Only at the Mahayana Stage Does the Reversal System Appear - Chapter 474

Chapter 472 Gods and Demons

When the seven gods saw the Star River God, they knew this suddenly appearing god was terrifyingly powerful.

They wanted to run, but how could they possibly do that in front of Jiang Li?

“Why run? I’m not a bad guy.” Jiang Li smiled, hooking his arm around the necks of the God of Light and the God of Wind, his attitude so i*imate he could almost be the eighth god.

“This is the first time I’ve seen someone whose body is made of the power of faith,” Jiang Li marveled. He had assumed the seven gods were hiding in some secret realm, but he hadn’t imagined they were the power of faith. Wherever there was faith, there they were.

Seeing the seven gods found, Li Er no longer needed to pretend to be the World Tree and transformed back into his true form, causing several Deer Clan girls to exclaim in delight.

“I’ve told you all along, Uncle is the World Tree, and you still don’t believe me?” one of the Deer Clan girls beamed. She had long suspected that Uncle was something special, far more than he seemed. Considering Uncle’s disappearance and the reappearance of the World Tree, equating Uncle with the World Tree was bold, but also made sense.

“Girls, we’ll talk later.” Li Er waved his hand, leaving behind a mysterious figure.

…

With the arrival of Li Er, Ruyi Gourd, and Lance, the God of Light finally asked his first question.

“Who are you?”

Oh, Lance could be ignored.

“Demon King.”

“Demon General.”

Jiang Li slapped them all bluntly.

“We are cultivators from other worlds.”

“Other worlds? You’re from the Immortal Realm? The same place as the Envoy from Honghu Lake?” The God of Light’s first thought was the Immortal Realm.

“As expected, you also know the Envoy from Honghu Lake. What did the Envoy from Honghu Lake tell you?”

The situation was pressing, and the seven gods knew they were no match. They secretly disintegrated several times and tried to leave, but were each controlled by Jiang Li.

Then Lance saw the seven believers honestly recount the true history.

“In the distant past, gods and demons were rampant in the world of Ella. The gods were born powerful, and to become even stronger, they needed faith. To gain faith, they resorted to all means, frequently performing miracles to demonstrate their presence. However, we have no right to criticize them. As members of the gods, we often use miracles to snatch believers.”

Born powerful? Truly a unique race. This was the first time Jiang Li had heard of such a race.

“The demons vary in strength and appearance. The biggest difference between them and us gods is that demons can grow stronger without the power of faith.”

“Due to the existence of the demons, the three races hope to gain the gods’ protection, which is a good thing for the gods.”

“Sometimes we fight the demons for real, and sometimes we just pretend to fight to gain the faith of ordinary people.”

“The competition for faith has become increasingly tense. Some gods, seeking to gain more faith, have granted some of their power to ordinary people. Ordinary people call this a gift from God, while others call it ‘skill.'”

“The effect of granting power to ordinary people was surprisingly good. This god quickly gained a large number of followers, making the other gods jealous.”

“Seeing this, the gods followed suit. Soon, a large number of ordinary people learned skills, and some even fought demons without the gods’ help.”

“Giving skills to ordinary people can indeed win a group of followers for a short time, but as everyone gains skills, this advantage disappears, and the gods are back to the starting line.”

“The struggle for faith intensified. Finally, some gods could no longer bear it and attacked their own people, thus starting the civil war among the gods.”

“Everyone’s thinking is very simple and cruel. The best way to snatch faith is to reduce the number of competitors. With fewer gods, each person will have more power of faith.”

“The gods were in civil strife, and the demons happened to have a genius. He killed gods, demons, and humans. Due to the existence of this demon genius, the demons also started civil strife.”

“When both sides started civil strife, it was inevitable that gods would mistakenly kill demons, and demons would mistakenly kill gods.”

“That was the most chaotic period. Gods and demons were fighting in a melee. When the killing became crazy, they didn’t even know which race they were killing.”

“The three races are the weakest existences. In this kind of battle, they can only survive.”

“In the end, all the gods were jealous of each other and wanted to compete for the only god. In the end, there were only seven of us left.”

“Then the seven of you shook hands and made peace?” Li Er thought so as a matter of course.

The God of Light revealed a pained expression: “No, we attacked, killing each other, and in the end, no one survived.”

Li Er was surprised: “Then you…”

“After we die, our souls should go to hell, and only a small soul fragment, or a remnant, remains, entrusting it to the power of faith.”

Jiang Li nodded gently. The state of the seven gods after death is like a dream, with only a few soul fragments. Over time, the soul fragments will become complete souls.

This involves many coincidences, and it is not something that can be created intentionally.

“We are parasites that display the power of faith. We must rely on the power of faith to survive. We can only become what the power of faith makes us become.”

“The three tribes at that time gave full play to their imagination. They said that light was the greatest, so they imagined me as the God of Light. The orcs said they wanted to have their own gods, so they imagined the God of Beasts. The same goes for the God of Elves.”

“The images and identities of the four gods of earth, wind, fire and water were also imagined.”

“Once the images and identities of the seven of us were determined, it meant that the power of faith of the three tribes was all concentrated on us.”

“The situation of the three tribes at that time was very bad. The gods were all dead, and the demons were still there. In order to let the three tribes gain the power to compete with the demons, we continued to bestow them with skills.”

“That demon genius fully matured and became the king of the demons. He wanted to invade the three tribes. The seven of us took action, wanting to fight the demon king, but our strength was too dispersed and we couldn’t stop the demon king.”

The God of Light said, “It was then that the six of them proposed to concentrate all the power of faith on me. We barely fought a draw with the demon king.”

The God of Light was still in shock. The demon king was too powerful. He really didn’t want to fight that kind of battle a second time.

Lance stole a glance at the Ruyi Gourd. The Demon King, whom the gods had fought so hard to defeat, was slain with ease by the Ruyi Gourd, and Jiang Li was clearly even more powerful than the Ruyi Gourd.

Li Er spoke frankly, “Rather than saying you were battling the Demon King, it would be more accurate to say you gave the power of faith a physical form to combat the Demon King.”

The seven gods didn’t deny Li Er’s statement.

The God of Light continued, “Later, our soul fragments evolved into true souls, but we still couldn’t do without the power of faith.”

“Just when we were about to break free of the power of faith and become independent individuals, the Envoy of Honghu appeared. He said he had a way to free us from the control of the power of faith.”

(End of Chapter)