Devil's Bible

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As she drew nearer, Nemus felt as if she were the embodiment of all his desires.

All I need to do is win her over, and then all my other goals will be achieved.

"Cupid?" Nemus sensed the beauty and love emanating from her and exclaimed in admiration, "Truly breathtakingly beautiful."

Cupid is not simply a god of love; more accurately, he is a symbol of beauty, a collection of all the beautiful things that people pursue.

Because it is beautiful, that is why I love it.

This is why the god of love has become a mainstream and powerful god in the conceptual pantheon.

If it weren't for her somewhat weak foundation in concepts, she might have had the potential to become a powerful deity during the period of elemental chaos.

The same applies to conceptual pantheons; the key lies in the definition of the concept.

The beauty that people perceive and the pursuit of beauty are the definition of love.

Cupid was never good at fighting; most of the time, she only needed to stand there and radiate her influence to win.

Because she symbolizes beauty, and most people's actions are in pursuit of beauty, then what they pursue is her.

Beneath this beauty, one can easily lose if one is not careful.

Not only will they lose this battle, but they will also lose their fundamental strength to Cupid.

This is not simply a battle of strength, but a battle of minds and intentions.

As long as Nemus still harbors a sliver of longing for beauty, and feels even the slightest reluctance during his interactions with the goddess of beauty, then beauty will seep into his mind.

There was once a medium-powered deity who clashed with the god of love, but as the conflict continued, the medium-powered deity gradually fell in love with the god of love.

Then began a 'torturous love' of unrequited love.

In the end, the one with moderate divine power chose to commit suicide, dissecting his own divine essence and offering it to the goddess of love to prove his unwavering love for her.

Of course, at the last moment, the other party had some realization because he lost his divine status. Having lost his divine status, he didn't even have the right to talk about true feelings. He wanted to make amends, but in the end, his divine status still fell into the hands of the god of love.

And that is the terrifying aspect of Cupid.

"What exactly is deflection force? Mr. Nemes, could you show it to me?" Cupid looked at Nemes with a smile.

But Nems only responded with one sentence:

"Get out of here, you hermaphrodite!"

Chapter 881 Granting

Eros is the concept of all that is good, and the concept of the act of pursuing goodness; this concept is collectively referred to as love.

It can be considered a hobby, including love, or the pursuit of beautiful things like ideals.

Therefore, beauty is a concept, not a gender.

Cupid herself is now more of a collection of beautiful concepts, and the concept of 'love' only arises in the process of pursuing her.

However, since most life in this world is divided into male and female, the pursuit of beauty and the projection of love between men and women will appear in the goddess of love.

It is not simply hermaphroditism, but rather a reflection of fluid gender.

She is a woman when the individual who pursues her desires something beautiful that is feminine.

If the individual pursuing her is a sow in heat and eager to mate, then Cupid will become a robust boar in her presence.

This is the fluid gender of Eros, which will produce derivative changes specific to the observer.

In Nems' eyes, Cupid was merely an external object.

She's like a hybrid of many different kinds.

For convenience, Nemes referred to him as a hermaphrodite.

Upon hearing the name Nemes, Cupid was taken aback, and then he realized that Nemes had simply bypassed him, a long sword already drawn.

It was a longsword artifact formed from divine power.

With a single swing of the sword, the astral wind blowing from the star realm ahead instantly collided with the blade, emitting a sharp screech, like metal scraping against glass.

This sound caused the surrounding prayer angels, whose identities were unknown, to completely collapse, turning into a mass of energy that dissipated and vanished into the astral plane.

"The God of Bestowal?" Nemus looked behind the God of Love, at the God of Bestowal who had appeared at some unknown time.

This chief god of the conceptual pantheon, despite his immense divine power, looked at Nemus as if he were a dead man.

"The precepts, the divine status belongs to you, the power of deflection belongs to me!" he declared.

"Alright!" After the God of Discipline finished sorting out the harvest of the spiral, he looked at the God of Endowment who had come over and agreed.

The precepts did not reveal any information about the competition in the iteration of salvation ideas, and even concealed it to some extent.

If one is unaware that the competition has begun and treats it as an ordinary contest for deflection force, then even the most powerful divine forces will be eliminated.

The God of Discipline has no shortage of deflection power, and has an advantage in the rules of change.

A deflection state is, to some extent, a change, a change in the overall operation of the world, and a certain degree of change in the world's fundamental rules.

The God of Discipline, who had previously held an advantage, still gained considerable deflection power.

but……

The God of Discipline looked at the main body of Nemus in the astral plane. If he were to use all his deflection power at this moment, his formidable strength would be enough to kill Nemus.

But the God of Discipline had a premonition that simply killing Nemus would make it difficult to obtain his deflection power and divinity.

Nems has now embarked on the path he once explored, but ultimately abandoned due to the deflection force.

In this situation, the combination of the opponent and the rules of change is probably more terrifying than imagined, and may even occupy the source of the rules to a certain extent.

Therefore, the God of Discipline has always been steady and methodical. Although his deflection force is very strong and he does not suffer any loss with each use, it is like physical strength. After using it, he will be 'exhausted' and needs a period of rest before he can use it again.

This time is not long, but it should not be wasted.

Ever since Nemus forcibly dragged him out of the divine realm, the God of Discipline understood that in any battle against Nemus, one must always leave room for maneuver and never be careless.

The force of deflection must be used with confidence and in a planned manner. Any force applied without restraint that creates a gap in one's strength will become a fatal weakness.

Even the God of Discipline would find it difficult to be certain whether Nemus could exploit that weakness.

Nemus's ability to find weaknesses is terrifying.

And often from some strange and unusual angles.

He was dragged directly out of the Kingdom of God, a punishment the God of Discipline would remember for a lifetime.

It's a good thing that the gods have now come to act as 'spies'.

Nemus narrowed his eyes, assessing the combat power bestowed by the god.

That previous astral wind was just an astral wind.

It is possible that the influence of the gods had too great an impact on life in the material plane, causing significant fluctuations in the thinking of these beings.

In the astral plane, this fluctuation is manifested as an astral wind.

This kind of wind is a disaster for ordinary gold-type individuals; it might even destroy their own thinking abilities.

But to the gods, the astral winds are nothing more than a gentle breeze.

The reason why it took Nemus to swing his sword to solve the problem was because the God of Endowment had given that wind the corresponding characteristics and concepts.

"Giving" is both a description of an action and a concept, which means giving something to another being, so that the other being possesses what has been given.

And this, to a certain extent, represents the concept itself.

The concept did not exist initially.

That was just a collection of phenomena.

These phenomena exist naturally and do not have any 'meaning'.

It is the existence of thought that leads to the cognition of these phenomena, and then, in the process of cognition, assigns corresponding concepts to these phenomena.

Throughout this process, there are two key opposing logics: cognition and the recognition that phenomena exist.

Conversely, people summarize, generalize, name, and other methods to group together phenomena and form definitions, which is called assigning.

In this way, the gods gained control over a portion of the conceptual divinity.

However, a concept itself is a definition, so conceptual divinity is also the most fragmented divinity.

The concept of divinity bestowed upon God is less than half, probably less than one-third.

The remaining two-thirds are scattered among different deities.

Including the moon goddess, she possessed a certain concept of divinity.

However, because it was so fragmented, it wasn't very important; it only helped her grasp many concepts about the moon.

It was under these circumstances that the God of Gifts became a powerful divine force.

Regardless, the act of attributing itself is a concept that fits the idea perfectly.

According to legend, the God of Bestowal can even grant power to other life forms.

Transforming the astral winds to make them a threat to Nemus was merely a small test of his abilities.

Its true power lies in—assistance.

"Evil, you deserve a fight!" The blade, gleaming with the light of justice, slashed down at Nemus with terrifying divine power.

It is the god of justice in the conceptual pantheon.

Despite possessing only intermediate divine power, he now displays destructive power comparable to that of a powerful god.

The God of Gifts bestowed upon him power beyond his own limits!

No, Caven is still struggling.

My mind is a complete mess, it's so frustrating. I need to take a day off, sorry.

Chapter 882 Justice or Injustice

God of Justice.

This is a very famous intermediate-level deity.

To be precise, if there were no such thing as deflection force, then this god of justice must be a powerful deity.

And at this moment, this god of justice is wielding his power.

In his view, Nems was undoubtedly evil.

Any existence that challenges the divine order is evil.

Justice is a concept; the essence of justice is simply a righteous act of doing the right thing.

People need to define what is right first, and then define what is righteous.

According to the God of Justice, the gods of this world are the embodiment of the world's rules; in essence, the gods are the world itself.

If that's the case, then the gods are justice, and anyone who goes against the gods is an unjust and evil individual.

For example, in the Abyss, demons who steal the divine status are considered evil.

For example, there are non-mythical creatures that attempt to become gods, and evil gods that have become distorted and deformed due to their mistaken acquisition of mythical creatures.

The most important thing is taboo; all taboos are evil.

This is the justice of the God of Justice.

After defining all of this, the God of Justice began to uphold justice everywhere.

Anyone who does not revere God, does not obey God, or covets God's presence is an individual he will strike down.

Nemus, who was originally a paladin of the God of Discipline, disobeyed the divine decree, abandoned his self and became a prayer angel, which is evil.

Then, he plunged into the abyss, which was the epitome of evil.

Finally, he even stole the position of God of Transformation in the form of a demon. Nemus has become so evil that he must be dealt with.

Beneath this firm conviction lies a surging divine power of justice.

Faced with the incoming sword strike, Nemus felt his power being invaded, then pushed away and dissipated.