“Three suggestions!”
Upon hearing this, everyone was delighted. They obviously had not expected that there would be so many options on the path to becoming a god.
Seeing everyone's reactions, Su Xingyu smiled slightly.
As he was promoted to a true god in one step, directly becoming a higher true god, it became difficult for ordinary believers, even those high-level and demigod believers, to be of much help to him.
There is no way, the gap in strength between the two sides is too big.
For Him now, believers can only be the source of faith. Once He encounters a real tough guy, He still has to take action himself to decide the outcome of the battle.
It is completely impossible to achieve final victory by relying solely on the power of believers.
Moreover, this trend is gradually expanding as His strength grows. If it continues like this, perhaps one day in the future, believers will become completely useless and can only exist as power banks.
The most vivid analogy is that when dealing with the true God, Su Xingyu can suppress it single-handedly, but the forces of His believers need to mobilize many strong people and suffer huge casualties before they have a certain chance of success.
There is a gap of several small realms between a demigod and a higher true god, and there is also a barrier of true god in between.
This also means that most of the time, his believers can only serve as handymen, and it is difficult for them to play a decisive role like they did in the past.
In the final analysis, it is because He has been developing for too short a time, and He is far from reaching His ceiling. He has been making rapid progress, but His believers are somewhat powerless to follow up, which has led to the current situation.
Therefore, if He does not want to be without anyone to use for a period of time, it is necessary to give some help to the believers.
Only by allowing these believers to improve their strength, be promoted to true gods, and keep up with His footsteps, can they truly help Him, rather than being a source of energy for Him and just waiting in the back.
Of course, if He really wanted someone to help Him, there was actually another more efficient and ready-made method.
That is to directly conquer other god players, incorporate them into your own god system, and make them subordinates of the Dark God.
Spirit players are different from believers. They are stronger and have better potential. As gods, they are perfect for them.
Given the arrogance of the god players, it might be difficult to make them willingly become subordinate gods, but if it were Su Xingyu, it wouldn't be that difficult.
There is no other reason, only strong strength!
With His name, as long as the news is spread, many people are willing to become His gods and get on His good side.
Su Xingyu does not reject the method of recruiting spirit players as his subordinates, but he cannot give up on the path of improving the strength of his believers.
"My first suggestion is to follow my path of faith and become a god."
Su Xingyu looked at everyone, and under their puzzled gazes, he said softly: "With darkness as the foundation, based on the current belief in the dark pantheon, you can gather the authority related to darkness to achieve demigods, and then further promote to true gods."
"Based on the foundation of the Dark God System, this path can be said to be quite smooth, and there won't be too many bottlenecks. Your chances of becoming a true god will also be much higher.
"Of course, if you choose this path, it means that you and the Dark God system will be closely bound together in the future. You will rise and fall together, and you will never be separated."
"Your Majesty, there is something I don't understand." Just as Su Xingyu finished speaking, the Pope of Eternal Night below couldn't wait to speak.
"explain."
Su Xingyu looked at him and nodded slightly.
The others also looked at the Pope of Eternal Night. Under the gazes of his colleagues, his expression became a little nervous, but he still raised his own questions: "According to what Your Majesty said, they are all paths of faith, and they are still based on the foundation of the dark pantheon established by Your Majesty. So if we also achieve true gods through this path, won't it take away the power of Your Majesty's faith? Will this not affect Your Majesty?"
As a Pope of the Church of God who specialized in the history of God, He had a good understanding of the path of faith. He even had some outrageous thoughts in his early years.
For example, the method proposed by the dark gods today.
There are countless successful cases. Since those foreign gods can become gods through faith, why can't we do the same?
Then he discovered something unspeakable.
Ultimately, his loyalty to the dark gods made him suppress this idea deep in his heart and never tell anyone else.
And now, since His Majesty the God had brought it up first, He also took the opportunity to ask out the doubts in his heart.
In His opinion, when it comes to the gods, there can never be too much faith.
Establish a new religion on the basis of the dark pantheon to provide a basis of faith for other beings, and then the faith belonging to the dark god will inevitably be divided.
If that is the case, why do we recommend that they take this path?
After hearing what the Pope of Eternal Night said, the other dark believers immediately became anxious:
"Your Majesty, no!"
"Your Majesty, how about we try a different method to become a god? How can you do that for me..."
"We only have one faith in the Dark Majesty in our hearts. The people of the Evernight Continent can only have one faith. How can we establish other religions?"
When it comes to protecting the dark gods, the dark believers are very united, so much so that they have even given up on becoming gods.
"Stop! I haven't even finished talking, why are you so anxious!"
Su Xingyu had a headache and quickly spoke to stop them. Then he looked at the Pope of Eternal Night and explained softly, "Establishing a new religion on the foundation of the Dark God System will definitely have an impact no matter how you operate... But the impact is not that big. After all, the stronger you are, the more faith you can provide to me."
"The faith provided by an ordinary demigod is even comparable to that of tens of millions of ordinary creatures. And if you can be promoted to a true god, the faith you provide will be even more exaggerated."
Su Xingyu felt that he had to explain this matter to them first, so as to avoid a lot of trouble in the future. "Moreover, based on the foundation of the Dark God System, even if you are the leader of the God Cult, a part of the faith provided by the believers will still flow to me. As long as you can successfully expand the God Cult, the faith I gain will not decrease, and may even increase."
In fact, Su Xingyu had this idea a long time ago.
With the Dark God as the master of the pantheon, the path of faith is opened to other believers, allowing them to become subordinate gods of the Dark God. This will not only reduce one's own pressure, but also enhance the strength of his subordinates. It can be said to be a good thing that kills two birds with one stone.
However, his previous strength was insufficient. No matter how confident he was, he could not allow a god of faith of the same rank as himself to appear in his own pantheon, even if that god was his believer.
"Do you have any other questions?" Su Xingyu looked at everyone and asked softly.
"Nothing."
Everyone shook their heads quickly.
"Then let me talk about the second suggestion." Su Xingyu continued: "The second suggestion is also the path of faith, but you can gather other divine powers according to your own differences, and after you truly establish the divine religion, you can re-incorporate it into the dark god system.
"Without the Dark God system as your foundation, you will have more choices and will be subject to fewer constraints. However, in return, it will be much more difficult to become a god."
Upon hearing this, everyone fell into deep thought, weighing the pros and cons of the two options.
"As for the third suggestion, it is the Path of the Ancient Gods."
Su Xingyu continued, "Continue to strengthen yourself and become a monster comparable to a true god! I can only give you a reference on this path, and I can't provide much help. You still have to rely on yourself more."
"The first path, becoming a true god is not difficult, but the upper limit of your growth will not be very high, and you will be absolutely restricted by me."
"The second path is relatively freer, and the upper limit is also higher. If everything goes well, it won't be difficult to reach the upper level of True God. However, the difficulty is also relatively high, and you may not be able to make it."
"The third path, the future of the Ancient God, no one knows, but what is certain is that this path is the most dangerous."
"The three suggestions I gave you each have their own advantages and disadvantages. You don't have to give me an answer right away. After all, this concerns your future path. Think about it carefully when you go back, and you can also discuss it with others. Once you have made a real decision, just tell me."
Su Xingyu did not urge them to make a choice on this matter. After all, this was a big deal and it concerned the future path. Once a choice was made, it would not be easy to change it.
"Of course, these are just three suggestions I personally give you. There are more than thousands of ways to become a god. If you have other ideas, you can try them."
Su Xingyu said slowly: "As long as it helps you become a god, the empire will give it to you."
The three paths to becoming a god mentioned above are just the paths that Su Xingyu thinks are suitable for the general public, but this does not mean that they are suitable for everyone.
People are different and we cannot generalize.
If other people have some special ideas and want to achieve godhood in another way, Su Xingyu will not stop them, but will help them instead.
After all, they are his subordinates. It will be very beneficial to him if they can become stronger.
And if it fails, it can also serve as a negative example for the empire.
In short, no matter what, Su Xingyu will not lose.
Again, the empire's abundant capital allows him to squander it at will, even for the demigod believers who are extremely rare and difficult to replicate in the eyes of normal god players.
In Su Xingyu's opinion, one believer in a true god is equivalent to dozens of believers in a demigod, so as long as they don't deliberately seek death, Su Xingyu will not care about them.
Becoming a god is risky.
Now that you have embarked on the path to becoming a god, you must be prepared to face death.
And since they have come this far, they must have already made the corresponding preparations in their hearts.
After several hours, this not-so-grand banquet of gods came to an end.
After bidding farewell to the dark gods, everyone quickly returned to their respective planes and territories, then entered a state of seclusion and began to think seriously.
Today's banquet had a great impact on them.
Not only did they see the God with their own eyes, but some of the grudges in their hearts also completely dissipated. They also obtained important information about becoming a God, which pointed out the direction for their future.
Peace returned to the palace again.
Su Xingyu sat on the throne, looking into the distance, then sighed deeply.
“I don’t know how many true gods can be born among these one thousand people.”
Compared to those god players who have the help of the system and have integrated the godhood in the initial stage, it will undoubtedly be much more difficult for them, as normal dark believers, to become true gods.
Being able to reach the ninth level or even the semi-god realm, they are undoubtedly the chosen ones of heaven.
To exaggerate a bit, these more than a thousand people are all the geniuses accumulated since the development of the Eternal Night Empire. Each one of them can be called a monstrous genius picked out of millions.
But even so, Su Xingyu didn't have an accurate number in his mind as to how many of these more than a thousand people could become true gods.
This is no longer a question of resources.
It depends on fate.
Shaking his head to clear the distracting thoughts in his mind, Su Xingyu began to think about the next development issues.
“Although there are still many vacancies in the planes of the Dark God System, we still have to make some preparations in advance and capture more planes. Otherwise, when they are promoted, there will be no corresponding planes, which will be embarrassing.”
If you want to become a true God, having resources may not necessarily make it happen, but not having resources is definitely not possible.
Whether it is establishing a religion, spreading faith, or cultivating believers, all of them require massive resources, especially land resources. Without enough land, there is no place to even place a temple.
Therefore, conquering the plane and expanding the dark pantheon will become the next main task of the Eternal Night Empire.
Coincidentally, Su Xingyu also got a general idea of the surrounding situation from the memories of those local creatures.
The number of planes in this new void is far less than the previous void.
In the vicinity of the Eternal Night Plane, there are five complete planes within a radius of a thousand void units, and they are all small in scale.
As for the demiplanes, Su Xingyu did not count them carefully, but estimated that there were about twenty of them.
"It's just right for them to gain experience. The faith they gain in the war and the religion they build from scratch should be more stable." Su Xingyu was muttering to himself as he planned in his mind, tapping the armrest with his fingers.
As for conquering these void planes, Su Xingyu was not going to do it himself, but let his believers solve it themselves. He would serve as a backer, and if an uncontrollable situation really occurred, it would not be too late to solve it.
With the current strength of the Eternal Night Empire, even if those planes have powerful true gods, it will be of no avail.
Since the Lord God was promoted to a True God, the Eternal Night Empire has completed its sublimation, and it is no longer as difficult to deal with ordinary True Gods as before. (End of this chapter)