Devil's Bible

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But by observing this, the gods were able to pinpoint the problem.

It wasn't that their abilities were flawed, but rather that a combination of factors blocked their perception.

The sun god concealed this, and the power of fate was also subtly at play.

There is also a kind of primal force that returns to its origin, which the gods instinctively abhor.

The gods have always been terrified that the world will eventually return to mud, and there are places all over the world like the Land of Slumber, filled with the power of the return of the source matter.

For the gods, these places were like corpse spots on their own bodies; no one was willing to delve deeper, cut open the skin, and see the rotting flesh and the nauseating smell inside.

That instinctive aversion makes their senses often avoid those areas.

Upon witnessing this scene, the previously silent Sun God immediately lifted the blockade on the Sleeping Town.

The truth about the mud pit can no longer be hidden.

He already knew this when Nemes broke the crystal wall subsystem between the possibilities of the world.

"It's much earlier than expected." The Sun God never intended to completely conceal these things, although the gods' sense of crisis had been buried by a long period of peace.

However, under the end times, these gods will quickly return to their original state.

However, the sun god intended to use this time to establish more advantages.

But Nemes' unexpected turn of events still disrupted His plans.

Although it's unclear how Nemus, someone who isn't even a Mythical Species, managed to break through the Crystal Wall Subsystem, but...

"That's fine too," the Sun God thought. "Victories that are too quiet are ultimately boring."

"I look forward to their struggles, to adding more brilliance to this world!"

As the Sun God removed his concealment, the other powerful gods discovered the peculiar nature of the slumbering land.

Then they all sent saints to the Land of Sleep, entered the Sleeping Town, and saw the still gurgling swamp.

The powerful deities all looked extremely grim at this moment.

They knew the quagmire existed, but without actual observation, they would never know how bad the world was.

Even some of the most powerful deities believed that the end times had only just begun and that the destruction of the world would take a long time.

However, if we observe from the perspective of the quagmire, the origin of the world's fundamental nature, we will discover the problem.

If the world is also a living thing.

Then an era is a different stage of life.

The mythological age and the golden age can be considered as the nascent era.

The various eras that followed can also be seen as youth and adulthood.

In the understanding of many deities, the so-called end times are merely the world having just ended its middle age and entered its old age.

In terms of time, the entire End Era should go through two or three eras before it comes to an end.

However, the facts are now laid bare before them.

That means that people not only die of old age, but they may also die suddenly as soon as they get older.

The situation in the world is far more serious than they imagined.

Given the nature of the swamp, it wouldn't be surprising if it suddenly expanded, engulfing the entire world and leading directly to its end and destruction.

The whole world is like a child who suffered a serious illness as a child, and has not paid attention to his health over the years. After decades of suffering, he is about to die suddenly as soon as he enters old age.

These gods considered many things to be normal.

It's like a floating whale.

The theoretical lifespan of a floating whale is very long, approximately three thousand years.

However, almost all floating whales do not reach the lifespan limit of three thousand years.

There are countless examples of floating whales that have died mysteriously over a few hundred or a thousand years.

Those who live on the back of the floating whale, whether they are from the church or noble families, commoners or wealthy merchants, will definitely take action if they have the opportunity to profit from the floating whale.

They never cared that doing so would damage the floating whales.

Some deities have rebuked them for this short-sightedness.

However, in reality there is no difference.

Whether it's gods or humans, if placed on an equal scale, they are all just ordinary shortsighted.

In this situation, many of the gods who were originally watching the battle between Nemus and the God of Discipline with great interest suddenly seemed to have lost their interest.

Especially Death.

He instantly realized that many of the things he had fought for before were actually not very meaningful.

That would not give them any chance to struggle at the end of the world.

However, He found that He had not made much progress on those theoretically crucial things over the years.

After only a brief pause, Death knew that the fight must continue.

Through long-term struggles, the world has developed corresponding systems and rules.

If you don't fight for those meaningless things, you won't be able to bring about those meaningful things.

"How pathetic!" Death sighed, though it was unclear who he was lamenting.

Chapter 797 Astral Warfare

Nemus paid no attention to the changes in the gods outside; he was focused entirely on the divine war between the two regions.

The battlefield on the prime material plane has basically stabilized.

Nemus possesses the advantage of being a master; the number of his Golden Seeds is several times that of the Church of Discipline. In terms of individual combat strength alone, Nemus's side is stronger than the God of Discipline's side.

However, it must be said that Nemus is not a god now. His divine battle level is not bad, but that is only in his current state.

Compared to a powerful god who has experienced countless divine battles, it is considerably weaker.

That's why situations arise where someone with a clear advantage in combat strength is still suppressed.

But all of this was expected.

Nemus did not believe he could defeat the God of Discipline directly under these circumstances.

These deities have been cultivating this field for far too long.

Even with Nems' enhanced learning ability due to the "marginal diminishing returns" effect, it's hard to say whether he could turn the tide in a war of this magnitude within a certain timeframe.

Therefore, Nemus knew from the beginning that the main battleground was not on the material plane, but on the astral plane.

There is no specific time in the astral realm; to be precise, there is not much specific flow of matter here.

Its time, in a sense, is simply a purer record of time, moving with the world, rather than a record of the changes and flow of things.

Nems is also in the Astral Plane at this moment.

After announcing the establishment of the fictional church and activating his divine status, he was 'sent' out of the material plane.

This is a special law of the world.

After the elemental chaos, the coexistence of humans and gods gradually led to unrest.

Various problems between humans and gods can easily lead to the loss of a large number of lives.

It is said that the original Dragon God was the one who caused the separation of humans and gods.

As God departed from the material plane, the world evolved further, and the previously existing astral plane and etheric layer separated further, thus revealing a great capacity for inclusion.

The world's geographical position has gradually become what it is today.

Located in the astral plane, it is surrounded by virtually no matter or elements.

Here, only the essence of thought flows.

Therefore, the war of the gods in the astral plane is different from the war of the gods in other places.

"Alchemy is truly versatile," Nemus remarked.

Nems, being here, could clearly sense the fluctuations of the prime material plane; the bond formed by their faith tightly connected them together.

This point itself is the best explanation of the principle that those above should act like those below, and those below should act like those above.

It's no wonder that alchemists have a high status in the material world. Even if they don't believe in gods or are only of average skill, as long as they are formal alchemists, they will be treated well.

People from other professions who engage in cults are almost certainly doomed to die, while alchemists are at most imprisoned or confined.

As long as one doesn't commit any reckless or fundamental errors, such as blasphemy, it would be quite difficult for alchemy to result in an unnatural death once it falls into the hands of the Church.

Alchemy explores the connections between all things in the world, their foundations and composition, their past and evolution.

An alchemy master possesses an extremely profound understanding of the world.

The existence of such people makes communication between gods and humans increasingly 'easy'.

"I am now basically unable to enter the material plane in my true form."

"Although some fragments of the soul can still move around inside."

"But once I truly become a mythical being, I estimate that even my clones will have difficulty entering the material plane."

“In this situation, I either weaken the connection between my divine status and the rules of the world, or I can only descend through a ‘cybernetics’ that has nothing to do with my divine status.”

"But in essence, that is still inferior to that of a saint."

Now Nemus has figured out why gods can't directly descend into the material plane.

The core issue is that the number of a godhood is strongly correlated with the rules of the entire world. After a godhood is activated, the number of a godhood will resonate with the number of one's own thoughts.

Any entity strongly related to one's own thoughts, such as a clone, can be considered a representative of the rules.

God's actions over the years have resulted in a top-heavy situation that remains unresolved.

At this point, any rule representative arriving in the material plane would only cause imbalance and lead to global turmoil.

If a few gods attempt to descend, the entire world will suppress and prevent it, and the existence of other gods will become an obstacle.

Most divine interventions involve dragging the entire world down with them.

The more powerful a deity is, the greater its influence in the world, and the more difficult it is for it to send entities related to itself into the material plane.

“Interference of fate, links of faith, and alchemy…” Nemus found all of this very novel.

Rules dance in his hands, and destiny is bent by the weight of those rules.

At that moment, He felt something He had never felt before: that He was a part of this world.

And this is only one-fifth of the rules governing 'change' in this world.

He... He smiled, then let go of the pleasure brought by the novelty.

“Gods are nothing more than this…” Nemus turned around in the astral plane and looked at the net of discipline that was closing in from not far away.

A massive number of prayer angels surged towards Nemus like a tidal wave. In this situation, the opponent completely controlled the terrifying variables, leaving Nemus with only endless restrictions.

The thousands of gold seeds represent a force capable of altering the material plane.

However, in the astral plane, several thousand is not enough.

Combat units like Prayer Angels can be accumulated.

As long as there are suitable souls, whether they die naturally or are sacrificed, they can become material for prayer angels.

Furthermore, even if the angels die, as long as their souls are not damaged, they can be recycled by simply throwing them into the pool of reincarnation.

Therefore, even though the gods have waged various divine wars over the years, the number of prayer angels has been steadily increasing.

The number of prayer angels under the control of the God of Discipline definitely exceeds one million.

In the astral realm, thoughts determine actions.

The upper limit of the value released to the outside world is much higher than the upper limit of 10,000 for the material plane.

With nearly a million prayer angels present, the power that the gods can unleash here is many times more terrifying.

Nemus, a demon who wasn't even a mythical being, was suddenly rejected and sent here.

He will inevitably be at a significant disadvantage.