Devil's Bible

"Divinity" is a characteristic.

It is described as your mind being able to carry a broader range of knowledge.

It may sound vague, but in essence, this characteristic is very powerful.

He strengthened the power of the divine thought, greatly enhancing its resilience, strength, and versatility.

Otherwise, most of them would be born as gods, but because of this advantage, they would give up on progress and become old-fashioned 'weak gods'. They would probably have lost themselves over a long period of time and given up thinking in the astral plane.

For deities who lack faith and perseverance, the long period of time is also a torment.

However, these deities did not develop 'mental problems' under such torment.

It is because of their 'divinity' that their thoughts are strengthened, allowing them to exist for hundreds of millions of years without 'despair', even if they are of bad character and weak will.

However, it would be a grave mistake to think that "divinity" is merely a protective characteristic of the mind.

This characteristic is the true limit of a deity.

Thought is the center and core of all life and self.

"At this point, our understanding of the world seems to have reached its limit, but the so-called limit is not the end."

"When the divine fire burns in one's understanding and faith, it gradually broadens the foundation of divinity, thereby raising the limits of one's understanding."

“God of Discipline, I thank you!” Nemus exclaimed.

The God of Commandments went astray; in order to seize the divine status of transformation, he clung to the belief that the Commandments were right.

In his choice of faith, he also preferred the first type: pure personality cult.

Therefore, he unknowingly formed a 'dam of faith'.

On the other side of this dam, too much 'cognitive belief' has accumulated.

Many of these beliefs and perceptions about change do not conform to the 'precepts'.

The God of Discipline handled this part of the understanding extremely crudely.

This was an inevitable choice for him to strictly adhere to the precepts.

And with Nemus replacing the God of Discipline as the new God of Change.

Although that part of the cognition and faith has been transformed into divine power by the God of Discipline, that part of the cognition seems restless due to the effect of the faith dam.

Its presence was so strong that it made Nemus a god, and after he began to pay attention to faith, he immediately noticed this part of 'cognitive faith'.

This is also because Nemus was the first being to rise from 'mortal' to become a god.

His personal beliefs are far less important than his 'cognitive beliefs'.

Other deities are different...

“When most gods are born, our understanding of them is still limited, and there will only be more ignorant worship.”

"From the very beginning, most people will have more faith in the worship of the divine than faith in the knowledge of the divine."

"And faith is exclusive..."

Sometimes Nems really lamented that faith is both successful and detrimental because of its exclusivity.

Therefore, most deities only regard cognitive faith as a supplement.

"Perhaps when the gods reach their limit, they will gradually turn to cognitive faith."

"But the emergence of deflection changed everything."

Whether by luck or simply by chance, Nemes discovered the shortcut of cognitive faith.

They were certain that this was the 'Path to the Limits of Divinity,' a path that no other deity had ever discovered.

"Perhaps this is the right path, one that is no longer correct," Nemus thought to himself.

Based on the information he has gathered so far, he can roughly conclude that cognitive faith, after being burned by divine fire, will be divided into three things.

Divine power, divinity, and impurities.

Those impurities are people's incorrect or abnormal perceptions of these things. Because the God of Discipline upholds the precepts, most of these perceptions are not fully ignited and are discarded by the God of Discipline as impurities to the other side of the 'dam'.

However, compared to Nemes, these impurities are not entirely impurities.

“It’s just exceptionally dangerous, and I could easily be corrupted by distracting thoughts.” Nemes believes this is the right path, but that doesn’t mean it’s safe.

“When divinity accumulates to a certain level and surpasses its limits, I have a premonition that the gods will undergo some changes…”

Nems's thoughts changed, and it was at this time that some information, along with his cognition, interacted with Nems.

"The path of the ancient gods?" After immersing himself in this information, Nemus understood the crux of the matter.

The path of the ancient gods is a powerful path, yet one that has been abandoned.

Normally, deflection force is an abnormal path, and it shouldn't even exist.

Once a deity reaches the level of powerful divine power, the only way to advance further is through the path of the ancient gods.

In other words, it involves enhancing divinity and strengthening cognition. Once one reaches the limit, one will gradually grasp the rules of the world itself.

Resonating with the numbers, one no longer seeks divine power, which can be directly obtained from the rules of the world.

Inexhaustible.

And this kind of existence has become one with the rules of the world.

If placed in some cultivation worlds, it could be called the Dao Integration.

In this world, they are known as the Ancient Gods.

The ancient gods are intertwined and resonate with the rules of the world, eternally indestructible, and coexist with the world.

At this point, one can even transfer divinity to others, making them gods as well.

They themselves will not be affected, but it will be more difficult to obtain faith.

This is how it should be...

However, the path to becoming an ancient god went awry halfway through.

The inherent flaws of the world under the theory of numerology have been fully exposed under the impact of the outer universe.

Due to various changes, new possibilities for the world were born, and the path of the ancient gods was interrupted.

The truly powerful divine force that emerges under the deflection force serves as proof of the supreme strength.

In this respect, the deflection force is superior to the path of the ancient gods.

After all, in the final era, the world will be destroyed. The so-called eternal immortality and coexistence with the world on the path of the ancient gods are nothing but illusions and are not realistic.

Therefore, the path of the ancient gods is essentially a path that was originally correct but is now wrong.

Just like how humans, after reaching the Gold level, used pure materialization, this is a path that was originally correct for Gold species to advance to Mythical species, but is now wrong.

That's just how the world is.

Many things that were originally correct were interrupted, buried, or rewritten in the face of change.

But by the time someone discovered these things, the era had already reached its end, and these things that were originally correct were no longer applicable.

Isn't this a kind of "picking up flowers in the morning and evening"?

Nemus gazed at the path of the ancient gods.

This might be the wrong path now.

but……

It is also a path that can quickly provide strength.

A normal path of faith, coupled with a deflecting force, might grant powerful divine authority, offering a glimmer of hope for surviving the end times.

But surviving the end was never Nemus's goal. (End of Chapter)