"Candlelight God" told you that the one who had asked him to come kill you was "Great Wood," the Monarch of this region, because you had killed a highly renowned Great Sword Master in Great Wood's territory.
You fell silent for a moment. "That First-Rate Great Sword Master who could release Force Qi—I killed him. Do you think you can handle me?"
Candlelight God replied, "Everyone said that with the Great Sword Master's strength, you couldn't possibly have been his match and had only killed him through despicable means... Besides, the Great Sword Master had always revered this god, saying that no matter how strong he was, he was still no match for this god."
Yun Shou scratched his head. "So what you mean is, a Grandmaster-level powerhouse is born into the world and suddenly sees a five-year-old child. That child happened to grow a tail due to atavism, and it happened to match some Registered God from mythology, so people worship him as a god."
"Then that Grandmaster can only bow and scrape before a little brat. If the child tells him to kneel, he kneels, because no matter how badass the Grandmaster is, he never claimed to be a god descended into the world and has no divine rank. So he's still a head shorter than the kid?"
He had not personally experienced the simulation, but he felt that his guess was more or less correct.
At most, there were a few more restrictive conditions added later on.
After hearing Candlelight God's explanation, you cursed him as an idiot and finished him with a single slash. His Blood Essence... did not taste as delicious as Formless God's.
No matter. You still had Great Wood Monarch as a target. He ruled several hundred li of territory, so he surely