Chapter 145: Chapter 86: The Second Realm, Renowned in the Royal Capital
Red Flower Mountain, amidst the forests, rainbow lights flashed chaotically.
Rose clung tightly to her man’s arm, continuously moving in this desolate place.
By the time the incense burned out, the two finally stopped.
Rose looked at the man beside her, only to find him drenched in sweat, and couldn’t help but pause.
Li Xuan revealed a tired smile and said, "I’ll send you back to Xiongshan County first. You must hide well and not show yourself."
"Why are you like this?" Rose did not question his arrangement, just felt a bit worried seeing Li Xuan, such a strong man, looking so weak.
She pondered and said, "I previously saw the Headless Buddha use this rainbow technique to travel, but it never uses it continuously unless it’s a dire situation.
A few days ago, there was a flood upstream, and the Headless Buddha fled with me, before encountering cavalry by the riverbank, so it continuously transformed into a rainbow, forcibly moving me into Red Flower Mountain.
But no matter when, it never flew chaotically like you are now, burning one stick of incense and flying continuously.
Tell me, how many times have we transformed into rainbows?
Six times?
Seven times?
Can you not be exhausted?"
The more Rose spoke, the more she understood, clearly traveling by rainbow was a labor-intensive task, and Li Xuan was treating himself like a beast.
Li Xuan didn’t say anything, sat down heavily, looked around, still surrounded by wild mountains and ridges, said, "Let’s spend the night here."
Rose said "Oh" and went to collect dry and flammable twigs nearby.
As for fire, she wasn’t worried.
Young Master’s fingertips lit up with a spark, and the twigs ignited.
At this moment, Li Xuan was truly exhausted.
However, he roughly understood now about the "Worshipers’ Divine Realm" as a kind of demon technique.
Strictly speaking, this might not be a demon technique, but a kind of... authority.
An authority that can activate the "Worshipers’ Divine Realm".
But what is the "Worshipers’ Divine Realm"?
Having experienced it firsthand, combined with the information from the Rotting Buddha Corpse Rat, Li Xuan had a shallow guess in his heart.
"Worshipers’ Divine Realm" might be an unprecedented world formed from the myriad epochal beliefs of gods and buddhas after their demise.
The belief in gods and buddhas has existed for a long time, differing in various countries. As for how long, Li Xuan has no idea.
Thousands of years?
Tens of thousands of years?
Hundreds of thousands of years?
Was there a world-ending event in between?
Was there belief before the world-ending event?
Does this world possibly have gone through several apocalypse events?
In any case, it’s a fog difficult to unravel, as Li Xuan’s understanding of this world doesn’t even scratch the surface.
But it’s certain that there are numerous beliefs, abundant incense.
And gods and buddhas, each embodying different eras, even epochs of incense beliefs, mysterious origins, holders of great power.
Yet for unknown reasons, they fell.
Their corpses, even everything within the Incense Fire Divine Realm, began to undergo mysterious transformation.
As for what kind of transformation, Li Xuan didn’t know.
But he knows it’s definitely a terrifying world full of countless beliefs, endless incense, possibly nurturing unknown existences.
However, the only ones who can open the Divine Realm’s passage are the gods and buddhas within the Divine Realm.
Rotting Buddha Corpse Rat, having eaten some Buddha’s corpse, also possesses the qualification to open the Divine Realm’s passage and utilize the realm’s capabilities.
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Currently, leveraging the Corpse-eating Rat qualification, the usable Divine Realm capabilities are roughly as follows:
One, can manifest illusions, so it previously trapped Liang Shigu’s thousand cavalry as if they encountered a ghost wall;
Two, can move objects, hence easily take heads, and transform itself into a rainbow;
Three, can grant strength to believers, so when incense is thin, believers can bring forth a murky thin membrane, and when incense is thick, can bring forth a horrifying black membrane;
Four, can fulfill some small wishes, such as blessing someone for a safe journey; such as enhancing a martial arts master’s skill to break through bottlenecks; such as curing someone from a serious illness; such as enabling a long barren woman to conceive a child...
These powers were originally the powers of the gods and buddhas.
At least in Li Xuan’s comprehension, these are the most basic powers of the gods and buddhas.
If you claim to be a deity and can’t even do these little things, what kind of deity are you then?
But after the gods and buddhas died, the "Divine Realm" also became the "Worshipers’ Divine Realm", and all the powers have permeated into every inch of the Divine Realm.
However, when a being with the "god characteristics" opens the door, and incense exists outside, the "Divine Realm’s powers" will flow out along this incense.
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How long can the powers be utilized?
How are these powers utilized?
Li Xuan thinks the path might be this: "Worshipers’ Divine Realm" — "Li Xuan" — "Incense with Faith"
Thus, the quantity and level of power are determined by at least three factors:
One, how much "god characteristics" reside in you, which might determine the level of power you can manifest;
Two, how much incense is outside, which should decide the range and duration of power you can manifest;
Three, how much of the Divine Kingdom’s power impact you can withstand, which ought to be the "wooden bucket theory’s" "shortest stave", failing which, the above two are not attainable.
When leveraging power, as the door-opener to the Divine Kingdom, you are in front of the gate.
Any power impacting out from the Divine Kingdom will first hit upon you, then connect to those worshipping the incense outside, transforming into powers you can exhibit.
Consider an analogy.
