From the God of Lies to the Lord of All Worlds

Chapter 434 The Initial Structure of the Celtic Pantheon

"Spending little money to accomplish great things, that's truly amazing!" Bai Yang couldn't stop smiling!

He knew that promoting Britain was the way to generate the most traffic! In this world, no country, except America, had a larger traffic than Britain!

Sure enough, during this massive surge in online traffic, I gained a huge amount of spiritual energy, and along with that energy, an even larger group of believers.

Great Britain's influence is still a bit too exaggerated; the resentment of those people can bring about a terrifying increase in willpower.

With the death of every nobleman, enthusiastic Irish people would explain what their ancestors had done.

In every funeral video, there are loud cheers from the immigrants. It just goes to show how useful Britain is. This hatred is almost etched into their very bones.

Those vibrant aspirations gave Bai Yang a new understanding of this power: "So hatred is also a source of divine power!"

“Yes, Your Majesty. Otherwise, how could Hell and the Abyss contend with the true gods? They all have sources of power!” Alvin nodded and said, then handed the things in his hand to Bai Yang. “Your Majesty, the collected willpower is already enough for a portion of the consumption. As your plan progresses, there should be a large amount of willpower coming in!”

Bai Yang took the object from the other person's hand. It was a seed, a very special seed, "A seed from the Tree of Life!"

This was also Bai Yang's idea. He asked Alvin to go to the neighboring Yugudorahir and borrow a branch, which then transformed into this seed.

In Celtic creation myths, the oak tree was regarded as the most sacred tree of life, symbolizing harmony and balance.

This is not the World Tree from Norse mythology, but rather an entity revered in Druid culture as the master of the natural elements and the ultimate controller of the four elements.

Here, the poplar tree is used as an anchor point for Celtic mythology!
Myths must have anchor points; only in this way can the ruler truly control the pantheon and serve as a key node for setting up future mythological advancements.

Christianity uses divine fire, Norse mythology uses the world tree, American mythology uses the sun, Buddhism is unique as it is a special Buddhist belief, and Celtic mythology, of course, uses the tree of life!

"Perhaps it's not just the Tree of Life, but... the Tree of Life and Druidic culture!"

After Bai Yang learned about Welsh mythology in detail, he understood why Merlin, the old wizard, was more important and widely spread in the mythology than some gods!
Because the importance of druids even surpasses that of the "witches" in Norse mythology!
As mentioned before, in Norse mythology, witches are a group of beings who can interact with the gods on an equal footing because they control something very special, namely prophecy.

In Celtic mythology, the Druids were the official church of the Celtic gods, and their power came not only from the gods but also from the elements themselves!
Elements, or nature, are what druids worship; they are beings equivalent to the power of gods.

Druids gained control over the elements of earth, sky, water, and fire through their worship of nature. Even their Wheel of Life is a manifestation of the Tree of Life's control over the four elements.

In deeper myths, these druids could even use elements to shape the sun, moon, and stars, and even the land beneath their feet—this is important because it means that the tree itself is the ultimate controller of the elements, not the gods, but the druids.

“Therefore, Merlin can choose a king and leave the gods with no way to object. This is a very peculiar relationship between gods and believers!” Bai Yang said, throwing the seed in his hand into the void and planting it on a planet opposite the void.

"Let the Tree of Life reshape another world. I wonder which is faster, this or the sun of American mythology?"

Alvin, standing beside him, sighed and advised, "Your Majesty, you've created another new world; your willpower might not be enough!"

"Don't rush, Alvin! This world hasn't set any rules for gods, nor has it officially started the process of divine power. I will initiate this shaping process after they select their king. This is just the prelude!"

Bai Yang's plan was sound. Once the "King of Britain" was selected, he would become the source of all the Commonwealth's willpower, and the continuous flow of willpower would make him another source of willpower under Bai Yang's command.

At that time, the creation of the world where the Tree of Life resides can be achieved through these wishes.

“That would be acceptable…” Alvin nodded slightly. As Bai Yang’s chief steward, he had indeed been quite overwhelmed lately. Although the future was bright, the consumption of willpower during this period was simply too enormous. Maintaining so many pantheons, even the newly established ones, required an extremely exaggerated amount of willpower!

Bai Yang knew what Alvin was worried about, and casually remarked, "It seems we really need to start the process of making everyone extraordinary, otherwise this amount of willpower won't be enough!"

For a god or even a pantheon, the amount of willpower that Bai Yang possesses is enormous.

However, for the worldview he is currently developing, these wishes are naturally far from enough.

So, besides expanding the scope of one's own wish collection, a better way is naturally to improve the level of wish collectors, which is the so-called "All-People Extraordinary" activity that Bai Yang has been mentioning.

In Japan, he used those ghosts, monsters, and Onmyoji to lead to the current fragmentation and disintegration of Japan, and of course, he also gained a constantly growing base of wish power.

For ordinary people in the area to survive, there is only one option: to coexist with the extraordinary.

They either learn through the methods of Onmyoji or samurai, or they coexist with demons and ghosts, worship them, and obtain their power. Of course, there are also some people who can obtain certain powers through large-scale sacrifices to deities, but that's another story.

But no matter how they acquire power, for that ghostly realm, this is already an excellent way to survive.

In this era of Japan, coexisting with demons is the mainstream. They enjoy it immensely and even use this supernatural power to fleece America. It has to be said that this is a truly perverse way of life!

This is Japan, which is the majority of the extraordinary willpower that Bai Yang can obtain. Most of the willpower with extraordinary power comes from this country.

Of course, America is now catching up, after all, praying to the devil is still too cost-effective.

Those American people act without considering the consequences. In order to avenge their enemies, they would even choose the most insane way, risking their entire lives to get a chance for the devil to strike!

Therefore, America was not wronged at all. The result of those extraordinary willpower outputs was that the central nervous system had many new souls.

"Your Majesty, the method you mentioned for training Knights of the Round Table is the transcendent process?" Alvin asked curiously. "But this method can't achieve universal transcendence, can it?"

Bai Yang nodded, "Knights must abide by the virtues of knighthood, but the standards for Knights of the Round Table are broader than those for Paladins. Of course, these powers are still not enough, so we still need the power of Druids!"

“Druids control the power of the elements, and these elements will be the first level of transcendence that many people can access. Perhaps we can design a simpler way to obtain transcendence, such as—believing in nature!”

"Anyway, the greatest disaster on this land will definitely be the calamity legion we created. Why not give them a chance to fight against the natural disaster?"

Upon hearing Bai Yang's words, Alvin readily agreed, "Your Majesty, do you mean to use these dead creatures to force the living to believe in nature?"

"Sigh, how can you call it coercion!" Bai Yang waved his hand, indicating that Alvin's words were a bit harsh. "In the land of fairies and gods, disasters will definitely increase. Besides kings and knights, many people will also come into contact with extraordinary powers!"

"Otherwise, how could the bards fight against Cú Chulainn? How could the witches contend with the powerful knights?"

"I did this to give hope to ordinary people! Those who can gather the power of will can be favored by nature, and thus the Druidism was founded! This is an indispensable part of Celtic mythology!"

Having gained complete control over his soul, Bai Yang naturally became even more unrestrained. Death is not the end, so let's all get hyped!

(End of this chapter)