1790: Chapter 1786: Ascendant 1790: Chapter 1786: Ascendant “Life is not sacred, and those who possess life are not special…”
Contemplating, Lu Ping’an inscribed the divine words of the deity into his Holy Scripture.
The unspeakable “Taboo knowledge,” paired with the deity-level “writing” ability, transford Lu Ping’an’s World’s Reason into an expression of his will, which then reshaped into divine maxims to reconstruct the True World.
“Since life is neither sacred nor special, and there is no noble distinction among lives, all individuals are rely holders of their own life currency.
How they choose to use it is their own decision; those who recklessly abuse it to satisfy their desires, that is evil…”
“The evil must be punished…”
Lu Ping’an was writing his Holy Scripture to establish a guideline for his current actions.
He detested oppression and enslavent, interpreting them in his own terms and defining them as “evil,” then using his power to enact corrections.
This was considered “routine operations” for religion, and Lu Ping’an emulated it in his writings.
But as he wrote, he paused.
“I can’t continue writing.”
Lu Ping’an looked up toward the heavens, opening the Eye of Truth completely, and what he saw were the Gods lingering above.
He was trying to understand, to ponder, to emulate…
Rather than imitating the Holy Scriptures they bestowed upon the mortal realm, it seed better to comprehend their own forms of existence.
As a Broken Quasi-God, Lu Ping’an didn’t require “believers” for his power, but to efficiently intervene in the mortal world, he needed nurous “anchors” and “true believers” who could harness his power to fulfill Lu’s own will.
How should he act?
Should he simply do as Gods instruct?
That would be inefficient and far from “divine.” Lu Ping’an needed to translate his philosophy into mortal tongues, and he needed believers to willingly align themselves with his will.
“For those at the pinnacle of the extraordinary, will is power, and power is self.
They are inseparable…”
Believers earnestly fulfilling a deity’s will and reshaping the mortal realm into the deity’s envisioned form is, in essence, an act of drawing themselves near to the deity.
“This is good, and it must be rewarded…”
Defining good and evil is not because such distinctions are inherent to the True World, but entirely due to the deity’s preferences and aversions.
How should rewards be given?
What form should they take?
Should it be Divine Grace?
Should it be power?
Should it be the promise of returning to the Divine Kingdom after death?
When Lu Ping’an seriously began writing his Holy Scripture, creating behavioral guidelines and promotional doctrines for deities intervening in the mortal world, he realized he wasn’t prepared for these dilemmas.
He could only continue observing other deities, studying high-dinsional beings from different dinsions, investigating their modes of existence and organizational structures…
“I underestimated them.”
At this mont, Lu Ping’an abandoned any honorifics.
He and they were now equals, and from this mont on, he could see through their essence.
When humanity needs guidance, accumulated knowledge naturally erges; the unspeakable level of Taboo knowledge provided Lu Ping’an with direction.
He realized his mistake and his underestimation of the importance of Holy Scripture to deities.
It was not just their thod for intervening in the mortal realm; it was also the expression of their worldview…
Considering that every deity is essentially a “world,” it was also their way of evolving and integrating with the external world.
Just as Lu Ping’an’s “Life Trading” rule, a single phrase alone was insufficient to constitute a world.
Specific steps, delineated clearly, needed to be realized in reality through scriptures and Holy Texts.
The Holy Scriptures of a deity’s will could be concise; prophets and saints could use religious texts to fill in the gaps, but the scripture itself must still be complete.
“It must encompass a worldview and a developntal vision…”
After so thought, Lu Ping’an decided to divide his Holy Scripture into volus.
“The Past Chapter, the Present Chapter, the Future Chapter….”
This was not an attempt to finish any single volu in one stroke—that would be impossible and pointless.
It was rely an imitation of classics, dividing his powers and developntal directions into sections.
After becoming a Quasi-God, one reaches the pinnacle of individuality.
Whether progressing to Ascension to Godhood or taking the route of an Extraordinary Quasi-God to directly approach the realm of God Above Gods, the goal is to transform oneself into a being of “world” proportions.
This is a quantitative change but cannot occur through disordered accumulation.
It requires blueprints for construction and design, as well as operational rules for internal functioning…
When the world grows large enough, personal willpower becos insufficient; it must ascend to rules for autonomous operation.
This process—whether turning from Ninth-tier to Tenth-tier, Tenth-tier to Eleventh-tier, or directly transitioning from Ninth-tier to Eleventh-tier—all requires blueprints and self-design.
The mont Lu Ping’an’s Holy Scripture becos truly complete may coincide with him achieving a genuine Tenth-order strength, but for now, he must draft an initial version of his philosophy.
Those under his command, the “Holy Warriors,” were still waiting to wield the operational guidelines to enact “justice” and promote good while punishing evildoers.
At the mont, Lu Ping’an had only written about the sources of good and evil and was already struggling to continue.
However, it was already sufficient for these warriors to have clear combat orientations.
At the sa ti, it established him as a deity inclined toward neutrality yet leaning toward good…
This was already rare enough.
So deities appear upright most of the ti but imdiately beco Evil Gods once they write their Holy Scripture, enjoying global warrants for their arrest.
“Life has value; wasting it without purpose is also a sin…”
Lu Ping’an defined evil and sin in his own terms, thus giving his “Holy Sect Army” a reason and necessity to fight.
And this was part of the “Present Chapter.”
The Holy Scripture serves as a narrative of the worldview.
The Past Chapter outlines the great world before the birth of deities, explaining various phenona and affairs without subjective bias—the “truth.”
The Present Chapter, however, is full of personal biases—it is a deity’s definitions and explanations of all things in the world.
It acknowledges good, negates evil, judges sin, and defines punishnt.
The Future Chapter, anwhile, signifies transformations to the world—it is the deity’s evolutionary goal, their expectations, and the path for mortals to follow.
Lu Ping’an didn’t write excessively; he was nowhere near complete.
If he does one day fill it entirely, he could approach the legendary Eleventh Tier.
“For those who waste life, confiscate their life, return them to dust.
Reallocate their life currency to the innocent and those who punish evil…”
When Lu Ping’an inscribed this portion into his Holy Scripture, not only did the deity gain Divine Grace, his believers also gained supernatural abilities.
[Congratulations to Host for acquiring Extraordinary Divine Grace: Life Balance (unranked): For those who waste life or plunder life, seize their unused life currency and allocate it to victims and contributors as compensation.]
Its seemingly cryptic phrasing belied a straightforward functionality.
Plunder others’ life force to empower oneself or to heal others.
And if the attacked parties fell under the Holy Scripture’s definition of “sinners”—those guilty of enslavent or life wastage—the effect would be multiplied, even tripled, according to their cris.
Once the deity determined the target, countless instances of Divine Grace descended.
Wherever the deity’s gaze landed, those deed guilty by the divine definition would beco targets of retribution.
mbers of the Life Protection Battle Group, the faithful believers of the God of Redemption, and advanced consurs of the Life Courtyard all inexplicably awakened this peculiar force of Divine Grace.
The weakest wielded a zeroth-order ability akin to mosquitoes draining blood; the strongest manifested rule-level superpowers capable of tearing through Extraordinary Overlords.
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