Seeing Lord Yu Xi's expression freeze, Sun Miao knew he'd guessed right.
Indeed — with enough intelligence, one could find the world's truth and the gods' will through the tiniest of clues!
Yu Xi was rebelling!
What was He rebelling against? Why? Could it be that He coveted those sixteen Divine Thrones — that even a Servant God's heart wasn't purely devoted?
Sun Miao's mind raced with possibilities.
Cheng Shi's mind raced just as fast. He had to admit Sun Miao's timing was impeccable — this was precisely when Cheng Shi needed allies, and Sun Miao's identity as vice president of countless organizations genuinely had value.
The only awkward part was his faith.
[Birth] was permanently neutral, never involved in any of this. And [Folly] was seemingly just a spectator, doing nothing but heckling the actors on stage.
Neither wanted to get involved, yet both had watched over every event in the universe from the beginning.
Could such a strange faith fusion beco his asset?
Obviously it could. Even if only for the intelligence Sun Miao possessed, he deserved a seat in Cheng Shi's camp.
So after a mont's thought, rather than answering the question, Cheng Shi smiled and asked:
"What do you think is the purpose of this ga?"
The purpose of the ga?
Sun Miao's brow furrowed slightly. He imdiately understood this was Yu Xi's test — and if his answer aligned closely enough with the deity's will, he might take a giant leap forward.
Who wouldn't want to know the ga's purpose?
Choosing [Folly] ant Sun Miao desired to approach the gods' truth far more than most. And juggling countless vice-presidencies and stockpiling intelligence was just one ans to that end.
He'd pondered this question long ago. The gods were virtually omnipotent — why insist on hosting a ga to spread faith? Combined with the so-called "Road to Ascension" and "Ladder of Ascent," Sun Miao deliberated briefly and answered earnestly:
"To create — no, to forge a god. To forge a god!"
"?" Cheng Shi was genuinely intrigued. "Go on."
"The Ladder of Ascent represents each god's affirmation of their followers' devotion. That's one thod of faith propagation.
But the Road to Ascension is different. The gods bestow trials on mortals of all faiths and score them based on performance. In the peak circle, there's a consensus: the scores on the Road to Ascension correlate with how well a player's actions in a trial align with the trial god's will.
In other words, if soone's comprehension of faith is broad enough — if they can unify all faiths — they could walk farther on the Road to Ascension than anyone. Like the person You ntioned... Wei Mu!
And personally, I believe the Road to Ascension is called 'Ascension to Godhood' for a literal reason.
Wei Mu is the person closest to a Divine Throne!
Of course, the sixteen thrones above are already full, and as a mortal, I don't know which one he's heading toward.
So my conclusion is: this ga exists to create a god. It's a ga the gods designed to forge the seventeenth deity!
And this seventeenth god — embodying all their wills — would be unlike any existing one.
However, from a mortal's limited perspective, I cannot fathom their true purpose in creating such a being.
Is my understanding correct, Lord Yu Xi?"
"..."
Cheng Shi's expression turned strange. He wanted to tell Sun Miao: 'You're wrong — the seventeenth throne belongs to my Big Bro ng. Wei Mu's seat would be number eighteen at best.'
But he didn't crack that joke here.
Honestly, Sun Miao's reasoning was flawless from a mortal standpoint. That he could strip away the ga's illusion to ponder the purpose of faith fusion — his depth of thought earned the title of [Folly].
But because he lacked knowledge of the gods and awareness of the universe's truth, his theory was still sowhat narrow.
The ga's true purpose wasn't to create a god — it was to forge a "sacrifice" to please that true 'God'!
Because only 'He' could embody so many wills simultaneously. The faith fusion the gods were driving was nothing more than a clumsy imitation — a laughable mimicry of 'His' omniscience.
After his showdown with [Fate], Cheng Shi had already recognized this. But now, having witnessed the real universe firsthand, his perspective had shifted.
An even more terrifying thought was taking shape in his mind.
Granted, the current era's thod of offering was a "ga rule" set by [Void]'s two rulers. But was this Faith Ga truly [Void]'s invention?
If even the gods were variables in the experint — if any variable could be altered or erased at will — then who could guarantee that the gods' wills were actually their own?
Just like the slices in [Truth]'s experint: when different slices were implanted with different mories, would you — before discovering this — ever believe you were rely a slice of soone else?
Absolutely not!
You'd believe you were a living, independent person with your own intelligence and a correct understanding of the world!
Never realizing that your so-called understanding was rely what the experinter wanted you to understand.
Following this train of thought, Cheng Shi was chilled to the bone.
He couldn't help wondering: was [Fate]'s pursuit of the Fixed Destiny truly His own desire? Was [Deceit]'s rebellion nothing more than a pre-programd "procedure" in the experint?
And this world, surviving amid the real universe's chaos — had the Creator truly accepted [Ti]'s reset and decided not to flag it as an anomalous sample?
Was it possible that everything he'd experienced and witnessed was actually part of experintal conditions 'He' had set?
The more terrifying Fixed Destiny the Fun God spoke of... could it be that He, too, had already figured this out?
Cheng Shi fell silent once more.
Sun Miao was perceptive. He'd sensed trace ripples of fear — and that sensation stunned him as well.
Lord Yu Xi truly was rebelling!
No — perhaps even the gods themselves were rebelling!
This ga might not be as simple as it appeared. The so-called "players" might include more than just mortals.
What if the gods, too, were struggling within it? Could that be why they wanted to create a seventeenth god to shatter their chains?!
Yes!
Otherwise, why would they "turn a blind eye" to the Torchbearers? And why would Lord Yu Xi shelter them? The Torchbearers' God Creation Plan — wasn't it identical to what the gods themselves were doing?
This...
Could sothing exist that imprisoned even the gods, trapping them in this impassable universe?
Sun Miao's imagination was boundless — so vast he nearly stumbled into the truth by wild guessing.
Cheng Shi snapped back, banished the fear, and spoke from behind his mask with an eerie grin:
"Creating a god... a plan to create a god. Yes — your understanding is quite good."
The God Creation Plan!
He was right — what the Torchbearers called the God Creation Plan was rely a microcosm of this entire ga!
Thrilled to have uncovered the universe's "truth," Sun Miao imdiately volunteered every conjecture he had about the God Creation Plan in hopes of extracting more from Yu Xi. He laid out the suggestions he'd given the Torchbearers, then timidly looked up:
"I wonder... might any of these suggestions be useful?"
"..."
Sun Miao was genuinely clever. But mortal thinking was ultimately too simplistic.
This starry sky held sixteen Divine Thrones. Lose one, and everyone could find an opportunity.
But beyond this starry sky?
The Creator's throne had only one seat!
So for the gods, this thod was certainly not viable.
However — having the Torchbearers compete for [Decay]'s Divine Throne?
...
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