Gods

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Gods (神明)
Species/Race	Divine beings
Type	Neutral Character (AI)
Status	Extant
First Appearance	Five Gods of the Five Great Royal Clans appear over the Wasteland 423

Divine Hierarchy

Rank / State	Defining traits	Notes
False God	A being with Divinity but limited power and incomplete foundation.	A False God from a Dead World may be only marginally stronger than an ordinary creature; inherited Divinity can make one stronger than most False Gods. 880
Demigod	Condenses Divinity and undergoes a qualitative increase in life and power.	Divine Power reserves, faith, and authority still determine actual combat capability. 1606 1623
True God	Gathers Divine Fire; divided into five stages.	A third-stage True God can overwhelm False Gods through vastly greater Divine Power efficiency. 1611
Main God	Raises a Divine Kingdom.	A completed Divine Kingdom allows a God to detach from its original world; if the kingdom remains intact, the God is effectively undying. 880 1623
Intermediate Main God	A higher Main God status.	Requires five hundred True God servants and two Primary Main God followers. 1630
Supreme God / God King	Exceptionally high-ranking cosmic Gods.	The human Heavenly Court Palace is led by a Supreme God and includes eighteen top God Kings. 881

Nature and Sources of Power

Gods are beings that transcend ordinary life through Divinity, Divine Power, and control over rules. Their strength depends not merely on rank, but on the amount and quality of Divine Power they possess, the rules contained in their Divinity, and the scale of the world supporting them. 862 875

Faith and Divine Power

• Believers are the principal source of a God's usable power; more believers allow greater Divine Power reserves and higher output. 862
• A Forest Statue's records state that roughly 1,500 believers can provide one unit of power. 842
• A God can collect Source Divine Power from followers' faith and loyalty after awakening Divinity. Impure Source Divine Power can create hidden dangers when igniting Divine Fire. 880
• Gods without a stable faith base become severely weakened once their accumulated Divine Power is exhausted. 1489
• Divine Power may also be traded, stored, or purchased. Banks in the Gods' world exchange special tokens for deposited Divine Power, treating it as a practical currency. 882

Rules and Authority

• Divine combat is principally determined by two coefficients: Divine Power and rule power. Their product determines the destructive force of an attack. 875
• Divine Arts can amplify an attack, though their contribution is usually minor unless the combatants' rule levels are drastically different. 875
• The rules carried by Divinity differ by world. Even weak rules from a Large World may exceed the strongest rules of a Small World. 880
• Gods above the True God level begin to possess authority, though this authority may be tied to a particular “small compartment” rather than the Wasteland itself. 502
• A Main God possesses more than 20% of a compartment's permissions and can shelter dependents within it. 502

Divine Territory

A Divine Territory is a space forcibly separated from the original world through Source Divine Power. A God from a larger world generally has a smaller but stronger Divine Territory, while one from a smaller world tends to have a larger territory with more ordinary attributes. Some Gods inherit a predecessor's Divine Territory instead. 847

Divine Kingdom

A Divine Kingdom is a world prototype constructed with Divine Power and supplemented by plundered rules. As it becomes more complete, it feeds power back to its God. 880

• Raising a completed Divine Kingdom allows a God to leave the world where they attained godhood. 880
• A Divine Kingdom's destruction can reduce its God to near-collapse; Lance lost almost all of his former capability after his Divine Kingdom and people were destroyed. 1450
• Materials and Divine Kingdom Seat Talismans can enable a third-step True God to advance rapidly into a Primary Main God. 1630

Paths to Godhood

Method	Process	Limitations / Notes
Borrowing Divinity	Establish a connection with Divinity left by a dead God, gaining its attached permissions.	The recipient initially has “a handgun without bullets”; Divine Power is still required to use the authority. 1412
Faith to Become God	Gather faith, ignite Divine Fire, and cast Divinity.	The most common cosmic method; it requires a sufficient population and a means to collect faith. 1412
World Will bestowal	A World Will directly grants permissions and Divine Power.	Adam used this method to create Gods among the Butterfly Universe's first-generation humans. Route-level advancement is described as a variation of this path. 1412
Blood Sacrifice	Uses sacrificed lives to form temporary authority and force ascension.	Temporary authority eventually dissipates; the practitioner falls back to their prior realm and cannot advance further. 1608

Limitations

• Gods are not invulnerable. A descended true body can have strict time limits, physical weaknesses, delayed attacks, and restrictions on its targets. 186
• The Tengu Ancestral God's descended body was limited to sixty minutes, could attack only one target once through a physical strike, required roughly three minutes to prepare that strike, and had a vulnerable point at the center of its forehead. 186
• Gods from outside a world may be weakened by world barriers, limited rule access, or insufficient Divine Power. 423 1489
• Higher rank does not automatically guarantee victory if a God lacks Divine Power reserves, effective techniques, or a stable faith foundation. 1609
• Formations can compensate for differences in authority: the Seven Stars Formation shares Divine Power and pressure among its members, while the Heaven and Earth as One Formation concentrates all power into one bearer at the risk of fatal collapse. 1622

Society and Economy

The Gods' world is stratified by strength, world origin, and background. Small World Gods commonly seek the protection of stronger Great World Gods by becoming subordinate Gods. 882

• The City of Gods at the Ma Nan Tree serves as a settlement and trading center for Gods. Its nine layers require both strength and approved background to access higher levels. 882
• Goods traded by Gods usually contain Divine Power and attribute rules, although many lower-level items carry restrictions that prevent their use in Super Worlds. 882
• Divine Power banks operate across star regions and charge storage fees; the Jade Spring Star Region bank charges 2.25% per Cosmic Era. 882
• Gods may enslave weaker beings or sell them as property; Lance states that the Curse Tiger Ancestor God sold his people after conquering them. 882

Known Gods

God / Group	Details
Five Great Ancestor Gods	The Gods behind the Five Great Royal Clans. They first appeared as Monkey, Pig, Dog, Tiger, and Earth Dragon, later identified through their leading figures as the Curse Tiger, Primal Pig, Straw Dog, Thunder Monkey, and Crystal Dragon Ancestor Gods. 422 876
Tengu Ancestral God	A Demigod-level Ancestral God whose descent was heavily restricted by the world barrier. 186
Wei Jun	The first known human God in the historical Wasteland record; inherited the divine position of the God of Courage after surviving 230 extreme adventures. 465
Yu Tie	Human God of Hunting and Black Tortoise Judge. He inherited an orthodox Divine Office and later reached the third step of True Godhood. 859 1620
Louis Rielff	Human God of Music; one of the three human Gods supported by the Three Great Territories. 864
Herbert	Human God of Wine; inherited an orthodox Divine Office and later became one of humanity's strongest Demigods. 859 1638
Moore	A Low God associated with thunder and lightning chains; defended humanity alongside Oreo with World Core support. 875
Oreo	A God associated with ice and snow. She possesses the divine right to create her own race and used an Ice and Snow Domain against the Ancestor Gods. 192 875
Wang Dong	The Xingtian War God and first of the new human Gods to begin collecting Divine Power through worship; he used it to destroy hundreds of Alien Race Large Tribes. 1609
Suiren, Gong Gong, Fuxi, Zeus, Apollo, Xingtian, Cangjie	Seven humans who declared their ascension during Eternal Night and became False Gods with access to Divine Arts. 1608 1610

History

Human Gods of the Earlier Wasteland

The first human God recorded in the Wasteland's earlier history was Wei Jun, the God of Courage. His rise convinced many human Players that ascension was possible, accelerating humanity's expansion and the growth of human divine positions. 465

This expansion also produced Gods of Slaughter, War, Desire, Terror, Malice, Death, Undead, and Plague. Within twenty Wasteland years, human Gods reportedly exceeded 35% of all Gods in the Wasteland, while human Players treated their conflict with native beings as a simulation rather than a true war. 465

Descent of the Five Great Ancestor Gods

The Five Great Ancestor Gods descended as avatars behind the Five Great Royal Clans. Their arrival was initially treated as an overwhelming threat, as a God could ordinarily destroy any clan lacking a True God. 423

Their purpose was ultimately revealed as the seizure of the Wasteland, a damaged but defenseless Super World. By invading and controlling it, they sought to elevate their own levels and gain the benefits of a Super World's Divine Power and rules. 862 876

Human Resistance and the Ocean God

Humanity produced the Gods of Hunting, Music, and Wine as temporary defenders supported by the World Core. Although they were initially called Gods by humanity, Lance judged them to be containers for Divine Power using shattered Small World rules. 864

When the Ancestor Gods descended in full, Moore and Oreo resisted them with World Core support. Their lower Divine Power reserves were offset by their access to the Super World's rules and home-field advantage. 875

Su Mo later revealed himself as the Ocean God, intervening against the Curse Tiger Ancestor God and negotiating the survival of the remaining Ancestor Gods after their alliance collapsed. 876 878

Global Gods Era

Su Mo later considered establishing a regulated Global Gods Era. His aim was to divide godhood into manageable stages, connect Route development to divine advancement, and prevent humanity from repeating the unchecked abuse of power seen in the earlier Wasteland era. 1414

Humanity eventually developed a sustainable god-making model based on technology, territorial development, faith, and precise integration of virtual and real systems rather than relying solely on inherited Divinity or blind worship. 1566

Notable Quotes

“Humans have no Gods, I am one.” — Su Mo 876

“Demigods condense Divinity. True Gods gather Divine Fire. Main Gods raise Divine Kingdom.” 1623

Trivia

• The five Ancestor Gods spoke human languages during their first appearance: the Crystal Dragon, Straw Dog, and Primal Pig ancestors spoke Chinese, while the Curse Tiger and Thunder Monkey ancestors spoke American English. 422
• Gods may be colossal enough to tower more than ten thousand meters over the Wasteland, though they can also shrink their bodies to human scale. 864 878
• The deaths of True Gods release Divine Power, rules, and Vitality Power that can repair damaged worlds, create new landmasses, and increase Spiritual Qi. 1623