"Huh... the process of eroding the faith in God seems to be more troublesome than I imagined."
"But, don't tell me."
"It feels great to play the role of a charlatan in front of the world."
"Also, is this the so-called power of faith?"
Xia let out a long sigh of relief.
Through the illusory spiritual world, he could feel that there were wisps of invisible and intangible, yet extremely pure, invisible power that was sensed and perceived by himself through the connection with the spiritual world.
These strands of invisible power are actually very small in volume, but the quality of each unit is extremely high. Moreover, unlike the usual use of extraordinary materials or refining of free magic power in the air, which requires meditation to transform external power into one's own power, it is extremely compatible with oneself.
Char had come into contact with the power of faith before. The holy object made from the skull of the Flame Giant King stored a huge amount of the power of faith that the Lord of Ashes obtained from the Ash Cult.
But that was the power of faith belonging to the Lord of Ashes, while the power of faith that Char felt before him belonged entirely to Char himself, pure and without any impurities.
...
...
He had a hunch that he only needed a thought to absorb these powers effortlessly.
Although due to the number of believers, the power of faith that Char can sense now is very small, but with his current status, if he really wants to spread his faith, it is not a difficult task.
The Empire, the White Tower... these are all areas where Char himself has great influence.
If Char really let go and did it, he could single-handedly build a new church that could compete with the Holy Kingdom.
By then, the speed at which Char increases his power will far surpass any existing god...
"It's really... a step to heaven."
"No need to meditate day and night, nor to hone oneself in battle after battle—"
“Not to mention being stuck in front of the chasm of advancement, watching the limit of lifespan approaching little by little, and having to look for that glimmer of opportunity to break through in the desperate situation between life and death.”
"You don't have to do anything, and you can regularly harvest the power of faith from believers. One year can be equivalent to dozens or even hundreds of years of hard practice in the past."
Char murmured quietly to himself.
“No wonder those gods can’t stop once they come into contact with the power of faith. Even if they have to hide in the astral plane to save their lives, they still can’t bear to give up their believers and foundations in the main material plane.”
"Even if the cult is destroyed time and time again, it will continue to tirelessly bring down holy relics and power."
"This kind of lying down training method that can improve one's status just by breathing, I would also be tempted."
"but--"
He paused slightly in his monologue and smiled silently.
"Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it..."
"I'm a suspicious person. After living for so many years, the only people I can truly trust are Xiao Ai and the others."
"How can I entrust the source of my power to a group of strangers like this?"
Xia gently stretched out his hand and made a light clench.
In the spiritual world, the faint power of faith also dissipated and turned into nothingness.
And Char also withdrew his distracted attention.
He reinvested his spirit, using the spiritual world as a medium, into the main material plane, in a corner of the western continent, a small kingdom called Lortala.
Or to be more precise, it was the little girl named Rosa.
Rosa herself thought that she had accidentally triggered some kind of restriction, and thus had a glimpse of some secrets of the Glorious Age before the Cataclysm, and even before the Glorious Age, before the birth of the gods.
Little did she know that Char had actually gone to great lengths to select her as his agent for his plans in the Western Continent.
"Although she was born in a humble family, she was able to not follow the crowd's ideas, but was still curious about the world and questioned the Mother Goddess of Fertility, who symbolized authority."
"It's not easy to find such people in the so-called kingdoms ruled by gods."
Xia's mental power moved slightly.
However, choosing Rosa is only the first step.
The biggest difficulty actually comes after this.
That is - to find a way to deceive the perception of the god of abundance in the star realm towards the Western Continent, so that he would not be aware of what Char did in his kingdom of God on the Western Continent.
"So—"
"Is this all the tactical converters?"
"Or is it that he deceives the emperor and the people?"
Xia couldn't help but smile.
The next moment, his spiritual body rapidly expanded in the spiritual world.
A vague gray mist silently covered the entire spiritual world.
The gray fog seemed invisible and intangible, and did not seem to have any effect on the things in the spiritual world. It also did not arouse the subconscious vigilance of any powerful mythical creatures in the spiritual world.
However, when certain information flows through the subconscious ocean of the spiritual world, it is contaminated by the gray fog.
Then, silently, it was disguised and tampered with into another appearance.
…
Western Continent, Loltala Kingdom.
The abnormality that occurred in Rosa's family soon caused an uproar in the surrounding area.
This remote border town was originally small in population, and it was hard to hide the truth. In addition, Rosa herself was secretly fanning the flames.
Before long, the God-given item called "Jin Ke La", as well as its formula and production method, spread rapidly like the tide.
There was no Internet in this era. Due to the poverty of the Kingdom of Loltala, even the spread of letters was greatly restricted. The most common way of spreading information was word of mouth.
but--
As the saying goes, food is the first necessity of the people.
In this kingdom that has been plagued by poverty and famine for a long time, everyone has a yearning for abundance and harvest in their hearts.
This was the result of the joint efforts of the Cult of Plenty, the upper nobility of the kingdom, and the royal family.
In a truly prosperous kingdom, when all the people no longer have to worry about food and clothing, they will pursue higher-level spiritual needs, and their faith will naturally fall on the god of music, the god of drama, etc.
Only in a country that has been poor and plagued by famine for many years will the people there focus all their attention on praying for a good harvest, and their belief in abundance will naturally be more devout.
However, their calculations now provided a breeding ground for Rosa's actions.
After all, there is no farmer in the Kingdom of Lortala who doesn't want to make his land more fertile and harvest more.
One person tells ten people, ten people tell a hundred people.
soon--
"God's Favored One"
"The recipient of the greatest revelation"
"The Man Who Performs Miracles"
So many titles were quickly given to Rosa, a little peasant girl from the countryside.
Rosa did not deny this title.
She really believed that she had received divine revelation and became a so-called person favored by God.
only--
The giver of favor and favour is not the Mother Goddess of Fertility as imagined by the world.
Rather, it is the great being who is far more noble than the Mother of Fertility...the one who opened up everything and defined the concept of fertility itself.
But Rosa is not stupid.
The great existence that defines abundance must be a great secret and taboo of the old era. The fact that no stories or names about Him have ever been circulated before is irrefutable evidence of this.
If he rashly announced its name, it would inevitably arouse the vigilance of the Cult of Plenty, which now controls the Kingdom of Loltala.
That’s why——
Rosa used her identity as a person favored by God to spread such miracles in the kingdom.
On the one hand, he slowly selected trustworthy confidants from among his followers, and then spread the name of the great being who created abundance.
No matter from which angle you look at it, what she did was no different from what the Cult of the Abundance calls "heresy."
However, Rosa remained steadfast in her belief.
Just as the great being with black hair and black eyes said, the definition of the word "abundance" has been misinterpreted by the Mother Goddess.
What she has to do is to correct the mistakes of the past.
Then, reveal the truth of the old days to the world.
…
A year passed.
Rosa once again stood in front of the Church of Plenty.
However, it was different from the poor and cautious appearance when I came here a year ago.
Now, behind Rosa, there are many believers following her.
Among them are the most ordinary farmers, as well as extraordinary people who have entered the extraordinary realm, and even some minor nobles.
The extraordinary people and the nobles are indeed the upper class of this kingdom, but not all of them choose to join the community of interests between the Order of Plenty and the royal family.
Among them, there are also people with lofty ideals who want to change the impoverished status quo of the Kingdom of Lolthala. However, the situation jointly created by the Cult of Plenty and the royal family has plunged this once rich kingdom into an inescapable quagmire, leaving them powerless.
But at this moment, they saw hope in Rosa.
Make your hometown prosperous, so that the people can be free from the suffering of famine and live a life with enough food and clothing.
"Rosa's favor."
Inside the Church of the Abundant, an old man wearing a red bishop's robe with wheat ears and laurel leaves embroidered on his chest looked at Rosa, who was still wearing a plain robe and looked not very tall and even a little thin.
There was a hint of vigilance in those old eyes.
"In the past, every time Mother Earth bestowed divine favor and revelation upon us, the Apostles of Fertility, we would also receive vague prophecies and revelations. With these as clues, we will search for the newly awakened divine favored ones."
"But this time, we didn't get any revelation about Rosa's favor to you."
The cardinal of the Order of Plenty turned sideways and glanced at Rosa's followers outside the church. The vigilance in his eyes became even more serious.
"From an emotional point of view, I would like to believe that you, Rosa, have indeed been blessed by Mother Earth."
"However, my duty as an Apostle of Plenty requires me to verify your identity once more."
He looked at the thin Rosa in front of him and spoke slowly.
“The biggest difference between those favored by God and ordinary believers is that as people favored by God, they can receive God’s revelation through prayer.”
“So, I hope that Goddess Rosa will bless you to join me in praying for the new revelation in front of the statue of the Mother Goddess.”
The new teachings that Rosa spread among her followers—
Including the great being who created the Mother Goddess of Fertility and defined the concept of fertility itself.
The Cult of Plenty has also been aware of this news.
After all, Rosa's goal is to reveal the taboos and truths hidden in the past... and in order to achieve this goal, as such past secrets and taboos spread, they will sooner or later be known by the Order of Plenty, it is just a matter of time.
After learning the news, the top leaders of the Order of Plenty also became alert.
After all, the teachings given by the Mother of Plenty never mentioned a greater being who defined fertility and even created the Mother Goddess.
but--
At this moment, Rosa's followers are increasing, and she has accumulated great reputation among the people for spreading the gospel.
However, the Order of the Abundant Harvest could no longer solve the problem through violence or assassination as they had initially imagined.
In this era, people are ignorant, but also wise.
They will be coerced by the nobility and the royal family to believe in the so-called Mother of Fertility.
But compared to those so-called priests and bishops who usually act high and mighty, claiming to have received divine revelation and abundant blessings, but have never bestowed even the slightest actual favor on the people...
The people, however, are more willing to believe and follow Rosa, who has brought them real benefits and a good harvest.
Even the Order of the Abundance has never actually confirmed Rosa's identity as a favored one.
To this day, all the top leaders of the Order of Plenty can do is seek help from the Mother Goddess.
He hoped to use the revelation of the Mother Goddess to completely deny the legitimacy of Rosa as a person favored by God.
"You certainly won't get any revelations about me."
"Because the teachings you have received and everything you have done in this country have been wrong from the beginning."
Rosa stared directly at the majestic cardinal in front of her, without any fear in her eyes.
If the initial decision to promote the God-given item called "Jin Ke La" was simply out of a good desire to ensure that neighbors and fellow villagers could have enough food to eat.
At this moment, when Rosa gathered followers one after another behind her, and with their own hands, they freed countless people of the kingdom from poverty and famine, led them to a life of plenty, and saw the dawn of the future.
Those countless expectations have turned into the weight of the fate of an entire country, and are entrusted to Rosa's delicate shoulders.
This responsibility and pressure is enough to crush a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl, but in Rosa's eyes, this is also the driving force that drives her forward, allowing her to go from a farm girl to where she is today within a year, becoming a leader who leads countless people forward.
“Since the past was wrong, it needs to be corrected.”
"As for prayers and revelations, please verify them at your will, Your Majesty."
"From the beginning to the end, we have been on the right track."
Rosa spoke these firm words in front of the statue of the Mother Goddess of Fertility.
She closed her eyes slightly and began to pray devoutly.
"You are the autumn wind of the harvest moon, and you are also the embodiment of universal love."
“Please show me the way and lead me to the source of your abundance.”
"That indescribable great being whom you admire and respect."
After the prayer was spoken, Rosa closed her eyes and waited, feeling a little uneasy.
She was not sure whether the revelation she saw last time was a random act of that great being, and perhaps she did not receive his favor.
The next moment.
Just as Rosa had felt a year ago.
The warm and soft light enveloped her gently.
It's not just Rosa.
Even the cardinal who was praying devoutly to the silver statue of the Mother Goddess felt the brilliant scene before him.
Has the Mother Goddess finally answered my prayers?
The cardinal couldn't help but feel delighted.
During these days, the high-ranking members of the cult and other followers of God have also tried to pray to the Mother Goddess.
But without exception, the revelations they prayed for did not receive a response from the Mother Goddess.
This also made the ruling class of the Kingdom of Loltala somewhat shaken, and they began to doubt whether the Mother Goddess had abandoned them.
And at this moment, my sincere prayers finally paid off. Mother God has not abandoned us!
In this case, Rosa, the heretic who deceived the believers, must also face the divine punishment of the Ten Thousand Hosts.
Such a thought just arose.
The next moment, the cardinal's spirit was shaken violently.
The scene before my eyes gradually changed from illusion to clarity and reality.
This is a dark world.
There are no stars or moon, and there is no distinction between front, back, left, or right, and no way to tell north, south, east, or west.
It even seems that even the flow of time has become extremely slow here.
And in that almost frozen time, there was a young man with black hair and black eyes standing in this dark world.
He looked down at the lonely and dark world before him, and suddenly stretched out his finger gently.
“Let there be light.”
Those softly whispered words seemed like the spirit that could rewrite the laws of the world.
The next moment, the entire dark world suddenly lit up with brilliant light.
The darkness was dispelled by the light, revealing the sparkling sea below.
"The boundary between water and land should be clearly defined, so that from now on the land and the ocean will be clearly distinguished."
Another voice was heard.
Immediately afterwards, the ocean roared and surged, gathering into one place.
Then the tide receded and land appeared.
"There should be sun, moon and stars in the sky to mark the rotation of day and night."
…
When Rosa and the cardinal returned to reality from that miracle, they felt dizzy.
At this moment, she finally understood what kind of existence the black-haired boy was who created the concept of abundance itself.
The creator of the Glorious Era?
With Rosa's current status, she is also qualified to read ancient books and learn some of the more secret history of the past.
But then, she denied this idea herself.
The creator of the glorious era, who calls himself the sun god.
However, how could the great existence, whose tip he had glimpsed, be described by a mere title of "Sun God"?
Light and darkness, sky, earth and sea, and even all the stars.
All of this was clearly created by Him personally.
And it’s far more than that—
Rosa stroked her forehead.
She felt that her mind was the same as when she had learned the great thing called "Jin Ke La".
A lot of new knowledge was also engraved into it and remembered by myself.
“Through hybridization and selective breeding…the excellent traits of different plants are combined.”
“Then, create new varieties that have higher yields and are more resistant to pests, extreme cold and extreme heat.”
The light in Rosa's eyes gradually brightened.
Those historical secrets are shocking, but they are ultimately just the past.
This knowledge surprised Rosa even more.
If you say——
The previous God-given item called "Jin Ke La" could only help some residents in the kingdom survive the famine, but could not truly change the current situation of the kingdom.
So, the knowledge she has gained at this moment.
But it is the key that can truly make the Kingdom of Lortala prosperous and free from the suffering of famine forever.
…
Three years later.
The Kingdom of Loltara, the royal capital.
The main building of the Cathedral of Plenty.
In the square below the cathedral, the cheers of thousands of people were like a tsunami.
Rosa looked at the scepter and crown handed to her by the former Grand Pope of the Order of the Abundance, which symbolized the Pope of the order, but she did not take them.
"I don't need these things."
She spoke expressionlessly.
Then, Rosa turned to the square below which was now bustling with people.
Looking at the people whose faces were rosy, no longer as haggard as before, and whose eyes were filled with life.
Rosa's face finally revealed a hint of a cute smile that was not in line with her current position as the leader of the Church of Plenty, but was in line with her identity as a girl under twenty years old.
"I think that with the official completion of hybrid rice cultivation."
"Famine and poverty, these two words, from today on -"
"It will be completely erased from the kingdom's dictionary."
She turned slightly sideways.
Behind Rosa is the gorgeous silver statue of the Mother Goddess of Fertility, dignified and elegant.
But, behind the statue of the Mother Goddess of Fertility.
At this moment, a brand new statue stands tall.
Taller and more magnificent.
He was a young man with black hair and black eyes. His pupils were deep, like a quiet ancient spring.
Looking at the statue of the black-haired boy.
"The origin of abundance, the father of the gods, the master of the pantheon..."
"King of the sky, Emperor of the sea, divider of light and darkness, shepherd of the stars..."
Rosa opened her mouth gently.
Then, he uttered a sincere prayer.
"You are one, and you are ten thousand."
"It is a moment, and also eternity."
“He is the creator and the master.”
"I will make your ways known on earth, as in your kingdom."
…
Astral world.
An extremely prosperous palace hanging high at the end of the sky.
"A pure-blooded high-level gold elf."
"Is it the remnant of the Elf King's Court from the Glorious Age?"
"Such a big commotion broke out more than 500 years ago, but I didn't expect that there are still remnants of the royal court today."
A pleasant whisper slowly sounded from above the rich and luxurious throne.
This is a plump and beautiful woman, with wheat ears growing under her feet, springs surrounding her body, wearing a laurel wreath woven from laurel leaves, and a flowing dress with all kinds of flowers inserted in it.
Fertility goddess, mother earth.
As a god born in the Glorious Age, she was also one of the first gods to regain her sanity and begin planning for the next era among the many mythological creatures that had fallen into half-madness after the Cataclysm.
The fact that she is now in the same posture as a human being is irrefutable proof.
The original race of the Mother Goddess of Fertility is not human... However, the mythological era of magic wolves, giants, elves and ancient dragons has faded away.
After the Age of Gods disappeared, the rise of humanity was inevitable.
The years that follow will belong to the human race. They will become the new masters of the Western Continent, just as the phoenixes, griffins, giants and ancient dragons once did.
This is the trend of history and cannot be reversed.
The Mother Goddess of Fertility was keenly aware of this historical trend, so she planted her chess pieces in the human kingdom early on and even adjusted her posture to be closer to humans.
As the Mother Goddess of Fertility, she naturally also received Hathaway's broadcast to the entire star realm before this.
"Magic, and the arcane."
"Besides the Long Stairway to Godhood, there is a second way..."
"This is a complete denial of our path as gods, a declaration of war to completely become our enemy."
"It seems that this war is inevitable."
The fertility goddess's delicate brows furrowed slightly.
Unlike the mythical creatures, some of the old stubborn people whose thinking is still stuck in the glory of that glorious era.
Plenty does not mind the rise of the human race.
Since the Age of Gods is receding and the rise of humanity is inevitable, it would not be a bad idea for me to withdraw from the stage of the main material plane and hide behind the scenes.
Anyway, as long as her believers exist, the stronger and more prosperous the human race becomes, the more rewards she can get from it, and the rewards will be endless.
She was very clear that what she had accumulated now was still insufficient to compete for the throne of heaven in this era.
She will lie dormant for a long time, constantly accumulating strength through her believers, and wait until the course of future history changes again and the era ends. That will be her chance, and there is no need to rush.
However, the high elf named Hathaway, the black tower she was going to build, and the wizards and magic were different.
That is a fundamental denial of the gods, and a denial of oneself who has set foot on the long steps to become a god.
Moreover, the potential shown by the other party should not be underestimated.
He was clearly just a powerful newcomer after the catastrophe, but he was able to reach a level comparable to himself in such a short time.
It even contained the "Silver Fire" that had never been found in the depths of the astral world.
And there was the human named Char Eggot, whose name was spread by Hathaway.
The goddess of abundance's mind grew colder by the second.
She stretched out her white fingers, and a bit of light golden divine power emerged, condensing into an illusory picture.
He was a young man with black hair and black eyes. His eyes were so deep that it seemed as if there were stars and the sea hidden in them.
According to the golden elf, he is the real founder of the Black Tower.
It is also the source of the so-called magic and arcane.
According to the information Fengzao has—
This human being is suspected to be related to the great change that caused him to fall into the abyss five hundred years ago.
"The master of the Holy Lance."
"It even seems to have inherited a portion of the legacy of the Creator of the Glorious Era."
"Not only that, he is a pure-blooded human."
"And if I remember correctly, that lucky snake seems to have disappeared for a long time... If that snake actually followed him..."
The goddess of abundance stared at the illusory scene, her eyes growing colder by the second.
"The darling of the times."
"The protagonist of the new era chosen by fate?"
The potential shown by the other party is really terrifying.
And most importantly, the magic created by the other party fundamentally denies the legitimacy of the gods.
This alone meant that there would not be even the slightest room for maneuver between him and the mythical creature.
This is a major concern for the gods.
In this case, we must take advantage of the moment when he has not yet fully grown up, join hands with other gods, and completely wipe him out at all costs...
etc--
Obliterate?
The rich thoughts suddenly paused...
"How could I have such violent thoughts about him?"
"This is so disrespectful and so evil."
"How can I hurt him? How can I be qualified to hurt him? How dare I hurt him?"
"Even if you just have the thought of blaspheming him, it is a great crime, and it can only be repaid by death."
The Goddess of Fertility just stared silently at the young man with black hair and black eyes in the illusory picture.
For some reason, that fair and flawless skin was now slightly flushed and covered with beads of sweat.
The Mother Goddess of Plenty felt her soul suddenly tremble, causing her to involuntarily stretch out her fair and soft fingers...
Then, he slowly stroked the face of the black-haired and black-eyed boy in the light curtain.
miss.
Yearning.
respect.
Also, there are the inexplicable emotions that evolved from admiration and attachment.
These mundane emotions, which should have been completely abandoned by the Mother Goddess of Fertility several epochs ago, emerged from the depths of her mind without any warning.
Then, in the heart of God which was originally calm and unchanging.
**Ripples appeared in circles.
On the face of the goddess of abundance, the originally dignified and holy expression could no longer be maintained.
There was an irrepressible wavering look in those soft eyes.
Thoughts of admiration and attachment turned into a surging tide, and the feeling of guilt washed over her entire spiritual world, almost completely engulfing the Heart of the Mother Goddess of Fertility, making it difficult for her to even think normally.
"It was just a mere human—"
"It is an existence destined to be an enemy of us gods. It is a serious threat that must be eliminated rationally."
“I am…”
"Is it broken?"
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