Chapter 1063: God Disciple

Chapter 1063: Chapter 1063: God Disciple

Long Eared Gods, these types of fake gods, although devoid of independent personality and gnosis, have developed over countless millennia a set of rules that comply with the workings of the cultivation world, expanding their own presence, like a pre-programmed system with a certain self-correction mechanism!

Shen Mo borrowed its Divine Power to sculpt a "Self God" within his Mind Sea, an act of blasphemy with a high probability of being discovered by the Long Eared God.

And when he sacrifices primal Essence and Qi to the "Self God," it almost transforms into Divine Power without loss, all established on the basis of the first Divine Power gifted by the Long Eared God; its core remains that of the Long Eared God, but cloaked in the shell of a "Self God," intercepting the primal Essence and Qi flowing towards the Long Eared God...

The Divine Power obtained in this manner is ultimately a castle in the air; once the Long Eared God discovers such a heretic, it will inevitably sever the connection with him, strip him of his status as a disciple, whereupon all the Divine Power within him would collapse and disintegrate like a building without a cornerstone.

How could Shen Mo allow the Divine Power he "painstakingly" cultivated to harbor such a significant hazard?

"It’s not difficult to defeat the Long Eared God; the hard part is to subdue it and make it work for me." Shen Mo’s thoughts raced like lightning, and now he resembled a high-class cultivator with abundant True Yuan, yet lacking specific means such as magic and martial arts, magic treasure, and talisman.

Immediately after, he pricked his fingertip and drew the spiritual mark obtained from Leader Ma upon his first entry into the cultivation world, in his palm.

Mobilizing Divine Power within, he slowly left a bloody spiritual mark in his palm, with Divine Power flowing freely, causing a slight spatial fluctuation... This spiritual mark implicitly aligns with the way of talismans, drawing it on a powerful fake god disciple, then using various means to force their self-sacrifice, one can intercept the disciple’s Divine Power to activate the spiritual mark and open the corresponding fake god’s God Realm.

Fundamentally, this spiritual mark is a unique Divine Rune of the cultivation world, akin to Dao runes such as Immortal Path talismans and spiritual marks.

Transplanting the complete Immortal Path spiritual mark into the cultivation world would naturally be ineffective, but if it’s a Divine Rune, activating it with Divine Power could unleash effects similar to talismans!

"The means to subdue the Long Eared God must rely upon the Divine Rune..."

With this thought, Shen Mo stepped out of the wooden hut.

Chen Mengze and Jiang Yingying waited outside with worried expressions, concerned that Shen Mo might not control the power of the fake god, but seeing him unharmed, they couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Aside from the two women, Guo Yun, Chief Wang Tie, the chief’s daughter Wang Qiuyue, and others were present; they were there to witness the making of a new Long Eared God disciple, for over the years, Wang Village had not seen the emergence of a new disciple!

Guo Yun and the others soon sensed the incredibly dense Divine Power radiating from Shen Mo, each one of them astonished, their eyes widened in shock.

"Nephew Shen, who would have thought you would be so favored by our god. The Divine Power bestowed upon you likely rivals that of Elder Qian Gui from Swallow Village. In a few years, if you’re gifted more Divine Power, you might even vie for the position of Grand Elder that’s been vacant for over a millennium!"

Chief Wang, leaning on his cane, trembled with excitement, while Guo Yun and Wang Qiuyue swiftly stepped forward to steady him, lest he stumbled and fell.

Within the cultivation world, the hierarchy of disciples and worshipers under various fake gods is essentially similar, perhaps with different names.

The type of status one can possess is generally assessed based on how much favor they receive from the fake gods... Of course, fake gods do not possess independent personalities, and the majority of disciples and worshipers may never meet the fake gods they worship in their lifetime, so the amount of Divine Power they hold is used to gauge god’s favor, and the more abundant it is, the more they are favored by the fake gods, granting them higher status among all disciples and worshipers!

Under the Long Eared God, disciples are classified into six levels based on the amount of Divine Power they possess: Grand Elder, Elder, Senior Disciple, Elite Disciple, Ordinary Disciple, and Worshiper.

Worshipers sit at the bottom, being ordinary persons unable to obtain Divine Power for various reasons, mostly the elderly and the infirm, whose Essence and Qi are rather weak, and should they exchange their primal Essence and Qi for a sliver of Divine Power from the Long Eared God, they might perish on the spot.

Children, still in their growth phase, would also significantly hinder their own development by sacrificing primal Essence and Qi.

Although fake gods lack independent personalities, they have corresponding operational mechanisms, and if they were to exploit the resources unrelentingly for millennia, these fake gods would become progressively weaker, ultimately being devoured by other fake gods. Therefore, the Long Eared God and other fake gods have a sizable number of worshipers unsuitable for "gaining Divine Power."

As for ordinary disciples, they are young men and women like Guo Yun and Wang Qiuyue, who have cultivated a trace of Divine Power and can use general methods of the God Path, far stronger than ordinary people!

The remaining elite disciples, senior disciples, elders, etc., see a gradual increase in Divine Power from sparse to dense; Chief Wang Tie, who has cultivated for decades, is an elite disciple, while Qian Gui, the elder from Swallow Village, should currently hold the most Divine Power and the highest status under the Long Eared God!

As for the "Grand Elder," a rank just below the god, unchallengeable and unique, with the decline of the Long Eared God’s power, no one has reached the Divine Power standards for many years, leaving this position vacant for over a thousand years.

However, while Shen Mo’s Divine Power has met the criteria, to obtain the corresponding status of an elder, he must receive recognition at the annual god-birth celebration from most senior disciples and elders; currently, under the Long Eared God, there are only five senior disciples, and only one elder, Qian Gui.

"Congratulations, Brother Shen!"

Guo Yun stepped forward, offering congratulations with a mix of relief and envy.

Originally, he had been coerced by the "tyranny" of Shen Mo and the others to receive them into Wang Village and vouch for their identity.

During this time, Guo Yun was on edge, fearing to wake one day to find the entirety of Wang Village’s hundred or more people slain by Shen Mo and his companions. Now, seeing Shen Mo "obtained" Divine Power, the heavy stone in his heart finally fell...

To acquire the favor of the Long Eared God, they might have worshiped other Deities, but it’s absolutely impossible for them to be disciples under the Ear Wisdom God’s domain.

As for the possibility of being an Outer Zone Evil Demon, it’s unlikely, given the ancient tales that claim Outer Zone heretics cannot open their minds to wholeheartedly worship Deities, and thus cannot become god disciples!

However, due to the disciples and worshipers of the Long Eared God spending long years sequestered in the wild forests, their channels for acquiring external information are relatively blocked.

So Guo Yun was unaware that three hundred years ago, two "Outer Zone Evil Demons," not only sacrificed themselves to become god disciples but also rose to the upper echelons of two godly factions, sparking a god-war that swept through most of the cultivation world and led to the fall of countless Deities.