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Chapter 60 Unifying Gods and Subordinate Gods
  The palms left the formation barrier, and the images in his mind faded away like a tide, dissipating into nothingness.

After reading the fragmentary information stored in the formation, Ji Xiu still had many questions that remained unanswered.

First of all, what are the Kuroshio Natural Disaster and the Preface Disaster? Why do the seniors have to face the challenge of the Kuroshio Natural Disaster? Can't they run away if they can't defeat it?

Secondly, the appearance of his parents proves the conjecture that the previous seniors are all time travellers. Then is he the ninth challenger, destined to face the Kuroshio Calamity?

Third, where is Yu Jingshen, the only one who escaped the Kuroshio natural disaster? Could it be that the spiritual baby in the mist space is really the sleeping Yu Jingshen?
  On this issue, Ji Xiu prefers that the spirit baby is himself.

Because each senior is a god similar to the original god, he should also have his own godhead and divinity.

So it makes sense that the spirit infant is his godhead.

Fourth, did the Yujing Church fail to decipher the secrets of the formation, or did they deliberately conceal this historical secret after successfully analyzing the information left behind by the formation?
  If you choose to conceal it deliberately, what is the purpose of doing so?
  Fifth, what is the truth behind how many seniors traveled to this world with themselves?
  How did Han Yun use a ritual to allow him to travel through time?

Sixth, my father was ridiculed by my mother as the "Lord of Fear and Fury." Is this related to the rage and fear suffixed by extraordinary abilities?
  ……

The answers to these questions are not yet known.

He opened his eyes at this moment, turned around and saw Lei Yan placing his right palm on his back, and he could feel a stream of warm current flowing into his body along Lei Yan's palm.

It can be seen that when the picture was blurry just now, it was Lei Yan who helped him to see the subsequent content clearly.

"Thank you." Ji Xiu thanked him sincerely.

As soon as he said this sentence, he suddenly felt a strong dizziness. He felt like the world was spinning and he lost consciousness instantly.

He didn't know how long he had been sleeping. When he woke up, he found himself lying in the center of the formation, with Lei Yan and others standing beside him.

"How long has it been?" Ji Xiu rubbed his groggy head and struggled to sit up.

"Thirteen days of watching, eight days of coma, a total of twenty-one days have passed. Your mental damage was so severe that you fell into a long coma... So what did you see?" Lei Yan asked curiously.

Ji Xiu was also shocked when he heard that more than twenty days had passed.

When asked, he did not answer directly and thought of the recording left by his parents.

The seven members of the Divine Heritage Team are a gift left to the next challenger by his parents. Suppose that one day in the future, he will have to embark on the path his parents once walked and face the challenge of Preface Disaster. Lei Yan and other warriors with divine inheritance will be his A huge help in overcoming the disaster.

He should win over the Seven Divine Relics and win their trust.

Thinking of this, Ji Xiu looked at Lei Yan and nodded:
  "I saw Yu Jingshen and the process of his creation and cultivation of your growth."

"Hiss~ Our birth? Tell me, what exactly happened." After hearing these words, Leyi immediately became energetic, pushed past Daxing who was standing in front of him, came to him and asked.

"In the information screen I saw, your predecessors all established a powerful human civilization..."

Before he could continue, Le Yi raised his hand to interrupt him:
  "Jar, our predecessor refers to the first generation of divine warriors?"

"No, it's you who were a generation ago. To be more precise, the generation of divine warriors you understand is just the successor of their power. They have all died in the Black Tide Natural Disaster."

"What is the Black Tide Natural Disaster?"

Leyi wanted to continue asking, but Daxing pulled him into his arms and locked his neck with his right arm:

"Stop asking, let Li Tan finish what he said. If you keep talking nonsense, I'll beat you up!"

"The teacher said, don't be ashamed to ask, what's wrong with being curious..."

"Shut up!" Daxing covered Leyi's mouth, and the red-yellow air flow released from his hand condensed into an energy barrier, sealing Leyi's mouth.

Looking at Le Yi with a helpless expression, Ji Xiu continued to describe what he saw in the formation.

When they heard that the high wall was shattered, the Black Tide would come. Their predecessors fell when they challenged the Black Tide Natural Disaster and Preface Disaster. The three of them were silent.

They didn't know this historical secret before.

"So...Yu Jingshen is our father?" Leyi tore off the barrier on his mouth and asked with a solemn expression.

"From the pictures I read, you should be the divine seeds cultivated by the challengers of the eighth era. They are your parents. Yu Jingshen is more like an adoptive father. He raised you up, but he is not yours. Creator."

"Hiss~ The hatred of killing father and mother is irreconcilable." Le Yi rolled up his sleeves and said with an angry expression.

"Which of our biological fathers and adoptive fathers have you met in Li Tan's mouth? How could you have such a strong sense of empathy?" Daxing glanced at the angry Le Yi and said with a helpless expression.

"Although I have never seen it, killing our parents is a fact after all. Can you bear this?"

"Okay, everything you said is right, but it is still unknown when the Black Tide Natural Disaster will come. What we should find out more now is what is going on with the black hole statue outside. Is it time to take action against him?" Xing curled his lips and said.

"Do it, you must do it." Le Yi rolled up his sleeves and assumed a posture of eager to fight. He looked up at Lei Yan who was deep in thought:

"Brother Yan, what do you think?"

Facing the inquiry, Lei Yan shook his head:
  "Don't be in a hurry, keep searching inside, maybe you will find something new. If we start fighting now, the things in the ruins may not be saved."

"Okay." Le Yi put down his rolled up sleeves again, paving the way for the next roll up of his sleeves.

Lei Yan's thoughts were exactly what Ji Xiu was thinking at this time.

The secrets in the ruins have not yet been fully investigated, so it is not wise to start a war with the powerful black hole god at this time.

Looking at Lei Yan walking towards the depths of the ruins, Ji Xiu immediately followed suit.

After passing through a tunnel, the scene before him felt extremely familiar to Ji Xiu.

The floor of the hall depicts a huge, dimmed formation, with seven broken transparent cultivation chambers placed in the center. This is exactly where Yu Jingshen provides strength to the infants of the gods in the picture provided by the information formation.

Following Lei Yan to the center of the formation, Lei Yan squatted down in front of the breeding barn where the first generation successor of the Lord of Divine Punishment had stayed, and pressed his lightning-coated right hand on the broken glass of the breeding barn.

"My power aura remains here."

"Hey, Jue, there is my aura here too. It seems that Yu Jingshen cultivated us here, just as the jar said." Le Yi pointed to the fourth cultivation chamber.

"I'll try to see if I can still activate this formation."

Lei Yan stood up and came to the center of the formation, squatting down and placing his hands at the center of the formation.

Noisy!Noisy!Noisy!
  The blue hair rose up without the wind, and the eyes turned into a deep blue. The beating arcs instantly circled around the body, flowing along the arms and continuously pouring into the formation at the feet.

The originally silent formation gradually changed. The characters imprinted on the ground jumped out of the formation under the power of thunder and turned into energy characters suspended in the air.

Sweat broke out on Lei Yan's forehead, and he seemed to be struggling.

"I am coming too."

Daxing raised his right leg and stamped on the ground, and suddenly a surging red-yellow air flow poured into the formation from the sole of his foot.

"Brothers, I'm here to help you." Le Yi clapped his hands, and a strange purple air flow emerged from his body and pierced the earth.

Boom!
  The formation made a crisp sound like a bowstring breaking, and the beating characters suspended in the air began to rotate slowly.

In an instant, thousands of golden streams of light connected the characters suspended above the formation.

Ji Xiu could clearly feel that the space was beginning to distort, and the three people from Lei Yan in his sight were like noodles, being stretched as the formation rotated.

Just when he was wondering what would happen next, the formation shook, and the familiar gray mist came from all directions like a tide, wrapping his sight.

When the gray fog that obscured his vision dissipated, Ji Xiu was surprised to find that he had descended into the foggy space as a conscious body.

One meter above the ground, floating in the distance, was his natal spiritual baby.

In addition, there are three more blue, purple, and brown consciousness clusters in the mist space, and the three smaller versions of Lei Yan can be vaguely seen inside.

what?
  Ji Xiu was dumbfounded when he realized that Lei Yan and the others had followed him into the mist space.

Focusing on Lei Yan's consciousness ball, a large amount of information suddenly poured into his mind.

[Lord of Divine Punishment (subordinate to God)]:
  Divine power source: Can obtain power from punishment, and has the power to control the thunder of divine punishment.

Status: False God (disconnected from the Unifying God, divinity has declined, and can no longer obtain the power of punishment.)
  Provides unifying power: None (disconnected)
  Has followers: none
  ……

Ji Xiu was stunned when he saw Lei Yan's introduction panel.

The introduction suffix of Lei Yan on the panel is "subordinate god", which also shows that he is disconnected from the unified god.

His understanding of the word Tong Shen is similar to the meaning of Lord God.

Thinking in this direction, does it mean that my own soul is the unifying god, and Lei Yan is the subordinate god under his command?

Literally understood, Lei Yan is now disconnected from him, resulting in a loss of divinity and a decline in power.

This may be the reason why the members of the Divine Legacy Team need to restart regularly. They have lost the channel to obtain power from the outside world.

Only by completing the divine connection with yourself can you regain the divinity of the Lord of Divine Punishment and have the ability to gain strength from punishment.

There is one more thing that can be proved about this explanation.

The mother's message to Yu Jingshen mentioned that the Seven Divine Relics were their gift to the challengers of the next era.

And he is obviously the challenger of the new era and the recipient of this gift.

Recalling that both Lei Yan and An An had said that they had a divine aura that they felt very familiar with, and that the seven members of the Divine Heritage Team could retain their memories after time restarted like themselves, this seemed to once again confirm that he was the Unifying God. , the seven gods are his subordinate gods.

His eyes turned to Le Yi and Da Xing, and their information also flooded into his mind.

[Lord of the Gods (Subordinate God)]:
  Divine power source: Can obtain power from prayer sacrifices, and has the power to control the summoning of gods.

Status: False God (disconnected from the Unifying God, divinity has declined, and can no longer obtain the power of punishment.)
  Provides unifying power: None (disconnected)
  Has followers: none
  [Immortal Lord (Subordinate God)]:
  Divine power source: It can obtain power from the unyielding will of life to resist death, and has the power to control all things and nature.

Status: False God (disconnected from the Unifying God, divinity has declined, and can no longer obtain the power of punishment.)
  Provides unifying power: None (disconnected)
  Has followers: none
  ……

Like Lei Yan, both Leyi and Daxing lost their connection with the Unifying God, causing their godhood to fall and become false gods, and they also lost the source of power from the outside world.

"Fuck, what a big baby."

Leyi in the purple light ball pointed at the natal spirit suspended in the center of the foggy space and exclaimed.

As he stared, a large amount of information poured into Leyi's mind:

【Unifying God】：
  State: Detachment of consciousness, budding divinity

Soul Strength: 8
  Lower gods: Lord of Divine Punishment (lost connection), Lord of Death (lost connection), Lord of War (lost connection), Lord of Descendants (lost connection), Lord of Famine (lost connection), Lord of Immortality (lost connection) Connection), Lord of Destruction (Loss of connection). At the same time, Lei Yan and Daxing focused their eyes on the natal spirit body and saw the information emerging in their minds.

"Wow, there's a bigger consciousness here."

At this time, Le Yi stretched out his hand and pointed towards Ji Xiu. His cry attracted the attention of Lei Yan and Da Xing, who all raised their heads to look at the strange and illusory figure floating in the gray mist in the distance.

"Lei Yan, Da Xing, Le Yi, it's me!"

At this moment, he knew that Lei Yan and other divine warriors were clearly on his side and were a credible force. Ji Xiu did not intend to hide it anymore.

"Who are you? Do we know each other?" Le Yi said with a confused expression.

"Idiot, he is Li Tan."

"No, to be more precise, my name is Ji Xiu. Li Tan is just one of my identities, and it is also the identity that comes into contact with you."

After hearing these words, Lei Yan's expression changed slightly:
  "You seem familiar with this place?"

"Yes, I have entered here before you. If I guess correctly, this spiritual baby is my soul. I am now in a state where my consciousness is separated from my soul and I am traveling through different bodies."

"Wait, let me figure it out, why am I getting more and more confused the more I listen." Le Yi raised his hand at this time, and then continued:

"You are this spiritual baby, your real name is Ji Xiu, and you also have another identity called Li Tan. What is going on?"

Ji Xiu did not answer Le Yi's question and turned to look at Lei Yan:

"Lei Yan, I still remember when we first met, you said there was something familiar about me."

"Yes, I guessed at that time that the original god behind you was the Yu Jingshen who lost contact with us." Lei Yan nodded.

Ji Xiu shook his head at this moment:
  "I once had the same suspicion as you, but it seems that is not the case now. Our relationship may be closer."

"What do you mean?" Lei Yan frowned slightly.

Facing the inquiry, Ji Xiu began to describe in detail the intelligence and clues he had compiled, most of which he had not mentioned just now.

Era challengers, divine seeds, the Yu Jingshen that appeared at the end of the eighth era, the Black Tide Natural Disaster... When all this information was completely told from Ji Xiu's mouth, the eyes of Lei Yan and the others could not hide their shock.

"So you can restart time through death, and you can also plunder the opponent's body by being killed to complete the parasitism of the soul. However, we who inherited the godhood of the challengers from the previous era, because we were disconnected from you, our strength fell to the divine level and turned into false gods. , and also lost the channel to regain power...and you, as our unifying god, will lead us to fight against the Black Tide Natural Disaster with the human race in the future."

Ji Xiu nodded:

"This is the conclusion I have drawn from my analysis, and it is basically correct. To be honest, I am not very interested in challenging the Kuroshio Natural Disaster, and I don't even know how to reconnect with you so that you can regain access to divine power."

"My dear, do you think we are brothers with the same father and mother?" Le Yi exclaimed with an astonished expression, and with a clear mind, he came up with a possibility that Ji Xiucong had never imagined.

"Well, after all, you were created by my parents. If we really count, we are indeed brothers." Ji Xiu felt ashamed.

"Brother Yan, do you believe what he said?" Le Yi turned to look at Lei Yan.

Facing the inquiry, Lei Yan said nothing. He turned to look at the spiritual baby suspended in the center of the fog. After a long silence, he nodded and said:
  "The information in my head seems to support what he said."

After saying that, Lei Yan looked at Ji Xiu's ethereal consciousness:
  "I have been taught since I was a child to protect the human race and the Yu Jing Kingdom. If the Black Tide Natural Disaster appears in the future and will destroy the Yu Jing Kingdom, I should and must stand up. I hope we can cooperate."

Ji Xiu heard this but did not agree.

In fact, after watching the failures of the first seven challengers, he had realized that he would also have to face the challenge of the Black Tide Natural Disaster.

But deep down, he didn't want to carry these heavy things at all.

It wasn't until he saw his parents appearing as challengers of the Eighth Era that his mentality changed slightly.

But it was just a change, and there was no intention to shoulder the great responsibility of saving the human race.

"Brother Yan, if we can't defeat the Black Tide Natural Disaster, can't we run away with the human race?" Le Yi asked depressedly at this time.

This was also one of Ji Xiu's inner doubts.

Why do the first few challengers, including parents, have to fight against the terrifying Kuroshio natural disaster? Is there no way to avoid it?
  There must be hidden historical truth that has not been seen.

Lei Yan analyzed at this time:

"Judging from the behavior of the defeated seniors, it seems that the Kuroshio Natural Disaster cannot be avoided by escaping. Li... Ji Xiu uses the word era to describe the era in which each challenger lives. Perhaps it can be thought that the Kuroshio Natural Disaster is The terminator of the era, no matter where he escapes in this world, cannot escape the sweep of the Black Tide Natural Disaster."

"It is like a timed destroyer that will come at the end of an era, completely cleaning the world until everything dies, and then a new era will be born in the ruins, until the Kuroshio natural disaster comes again, and civilization will The endless cycle of birth and destruction...Of course, all this is just my guess, and the specific truth is unknown."

"Hi~ It's so scary." Le Yi leaned back tactically.

After speaking, Lei Yan looked at Ji Xiu and said in a sincere tone:

"We have a common goal. You are our superior god who rekindles the power of the godhead. Protecting the human race is also the goal pursued by your parents and our creators. I sincerely hope that you can protect the future of the human race with us."

Having said this, Lei Yan paused briefly and continued:
  "Leyi is right. Your parents are our creators. You were born before us... I should call you brother."

Seeing Lei Yan playing the emotional card of having the same father and mother, and even calling him "brother", Ji Xiu felt numb and sighed helplessly in his heart.

Although he originally wanted to win over Lei Yan and other members of the Shenyi Team, this feeling of being forced to take on responsibilities made him feel very uncomfortable.

"Brother Xiu, it's time to take over the path paved by our parents and fight for the rise of the human race." Leyi rolled up his sleeves again and persuaded sincerely.

Ji Xiu fell into deep thought as his eyes swept across Lei Yan, Le Yi and Da Xing in the ball of consciousness.

If he really has to face the Kuroshio natural disaster one day in the future, Lei Yan and others will undoubtedly be his help. If he agrees now, he can get help from Lei Yan and others and get rid of the one-month death cycle.

"Okay, I agree for the time being, but there is room for regret."

Hearing Ji Xiu's promise, a smile appeared on Lei Yan's face:

"Brother Xiu, you know this place better than we do. Do you know how we can establish a divine connection?"

Facing the inquiry, Ji Xiu thought briefly and then said:

"How about you try to contact my natal soul body and see if you can establish a connection with me."

Upon hearing this, Lei Yan immediately floated to the soul baby and put his hand on the soul baby's arm.

Upon seeing this, Daxing and Leyi immediately followed Lei Yan, changing positions to contact the spirit baby.

"Don't touch Diudiu."

"Okay." Leyi, who was about to grab Diudiu, immediately retracted his hand when he heard it.

After some contact, the connection between the gods was not established.

The interface information of Lei Yan and the others is still out of contact.

At this moment, Ji Xiu suddenly had an idea and looked up at the black token floating above the spirit baby. Every time he interpreted his natal soul, it was the information provided by this mysterious token.

Thinking of this, he immediately looked at Lei Yan and the others and reminded:
  "You try to touch the black token above."

Upon hearing this, Lei Yan and the others immediately flew high into the sky, came to the black token, and stretched out their hands to touch the token.

In an instant, the originally black token burst into bright light.

Ji Xiu could clearly feel three different powers pouring into his body. At the same time, three kinds of light, blue, purple, and brown, appeared in the translucent body of his natal soul body.

As the light of three colors solidified, three balls of light condensed in his natal soul.

Lei Yan, who was the first to come into contact with the token, had information pouring into his mind:

[Lord of Divine Punishment (subordinate to God)]:
  Divine power source: Can obtain power from punishment, and has the power to control the thunder of divine punishment.

Status: False God (disconnected from the Unifying God, divinity has declined, and can no longer obtain the power of punishment.)
  Provides the source power of the Unifying God: None (already connected with the Unifying God)
  Has followers: None (Not the original god of this world, he cannot draw power from the activities of living beings in the world. He can only draw strength from the actions of human believers.)
  ……

The introduction information on the panel proved that Lei Yan had successfully established a connection with him, and Ji Xiu could also clearly sense the auras of Lei Yan and the others.

The introduction information in the Believers column solved a question in Ji Xiu's heart.

His mother's message mentioned that human believers were the key to the Black Tide challengers gaining strength, but he didn't understand what this sentence meant.

Now he understands.

Neither he nor Lei Yan and others' powers belong to this world and are not the original gods.

They cannot draw power from the activities of creatures in this world like the original gods, and can only create power sources by specific human believers.

If you want to become powerful, in addition to personally obtaining the power of will through specific goals like yourself, you also need the help of a huge number of human believers.

"Hahaha, the information in my mind shows that I have successfully connected to the Unified God and can gain power through believers. Does that mean that I don't have to be senile like Sister An, or even have to restart the seal when I get old?" Le Yi put her hands on her hips at this time. Laughed.

Looking at the golden halo Le Yi who had appeared above his head for some time, Ji Xiu had an illusion in his heart, as if he could easily erase the traces of Le Yi's existence just by thinking about it.

This seems to be the absolute control of the superior god over the subordinate gods.

At this moment, Lei Yan, who was smiling at the side, suddenly turned solemn:

"Sister An's aura is changing... Also, Dingtian's aura is rapidly weakening."

"I feel it too. They are obviously in trouble and have to go back quickly for support." Daxing also said in a deep voice at this time.

"You can leave the mist space if you have the idea of ​​​​leaving in your mind." Realizing that there was an emergency, Ji Xiu reminded him immediately.

Before he finished speaking, Lei Yan's figure blurred first, dissipated and left the mist space.

Ji Xiu saw this and followed him out.

As the gray fog dissipated, the space quickly distorted and changed. When the things in front of him became clear, he returned to the center of the formation.

Lei Yan reached out and grabbed his shoulder, turning it into a bolt of thunder that flashed out of the ruins.

Daxing and Leyi also turned into two streams of light and followed them.

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