The Church of the Goddess of the Night, the Church of the Mother Earth, the Church of the God of Light, and the Church of the God of Justice and Judgment are collectively known as the Four Giants. The gods they believe in each lead a powerful pantheon.
In their respective pantheons, they are all the main gods. The goddess of the night is called a sister. According to legend, this goddess has a 'germophobia', hates dirty and smelly men, and likes pure girls like flowers.
The pantheon of the Earth Mother Goddess is another extreme. The Earth Mother Goddess has an important clerical field - motherhood. Therefore, the entire pantheon is bred by her and a bunch of people, gods, demons, angels and even dragons.
A big family.
The Church of the God of Light is relatively orthodox, and the sources of the theology are also very diverse. However, since the saint Paul died thousands of years ago and became a saint, was given divinity, rewarded with priesthood, and then became a god, there has been no new one.
Blood has been added.
This god of light has no gender, and can also be said to be either male or female. His holy symbol is the image of a male and female shining brightly relative to each other.
The last God of Justice and Judgment is relatively the most low-key. His church takes the upper-class route. Among the powerful ruling classes such as the nobility and royal family, it has a far stronger foundation and authority than the other three major gods. However, in the church with the most lambs
The middle and lower floors seem very 'low-key'.
Note that these four major gods did not exist in ancient times. They were only the final winners. The gods they led did not exist from the beginning. They have gone through complex, long, and cruel struggles and evolutions.
, and finally unified them together.
The original pantheon was just a grouping of gods from the same camp to keep warm. They were usually relatively weak. If they didn't stick together, they would be swallowed whole by powerful opponents. Later, after evolution, especially the refinement of the clergy field,
Gods are becoming more and more 'professional', unable to hold too many powers at the same time, and have to separate powers that conflict with each other or are not strongly related.
The separated authority, that is, the priesthood, is a bit stingy and is made into a so-called "artifact" for your own use and not for others.
Just like the Book of Canaan.
Be generous with rewards and win over the people you need or like, making them gods, so as to increase your own strength.
History has proven that no matter how powerful the artifact is, it is still a dead thing. It wants to occupy everything for fear of taking advantage of others, and in the end nothing will be left.
The last one is gradually becoming mainstream.
But the authority of the priesthood has created the new god. From then on, the new god is grateful and eager to do whatever he does?
No, the initial division of priestly authority among the less advanced gods no longer exists. The original system of gods has been agglomerated, split, re-aggregated, split again... almost nothing has survived. The law of survival of the fittest is at the level of the gods.
It also works. Today's pantheon has become much more reasonable, and there will no longer be internal strife, rebellion or even coming from behind.
If a new god wants to develop his own pantheon, and if the hard indicators of godhood, power, number and quality of believers are all up to standard, he will subdivide it downwards from his own clerical authority.
For example, the Earth Mother Goddess is subdivided downwards, and there are forests, fields, lakes, rivers, hunting, sowing, harvest, gestation, childbirth, etc., etc. Some of them are suitable for use as priesthood authority, because the uniqueness has the power to condense
The audience has the basis of sentient being consciousness, and some of them are not suitable, or are not suitable now, and need guidance and cultivation.
When the day is right and there is a "mass base", uniqueness will be achieved.
Look, no matter how much the relationship is subdivided, they are all deeply related to the main priestly authority of "earth and motherhood", or they are simply extended branches.
The pantheon built in this way is completely owned by the Mother Goddess of the Earth. Don’t worry, that guy was bribed that day, or betrayed because of inconsistent ideas, or he was simply a spy, a spy who came in, etc.
Everything can be faked, but the uniqueness of the authority of the priesthood cannot be faked. Even if it is originally ‘false’, it can still become ‘true’.
For extremely selfish, egoistic, extremely cohesive, and pure creatures like gods, only this method of 'marriage' is an effective combination. Any other method, such as blood relatives, allies, etc., are all unreliable.
, almost like paper.
But such a pantheon has a limitation.
That is, it can only reflect how the clerical authority of light is subdivided and related within the framework of a subject matter, phenomenon, rules and concepts, and it is impossible to derive darkness, and justice cannot derive happiness, joy, etc.
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Gods and pantheons all require believers to get closer to them. How to get closer?
Naturally, one must worship the uniqueness represented by the gods and regard it as truth, both in thought and in behavior. Only in this way can this uniqueness be strengthened, deepened, deepened and even sublimated, and only in this way can the gods be powerful and gain promotion to godhood and divine power.
But can a single pantheon or even multiple pantheons represent the entire world, all truth, and truth?
Obviously it's impossible.
This has resulted in people's thoughts and souls being greatly imprisoned, and other colors have been eliminated from the colorful world, leaving only black and white.
Such an understanding of the world is undoubtedly narrow, decadent, depraved, extremely reactionary, and the most complete form of 'evil'!
Bei Gaoyang wants to eradicate this "evil" and return the colorful world to its original appearance, so he is also building his own god system.
His divine system is not based on the power of a certain main priest and then related subdivisions, but is based on the magic network.
The advantage of the magic network is that it avoids the inherent narrowness of the pantheon. It is not bound by a single thing, a single concept, a single phenomenon and rules, and can express any color freely. The harvest goddess Tias under the magic network
, Apollo, the god of dawn, under the magic net, Micheus, the forest goddess under the magic net...
The limitation is that due to the height, depth, and breadth of the Demonic Network, until now, no real system god has been born. Even the fusion of a representative one, only a few pseudo-gods have succeeded, and others have not dared to try.
With the magic network's omnipresent control and the millions of people under its control, it is not difficult to extract representative or even unique authority. Giving such resources to a wild person is like a fairy forest.
That one, don't you think she will rush to the altar quickly and increase her godhood and power like a rocket?
Success is also a magic network, and "failure" is also a magic network. Only when the achievements of the magic network have reached, will the upper limit of Bei Gaoyang and the system gods be reached.
In the mage's tower, Bei Gaoyang wrote the last stroke in a hurry, handed the calligraphy treasure to the lich Nicholas standing beside him, and said: "Everyone is here?"
"Everyone is waiting to see you"
"Meet me?" Bei Gaoyang said with a smile: "You really think of me as the Grand Duke of Normandy, the son of Laoshi."
The lich made a rare humorous remark: "You have to do a full set of performances."
Bei Gaoyang glanced at him unexpectedly. This guy's attitude has been a bit off recently. He is a little more lively and playful than before, and he is not so boring.
"Why do you think they came here this time, to force me to have a baby?"
"Maybe, the gods are salivating over... the world where the player is, and they must have come to showdown with you. After all, in their view, this grand duke and such a large territory were all given to you by them. You
After receiving such a huge benefit, of course you have to pay the bill."
"Haha... OK, let them come in."
"all?"
"Aren't all the four giants coming?"
"Almost here."
"Tsk tsk... How long has it been since there has been such a grand event in the main material plane... In that case, I will go and greet these distinguished guests."
Outside the mage tower, Jaeger was very far back and could hardly see the front row, let alone what the giants were talking to the Norman Grand Duke.
To his relief, the atmosphere of the meeting was quite friendly and no accidents occurred. Under the warm welcome of the Norman Grand Duke, the giants followed their master into the mage tower and began extremely important talks for the entire Canaan.
Most of the entourage was waiting outside.
Until the evening, when there was no sign of the meeting ending, a high priest with the highest status in the Church of the Goddess of the Night came out to speak, and only then did they, the little shrimps, end up standing outside the mage tower.
Not wanting to leave too far, Jaeger went into a large tavern near the mage tower with a few familiar faculty members.
The pub is very lively and has a very unique layout. The first floor is a transparent hall with many tables. The second and third floors are cloister-like structures. The hollow patio allows guests upstairs and downstairs to stay together.
Under a golden dome.
As soon as Yeager entered, he was attracted by the altar in the center of the hall on the first floor.
False God!
The anger that arose spontaneously was controlled by him in time.
The many evil deeds of the Norman Grand Duke are not secrets. What is most intolerable and incomprehensible to people like Jaeger is that he has created so many ridiculous false gods. To use a famous saying on earth: his heart
Can be punished.
What does he want to do? Isn't this the most serious blasphemy? Isn't he afraid of attracting divine punishment and having his soul nailed to the Lihuo Wall to endure eternal calcination?
Is he afraid? Does he understand?
What disappoints Yeager is that such serious crimes are turned a blind eye by the giants of various churches. This makes him unable to understand in any case, is that illusory other world so important, so important to such a serious crime of blasphemy?
Can they all be tolerated?
What he didn't know was that the showdown at this time already involved this environment.
"So... you represent the will of the gods and promise me a... god system?"
At the negotiation table, Bei Gaoyang tapped his fingers on the smooth tabletop, half-smiling.
The cardinal sitting opposite was also smiling, "There is indeed a clear oracle."
"I'm not even a demigod." Bei Gaoyang lazily spread his hands.
"We all know that this is easy for you... His Excellency Ramsfer Bei Goyang, the 9th-level Archmage." Another red archbishop with a lower status said.
Others were fine, but the lich behind Bei Gaoyang was shocked by the title of this 9th-ring archmage.
People who are not in the circle cannot understand the gold content of this 9-ring great mage. Let’s put it this way, Nicholas has lived for so long. Not only is he familiar with the past and the present, at least he is knowledgeable and has a strong memory. His knowledge and experience are not the second person on the scene.
He thought that the 9-ring great mage he had seen was alive, not in the pile of old papers or legends, and there were no more than three.
One is the honorary chairman of the Mage Federation who has only heard the voice but never seen the real person, and the de facto founder of the Little Demon Abyss, His Excellency the 9th Ring Archmage Kane Vanster.
One is a mysterious planeswalker. There are no rumors about him in the outside world. Nicholas doesn't even know whether he is a boy or a girl. He only met her during a plane trip by chance. He only knows that she or he is called "Jane"
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An existence that has 'fallen' into an abyss lord, from the Order camp, and is the only mage who has survived the 'test of the abyss' (erosion).
And as a living person, he was recognized by the abyss and demon lords, and he was the 9-ring Archmage Ost Guman Demon King who commanded the 121st and 199th levels of the abyss.
Look, in the material world, at least in the main material world, there is no longer a 9-ring great mage. Now one suddenly pops up, and he is an acquaintance. Even if he had expected it, the shock he received can be imagined.
What is the concept of 9-ring Archmage?
Level 7 involves law-casting, which is called the law-caster.
Level 8 involves space casting, called the Weaver.
Level 9 involves time casting, called the Traveler.
The 9th ring is one step short of legend. It is a second-class existence compared to the divine. It is a level that the gods do not allow ordinary things to reach. It is a monument that is blocked from the Tianjian by the barriers set up by the gods.
The 9-ring Archmage is also an almost infinite immortal being. He is transcendent from reincarnation and has great power that can briefly jump out of the river and leave a shadow in the upstream or downstream of time.
At least in the main material world, you can not be afraid of opponents at any level, even when facing the incarnation of the true god, you can choose to advance or retreat calmly.
——Is this 9 rings?
For a lich who is unable to break through the 7th level in his life, it is too dreamy. After pursuing and working hard for a lifetime, he finally turned into a lich and could not shake the slightest barrier. For someone, it is like
Doesn't exist?
This made him feel so embarrassed.
My thoughts were fluctuating for a while, and I didn't notice the conversation that followed...
"Legend? No problem. Divinity, priesthood, and even a divine system are all as you wish. My Lord only wants one door, the one you control."
Such words are not suitable for a mortal being to say, not even a cardinal.
A will came over the Cardinal, and unlike his old voice, this voice was very young.
Could it be that...
The Lich was shocked. He subconsciously wanted to raise his head, but stopped when the muscles in his neck began to interact, causing sprains in the limbs induced by the flesh and blood magic.
——Don’t look directly at the gods!
But he quickly realized something was wrong. My Lord... didn't sound like a true god.
If it is a subordinate god of the divine system and would not use such a humble title, then it can only be those archangels, descendants of saints, etc. who have a status close to that of a subordinate god and have not yet completed the final procedures.
"What if I say no?"
Nicholas still replied in a nonchalant tone after hearing Bei Gaoyang.
"Who do you think you are? What do you think the Book of Canaan is? Do you think you can easily steal the level 0 sealed objects behind the wall? Do you think my Lord does not know your true origin? Do you think your
Achievements are achieved through one’s own efforts?”
A series of disdainful rhetorical questions struck the deadly silent room like thunder.