Chapter 264 Why Faith in God Cannot Lead to Great Divine Power
Daglas once even conspired to believe that Her Majesty Yggdrasil, the goddess of life and spirits and the mother of all gods, deliberately held back a secret when teaching the gods.
Daglas shared his question with Miguel, who praised Daglas for daring to question. By examining the memories of the Lord of Light, Miguel ultimately concluded that there were two reasons why it was difficult for those who believed in the gods to attain great divine power.
Firstly, faith in gods is both a blessing and a curse, built upon the power of faith. Everything about faith in gods is forged by the power of faith, which inevitably leads to the soul of a believer being tainted by this power.
As we all know, faith is poisonous. No matter how cleanly the gods are removed, the power of faith still retains some poison. The remnants of faith power on the soul lead to the impurity of the souls of the gods. To break through to the level of great divine power, one needs a pure soul, because only a pure soul can be in harmony with the laws.
Although the Law Gods, also known as the Ancient Gods, also utilize the power of faith, they did not become gods through faith. The difference between having the power of faith and not having it is not significant, so not many Ancient Gods care about the power of faith.
In addition, the ancient gods are more resistant to the power of faith. For example, the Dark Lord's divine power comes from all kinds of negative energy in the world. The impurities contained in the power of faith are nutrients for him. As long as he does not absorb negative energy beyond his own limits, these negative energies will not have any effect on the Dark Lord.
Other Law Gods are not as resistant to the poison of faith as the Dark Lord. However, as long as they do not overuse the power of faith in their daily lives, the poison of faith will not have any impact on the purity of the Law God's soul.
Secondly, the divine kingdom is of great significance to those who believe in the god. They become gods through faith, and their understanding of the laws is inherently inferior to that of the law gods. This means that those who believe in the god cannot fully grasp the laws contained within their divine status. This inability to fully grasp their own divine status also leads to the divine status exerting great pressure on the soul of those who believe in the god.
Besides, the gods of faith are born from faith. Even if they are eliminated through both divine status and divine fire, the remaining poison of faith will still taint their souls. Although the gods of faith have a certain resistance to the poison of faith, their resistance is really negligible.
At the same time, one can eliminate the poison of faith by fulfilling vows. However, fulfilling vows is really unreliable. Few gods are willing to work themselves to death to fulfill the wishes of believers. After all, the majesty of gods does not allow them to grant every request. Moreover, granting every request would weaken the believer's awe of the god and lower the level of faith, which would be fatal to faith in gods.
However, when the poison of faith accumulates to a certain extent, the god of faith can no longer withstand more of this poison. At this point, if there is any more poison of faith, the god of faith is very likely to gradually become the god of faith in the eyes of believers, and some may even become deformed.
Yggdrasil, revered as the mother of faith by the gods of faith, could not abandon the gods she had raised. After numerous experiments and discussions with the gods of faith, the mother of faith, Yggdrasil, the god of life and spirits, finally found a solution: to use her divine kingdom to bear the poison of faith.
A god's capacity to bear the poison of faith is limited, but a world's capacity to bear the poison of faith far exceeds that of a god. Not to mention that a world can also purify a portion of the poison of faith each year. Therefore, unless the level of a divine kingdom is far lower than that of a god, the poison of faith could never exceed the divine kingdom's capacity.
After confirming the treatment method, the gods of faith merged the original vessel of the poison of faith, which was also the vessel of the power of faith, with the divine realm.
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