The Antakha Caretaker said, "Yes, you are correct..."
"The gods who were created were initially able to perform their respective duties and perfectly fulfill the missions bestowed upon them by the Supreme God. Driven by boundless curiosity and a desire for knowledge, five powerful deities created races other than humans: dragons, beasts, elements, undead, and fiends. These five powerful deities took the names of the five new races, becoming the Dragon God, Beast God, Elemental God, Death God, and Fiend God."
"The other deities did not possess the creative power of those five mighty gods, so they used humans as templates and made slight adjustments, creating countless demi-human races."
Hearing this, Bai Xiaowen asked, "Were the Antakheans among them as well?"
"Yes. The one who created us Antakheans was the great God of the Sea, Neptune, who is also the faith of us Antakheans," the Antakha Caretaker said.
Bai Xiaowen pondered for a while.
He finally understood. So the six great races—Human Species, Beast Species, Ancient Dragon Species, Elemental Species, Undead Species, and Fiend Species—had come into being this way. They had all been created by the gods.
The key point was that Human Species included humans and many demi-human races. Humans were lifeforms created by the Supreme God, while demi-human races were peoples the gods had modified using humans as a template.
For example, a deity might have been dissatisfied with humanity's short lifespan and created a long-lived race with pointed ears—the Elves. That deity would then become the "Elven God."
For another example, a deity might have been particularly fond of stone or forging, and transformed some humans into a sturdy, solidly built race skilled at smithing—the Dwarves. Such a deity would naturally be called the "Dwarf God" or the "Forge God."
Bai Xiaowen actually had reservations about