Arda was not a planet, but a flat world shaped like a great disk, its boundaries marked by walls of darkness.
The Outer Sea surrounded Arda, while the Belegaer Sea divided it into two parts. The eastern half was the familiar Middle-earth, while the western half was called Aman, the legendary home of the Valar.
The people of Arda were not without faith. They generally worshiped the Creator, Eru Ilúvatar, and the gods. The former was equivalent to God in this world, while the latter were the Valar and Maiar, collectively known as the Ainur. However, their faith was not as fervent as Christianity in the real world, and they did not pray every day. Some races did not even care much about faith.
An Yang guessed it was probably because the gods of this world were neither powerful nor wise enough, and possessed none of the omnipotent abilities found in legends. They could neither brainwash their believers into fanatics nor avert disasters and solve calamities for them.
Instead, great demons kept appearing, dark forces threatened the mortal realm, and the Evil Forces repeatedly ravaged the land, leaving the people destitute and corpses strewn everywhere, with rivers of blood flowing in their wake.
In such a world, An Yang believed it would not be difficult to seize faith from Eru Ilúvatar and the gods. The Ancient God Path he followed was, after all, a relatively mature path to godhood. It contained complete methods for ruling believers, displaying divine power, and even controlling the world. He only needed to follow them to satisfy most mortals' demands of a deity and become a qualified god. Even if he wanted to innovate, it would not be difficult for him.
After his great victory yesterday, he had displayed almost miraculous abilities before the gates