CHAPTER 45: CHAPTER 43: THE NEW KING ASCENDS THE THRONE

"Man is born draped in a splendid robe, teeming with fleas."

"Only when we cast off the robe, shedding those filthy bugs, can we tread the path toward divinity."

In the courtyard, Li Qing bathed in sunlight, appearing leisurely as he lay on a deck chair, enjoying the morning tranquility, his days as idle as those of a retired old man.

Divine Technique, indeed, was an intriguing path.

But in Li Qing’s eyes, the giant god diagram they constructed was even more fascinating.

Because this enormous life... initially did not have microbial symbiosis within, the various organs they constructed might replace the symbiotic role of microorganisms, making it a truly independent life entity, perhaps this was the road to divinity.

And Li Qing was pondering a question:

Is their Divine Technique suitable for his own use?

"If applied proportionally, the Divine Technique I perform would involve creating a primordial Giant Deity, then ’faith’ in this deity, becoming its follower and borrowing its power!"

"Thus, I could summon a two-meter nail of this deity."

"But its practicality is weak; it not only requires supplying materials and energy for the spell, but this Divine Technique’s defense level also can’t even block a regular bullet."

Li Qing’s gaze flickered, and he slowly shook his head.

But the initial generation of technology is always crude.

It’s just like the first car or train in human history was ridiculed by those on horseback for being pathetically slow, but what happened later?

One can only say the future is promising.

The potential of this Magic is still great.

Even if he wishes, this biological construction technology can be applied to the current Earth, initiating a mythological revival.

For example.

If he truly constructed an Ultraman traversing the cosmos, the foolish Earthlings, by simply "faith" in this Giant God, could acquire its DNA structure, obtain Divine Techniques from it, and awaken part of its body.

Constructing Ultraman’s head-blade? Skin? Indicator light? Bringing them out to fight might be exceptionally powerful.

But that should be in the distant future.

Just then.

Susan from the neighboring small villa came out the door, saw Li Qing sunbathing in the courtyard next door with sunglasses on, and smiled, "Hi, Li, sunbathing?"

"Conducting photosynthesis,"

Li Qing joked.

"Then I won’t disturb you,"

Susan clearly didn’t have the time to entertain Li Qing.

She was recently secretly raising her daughter at home, teaching her to read and write, busy with various tasks.

Lately, she hadn’t even been to the gym and had no right to comment on others not going to the gym.

Now Susan found herself with a great treasure.

She also began to feel that fitness has its limits!

The greater treasure lay before her eyes, how could she abandon the essentials for trifles?

After the morning.

After Li Qing had lunch, he found himself suddenly with nothing much to do.

In the past month or two, he had been busy renovating the living room and two other rooms, building a sealed laboratory inside the three-room one-living-room setup.

Of course.

It didn’t cost much.

Mostly alloy steel plates welded internally to seal.

A huge tempered glass was installed on the living room ceiling to ensure enough sunlight, and from the special glass, the outside couldn’t see inside.

"Fine, I’ll study Divine Technique," Li Qing suddenly had some interest.

He began learning according to the techniques inside, and after a while...

"Tree Realm Descend."

Click.

A clump of fingernail-sized vine hair sprouted one by one.

Just a little small.

...

The era once again ushered in a fervent wave of technological innovation.

They upgraded the blueprint for constructing a higher version of the Giant God, adding various structures to facilitate summoning part of a deity’s body in the future for battle.

Called the "God Creation Plan"

And the constructed Giant God was called the Elf God.

On this day, the new Emperor fully ascended to the throne.

Herodotus became the King of the Gods.

Dong!

Dong! Dong!

The bell tower in front of the church echoed.

The large golden bell hanging from the bell tower emitted melodious and dignified chimes, descending from the luxurious giant tree reaching into the Celestial Vault, passing through the flourishing branches amidst countless clouds, falling to earth, resonating across the land, through rivers, forests, wastelands, caves, and tribes.

"What is that?"

"The bells of the Gods?"

Elves under the tree raised their heads, watching the sky.

The various races on earth also emerged from their caves, fish people swam in rivers, half-human spiders looked up from the trees, amazed at the sky.

"What’s happening?"

Elis, hiding in a spider cave, was recently studying the legacy of the Gods and curiously stepped out, sensing an unimaginable celebration of all gods occurring above, unknown to the mortals below.

"Gods, the Gods!"

It looked up at the sky, beyond the dense woods, seeing the vast sky-reaching giant World Tree in the distance, ambitious and muttered:

"One day, I will ascend there too! Become one of the Gods!"

"From the Celestial Vault, overlooking all the lands! Creating my own race, marching toward eternity, stepping into future eras, immortal!"

Life on earth all shared the Elf Species brain.

Life intelligence and emotion were lacking, ambition was rare, and creativity was low.

But after Elis grabbed the divine brain cells, fusing with its consciousness, a metamorphosis appeared, granting it the creativity and ambition only the Gods possessed.

Across the land, after the crisp chimes struck dozens of times.

The Gods began praying.

"This is the will of God!"

"God instructs us to build the Giant God, giving us hidden enlightenment! Hinting this is the Origin of Totem Magic!"

"We constructed the Giant God, thus acquiring faith, giving us reliance, faith in the Giant God, obtaining His Divine Technique!"

Morning.

The enormous tempered glass atop the entire living room was bathed in sunlight, bright and abundant.

A ray of bright sun penetrated the immense Crystal Wall, unrestrainedly spilling into the room’s giant tree, falling on the leaves and red-leaf-decorated church eaves, the mottled leaves weaving stunning light and shadow paintings, making the tree-constructed church appear a fairy-tale building in the forest.

"Ah! You bless and guide all your children worldwide, enlightening us on the path of truth!"

"You enable us to communicate, to look after one another, forming the vast Divine Body on the singular Holy Throne together!"

"Spreading your gospel across the world! Leading all people to the Lord!"

"In your name, executing this practice, mimicking the body of God!"

...

This ascension.

Li Qing, as always, delivered divine oracles.

But since it wasn’t the inauguration of the first Emperor, he couldn’t be bothered to descend outside the Crystal Wall personally, instead using the Holy Dragon to descend and crown the new Human Emperor, granting the Staff.

"People of the earth, Herodotus."

A strand of divine will traveled across worlds to descend.

With a demeanor distinctly different from that of the lazy mascot.

The divine consciousness wave was mysterious, vast, as if returning to the origin of life, it was an overwhelming supreme aura.

"The grass will wither, the flowers will fade."

"Only truth is the eternal in the world."

He gently caressed the forehead of the King before him, solemnity ringing in his voice:

"May you lead the people on earth to have faith."

"May you carry all beings to embrace freedom and courage, stepping towards the path that comes to us."

The Cardinal recorded all this, forming an eternal mural.

The Elf Era, Herodotus ascended and became the King of the Gods, ruling as the sovereign of the civilized world.

And after the coronation ceremony concluded.

Li Qing did not depart entirely but was interested in exploring this world.

This time, he did not use the body of the Holy Dragon because it was too conspicuous; he discovered a new toy, a cute little spider that surprisingly became half a subordinate of his own.