Chapter 1529
Chapter 1529 - 1525: Divinity
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"Divinity? Me?"
"More precisely, the traits of a Deity."
"What is that?"
"Do you possess immortality that transcends time limits? Do you have the privilege of never being killed?"
"Is your power and existence spread throughout the world? Can you hear the calls of your Angel Envoys?"
"Do you have different aspects or Avatars that can enforce your rules, respond to your believers’ wishes and prayers, and even directly descend an Avatar to interfere in the Mortal World?"
"Then how can you say you are not a God?!"
Lu Ping’an was a bit stunned by the question; after a moment, it seemed to actually make sense.
The so-called Deity is simply a more "massive" existence, a divine influence with traits such as "immortality," "power," and "intervention in the Mortal World" – a representation of certain rules or even the Natural Laws of the world.
"It seems, I can indeed do all that..."
The most straightforward change was Lu Ping’an’s previous "Lamp Tree Network."
Previously, the plan was to wait for Guan Xinxian to successfully Ascend, then utilize his Divine Power Network to achieve integration... Lu Ping’an himself did not know how many technical mysteries needed to be conquered, nor how long it would take.
And now, it seems that just by granting a bit of "Dark Fire," the Lu Ping’an’s Will Network can be achieved.
"This is divinity....."
"Lu Ping’an" said so.
"Or perhaps, a form of existence for high-dimensional life....."
"King of Black Flames" pondered and narrated.
"It might also be that we are too special....."
The Avatar puppet said so.
Lu Ping’an, King of Black Flames, and the Avatar puppet sat at a table, playing Mahjong, while at the other end of the table, Meow had stickers all over her head, incapable of losing any more.
"Meow? Lu Ping’an, are you really not using clairvoyance, meow?"
"Then why do I keep losing, meow? It’s been an hour and I haven’t won a single hand, meow!"
Lu Ping’an fell silent, unsure how to respond.
What gives you the confidence that you could win? It’s evident that one side, transparent in playing Mahjong against you, feeds cards to each other; unless you win by a fluke, how could you possibly win?
"Could it be that your skills are somewhat lacking? Or perhaps, the opponents you challenge are beyond your level?" Lu Ping’an tactfully suggested, are you possibly picking the wrong opponents?
In reality, he was just there to test his own Clone and computational abilities. Initially, he was practicing mental division by playing Mahjong with his three clones; this girl voluntarily came up insisting on playing.
Even though he had already refused... now that she has lost, she’s complaining of cheating.
"Hmph! Whenever I played at home, I always won, meow!"
Meow pointed at Lu Ping’an; there is only one truth; if you can beat me, the Mahjong genius, meow, you must be cheating, meow!
Lu Ping’an remained silent, suddenly feeling a bit of sympathy for a certain big brother-in-law. With his poor skills and love for playing, still managing to lose every time must be quite challenging.
With a small incident passed, Lu Ping’an had become even more familiar with "Cloning".... Each of him was him, there wasn’t an actual psychological split, more accurately described as a division of attention; each clone was a part of his own body.
Humans can’t do it? Most humans indeed couldn’t process parallel thoughts of multiple or dozens of processes; that’s determined by their brain structure... but Lu Ping’an now didn’t even know if he still had a brain, as he easily overclocked.
"The key is still the soul..."
Lu Ping’an was getting accustomed to his state; he originally expected it to be difficult since he still thought of himself as a human... but as it turns out, not being human was quite easy.
"Thank you for the ’Blessing’ from the two Quasi-Gods.... Heh, I will definitely repay it."
The death of the old life allows the birth of a Newborn.
The Savior needed to be hung on a cross to complete the transition from Death to Life, from Mortal to Savior/Deity.
Only by breaking the original restraints, shattering the previous form of existence, can one thoroughly complete Ascension.... This kind of destruction at the root often also sows the seeds of fate’s cause and effect.
In some sense, it can even be seen as a "Blessing" from the Old Gods to the New Gods, or perhaps a test... if you survive, it’s a Blessing; if not, it’s a Curse.
At the very least, Lu Ping’an had received some unexpected gifts.
[Thunder Elemental Resistance (Mid-Level Golden):A ’Gift’ from a certain Quasi-God, a permanent loss of a part of It.]
[Spatial Perception (Upper Gold):Your Spatial Perception has received the Blessing from the Master of Space....]
As a method of attack, both Quasi-Gods had been "Cut" apart, and in a way, this was also a battle method imparted to Lu Ping’an by Professor Xiu Yi among the Quasi-Gods.
At this level, merely destroying the opponent’s physical body was meaningless.
Destroying, offsetting the opponent’s "existence," Contaminating its "Core," or simply, exchanging one’s own existence with that of the opponent, is a common mode in the Divine War.
Covering one Contamination with another, offsetting one’s existence with the opponent’s, "existence" being annihilated, "rules" being twisted, "world" being Fused/Devoured, only then could a Deity possibly die.
[Life Perception (Lu Ping’an):You are the Avatar of Life, why ask me about so-called levels...]
And as the Core of the Life system, Life Perception ability, after Lu Ping’an completed a qualitative change transforming himself into what’s called a "Life Block," also lost the original level assessments.
How strong exactly? Lu Ping’an wasn’t sure, but clearly it exceeded the previously system-assessed Upper Gold (ninth-order).
As a member of the Master of Life, Lu Ping’an controlling life is like controlling his own body, naturally surpassing the limits of a Mortal.
In fact, Lu Ping’an had already reached this step long ago... he needed only to split, refine, and take that step of realization.
Just as the previous Prophet saw, Lu Ping’an’s body was actually just a marionette "Courtyard," and now, just by this puppet looking up at the sky... did he realize his true Synthes is, originally hidden in the heavens, the physical body he had been using was just a tiny part of his entire being.
"Think of the bright side..."
Lu Ping’an began to understand why he couldn’t produce offspring in the normal way.
You’re already an over-specified "Life Cluster," how could you possibly reproduce through DNA pairing? At most, you could only slice off a part and see if it can merge into a new individual..... considering that a part of the Master of Life is still characterized by the Master of Life, simple Fusion can only shape a new Avatar or Clone.
And after becoming a "divine existence," Lu Ping’an hence acquired some traits he had always longed for.
He could sense that with the Lamp Tree as the node, his soul constituted a tenuous but massive spiritual network.
On the other hand, currently, he also gained the ability to mass-produce "Paths."
"Hall of War..."
Within the Courtyard, unbeknownst to him, a massive rule-building structure emerged, a manifestation of his power as the King of Black Flames and also where the Blackfire Series professionals were empowered.
— End of Chapter 1529 —