Fourth Catastrophe Descends

"Host, a reminder."

"Because you possess the Yanhuang Bloodline and chose the Eastern Deities, the path you will follow is the Path of Non-Belief."

"Your Believers will automatically be converted into Subjects."

"Faith Points will automatically be converted into Contribution points."

Hearing the system's prompt, Ye Yu showed a look of sudden realization.

No wonder the interface he had just seen listed Subjects and Faith as the options.

"If there's no Faith, then what path am I taking?"

"Cultivation?"

Ye Yu asked curiously.

In the World of Gods, nearly all deities relied on the Power of Faith to improve their strength.

Now that Ye Yu could not obtain Faith Points from his Subjects, he was curious what path the system would have him follow.

By his estimation, it should be the Path of Cultivation.

After all, Eastern deities cultivated, while Western deities relied on Faith. Everyone knew that.

"That's right, the Path of Cultivation!"

"The system has transformed the host's Divine Domain into a Mythological Online Game template."

"Any of the host's Subjects can begin cultivating after entering the Divine Domain."

"Nine-tenths of the energy generated by their cultivation will automatically be converted into the host's Divine Power."

"Divine Power can raise everything, including the host's divine rank, Divine Spark, number of Subjects, and Divine Domain Territory."

The system explained.

Ye Yu nodded.

This change made things much simpler and more convenient.

Divine Power had become an absolutely crucial attribute. Whether Ye Yu could grow strong would depend on how much Divine Power he gained in the future.

Ye Yu was quite satisfied with that.

"Simple and brutal. I like it!"

Time passed quickly, and the sky gradually darkened.

Just before midnight, Ye Yu sent out his Divine Sense and entered his Divine Domain ahead of time.

His Divine Domain, which had originally been only one square kilometer of barren land, now looked rather decent after the system's transformation.

Atop a towering mountain stood a majestic Main Hall.

The plaque above it bore the four characters Lingxiao Hall, written in bold, vigorous strokes.

This would be the spawn point for the Earth Players.

The Divine Domain was still quite small for now, so the system had pixelated its surrounding borders.

This indicated that the surrounding map had yet to be unlocked.

Once Ye Yu expanded the Divine Domain, the surrounding areas would be revealed to the Players as new maps.

Inside Lingxiao Hall, the system had even thoughtfully set up a divine statue for Ye Yu.

After making a full inspection, Ye Yu was extremely satisfied.

He had to admit, the system had thought things through quite thoroughly.

Normally, Ye Yu would have needed Divine Power to create things like the Main Hall, divine statue, mountains, and trees.

Considering that Ye Yu currently had only 10 points of Divine Power and could barely summon ten Earth Players, the system had essentially given him a free starter package!

Anything Ye Yu wanted to build in the future would need to be exchanged for Divine Power.

"I'm different from other deities. I can't directly obtain the Power of Faith!"

"I need to appear in the Divine Domain often and guide the Players in cultivation."

"That makes me the equivalent of an NPC in a game. Haha, interesting!"

Ye Yu thought with great interest.

Meanwhile.

Earth.

Inside a residential complex, Gu Du had just returned home from work and was preparing to play a few games to relax.

The moment he put on his virtual helmet, he froze.

"Immortal Path? What the hell? When did I download this game?"

By then, Earth's technology had become quite advanced, and the legendary virtual online games had appeared long ago.

However, no matter how advanced Earth's technology was, virtual reality could at most achieve something that only looked somewhat real.

Among the games on the market, even Bear Alliance, which had the highest realism, had only reached 30% fidelity.

As a veteran Player, Gu Du was incredibly hungry for new games.

Even though he had never heard of Immortal Path, he was only surprised for a few seconds before choosing to log in.

Gu Du felt his vision blur, and in the next moment, he appeared inside a grand Immortal Palace.

Large and small divine statues stood solemnly throughout the Immortal Palace.

"Monkey King? Erlang Shen? Little Nezha?"

"Holy crap, holy crap!"

Gu Du was stunned.

He excitedly ran forward, touching this and that. The sensation against his palms was no different from touching real objects!

"This game is insanely good!"

Gu Du had played countless games, but he had never encountered a virtual online game this realistic.

It was only the character creation screen, yet it was already this incredible.

After his excitement faded, Gu Du gradually calmed down.

"Now it should be time for me to create a character, right?"

Although the game offered no guidance whatsoever, it could not stump a veteran Player like Gu Du.

After carefully examining the Immortal Palace for a while, he finally figured out how to create his character.

On the wall to the left of the Immortal Palace hung something resembling a mirror.

When Gu Du walked before it, his figure immediately appeared in the mirror.

Then, a mechanical electronic voice rang out.

"Please create an ID."

"Gu Du!"

"ID successfully created. Would you like to adjust your appearance?"

"No!"

Gu Du chose no. He was quite confident in his looks.

"Character successfully created. You will automatically enter the game in three seconds!"

Divine Domain.

Ye Yu stood quietly in the plaza outside Lingxiao Hall.

He silently counted down in his heart.

"10, 9, 8..."

When he counted down to zero, a flash of white light suddenly appeared not far ahead.

Then, a rather dumb-looking figure appeared before him.

[Character]: Gu Du

[Cultivation]: Mortal

[Skill]: None

[Cultivation Method]: None

The system's Player status interface was extremely simple, simple to the point that everything was clear at a glance.

To distinguish himself from other deities, the cultivation realms of the Subjects in Ye Yu's Divine Domain were set according to the standard Earth-style cultivation novels.

Above Mortals was Qi Refining.

After Qi Refining came Foundation Building.

Then came Golden Core, Nascent Soul, and so on.

Basically, any Yanhuang person would understand.

"Holy crap, this game is way too realistic, isn't it?"

Having just entered the Divine Domain, Gu Du was dazed for a moment before finally coming to his senses and shouting excitedly.

He even ran over and poked Ye Yu a few times.

"Holy crap, holy crap, he feels exactly like a real person."

"Awesome!"

As Gu Du yelled and shouted, several more flashes of white light appeared in the plaza.

Then, one figure after another materialized.

From Ye Yu's perspective, all of them wore bewildered expressions.

Clearly, they found the incredibly realistic scene before them hard to believe.

In the next moment, cries of surprise rang out one after another.

"What the hell? Have gaming companies gotten this amazing already? Can you believe I can actually breathe fresh air in a game?"

"Which company developed this game? Did Ma Huateng make it? There are so few people in the game, though!"

"It should be in testing, but how did this game randomly appear in my virtual helmet?"

"Damn, look! This NPC is so handsome!"

"Where, where? Wow, an Ancient Style God! Totally my type!"

The Players who had just entered the Divine Domain instantly rushed toward Ye Yu.

One female Player in particular wore a lovestruck expression as she reached out to touch Ye Yu.