The Era of Gods

Chapter 557: Chapter 557: Tallying the Faith

All clans within the Divine Realm were created by Lin Xiao himself. With his special talent for shepherding believers and the comprehensive system of guiding faith that had been established over so many years in the Divine Realm, even the least devout among his followers were True Believers, and Fanatic Believers were scarcely few, with hardly any Shallow Believers in sight.

At this time, with average devotion among the kin in the Divine Realm being at the level of True Believers and Fanatic Believers, even without holding mass congregations like the Children of other Divine Realms to gather the Power of Faith, the daily collection of faith by the believers alone was enough to make others envious.

Compared to Miss Xie who focused on the devotion of faith, Jin Sisi, a female War God, was concerned with the combat power of the believers.

The Legendary Race, Asura Naga, just by appearances alone, one could tell their combat power was off the charts. Arenas and colosseums spread through the Divine Realm that catered to their vigorous energy hosted fights virtually every moment, not to mention the massive presence of Supreme Naga that were plentiful in the God’s realm. Even as a War God with a God Level of Rank 7, she felt a surge of awe and said to him,

“Your core races are extremely powerful. Have you considered granting authorization?”

“Authorization?”

Lin Xiao immediately understood and shook his head,

“No.”

“That’s a pity. If you were willing to grant authorization, I believe many elites would give up their core races.”

Authorization referred to permitting other Children of the Divine Realm to reproduce with the Asura Naga, much like the Children who had just opened their own Divine Realms would choose various races as their God Realm Kin, releasing the Supreme Naga for the Children to select as their Core Races, thus accelerating the breed’s rate of reproduction.

The greatest benefit of doing so was to significantly expand the population of the Naga race.

After all, he was the Creator of the Supreme Naga, and regardless of which True God they worshipped, he would receive a small portion of the Power of Faith.

While it was far less than when they were his own believers, if the number were large enough, it could still be formidable. If the quantity grew sufficiently large, just these dispersed Supreme Naga would provide enough support for a being with Medium Divine Power or even Powerful Divine Power.

Just like in many Crystal Wall Systems of Different Domains, there are races such as Dwarves, Elves, Beastmen, and these common races’ Racial Gods are always endowed with Powerful Divine Power, presiding over a powerful Divine System.

It’s worth mentioning that common large races like Humans, Dwarves, Elves, Beastmen in Different Domains appear in many Crystal Wall Systems. The source is now unknown, but each Racial God can only obtain faith from their race in their own Crystal Wall Universe and cannot cross boundaries to do so.

It’s not that the Power of Faith cannot cross different Crystal Wall Universes, but generally, there is a God of that race in the other universe.

Just like in the Toriel Multiverse and the Airel Multiverse, there are Elven races in both worlds, each with its own Elf Lord God and Elf Divine System, and each universe has its own Racial Lord God.

However, if the Elf Lord God of one Crystal Wall Universe were to suddenly fall, the Power of Faith of the Elven race would, after considerable loss, be taken by the Elf Lord God of another universe, until a new Elf Lord God emerges in the other world.

This is exactly what Lin Xiao is wary of. Although, according to Jin Sisi’s idea, if the number of Asura Naga were to increase, he would be gaining Divine Power continuously while sitting at home, and even if he stayed home every day, he could continue to grow and advance to Medium Divine Power.

It would certainly be delightful, but the risks were too great.

Who knows if someone greedy might decide to kill him, the Creator, and then consolidate the Godhood of Asura Naga, thereby seizing the powers that rightfully belonged to him and aiming to control the race.

After all, his race was too mighty, on par with Dragons on the same level, and he was already considering the next step in the elevation of Asura Naga. He could not possibly authorize such a powerful race to others.

Of course, Jin Sisi’s suggestion had no issue, and she made such a proposal considering Lin Xiao’s current strength and the support of the mighty powers behind him, thinking he could keep this Godhood safe. It was just that Lin Xiao did not want to add unnecessary risks for the time being.

With plenty of troubles at hand, being cautious was better.

Xie Yufei and Jin Sisi spent some time playing in his Divine Realm before leaving. There were too many people, which was not conducive to engaging in certain indescribable acts. However, after spending time together and cultivating their relationship, the awkwardness of the two women being together was greatly reduced, and he believed that the next meeting…

His eyebrows raised, full of anticipation.

Putting aside those thoughts, Lin Xiao started to account for the Power of Faith provided by all kin within the Divine Realm, as well as the nearly twenty million believers who had been relocated to the plane provided by Xie Yufei, to better allocate the faith.

The fighting abilities of Asura Naga were even stronger than those of Dragons, but for the time being, they lacked any spell-casting capabilities. In terms of soul and mental strength, they were still not on par with Dragons, so the Power of Faith they provided was much less compared to the Dragon Clan.

Each adult Dragon provided a thousand times the Power of Faith of a human, while an Asura Naga provided about five hundred times.

In other words, a devout human believer provided three points of Power of Faith every day, while an Asura Naga could provide five hundred times that, equating to fifteen hundred points of Power of Faith.

A Fanatic Believer provided between ten to fifty points of Power of Faith, meaning that a fanatic Supreme Naga could provide between five thousand to twenty-five thousand points.

Saints are the exception.

Although Star Spirits are only sub-legendary species, as a naturally magic-based race, their souls and spiritual strength are incredibly formidable, providing about a hundred times more Power of Faith than humans.

The Red Furnace Clan may be skilled at forging, but this does not grant them any additional Power of Faith, which is the same as that provided by humans.

Despite being genetically modified multiple times into a superior race, Lesser Naga, limited by their race, still could offer only half the Power of Faith compared to humans.

Lin Xiao now possessed around 380,000 Supreme Naga, with the lowest being Devout Believers and most being Fanatic Believers. Given the disparity in their strengths, with the lowest at Rank 5 and the highest at Rank 10, the stronger they were, the more Power of Faith they provided.

Without calculating in detail, he could deduce that just the Supreme Naga alone could provide him with as much as 5700 points of Divine Power daily by combining through the threads of belief connected to his Divinity.

Nearly 140,000 Star Spirits provided a total of 400 points of Divine Power every day.

200,000 Red Furnace Clan members provided a total of 6 points of Divine Power every day.

Close to 1.2 million Lesser Naga provided a total of 22 points of Divine Power every day.

The many bloodline Magicians in the Magician Kingdom provided more Power of Faith than humans, normally amounting to 100 points of Divine Power daily, but after the attenuation through spatial layers, only 10 points reached his Divinity.

However, compared to the loss from other human believers, this was more acceptable. Over ten million human believers could provide nearly 300 points of Divine Power daily, but after being diminished through spatial layers, only 15 points remained, which was a higher loss than that of the bloodline Magicians.

He guessed that this was because the Magicians, both in occupation and bloodline, were bestowed by him, so the loss was much less.

Adding it all up, Lin Xiao could harvest a total of over 6,100 points of Divine Power every day, and after deducting the maintenance cost of 1,000 points of Divinity to sustain his God Level, he still had over 5,000 left.

Yes, that’s the maintenance fee for Divinity.

As a Demigod achieving Divine Enthronement and solidifying Divinity, obtaining numerous transcendental abilities and immunity related to Divinity all required the use of Divine Power for maintenance.

A newly enthroned Level Zero New God needs as much as a thousand units of Divine Power daily to maintain their Divinity.

It must be the Power of Faith converted from one’s own believers; Divine Power crystallized from trade contains impurities and, though directly usable, cannot maintain Divinity.

If the Divine Power provided by a deity’s believers is insufficient, the deity will grow weak and increasingly so. If they still cannot receive enough Divine Power to sustain their Divinity after a certain period, the deity will suffer from the collapse of their Divinity and subsequently fall.

In Different Domains, many Indigenous True Gods have perished due to Divine Wars that greatly reduced their believers, or because their believers converted, leaving insufficient Divine Power to maintain the existence of their Divinity.

This is why for the Son of the God Realm, the kin within the God Realm are considered their fundamental support. Even if all the kin in their external territories perished, as long as those within the Divine Realm provide enough Divine Power to sustain Divinity, the Son of the God Realm would not fall arbitrarily.

In Lin Xiao’s God’s realm, the Power of Faith provided each day was enough for him to ascend to God Level Four with surplus, but it was still insufficient to reach God Level Five, which represents Weak Divine Power.

Weak Divine Power from Level Zero up to God Level Four would see the Divinity maintenance cost progressively increase from one thousand to five thousand.

The God Level Five, representing the starting level of Weak Divine Power, may only be one level higher than God Level Four, but the required maintenance surge to ten thousand points instantly. The Divine Power he garnered each day was not enough to maintain a Divinity of Weak Divine Power.

It’s worth noting that the Divinity maintenance fee applies only to New Gods. The Ancient gods did not have this requirement as their Godhood stemmed from the fundamental rules of the world and did not require a maintenance fee.

Lin Xiao had accumulated a total of over fifty million points of Divine Power, equivalent to over five thousand pure Godforce Crystals, which was enough for his use for a considerable time.

In addition, he also held over twenty thousand traded Godforce Crystals, which, though not usable for maintaining Divinity, could be used to purchase various materials or for daily expenditures.

For instance, using the Shield of Truth to forcibly promote a large number of Star Spirits, who reached the racial limit at Rank 7, to Rank 8 Legendary Star Spirits, each required three units of Divinity and three thousand Divine Power. Normally, one million Divine Power could attempt to be converted into one unit of Divinity, meaning approximately three million Divine Power could create a Legendary Star Spirit – a relatively worthwhile exchange.

After tallying these, what followed was the most important matter: the condensation of an Incarnation of God.

Creating a Level Zero Incarnation of God required siphoning off a fragment of consciousness from the True Body, at least one hundred units of pure Divinity, which is the Divine Power crystallized from the Power of Faith of one’s own believers, not other deities’. Ten thousand crystallized Divine Power from one’s own believers was needed, along with nominating a primary Divine Position.

Of course, Lin Xiao had the Creation Rubik’s Cube, which could fully purify the Divinity of other deities for use, something that was not possible for other deities.

Unlike Divine Position Incarnations, Incarnations of God, although limited to a single Divine Position, do not require the True Body to sacrifice itself, and the Incarnation will not cause the loss of Divinity should it unexpectedly fall.