Their commission was suspicious.

Considering that this list of deities has been conceived for a long time in the center of the miniature world, it seems reasonable that it has taken on a slightly miniature shape.

“I just took a look… With my current River God power reserves, without affecting the Paradise Shop's enhanced operations, I can easily create dozens of five-digit divine sparks. And three five-digit divine sparks can be combined into one two-star five-digit divine spark—that is, a four-digit divine spark…”

That makes sense.

Quantitative change leads to qualitative change.

"So how should we use this Investiture of the Gods?"

At first glance, the effects of the Investiture of the Gods and Chen Luo's puppet transformation are very similar. Both have the ability to control others and the ability to enhance others' strength to complete their evolution.

But in reality, the differences are quite significant.

In terms of loyalty, the Investiture of the Gods has a major problem.

The gods whose true spirits were trapped in the Investiture of the Gods by Chen Luo are indeed in Chen Luo's hands, but they will not accept it.

Although they won't outwardly comply but inwardly defy, they can refrain from taking initiative or refusing, and, when conditions permit, slack off and do nothing as much as possible.

However, this problem doesn't exist with puppets, because they are absolutely loyal to Chen Luo.

But this also means one thing: those listed on the Investiture of the Gods possess complete self-awareness. Just because Chen Luo wants to save their lives doesn't mean their values ​​will align with his!

This is extremely suitable for Chen Luo to include his true, weak, and trusting friends—friends he is willing to entrust his life to—in the Investiture of the Gods when he has no other choice.

Although the holder of the Investiture of the Gods can control the life and death of those who are enshrined as gods, humanization also produces this effect, and humanization will also cause the soul to undergo 3% to 5% alienation.

Aren't those gods who were named in the Investiture of the Gods living quite well in Heaven? Although they lack freedom and work nine-to-five every day, at least their lives are stable.

For those who could become immortals on their own but were instead deified, this stability is unnecessary.

After figuring this out, Chen Luo suddenly knew how to use the Investiture of the Gods.

For example, let your super smart but physically weak and unlucky friend, who has no way to become stronger, experience the thrill of becoming a god.

Although those who are enshrined in the Investiture of the Gods cannot improve their divine status through their own efforts, and their strength will be fixed to a certain extent, there are other ways to improve one's strength besides divine status.

Besides, what kind of inferior thing is a divine title exclusive to the Investiture of the Gods, which can be as high as four figures?

The demon king Pest, who turned the entire North District upside down and lived in constant fear, was just a five-figure god.

The five-digit number refers to the level of power, not the level of a deity. However, the five-digit number in the Investiture of the Gods does indeed refer to power. Ultimately, the Investiture of the Gods is somewhat incompatible with this world, which may be one of the reasons why the world consciousness gave it to Chen Luo.

If someone is about to die, don't have too high expectations.

If a four-digit deity were to spread the word, it would definitely attract countless people eager to become Chen Luo's subordinates.

People like Shiro Yaksha might not feel anything, because Shiro Yaksha was originally able to regain his spiritual status and return to a three-digit number by returning his divine status.

But how many three-digit numbers are there in the entire miniature garden?

Moreover, the Investiture of the Gods guarantees that even if these gods are killed, they can be resurrected from within the Investiture of the Gods, and ensures that their ownership will not be taken away by the Fusion Gift Game.

The only pity is...

"Why can't the Investiture of the Gods be enhanced with the River God's abilities?" Chen Luo, still greedy, was a little disappointed.

"...Don't you want to listen to what you're saying? World-class items are unique. Their characteristic is that once one appears, no other item can appear in the entire Dimensional Sea, just like each world in the Dimensional Sea is unique. World-class items will only appear as phantoms like this. Haven't you used the River God's power to copy the God-Slaying Whip?"

"No... because the God-Slaying Whip only has one effect."

Chen Luo shook his head.

Since the ordinary God-Slaying Whip can frighten the gods, there's no need to use the gold or silver God-Slaying Whip.

Chen Luo couldn't possibly lend out the God-Slaying Whip.

"Wait, I suddenly remembered something. You said that all world-class items will appear as phantoms after being copied... What about my random items? Are they all world-class items?" Chen Luo suddenly threw his Friendship Revolver into the river, and gold and silver phantoms of the Friendship Revolver appeared in the river.

The situation is almost exactly the same as that of the Investiture of the Gods.

"Not counted"

"Then why do they only appear as phantoms when thrown into the river? And they really can become stronger through the river god's power, but they can't hold onto it for long."

"Because that's not a World-Class item. It should be considered an EX-rank World-Class item, right?"

"So awesome... amazing?" Chen Luo was astonished.

"Ha, don't get too excited. Here, 'Ex' refers to 'exception,' not 'extreme'... no, you could say 'extreme,' because besides 'limit,' the word also means 'extreme.'"

"Your items are not only exceptional, but also extremely so—to the point that even world-class items would find them absurd."

"Going down a path to the bitter end... and to make matters worse, that path is crooked. You can't say it's not powerful, but it's also hard to say it can make you reach the top overnight."

Take, for example, the Friendship Revolver.

People in bars have all experienced the fear of being dominated by the revolver of friendship.

However, the Friendship Revolver itself has absolutely no lethality.

What? You're laughing your head off? What does that have to do with friendship revolvers? It's because the other person's physical condition is bad.

Both the God-Slaying Whip and the Investiture of the Gods are extremely powerful weapons, in addition to having a great suppressive effect on the gods.

If someone were to possess the Investiture of the Gods, even without using its true power or gaining full recognition, they could still kill Pest by simply smashing the scroll with brute force.

"As I mentioned before, World-class items are stronger than World-specific items, but weaker than the Moral Code, because the Moral Code has a higher priority than the Investiture of the Gods. Therefore, Moral Code > World-class items ≥ > World-specific items. However, this is only a priority ranking. Some World-class items are quite useful, but there's a high chance they can't be used outside the world, lacking versatility."

"Just think of it this way: these random items are special items at the Moral Law level in terms of priority, so you can't use your River God ability to create physical copies of them. However, they have a high ceiling and a medium floor; their effects haven't been fully realized, so you can use your River God ability to enhance them. But the drawback is also obvious: you can only enhance the already extreme characteristics of these items."

“I remember now… I enhanced the Friendship Revolver with the River God’s power. Even after the enhancement, it still didn’t gain the ability to cause damage, but it greatly shortened the cooldown time for inflicting the Laughter effect on the same person.”

"That's about it. They're all good items, made from top-quality materials, so they have a high priority level. It's just that the effects of these items are too unpredictable. For example, the Friendship Revolver, with its guaranteed hit law and emotional law, could originally directly affect the opponent's soul, causing them to die of extreme sorrow."

"There's absolutely no need for that!" Chen Luo said solemnly.

Chen Luo has many ways to kill, but the only way to calm down these overly mischievous bar patrons is the Friendship Revolver.

The current Friendship Revolver is better.

"Whatever makes you happy"

No wonder people say that family members don't speak like strangers.

"Now that we have the Investiture of the Gods, there happens to be someone wandering around the Puppet World. We can give her a divine spark first." Countless golden river god powers slowly flowed into the Investiture of the Gods. After seeing a five-digit divine spark being condensed, Chen Luo opened the communicator.

"Is Dr. Einstein here? I have an incredible windfall..."

"What? You want to VIP me for 50? Sure, sure... wait, I'm not kidding!"

"Come here right now!"

Chapter 2026: The Investiture of the Gods, capable of mass-producing deities!

"So you called me here just to wait for the progress bar with you?" Einstein squatted at the highest point of the boundary wall, 2000 meters above the ground, looking at the scattered firelight below.

"I just didn't expect that condensing a divine spark would take so long," Chen Luo said somewhat embarrassedly, squatting on the boundary wall as well.

"Then you should pour more of the river god's power into it. Don't be stingy. What can such a small amount of river god's power do?"

"What do you know? The speed of condensing a divine spark isn't determined by the speed of infusing the river god's power. A five-digit divine spark takes 10 minutes, so will you wait with me for a while? Oh, alright." As soon as Chen Luo finished speaking, a golden, prismatic stone appeared in his hand.

"This is a divine spark. Why does it look a bit like... a Herrscher core?" After Chen Luo handed the divine spark to him, Einstein carefully examined it.

"If the Yae no Miko can carve the divine cherry tree planted on her own land into the shape of a fox, then when I possess the Investiture of the Gods, wouldn't it be reasonable for me to carve the appearance of my divine status into a shape that I am familiar with?"

The fact that the divine essence has become like this is entirely Chen Luo's own opinion, a fact that Chen Luo has never intended to hide.

"And what exactly a deity looks like isn't really important, as long as it's useful. Come, come, sign your name on it." Chen Luo unfurled the scroll in his hand, revealing a large expanse of pristine, unwritten surface on the ornate scroll.

"After signing, I can obtain extremely powerful strength?" Although Einstein's words were full of doubt, in practice, he readily signed his name on the Investiture of the Gods with the brush provided by Chen Luo.

After signing his name, a glimmer of light slowly appeared between Einstein's eyebrows, and then instantly disappeared into the Investiture of the Gods.

Einstein instantly understood the rights and responsibilities bestowed upon him by the Investiture of the Gods after signing his name.

This includes the fact that his life and death were now in Chen Luo's hands.

Chen Luo had already explained this to Einstein, and Einstein didn't mind it at all, since he would have died long ago if it weren't for Chen Luo.

If Chen Luo wanted to force his way in, Einstein would have become Chen Luo's puppet long ago.

After a fragment of Einstein's true spirit entered the Investiture of the Gods, the divine essence that Einstein had been holding tightly suddenly turned into golden liquid and completely entered Einstein's body.

"Divinity and spirituality are different. Simply put, spirituality refers to your life, while divinity represents a portion of your authority and power. You can lose divinity, but you cannot completely lose spirituality," Chen Luo explained from the side.

"Although the Investiture of the Gods itself does not belong to this world, it has been conceived in this world for a long time and has long since taken on the shape of this world, and the definition of gods has also been somewhat affected."

“The power is surging up… but it doesn’t seem to be too earth-shattering.” Einstein frowned.

Einstein had always possessed Chen Luo's World Tree Leaf and had not become Chen Luo's puppet, which gave him the opportunity to enter the Investiture of the Gods. However, because of this, Einstein was unable to acquire knowledge from the group network very smoothly.

Therefore, they are not very clear about their current situation.

"Divinity refers to the blessing of being recognized as a god, which can elevate the power of a race and its armed forces to the highest level. In other words, in addition to some basic powers, divinity is more importantly about enhancing your existing abilities, but because you have no abilities, you are still weak."

"...So, the divine status raises the upper limit of my strength?" Einstein asked.

"That's how it should be, but the Investiture of the Gods is a little different. The Investiture of the Gods conferred titles upon immortals, which differ slightly from the native gods of the Garden of Immortals. So, while this divine title will grant you the ability to strengthen your own abilities, it will also bestow upon you some power of a corresponding level, along with some skills... some abilities that immortals should possess. For example, flying through the clouds, summoning wind and rain, healing the sick and saving lives... After careful meditation, you will be able to use these abilities," Chen Luo reminded him.

"To explain it in the context of a game, it's like you've now become a god, automatically possessing the basic skills of a god, but without your own unique skills. In addition, without being familiar with your basic skills, you might be at a disadvantage when fighting against a demon king of the same level."

"It doesn't matter. After your reminder, I took a look... After becoming a deity, I have quite a few skills, enough for me to use," Einstein said with considerable satisfaction.

How can we not be satisfied?

Just by signing his name and risking his life, he gained power far exceeding that of a Herrscher, and the accompanying skills were incredibly versatile, encompassing attack, defense, support, healing, escape... he had it all.

Besides, Einstein was a researcher; why would he need such a high level of force?

Isn't achieving instant success enough?

"It's a pity that time is a bit tight now. Otherwise, after upgrading your godhood to a four-digit godhood, you would have more god-specific skills, including some of the Thirty-Six Transformations of the Heavenly Gang and the Seventy-Two Transformations of the Earthly Fiends. Such as manipulating creation, reversing yin and yang, shifting stars and changing constellations, etc."

"How long does it take to condense a four-digit divine spark?" Einstein asked, intrigued.

“5位数神格凝聚需要10分钟的时间，升级成4位数神格需要三个5位数神格以及30分钟的融合时间，加起来就是一个小时。不过我现在更倾向于用河神神力制造更多的5位数神格。”陈洛说道。

“That makes sense.” Einstein nodded.

"Then what are these gods listed on the Investiture of the Gods?" Einstein asked, pointing to the various divine titles written on the list.

"These gods need the power of the world to condense their divine essence. The difference between your divine essence and yours is that your divine essence only turns you into a god, with some basic professional skills as a bonus."

"After obtaining the divine status of these righteous gods, they will be promoted to immortals and receive a career gift pack, as well as unique exclusive skills, which is equivalent to an exclusive career change quota."

"Unique skills? For example?"

"For example, lightning strikes. While there are indeed palm lightning and ordinary divine lightning among the basic skills of immortals, there is still a gap compared to the exclusive Thunder God profession."

"Give me one?" Einstein's eyes lit up.

“Okay, but you’ll have to wait. I’ll hang the Investiture of the Gods on the World Tree, and we’ll talk about it when it’s fully charged. But godhood can’t be stacked. If you want to become a true god, you’ll have to return your current godhood to me,” Chen Luo reminded him.

"Is it really that complicated? I feel like this divine status is more like a plug-in."

"It's a plugin to begin with. And a mass-produced plugin at that. So I suggest that while you're mastering the basic divine skills in your divine status, you also acquire some other skills or blessings. With a divine status, you can amplify the effects of these blessings and skills."

"You can buy gifts in the Little Garden, skill books in the Group Network, and items and Soul Crystals for inheritance in the Dimensional Sea. Paradise Coins are the hard currency."

"So you mean... I need to go make money now?"

"Okay. You can go lay bricks now," Chen Luo nodded.

"But I just became a god."

"Then let's move some higher-grade bricks. The Investiture of the Gods doesn't support idle gods."

"...Alright? Tell me, do you need my help?"

"The new world is missing a bricklayer. The kind who can carry a lot of bricks at once."

"No, you really want me to go lay bricks?" Einstein was astonished.

Einstein initially thought Chen Luo was using an adjective, but it turned out to be a verb.

"Of course, you can choose a faster way to make money: grind monsters on planets invaded by the Antimatter Legion, or simply explore the Dimensional Sea. But I suggest you first familiarize yourself with the basic skills of being a god by grinding, otherwise... I don't really want to see you pop out of the Investiture of the Gods again, because that means you've already died once." Chen Luo waved his hand, and the originally unfolded Investiture of the Gods instantly rolled up and landed in Chen Luo's hand.

"Fine, I'll do the bricklaying," Einstein sighed.

Although Einstein wanted to say that he was the famous Einstein, one of the most famous genius scientists of the previous civilization, and you want me to do manual labor?

But considering that I am not good at fighting, I do need to familiarize myself with the skills by doing manual labor.

Five-figure deities possess abilities like turning beans into soldiers, or transforming mud into stone, fossils into mud, or summoning wind and rain—making them quite suitable for manual labor.