking her to leave, and Bai also told her that she could leave at any time.

But because she was craving for white food and wine, Kanako decided to stay.

In this era, although the gods lived better than humans and had no shortage of food, they only ate some fruits and drank some sweet fruit wine.

Therefore, the delicacies and stimulating wines from later generations are particularly novel.

This can also be seen from Suwako and Kanako.

Ever since she started drinking alcohol, she had never drunk those fruit wines again. She always came to Bai's place to ask for wine, as if she didn't treat Bai as an outsider. Bai didn't have any bad feelings towards her, so he basically gave her all the wine.

However, this made Suwako unhappy. Why did she have to prepare this and that just to eat something? But Kanako didn't have to do anything, and whatever she wanted was given to her for free.

So Suwako wanted to drive Kanako away and used many methods, such as explaining that this was not her country and that if she wanted to stay here she had to work for the humans here, but she didn't expect Kanako to agree happily.

It only takes a little rain, Kanako can do it with a wave of her hand.

Then Suwako wanted to ask her to leave on the grounds that Kanako's kingdom also needed to be taken care of, but Kanako told her that her kingdom had long been handed over to the subordinate gods to take care of, and there would be no problem even if she left.

Suwako felt helpless about this. She was born not long ago, and the only god under her was Shiro. She also had to learn from Shiro how to govern the country, so naturally she couldn't do what Kanako did.

Then he thought of many more reasons, but all ended in failure. This made Bai couldn't help but wonder again and again. When did Suwako come up with so many things?

In the end, Suwako had no choice but to compete with her. If Kanako lost, she had to leave and could only come back when she was stronger than her.

However, when Suwako proposed a competition, she received a surprised look from Kanako.

If Bai can beat her, that means he is powerful, but it doesn’t mean you are powerful.

So Kanako readily agreed, and the result was no surprise.

The young Suwako was defeated by Kanako, who was of an unknown age.

After that, Suwako studied even harder and ate more every day, all in order to defeat Kanako as soon as possible and let her leave here.

Faced with this situation, Bai just smiled and ignored it, letting the two of them fight.

And today, after who knows how many times they fought, Suwako was finally able to tie with Kanako.

Chapter 16: Suwako's Changes

In their daily battles, Kanako was much stronger, so she always held back and was rarely injured.

But now the strength of the two has gradually become equal, and they have been in a stalemate for such a long time. If the fight continues, Bai is worried that something unexpected will happen to the two of them.

Although Bai can almost always be saved no matter what kind of accident occurs, there is still no such thing as the best accident.