"Primitive gods?"
Hearing those three words, Lin Qiye immediately recalled his conversation with Thor in Asgard.
Seeing Lin Qiye react, Lingbao Tianzun glanced at him in surprise. "You know about them?"
"I heard a little from somewhere else, but not much," Lin Qiye answered truthfully.
Lingbao Tianzun nodded and began explaining under the puzzled gazes of the other Human Apexes.
"The birth of human faith can roughly be divided into three stages: nature worship, ancestor worship, and religious worship.
"At the very beginning, before humans had fully evolved into humans, they felt the most primal fear and reverence toward the changing phenomena of nature. This was the earliest 'faith' to emerge in this world: nature worship. As time passed, nature worship gradually evolved, branching into things like soul worship and totem worship, but at its core, it was all worship of nature and the unknown.
"As human consciousness gradually developed, people began worshipping their own ancestors, hoping to gain their protection and blessings through offerings. This marked the first time humanity's object of worship shifted from 'nature' to 'humanity itself.' This was ancestor worship.
"After human society took shape, as primitive beliefs accumulated and cultural differences emerged, many widely accepted and passed-down stories and objects of worship appeared. The Western Holy Church was one of the most classic examples of religious worship. The Heavenly Court, Olympus, Asgard, Takama-ga-hara... most of the 'mythologies' of the present age lay somewhere between religious worship and folk religion's 'broad worship.'
"The closer a mythological system is to 'religious worship,' the more Power of Faith it absorbs, and the stronger it becomes. That is why the Western Holy Church was so powerful back then. Great Xia's 'Dao' and India's 'Buddha' were likewise founded upon the most traditional forms of 'religious worship.' It is only that