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Chapter 917 The Heavenly Emperor Died Without Regret

As for the four gods of this other world, the Heavenly Emperor, the God Emperor, and the Great Will are all visitors from outer space. The fact that the Feather God, an indigenous being, can be ranked alongside these three is also due to five thousand years of development.

Five thousand years ago, the three powerful beings—the Heavenly Emperor, the God Emperor, and the Great Will—were far less powerful than they are now. This is exactly the reason why the Heavenly Emperor previously stated that he had several thousand years more cultivation than Li Qi.

They are inherently powerful, but their strength and knowledge need to be accumulated again. After all, only the Great Luo can truly achieve eternal freedom across all time and space, and prove it forever.

Although these three powerful beings descended in projected form, the situation in the real world was too special; the world was in a hyperdimensional state, which blocked many things.

The Feather God of this world, having descended to earth five thousand years ago, is unlike the countless Yin Spirits in the Void Sea who struggle to attain sainthood. He possesses a material anchor point, and the technology of his ancient civilization has developed extremely rapidly, which is why he has achieved a position alongside the Heavenly Emperor and others.

However, these four gods have been fighting for five thousand years, and none of them have obtained the treasure. The Feather God is plotting to become a Demon God and ascend his entire clan to immortality. The other three all want to forge a powerful enough Dao Beacon so that their own physical power can descend and directly seize the treasure with absolute force.

This is a race; it's all about who's faster.

"Although the ancient holistic human has developed for five thousand years, their exploration of their original talents is far inferior to mine."

"That makes sense. With my talent, I can surpass countless civilizations on my own. An ancient civilization can't even mess with me."

Li Qi looked at the new world before him. Although he could not interfere with this world line, because for this world line, the invincible Li Qi did not exist, and there was no anchor point for him here.

History changed five thousand years ago; subsequent dynasties ceased to exist, and faith in deities became everything.

In fact, the reason why humans exist is because the four gods have mastered the means to extract a certain power from the human heart.

Even the Four Gods' refining methods cannot achieve the limitless conversion of fate on Li Qi's panel. Therefore, the Four Gods did not frantically increase their population, but instead followed the elite route of fanatical believers. The more devout they were, the easier it was to refine the power in their hearts, and the more power they could obtain in the same amount of time.

In this scenario, the world's population remains around four trillion, four times that of Li Qi's worldline.

"It's a pity that the two timelines cannot coexist. Otherwise, if I could understand the travel between timelines, I could beat up the Four Gods in front of the whole world and directly claim all the fruits of their thousands of years of hard work for myself."

"However, even so, it is impossible for me to raise all six roots and five elements to the Creation level in a short period of time."

"In a multiverse, the anchor point is everything. I have no anchor point in this timeline. No matter how great my supernatural powers are, I am just a ghost."

"The reason why higher dimensions can easily rewrite lower dimensions is because of anchor points. The Great Ruins also anchors the destroyed world through anchor points..."

Li Qi thought to himself that he had already discerned the strongest power in the multiverse.

"Just as there are gods, there are also heretics. The four gods cannot completely oversee the world, much less completely oversee people's hearts..."

"Even if everyone is brainwashed from birth, their free will can never be completely extinguished."

Li Qi took a step forward and appeared in the God Emperor's territory.

Under the God Emperor, there are twelve subordinate gods, each wielding a different kind of authority. The place where Li Qi appeared is the territory of the god who holds the power of fire, the Holy City of Fire.

This power of fire is not a fire in the physical sense, such as the fire of the earth's core or the fire of the sun... but rather the various flames within the human heart, the seven emotions and six desires, love and hate, hope, redemption, faith... all of these are flames.

The entire population of the Holy City of Fire are fanatical followers of the God of Fire. In a sense, the God of Fire is a transit point, preliminarily refining the power within people's hearts before contributing it to the God Emperor. This world has a very strict order. Everyone is detached from production and survives on food bestowed by the gods. Five thousand years ago, the God Emperor discovered the technology to convert carbon dioxide into food, which is the so-called Holy Communion.

Everyone's basic needs, such as food, clothing, shelter, and transportation, are tightly controlled according to their level of devotion to their faith.

Entertainment is nonexistent, and even rest is nonexistent; most of the time, everyone is reciting and praising scriptures to the gods.

"In the five thousand years of human history, heroes have always emerged. The Four Gods are far from being omnipotent. Therefore, thousands of years ago, some outstanding individuals created a method to fake faith, which can deceive the gods with false beliefs."

Li Qi looked at the temple and saw a devout old man. This old man was the high priest of the fire god, who held the highest authority in the fire kingdom.

The gods are only responsible for setting the rules; the execution is naturally left to the most devout believers.

However, this old man was actually a false believer; he did not believe in the god of fire, but only in the wisdom of humankind itself.

Unfortunately, although he deceived the gods, he was powerless to resist in the face of absolute power.

The four gods couldn't possibly be unaware of the undercurrents in the human world, but they simply didn't care. After all, how laughable is the resistance of ants!
No power comes from nothing; how can an individual's enlightenment surpass the accumulation of their long years of experience?

"And this timeline, my counterpart..."

Li Qi took another step, traversing space and appearing in another corner of the world.

This is a small city under the rule of the Heavenly Emperor, and its overall style is like that of ancient China.

There were members of the imperial court, military men, monks, and Taoist priests...

It is filled with a strong sense of worldly life, and it is simply a painting of worldly life.

However, the pantheon of the Heavenly Emperor also extends to every aspect of this world. Everyone must worship the gods and have faith in them. Those who have no faith are demons and will be sent to the Department of Salvation for salvation. If they are stubborn and unrepentant, they will be killed at a divine sacrifice.

The great and small gods of Mao oversee the entire world.

"The Heavenly Emperor of my world recognized me as Emperor Qi at a glance, but my counterpart in this timeline was not recognized. Perhaps it's because my true self in this world is obscured..."

"The Heavenly Emperor was worshipped by me in this timeline, and later I killed his true form. It was all worth it!"

In Li Qi's view, in this timeline, he was also twenty years old, worshipping the statue of the Heavenly Emperor on the altar in his home.

The deities worshipped in the grand sacrifices varied, but every household had to enshrine the Heavenly Emperor to demonstrate his supreme authority.

In this timeline, Li Qi is currently working as a temporary assistant in the library of the city's divine office.

The Heavenly Emperor does not prevent sentient beings from learning, or rather, he does not care whether sentient beings acquire knowledge, because he not only needs faith, but also worldly desires.

The four paths of the gods are different, but they all involve refining power from the human heart, and their needs are also different.

(End of this chapter)