In most myths, the creator who "created mankind" stood at the very highest level.
Or rather, titles like "Supreme God," "Only God," and "Creation God" were often borne by great beings who had created races.
But in this Evolution World, races were not constant. After all, matter and souls could be converted into each other, and changing a soul's shell was within the realm of possibility.
This greatly lowered the threshold for "creation," while also giving this world an endless supply of soldiers and possibilities.
And having a favored race, a nation, or some so-called "collective faction" might also be necessary to ascend to a higher level.
"They inherited my factors, practiced my path, understood and even continued my 'principle.'"
Lu PingAn could see that some of his own "existence" was already contained within these descendants.
Their actions, their survival, and their deaths were all extensions of Lu PingAn's "existence." In a sense, wherever his influence reached, Lu PingAn could be considered omnipresent.
"I think I understand Firebird a little."
Lu PingAn had been unable to understand before, but now it seemed Firebird was a similar kind of existence.
It was only that They had gone a step further. To Them, the flesh had long ceased to matter; "existence" was the essence.
Just as gods embedded themselves into this world, those higher beings had embedded themselves into the entire multiverse on the level of "conceptual existence."
A name, a title, a designation pointing toward an "existence" could allow one to touch Them.
"I'm afraid that even if They truly died physically, as long as someone still remembered Them and called Their names, They might be able to return from death."
Lu PingAn understood a little. If the Twelve Pillars truly were legendary Tier 12 or even Tier 13 existences, They