Facing the proposition from the Inari God to beco one of His belonging deities, Chen Yu ultimately chose to reject it.
While accepting the kindness of the Inari God and the ease of amassing enough belief through the offerings from thirty thousand Inari Shrines to attain Divine Enthronent, and becoming an Interdiate God within a hundred years, for Chen Yu, it also ant selling himself to the Inari God. Not to ntion becoming His belonging deity, if the Inari God turned against him, He could easily sever Chen Yu's source of faith.
For deities, belief is their lifeline—how could it be casually controlled by soone else's hands?
However, Chen Yu was not against the idea of helping the Inari God advance further and beco a supre deity, surpassing the Powerful Gods. Because not wanting to beco the Inari God's belonging deity and helping the Inari God beco a supre deity were not in conflict.
On the contrary, if Chen Yu could help the Inari God advance further, the benefits he could gain were substantial. At the very least, the friendship of a supre deity would be worth the price of the monthly ticket.
The difficulty of helping a supre deity, however, corresponded to the benefits one could gain from such a deed.
Supre deities are not ordinary divinities. Compared to common deities, supre deities are more mysterious and elusive, not even needing the belief of mortals or their nas to be known, nor requiring mortals' rites and rituals.
Each supre deity represents the most fundantal rules of the universe, an essential existence that sustains the operation of the cosmos.
Yet the information revealed by the Inari God made Chen Yu feel incredulous. The Inari God's words suggested taking a step further to beco an existence like the Three Precious Children. But aren't the Three Precious Children, like Him, Powerful Gods? Why did it seem from the Inari God's words as though the Three Precious Children were already supre deities?
In Japanese mythology, if any deity could possibly be a supre deity, it would only be the separate Heavenly Gods described in the Kojiki that existed at the beginning of heaven and earth. Indeed, among the five separate Heavenly Gods, Celestial Ruler, Supre Progenitor, and Divine Progenitor are collectively known as the Three Gods of Creation, representing the fundantal aspects of the cosmos and the duality of yin and yang.
These three are reflected in many mythological systems but don't have specific deities or images to represent them, very likely being the supre deities from the dawn of the world.
Although the Three Precious Children hold noble identities—a Sun God, a Moon Goddess, and a God of Destruction—these three Divine Duties simply cannot support a supre deity.
If Amaterasu were the only Sun God in all pantheons, then She might possibly be a supre deity; but evidently, when Chen Yu observed Her last ti, it was confird that Amaterasu was rely a stronger Powerful God, not a supre deity.
Perhaps Chen Yu misunderstood the Inari God's intention? Maybe what He desired was not to beco a supre deity, but just to ascend to a position like that of the Three Precious Children, ruling over Gao Tianyuan as a Divine King?
If that's the case, then Chen Yu would rather not get involved, as the Inari God really isn't a combat-oriented deity. Instead, among the Three Precious Children, Tsukuyomi is not ntioned, but Amaterasu and Susanou are indeed related to warfare, especially Susanou, who could almost be seen as the God of War and Destruction within the Japanese deity system, and it's almost forgotten that His original dominion was over the sea as a Sea God.
Analyzing the situation in his mind, Chen Yu made a decision after so consideration. No matter what the Inari God's aims were, all he had to do was to help Her ascend to the position of supre deity. Then, whatever the Inari God's original purpose might have been, She could achieve it effortlessly after becoming the supre deity.
Having made up his mind, Chen Yu suddenly felt at ease, a change of heart that did not escape the notice of Jounouchi Hiromi at his side.
"Have you made a decision, Mr. Chen Yu?" Jounouchi Hiromi looked at Chen Yu. Although she could understand why Chen Yu did not want to beco a subordinate divine being of the Inari God, she was equally concerned about what choice Chen Yu would ultimately make.
"Yes, helping such a deity to advance further is of no disadvantage to us," Chen Yu said with a slight nod, gently patting Jounouchi Hiromi's shoulder as he explained: "The Inari God desires to advance further, which suggests two possibilities. She either wishes to rise from a Powerful God to a supre deity or to replace the Three Precious Children and beco the new ruler of Gao Tianyuan. Regardless of Her thoughts, all I need to do is to provide the possibility of aiding Her to beco a supre deity, and She can then fulfill both possibilities."
"That's true, but becoming a supre deity is easier said than done, right?" Jounouchi Hiromi certainly knew that what Chen Yu said was the best choice for the current situation. Still, elevating a deity to the rank of supre deity, even for a Powerful God, is not an easy task. So, how would Chen Yu manage to accomplish this?
In response to Jounouchi Hiromi's query, Chen Yu actually laughed: "Hiromi, have you forgotten? The Death God Power I gave to the Little Rice Princess was presented by her to the Inari God, and hence the Inari God invited us to the feast. It is evident that She sees a possibility for further advancent through that power of death."
"And throughout the entire Japanese mythology, there are no deities dedicated to death, except for the Mother of Gods, Izanami, who, after death, lived in the Yellow Springs."
"So, with that in mind, if the Inari God becos a God of Death, could you not also seize this opportunity to obtain what you desire?" Jounouchi Hiromi said, getting excited upon hearing Chen Yu's words.
The prospect of ascending to the rank of supre deity was still too distant for her and Chen Yu, but assisting the Inari God to reach that status while using the opportunity to acquire one or two Ancient Godhoods was sothing they could at least imagine—and indeed achieve.
"I do have such considerations, but there is no rush for this matter. Even if we were to truly sche for the position of a supre deity, it would require ti to plan and implent, it's not sothing that can be achieved overnight." If they were to pursue this matter, it would take at least a century to begin with. For mortals, this is an eternity, but for deities, using a hundred years to plot for sothing is already quite fast.
Hearing this, Jounouchi Hiromi set aside her concerns for the matter and instead asked Chen Yu about the gift the Inari God had given him: "By the way, Mr. Chen Yu, what was the gift that the Inari God gave to you? You haven't opened it to take a look yet!"
Reminded by Jounouchi Hiromi, Chen Yu took out the gift box given to him by the Inari God.
The black lacquered wooden box, inlaid with golden silk and shell depicting patterns of rice ears and auspicious clouds, was tied with a red cord, looking very beautiful. Moreover, the box itself emitted waves of divine power characteristic of the Inari God, which made this gift seem all the more extraordinary.
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