Chapter 383: The Undead Planting Goddess of Beauty

In a cave thousands of kilometers away, this cave was very dim, except for a beam of light from the narrow cave entrance that shone in, illuminating the outlines of several statues.

If there were scholars studying theology present, they would recognize the identities of these statues: the God of Light, the God of Arbitration, the God of Scales, and the Goddess of Redemption.

Besides these, there were no Supreme Gods, Creator Gods, or Gods of Light and Darkness, or Gods of Shadow, because when the Church of Light was just born, there was no such complex system of gods.

With the passage of time, as the scale grew larger and the believers more numerous, and beliefs became more complex, more gods were born, forming a very large system of gods.

Sometimes, even scholars studying theology could mistake the identities of the gods. For example, the God of Light and Darkness—who would have thought this was a dual-faced god?

One of them even had a separate divine position—the God of Shadow. However, this God of Shadow actually had no independent godhood and had to exist by attaching to the God of Light.

In the heyday of the Light gods, the lineage was even more complex than this. After all, human desires were too complex.

However, all this chaos came to an abrupt end one day more than a thousand years ago. According to Gu Li Guli Guli Anni, among the Light gods, only the God of Arbitration survived.

The current God of Light and Darkness and the Goddess of Redemption were all reborn later. Collective belief once again gave birth to the same godhood, but the memories and experiences of the past no longer existed.

If one was lucky, like the Goddess of Redemption, inheriting the legacy, that was better. If one was unlucky like the God of Light and Darkness, starting from scratch, then one could only start over.

But to start over, one needed devout believers. This was also the reason why Gu Li Guli Guli Anni angrily came over. Of course, another reason was that Arbitration was injured.

Unable to even maintain his own form, Arbitration shrank into a ball of fire, burning slowly on his own statue.

And Gu Li Guli Guli Anni stood on the ground and berated him: "Believers are our foundation. Are you crazy? Launching a world-destroying judgment? The believers are all starved to death by you. What do we need you gods for?"

The angry voice of the God of Arbitration sounded: "Presumptuous, are you criticizing me?"

"I am just stating a fact, Lord Arbitration. You have destroyed the reputation of the gods and hurt the devout hearts of the believers. This is an irreparable injury. The entire church may fall apart under your destruction. The seeds of betrayal have been sown, and the fruit harvested will be disgust," Gu Li Guli Guli Anni scolded loudly.

"Foolish shepherd, you lack reverence for the gods." Arbitration's voice regained its majesty.

Gu Li Guli Guli Anni frowned. That's not right. Arbitration's reaction exceeded his expectations. Was it because he had no humanity that he could control his emotions so quickly? How could he not be provoked?

But Arbitration did get one thing right: Gu Li Guli Guli Anni lacked reverence for the gods.

What was there to revere? Since becoming the founder of the Fire Thieves, Gu Li Guli Guli Anni had controlled too many divine fires.

The Faith Storm more than a thousand years ago destroyed most of the gods, but the foundation of the Church of Light was still there, the organizational structure was still there, and the belief system was still there. As long as these things were there, the birth of new gods was just a matter of time.

Even Nage lisi had said that it wasn't gods who created believers, but believers who created gods.

From time to time, faith fires would gather. What Gu Li Guli Guli Anni had to do was to control them and not give them a chance to reignite. A church without gods was much easier to control than a church with gods.

Gu Li Guli Guli Anni even retreated behind the scenes, handing over the secret organization of the Fire Thieves to others, while he himself controlled things from behind the scenes.

For so many years, the system of gods had not been rebuilt, thanks to Gu Li Guli Guli Anni's interception of fires. Just the number of faith fires he had extinguished was unknown. How could he have reverence for the gods?

"I revere the light that protects the believers, not the evil god that destroys the world. You have fallen, evil God of Arbitration. Use your godhood to sacrifice to those disappointed believers," Gu Li Guli Guli Anni said righteously.

"By you?" The God of Arbitration's tone was slightly curious: "Seeing that I am injured, you dare to come here. What do you rely on?"

"I rely on these!" Gu Li Guli Guli Anni waved his sleeve, and one after another, crystal steles flew out and were inserted into the ground in a neat row, as many as sixteen of them.

In each crystal tablet, there was a blurry human figure, and each figure was tightly bound by thick chains.

"God-Driving Technique? This kind of evil technique hasn't been cleaned up yet? Where did you get it? God-Driving Technique, God-Killing Technique, and Radiance Technique are all ancient evil techniques. The priority of clearing them is even higher than that of heretics. Is this your trump card?" The God of Arbitration rarely said such a long string of words.

When gods were born in the world, the ancient natural worship system naturally collapsed. For their own safety, the gods were also very motivated to clear everything that endangered their power.

God-Driving and God-Killing techniques went without saying. Radiance Technique taught how to borrow weak faith to ignite divine fire.

They were all evil techniques, at least to the gods. Therefore, whether it was the Light gods, the God of War, the God of Thunder, the God of Forging, or the gods of other sects, they would spare no effort to clear these 'evil techniques', including Radiance Technique.

Once they got on the boat, they didn't want others to follow. Where was there so much faith to distribute?

Gu Li Guli Guli Anni raised his hand and squeezed hard. The chains on the figures in those crystal steles fell off, and these phantoms floated out of the crystal steles one by one.

Gu Li Guli Guli Anni smiled and said: "Ancient life could invent the wheel, and current life can naturally do it too. It's just reinventing the wheel."

"Hehe, foolish human." The God of Arbitration's tone was full of sarcasm: "When the storm is about to come, you have reinvented the wheel. Do you think I went to such lengths to launch the world-destroying judgment for what? Have you seen the Red Star in the sky?"

Gu Li Guli Guli Anni's heart skipped a beat, but his face remained calm: "I saw it, but the Red Star disappeared. The storm you mentioned refers to it?"

"I saw the Red Star back then too. The storm will descend after it disappears. The only thing that can resist the storm is the Main Godhood. The world-destroying judgment was to break a crack in the Main Godhood so that my consciousness could invade the Main Godhood, replace it, and become the Main God of Light."

Gu Li Guli Guli Anni was shocked. This was something he had never imagined. The God of Arbitration's plot was so big? What shocked him even more was that the God of Arbitration actually told him the plot? What did this mean?

Did the God of Arbitration have him in the bag?

As if seeing through his thoughts, the God of Arbitration said: "I just want you to know how foolish your choice is. The Faith Storm will only affect those who possess godhood. I heard that you ignited divine fire not long ago. How lucky, just in time for this storm."

What?! The Faith Storm will only affect those who possess godhood? Gu Li Guli Guli Anni was stunned. He had long had the ability to become a god, but he had never ignited divine fire because his status as Pope was much more useful than a newly born god.

It wasn't until the Light side woke up and brought news of the storm that he quietly found a small plane to ignite divine fire so that he would have more self-protection ability when the storm came.

This... this... he would have been fine, but after igniting divine fire, he would have trouble? I...

He thought it was a storm of faith, but he didn't expect it to be a storm of gods.

Arbitration wasn't sure if these words were true, so Gu Li Guli Guli Anni steadied his mind and asked: "Then what about you? Did you invade the Main Godhood?"

The God of Arbitration said: "No, and you would never imagine what interesting things happened in the Main God's consciousness space. Mortal, your cognition of the world has limited your choices. You have been immersed in power and status for hundreds of years. If you had ignited divine fire hundreds of years earlier, your fate might have been completely different."

The God of Arbitration rarely had such an emotional moment, his tone carrying a trace of mockery.

Gu Li Guli Guli Anni felt a bit poked in the sore spot and said angrily: "You can't invade the Main Godhood. When the storm descends, you will die too."

"Hehe, do you know how I survived back then? Invading the Main Godhood was just a better choice. If I can't do it, I can settle for second best. I also have to thank you for the gift. These incomplete divine souls will be the best supplements after the storm. Alright, it's about time..."

Following the God of Arbitration's words, the divine fire on the statue soared into the sky, burning in the most violent posture, burning regardless of everything.

Gu Li Guli Guli Anni's heart jumped wildly. Was this a sacrifice? Using his own godhood to sacrifice? Time was up? Did he say so much to him just to delay time?

Gu Li Guli Guli Anni looked at the sky, seeing nothing, but a terrifying feeling had already enveloped him.

Boom! An invisible force impacted his body, as well as the divine souls released from the crystal steles. With a surge, divine fire ignited on everyone's body.

Gu Li Guli Guli Anni discovered in horror that his body was rapidly turning to ash.

At this moment, the gods of all planes were impacted by this invisible force, their divine power burning out of control, and their bodies turning into flying ash.

He Mo Er in the Palace of Rest, Ma Disi, who had become a giant snake in the depths of the sea, Li Sha in the City of the Goddess of Beauty, Silver Coin, the Goddess of Redemption beside Ang, Xia Mala, and Anthony...

However, not long after the ash process began, the entire process stopped. The Goddess of Redemption poked her own ashed arm and pulled her sleeve to cover it.

The only one present who was not impacted was Nage lisi. The Faith Storm seemed unable to act on the Brass Book and could not affect it while it was sealed.

However, he no longer had the leisure to care about these things. He stared blankly at the most violently burning divine fire in the field, the divine fire belonging to Ang, except that this divine fire had a few too many heads.

Ang, who had transformed into the primitive Dragon God, had several phantoms appearing on his body: a straw owl, a 'Gai La De' rolling up his trouser legs, and a majestic phantom behind the Dragon God. Ang had manifested the image in the consciousness space of the Main God of Light.

"Pri... Primitive Dragon God, Time Stagnation, Trinity, Undead Planting Goddess of Beauty..." Nage lisi muttered in a daze. ===== CHAPTER 384 =====