A man among dragons, building a mysterious ancient church.

Chapter 414 The Experience of Becoming a God, Assistance from Two Gods

It wasn't easy; we were finally able to communicate freely. This impromptu gathering was packed with information, and each member had many questions they wanted to ask.

As they walked along the White Pagoda path, Fingel, his curiosity growing ever stronger, looked at Xu Lie sitting at the other end of the long table and asked first, "Mr. Error, what does it feel like to become a god?"

Although the fact that Mr. Fool and Mr. Error were sitting opposite each other indicated that Mr. Fool was also a true god in sequence zero, Fingel did not dare to ask Mr. Fool this question directly due to his long-standing authority.

The only recourse is to ask Xu Lie, who maintains the same attitude as before, for clarification.

The other members all turned their gazes toward him. They too wanted to know what a true god was like, and how he differed from the one before he became a god.

Xu Lie thought for a moment and then described himself in a general way, picking out the things he could say: "It feels like the same as previous promotions, just like when you were promoted from Sequence 5 to Sequence 4, there's not much difference."

"At most, the difficulties, the gains, and the spiritual imprint of divinity are magnified many times over."

"For example, if you advance to Sequence 4 and your rank increases, you will have a higher resistance to extraordinary abilities below Sequence 4. Similarly, if you advance to True God, you will have a higher resistance to extraordinary abilities below True God rank. Of course, this resistance will be even higher."

"Another aspect is the qualitative change in power. If you advance, you may gain new extraordinary abilities, or you may deepen and enhance your existing abilities. If you become a true god, you will be able to wield the authority corresponding to certain of your previous abilities."

"Then there are qualitative changes in the spiritual and physical aspects. There's not much to say about that; it's simply that the spiritual exertion is greater and the body is stronger."

"Finally, there is the spiritual imprint. Divinity will be enhanced like never before, and without sufficient anchors, it may be impossible to maintain humanity."

Of course, Xu Lie didn't need to tell the other members that he discovered the mental imprint was his past self.

Having said that, Xu Lie decided not to say anything more, so that the members could receive this useless information. Yes, useless, after all, Xu Lie only intended to cultivate the highest Sequence 1 workers in order to harmonize the source matter.

It's impossible for Xu Lie to grant members the unique ability to become gods. For the members, learning more about the abilities and knowledge of true gods is meaningless; it's purely Xu Lie satisfying their curiosity.

As for ascending to true godhood, one can also interfere in the astral plane, a dimension full of authority and symbolism, so there's no need to tell the members.

The more the members listened, the stranger their expressions became. How could Xu Lie's words make becoming a god seem so unremarkable? Was it still just a kind of advancement based on magic potions?

No, we can't think like that. Fingel reflected on himself. The reason Mr. Error said that was probably because he didn't want to discourage everyone, so he deliberately downplayed his own position.

After becoming a god, one must be extremely powerful. Fingel has this understanding. Putting aside everything else, even with Fingel's current level of knowledge and reserves, he can only barely see that Mr. Fool's gray mist possesses the authority of history. He can't see anything else at all.

If Mr. Fool's gray fog is so outrageous, how could Mr. Mistake, who can get along with Mr. Fool on an equal footing, be as ordinary as he describes?
"Huh?" Chen Motong was quite surprised: "Is that all? I thought it could be like in mythology, where gods create the world, create humans, or even create the universe."

Xu Lie, taking advantage of the gray mist's concealment, rolled his eyes at Chen Motong. "Creating humans? You must know that in the mysterious worldview, humans were originally created by the Mother Goddess. Xu Lie's current advancement is far from reaching the level of the original combined with the Mother Goddess: "It's not that exaggerated."

"True gods only wield authority corresponding to a portion of their own abilities, so different true gods have different strengths and weaknesses, which is not much different from the previous era of extraordinary beings."

Chen Motong scratched her head. So even a true god has weaknesses? This is too different from the true god she knew.

One red-haired woman lowered her hand, while the other raised hers. Erii waited obediently until Xu Lie nodded to her, at which point she hesitated over her words: "Xu-kun, I've wanted to ask you before, what is authority?"

“You can think of it as power and ability.” Xu Lie was still very patient with Erii: “Power is the power within the means.”

"I can adjust the strength of the abilities of all sequence extraordinary individuals within the pathway, and reduce certain extraordinary abilities."

"Ability is an extraordinary ability that goes beyond the means and reaches a higher level."

Erii understood, and clapped her hands twice with pure joy: "Amazing!"

The other members, however, were secretly terrified by Xu Lie's power! He could actually modify and adjust the strength of abilities along the entire path? Increase or decrease extraordinary abilities? Was it really that outrageous?
Erii didn't understand what this power meant, but the other members did.

If the true gods of various paths were to reduce some of their abilities, it would be an immense blow to them.

For example, Chu Zihang's Hunter path would be severely weakened without fire control, making his combat power unbearable to look at; Chen Motong's Audience path would be too prone to accidents without psychological stealth; and Su Qian's Monster path would be practically useless if her Luck ability were removed.
Thankfully, the members were overjoyed. They had been somewhat disappointed, regretting that they hadn't been able to integrate the 'godlike trait' at birth and were destined never to become gods. Now, they only felt that it was better not to have the 'godlike trait'; it would be best if this path to godhood completely disappeared from the world.

The members were initially curious about what kind of power Mr. Error wielded, but since it involved the secrets and privacy of his extraordinary abilities, they were too embarrassed to ask, feeling it would be too offensive.

Erii's question diverted everyone's attention, and for a moment, no one wanted to ask any more questions about the true god.

The members then shared their locations, deciding that those who lived nearby would travel to the Arctic together, while others would find their own way there.

Having revealed the location, Chen Motong, who had been holding back for so long, finally had the opportunity to report her investigation results, revealing the information she had gleaned from the memories of the Gattuso family and the six elders.

Chu Zihang and Fingel already knew the location of Odin's lair, but after hunting and killing Odin, they had lost interest in it.

Fingel's former diving team members were all destroyed by Odin's Word of Power, Nine-Headed Serpent, leaving not a trace of their remains. He had no desire to return to that place of sorrow. Chu Zihang wasn't the type to eliminate all threats; he wouldn't go so far as to kill Odin and then destroy his lair.

At most, I heard that the Summer Mourning incident was the work of the Gattuso family, and I felt sorry for Sir Cassel and others for a while.

Susie, as Chen Motong's best friend, was very concerned about her situation: "The Holy Palace Medical Association's headquarters is actually hidden in the Nibelungen of the Greenland Ice Sea? Nono, you're not planning to risk infiltrating there, are you?"

“Don’t worry, I’m not the same as before.” Chen Motong waved her hand gently, indicating to her best friend not to underestimate her: “My virtual personalities and I have been busy for more than a month. Just three days ago, I finally made 100,000 people in Italy have the same dream at the same time and complete the promotion ceremony.”

"You've already reached Sequence 3?" Susie raised an eyebrow in surprise, but her worries did lessen considerably; the higher one's advancement, the stronger one becomes.

When Chen Motong was at Sequence 4, she was already able to use many virtual personalities to perform so many tricks. If she successfully advances to Sequence 3, it seems that Su Xi really doesn't need to worry too much.

"Hmm." To completely reassure her best friend, Chen Motong even took the initiative to reveal her newly acquired extraordinary ability: "I now have the ability to create clones, and I will send one clone to infiltrate Nibelungen to test the waters."

“If Odin left some kind of backup plan, Nibelungen is indeed in danger, but the death of my clone has no effect on me.”

After Chen Motong was promoted to Sequence 3 Dream Weaver, she gained the ability to weave dreams, which allows her to forcibly pull people into her pre-designed dreams.

If the target is injured or dies in a dream, it will partially reflect in reality. The target's real body will not have any wounds, but they will still appear to be injured or die. It's even possible to drive the target crazy in a dream, and the target will also go crazy in reality.

It can also bring one's own body and others into the ocean of the collective unconscious, and even separate out the identities one once had, becoming a living clone.

Of course, unlike Xu Lie's unbridled clones, Chen Motong's clones must be identities she once possessed, and their number is strictly limited.

Fortunately, Chen Motong had disguised herself and strolled through the streets of Italy to spread dreams related to herself for the promotion ceremony, which meant she had a different identity than before.

"Congratulations." Out of affection for Erii, Nuwa was also very friendly to Chen Motong, who had the same hair color as Erii: "I still need to complete the ceremony before I can catch up with you."

Thanks to her years of dragon-slaying battles, Nuwa previously consumed the Sequence 4 Dragon Hunter, which was practically melt-in-your-mouth. Now that the dragon plague has broken out, as long as she kills six powerful dragons, she can complete the ritual, advance directly to Sequence 3, and completely catch up with the first tier.

As for Xu Lie? He has already been tacitly assumed by the members to be sitting at the same table as Mr. Fool, and has been removed from the first tier.

If the difference between them is only one or two steps, the members still have the confidence to catch up. But if the difference is so great, or even if they have become gods, it completely makes people lose the will to catch up.

Chen Motong smiled as he accepted Nuwa's congratulations, and pointed at Fingel: "Senior brother, you advanced to Sequence 3 a month earlier than me."

The moment Fingel received the Wind Orb Crest, he went to the Spirit Realm to complete the ritual and advance to Sequence 3 Insightful One. This allowed him to easily see through everything about his enemies and, with his understanding of the rules, solve any problems he encountered in a very easy way.

After completing his promotion, Fingel gave the Wind Globe emblem to Eva as a token of their betrothal.

Faced with Chen Motong's shift of attention to himself, Fingel chose to continue passing the ball: "You flatter me. Without the protection of the emblem given by Mr. Fool, I would not be able to safely understand the rules and mysteries in the dangerous depths of the spirit world."

Fingel chuckled inwardly, passing the ball to Mr. Fool. His attention returned to Mr. Fool, and now…

Unexpectedly, this was exactly what Aso intended, and he chose to ask for help at this moment: "Dear Mr. Fool and Mr. Error, how can I find a special message in the depths of the spirit world that is closely related to my past, present, and future, and is deeply intertwined with the 'moon'?"

Asou first used Dark Gaze on Dragon Lord Corpse Guardian, and then used various Witch King abilities on Odin multiple times. The potion was largely digested, and the last little bit was also digested over time. He then began to prepare for the ascension ceremony.

The members were stunned. Could this really be happening? They were suddenly asking two true gods for help with an ascension ceremony?
It seems like there's no problem? Mr. Fool originally intended to cultivate high-sequence extraordinary individuals, and Mr. Error has a close relationship with Makoto Aso.

They all looked at Asou Makoto, hoping that if possible, they might be able to get help from the two gods in their future advancement ceremonies!

Forrell didn't have much to think about; training the members to Sequence 1 was the most urgent need for the main body at present: "No problem, I will let the Seven Lights of the Spirit Realm guide you to find the 'moon' information you want."

Xu Lie also offered his support: "I can arrange for the messenger dog Fugen to protect you."

"Seven lights of the spirit world?" Asou Makoto had indeed seen Xu Lie's messenger before, since she would often write to Xu Lie in her spare time: "Could it be the seven omnipresent lights in the sky above the spirit world?"

“That’s right. In fact, the Seven Lights have always had their own will and will descend upon the human world from time to time. It’s just that you haven’t encountered them yet.” After giving a brief explanation of the Seven Lights, Bao Lie announced the adjournment of the meeting.

"That's enough for today."

"Yes, as you wish."

This time, however, Xu Lie did not get up, and for the first time, the members had a different sense of reality than Mr. Mistake.

(End of this chapter)