Cthulhu Gonfalon

Chapter 982: The Exchange (Part 4)

As the God of Light continued to complain and rage, Sui Xiong kept silent as he had no intention of arguing with him. After all, all the events he had mentioned were already in the past, and it was meaningless to continue debating about them.

Sui Xiong sighed and asked, “According to your logic, when you challenged the Master of Order, your mindset was still directed towards the idea of protecting the humans and maintaining the superior status of the humans. Why did that drastically change afterwards? The you of the past definitely would not have trapped and destroyed all the gods that came forward to celebrate the humans. This is not something that a reputable leader with morals would ever do! In doing so, you would also make yourself a common enemy among the rest of the gods and put yourself in danger. Let’s not forget that you previously murdered the Dragon of Chaos as well… It’s not like you or your usual style to betray those who have helped you and forget others’ kindness!”

“The key in my change was when I swallowed the core of the God of Evil,” the God of Light seemed to be indifferent towards sharing his thoughts now. “My first plan was to use the Dragon of Chaos’ blood to attract Chaos and create a second enemy for the Master of Order to face. If that did not work and you managed to defend against Chaos, I would use the battle between Chaos and you to ambush it. Along with swallowing the core of the God of Evil, I could allow myself to gain much power. Afterwards, if it were to be so, I could run away and escape as the Master of Order would not have left everything behind simply to chase me. I would then complete the absorption of the God of Evil’s strength before returning to rule the skies. By then, I would be somewhat invincible.”

Sui Xiong nodded as, for now, he did not see any problems with this plan.

“In that case, why did you change your mind after swallowing the core of the God of Evil?” Sui Xiong asked. “You were still affected by the God of Evil in the end!”

“You’re overthinking this. Remember, I am an evil god by nature, why would I be affected by the God of Evil?” The God of Light laughed coldly. “I merely borrowed his power to clear out all obstacles that prevented me from reaching my true goals. The whole process reminded me of my original goal from the start.

“What I wanted to achieve was not to increase the glory of the humans, nor was it to build up my influence. I wanted to go above and beyond the Big Circulation and fix this forsaken world that was going through endless cycles. I wanted to fill the emptiness in my heart!” The God of Light sighed deeply before a chilling smile appeared on his face yet again.

Sui Xiong furrowed his brows. “Fix this forsaken world that is going through endless cycles? I can’t pretend to ignore what you just said. What exactly were you planning to do?”

“No matter what I wanted to do, while you took your time snoozing away, I should already have finished it all, right?” the God of Light replied tauntingly.

Sui Xiong’s heart raced, and he was about to stand up and leave. Suddenly, the God of Light spoke up again. “I’ve already shared everything about my life and my deepest thoughts. You can’t possibly leave without sharing your own life stories? Treat it as a return courtesy to satisfy my curiosity.”

Sui Xiong thought about it and felt that the God of Light made sense. he thus began to speak.

Of course, Sui Xiong was not about to talk about how he had crossed into this world from Earth. He started from when he had first become wiser. This was when he had first fought and won against a narwhal.

“Ah… you really are a jellyfish! Everyone assumed that you were an element creature or perhaps some ancient animal. Some even guessed that you could be a legend from the previous era… I guess we were all wrong.

“You managed to achieve such feats once you came onto land, what a genius! I couldn’t possibly have done that in my youth!

“The God of Conspiracy found trouble with you then? Although that fellow is not skilled in fighting, he is indeed intelligent. You must have been targeted by him many times, perhaps even caught unaware at times!

“Gathering manpower, building a church and developing one’s own city. This is indeed a good plan. However, if I were you, I would not waste time searching for good manpower. I would choose to directly attack an existing city and use it as a foundation to expand my recruitment. As a god, it is actually rather easy to gather people.

“The death of the Goddess of the Ocean and the God of Storms… well, although I observed it before, when hearing the same story from your point of view, it feels somewhat different. Let’s not talk about the God of Storms. The death of the Goddess of the Ocean alone was already an extremely shocking matter to all the faith-based gods!”

At this point, the God of Light stopped speaking and slightly furrowed his brows.

“I’ve just remembered something,” he said. “Not long after you built your church, one of my underlings coincidentally found out that several evil gods were recruiting and summoning demons, which they used to make a sort of special medicine. That medicine could counteract Divine Power and remove complications within one’s priesthood. It was extremely useful! We thus tried to make some as well and discovered that it was indeed useful through many experiments. Afterwards, we made this medicine in bulk quantities.”

“That does sound useful,” Sui Xiong said.

“That’s right, it was really a great solution to many of our problems. This was especially after I edited the recipe and used the Abyss as part of the materials. The effect of the medicine was enhanced, and it could even purify a god’s body. As the Master God of the Human God System for many years, I had already been greatly influenced by the power of faith and would often have several dizzying thoughts. After using the medicine to cleanse myself, however, I felt that my brain was much clearer and felt much more comfortable.”

Sui Xiong thought for a while before saying, “Demons have always been derivative of chaos and are total opposites of gods. If they were properly utilized, they indeed could help gods to purify their bodies and reduce the influence of faith.”

“That’s right, in theory, it sounds perfect. However… Do you not feel that it was too much of a coincidence?” The God of Light frowned hard.

Sui Xiong, of course, understood his meaning. “Do you think it was one of the God of Conspiracy’s tricks? If so, what benefit could that possibly bring him?”

“I’m not sure about that either… It’s hard to believe that he would have guessed that I would eventually borrow the entire human race’s destiny to rush into the great Divine Power world at that time. That’s impossible! If he had such great foresight, he would not have remained as a low-level Divine Power.” The God of Light was silent for a long time before eventually shaking his head. “This medicine has been helping me all this while, and I have yet to suffer any complications because of it. That fellow must have made some kind of mistake.”

Sui Xiong thought for a while before furrowing his brows and asked, “After you borrowed the entire human race’s destiny to become a great Divine Power, did you absorb a large amount of faith that needed to be purified immediately?”

“Of course.”

“In that case… How was the effect of the medicine that you created?”

“Well, there were substantial effects. It was not extremely useful, but it was enough,” the God of Light said. “However, afterwards, when I made a portion of the God of Evil’s core into a similar medicine, I really felt like I was shedding my own skin when I drank it. My entire body felt like it was being wrung out and cleansed. If not for the medicine, I may not have been able to break free of external restraints and return to my original goal, which was to cure the emptiness in my heart!”

Sui Xiong’s eyes narrowed as he could now somewhat confirm that the changes within the God of Light were partially due to the actions of the God of Conspiracy. It was just that the God of Conspiracy had probably only wanted to cause the God of Light to go mental and eventually die at the hands of the Master of Order and his allies’ attacks. However, the God of Conspiracy had not expected that the God of Light could use death to become stronger and reach a stage that was unimaginable to anyone else.

The God of Conspiracy had tried to create a trap that would bury the God of Light alive. Instead, the God of Light emerged as a giant conqueror and managed to easily flee the trap.

No, it was not that the God of Conspiracy’s plans were totally useless. At the very least, the God of Light of the present was not the same as the God of Light of the past. One could say that the old God of Light was already killed by the God of Conspiracy, making them somewhat even. It was just a pity that the current God of Light was even stronger than the old God of Light!

“What are you thinking? Any other special or notable news to share?” the God of Light asked.

Sui Xiong thought for a while before sharing his view on the God of Conspiracy’s scheme.

After hearing Sui Xiong speak, the God of Light burst into laughter. “I can’t believe you still have such naive thoughts! The idea that I was originally good but became evil due to some kind of influence… that is but a narrative idea! I know you used to write knight novels but… surely you can’t believe in everything you write! I already mentioned before that it is not that I was infected by the God of Evil, but rather, I borrowed his power to identify the true me! The original me, the God of Light that was not affected by the humans’ faith, the old me, was already like this!”

A sloppy, dreamy look appeared on the God of Light’s face as he spoke up menacingly. “I have always been evil, and I daresay I am the evilest of all evils. I did not require any influence to become so. Who thinks about goodness or forgiveness when considering revenge? I have always been purely evil and nothing is needed to make my evil any purer.”

Sui Xiong sighed and did not speak.

Perhaps, as the God of Light had said, he had always been dangerously evil. All along, the image in everyone’s’ head of the great and admirable God of Light could have simply been the propaganda of the human faith as well as the teachings of the God of Knights. That would probably have temporarily suppressed the evil within the God of Light in the past. Once those things had been removed, what was left behind would naturally be an extremely evil “God of Revenge,” one who could easily abandon his underlings in times of trouble to escape, and one who could train in hopes of getting revenge through mass killings. Just like in an old comic that Sui Xiong had read on Earth, Dragon Ball, the familiar fat character, Buu, was not the actual magician Buu. The real magician Buu was actually an extremely cruel monster who was incapable of empathy.

As he thought up to this point, Sui Xiong felt like he no longer had the mood to continue conversing with the God of Light. He turned his back to leave and returned to the Main Plane. He had many other things to do and did not want to waste more time on mindless chatter.

As he watched Sui Xiong turn to leave, the God of Light did not become angry. Instead, a strange smile appeared on his face.

“Go ahead and see the present that I prepared for you. Let’s see if you can still be this calm and peaceful once you’ve seen it!”