This opening is indeed very much like the slumbering god.

Ignoring their reactions, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm continued her enthusiastic narration.

"Ah Shui slept for a very, very long time. So long that the gods outside had changed several times. Some gods were killed in battle, and some gods lost their divine power and disappeared because no one worshipped them."

"The gods fought each other and eventually split into several factions, established various rules, and finally stabilized."

"At this moment, God finally discovered Ah Shui, who was still fast asleep in the corner."

"They were very curious. Where did this antique come from? They'd never seen anything like it before."

"Moreover, this guy does nothing but sleep, and his divine power is pitifully weak. He is simply a disgrace to the divine realm."

"Thus, Ah Shui became the laughing stock of all the gods in the divine realm. Everyone called him 'Eternal Sleepyhead,' and anyone who passed by his sleeping place liked to make fun of him."

"But Ah Shui didn't care at all, because he was sleeping too soundly to hear anything."

Even if he is occasionally woken up, he will just turn over, change his position, and continue to sleep.

As everyone listened to Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's story, their expressions became somewhat strange.

This path to godhood sounds... so frustrating!

This isn't a powerful god at all; this is clearly just a punching bag in the divine realm!

Tianmeng Ice Silkworm was completely immersed in its own story, its spiritual thoughts flowing endlessly, full of vivid imagery.

"You have no idea how outrageous those gods are!"

"Some gods cultivate fire-based laws, and when they have nothing to do, they throw a small fireball at Ah Shui to see if they can roast him."

"As a result, Ah Shui slept so soundly that a layer of mental energy shield automatically formed on her body, extinguishing the fireball as soon as it got close."

“Some gods cultivated the laws of ice, so they froze Ah Shui into a big block of ice. When they went to check on him the next day, they found that Ah Shui was sleeping even more soundly in the ice block, and was even talking in his sleep, saying something like ‘This natural ice bed is so comfortable.’”

"And there's something even worse! There's a god who's in charge of pranks, and he's always finding new ways to mess with Ah Shui."

“Today we’ll draw a turtle on his face, tomorrow we’ll plant mushrooms on him, and the day after tomorrow we’ll move him to the gate of the Divine Realm Committee as a door pier.”

"But Ah Shui didn't react at all. His life motto was just one word—sleep!"

"As long as the sky doesn't fall, nothing can disturb his sleep!"

Hearing this, Di Tian couldn't help but complain to Gu Yuena via telepathy:

"My lord, this... this can also lead to godhood?"

"A third-level god is still a god, right?"

"If it were me, I would have twisted those guys' heads off and used them as chamber pots!"

Gu Yuena did not respond, but her silver eyes were also filled with confusion.

How could someone who lives a life of passive acceptance and without dignity possibly attain a divine position and become a powerful being?

This completely violates the laws of power.

Ning Liu also felt that the story was a bit far-fetched, but he did not interrupt. He vaguely felt that the key to the story probably lay in the word "sleep".

Tianmeng Ice Silkworm continued:

"And so it went, day after day, year after year."

"The gods of the divine realm are all striving to become stronger. They fight, they comprehend, they expand their power, their divine power grows stronger, and their divine positions become more and more secure."

"And what about Ah Shui? He was still sleeping. But no one noticed that although he didn't actively cultivate, his 'cultivation' never stopped for a moment."

"Other gods need to calm their minds, eliminate distractions, and enter a state of complete absorption in order to comprehend the laws. But what about Ah Shui? He spends all twenty-four hours a day in a state that is even more amazing than 'complete absorption in order'—deep sleep!"

"His soul, in its slumber, achieved a wondrous resonance with the very origin of the universe."

"Other gods pursue 'having,' wanting to have greater power, a higher divine position, and more believers."

"As for Ah Shui, he pursues nothing but 'nothingness.' Without thought, desire, or wants, his soul eventually reached a state close to 'Tao'."

As Tianmeng Bingcan spoke, his tone became somewhat solemn.

"His divine power is indeed not strong. But his spiritual power has unknowingly become more vast than that of any chief god in the divine realm!"

"His soul also became more indestructible than any divine artifact!"

"Because his soul has become completely integrated with the concept of 'sleep'."

"As long as there is one living being in the universe who needs to sleep, he is immortal!"

Upon hearing this, Ning Liu's heart skipped a beat.

He finally understood!

The path of this slumbering god is not the path of power, nor the path of laws, but rather... the path of concepts!

He lived himself into a concept!

What a terrifying, yet incredibly sophisticated, method of cultivation!

This goes beyond Ning Liu's understanding of "god".

Gu Yuena and Di Tian were also stunned.

Although they didn't quite understand the "conceptual way," they understood what was being said.

This guy named Ah Shui, in a way that they couldn't understand at all, trained himself into an ultimate punching bag that was indestructible, unbreakable, and never talked back, and his mental strength was ridiculously strong.

"And...and then what happened?"

Xiao Wu couldn't help but ask further.

Tianmeng Bingcan chuckled, his mind filled with smugness.

"The turning point is coming soon!"

"One day, a great event occurred in the realm of gods!"

"From who knows where, a group of strangely shaped monsters appeared. They have no physical form and specialize in attacking the souls of gods and polluting their spiritual sea. The divine realm calls them 'Void Nightmares'."

"These monsters were incredibly powerful; even the strongest group of gods at the time couldn't defeat them."

"Because they're impossible to kill! If you cleave it in two with one sword, it immediately becomes two, and the more you fight it, the more there are!"

"Soon, the entire realm of gods fell."

"Countless gods have had their spiritual seas invaded by the Void Nightmare, tormented by nightmares all day long, driven mad, their divine power goes berserk, and they begin to attack everything around them indiscriminately."

"The entire divine realm is in complete chaos. The god-kings are overwhelmed with worry, and it seems the divine realm is about to be destroyed."

"Just when all the gods were in despair, a god-king suddenly remembered that eternal sleepyhead who was still fast asleep in the corner—A-Shui."

"They went there with the mindset of trying anything, and all the gods were dumbfounded."

"All that could be seen was that in the entire divine realm, only the small area where Ah Shui slept was clean."

"Countless void nightmares, baring their fangs and claws, surrounded him, but as if they had encountered a natural enemy, they dared not approach within a hundred meters of him!"

"Ah Shui is still sleeping there, drooling and smacking her lips, as if she's having a sweet dream."

"That peaceful sleeping face, and the terrifying scene of demons dancing wildly around it, created an extremely eerie yet incredibly harmonious picture."