Devil's Bible

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Chapter 879 Loyalty?

The world has entered a period of extremely rapid transformation.

In the material plane, the followers of the sun god advanced triumphantly, rapidly gaining power by relying on the center of the sun.

Subsequently, they launched a holy war, turned their attention to the floating whales of other gods, and then drove the floating whales closer.

In any case, they need to spread the faith in God to everyone.

Thus began the Holy War under the influence of the War of Gods.

War is raging across the material plane.

Every believer, driven by God, begins the war.

Meanwhile, the gods were also trying to become powerful deities.

The gods were not fools; instead of acting hastily, they quickly observed the actions of Nemus and the other powerful deities.

Then they started learning it too.

It's just about expanding influence; all gods do this. After all, if you want believers to follow you, you have to establish a reputation.

And, after all, there is a pantheon.

The leaders of the pantheon are all powerful deities.

Death Pantheon, Concept Pantheon, Fury Pantheon.

The gods of these three pantheons have been openly and covertly disobeying their respective pantheon masters for some time now.

They didn't have the guts to openly defy powerful gods, but they did have the guts to unite and feign compliance while secretly plotting to become a powerful god.

Therefore, in order to get the gods of these pantheons to work, the pantheon's ruler had to reveal some information.

This information is precisely what is most important.

Some of these gods are complete wastes, relying entirely on luck to acquire a divine status through birth, or simply being born as gods.

These deities are still considered to have low or negligible divine power.

Besides these, there are some gods who are truly powerful.

The reason they didn't become powerful gods wasn't because they lacked the ability, but because the easiest time to grasp something is when it first appears.

Once you miss that opportunity, it's hard to have another one.

The same applies to these powerful divine forces.

For example, deities in conceptual pantheons such as the god of love, the god of wealth, and the god of justice.

They were all strong individuals, but the reason they didn't become powerful gods was simply because they missed the opportune moment.

They were able to sense that the Era of Elemental Chaos was not simply a chaotic period of elemental conflict, but before they could even enter the fray, the other deflecting forces had already been divided up.

Subsequently, the emergence of new world possibilities slowed down, and unlike the era of elemental chaos, several different world possibilities did not appear all at once.

That was the best time to discover the world's possibilities.

The fluctuations when new possibilities for the world emerge will be much less.

Aside from the very beginning, now is the best time for them to observe the possibilities of the world and explore the deflection forces.

Countless divine powers participate in the workings of the world during this process.

Because the world was being influenced by so much powerful divine force, the deflection state continued to increase. It was under these circumstances that some gods with good talent actually sensed the existence of the deflection force.

The newly generated deflecting force is about to fall into the hands of the sun god, who has the greatest influence on the 'solar center'.

After a moment of silence, the gods changed their focus and turned their gaze to Nemus.

The sun god, aside from unleashing his influence and vying for brilliance with the moon god, did not actually make a move at this moment.

Or rather, he's not yet able to truly give it his all.

Just as the moon goddess wanted to transfer the deflection force, she needed to obtain a portion of the deflection force from other deflection states in order to form a stable connection and thus transfer this precious force.

The same is true for the sun god now.

The current Sun God can only utilize his own divine power in this world, as well as some of the characteristics brought by the deflection force, and cannot truly transfer a large amount of deflection force for use.

This is what distinguishes him from the God of Commandments.

Although the God of Discipline did not obtain the deflection force in the possibility of the new world before, he also participated in the formation of this part of the deflection state.

Therefore, if the Sun God wants to use all his strength, he doesn't necessarily need to obtain the deflection force here, but he must have enough influence.

Just as the purpose of the divine war strategy was to serve as a medium for the transfer of power, the influence strategy is now the 'strategy' for deflecting power.

Only by exerting sufficient influence can the sun god's immense deflecting force fully take effect.

Right now, he can only use a portion of his deflection power to ensure his status as a powerful god.

That's why the sun god didn't actually take action.

He knew that the Moon Goddess, who had grasped her own path and embarked on the path of the Celestial God, was not so easy to kill.

The same was true for Nemus; after restraining Nemus with a single sword strike, he handed the battle over to the God of Discipline.

If the god of discipline could be of some use, then perhaps the sun god would intervene.

However, the God of Discipline's poor performance earlier made the God of the Sun abandon his plan to end the battle at the very beginning.

This is precisely why the sun god's power makes other gods unwilling to covet him.

Even these gods were unwilling to seek out another moon goddess who seemed less powerful than Nemus.

Because the moon goddess is now the prey of the sun god.

Over the years, the sun god's accumulated power has become so great that these gods have now chosen to target Nemus.

Firstly, Nemus has only recently become a god. Although he seems very strong, there are very few precedents for him, so they might have a chance to defeat him.

Secondly, the God of Discipline is now a major enemy of Nemus, and they might be able to launch a successful sneak attack.

As for being as wary of the God of Discipline as one would be of the Sun God, there is no need for that.

In most people's eyes, winning once might just be luck, but losing once means that person is nothing special.

Naim's one win might just mean he's strong but not well-rounded.

If the God of Discipline loses once, he's just a lucky noob; if they find an opportunity, they can still beat him.

This is the mindset of some deities at this moment.

It can only be said that at this point, even gods would find it difficult to escape this vicious cycle.

Nems glanced at it, a hint of understanding in his eyes.

Deflection force is not something you can completely hold onto once you've gained it.

Although gods don't die completely when they are killed, they always need some time to be resurrected and return.

Once it is killed, the deflection force will also manifest, making it possible for it to be taken away.

"But...why are there no people from the Sky Gods?" Nemus observed these gods.

The main deities are those associated with death, concepts, and rage.

None of the gods from the sky pantheon appeared.

Even though they had long known about the Sun God's ambitions and that the Sky Pantheon was merely a tool of the other side.

When necessary, the sun god will surely kill them all.

However, at present, apart from the Moon Goddess, who was a wicked woman who was rebellious from the beginning, the other gods seem to still be loyal to the Sun God.

Chapter 880 Love

Nemes did not believe that gods could be loyal, especially those who lived by mathematical expectations.

Their minds are filled with calculations, which is not a problem, but rather conforms to the underlying rules of this world.

However, precisely because of this, the more this system of calculating value is applied, the less external emotions such as loyalty and righteousness will be taken into account in the calculation.

Emotional concepts like loyalty and righteousness are essentially fluctuations in one's mental state. While these fluctuations can generate value, they are not stable enough.

For too many people, loyalty is merely a temporary choice and is difficult to maintain.

Therefore, choices that completely contradict mathematical expectations will be abandoned by both sides.

They won't value someone just because they are exceptionally loyal, nor will they choose loyalty themselves; they will absolutely betray someone if the benefits are sufficient.

However, the situation in the Sky Pantheon is not normal now...

"Could it be that the Sun God's plan to eliminate all the gods has already begun?" Nemus thought of the Sun God's goal of becoming the sole god.

The other side's goal was very clear: to depose all the gods in the world and reduce their status to what it is now.

The world is facing so many problems, largely because the gods have taken up too many resources.

However, these resources are mostly stockpiled within the divine kingdom and rarely circulate.

The sun god deposed the gods and demoted them to angels, so everything would naturally be distributed by him.

If all numerical resources were distributed and circulated according to his 'solar-centric' system, the world might be greatly improved. If the Sun God could find a way to avoid the inherent flaws in the numerical system, then he could likely save the world.

As a chosen one favored by fate, even knowing that fate itself would be overthrown once the sun god gained power, fate still supported the sun god.

On the one hand, it is because fate itself is special. Although it gives rise to personality, it does not value these things and is willing to be dismissed.

On the other hand, it is because the sun god is indeed a reliable path to salvation.

First, cleanse the other deities.

This is the key point, but fate did not do so, not because fate did not want to, but because fate could not.

The gods are in control of the rules, and their existence is closely intertwined with those rules.

Fate can cause any god to perish, but if more than two gods perish, the remaining gods will unite and then, in turn, use rules to govern the existence of fate.

Especially those powerful gods, they are not so easy to deal with.

Fate, though powerful, is subject to too many constraints.

And the most crucial thing has already been shattered...

Nemus thought of the mud of fate he had acquired.

The mud spots come from the Tablet of Fate.

But the tablet of fate had already shattered...

On the contrary, deities can rewrite certain destinies through their own status.

This shows that although fate still governs everything, and no god, including the current sun god, can be a match for fate, some powers are no longer under fate's control.

Therefore, fate cannot cleanse the gods.

On the contrary, the sun god might be able to do it, and judging from the situation of the sky pantheon, he seems to have already achieved some success.

"It seems we still have to deceive them." Naims quickly realized the reason after a slight shift in his thinking.

One major reason why fate could not clear the gods was because the sun god was among them.

The sun god's self-centered nature would never allow fate to solidify his supreme position.

Once this will is revealed, fate becomes difficult to act upon.

Conversely, if the sun god were to act, fate would choose to compromise for the sake of this world.

To a certain extent, fate may even choose to help the sun god.

This is the 'square' of destiny, which is the primary driving force behind the world's emergence, one of all things, and the origin of rules and order.

Even if a personality develops, the order will not be disrupted because of that personality.

"Fate will only intervene when the sun god attempts to extinguish any other possibility of salvation."

"While most of the gods in the Sky Church are only of medium divine power, there are quite a few strong ones, and they also have the opportunity to become the seeds of salvation... How did the Sun God do that?" Nemus pondered.

"You're distracted during the battle?!" A voice suddenly rang out, filled with a sense of bewilderment.

As soon as Nemus's consciousness stirred, it was as if it had been drawn in and devoured by something.

Then a deity that seemed to symbolize the existence of beauty appeared before him.