Flame of Faith

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Flame of Faith
Original Name	信仰之火
Alias(es)	Power of Faith; Faith; Divinity
Type	Divine power and strategic resource
First Appearance	11

Nature and Function

The Flame of Faith is the divine power generated through faith. A god's Godhead grants the qualification to ignite it, while the Flame itself constitutes that god's Divinity; its quantity determines how much change the god can bring about through Miracles. 106

• Population serves as the “shell” of a civilization, while faith is its power. Believers are a source of Faith Points. 5 106
• It connects a god to their Apostles, allowing Apostles to act as the god's agents within the Simulator. 58
• The Flame of Faith is normally untouchable to non-gods. Once converted into Miracles, however, its effects can be observed, sensed, and sometimes studied by ordinary beings. 251
• It is the principal hard currency among gods, used for warfare, trade, investments, advancement, and the acquisition of strategic assets. 402

Storage and Manifestation

Temple Flame

A god's Flame of Faith is represented by a temple bonfire. Sacrificial Offerings can be burned in this flame and converted into usable Faith Points. 18

• Subordinate Gods’ Flames merge into their True God’s bonfire; the True God may draw on that faith when needed. 116
• A True God can also transmit faith to a subordinate facing exhaustion or possible fall. 116
• If a god loses all Flame of Faith, they lose their Divinity and ability to use Miracles. 116

Divine Statues

Divine Statues can contain Flame of Faith and act as focal points for divine power within settlements. They can only be destroyed by Power of Faith. 953

Stored Faith

Flame of Faith can be held in specialized objects rather than immediately used.

• Sand Heart Clam — stores and conceals Flame of Faith; Cloud Temple kept nearly 230,000 Faith within one. 234
• Curse Worm containers — the Hermit Worm’s Egg Sheath held three clusters totaling 2,930 Faith; Lu Yao inferred that Curse Worms accumulate faith taken from hunted demigods and cursed victims. 185
• Light Gold tools — can absorb scattered residual Faith; the Short Fork applies this property through Faith Prospecting. 711

Acquisition

Belief and Sacrifice

Believers generate Faith Points over time, while extraordinary acts of devotion can yield immediate returns. 5

• Prophet Haimila’s Martyr ability caused her soul and body to become fuel for Lu Yao’s Flame, yielding 120 Faith. 110
• Fanatical worship produced by major civilizational or transcendent events can cause large increases in Faith. 264 276 386
• Sinisters can collect fear, pain, anger, and jealousy, transforming these negative emotions into Flame of Faith. 228 335

Extraction

The Black Abyss was constructed to continuously accumulate scattered Flame of Faith from imprisoned gods, monsters, and Curse Worms. 251

Extraction source	Faith collected	Notes
Tree of Sylvanus in the Golden Plains	Approximately 3.5 million	Resources left by the Forest God for rebirth. 203
Black Abyss	16,431,804	Tree roots collect drifting faith through the Abyss, then extract it through the crown. 251
Creation Cave	9.44 million	Recovered by Baroye after eliminating Curse Worms. 557
True Lord Yellow Dragon’s estate	Over 94 million	Included a Dragon Soul that contracted into a Godhead after releasing its faith. 641
Dongfu inhabitants	3.9411 trillion	Shepherd Treants, Treasure Makers, and Wind Catchers naturally carried vast personal reserves. 1026

Uses

Miracles and Divine Warfare

Flame of Faith is expended to activate Miracles, making it both a god’s ammunition and the basis of their direct influence over the world. 29 106

• Lightning costs 20 Faith per use. 7
• Faith can be concentrated to increase a Miracle’s intensity, such as Lu Yao’s twenty-fivefold Lightning bombardment against the Qi God Totem. 27
• Gods may burn stored treasures into Faith during battle to replenish their reserves and continue resisting attacks. 94
• God Wars often revolve around exhausting an opponent’s Faith before striking decisively. 119

Apostles and Advancement

Faith can restore, recruit, and strengthen Apostles.

• Reviving and converting Isabelle into an Apostle cost 500 Faith. 11
• Raising an Apostle’s level directly through Faith is possible but expensive; raising Isabelle from Level 15 to Level 16 would have cost 1,500 Faith. 12
• Tyrant Salina was restored and converted into an Apostle for 10,000 Faith. 122
• The Apostle’s Mark converted the level 60 Blood Knight Nevid for 3,000 Faith. 47

Divine Hierarchy

A god may offer their Flame of Faith to form a Divine Palace relationship and become a Subordinate God. 104

• Subordinate Gods provide their True God with a continuing source of faith. 104
• In exchange, they gain protection and emergency Faith support from the True God. 116
• This relationship restricts a Subordinate God’s autonomy under Rule Power. 104

Items and Technology

Faith can activate, repair, power, or enhance exceptional items and materials.

• The Dragon Binding Rope required 9,990,000 Flame of Faith to recognize Lu Yao as its master; its sealing power scales with the amount of Faith used. 521 522
• Faith Charge temporarily amplifies Light Gold equipment after a god injects Power of Faith. 711
• Smelting Light Gold from Forbidden Stone requires high-intensity Flame of Faith. 705 706
• The Spirit Shrine Machine requires a Divine Nexus, World Stone, and Flame of Faith to activate. 703

Trade and Investment

Flame of Faith is used as capital between gods and civilizations.

• Lu Yao invested 2 million Flame of Faith in Mercury’s Sleepless Civilization for faith-propagation rights, returns, and supervisory access. 403
• He sponsored Xiu’s Void Universe journey with 10 million Flames of Faith and funded Chesia’s information network with 15 million. 870
• Lu Yao invested 30 million Flames of Faith in Kali to help her resist Tiamat’s attack in the Gray Vision. 661
• Kephri paid Lu Yao up to 100 million Flame of Faith for assistance concerning Menes. 459

Limitations and Risks

• A fallen god’s Apostles lose the Flame of Faith within them. Unless another god rekindles it, they gradually turn to ash and perish. 58
• Faith-based entry is prohibited in Dog City: anyone carrying a god’s Flame of Faith triggers its seal and cannot approach the world’s boundary. 441
• The Curse Clan generally cannot use Flame of Faith or Godheads, though Kephri is an exceptional Subordinate God. 443
• Massive expenditure is not inherently efficient. Faith-intensive research and warfare can consume reserves at extreme rates, including nearly one billion Faith during Ju’s experiments. 711
• Faith can be lost through theft, plunder, hostile Miracles, or the destruction of divine infrastructure. Jimmy notably stole 1,600 points of Tao God’s faith and a faith item. 100