Chapter 1114: Chapter 113: My Love (End)
Are you going to expel all the giants, leaving none behind?
A sudden thought flashed through Li Ang’s mind, but he said nothing, continuing to listen.
"My hatred for the gods did not last long; soon, the divine battle erupted."
Sibi King said indifferently, "On one side of the divine battle was Di Shitian,
on the other side, Brahma."
"Let me guess, Brahma won."
Li Ang raised an eyebrow, knowing Di Shitian’s full name was Shiti Huanyintuoluo, with Shiti meaning "able," Teva meaning "celestial," and Indra meaning "lord." Shiti Huanyintuoluo, therefore, was the master of the gods in heaven.
On the other hand, Brahma was named Zao Shutian, Ba Luo He Motian, Jing Tian, the god above gods, master of creation.
Both were deities in Hindu mythology, later co-opted by Buddhism.
According to Hindu mythology, Di Shitian is the god of thunder and war, while Brahma is the god of creation, one of the three major gods.
In the era of Buddhism, Brahma’s status was reduced, becoming Buddha’s Dharma Guardian God, yet still higher in the celestial hierarchy than Di Shitian—Di Shitian is the second layer of Desire World Heaven, the lord of Ren Litian,
while Brahma resides above Desire World Heaven, part of Sekye Heaven.
"That’s right."
Sibi King nodded, saying, "Although Di Shitian presides over thunder and battle, he was still vulnerable to the crushing of the Brahma God System, losing the battle and being forced to join the Brahma God System.
In ancient times, including the divine battles on the South Asian Indian continent,
there were two solutions.
One was to directly kill the defeated side’s divine deities, devouring the divine corpse, absorbing divine power, and extinguishing the traces of that god’s existence in history, permanently occupying their divinity.
The well-known gods you’re familiar with often started by slaughtering and devouring the surrounding native totem gods.
The second was to preserve the defeated side’s life and fully integrate into the victorious side’s divine system.
The result of this was a change in faith, losing their original rank and status within the divine system.
After the defeat in the divine battle, Di Shitian was faced with two choices: either die or join the Brahma God System.
He chose the latter,
thus transforming from ’master of the gods,’
to ’master under the gods of heaven,’
forever ranking below Brahma."
Li Ang pondered, saying, "Similar to corporate mergers?"
"Hmm... Although theoretically more complex as it involves the conversion of divinity and the rise and fall of god status...
but it can indeed be understood that way."
Sibi King nodded, "The divine battles of that era were so bloody and cruel.
To the mortal eye, the evolution of mythology
was actually a series of divine battles.
As a part of the Di Shitian God System, I also merged into the Brahma God System.
However, before long, the Brahma God System fell into silence."
"Silence? What does that mean?"
Li Ang frowned, pursuing the question.
Sibi King was a deity left from ancient times, possibly the third immortal species Li Ang had seen,
if he wasn’t lying or deliberately concealing the truth, his words were undoubtedly a Chapter from the historical evolution of ancient deities.
"The gods on the path of faith and divine enthronement are also bound by the power of faith.
Gods like Di Shitian and others can never escape it.
As for Brahma, I actually have not seen his true form and am unclear about how high his strength is or whether he can escape the constraints of the killing field game.
However, what I do know is that Brahma ordered all deities to fall asleep."
Sibi King spoke calmly, "According to my speculation, it’s likely that Brahma’s lifespan was coming to an end.
In real history, whether celestial beings who don’t choose the path of faith and divine enthronement, which you call players,
or gods choosing the path of faith and divine enthronement,
their lifespan has a limit, only slightly longer than ordinary people.
I believe Brahma was nearing the limit of his lifespan, wanting to transform himself from a living deity into a faith god, the form after death,
with his boundless power,
and the total divine power of all deities within the divine system,
to consolidate his free will.
In the form of a faith god, to evade the pursuit of the killing game, attain immortality, while retaining self-will."
"Did he fail?"
Li Ang stated in a declarative manner, knowing that if Brahma had succeeded, he would not have been reduced to Buddha’s Dharma Guardian God in Buddhism.
"He certainly failed."
Sibi King spoke indifferently, "Throughout history, with so many divine systems, so many deities unable to solve the problem, how could he conquer it alone?
Although I did not observe it firsthand, from the later results, not only did he fail, but all the deities within his divine system also fell into eternal slumber,
Brahma himself, the noble master of creation, lost a large number of believers in the mortal world, with none to worship him."
In the real world, as one of the three main gods of Hinduism, Brahma today has very few followers worshiping him,
India has tens of thousands of temples dedicated to Vishnu and Shiva, but only a scarce few temples are dedicated to Brahma.
"As for me, as a marginal deity within the divine system, I did not participate in the collective slumber of the Brahma God System,
but before the slumber, I pretended to die under the guise of the killing field game."
Sibi King spoke calmly, "From the killing field game, I obtained a very special cultivation manual,
able to actively split one’s own soul into thousands of pieces,
passing down the soul fragments,
with ’self-source,’
which is modernly known as genetic heritage information,
down to future generations.
Any mortal bearing a fragment of my soul is both mortal herself and me, Sibi.
The offspring of mortals also have the possibility of inheriting my soul fragments.
In the overwhelming majority of cases, these soul fragments do not awaken,
only very few fragments can awaken some will, possess some special abilities, see some memory fragments of soul dwellers through the ages,
and even fewer fragments can fully awaken, recover memory, realize they are Sibi King,
and become me."
"Similar to reincarnated spirit boys?"
Li Ang narrowed his eyes, "No, more than reincarnated spirit boys, soul devices, or claims of possession,
this resembles mimetic transmission."
"Exactly."
Sibi King spoke indifferently, "I am one, and I am many.
I proactively abandoned the path of faith and divine enthronement,
relying on this neither dead nor alive, both dead and alive manner, to survive, and live longer than other gods.
Although in thousands of years of history, my sleeping time was far longer than my waking time,
it was enough for other versions of me in the world to carry out plans.
I, we,
crossed heavy oceans, carrying soul fragments, reaching every corner of the globe.
We witnessed the charge of armored knights in the European plains,
witnessed thousands of laborers in the South American rainforest constructing pyramids under heavy rain,
witnessed the arrival of the Age of Discovery, the steam awakening in the industrial age.
We saw the rise and fall of dynasties, the changes of eras,
patiently waiting for a moment.
A moment when the killing field game rises en masse, when all sleeping deities gradually revive.
And then, at that juncture, ruthlessly stab them.
"The moment..."
It was as if a lightning bolt flashed through Li Ang’s mind, and those strange phenomena and doubts he saw in the Ajanta Stone Cave were now explained.
Li Ang hesitated, "You support your own God’s Kingdom, depleting the Power of Faith accumulated in temples worldwide, to delay the awakening of other deities?"
"That’s right."
Sibi King slowly said, "The future of humanity belongs to mortals, not to the gods.
Gods who rely on the Power of Faith for ’eternal life’ are merely parasites on the mortal race.
Once they awaken,
whether they regain their own will or become puppets of belief and distractions,
they will all inflict unprecedented blows on humanity.
Just a few Divine Systems are enough to set humanity back to the primitive era.
But if dozens, hundreds of Divine Systems awaken simultaneously?
In such a future,
the human civilization, painstakingly created by mortals, will be burned to ashes."
"..."
Li Ang was silent for a moment, realizing that this Sibi King was still a Prometheus-like figure,
always striving for the future for the vast majority of mortals.
"Previously, I supported the God’s Kingdom, consumed the Power of Faith accumulated in temples,
for three reasons,
First, I cherish the radiant human civilization, akin to diamond, and don’t want to see mortals enslaved and penned by the gods again.
Second, it’s to avenge the destruction of my hometown and the killing of my family by Di Shitian and others centuries ago."
Sibi King said, "As for the third reason,
our world is under the control of the Killing Field Game, dominated by the Killing Field Game.
No matter what it wants or seeks from us,
the path of faith and divine enthronement will never truly liberate humanity."
"What exactly does the Killing Field Game want?"
Li Ang couldn’t help but ask, "Evolution? Selective breeding? Observation?"
"...I don’t know."
Sibi King bluntly said, "The Killing Field Game threatens human civilization,
luring and coercing the transcendent it selects, urging them to grow stronger in the cycle of life and death.
If it were to select the strongest from the mortal race, it would at least abduct people periodically to participate in some activities, right?
But in my observations,
all gods either fall or sleep,
none truly recognize the real purpose of the Killing Field Game—at least, no one survives to recognize its true purpose.
And if it’s merely observing, then there’s no need to go through such great efforts..."
Sibi King paused, shook his head, and said, "Maybe only the strongest of the Divine Systems, or those Immortal Species who have lived long enough, would know this.
Regardless,
the existence of the path of faith and divine enthronement is not a good thing for ordinary mortals.
The deities elevated through the path of faith also cannot satisfy the ultimate purpose of the Killing Field Game."
"Hmm..."
Li Ang squinted his eyes and thought for a moment, those Immortal Species, Jumpers he had seen, like the Mirage Dragon, Drought Demon, Su Ni Sheng, Professor, Penguin,
more or less hinted that the path of faith and divine enthronement wasn’t the so-called ultimate path, yet it was never thoroughly explained.
Li Ang himself doesn’t mind the path of faith and divine enthronement; whether he can live longer, he’s not a fervent pursuer of eternal life.
The ultimate path, and the final purpose of the Killing Field Game...
Let’s take it step by step.
"As for this script mission,
just like I said earlier, Steven is me, and Barbara is also me."
Sibi King said, "This script mission is actually a segment of life encountered by thousands of me.
In the real world, there indeed exist people like Steven, Mavis, Barbara.
I invite you who participated in the Ajanta Stone Cave, to enter the script mission constructed using me as a sample,
to commission you to convey a message to others in the real world."
"Please continue."
Li Ang responded calmly.
If Sibi King wasn’t lying, he indeed did much for human civilization,
and he seemed to have no reason to lie, gaining nothing—his own body has exploded.
"Those gods will, and definitely will awaken."
Sibi King said with a serious expression, "Humanity needs to be extremely vigilant, to confront these gods who should have died long ago.
If those awakened deities,
have lost their free will, becoming puppets of the Power of Faith,
then it’s possible to attempt to control and enslave them.
But if the awakened deities have completed their transformation during sleep, reborn from death, and regained free will,
then, definitely, measures of thunderbolt-like intensity must be taken to kill them.
As of now, you are far from being a match for the deities of the mythical era.
For this reason, even the most extreme strategies must be employed,
such as eradicating the soil of the gods’ existence."
"..."
Li Ang’s eyes narrowed; eradicating the soil of the gods’ existence, that means destruction and extinction,
the highest crystallization of human technology in terms of violence is undoubtedly thermonuclear weapons.
And human society’s mobilization capability indeed can eradicate the "soil" in which gods exist.
"I understand."
Li Ang nodded, "I will pass the message on to others,
as for how they will act, I cannot control."
Human civilization has the means for violent eradication, but may not have the determination to do so.
Already in the wane of Buddhism in India, not to mention other Divine Systems...
"That’s good enough."
Sibi King showed a slight smile, "That’s all I have to say.
Your teleportation back is fast approaching, isn’t it?
I see you also chose the path of faith and divine enthronement, remember one thing, seize the opportunity while other gods haven’t awakened, kill more gods at their lairs, frequently kill gods,
strengthen yourself as fast as possible.
In this era, the advantage of the first mover is always greater than the latecomer."
"Hmm?"
Li Ang raised an eyebrow, "Aren’t you afraid I’ll devour other gods’ Divine Source, become a new god,
and continue enslaving ordinary people along the path you despise the most?"
"Haha."
Sibi King chuckled, "I believe in you,
I saw the script mission you advanced with Steven’s identity, and what you did for Steven after the script mission.
You’re different from those other old gods, at least for now."
"Alright."
Li Ang nodded, he had been using Spiritual Energy to converse with Sibi King, trying to slow down the perception of time for both, increasing the efficiency of information transmission,
but the five-minute teleportation time limit was still quickly approaching.
Li Ang waited for the countdown to teleportation, casually asking, "Do you have anything else to say."
"Hmm... nothing much left."
Sibi King thought for a moment, casually smiled, "Oh yes, don’t think about finding my identity in the real world. Although I’ve lost most of my power, hiding is still enough to keep you from ever finding me."
