After reviewing a large number of ancient books left by Sun Wukong, Xu Milu came to the following conclusion:
The West is theistic, where the power of God comes from the divine personality, which in turn comes from blood relations. Anyone can become a god as long as they possess the divine personality; one could say that the divine personality comes first, and then the divine position.
However, the Eastern tradition holds that the Heavenly Court, representing the Way of Heaven, bestows divine titles upon cultivators, granting them divine positions related to certain duties. Then, in the process of cultivation and performing these duties, cultivators gradually develop their divine nature. In other words, divine positions are conferred first, and only then does one acquire divine nature.
Because a divine position only requires recognition from the Heavenly Court, in the Journey to the West universe, "immortals" are everywhere, but there are not as many "gods" in the true sense as one might imagine.
To put it bluntly, the divine positions are actually the Heavenly Dao of each world, which divides and splits its authority into countless smaller powers. Those beings recognized by the Heavenly Dao of all living beings can obtain divine positions.
Logically speaking, Xu Milu could take two paths. The first method was the one Lavinia had used before: killing a god to obtain divine status. The second method was to accept the Heavenly Court's offer, become a minor immortal, and then gradually strive upwards.
The first path is too difficult; Xu Milu would never undertake such a challenging task as slaying a god just for a divine spark.
Although the second path is a great road to heaven, Xu Milu does not intend to be restrained by the Heavenly Court in the future. Didn't you see that even Erlang Shen, who is "obeying orders but not summons", has to obey orders?
Therefore, she plans to choose the third path:
While searching for the divine status of fallen gods in other planes, they also collected incense offerings and prayers. Quantitative changes led to qualitative changes, allowing them to bypass the divine appointments in the Journey to the West plane and open up new territories and divine positions.
There are some considerations involved:
The Earth's deities are dead, and the authorities seem to have no intention of initiating a spiritual energy revival. The post-apocalyptic world is devoid of spiritual energy, making it impossible for deities to survive. The Gourmet World is vast, yet almost everyone worships the God of Food, making it extremely difficult to attain divine status…
Needless to say, in the Wandering Earth universe, it would be much easier to get them to believe in Transformers than in the Phoenix God.
The current magical plane is simply the perfect testing ground.
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[So that's why the host has been intentionally or unintentionally reinforcing the image of the "Phoenix" in various dimensions? The "Phoenix" logo of Redgrass Technology on Earth, the phoenix sculpture on the nameless island in the Gourmet Dimension, the Earthlings who entered the Gourmet Dimension using lotus root bodies, the fully automated plantation in the Wandering Earth Dimension—are these all your experiments?]
Xiaoqi seemed startled, typing out these characters bit by bit:
[Host, you already had the idea of becoming a god long before you met Lavinia, didn't you?]
Even the system that was with Xu Milu day and night never doubted her motives.
Perhaps they had doubts, but those were overshadowed by her carefree attitude and her wildly imaginative ideas.
Lavinia is wrong about one thing: Xu Milu is not becoming Ars, she is practically born Ars.
With the ambition of demons combined with human wisdom, she might become the most terrifying and powerful Ars in the galaxy.
"No."
Xu Milu finished the last bite of the flatbread, licking away the sesame seeds that had fallen from the corner of her lips. Her eyes shimmered with a golden light, as if a rising sun was slowly ascending in her pupils.
“I am different from them, and I will never be different.”
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