Deities were very much like supercomputers a great deal of the time.
This was because they needed to maintain the mental connections of tens of thousands of worshippers. Though this utilized the [Faith Network] within the Weave, the foundational burden borne by the deity themselves remained immense. Furthermore, this also required accounting for the advancement of worshippers, the granting of divine magic, the feedback of faith, and so on. Every pious prayer from a cleric was a connection to the deity's network; through the sublimation of spirit and faith, the cleric was able to accept more power bestowed by the deity, thereby mastering higher-tier divine magic.
Wizards relied on themselves to learn spells, whereas a cleric's mastery of divine magic was entirely bestowed by the deity.
There was no need to study.
As long as they reached the deity's standards, they could master several divine spells overnight. As for their studies, they merely amounted to more flexible use and understanding of these divine spells, rather than deeply analyzing the construction of these spells like a wizard did.
Soren was a supercomputer.
The vast majority of his computing power was used to maintain the connection with the Faith Network. For this, he still relied on the mysterious data stream in his mind; otherwise, the mere act of processing the prayers of his worshippers would have been enough to render his mind numb. It was precisely because of this that many deities would find opportunities to slack off during the long passage of time, because they were simply sick and tired of personally handling the prayers of their worshippers every day. Soren's ability resembled a super-intelligent AI network, leaving unimportant matters in the worshippers' prayers entirely to be handled by data, while other important affairs would alert him.
For instance, the death