Devil's Bible

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With a few exceptions, these self-centered individuals generally do not develop a concept of faith.

But do demons not have faith?

“That’s not the case!” Nemus plunged deep into his own sea of ​​faith.

After becoming the only god representing change in the possibilities of this world, Nemus gained more and more faith every moment.

However, there are not many people who actually proclaim the god of fiction.

Nems' own faith has not expanded that quickly.

"Change is the key!" Nems grasped the essence.

The moment people become aware of change, a subtle flow of faith emerges.

This is a fixed belief arising from the understanding of things themselves.

"Just as I expected, some changes in the abyss can also cause demons to develop faith."

"Of course, it's not that humans in the material plane are incapable, but rather... faith is exclusive."

"Just like saving a life, if you are saved normally, you will thank the person who saved you."

"But believers are different; they will thank their God for sending people to save them."

Therefore, while both involve spreading change, the demons in the abyss, who have no faith, focus on the change itself.

Believers of other gods in the material plane, however, would be grateful for the changes brought about by God.

The former's faith may shift to Nemes due to changes, while the latter's faith, with the exception of a small portion, will mostly be directed towards his god.

This is also the exclusiveness of faith.

"So I have to bring some shocking changes to the Abyss..." After realizing this, Nemus immediately contacted the will of the Abyss.

After transmitting some information, the will of the abyss immediately allowed Nemus to control it.

In any case, it's enough that Nemus is still the Demon Prince.

Anyway, there are countless demons in the bottomless abyss, one generation after another. Even if they all die, it won't cause too much of a problem.

Not to mention, right now Nemus just wants to create some changes to speed up the collection of faith.

"Besides that, there are other emotions." Among the Seven Gods Alliance, there is a relatively special pantheon—the Fury Pantheon.

This pantheon does not tend to develop beliefs such as reverence, and has relatively few followers.

They harvest faith with disaster and fear.

Nemus had previously killed those Discipline Saints in an experiment of this.

With endless fiction and variation, they manipulate those people at will.

This causes them to undergo terrifying changes, to perceive everything as an illusion, leading to mental madness and plunging them into ultimate fear.

As it turns out, it was quite effective.

The few dead saints are one thing, but those few promising talents that Nemste had deliberately kept alive are still contributing 'Fear Faith' in an endless stream.

Overwhelmed by the fear of change, they became a machine for producing faith.

In terms of efficiency, they are slightly more efficient than devout believers.

But because they are so terrified, they are prone to sudden suicide at certain times, or to complete mental breakdown and brain death.

The scrap rate is relatively high.

When a real thing frightens you, your mind will be consumed by fear.

At this point, fear can actually suppress the exclusivity of faith.

"So-called faith is essentially the importance of this thing in a person's heart."

"The greater the importance, the more faith will be generated."

“Attracting his attention with special phenomena is one method, making him believe in you is another method, and making him fear you is yet another method.”

Nems' understanding of faith became increasingly clear at this moment.

They gradually gave up on pursuing the path of the Fury pantheon.

The essence of the Fury pantheon is actually that of evil gods.

For example, the God of Storms. Some people are so terrified of him that they are scared half to death by even the slightest breeze and then kneel down to pray.

By adopting the demeanor of an evil god and transforming one's own divinity into a terrifying image to bind oneself to, and frantically intimidating those people, one can indeed gain faith in a short period of time.

Can……

“This kind of faith would be ‘pure’.” Nemes extracted a certain amount of the three faiths.

One type is a 'fictional faith' specifically targeting Nemes, which is mixed with too much personality cult.

It is extremely easy to convert it into divine power, and Nemus has a very high degree of control over it.

The second type is the fear belief acquired earlier, which is simply a fear of a certain thing.

The content is even less impressive than those personality cults.

The transformation into divine power and the degree of control are both quite good.

The third type of belief is the belief in the perception of change.

Transforming this kind of faith into divine power is the most difficult thing.

Because it contains too much of the thoughts and understanding of others, it needs to be burned and refined with "divine fire," and it takes a certain amount of time to transform it.

However, as their numbers increase, their divinity is slightly enhanced.

However, the degree of control is also low, requiring a certain amount of mental effort to unify and control it, and if the divinity is insufficient, there is also the risk of backlash.

"This path is the least efficient, but has the highest potential!"

"Taking the long way is the shortcut!"

Chapter 828 The Path of the Ancient Gods

"Divinity" is a characteristic.

It is described as your mind being able to carry a broader range of knowledge.

It may sound vague, but in essence, this characteristic is very powerful.

He strengthened the power of the divine thought, greatly enhancing its resilience, strength, and versatility.

Otherwise, most of them would be born as gods, but because of this advantage, they would give up on progress and become old-fashioned 'weak gods'. They would probably have lost themselves over a long period of time and given up thinking in the astral plane.

For deities who lack faith and perseverance, the long period of time is also a torment.

However, these deities did not develop 'mental problems' under such torment.

It is because of their 'divinity' that their thoughts are strengthened, allowing them to exist for hundreds of millions of years without 'despair', even if they are of bad character and weak will.

However, it would be a grave mistake to think that "divinity" is merely a protective characteristic of the mind.

This characteristic is the true limit of a deity.

Thought is the center and core of all life and self.

"At this point, our understanding of the world seems to have reached its limit, but the so-called limit is not the end."

"When the divine fire burns in one's understanding and faith, it gradually broadens the foundation of divinity, thereby raising the limits of one's understanding."

“God of Discipline, I thank you!” Nemus exclaimed.

The God of Commandments went astray; in order to seize the divine status of transformation, he clung to the belief that the Commandments were right.

In his choice of faith, he also preferred the first type: pure personality cult.

Therefore, he unknowingly formed a 'dam of faith'.

On the other side of this dam, too much 'cognitive belief' has accumulated.

Many of these beliefs and perceptions about change do not conform to the 'precepts'.

The God of Discipline handled this part of the understanding extremely crudely.

This was an inevitable choice for him to strictly adhere to the precepts.

And with Nemus replacing the God of Discipline as the new God of Change.

Although that part of the cognition and faith has been transformed into divine power by the God of Discipline, that part of the cognition seems restless due to the effect of the faith dam.

Its presence was so strong that it made Nemus a god, and after he began to pay attention to faith, he immediately noticed this part of 'cognitive faith'.

This is also because Nemus was the first being to rise from 'mortal' to become a god.

His personal beliefs are far less important than his 'cognitive beliefs'.

Other deities are different...

“When most gods are born, our understanding of them is still limited, and there will only be more ignorant worship.”

"From the very beginning, most people will have more faith in the worship of the divine than faith in the knowledge of the divine."

"And faith is exclusive..."

Sometimes Nems really lamented that faith is both successful and detrimental because of its exclusivity.

Therefore, most deities only regard cognitive faith as a supplement.

"Perhaps when the gods reach their limit, they will gradually turn to cognitive faith."

"But the emergence of deflection changed everything."

Whether by luck or simply by chance, Nemes discovered the shortcut of cognitive faith.

They were certain that this was the 'Path to the Limits of Divinity,' a path that no other deity had ever discovered.

"Perhaps this is the right path, one that is no longer correct," Nemus thought to himself.

Based on the information he has gathered so far, he can roughly conclude that cognitive faith, after being burned by divine fire, will be divided into three things.

Divine power, divinity, and impurities.

Those impurities are people's incorrect or abnormal perceptions of these things.

Because the God of Discipline strictly adheres to the precepts, most of these perceptions are not fully ignited and are discarded as impurities by the God of Discipline to the other side of the 'dam'.

However, compared to Nemes, these impurities are not entirely impurities.

“It’s just exceptionally dangerous, and I could easily be corrupted by distracting thoughts.” Nemes believes this is the right path, but that doesn’t mean it’s safe.

“When divinity accumulates to a certain level and surpasses its limits, I have a premonition that the gods will undergo some changes…”

Nems's thoughts changed, and it was at this time that some information, along with his cognition, interacted with Nems.

"The path of the ancient gods?" After immersing himself in this information, Nemus understood the crux of the matter.

The path of the ancient gods is a powerful path, yet one that has been abandoned.

Normally, deflection force is an abnormal path, and it shouldn't even exist.

Once a deity reaches the level of powerful divine power, the only way to advance further is through the path of the ancient gods.

In other words, it involves enhancing divinity and strengthening cognition. Once one reaches the limit, one will gradually grasp the rules of the world itself.

Resonating with the numbers, one no longer seeks divine power, which can be directly obtained from the rules of the world.

Inexhaustible.

And this kind of existence has become one with the rules of the world.

If placed in some cultivation worlds, it could be called the Dao Integration.

In this world, they are known as the Ancient Gods.

The ancient gods are intertwined and resonate with the rules of the world, eternally indestructible, and coexist with the world.

At this point, one can even transfer divinity to others, making them gods as well.

They themselves will not be affected, but it will be more difficult to obtain faith.

This is how it should be...

However, the path to becoming an ancient god went awry halfway through.