Secret World: I Became a God Through Lies

Chapter 230 Foxfire Curse Wheel - The First Awakening of a False God
When the gods no longer answer prayers

Its name is merely a sealing talisman.

If it returns while chanting the mantra,

The believer then intended to cut it off with his own hands.

Above the main hall of the shrine, dark clouds surged and pressed down layer by layer, like a paper curtain burned by divinity, emitting a suffocating sound in the air as if it were about to crack.

The "Minako's Secret Relic" standing on the altar was motionless, like a sculpture of a false god.

The fox mask she was wearing slowly cracked at that moment.

The crack spread from her left eye to her jawline, as if invisible flames were seeping from her body, burning and peeling away this "false god's face".

In this deathly silence, she murmured softly, her voice as light as a whisper, yet it instantly penetrated the perception of every mystery master.

"The demonic form descends—Tamamo-no-Mae."

"boom--!"

A deafening roar erupted from the core of the spiritual realm, carrying a shock that distorted the air.

A pale green divine fire erupted from her body, scorching the air, burning the rules, and even eroding the "vision" itself.

The flames engulfed her body, but left no ashes; instead, they transformed into a goddess seated on a jade throne.

That is a fox of calamity, a god of national disaster—a mixture of demon and god.

The Eight-Tailed Demon God sat atop a shattered divine throne, his crimson robes torn with gold, his shawls billowing, and his tails swirling like clouds.

Each tail is wrapped with mysterious magical symbols and black and red cursed ribbons.

The ninth tail, incomplete and fragmented, floated behind her, coalescing into a core fragment of a shattered divine essence.

The fragments shimmered with light and shadow, subtly revealing the faces of countless believers—

They clasped their hands together and prostrated themselves over the pool of blood, as if they were still making offerings.

She smiled, her expression serene.

Beneath the fox mask, one eye is as cold as dark gold, while the other has long since transformed into a floating circuit, flowing with the nodes of the spell that construct the shikigami.

"High-level life form?"

Si Ming chuckled softly, the playing cards flipping between his fingers like flowing water.

"Killing an unkillable monster right from the start? That's way too much of a rule."

Though his tone was soft, his fingertips already held murderous intent.

Three playing cards flew out at the same time—hearts for fire, spades for poison, and diamonds for cutting.

The card spun into a blade, carrying flames and poison, and hurtled toward the jade throne, probing but not aiming to decapitate it.

She chuckled softly, the last syllable of her voice lingering, yet carrying an irresistible, bewitching quality.
Are you mocking me?

With all eight tails moving, the magic seals swirled and instantly tore the three playing cards into talisman fragments. The flames and poisonous mist were swept back into the air, backfiring on the Fate Master.

He paused, raising an eyebrow.

Green flames rose, and a mantra wheel appeared.

She extended a finger and gently hooked it, and a semi-realistic domain core in the shape of a Buddhist temple slowly rose from behind the divine throne.

Above the archway hangs a huge seal with the character "咒" (curse) in seal script, its light heavy as a mountain.

"—The Usurpered Sacred Domain, the Secret Temple of the Cursed Wheel."

She proclaimed the cards' false name with the voice of truth, like a divine revelation.

The next moment, the domain was activated!
[Domain Mechanism - Six-Factor Law Binding Activated]

All enemy targets within the area are identified by their "behavioral intention tags"—

Those who gaze upon God will be frozen with the "Do Not Move" effect; those who harbor hostility will be forced to kneel; those who hold remorse will have their reason stripped away by God; and those without faith will experience confusion in their self-awareness.

Her voice was solemn, yet devoid of emotion, echoing like a sacred text between the mirrored walls:
"Those who look at me must not act rashly."

“Those who oppose the gods all prostrate themselves in worship.”

“Those who repent have their minds and consciousness diminished.”

"Those without faith lose their way."

"Within my domain—praise me as a god."

Each word has a distinct sound, like a bell, a drum, or a spell.

The next second, Si Ming was suddenly startled!
He Chengxun, Fabio, and Takenaka Ryoma, who were standing beside him, all knelt down!
Their knees were on the ground, their faces contorted in pain, their muscles tense, as if nailed to the ground by some kind of "command structure," unable to move.

Wang Yichen prostrated himself, his face ashen, his eyes vacant with flashes of light, and he chanted eerie incantations as if he were praying in a low voice.

At this moment, only one person remained unaffected.

Xu Jinxiao.

He squatted in the corner, his expression blank as ever, but his eyes quietly reflected the entire structural diagram of the huge "Curse Wheel Temple".

He seemed not to belong here, yet he already knew everything about it.

Si Ming's eyes sharpened, and he was about to speak when he was interrupted by a clear, cold shout—

"Sister, who do you think this kind of domain can suppress?"

That was Nobuna's voice.

Cold, resolute, like a knife drawn from its sheath, severing divine language in an instant.

"Have you forgotten? Mishinin was born to slay gods."

Before the blade even arrives, the curse already rings out!

The "blood of the god-slayer" has awakened.

It was a mysterious and unpredictable strike that cut straight through the void; Nobuna swung her sword.

The sword's momentum contained the core of the "Will of Judgment" technique of the Mishinin, as if splitting fate itself.

However, before the blade could even touch Minako's body, the eight tails suddenly crossed!
The runes were instantly reconstructed, like the reincarnation of gods, folding and twisting the entire space!
"boom--!"

A blazing golden sun descended from the sky, crashing down in front of the altar, lying between the blade and the throne.

The blazing light, sharp as a blade, tore space apart, turning the world upside down.

"...Reverse Seal Altar - Amaterasu Flame?!" Nobuna's pupils shrank, his face turned deathly pale in an instant, and he could hardly believe what he was seeing.

"You...you can't possibly possess three Mysterious Cards at the same time! You've already stepped into—the Cataclysm?!"

Golden flames, like rainbows, ignited from the six-armed remains of the statue, flowing rapidly back along the main axis of the domain, as if the entire shrine was providing fuel for this "false god's wheel".

Minako merely lowered her eyes and smiled, her fox-like face subtly shifting, her smile carrying a chilling mechanical twist.

"Nobuna of the Mikami family."

"You think that foolish woman—Minako—is merely trying to fall from grace?"

"No...she is more clear-headed than any of you—it is her research that has made me who I am today."

"A perfect being who can enter the Cataclysm without having to bear the consequences of it."

As she whispered, the core of the entire temple's spell suddenly changed.

—She is a man-made “pseudo-planetary disaster.”

[Three Secret Resonances] Status Established:
Domain stability rate: 89%
Immunity level: Reached the limit threshold

Control permissions: 100%
As the flames burning along the edge of the sun disc rotated, a hundred arrows of incantation descended from the sky, like golden flames of divine punishment, sweeping across the earth with a deafening roar!
"—Damn it!" Xiao Lianyin roared, her perfect red lips taut to the limit, gritting her teeth and shouting, "Wanyin, cover it!"

She threw it out, incantations swirling at her fingertips, whispering revelations:

“Summoning: Fallen Mirror Raven Spirit: Wanyin”

Four black-feathered phantom crows flew out from behind her, their wings partially transparent and feathers as black as ink, swirling and intertwining in the air.

In an instant, a massive shield was formed, obscuring the sky like a mirage and blocking the first wave of golden flame arrows!

At the same time, Si Ming also threw out his weapon:

"Shiranui Oni Flame, play your card."

Blue and white flames erupted from the ground's protective array, accompanied by an ancient beast's roar, and a fiery demon warrior burst forth from the flames.
With a roar, it shouldered the torrent of flames and fought alongside Wanyin Huanya.

Golden flames tore through the air, creating a series of explosions, as if ten thousand thunderbolts were simultaneously striking the altar!

"What is a Star Calamity?!" Si Ming roared under the pressure of the curse, directing his Ghost Flame War Ghosts to parry the fire arrows left and right, cold sweat pouring down his forehead. "How can this monster use three Mystic Arts at the same time?!"

"Oh, Siming."

Lianyin stood behind the cursed wall, turned to the side and smiled, exuding charm, yet her gaze was as cold as a blade.

"It seems your new mentor is really irresponsible."

Si Ming's lips twitched, a familiar yet infuriating figure flashing through his mind, and he couldn't help but curse under his breath:
"...I really want to thank her, my money-loving 'life mentor'."

Lianyin smiled softly, her red lips parted slightly, and her laughter pierced through the air above the shrine, yet struck straight at the enemy's heart.

That smile was sharp, like a mirror blade slicing across a fox's face:

"Minako, Minako, do you really think you've already stepped into the realm of celestial calamity?"

"You are merely using the power of the ritual to barely stand on the threshold."

"A mere pseudo-planetary calamity, not even touching the realm of the extraordinary, let alone becoming a god?"

Every word precisely exposes Minako's false godhood and sainthood.

The fox-faced goddess's expression began to contort, her laughter abruptly stopped, and silence fell.

Her half-disfigured face cracked faintly in the firelight, and the incantation lines trembled slightly.

After a long silence, an extremely cold voice rang out again, as if squeezed out from the depths of the machine, full of hatred and mockery.

"Xiao Lianyin".

"You really think... your beauty and silver tongue can protect your lowly lackeys?"

"it is good."

"Then I'll tear your mouth apart first, and see how you can still make sarcastic remarks—"

Before she could finish speaking, Minako's body suddenly trembled!

The eight-tailed demon flames danced wildly, and the blood-green foxfire exploded to its extreme in an instant!

The talismans wrapped around each fox tail exploded simultaneously, igniting dark green flames that swept towards Xiao Lianyin!
That was rage.

It was a punishment that God gave directly after disdaining to explain.

A sudden gust of wind arose, and the world changed color!
Flames rekindle atop the altar! A dark shadow roars in!

A true divine punishment is about to descend upon the battlefield!
"Watch out!" Si Ming was startled, but the distance was too far and it was too late to help.

However, as the crisis approached, Xiao Lianyin simply turned her head calmly, her expression indifferent and her eyes composed.
It was as if this fatal blow had not disrupted her rhythm in the slightest.

Behind her, Fabio slowly raised his head from a kneeling position.

The lip print bestowed by Slaanesh was still clearly imprinted on his forehead, a bewitching red.

But what burned in his eyes was a fierce, almost manic loyalty and sacrifice.

Xiao Lianyin smiled faintly, parted her red lips slightly, and whispered, "Fabio, my loyal dog, didn't you always say you would give your life for me?"

Her tone was gentle, but she left him no choice.

"It's time to prove your loyalty."

Fabio took a deep breath, his eyes bloodshot, and a growl like that of a wild beast escaped his throat:
"I was born for you, and I will die for you!"

Xiao Lianyin raised her hand and lightly touched her lips. A spell rang out, as if kissed by fate itself:

"The Chain of Slaanesh, the Flame of Loyalty—the life force that gives you and me."

The bright red color on her lips faded quickly, and the lip print then emitted an eerie and alluring glow.

It was as if he had set his soul ablaze, igniting Fabio's body.

The next second, Fabio's body began to twist violently.

Muscles bulged and burst like lava, veins bulged, and bones snapped and reformed with a cracking sound.

His body rapidly expanded, and as his flesh churned, he transformed into a colossal beast enveloped in flames.

"Ah ah ah ah ah--!"

His screams were beyond the realm of humanity.

That was a painful rebirth where the spirit and flesh were torn apart together.

[Mysterious Possession - Mid-Tier Life Type - Guardian of Fallen Red Flame Mountain]

Fabio's body swelled several times its original size, covered in thick, lava-like armor. Hot magma flowed across his body, gushing out from cracks in his shell like blood.

His pupils were distorted, their turbidity reflecting the "fire of loyalty" that Xiao Lianyin had given him.

Almost simultaneously, Minako's eight tails shot out like a thousand spears, carrying eerie green fox flames as they fell like meteors!
"boom!!!"

The deafening roar was deafening, and the foxfire descended like divine punishment!
Fabio roared and raised his arms high, using his massive rock body to meet the attack!
Flames scorched the rock, lava gushed out, stone armor shattered, and the stench of charred flesh and blood swept in all directions.

He gritted his teeth and took a step back, but he never knelt down!
"For... Lady Lianyin... I will never fall!!"

He used his life as a shield, desperately blocking this divine wrath!
Xiao Lianyin watched this scene quietly, a cold smile curving her lips slightly upward:

"Did you see that, Minako?"

"This is the sacrifice of my loyal dog."

"You falsely claim to be a god, yet you do not understand that human loyalty is more real than your fabricated divinity."

Beneath the fox mask, Minako's eyes blazed with an unprecedented fury.

Her previously confident domain, her mantra wheel, suddenly showed a slight fluctuation in the instant her emotions surged!

“Very good…” Her voice was like biting through iron, “Very good.”

"You ants... how dare you resist?"

Her laughter was sharp and piercing, suddenly echoing across the shrine plaza.

"Since you so desire destruction, then I will grant your wish."

"Since you are so eager to replace the gods, then I will burn you to ashes—and personally build the divine staircase for my ascension to the Star Calamity!"

After saying that, Minako's fox god body suddenly trembled, and all eight tails moved at the same time, knocking Fabio back several steps, and the stone slab under his feet shattered inch by inch!
Then, she raised her tail high, flames roared, and a gale arose!

Her body seemed to plunge straight down from the throne of a god, and strange green flames ignited in the sky, like one after another opening gates of hell, roaring and pouring down!

"I will utterly burn you mortals who claim to be able to contend with the gods!"

"Your corpses will pave the heavenly steps for me to ascend to the throne of a god!"

At that moment, the killing intent surged like a waterfall!
Above the altar, runes burned, and the sky and earth changed color!

At this moment, Xiao Lianyin's eyes were as cold as frost, and she did not back down.

She took a step forward, raised her arms, and slowly curled her lips into a smile, her voice cold and resolute:
"Then let's give it a try, Minako."

"You're just a false god who's barely crossed the threshold—"

"Can they truly withstand the wrath of us mortals?!"

She slightly raised her head, her gaze piercing through the sea of ​​fire and divine might like a sharp blade.

At that moment, she was no longer just a mystery master, but more like a fuse to slay a god.

"Everyone—prepare for battle!!"

At this moment, everyone in the shrine square has stood up again from the suppression of the domain!

Si Ming and Xin Nai stood on either side of the spell array, their spell tools trembling and flashing with light that was about to burst forth;
Selene crouched low, her blood-red eyes locking onto the enemy, her claws poised to strike.

He Chengxun pulled back the bolt, the cold glint of the muzzle reflecting the sea of ​​fire;

Ryoma Takenaka gripped the broken recorder tightly in his hand, his lips pressed together.
Fabio roared with deafening fury, using his burning loyalty to stop the raging torrent of disaster!
At this moment, everyone understood:
The real battle has only just begun!
Divine fire raged like a sea, and flames swirled around Minako's fox tail, like a hellish inferno descending upon the world, burning away all hopes of survival.

The false god is enraged and has descended to burn the world.

They will either slay the gods or be devoured by them.

"You call yourself a god, yet you've never understood—"

The flesh and blood of mortals, when set ablaze, are enough to start a prairie fire.

Even if it is the throne of a false god,
They will also be completely consumed by the sacrificial flames.

(End of this chapter)