You want me to take out a loan to practice cultivation? I'll just pay off the debt physically.

However, these new-era true gods were not content with becoming gods, nor did they extend their reach to the power center of the Red Heart Society after becoming gods.

What they wanted was never power or status.

These breathtakingly beautiful rules, even those of true gods, yearn to see a transcendent view.

They held in high esteem the figures recorded in history: the Heart Demon God, the Star Demon God, the Source Demon God, and Ye Lingtian, the Lord of Slaughter.

Therefore, they set their sights on something further afield.

In their eyes, the glory of their ancestors shines like the stars.

As the younger generation, they believe they stand on more fertile ground than their predecessors, enjoy more advanced technology, and possess the insights and experiences about rules and transcendence that their predecessors explored and recorded with their lives and sacrifices.

Therefore, they also have a responsibility to move forward, to touch and challenge that higher divine path, and even the ethereal realm where those who transcend reside.

Thus, these new gods, along with a few ancient and surviving deities, became pioneers in exploring the frontiers of deityhood.

They diligently studied and delved into the depths of the rules, constantly launching tragic and solitary assaults against that seemingly existent yet insurmountable barrier.

[In the year 126548 of the Extraordinary Calendar, after another long period of time—long enough for mortal civilizations to go through countless cycles of reincarnation—the Red Heart Society, having concentrated the wisdom and resources of the entire civilization, entered a period of stagnation in its research on the fundamental problem of the inability of True Gods of Rules to collectively ascend.]

No matter how many brilliant minds are mobilized, or how many astronomical sums of resources are invested, it's all in vain to explore and experiment in seemingly possible directions such as life sciences, spiritual studies, rule topology, sociology, and historical metaphysics.

Ultimately, none of them can definitively determine the core issue currently hindering the mass emergence of true gods of the rules.

Various theoretical hypotheses contradict each other, and experimental data is difficult to reproduce, as if an invisible curse or civilizational bottleneck, beyond the scope of current understanding, hangs over the Chixin Society.

[Just when mainstream research had reached a stalemate and the entire civilization felt a growing anxiety about cultivating top individuals, a power system that had once been considered a misguided, backward, or even toxic path began to emerge.]

The Path of Faith!

[With the true god of rules unable to advance, a small, clandestine group of practitioners and researchers began to step out from the margins and make their voices heard, proposing a groundbreaking hypothesis.]

This group can be called the "Seeking God" faction.

They pointed out that the Red Heart Society's vision might be limited by existing known territories.

The world is vast, far greater than we can imagine!

The numerous quasi-great worlds currently occupied by the Red Heart Society, seemingly scattered like stars and possessing vast territories, are in reality just a drop in the ocean compared to the entire universe, and do not actually occupy a very large area.

The known edge of the universe is the chaotic Abyss, but what lies beyond it?

What about beyond the universe?

【what else?】

They believed that the universe, capable of giving birth to the three great worlds of the Abyss, the Spirit Realm, and Hell, as well as the nascent form of the Crimson Heart Great World, must be of a complex and profound nature.

The vast and boundless universe inevitably contains multiple levels and dimensions, including the visible and invisible worlds, the realm of matter and the ocean of rules, the physical universe and the vast expanse of beliefs.

The Red Heart Society should transcend its satisfaction with existing material boundaries and turn its gaze towards a broader and more fundamental exploration of the outside world.

[This applies not only to space, but also to rules and forms of existence.]

Based on this, they proposed a core solution.

[Shepherding all worlds!]

Specifically, this involves utilizing the Red Heart Society's unparalleled technology and dissemination capabilities to cultivate its members as if they were followers of a true god. Subsequently, this will be aided by the Red Heart Society's meticulously researched and precisely controllable divine rune system.

[While absolutely preserving the caster's independent will, the scattered, untapped beliefs and spiritual resonance of countless beings are used as energy to create deities!]

They argued passionately!

The great founder once said, "I hope that everyone with a sincere heart will become a god!"

Therefore, as long as the ultimate goal of becoming a god can be achieved, and it can be ensured that the god maintains their own will and is absolutely loyal to their original ideals, then the process and means to achieve this goal can be completely unconventional.

Perhaps this path of faith, which has been neglected or even discarded by the mainstream approach that emphasizes personal understanding of rules and individual breakthroughs, is the cornerstone of the Red Heart Society's future development.

The arguments of those who believe in a true God quickly caused a huge uproar within Chixin.

[Although many demigods scoff at the rules, believing that the path of faith in the true God is a dead end.]

[This is not just a method for becoming a god, but also a very obvious line of thinking.]

[On the path to becoming a True God of Rules, there are those who have transcended the ordinary, and many of these transcendents have left behind their insights from reaching the pinnacle within the Red Heart Society. All Red Heart Society members who become True Gods of Rules can observe these insights for free.]

But what about faith in the true God?

[According to existing records, this is a worthless divine path, even inferior to a true god in terms of authority!]

In the past, members of the Red Heart Society might have used this as a way to expand their power in order to survive.

But what about now?

With the path of divine rules laid out before us, anyone who still bothers with the path of divine faith is simply a fool!

[In the year 159774 of the Extraordinary Calendar, the demigods who had long been unable to advance or break through the barriers of the rules were utterly powerless against the mighty force of time, even with the existence of the Red Heart Society's life technology.]

[But before the immense power of time, becoming a god is the only path.]

Therefore, many demigods who sought to counteract the lifespan limitations of demigods turned to the path of faith in the gods.

This abandoned path of faith has begun to shine brightly under the faithful guidance of the Red Heart Society.

Because believing in a true God requires a large number of followers, the Red Heart Society, guided by this public opinion, specifically issued relevant decrees.

All members of the Red Heart Society who choose the path of faith can shepherd the people in ordinary worlds where the Red Heart Society's flag is not planted and which are not within the Red Heart Society's territory.

However, there is one standard regarding this.

That refers to the people shepherded and cared for, not humans!

[Anyone who is human, and a purebred human as identified by Red Heart Technology, must be sent to the Red Heart Society.]

[The Red Heart Society is, after all, an organization established by humankind!]

Enslaving humanity contradicts our noble ideals and is unacceptable!

Anyone who dares to enslave humanity will be immediately executed upon discovery.

Human life is of paramount importance!

The great undertaking created by the Red Heart Society is for the benefit of all humankind in the world! (End of Chapter)