Blasphemy Wizard by Deceit World
Chapter 142 - 140: The Cost of Embracing Divinity

Chapter 142: Chapter 140: The Cost of Embracing Divinity

It seems the ’Harvest Goddess’ harbors considerable fear toward the Endless Abyss.

Yang Qizhou took a fierce gulp of cola—of course, this was freeloaded from ’Little Bean Sprout’.

Suddenly, he thought of the Traveling Poet activated from Truth Hall Fragment No. 1, and the epic poem the poet recited. According to the poem, the Person of Destiny will, with the ’Goddess’s’ assistance, slay the ’Wings of Greed.’

This made Yang Qizhou smirk,

"Using someone else’s weapon, redirecting disasters toward others, letting the ’Harvest Goddess’ and ’Wings of Greed’ tear into one another while the game character backstabs them from the shadows—sounds like a pretty fitting match for the epic, doesn’t it?"

"Hahaha,"

"If the game character picks up the ’Sky Blue Spear,’ wouldn’t they definitely be the ’Person of Destiny’?"

"It’s a pity that the Divine Artifact of the ’King of Nature’ carries intense hostility toward the game character, and it’s still an unsolvable issue."

Now the game plot had reached a critical turning point: the game character had already gained the friendship of the ’Harvest Goddess.’ Next, it was crucial to retrieve the Lucky Coins from the Wish Box in the Hall of Heroes—this was key to transitioning into the role of wizard.

Yang Qizhou quickly refocused his attention back on the game.

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...

"Before you could say anything, radiant light enveloped you."

"The surrounding scenery blurred past, and within moments, you were whisked away from the proximity of the ’Wings of Greed’ Dragon Nest. In just a few breaths, you had left behind the boundaries of the North Realm Abyss."

"You looked back and saw the boundless gray-white fog churning, condensing into a terrifying phantom of a demon god—evil, chaotic, twisted, and unspeakable power erupting like a fountain from its base. Yet this horrifying shadow seemed constrained by some mysterious force and swiftly retreated to the depths of the ’North Realm Abyss.’"

"What is that?"

"An icy sensation crawled down your spine, penetrating to the depths of your soul,"

"Since arriving in this land steeped in dread and terror—the ’Old Earth’—you’ve encountered plenty of deities: the ’Dream Hidden King,’ the ’Abyss Old God,’ and so forth, yet compared to this shadow, they are all pathetically weak. Perhaps only the ’Mother of Beauty and Fertility’ could rival it."

"You couldn’t help but feel a surge of relief in your heart upon realizing this."

"The ’Harvest Goddess’ spoke then, her voice steeped in heaviness... Sin King God, the strongest subordinate deity of the Abyss Master, an Old King from ancient times. Who would have thought His interference in the physical world had already reached this level? It seems that with the disappearance of the ’Sky Blue Spear,’ the sealing left behind by the ’King of Nature’ won’t last much longer."

"So that’s the ’Sin King God,’ you mused thoughtfully, committing this revered name to memory."

"Soon, you left the boundaries of the ’North Realm Abyss.’"

"You were now on the road back to ’Asgard.’"

"Without the immediate danger from the Endless Abyss, the ’Harvest Goddess’ recalled your earlier question. With immense goodwill toward you, She readily provided an answer..."

"Explorer, do you know what deities are?"

"You thought for a moment and offered the answer given by the ’King of Giant Gods,’ Okas... Deities are those who embrace divinity."

"The ’Harvest Goddess’ then asked... and do you know what divinity is?"

"You truly didn’t know, so you honestly shook your head."

"Perhaps it was merely your imagination, but you suddenly felt a wave of intense emotional turbulence from the ’Harvest Goddess.’ Her voice carried a heavy tone... All things possess divinity, but divinity is not a blessing; it is a curse, madness, and the eternal torment of deities."

"That’s too deep, isn’t it? You felt a bit dazed, unable to grasp the meaning behind the words."

"You heard the ’Harvest Goddess’ murmur as if lost in thought... ’Wings of Greed’ is a pitiful creature. He was once the most stable Ancient God in ’Asgard.’ Using the authority of ’Greed’ and leveraging symbolic power, He cultivated an expansive congregation of believers,"

"But alas,"

"Just over two years ago, when the ’Sky Blue Spear’ vanished and the seal of the Endless Abyss passage cracked, the ’Sin King God’ used His high-positioned authority over ’Sins’ to enact an incredibly dreadful corruption over the representation of ’Greed.’ ’Wings of Greed’s’ believers went mad, almost entirely collapsing overnight."

"Without the support of such a vast believer base, the ’Old Sacrament’ He wielded became wholly insufficient to maintain His divine rank."

"At that time, the ’Wings of Greed’ faced two choices..."

"The first was... to continue holding the ’God Position,’ using His own flesh to resist the madness of divinity. But doing so would inevitably bring about divine traits in His life form, a mixed blessing. His flesh would slowly shift toward the ’symbolic’ entity represented by His authority, ascending into the status of a Concept God. But it was also a curse—the torment from divinity would amplify exponentially. If He couldn’t withstand it, He would completely fuse with the ’symbol,’ becoming a part of it in both form and meaning, vanishing from the world entirely."

"The second was... to completely relinquish His God Position, becoming a life form akin to an ’Ancient Dominator.’ Yet without the sustenance of divinity, the flesh imbued with authority would destabilize, leaving Him unable to resist His ’original impulses,’ ultimately turning into a mindless creature that acted solely in alignment with what the ’symbol’ represented."

"The ’Wings of Greed’ chose the second option,"

"Thus, He devolved into nothing more than a mindless entity, driven purely by instinct to hoard everything precious in the world, incapable of making any choices based on self-awareness."

...

...

The text refreshed quickly, leaving Yang Qizhou a bit dazed. It took him quite a while to piece together the information revealed by the ’Harvest Goddess.’

"So, the ’Old Sacrament’ isn’t merely about purchasing specialty items at the Destiny Store," fгeewёbnoѵel_cσm

"It holds the power to counteract the side effects of divinity for Extraordinary Life, deities, and Ancient Dominators alike. And based on the ’Harvest Goddess’s’ explanation, I’d guess the creation of the ’Old Sacrament’ is deeply tied to believers."

"So, when the ’Wings of Greed’s’ believers were corrupted by the ’Sin King God,’ they spiraled into irreversible self-destruction in such a short time."

Yang Qizhou thought again of the ’Moonlight Ancient God’ and the old man’s dialogue in the Hall of Heroes.

"The ’Moonlight Ancient God’ obviously chose the first option, continuing to hold the ’God Position,’ which led to irreversibly divine transformation, where His flesh aligned with the ’symbol’—thus attaining the trait of ’unviewable.’"

"Of course, the ’Moonlight Ancient God’s’ descent into madness isn’t directly related to the depletion of the ’Old Sacrament.’ He completely lost his sanity because of the epic recited by the Traveling Poet activated from Truth Hall Fragment No. 1."

"On the flip side, while divine transformation and conceptualization allow deities to edge closer to the ’symbol,’ they also expose deities to harrowing ravings. In some cases, this might even lead them to wholly integrate with the ’symbol,’ becoming part of the tangled web of universal concepts and vanishing for good."

"This is why deities both embrace divinity and resist it..."

"In contrast, entities like the ’Wings of Greed’ fall into the second category. While He relinquished His ’God Position,’ His flesh—already embodying the cosmic authority of ’Greed’—was ultimately driven by the ’symbol’s’ command, making Him incapable of suppressing His ’original impulses,’ and turning Him into a senseless creature acting solely on symbolic dictates."

Yang Qizhou’s hand, holding a snack, involuntarily trembled. He had once imagined that deities were noble, eternal, and enduring. Despite the rank disparities between different deities, or even the fact that certain powerful Ancient Dominators—like the ’King of Giant Gods,’ Okas—could wield strength surpassing the gods, he had always believed deities were the best choice among all paths.

But now it didn’t seem so...

While deities wield ’authority’ and, in a way, are each part of the universe’s symbolic framework, they face immense challenges, and their prices are unimaginably severe.

This revelation, however, did clear up another long-standing question in Yang Qizhou’s mind... Why, among Ancient Dominators, would some willingly embrace divinity, ascend to the rank of deity, while others fiercely reject godhood to the point of waging war against their own kin?

After digesting these thoughts, Yang Qizhou refocused his attention on his phone, muttering, "Keep going, the conversation isn’t over yet; there might be more hidden secrets to uncover."

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...

"So this is the true nature of deities? You were shocked by the truths unveiled by the ’Harvest Goddess.’"

"You instinctively asked... Isn’t there any solution to this?"

"The ’Harvest Goddess’s’ sigh grew even weightier. She said... All things possess divinity. Whether Old Gods, Ancient Dominators, Extraordinary Life, or other hidden groups, as long as one holds ’power,’ these consequences are unavoidable. No one can..."

"At this point, the ’Harvest Goddess’s’ words abruptly stopped."

"She was likely about to say that no one is exempt, you speculated."

"Suddenly, you noticed a change in the ’Harvest Goddess’s’ tone—a mix of fear and hostility, and an unmistakable tinge of hatred. What She said next left you deeply astonished."

"She said... There is one group that wields the power of deities yet remains free from the direct contamination of divinity. They are... wizards."

"It actually involves wizards?"

"You felt a tremor run through your heart and quickly pressed further, asking why wizards aren’t subject to divine contamination."

"Though the ’Harvest Goddess’ held immense goodwill toward you, the secrets of wizards were simply too significant. After hesitating for a moment, She shifted topics and chose not to reveal the associated mysteries."

"Bathing in radiant light, under the guidance of the ’Harvest Goddess,’ you soon returned to ’Asgard’ and proceeded toward the Hall of Heroes."

"You wanted to press further on topics like ’Chaos,’ but the faintly visible ’Wish Box’ had already begun drawing your attention."

"Excitement surged within you as you thought..."

"The Lucky Coins are finally within reach."

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