Chapter 327

Chapter 327: New God!

Ye Tianming asked again, “Give me a brief overview of this world.”

　　Lu Ren nodded, “This world is called the ‘Divine Universe.’ The Divine Universe has five great star systems, and each star system has a temple…….”

　　A moment later, Ye Tianming finally had a clear understanding of this world.

　　The Divine Universe!

　　In this Divine Universe, there are five great super powers, namely: the Divine Dao Temple, the Ancient God Temple, the Heavenly Lord Temple, the Evil God Ancient Temple, and the more mysterious Awakening God Temple.

　　The Five Great Temples!

　　The origin of the Divine Universe traces back to the legendary Temple of All Gods. At that time, the Divine Universe was unified, but later the gods differed in their beliefs, and so a great war among the gods broke out. In that battle, many ‘divine beings’ fell, and the Divine Universe nearly collapsed.

　　Later, the Temple of All Gods split due to the internal war and became five separate temples.

　　Each temple has one ‘True God.’

　　A True God is the highest title in this divine universe, and can also be said to be the highest realm.

　　The cultivation system of this Divine Universe is very, very simple — just seven realms: Human Spirit, Earth Prayer, Star Vault, Heaven Void, Boundless, False God, and True God.

　　And what people cultivate here is ‘incense offerings.’

　　Every True God has their own exclusive ‘divine estate,’ and these ‘divine estates’ continuously provide them with ‘incense offerings.’ Each True God also has their own affiliated forces, which gather around these ‘divine beings’ and constantly collect ‘incense offerings’ for the ‘True Gods.’ To win over these affiliated forces, the True Gods granted them two great benefits.

　　The first is the distribution of: incense offerings.

　　Each star system has an ‘incense spirit vein,’ and the people here cultivate by absorbing these ‘incense spirit veins’ — it is essentially equivalent to spiritual energy. In theory, the people here can reach the level of ‘True God.’

　　But so far, no one has ever been seen reaching True God through cultivation alone. At most, they reach the False God realm.

　　In order to obtain more ‘incense offerings,’ those affiliated forces work extremely hard to collect incense for the ‘True Gods.’ Once a new universe is discovered, they conquer it, then turn it into a ‘divine estate,’ establish a ‘divine throne’ within it, and collect ‘incense offerings.’

　　There is another reason why these forces work so hard — once they discover and conquer a universe, they can send their own people to control it. Of course, the primary purpose is still to collect incense for the ‘True God,’ but

　　there is a lot of room for tricks here.

　　While collecting incense for the True God, one can actually secretly skim a little off the top.

　　Each True God has a number of affiliated forces beneath them, collectively known as ‘god-attached clans.’ The more divine estates a god-attached clan controls, the stronger it becomes.

　　The place he is currently in is called the ‘Divine Dao Star System,’ and it is under the jurisdiction of the ‘Divine Dao Temple.’

　　And the Lu Ren standing before him is the High Priest of the Divine Dao Temple — a very high-ranking position. Within the Divine Dao Temple, there are three High Priests in total, whose status is second only to the Grand Archbishop.

　　The second benefit is the establishment of: the Reincarnation Hall.

　　Anyone who believes in a True God, upon death, as long as their incense offering is not erased, can return to the Reincarnation Hall and be reborn. Moreover, if one’s power is strong enough, they can even be reborn with their memories intact — though their cultivation will be greatly reduced.

　　Reincarnation and rebirth!

　　This surprised Ye Tianming somewhat. He had not expected that the living beings of this universe could actually achieve ‘immortality.’

　　Seeing Ye Tianming deep in thought, Lu Ren dared not disturb him, and instead curiously studied Ye Tianming. In his view, being able to walk out from within a divine estate was simply too……abnormal.

　　Ye Tianming suddenly asked, “Can you all really cultivate to True God?”

　　Lu Ren said solemnly, “In theory, yes.”

　　Ye Tianming thought for a moment, then said, “In that case, there are only two ways to reach True God. First, possess your own independent divine estate and absorb incense offerings independently, no longer relying on the True God’s incense. Second, take down the True God and claim the position yourself!”

　　The corner of Lu Ren’s mouth twitched, and he dared not speak.

　　Ye Tianming asked, “Are you all truly content with this?”

　　Lu Ren dared not speak.

　　Ye Tianming said softly, “Some people are certainly not content, but they have no choice, because they have already lost the initiative. To defy fate and turn things around, unless……all the affiliated clans, together with all the living beings within their divine estates, rise up in resistance.”

　　Lu Ren’s heart pounded with fear as he listened.

　　Damn!

　　Are you a professional revolutionary or something?

　　Ye Tianming continued, “But it will be very difficult, because aside from the True Gods’ own overwhelming power, they certainly have a group of loyal followers gathered around them who are also beneficiaries of the current system. Therefore, they would never rise up against the gods! Unless the True Gods damage the interests of all the god-attached clans beneath them.”

　　Lu Ren silently watched Ye Tianming and said nothing.

　　Ye Tianming said softly, “Therefore, to overthrow these so-called gods, one must rely on the strength of the ordinary people below.”

　　Lu Ren instinctively asked, “The strength of ordinary people?”

　　The moment he said it, he immediately regretted it.

　　Damn!

　　Why did I ask such a treasonous question?

　　Ye Tianming nodded and said earnestly, “The clans at the top depend on the gods to survive. Although they have no path upward, they live very comfortably, so they neither dare nor want to rebel against the gods. The clans in the middle, even if they are resentful and unwilling, lack the strength, so they too dare not rebel against the gods — and in truth, they also live fairly comfortably……”

　　He paused, then continued, “The ones who are truly oppressed are the people at the very bottom.”

　　Lu Ren instinctively said, “They are the weakest.”

　　The moment he said it, he regretted it again.

　　Damn!

　　No!

　　I need to stop talking!

　　Ye Tianming smiled and said, “Those at the very bottom are the weakest in terms of power, but they are numerous, and they are the most oppressed. Most importantly, they have no way out. Therefore, as long as someone leads them, a single spark can start a prairie fire!”

　　He paused, then continued, “Once the people below rise up in resistance, one can gradually work to win over those in the middle and upper tiers. Of course, this kind of thing needs to be carefully discussed and planned — come, let’s sit down and talk it through properly!”

　　”Talk about what!!”

　　Lu Ren immediately cried out in a sharp voice, “Brother, what is there to talk about? I’m just a worker. I don’t understand what you’re saying. You……don’t drag me into this. Brother, please let me off the hook! I’m just a worker — can you please let me go?”

　　Ye Tianming looked at Lu Ren and said earnestly, “Working for others has no future.”

　　Lu Ren’s expression froze.

　　Ye Tianming continued, “Come start a venture with me!”

　　Lu Ren’s head throbbed terribly. Brother, is what you’re doing really a venture?

　　He calmed himself down, then said, “Brother, you seem perfectly fine — why do you have such dangerous ideas? This……isn’t quite normal!”

　　Ye Tianming suddenly asked, “Will those above let us off the hook?”

　　Lu Ren froze, and quickly, he understood.

　　He gave Ye Tianming a strange look and dared not say another word.

　　Ye Tianming said, “You mentioned earlier that you could help me obtain a new identity in this world — is that right?”

　　Lu Ren nodded, “Yes, I can give you incense offerings. That way, when outsiders see you, they will regard you as a native of this world, which will save you a lot of unnecessary trouble.”

　　Ye Tianming nodded. He said nothing, but walked around to stand behind Lu Ren. That strand of sword light pinned Lu Ren firmly in place, leaving him completely unable to move.

　　Xiao Hun suddenly said excitedly, “Little master, let me, let me.”

　　Ye Tianming smiled and said, “Alright!”

　　Xiao Hun appeared in the middle of the room, and the moment it appeared, the strand of sword light flew directly into Xiao Hun’s body.

　　The sword light vanished, and Lu Ren immediately scrambled to his feet, laughing wildly.

　　Ye Tianming watched him quietly.

　　After laughing for a moment, Lu Ren seemed to think of something. He looked at Ye Tianming, and rather than turning on him, he said amiably, “Little brother, what are your plans?”

　　Ye Tianming turned the question back on him, “What are your plans?”

　　Lu Ren’s brow furrowed — he had truly never thought about this question.

　　Ye Tianming said, “The news of your being suppressed here should already be known to those above you, right?”

　　Lu Ren nodded.

　　Ye Tianming said, “What is their attitude?”

　　Lu Ren glanced at Ye Tianming, “My superior is already dead. The other two colleagues are dead as well.”

　　Ye Tianming said, “Only you didn’t die!”

　　Lu Ren said nothing.

　　Back then, if he hadn’t knelt fast enough, he probably would have died too.

　　Of course, that was something he could never say aloud.

　　Ye Tianming was about to say something more, but suddenly both of them turned toward the entrance of the hall at the same time. They saw that the great path carved out by the Sword Master Guanxuan outside the hall had begun to seethe and boil.

　　What was going on?

　　Ye Tianming was puzzled.

　　Lu Ren, on the other hand, was stunned, “Damn, someone is forcibly contending against the great path of that Sword Master Guanxuan……holy shit, that is……there is a divine being on the scene……holy shit!!”

　　Inside the divine estate.

　　On this day, a white-robed young man walked into the divine estate. The one-legged woman looked at him, and the white-robed young man smiled and said, “That young man called Ye Tianming has already left?”

　　The one-legged woman gave a slight nod, “Just left. What of it?”

　　The white-robed young man smiled, “That’s a bit of a shame. I was hoping to meet him and have a chat.”

　　The one-legged woman asked, “Chat about what?”

　　The white-robed young man said, “His Mortal Rankings, and his great path.”

　　The one-legged woman said, “You will meet again.”

　　The white-robed young man smiled, “Indeed.”

　　The one-legged woman asked, “What do you think of him?”

　　The white-robed young man said, “Very impressive.”

　　The one-legged woman asked, “Will you two become friends?”

　　The white-robed young man smiled, “No……after all, we stand on different sides. Of course, I respect him greatly, and that Sword Master Guanxuan as well.”

　　The one-legged woman fell silent.

　　The white-robed young man slowly walked to the doorway. He gazed at the great path carved out by the Sword Master Guanxuan outside, his eyes filled with deep interest, “So this is the great path of all living beings left behind by that Sword Master Guanxuan?”

　　Seeing the look in the white-robed young man’s eyes, the one-legged woman suddenly realized something. She fixed her gaze on him, “You never considered Ye Tianming and the others as opponents…….your true target is that Sword Master Guanxuan.”

　　The white-robed young man smiled, “It’s not that I’m arrogant — it’s just that among the younger generation, there is truly no one qualified to be my opponent……”

　　As he spoke, he turned to glance at the one-legged woman and added, “I’m not speaking of just this universe, but……all universes — known and unknown. If we set aside the Ancestral Gods, then there is still……past, present, and future!”

　　Setting aside the Ancestral Gods, across all of past, present, and future, no one among the younger generation was his match.

　　After saying this, the white-robed young man stepped directly forward.

　　The moment his foot landed on the great path carved out by the Sword Master Guanxuan, the entire path instantly began to seethe and boil. In an instant, a terrifying oppressive force of order and the great path surged up from the path and bore down upon the white-robed young man.

　　The white-robed young man slowly closed his eyes. Between his brows, a blood-red character for ‘God’ quietly took form.

　　Boom!

　　Hundreds of millions of incense offerings erupted violently from within his flesh and blood, instantly condensing into a towering divine statue. The statue raised both hands and, within the river of stars, forcibly held up the entire oppressive force of the order and the great path.

　　The physical body manifested divinity!

　　There was a divine being on the scene!