Hearing these three words, Lin Qiye immediately recalled the conversation he had with Thor in Asgard.
Seeing Lin Qiye's reaction, Lingbao Tianzun looked at him in surprise, "You know?"
"I heard a little from other places, but not much." Lin Qiye answered truthfully.
Lingbao Tianzun nodded, and under the doubtful gazes of other human beings, he explained,
"The birth of human faith can be roughly divided into three stages, nature worship, ancestor worship, and religious worship.
At the very beginning, when humans have not yet fully evolved into humans, they will have the most primitive fear and respect for the changes in nature. It is also the earliest 'faith' in the world, which is nature worship. As time goes by,
, Nature worship has also gradually evolved, with branches similar to soul worship, totem worship, etc., but in essence they are all worship of nature and the unknown.
As human consciousness gradually improves, they will begin to worship their ancestors, hoping to obtain their blessings and blessings by offering sacrifices to their ancestors. This also means that for the first time, the object of human worship has changed from "nature" to "human beings themselves"
", this is ancestor worship.
After the formation of human society, with the accumulation of primitive beliefs and the emergence of cultural differences, many widely recognized and circulated stories and objects of worship appeared. The Western Holy Religion is one of the most classic religious worships. Heaven,
Olympus, Asgard, Takamagahara... most of the 'myths' in the world are somewhere between religious worship and the 'pan-worship' of folk religion.
The closer a mythological system is to 'religious worship', the more power of faith it absorbs and the stronger its strength becomes. This is also the reason why the Western Holy Religion was the most powerful back then, as well as the 'Tao' of Daxia
, India's 'Buddha' is also based on the most traditional 'religious worship', but there are fewer and fewer people who believe in these in modern times, so our strength is somewhat different from that of Western holy religions, but compared with other myths, it is
A bit taller."
After hearing this, the faces of many human ceilings in Daxia showed expressions of sudden enlightenment.
They have always understood the combat power levels of many divine kingdoms in the world, but it was not until this moment that they understood the deeper reasons.
"But, what does this have to do with this place?" Guan Zai asked in confusion.
"What I just said, the theory that the closer it is to 'religious worship', the stronger its strength, is limited to modern mythological systems, but the myth represented by the place in front of us is an exception.
What they represent is not 'religious worship', but the oldest and most primitive 'nature worship', and the earliest 'faith' in the world.
They are the incarnation of the fear and respect for nature itself when mankind was just born. Those who believe in them are not only humans, but also thousands of lives living on this planet.
Beasts that are afraid of fire, birds that are in awe of thunder, fish that live in the water... Although they are not very intelligent, they are extremely numerous. They and the earliest humans are the earliest 'believers' in nature.
Flame, thunder, sun, night, water flow... these powers of faith born from fear and respect, under a certain power, gave birth to the existence of 'gods' for the first time, these oldest and most primitive gods.
, we call it the 'ancestral god'.
This is the place where hundreds of millions of lives were sacrificed to the ‘Ancestral God’ countless years ago, and it is also the birthplace of the oldest divine kingdom in the world…the Ancestral Temple.”
"The oldest 'nature worship'... If you put it that way, wouldn't they be stronger than the Western Holy Religion in its heyday?" Guan Zai asked.
"That's right." Lingbao Tianzun paused, "There is no so-called main god and secondary god in this myth. Any 'ancestral god' can suppress Seraph Michael until now."
Everyone opened their mouths in shock.
Their eyes swept around, and there were more than ten statues of gods on this platform... If according to Lingbao Tianzun, if this ancestral temple takes action, then even all the mythical and religious statues in the world, including the Western Holy Religion, will be destroyed.
Even if it rises up, it may not be its opponent?
"Of course, I am talking about their heyday, that is, in ancient times." Lingbao Tianzun continued, "With the passage of time, and the emergence of other 'religious worship' and 'folk worship', almost no one understands
Belief in the ancestral gods, after the mist came to the world, the number of animals and plants in the world dropped sharply, and their power of faith was almost lost.
Today, the myth of the Ancestral God is just a legend, and the Ancestral God no longer exists in the world... Even if it exists, its power is extremely weak and will not appear in the world easily."
The appearance of No. 27 immediately appeared in Lin Qiye's mind.
According to what Saul said, No. 27 is the God of Hunting in the original mythology... No, maybe he should be called the 'Hunting Ancestor'. Now that the Ancestor God has declined and his faith has disappeared, he can only act in the world as the God of Assassins.
, the strength is only at the main god level.
Lin Qiye also didn't expect that in ancient times, No. 27 would be able to single-handedly suppress the terrifying existence of Seraph.
Speaking of which, after he killed Loki, there was no news, and he never came to find him. I wonder if something happened...
Just when Lin Qiye was thinking wildly, Zuo Qing asked:
"But since this is the ancestral temple from ancient times, it should be on Earth. How come it appears here?"
"I don't know." Lingbao Tianzun shook his head and said, "The era of the ancestor gods is too far away, even a poor Taoist can't calculate it... But judging from the traces here, it should be affected by some external forces and forced to squeeze
Entering time and space.”
"Just like us?" Zuo Qing nodded thoughtfully.
Nezha's eyes swept over the surrounding statues one by one, and finally landed on the center of the platform, his brows raised slightly.
"The positions of these ancestral statues are on the edge of the platform, but their faces seem to be facing the center... Is there something there?"
Everyone looked in the direction the Ancestral God Statue was facing, and saw a slightly raised place in the center of the platform. However, because the distance was too far, even Lin Qiye couldn't see it clearly. Judging from the outline, it looked like
It is a table that holds some kind of utensils, and it also looks like a solid base.
After everyone confirmed that there was no danger around them, they walked across the edge of the platform and walked straight towards the central location facing the statue of the ancestral god.
As the distance gradually approached, Lin Qiye finally saw the whole thing clearly.