Devil's Bible

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"Since the world has decided my death, then let me die!"

“However, I am not willing to die in an ambush like this!” the God of Discipline said.

"Nemus, let's make a high-stakes gamble!"

"I'm betting my current divine nature!"

Chapter 821 Clash of Ideas

From the fact that those powerful divine forces inexplicably offered no resistance and all perished along with the destruction of the world in the previous End Land, we can know one thing—powerful divine forces have the ability to extract things like the origin of divinity from the current world's possibilities.

In other words, it is impossible to obtain a divine essence with powerful divine power in a world through normal hunting.

“If you do not agree to my bet, I will immediately detach myself from my divine nature.”

“You can’t do it!” Nemus shook his head directly.

Fate will not allow this to happen.

New possibilities for the world are the hope for its continuation.

Other powerful divine forces would find it extremely difficult to even transmit thoughts or make any adjustments, let alone directly extract the essence of a god.

If the God of Discipline can truly take away the number of "changes," then Nems won't need to wage war; he can simply wait to die here.

"I cannot take away the number of my own divine essence, but I can take away the extras," the God of Discipline said at this moment.

"When new possibilities for the world are opened up, we can clearly perceive that we are being 'copied'. The feeling is very wonderful. Those who have experienced it know that it is a new joy that far exceeds the possibility of integrating history."

"In that instant, as powerful gods, we were able to place bets within limits."

"And this bet is the essence of divinity."

“I have poured part of my divine essence into the possibilities of this new world.”

“If I die, I can detach this possibility of the world before I die,” said the God of Discipline.

Without needing to think or judge, Nemus knew that what the God of Discipline said was very likely true.

In matters like these, the God of Discipline hardly needs to lie.

“Speak, although I roughly understand what you want to bet on, the contract still needs to be made,” Nems said.

A verbal agreement can also have some effect among deities.

Of course, there are many ways for gods to break their contracts. In many cases, if a god wants to break a contract, basically no contract has the power to bind him.

Therefore, a verbal agreement is sufficient.

Such contracts only serve as a warning when someone breaks them because they are not prepared to fulfill them.

But that was enough for the gods.

"I want to make a bet with you."

"Next, we will debate the issue of change."

"Fight with a simple understanding of the rules."

"I have won. I take away the extra divine essence. You leave behind a saint who belongs to me in this new world of possibilities!"

"And you have won, so I will leave behind the essence of divinity as you wished, and tell you a piece of information you have always wanted to know."

The God of Discipline spoke these words with great confidence, certain that Nemus would agree to the conditions he proposed.

“Then the bet is settled!” Nems said.

The moment the words were spoken, the output of divine power slowed down, but the surrounding fluctuations became exceptionally terrifying in an instant.

The fluctuations in thought form trends of thought, and all of these trends of thought are based on the understanding of the rule of change.

Between "precepts" and "fiction," various perceptions collide, creating all sorts of strange phenomena.

Countless fantasies surfaced before Nems, coalescing into things that existed only in imagination.

Under the influence of the power of fiction, these imagined things come to life and possess real combat capabilities.

Before the God of Discipline, he slowed down the output of his divine power, or rather, as the material plane collapsed, the faith it provided was no longer sufficient for him to continue fighting with high divine power output.

That's why he took the opportunity to propose this bet.

"The information you've always wanted to know is about the Abyss, isn't it!" said the God of Discipline.

"Why should I start preparing a hundred years ago, and then attack the Abyss a few years ago!"

This is indeed Nemus's biggest question about the God of Discipline.

Judging from the timeline of the possible separation of the New World, that timeline was more than 30 years ago.

At that time, Nemus had just been reincarnated and was born as Nemus Anin.

In other words, when the God of Discipline was preparing for the war against the abyss a hundred years ago, he should not have known about the possibility of a new world.

However, more than twenty years after the possibility of a new world emerged, he attacked the Abyss.

From the possibility of the world where the Sleeping Town exists, we can know that after the possibility split, in that original world possibility, the God of Discipline did not attack the Abyss, and his condition remained intact.

This is so obvious that even a little thought reveals that the God of Discipline must possess some kind of special information.

He knew in advance about the possibilities of the new world, and then foresaw what might lie within the abyss of those possibilities.

“I am indeed quite interested in this.” Nemus is now the Demon Prince, which means that if the Abyss truly has something that even the Abyss's own will is unaware of, then he has the highest chance of obtaining it.

If that's the case, then that special thing in the abyss must belong to him.

"Then you'll have to use all your strength to defeat me!" After the God of Discipline finished speaking, various disciplines appeared.

Under this rule, the entire Astral Battlefield seemed to be divided in two.

Half of it consists of various precepts, which relate to all sorts of world rules.

By following these rules, one can acquire various special abilities.

With these combined capabilities, this region will possess the strongest attack, the strongest defense, the strongest speed, and the strongest adaptability.

In the other half of the area, various changes occurred in accordance with the precepts.

The dualism of precepts: change and constancy.

As soon as the God of Discipline finished his action, he found that the Moon Goddess had appeared behind him.

Although he did not intervene in the ideological war between him and Nemus, he was still laying the groundwork for a divine war on the spot, constantly accumulating divine power.

It felt as if he could strike at any moment and kill the God of Discipline.

Meanwhile, the demons on the other side, lacking the God of Discipline as an opponent, are now either fighting against his prayer angels or killing each other.

But the God of Discipline could sense that, amidst this carnage, a certain 'sacrificial' power was gathering within the demon horde.

The will of the abyss seemed poised to strike at any moment.

Although they did not actually make a move at this moment, the pressure they exerted behind and beside him was something the God of Discipline could not ignore.

"Indeed..." Before the God of Discipline could finish speaking, his dualism began to ripple.

Nemes has already appeared in his dualistic field.

Change and change have entered a state of more intense conflict.

Chapter 822 The End of the First Chapter of the Precepts

As soon as Nemes entered the field, it was like water falling into a pot of oil.

The entire area instantly boiled over, and countless things began to move and change.

The God of Discipline did not change his expression much upon seeing this scene.

He simply calmed down and observed all these changes, then recorded and learned from them.

The fact that Nemes was able to integrate the rules of change under these circumstances demonstrates one thing—his fictional rules were already able to encompass most of the changes.

The rules of this world are there; whether they are precepts or fiction, they are merely a comprehensive explanation of them from a certain perspective.

This is the norm for top-level rules.

For example, Death can only use death to explain the end.

The God of Life, in his explanation of life, although named "Life," can only indicate that he views this rule from a certain perspective.

Such a massive set of rules is correct no matter how you look at it, whether you look at it from the front, the back, or even from the side.

Differences in ideas can only lead to subtle differences.

But at this moment, Nemes's ideas had some inexplicable advantages when facing him.

The God of Discipline was fully aware of this.

Firstly, my own ideas have existed for far too long.

Although the various advantages and disadvantages are not explicitly stated, they are clearly described in the church's scriptures.

Having infiltrated the church for so long, it's impossible that Nemes hadn't studied these scriptures.

Therefore, fabricated doctrines, to a certain extent, restrain his precepts.

This alone negates most of the advantages that the concept of discipline has accumulated.

Even though Nemus had only recently become a god, his ideas could still directly clash with his own.

Secondly, there is the world's choice, which is determined by fate.

New changes always overtake old changes.

This essentially sealed the fate of the God of Discipline.

At the same time, the God of Discipline understood this when he proposed the wager.

With the world making its choice, he has no chance of winning no matter what.

When he made the bet, he never expected to receive any of the winnings he claimed.

He was more concerned about the third point that Nemes's ideas could surpass his own.

"A unique and real idea."

"This inexplicable advantage gives me a familiar feeling."

The Nemes concept, which targets advantages by being a latecomer, simply makes up for the gap in accumulated experience.

The world's choice merely gave Nems a chance to win.

However, the key issue that the God of Discipline seeks to address is that difference in concepts that is real yet inexplicable.

"What is it?" The God of Discipline pondered, then gradually grasped some of the characteristics exhibited by Nemus: "A change that is beyond my comprehension, yet is undeniably capable of being driven forward?"

When this realization came to him, the God of Discipline even thought he was hallucinating.

He has observed this world for hundreds of millions of years, and all the fundamental changes in this world are within his understanding.

Further changes are simply combinations and arrangements of these basic changes.

First combination, second combination...

The fundamental changes are still the same.

However, Nemes's ideas seem to contain another fundamental change that he was not aware of.

This situation is like having thoroughly studied and understood all kinds of mathematical formulas, concepts, and cutting-edge knowledge.

But then someone tells you that between one and two, there is another integer.

That's a situation that crushes your understanding and makes you feel like your intelligence has been insulted.

But at this moment, the God of Discipline chose to abandon his preconceived notions and reason, and chose to believe this situation.

“If this is true, then it seems that some things can be explained…” the God of Discipline murmured, his gaze passing through the astral plane and landing on the sun.

"I have a very clear understanding of all the fundamental changes in this world, and it is impossible for me to be wrong about that."

"Therefore, there is only one possibility to explain the current situation!"

"Nemus!" The God of Discipline looked at Nemus with exceptionally fervent gaze. The words he wanted to say were all channeled into his ideology, clashing with Nemus's: "You are a being from outside this world, aren't you, just like the God of the Sun!"

It must be said that there might be some exaggeration in the claims about deities.