Chapter 372: Determining the Path

Lin Chao entered the room and closed his eyes.

The notification sound of the Manager System rang out.

【Obtained 5 points of Divine Power.】

【Obtained a Killing Divinity fragment.】

Within Lin Chao's vision, some tiny, star-like specks appeared inside his body.

Approximately five units.

That substance was Divine Power.

Among them, an aura of killing also permeated Lin Chao's body; Lin Chao knew it belonged to the Killing Divinity fragment.

In this world, the one who possessed the most Killing Divinity was the God of Death.

The God of Death, who was also one of the Four Great Temples, was a Master god.

It could be said that there was already a powerful god on the path of killing, so even if he accumulated enough Killing Divinity, he could not become the God of Killing.

Because when he became the God of Killing, that God of Death would surely descend in an avatar to slay him and take away the Killing Divinity.

Right now, the Killing Divinity fragment inside his body was still very small, so the God of Death would not care.

But ascending to a God Position would be different.

In that case, he would become a competitor to the God of Death.

Therefore, the gods in the Starry Sky were not a monolithic block, but formed their own factions.

Especially those whose divinities overlapped; they were practically mutual enemies and often engaged in God War.

Lin Chao knew that, in fact, three hundred years ago, besides the Death Temple, there was also a Killing Temple in the world.

However, because the God of Killing's divinity partially overlapped with the God of Death's, the God of Killing was slain by the God of Death, who then seized the divinity.

The Killing Temple collapsed from then on.

Therefore, for humans, ascending to a God Position was a very difficult matter, almost as hard as reaching the heavens.

Those popular divinities were already occupied by gods; if one accumulated enough to be deified, they would be coveted by those veteran gods, who would then besiege them and divide up the divinity.

"Praise His Highness the Prince, thank you His Highness the Prince."

Just at this moment, murmurs reached him.

Lin Chao was very familiar with this voice.

It was the voice of a laborer.

That laborer, named Languang, was now a human with a bit of fame in Iron Stone Town.

Some time ago, every time Lin Chao fell asleep, he could hear Languang's prayers to him in his dreams, and could even vaguely see the scene of Languang praying.

However, that was in his dreams before.

Now, he could hear it even without being in a deep sleep.

"Is it... the Divine Power affecting it?"

Lin Chao opened his eyes and looked at himself.

Sure enough, he saw hundreds of threads appearing around his body.

These hundreds of threads were exactly the same as the threads he had seen on the God of Song!

Lin Chao felt that this must be the change that occurred after Heiniu slayed a Divine Creature and he obtained Divine Power.

Lin Chao closed his eyes, his attention falling onto these threads, and he immersed himself within them.

Following the threads, he heard many devout voices.

"Praise His Highness the Prince!"

"Without His Highness the Prince, we wouldn't be able to eat such delicious white flour buns, and we wouldn't be able to live in such warm houses..."

These voices were incredibly devout and filled with gratitude.

"Are these... faith?"

Lin Chao guessed.

In the past, he could perceive these faiths.

However, he had no Divine Power in his body and did not count as a Divine Creature, so he could not accept these faiths.

Now, with Divine Power, everything had changed.

He was surprised to find that these faiths were slowly flowing into his body through those threads.

His body felt warm.

Those faiths entered his body, with one part eventually turning into something similar to divinity fragments, and another part turning into Divine Power.

Among them, the divinity fragments contained a great deal of information.

There were things like kindness, benevolence, and agriculture.

It was evident that those who held faith in Lin Chao had different reasons for their faith.

Among them, the divinity fragment transmitted through Languang's thread gave Lin Chao a rather unusual feeling.

Generally speaking, divinities also had potential and levels of power.

The Death Divinity had potential far exceeding the Killing Divinity.

Therefore, the God of Death was a Master god, while the God of Killing was only a Medium Divine Power.

The divinity fragment transmitted by Languang gave Lin Chao the feeling that its potential was extremely high.

Moreover, he did not perceive any similar aura on this divinity fragment.

This meant... no god had yet occupied this divinity.

This discovery surprised Lin Chao quite a bit.

"What... what kind of divinity is this?" Lin Chao wondered, feeling expectant in his heart.

He felt that this Divinity Fragment might perhaps become his path for the future.

……

"Don't be lazy; before you sleep, remember to praise His Highness the Prince.

It is His Highness the Prince who has given us such a comfortable life, allowing us to live with dignity."

Lan Guang said gently to his younger sister and younger brother.

He had no god he believed in.

After all, he lived in the poverty-stricken district and was busy earning money to support his family every day, so he had no contact with the Church at all.

However, here at Tieshi Mountain, he lived much better than before; in his heart, Prince Lin was a savior, a person like a god.

"We know, Brother, don't worry, we pray earnestly every day, we won't be lazy!"

Sometimes, those with a lack of knowledge or simple people are more prone to gratitude.

Of course, it is also possible for great kindness to be treated like enmity.

"Mm." Lan Guang looked at his younger brother and younger sister and said happily, "After praying, sleep well; tomorrow Brother will bring you... Beggar's Chicken to eat!"

Lan Guang said the three words "Beggar's Chicken" very awkwardly.

This was food sold by the warriors under Prince Lin, and it tasted very fragrant.

It is said that it contains their exclusive seasoning, which is why it tastes delicious.

Lan Guang had heard of those seasonings before; they were extremely expensive, and only those nobles could afford to eat them.

"Beggar's Chicken, yay, we get to eat Beggar's Chicken!" Saliva was about to flow from his younger sister's mouth.

That was Beggar's Chicken!

In the past, she could only eat a tiny bit of meat during the New Year.

Nowadays, every week, his brother would bring back a rich meat dish once or twice.

His younger brother's eyes also lit up, but he thought of something and said in a low voice, "Brother, Beggar's Chicken is a bit expensive, how about we don't buy it.

It's not easy for you to earn money."

"It's nothing, it's not expensive." Seeing his younger brother so sensible, Lan Guang felt warm inside.

"But, Brother is not young anymore; the Big Brother Liu nearby just married a wife last month.

Brother should also save some money to marry a wife; you can't spend all the money on us," his younger brother said seriously.

Hearing this, his younger sister also immediately said sensibly, "We won't eat the Beggar's Chicken."

"It's fine, Brother will save money." Hearing this, Lan Guang's face turned red.

After all, the matter of marrying a wife was a bit out of reach for him in the past.

Now... it seems it really is possible?

"Alright, you two go pray quickly, I need to sleep early too.

Tomorrow, the nobles from Koya City will come to Tieshi Mountain, and I am responsible for taking them to get familiar with the newly built city."

Lan Guang's eyes were filled with anticipation.

The newly built city exceeded his expectations.

He felt that the God Kingdom could be no better than this.

After taking care of his younger brother and sister so they could sleep, Lan Guang returned to his room; he prayed for a while, then began to sleep.

In a daze, he suddenly heard a majestic voice.

In the dream, he saw that figure, and his expression immediately became devout.

"Your... Your Highness."

In the dream, that figure above the clouds radiated divine light, like a god.

He was shocked inside; could it be that His Highness is truly a god?

And at this moment, that figure spoke: "Here, what have you gained?"

"Ah?" Lan Guang didn't quite understand, but still answered quickly, "I have gained abundant food."

"And what else?"

"A warm house."

"And then?"

"My younger brother and sister can read and write."

"Everyone lives within order."

"No need to worry about going hungry tomorrow."

"No need to worry about freezing to death on snowy days."

"In spare time, one can watch plays."

"When tired, one can return home."

"So, what is this?"

"A beautiful life, the hope of the future.

Your Highness, praise you!

Thank you for bringing these to me!"

In the dream, Lan Guang's expression was devout and incredibly fanatical.

At this moment, Lin Chao narrowed his eyes slightly, countless emotions flowing through him.

His gaze swept across the entire Iron Stone City.

He saw rows of neat houses, clean streets, and white streetlights.

"Is this... happiness?"

"Order?"

"Technology and...?"

"This is... civilization."

Finally, Lin Chao determined his future path.

That was civilization!

The god he wanted to be sealed as was the God of Civilization.

He came to this world to continue civilization and create a more glorious civilization.

Civilization is a very abstract word, a very profound word.

On the God Continent, there was not yet a god with civilization as their Divinity.

Lin Chao's heart stirred slightly.

Instantly, various Divinity Fragments such as kindness, slaughter, and compassion turned into ashes at that moment, transforming into the Civilization Divinity.

Although the quantity was only a fraction of what it was before, Lin Chao could intimately perceive that the Civilization Divinity was gradually growing stronger.

This was the foundation of his future.

"Languang, what I bring to you... is civilization!"

Lin Chao spoke, his voice vast and majestic.

Languang lowered his head, his eyes filled with a look of piety.

"Your Highness, you are the incarnation of civilization, you are the Master of civilization!"

The next day, Languang woke up from his sleep; for some reason, he felt light and relaxed.

"Yesterday's dream?"

Suddenly, he remembered the dream from yesterday, and a look of suspicion flashed in his eyes.

"Civilization?"

"Was it a dream or reality?"

For some reason, he felt that it was not a dream.

Or rather, it was not an ordinary dream, but a real event.

"Could it be... that His Highness is truly the incarnation of a god?"

Languang was surprised, his gaze lost, but then it became firm, "His Highness is the God of Civilization in my heart; he has brought civilization to the world!"

He finished washing up and performed his prayers again.

However, this time, for some reason, the prayer was somewhat different from previous ones.

After the prayer, Languang felt his body warm, as if something had entered his body.

He stretched out his finger, and an impulse arose in his heart.

Suddenly, a white light burst forth from his finger.

Languang was startled: "Is this a Divine Art?"

How could he perform a Divine Art!

He knew that Divine Arts were things that only the masters of those Churches could master.

Only the most loyal believers of the gods could obtain them.

He was actually able to cast a Divine Art!

This was too inconceivable!

"This is... the Light of Civilization!"

That's right, seeing this white radiance, the name of this Divine Art appeared in his mind.

The Divine Art he had suddenly learned was called the Light of Civilization.

This type of Divine Art was currently still very low-level.

The effects it carried included soothing the soul, minor healing, inspiring hope, dispelling despair, and so on.

It was miscellaneous, but very good.

Languang was still a bit dazed, not understanding what exactly had happened.

At this moment, he suddenly remembered the dream from last night.

His body trembled suddenly, and he couldn't help but blurt out: "Praise... the God of Civilization!"

Prince Lin was the God of Civilization in this world!

He decided that from now on, the object of his prayers would be the God of Civilization.

The object of his younger brother and sister's prayers would also have to include the honorable title of the God of Civilization!

Anwa looked at the burly figure in front of her, her eyes filled with confusion.

"You... aren't you dead?"

A few days ago, Heiniu had gone alone to hunt monsters.

At that time, Anwa had wanted to go help, but was rejected by Heiniu.

The next day, she thought about it and still went to the place where Heiniu had gone to hunt the monster.

She saw broken walls and ruins, the massive corpse of that Divinity monster, and... Heiniu's remains.

She searched for a long time before she found Heiniu's severed arm and heart.

The other limbs could not be found at all.

It was clear that Heiniu and that monster had perished together.

She regretted not helping, which led to Heiniu's fall, and she felt very self-reproachful, feeling she had let down Prince Lin, His Highness.

After she buried Heiniu, she returned to the caravan.

However, two days later, she saw Heiniu again.

How could she not be surprised?

"Dead? What do you mean by that?" Heiniu understood what Anwa meant.

Now, he felt more and more that this was a real world, not a game.

"I saw your corpse and remains with my own eyes, and I even buried them," Anwa said, though she herself lacked conviction.

"You might have misidentified them.

At that time, I Slayed the monster, and although I was somewhat injured, I still managed to escape.

For these past two days, I have been healing my wounds."

Heiniu said calmly.

He would naturally not tell the people of this world about the special nature of players.

This was their secret.

Of course, this secret might not remain a secret for much longer.

As the number of players increases, the major factions of this world will certainly take notice of them.

Therefore, Heiniu must seize the time to step into the Legendary realm and become a god.

"Really?" Anwa murmured, still feeling puzzled in her heart.

Clearly, he had died, so how could he appear before her again?

Even a god could not do something like this, could they?

When a devout believer of a god dies, although the god can resurrect them, it is by taking them into the God Kingdom, not truly resurrecting them to reappear on the God Continent.

"By the way, thank you for caring about me," Heiniu added abruptly.

Anwa had cared about his safety and gone to the place where the monster was; this was something worth thanking her for.

"It... it was nothing," ripples stirred in Anwa's heart.

Suddenly, she remembered the Assassin she had seen on the streets of Saya Royal City that day, who had Slayed the Third Prince alone, with the corpse left on the street.

That person looked so much like Heiniu!

If... if it were said that Heiniu could return from the dead, then, could that person who assassinated the Third Prince be Heiniu?

However, as soon as this thought arose, she snuffed it out.

How could there be anyone in this world with many lives?

(End of this chapter)