Originally, becoming a god was a long process of accumulation.
They were immortal beings who embraced World's Logic, aggregates of ordered "pollution," individuals striving to preserve their humanity—the product of continual evolution.
Throughout that process, they had to gather not only "power," but also "order."
All kinds of extraordinary knowledge were ordered pollution, as well as the steel framework supporting this towering structure.
If one wanted to climb higher and grow stronger without the whole thing collapsing, they naturally had to lay a solid foundation.
The Ark-like path of Order God's Divine Kingdom was a shortcut. It filled the individual with external "investment," abandoning humanity in exchange for stability. It was like deciding not to stack up buildings at all, but simply piling up concrete blocks for the lower floors.
Though the future consequences were endless, once one had reached that level, one was already an immortal being. There was no need to think too far ahead.
Still, every world's rules differed to some extent, and so did the standards and evolutionary paths of gods.
In this New World, one could be called a god at around Tier 8. Rules were regarded as weaker, immature World's Logic. As long as a being above Tier 7 could come into contact with "world rules," they could be treated as a god.
In such an environment, their growth naturally became exceedingly easy.
"The foundations of godhood and authorities that once required desperate struggles to obtain are simply exposed in the environment. How could growth possibly be slow?"
Lu PingAn had experienced several cheat-like strokes of fortune, but two of them had been the most crucial.
The first was at the very beginning, when he inherited Chris's foundation of godhood. The Courtyard was the manifestation of World's Logic, an inheritance from a higher existence.