The Martial God of the Marvel World

Chapter 357 The Birth of a New God
"Peter, are you planning to become a monk? You sit here in meditation all day long."

Zhan Liu played with the power gem in his hand and looked at his beloved disciple with squinted eyes.

"I'm reflecting on myself." Peter sat cross-legged in the yard, looking up at the sky with empty eyes and a low voice.

"who am I?"

"What exactly do I want?"

“Is what I did right or wrong?”

“Why did things turn out like this?”

“Why does everything I do always lead to wrong results?”

"I thought I had realized it, but afterward I realized that my realization was just a momentary impulse."

"I thought I had thought through the consequences of my actions, but reality always tells me that I haven't thought it through."

"I thought I could bear it all, all the sins and evils, but when I carried them, I realized that I could bear the whole world, but I couldn't bear Gwen alone."

Seeing Peter absent-minded and mumbling to himself, Zhan Liu sighed, "Alas, you stubborn boy!"

Because of Gwen's incident, Peter became discouraged and no longer cared about the affairs of the empire. He fell into a state of confusion, muttering to himself all day long and torturing himself every day.

Things like understanding one's true nature cannot be helped by outsiders; you can only figure it out on your own.

Maybe it only takes one day, maybe it takes several years, no one can tell.

The human heart itself is a complex thing.

What you think is important may not necessarily be the most important treasure in your heart.

The treasure you care about may be trash in the eyes of others.

Your own tangled thoughts may seem pretentious to others.

It is not something that can be achieved overnight. You may realize this truth today and that truth tomorrow. Even what you realize today may be overturned by yourself in the future.

But the progress of a warrior does not lie in what he has realized, but in his clear thoughts. As long as his thoughts are clear, even if he has figured it out, he can walk on two legs!
In Zhan Liu's opinion, Peter's hesitation was actually about a very obvious thing, which was the question of which was more important, the country or the beauty.

Choose the kingdom? Or the beauty?
When he chose the throne, he embarked on a path of serving the public good. From now on, no matters such as love affairs could affect him.

He will treat every subject fairly, regard all things as straw dogs, and be impartial.

He will become a true god on earth, the incarnation of Christ.

He has no weaknesses anymore!
No more feelings!
By choosing a beauty, he will regain his humanity and create a huge weakness for himself. All enemies will attack and exploit his weakness. He can only be vigilant at all times, and exhaust himself by protecting his weakness.

But, his life will become more interesting because of this.

His life would not be so painful and desperate.

As for the six people, he hoped that Peter would choose the beauty. He didn't want his favorite disciple to become a cold and inhumane judge.

Therefore, Zhan Liu couldn't help but interrupt and persuade:

"Peter, you don't have to push yourself so hard."

"You just need to think carefully about your original intention."

"You are just an ordinary person. You are not a superhero, let alone a moral saint. From the very beginning, all the things you did were not for the public good, but only for your own selfish interests."

"Your original intention was just to build a beautiful world for Gwen and Aunt May where there is no deception and everyone treats each other sincerely."

"That's all!"

"The reason why you find it difficult to make a decision now is because you have invested too much effort in the New World Empire, and this empire has already taken shape as the Garden of Eden. If it continues to develop in this way, there is hope for success."

"Your current sense of mission is something you only gained later. It was fed back to you by the successful establishment and smooth development of the empire. It is an illusion created by the sense of achievement you have gained from making great contributions."

"People always try to find a noble reason for their actions, and will dress up even the most despicable actions with high-sounding clothes. But many times, when a lie is repeated a thousand times, it becomes the truth. When people do despicable things for a long time, they will mistakenly think that their actions are really noble."

"wake up!"

"You established the empire purely for your own selfish reasons. It has nothing to do with nobility."

"You are not the kind of moral role model who selflessly dedicates himself to others!"

As the saying goes, it is easy to change the country but difficult to change one's nature. Even after becoming emperor, Peter was still the same soft-hearted and indecisive person, and he did not change even after becoming stronger.

Zhan Liu's words made Peter's heart waver slightly for a moment, but did not make Peter really make a choice.

Peter closed his eyes, carefully recalled the thoughts in his mind when he made the decision, and muttered to himself:

"No, when I made the decision, it wasn't just for Gwen. I really wanted to save more people from being deceived and exploited..."

"That's your illusion! It's the excuse your sense of morality makes for you! It's the disguise made by your surface consciousness! Your deep consciousness is your true thoughts!"

Zhan Liu puts himself in Peter's shoes and doesn't think that Peter would sacrifice himself for others.

"No, that's not the case..." Peter shook his head slowly, not agreeing with Zhan Liu's statement. Zhan Liu was about to continue persuading him, when suddenly an inexplicable vibration came from afar. Through the magnetic field, he could clearly feel that the earth was wailing.

Peter glanced at it and ignored it.

Until he figured it out, he lost interest in anything.

Zhan Liu leaped high into the sky, glanced downward, and took in everything.

The tremors came from the original location of Missouri, which had long been broken into an archipelago. But now, a huge change suddenly occurred on an island there, and the expanding earth began to swallow up the nearby land.

Through the gap that was flashing with blue light, Zhan Liu could clearly see that there was a huge tree root-like thing inside, which was growing rapidly under the ground. Above the ground, the blooming flower buds were like the devil of the abyss, spitting out the earth absorbed from the ground, forming a mudslide several tens of meters high, sweeping in all directions.

Is this the flower planted by the god Ego?

Zhan Liu recognized it at once.

Has Ego already controlled Quill?
He couldn't control other planets, but he couldn't let Ego swallow the Earth.

The Guardians of the Galaxy have been annihilated. This time, Quill has no help from the Guardians of the Galaxy. It is impossible for him to wait for Ego to be killed by the plot. Zhan Liu looked back at Peter who was still sitting still, sighed, and had to do it himself.

Zhan Liuyi took a step forward and arrived above the core of the Flower of the Gods and punched it down.

The Flower of the Gods was used by Ego to devour planets. It was a condensation of divine power and was extremely strong. Even missiles or nuclear bombs would not be able to harm it. However, facing Zhan Liu's casual attack, the flower of the Flower of the Gods exploded, and powder, gravel and soil splashed everywhere, creating a magnificent spectacle in the air.

However, although the flower of the gods was shattered, the roots of the flower deep inside the earth were still alive, and under the urging of divine power, they continued to drill downwards. Some roots even trembled and passed through space, piercing the void and inserting into another dimension that was invisible to the naked eye.

In this boundless and vast dimension, a huge, naked baby is curled up with his hands on his knees, sleeping with his eyes closed as if in the mother's womb.

The roots of the Flower of the Gods pierced through the dimensional space and went directly into the baby's body like the mouthparts of a mosquito, rapidly extracting the baby's life essence, and through some kind of connection, disappeared into the void.

Zhan Liu was clearing out the remaining roots when he suddenly saw a golden liquid flowing out from the roots. He was moved and subconsciously reached out to grab one end of the root. Then the golden liquid flowed along the roots into his palm and seeped into his body.

In an instant, Zhan Liu felt a huge amount of energy gushing out from the liquid, blending into every cell of his body, and then naturally settling down, slowly nourishing his body.

All the cells in Zhan Liu's body were cheering, jumping for joy, and craving for more. He could feel that his genes were constantly urging him to absorb more. In some unknown way, he knew that this golden liquid could allow his body to evolve, break through the limits of human beings, and become another kind of immortal creature.

Although Zhan Liu didn't know what this thing was, it was obvious that it was a safe, side-effect-free, and super-powerful life evolution liquid that could work on all life. He quickly spread his body and instantly grabbed all the roots exposed on the surface in his hands so that his body could absorb more evolution liquid.

As for those that had already drilled beneath the surface, he had no intention of letting them go.

However, in the dimension, the baby seemed to sense something, and turned over unconsciously, waved his hand, and smashed all the roots.

By the time Zhan Liu dug three thousand miles into the ground trying to get more roots, he had found nothing.

But even if he only got a part of the golden liquid, Zhan Liu's harvest was unprecedented.

This golden liquid is the life essence when the baby god is formed. It is the origin of life, the most core energy of a planet, and the nutritional essence condensed by all intelligent life to nourish the baby god.

This life essence can be absorbed by any living thing, slowly transforming the physical constitution of life, allowing the body of life to gradually evolve into a god. Living as long as the heaven and earth is only the most basic function, and the powerful energy contained in it can allow life to obtain the same rule-based abilities as a god.

It can be said that from today on, Zhan Liu can call himself the Elder of the Universe like Gao Tianzun and the Collector. What specific abilities he can get from this harvest will have to wait until he has absorbed all the life essences. After all, there is a huge difference between his size and that of the gods. The gods are like being bitten by a mosquito, and the energy loss is minimal, but for Zhan Liu, it is equivalent to an amount larger than his body size.

Of course, the one who gained the most was not Zhan Liu, but Ego who was far away on the other side of the universe.

Ego himself belongs to the Celestial Race, but he is a premature baby, or a semi-failure.

Normal gods are born as huge monsters, covered in armor, and also shoulder certain innate responsibilities in the universe. For example, collectors are responsible for collecting samples and handing them over to the gods for transformation, and judges are responsible for judging the survival of the race. Everyone performs their duties to ensure that the universe operates in a normal order.

But not Ego!
When he was born, he didn't even have a body, just an image of a brain organ with independent consciousness, which was extremely illusory. However, he still inherited the innate responsibility given to him by the universe, and he was a "remodeler".

Ego once told Quill that only they could reshape the universe, only they could control the reins of the universe and guide it to where it should go.

By manipulating microscopic particles to form macroscopic matter, Ego absorbed foreign matter and eventually formed the shape of a planet. As for his human form, it was just a human-shaped carrier formed by his brain through controlling molecules and endowed with independent consciousness.

This ability is indeed consistent with his duties as a "reshaper".

He can reshape the planet!
Create something from scratch!

The birth of a baby of the Celestial God Group requires an intelligent planet to nurture, and it takes billions of years. So it is normal for something unexpected to happen during this nurturing process.

The life-giving planet of Ego was probably destroyed by accident just as Ego gave birth to a brain.

After that, Ego lacked sufficient nutrition to help him shape his body and form armor, and only his innate duties accompanied him.

Perhaps because of the instinct of life, Ego used his innate ability to create a living planet as his body and survived by chance.

But perhaps because of congenital maldevelopment, Ego did not fully fulfill his duty as a "reshaper" to create more planets for the universe. Instead, out of his desire for vitality, he destroyed various life planets by planting the flowers of the gods on them to make up for his own shortcomings.

Under normal circumstances, although the amount of vitality that Ego absorbed from other life planets was huge, the quality was low. The process of making up for the deficiency required countless vitality, and it was unknown how many years it would take.

However, the life essence accidentally absorbed from the earth shortened this time to zero.

Although this life essence is small, it is necessary for the growth of a true divine baby. It is qualitatively different from the vitality that Ego absorbed on other life planets.

Moreover, the baby god on Earth is quite special. He is the "crazy god". The essence of his life contains the magnetic field energy of ninety-nine heavens.

A drop of blood from an ordinary Ninety-Ninth Heaven strongman can create an Eighty-Ninth Heaven master. Then, how much energy would be nurtured in the life essence of a Ninety-Ninth Heaven God?
With the help of this enormous energy and the most essential life essence of the gods, Ego finally completed the completion of his own defects and successfully transformed into a true god.

As the huge armor unique to the gods covered Ego's new body, six bright eyes opened, and the god "Reshaper" Ego was officially born!
(End of this chapter)