Dragon of Catastrophe-Chapter 454 - 170: God
What is a god?
A being possessing extraordinary might beyond the imagination of ordinary creatures.
A lifespan that is nearly eternal.
This is how most people understand gods.
It’s also the broad perception of gods by ordinary creatures.
Of course, some ordinary beings believe gods are omnipotent, capable of resurrecting the dead, reviving the flesh from bones, knowing everything, and reversing time and space.
Are there such gods?
Perhaps, but evidently, faith-driven gods are not at this level.
Faith-driven gods are similar to the former type.
They are individuals of immense power.
Their birth is a result of the understanding, faith, and generalization of such Divine Beings by ordinary creatures.
In the knowledge Land obtained from Goddess Athena, this is how it is described.
At every moment, ordinary beings might, in their sorrow, despair, excitement, sadness, or even boredom, fantasize about a god they believe in.
And when such behavior reaches a certain scale, the world’s will gives birth to such a god.
The rules of each world differ, and so do the results of birth.
In some extremely powerful Extraordinary Worlds,
most gods are born with wisdom, great power, and their own code of conduct.
Their power, wisdom, and code of conduct entirely originate from the ordinary beings who hatch them and define them in their fantasy.
Like in Ayo World,
the God of Tyrants Bane.
His domain is also his definition.
It is evil, destruction, hatred, order, tyrant.
Among these, evil, destruction, hatred, and order are his nature.
The tyrant is his code of conduct.
The God of Tyrants Bane must act according to his nature and code of conduct.
Similarly, the Earth Mother Goddess Shangtiya.
Her domain includes animals, earth element, kindness, plants, protection, and revival.
Kindness is her character.
She likes animals, earth element, plants.
Her hobby is protection, revival.
This is the definition given to this goddess by ordinary beings.
These definitions led to the birth of the original Earth Mother Goddess and God of Tyrants.
They strictly fulfill their duties within their own domains.
The domain is both the god’s constraint and source of power.
The Earth Mother Goddess has the power to control the earth element, plants, animals, or incarnate into them.
And divine power, then, is an extremely high-level energy source.
It not only makes the extraordinary stronger.
It can coat the body surface, making almost all damage ineffective against oneself.
It also allows every move to have the power to destroy heaven and earth.
As long as there are souls of dead life, resurrecting the dead, reviving the flesh from bones, is not difficult for faith-driven divine power.
When a god dies, their power, which is the Divine Format,
may fall into the hands of the being who killed them.
Or it may fall into the hands of other creatures.
Killing a Divine Being, seizing the Divine Format, and becoming a new god is considered the most feasible method of becoming a god in Ayo World by most creatures.
This method is feasible.
But the substitute will also be influenced by the god’s domain, in some sense becoming another one who was killed.
Of course, you can also reject the influence of the domain.
But doing so means you deny becoming such a god, inconsistent with the cognitive definition, and will not be able to acquire divine power from the Divine Format.
Goddess Athena imparted much knowledge to Land.
Not only the method to become a god but also introductions, and how those who originally only had the name of the god but lacked the faith-driven divine power became gods.
This is also the correct way to become a god.
Like in the world where Goddess Athena resides.
These gods, from the beginning, were merely powerful beings self-proclaimed as gods with the name of the god.
They are not fundamentally different from True Dragons like Land and Titans of Ayo World.
They are born with immensely powerful physical strength and energy.
Their combat style is also exceedingly primitive, with fists to flesh, using energy within their body, attaching it to their flesh, making themselves more powerful.
Then how did they become gods?
The reason has been previously stated.
Every world has gods.
In some worlds, like Ayo World, gods were born a long time ago. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶
According to the knowledge bestowed by the goddess, Land looked at this with the planar knowledge obtained from the Enchanting Demon Lord, and found that such worlds where gods can naturally be born are extremely rare.
In most worlds, gods cannot be born for various reasons, and the Divine Format is hidden within the world’s will.
Thus, the common problem for powerful beings is merely how to obtain the Divine Format from the world’s will.
According to Athena’s memory, this requires a magic spell.
A spell invented by the Blue Diamond Dragon, the Great Jaya.
Called the [Ascension Skill]!
This spell is approximately of the Tenth Ring.
After using this spell, the caster can enter the source storing the Divine Format.
As long as they pass the test of the world’s will, they can obtain the Divine Format and become an acquired faith-driven god.
From Goddess Athena’s memory, Land also saw how the opposite became the War Wisdom Goddess.
And what the source in their memory really was.
In Land’s view,
the so-called source somewhat resembles an enormously vast database.
And after triggering the [Ascension Skill], the database will open the door to godhood for you.
Having a series of Divine Format data codes for the caster to choose from.
Thanks to Jaya’s hint, powerful beings like Goddess Athena all knew the risks of becoming gods and chose the Divine Format that most closely matched their cognition and character to become gods.
Goddess Athena initially was only the God of Wisdom.
The divine office of war was also favorably obtained through chance when fighting with the Titan God, as a part of the Divine Format from the deceased initial God of War.
