Chapter 332: Southern Heaven Gate

"I know what you want."

"I can give it."

"But you lack the ability to take it."

This meeting, Phistrelion did not waste time, and directly stated Li En's thoughts.

Li En was startled; he truly did not expect the other party to reveal their hand first, and so directly.

Originally, he thought they would probe each other for some time.

"I am busy; I have no time to play with children."

The personality of the Lord of the Three Aspects, while rejecting the system's renewed connection request, directly revealed their hand to "himself."

Li En felt this was a test of wits and courage, but for Phistrelion, it was truly just teasing a child; winning was taken for granted, and how could he possibly lose? The gap between the two sides was too vast.

Merely accompanying a child in play wasted too much time; for him, it was even somewhat shameful. A my lord with too much work to handle, abandoning work to play games with his own nephews, grandchildren, or descendants, delaying important matters—how could that be justified?

"I need a deity, need support from divine arts and faith; at least one church to serve as a cover."

"Agreed. I can let a divine power server be used by you, requiring only the lowest level of faith maintenance. You can gather some of my followers; although the number is not large, they do indeed exist."

"Uh, I will revise your doctrines."

The reputation of the Lord of Drama and Pleasure was relatively good, but it did not quite match Li En's style; he needed a harder power.

Those followers were mostly various actors and bards, which held basically no meaning for Li En at present.

"Agreed. I can mold a virtual divinity for you; do not expect it to be very strong, merely a false god tier, but it can provide certain divine arts. As for domains—choose two from Sun, Hero, War, Life, Art, and Nature."

Li En fell silent; after the other party stopped acting, he realized he had still underestimated the person before him.

What is a virtual divinity? What is a false god? And why are there so many domains?

Li En still knew the most basic theological knowledge; if a deity can provide corresponding domain abilities, then it means He has corresponding divine offices.

The God of Drama and Pleasure, no matter how one looks at it, should only be a weak deity with the single domain of "Art."

Yet the several domains the other party offered now were all notoriously powerful domains—that meant this deity's true divine office was absurdly outrageous.

Powerful domains often imply many powerful competitors, even divine wars in various senses; surviving proves their strength.

"Uh, can I choose all of them?"

"Agreed, if you want to be besieged by numerous churches the very next day. This is a virtual divinity, a fabricated false god; the limit is that He provides a portion of low-tier abilities."

Because it is a fake god, so it can be omnipotent? Nonsense; this looks wrong in every way.

"Actually, there are quite a few; many true gods have 'aliases.' Some have their chosen ones enter the field, others have avatars enter. Shall I tell you which few benevolent gods have evil god avatars?"

"No, thank you."

Li En felt a bit numb; are these secrets really something I can know?

Phistrelion explained slightly: deities are not eternal and unchanging either; their stances are never fixed. Sometimes, to compete for dioceses, divine artifacts, and such, they will don an alias and enter the field, acting under the name of some unknown deity, demigod, or divine being.

And if those "avatars" also successfully ascend to godhood, then that deity naturally becomes an existence with two sides, yet indirectly expands its domain scope.

Some powerful divine offices were originally pieced together from several divine offices.

Some new gods were originally parts of old gods; they grew independently, filling the domains the old god lacked—afterwards, merging, forming a pantheon with avatars, or playing a double act are all very normal.

Of course, there are also some who played it too far; there are several cases where avatars and true forms became mortal enemies.

"During wartime, the God of Art accidentally died out completely; ambushing a few avatars to transform is quite normal, right?" It seemed Phistrelion accidentally spilled some major scoop.

Phistrelion said it thus; whether Li En believed it or not was another matter entirely.

And Li En's gaze toward the other party became very subtle—merely the existence of these several domains suggested the other party was probably not that so-called weakest deity, but rather of the strongest tier.

Perhaps that Lord of Drama and Pleasure was just one of this big shot's "avatars."

Li En shook his head; no matter how powerful he is, it is already in the past; what matters most now is always the future.

"These several domains..."

The power of domains is the biggest bargaining chip attracting religious personnel; a priest's power system is often in two parts: one part is the standard priest abilities (divine arts list), where although there are differences, they are not large; the other part is the domains bestowed by the divine office.