The Gods' Game, and Cheng Shi's Purpose!

Cheng Shi suddenly became uneasy.

"You... you know?"

"Ha, why do you think I intervened and saved you?"

"Huh? Isn't it because I'm your hardest-working and best-performing employee?"

"..."

The enormous skull fell silent, eerie green flames rising from its eye sockets, its gaze seemingly having witnessed shameless Deception.

Although He did not speak, Cheng Shi seemed to think he heard a rustling sound of teeth grinding.

Oh no, the boss doesn't recognize the top salesperson's performance?

He quickly forced a smile, looked up at the Bone Throne, and the massive skull remained silent for a long time before speaking again in a low voice:

"[Destiny].

It is your other... Lord of Grace, [Destiny].

He saw your crisis, so He made a deal with me.

Let me save you.

[Destiny]!

It's Destiny again!

Praise your mother's Destiny!

Today I am a staunch follower of [Destiny], and anyone who dares to blaspheme my Lord is going against me!

I, Cheng Shi, the warrior of every day, am determined to die... well, I can't die yet. I must use the weapon in my hand to defend the glory of [Destiny]!

Despite expressing his loyalty, Cheng Shi still had some doubts: when did his Lord of Grace see his crisis?

He asked the question, and he didn't hide the fact that he was dying.

"When I took away that New Authority of Filth and Decay that was sprouting in you."

A nascent New Authority "Filth and Decay"?

What is that?

Um?

Sprouted Divinity born from fear?

It really was death that took away that Sprouted Divinity!

Fortunately, as long as it wasn't given to Lele'er, it's not unacceptable that it ended up in the hands of [Death].

However, Cheng Shi still tentatively asked, "What about Divinity...?"

"Do not indulge in wishful thinking."

"..."

Oh no, could the deal between Destiny and death be that he traded his Divinity for his own life...?

If you think about it that way, it's not a bad deal. After all, what's the point of having Divinity if you're already dead?

However, one thing is strange. If the Lord of Grace saw His own crisis at that time, does that mean that all of this was already written in His script?

Since He already knew everything, did He know that Cheng Dashi had returned?

Even if He didn't know before, He should have known by the time He found out. After all, He is a character in the script of "Destiny," a character written by Himself. As the screenwriter, He should know immediately if there are any Change.

So Cheng Dashi couldn't hide anything from Destiny at all...

So, given this, did his plan ultimately change his Destiny not?

This question is too profound, so profound that even Cheng Shi, who is now just a Cheng Shi, is so perplexed that his skin wrinkles.

[Death] glanced at him and said coldly:

"Do not try to get close to [Filth and Decay]."

Ah?

Cheng Shi hadn't expected his silence to cause a misunderstanding with that the Great One, so he quickly changed the subject:

"I haven't thought about it, I haven't thought about it, sir. I was just wondering if the other two children of [Prosperity] betrayed Him because they were afraid of His assimilation?"

The enormous skull was clearly still interested in the topic of "prosperity," and it nodded before recounting the sordid history of "prosperity."

You guessed right.

His second son, Dizer, fearing His assimilation, chose to betray his mother and plunged into Decay.

However, He embraces Decay only to avenge His own mother.

It is incompatible with the will of [Decay].

[Decay], discovered this, but still took Him in.

But He did not believe that, Subgod, He could resist [prosperity].

Therefore, He attempted to kill the "Decay" and usurp the divine throne.

Then, He was dismantled by Decay, transforming into a mindless, Desolate Walker.

Holy crap?

Did you know that Dizer's story is so explosive?

Did he kill his rival and usurp the divine throne just to take revenge on his mother?

Your idea is certainly ahead of its time, but have you ever considered that your act of slaying a god might be more like an undercover agent sent by your mother...?

However, I didn't expect that [Decay] was actually kind-hearted, as he was willing to take him in.

Cheng Shi recalled the moment he met [Decay] in the Blood Rot Tomb, he felt increasingly strange.

He... seems to be somewhat different from the players' stereotypes. He says that he himself is a pitiful person, so he sympathizes with the equally pitiful Dizer?

No way, the Lord of Grace of those players who self-harm every day is actually a god who likes to pity others?

Shouldn't you have some compassion for your Believer?

You exploit yourself to give to others, right?

Alright, alright, no wonder you can be rivals to [Prosperity]. One plunders, the other suffers – a perfect match.

The sharing on [death] continues, and today He has an especially strong desire to share:

"After losing Dizer, [Prosperity] reflected on itself."

Therefore, His youngest daughter, Lele'er, was born without any fear.

"..."

So this is the method of self-reflection—cutting off the possibility of self-reflection at its source...

"But Lele'er is a fool; He senses that His people are filled with fear."

Thus, doubt arose within me, and then, behind my mother's back, I asked her what fear was.

I miscalculated. The worst thing I could have done was to have Garuda guide Him to seek out fear.

Garuda, together with Him, went to the Sea of Desire, where He sensed countless terrifying calls within Sea of Desire.

Ignoring Garuda's advice, he jumped down.

Garuda wanted to save Him, but it was too late, because He had already Sinking, intoxicated by the beauty of fear, unable to extricate Himself.

Completely, it transformed into the Fear Mother Tree, which absorbed the terror of the Cosmos.

My Emissary, feeling guilty, upon learning that everything was beyond redemption, chose to replace that bitch and assimilate with [Prosperity].

The Mother of Prosperity, delighted in seizing my Divine Authority, therefore, she did not refuse, and so, she devoured Garuda!

Garuda died, died in the shadow of [prosperity].

"..."

Cheng Shi never imagined that the truth of history would be so absurd.

A kind-hearted young man falls in love with a rebellious girl, and is even willing to pay off her debts with his own body for her fallen character...

But bro, let's be fair, Lele'er might really be a fool. Maybe we'd go and assimilate with "Prosperity" for the sake of a fool who willingly falls into depravity Garuda...

Cough cough, um, it's all that bitch Lele'er's fault!

Just as Cheng Shi was thinking about these gossips, the next sentence from [Death] shocked him so much that he stood there dumbfounded.

"Now, you have opened up a new path of assimilation for the Mother of Prosperity."

So He thought, let us all return to prosperity and live in harmony with Him.

[Destiny] only believes in itself, therefore it will not agree.

Truth, from beginning to end, has been driving the fusion of Faith!

"Ah?

Is it [Truth] that drives the Faith Fusion?

"Sir, aren't all gods promoting the fusion of Faith?"

The massive skull paused for a moment, then nodded:

"Yes, but it is He who can persuade us."

"Then..." Cheng Shi thought for a moment, then decided to muster up the courage to ask, "Why merge Faith?"

"You don't need to know about this."

"..." Well, not having enough face, Cheng Shi nodded awkwardly, "You... continue?"

"Truth does not want to be assimilated by prosperity, but instead wants to seize the Divine Authority of assimilation from prosperity."

But He has always lacked the opportunity until today, when [prosperity] has openly broken the [Covenant] and assimilated the [Decay] Faith.

The Truth has finally been found, and the time has come to strike.

He wants to devour the Divine Authority of [Prosperity], and his reason is to uphold the [Covenant] and eliminate [Prosperity's] ambitions!

The Iron Rule of Order felt that the challenge posed by Truth also violated the Covenant, and therefore wanted to stop Him.

But chaos, in place of Truth, blocked the Iron Rule of Order.

[Annihilation], desiring to Muddling Through, Annihilation the Divine Authority of [prosperity] to please itself, yet is blocked at the door by [Folly].

Hearing this, Cheng Shi was extremely puzzled.

Logically speaking, he always felt that his Lord of Grace [Destiny] did not want to be with [Truth], but in this so-called God War, they stood on the same side.

Even more bizarrely, Folly, which is clearly the enemy of Truth, is now helping Truth and even shielding Him from Annihilation.

What's going on?

Is prosperity really that annoying?

He looked at the skull on the Bone Throne, puzzled. Sensing Cheng Shi's confusion, the skull paused and said:

"[Folly]... No one can understand Him."

"..." Cheng Shi didn't dare to think about why [Death] couldn't understand [Folly]. He asked curiously, "Then what about my other Lord of Grace?"

Such a grand event... didn't He participate?

The enormous skull scoffed, saying disdainfully:

"You annoying, Lord of Grace."

In order to prevent the situation from escalating, [existence] may have already trapped Him.

"..."

This was the first time Cheng Shi had heard Death say so much, and it was also the first time he had fully and clearly understood a game of wits among the gods.

And the origin of all this comes from the so-called Faith Fusion, and the god who promotes the Faith Fusion is the protector behind the Tower of Reason I see every day in the Trials, [Truth]!

So, this is Cheng Dashi's purpose?

He pushed himself to bring down [Prosperity], and then let [Truth], which Divine Authority of [Prosperity], kill [Prosperity], thereby breaking the so-called [Covenant]?

Cheng Shi felt as if he had sorted out the logic. While digesting the massive amount of information, he looked up at the green screen that was sometimes bright and sometimes dim, and watched the invisible waves explode on the tree canopy. He finally understood one thing, which was that Cheng Dashi's goal had always been "prosperity"!

Even if [Decay] is assimilated by [Faith] and becomes extremely weak, there is no One He who can tolerate [prosperity] assimilating them through the grafting of Faith!

Indeed, when heroes vie for supremacy, the weak may not die first, but the strong will inevitably become the target of everyone's attacks!

Therefore, the gods' spearheads were all pointed at [prosperity]!