I'm not just human!

"The City of Gold Pounds has the headquarters of the nine extraordinary legions. I'll take you there then, haha."

As the two were talking, Gilgamesh suddenly stopped.

Xia Fa immediately understood, guessing that this was the arrival of the ancestor's Outer God Realm.

Although the Outer God Realm is fixed at a certain coordinate in the Celestial Spirit Realm, due to the special nature of the Celestial Spirit Realm itself, it can be directly entered through various different locations, somewhat like a spatial tunnel.

At that moment, Gilgamesh clasped his hands together, countless ancient runes flashing in his dark eyes. Then, he opened his palms, and an ancient rune with a "door" symbol flew out, immediately opening a hazy hole of light not far in front of him.

Xia Fa looked into the cave of light and was taken aback.

This is because the light hole contains a planet that is almost exactly the same as Gilgamesh!

"Come on, let's go in. My Outer God Realm was created one-to-one based on our family's life planet, so you don't have to worry about getting lost, hahaha."

Gilgamesh made a joke and stepped inside first.

Xia Fa immediately followed and stepped out of the light cave. He immediately felt the light cave behind him close, and then an incomparably huge power of "secret" authority enveloped the surroundings again.

He suddenly felt a sense of peace for no reason, as if staying in this Outer God Realm meant he didn't have to fear the spying of any powerful being or the pursuit of anyone.

This is probably the effect of the ancestral [Eternal Secret] authority; I must say, it's still as useful as ever.

Fortunately, because his [Eternal Secret] had not been contained and absorbed, the recent dozens of frequent uses had exhausted the power of authority within it, and he would have to wait a while for it to replenish itself.

This is the biggest difference between absorbing and not absorbing. Not only can only 20% to 30% of the power of authority be used, but it cannot be used continuously and must be replenished after it is exhausted.

If you switch to [Eternal Critical Strike], you won't have to worry about the consumption of Authority Power; you only need to consider the consumption of Divine Power within your own body.

Having arrived at a safe place, Gilgamesh directly brought up a topic he hadn't dared to mention in the Protoss Realm:

"By the way, descendants, regarding that sandalwood box with your name on it, if you still can't open it when you reach the Outer God level, you can try when you reach the Quasi-Celestial Venerable level. I have a feeling that it's probably around those two levels. After all, the next level is Celestial Venerable and True God. It's impossible to really have to wait until then to open it."

Xia Fa nodded slightly:

"Okay, I'll give it a try then."

Gilgamesh suddenly became gossipy:

"By the way, do you have any memories of 30,000 years ago? I still feel that this matter is too strange."

Xia Fa shook his head:

“Ancestor, there really isn’t. If there were, I wouldn’t have been as surprised as you were.”

Neither of them considered the possibility of a so-called "prophecy," that is, they did not consider that some great being had foreseen the birth of Xia Fa 30,000 years later, and had created this sandalwood box in advance, and written the words "Xia Fa personally opens this box."

The reason is simple: even the First History, one of the nine great gods, and the most mysterious Ninth God, cannot predict events tens of thousands of years in the future.

Whether it's the "First History" or the Nine Great Gods, being able to predict something or someone for decades or centuries is already the limit, and it even includes countless complex deductions and possible developments.

Xia Fa knew why: although scientific development was limited in this world, at a certain level, such as after becoming a ruler, one could see a part of the world's "essence".

This part of the "essence" refers to the various basic particles in the real world and the Protoss realm, as well as their corresponding modes of motion.

Whether it's bosons, neutrinos, electrons, or all sorts of extraordinary particles, the existence of the dominant position can already be seen and identified with the naked eye.

This leads to the obvious conclusion that the motion of all the fundamental particles that make up this world is chaotic and disordered.

This also corresponds to the fact that everyone's fate is also full of randomness and unpredictability.

Therefore, given the mental capacity of the First History and the Ninth God, being able to predict events that will occur decades or hundreds of years from now in such a completely chaotic and random state is already quite remarkable. It can be said that they exhausted all possibilities and chose the highest probability before daring to speak.

As for the idea that someone could know 30,000 years ago that they, "Xiafa," would be born prematurely, or even successfully come to the temple and encounter this sandalwood box, that's simply impossible.

Therefore, the two of them did not consider the possibility of a "prophecy" at all.

Putting aside his wandering thoughts, Xia Fa turned to look at his ancestors with a rather serious expression.

It just so happens that he's always had a question he's been wanting to ask, a question he's been very curious about.

"Ancestors..."

"Hmm? What's wrong?"

“I once read the Golden Dao Beacon Scroll. It says that becoming a true god requires one hundred secret contracts and three kinds of eternal certificates. But now, even a peak Outer God can sign one hundred secret contracts and three kinds of eternal certificates. So, what exactly is the difference between an Outer God, a Quasi-Celestial Venerable, and a Celestial Venerable?”

Chapter 401 The Son of Absolute Defense Appears! Questioning Xia Fa, you call yourself "Absolute Attack"?

"Cough, cough, how come you don't even know this?"

Hearing the question from his own descendant, Gilgamesh was clearly taken aback, but he quickly recovered and pondered for a moment before replying:

"That's true. You've only ever interacted with mortals before, and you've only been a god for a few days. You haven't even joined the superhuman legions of the nine major churches, so it's normal that you don't know this..."

Xia Fa sighed softly:

"Yes, it's fortunate that I was able to meet you, ancestor."

He was speaking from the heart. Thinking about it carefully, he realized that he had pretended to have a powerful background in front of the Outer Gods such as the Crimson Tree, so he couldn't possibly ask this question, nor could he ask the entities of the Entity Redemption Society in his capacity as a Glutton.

As for the others, such as Lord Paradox, He probably assumes He knows these things, since they are common sense to them as true gods.

But ironically, I really didn't know... Of course, there was also the reason that I had only been a god for a few days.

"Descendants, do you know what the biggest difference is between a Celestial Venerable and a True God, and what the greatest gap is?"

Gilgamesh conjured a blackboard and a pointer from who-knows-where and began to give a seemingly serious lecture.

As soon as He pointed the pointer at the blackboard, a pattern of three crystal spheres automatically appeared on the blackboard.

"What?" Xia Fa asked very cooperatively, putting on a look of eagerness to learn.

The two were in the garden of a villa in a scenic valley, and to be honest, it really did have an atmosphere of preaching and enlightening.

Gilgamesh's expression was quite solemn, adopting the attitude of an elder. Although, in truth, He could no longer defeat His own descendants, this was, after all, to impart very important mystical knowledge to His descendants, so the situation was different.

“Let’s assume that this crystal sphere represents a kind of eternal certificate, and these,” Gilgamesh said, waving his pointer slightly across the blackboard, instantly revealing a hundred more patterns of secret contracts, “representing a total of one hundred secret contracts.”

"So, a powerful being who has reached the peak of Outer God, like your ancestor, may seem to have signed a hundred secret contracts and possessed three kinds of eternal credentials, but in fact, he is far from being one."

As he spoke, he tapped the blackboard twice with his pointer.

Xia Fa immediately noticed that ninety-nine of the secret contracts and two crystal spheres had lit up, leaving only one secret contract and one crystal sphere unlit.

"Theoretically speaking, every peak Outer God will always be stuck on the last one they signed—which is basically equivalent to the sixth Overlord-level secret contract—and will be unable to advance their understanding of that Overlord-level secret contract to 100%, with many only reaching 1%."

"Correspondingly, the third kind of eternal certificate that they contain cannot be fully absorbed either; they can only absorb up to one percent before getting stuck."

"To become a true god, one needs to advance the understanding of all one hundred secret contracts to one hundred percent, and similarly, fully absorb the three eternal credentials contained therein."

Gilgamesh, having said this, looked intently at his descendants.

"Shafa, do you know why this is?"

Xia Fa understood that crucial intelligence had arrived, and immediately sat up straight and said:

"Please enlighten us, ancestors."

Seeing that Shafa was listening so attentively, Gilgamesh nodded in satisfaction and continued:

"This problem actually troubled the nine righteous gods more than 30,000 years ago. Of course, these were the nine righteous gods who had not yet become righteous gods."

"At that time, the nine of them, along with dozens of other peak Outer Gods who were expected to become true gods, were all stuck on the progress of understanding the last Overlord-level secret contract and absorbing the last kind of eternal certificate, unable to make any progress."

"In the end, it was the [First History] that found the method, and then the [Natural Monarch] and the [Supreme Law] were the first to successfully test it. Only in this way was the orthodox path of the conferment of gods truly opened up, making up for the crucial information that the Golden Dao Beacon Scroll failed to provide."

This time, Gilgamesh stopped keeping everyone in suspense and immediately followed up:

"To be specific, simply signing one hundred secret contracts and absorbing the three kinds of eternal certificates is not enough. This would prevent the gods from fully controlling their extraordinary power."

"You can probably see this from the fact that Outer Gods and their followers cannot enter the real world. Even if they sign and understand the corresponding secret contract and absorb the corresponding eternal certificate, they cannot even control the uncontrolled pollution of their own extraordinary power on the surroundings."

"Moreover, they are also prone to losing control or going insane, because such extraordinary power is too immense."

Xia Fa's eyes flickered, and he nodded slightly, deeply understanding the sentiment.

In particular, after learning that secret contracts, extraordinary talents, eternal credentials, and so on, all actually came from the origin of the universe and were powers "stolen" by extraordinary beings, he understood even more why.

Simply put, it is precisely because this power is so strong that most living beings would find it difficult to fully control it.

Suddenly, Xia Fa realized something and hesitated before saying:

"So, the 'method' that the First History Lord found is essentially..."

Gilgamesh snapped his fingers:

"That's right, it's the method that allows the gods to fully control their extraordinary power! And once this method is fully implemented, the last overlord-level secret contract and the last kind of eternal certificate that were stuck will be understood or absorbed naturally!"

Xia Fa felt a surge of excitement. Although he was able to control his extraordinary power and prevent it from causing uncontrolled pollution to reality thanks to the "strange current" at his tailbone, there was no doubt that this method discovered by the [First History] would greatly enhance his strength!

Putting aside everything else, the difference in strength between Outer Gods, Quasi-Celestial Venerables, Celestial Venerables, and the Supreme Righteous Gods is enough to make it clear.

They all possessed one hundred secret contracts and three kinds of eternal credentials, yet the true gods could casually wipe out a large number of outer gods as easily as crushing ants. This disparity was unbelievably vast.

The key lies in this "method"!

Gilgamesh then took a deep breath and began to explain, word by word, with utmost seriousness:

"This method is actually... to merge the secret contract you signed with the eternal certificate you possess!"

He tapped the blackboard with his pointer, and the hundred secret contracts immediately split into three piles.

Each pile contained thirty sheets, two of which radiated a dazzling light, clearly indicating they were Overlord-level secret contracts.

The three piles of thirty secret contracts each flew into their corresponding crystal spheres like pieces of paper.

"This is actually the most powerful way for each deity to develop their true and unique secrets, based on themselves."

"By fusing the secret pact you have signed with the eternal certificate you possess, not only will the secret pact's corresponding abilities mutate into various different effects, but the power of the secret pact's abilities will also be greatly enhanced!"

"For every thirty secret contracts merged into an eternal token, one's strength will increase by one major rank!"

"It's equivalent to a terrifying leap from a fungus-level superhuman to a superhuman lord!"

"Of course, this is a method that only beings at the peak of the Outer God realm would use, or rather, only beings at the peak of the Outer God realm are qualified to use it, and have no choice but to use it, since the road ahead is temporarily blocked."

Xia Fa listened carefully, then pondered and said:

"So, under normal circumstances, a peak Outer God could become a Quasi-Celestial Venerable if he could fuse thirty secret contracts into an eternal token?"

Gilgamesh nodded:

"Yes, and so on. Sixty cards make you a Celestial Venerable, and ninety cards make you a True God. Because when you merge to ninety cards, the one that was stuck—the Overlord-level secret contract and that kind of eternal certificate—will automatically be fully understood and absorbed. At that point, all you need to do is complete the True God ritual guided by your spiritual intuition..."

At this point, Gilgamesh's face was filled with anticipation.