687 Approximation (1/2)
The churches of the Monger World naturally regarded their True Gods as their core.
Hess was the Death God and his God Nation was situated in the Netherworld. All souls after death had to go through his screening before being able to ascend into a God Nation or into the depths of the Netherworld. He was perceived as fierce and ferocious. The Church of Death relied on this power, and their influence in the human world was tremendous.
To no avail, he had faced Fang Yuan who had taken along origin power. Even the Sun God was heavily defeated, while the outcome of Hess overestimating his ability was heavy injuries and sinking into a deep slumber.
Most importantly, the appearance of the Nine Tier Purgatory directly changed the terrain of the Netherworld. Contending for souls with the Death God was definitely adding insult to injury in Hess' views.
Thus, in these years, it was said that this Death God was always in deep sleep and had few moments when he woke.
The Gods' injuries were usually very difficult to recuperate from. A God Nation and church that was constantly deteriorating could obviously not provide any assistance.
Despite this, with the foundation of the Church of Death, deteriorating within the mortal world should have been a very slow process. Unfortunately, the previous Pope just had to seek death by releasing the purification order, pretty much offending the majority of the soldiers fighting at the frontlines, thereby incurring endless hatred.
Not to mention, among those hunting down the Deities, it was once again the Church of Death taking up the largest share. Thus, the retaliations that they suffered greatly damaged their vitality.
Adding up all these reasons, in the short span of four years, the Church of Death was unable to keep a foothold in the heart of the continent and had to relocate their headquarters.
However, the location was coincidentally in the direction of the Noether Kingdom.
Numerous thoughts flashed in Fang Yuan's mind, and combined with the general situation of the migration of the central nobles, it instantly made him understand that the relocation of the Church of Death's headquarters had very likely become the pawn of many powers.
Of course, a church possessing a True God could not be handled at one's discretion even if it had deteriorated. Thus, it would not have been forced to relocate, instead moving along with the tides and gaining profits in risk.
”It wants rebirth here?”
A sneer appeared at the corner of Fang Yuan's mouth.
Evidently, those pastors and bishops, and even the True Gods, could not possibly know that the Church of Death once again made a fatal mistake, actually moving their headquarters to under the eyes of Apophis, their enemy and the Master of Nine Tier Purgatory!
”As the baron's marriage will be carried out in the Stan Duchy's capital, I'll go there directly. Also… as my wife is pregnant, she doesn't need to go.”
Fang Yuan made his decision and waved his hand. The people around him knew to retreat.
After waiting for everyone to leave, he slightly concentrated and his stats window appeared:
”Name: Luhn (Fang Yuan)
Hidden God Name: Apophis (Master of the Nine Tier Purgatory)
Essence: 100.0 (200)
Spirit: 100.0 (200)
Magic: 100.0 (200)
Godhood: Death, Slaughter, Evil Demons
Profession: Warrior (Legend), Disaster Knight
Cultivation: Fighting Armor, Disaster Halo (Level 5)
Specialization: Medicine [Level 3], Botany [Level 6] (Maximum), Fiery Golden Eyes [Level 3]”
”This world's Legends are actually Domainers! Equivalent to the Da Qian World's Dream Master, True Elementals, and True Sages. Of course, they're still slightly weaker as they lack authority.”
This portion that they lacked was the Godhood! The specialized domain bestowed by the world!
”Although rules have been set, the advantage is that it can endlessly expand and accommodate believers in the domain, becoming easier to achieve the state of spiritual synchronization, thereby creating great power. This is a True God!”
Compared to the powerful beings of the Da Qian World, the Gods unquestionably had wider power and authority, and could even build their own God Nations. It was similar to the existence of the Heavenly Abode.
”Only… relying on a gift of the world, there will definitely be restrictions. Needless to say, to maintain a large domain requires the believers' power of faith as a supplement. Once it cannot match up to what is consumed, the Gods would descend into a deep slumber or even death.”
Regarding the pros and cons of this world's Gods, Fang Yuan could be said to be extremely well-versed.
It was precisely because of this that he did not overly unearth the godly powers of Apophis.
”Right now, I can only really be considered a slightly special Legend. Only in the Nine Tier Purgatory am I able to recover to the peak of my abilities.”
Of course, blowing Luhn's trumpet was intended to disguise himself, and ability was actually not important.
Anyway, if he dared to challenge the entire world at the moment, he would definitely face being suppressed by all the Gods working together.
After all, unsealing the origin power could only be done once.
At the moment, it had already properly fused with this world. In other words, the entire world's energy was being used to refine it.
”The gathering of divinity also requires a process!”
Fang Yuan raised his palm and a faint dark glow suddenly appeared on top.
”As the Sons of Purgatory inherit the power of Apophis, they control divinity, allowing them to obtain a longer lifespan, unparallel martial arts talent, and astounding control in magical skills and resistance. They even obtain the ability to adapt to a variety of harsh environments and have powerful disguises…”
It could be said that a Deity was a God in reserve.
This temptation could not be resisted even by the Legends of this world.
According to Fang Yuan's intuition, there were already many Legends investigating the powers of divinity, even actively merging with it to obtain the possibility of a breakthrough.
Furthermore, the first Half-God had already been born and was currently eyeing the Godhoods with ambition!