Wang Zhen never understood why Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent god and one of the highest-ranking deities, was indifferent to his desire to extract Quetzalcoatl's power. Quetzalcoatl even encouraged Wang Zhen to suggest exchanging temples and statues for the power, and personally extracted the power from the Aztec Gold for Wang Zhen to take!
He used a great search technique in his memory, but unfortunately, Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent god, was both a top god in Aztec mythology and the Kukulkan in Mayan Civilization. However, to this day, the traces of this god are still hard to find. There are no temples or statues dedicated to him. Even in human memory, only a very small number of people know of his existence. And this is only in reality, where his figure occasionally makes a fleeting appearance in anime or games.
In the world of Pirates of the Caribbean, it was an era in which European countries such as Spain and the British Empire were carrying out global colonial plunder, and the Americas, where Quetzalcoatl was located, happened to be a major disaster area. The most obvious example is that chest of Aztec Gold.
Previously, the Aztec Gold had attracted Wang Zhen's attention because of their unique curse of immortality. Now, having not only witnessed Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent god, but also obtained his divine power, he finally had some plausible guesses about the strange curse on this box of Aztec Gold.
According to Wang Zhen's speculation, this box of gold coins should have originally been a statue of Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent god! In other words, the colonists destroyed the temple, melted down the statue of Quetzalcoatl, and transformed it into a box of gold coins. Such blasphemous acts would surely be cursed. However, since the temple of Quetzalcoatl is no longer there, and the statue of Quetzalcoatl is also gone, the original curse would naturally be death for the blasphemers. But once no one has any connection with these Aztec Gold, these Aztec Gold, i. e., the feathered serpent statue, will have no followers. The feathered serpent god, sleeping in his divine kingdom, will have no beacon to return to and will never be able to descend upon this world again.
A beacon of faith is a mark that guides the divine back to its source!
Before being plundered and destroyed by colonists, Quetzalcoatl had no worries. However, when the colonists brutally conquered the Americas with their powerful ships, cannons, and firearms, these Catholics naturally showed no mercy to Quetzalcoatl and other indigenous American gods. Temples were destroyed, statues were ruined, and these indigenous gods were not only erased from historical records but also from the faith. Without the beacon of faith, the gods had no chance of returning.
This is why Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent god, turned a blind eye to Wang Zhen's attempt to extract his divine power!
Compared to the beacon of faith, divine power is nothing!
Especially when Quetzalcoatl discovered that Wang Zhen was actually an Alchemy who followed the principle of equivalent exchange, it was a godsend! Previously, Quetzalcoatl could only forcibly convert Barbossa and the other pirates into beacons of faith through curses, but this was not safe, after all, Barbossa and the other pirates were greedy and crude, and there was no possibility of them having faith. Sure enough, after realizing that although they were immortal, they could not enjoy life, these pirates began to seek to lift the curse, and in the end, they did obtain a blood sacrifice evil magic from the sea goddess Calypso.
Therefore, when Quetzalcoatl saw that Wang Zhen was interested in his divine power, he knew that his opportunity had arrived!
In fact, Quetzalcoatl did seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Although Wang Zhen was not a good person, he would not cheat others unless they cheated him. So, when Quetzalcoatl handed over his divine power, Wang Zhen simply built a temple and a golden statue for the down-on-his-luck Quetzalcoatl!
It was this temple and statue that allowed Quetzalcoatl to successfully establish his guiding light, which was the golden light that Wang Zhen had seen earlier, soaring into the sky. It was because Wang Zhen kept his promise that Quetzalcoatl did not fall into an endless slumber or be unable to return.
Of course, this feathered serpent god Quetzalcoatl was also generous and magnanimous, repaying Wang Zhen's kindness with kindness. He not only taught Wang Zhen the divine skill of the " Sun Calendar Stone ", but also the ultimate killing technique "Blazing Flame - Burning Gods".
Having glimpsed the secrets of the divine beacon of faith, Wang Zhen suddenly realized that becoming a god might be quite troublesome. After all, gaining faith would require establishing a religion, spreading its doctrines, cultivating believers, and harvesting faith—a very complicated process. Moreover, proselytizing would inevitably clash with the religions of the story world, leading to conflict and strife. This battle of faith would be a life-or-death struggle, far more brutal than a team battle, because in a team battle, one might survive even after defeat. But in a battle of faith, it truly determines victory and defeat, and the winner would never allow the loser to survive.
Even Quetzalcoatl, a major god in Aztec mythology and a top deity of the Americas, almost had his religious landmarks destroyed and lost the possibility of returning to the world due to the colonists' actions of cutting down mountains and destroying temples. This is absolutely tragic for a god.
Especially when you see Quetzalcoatl's divine skills and finishing moves in the illusion, they are incredibly powerful and domineering. Even Tiamat. This shows just how strong this great god in Aztec mythology is!
However, even such a powerful god, due to the lack of faith, has his divine power dissipated. With the destruction of the beacon of faith, even returning to the world has become a luxury. How tragic!
"Faith? Who offered this poisoned bait to the gods?"
"Indeed, faith can enhance the divine power of gods, making them more powerful. However, once faith is lost, the divine power of gods will also dissipate."
In other words, faith can make gods stronger, or it can make them weaker.
"Without the beacon of faith, gods cannot even descend, let alone return; they can only slumber in their divine kingdom."
"That kind of god is not my future!"
The " Hela Finkel " raced across the vast ocean, allowing this colossal ship, centered around the Yamata no Orochi no Orochi clone, to sail freely without any scruples. Wang Zhen, standing at the bow, was constantly contemplating the issues of gods and faith, so he didn't set any target for the warship beneath his feet. In his mind, the " Hela Finkel," with the Yamata no Orochi clone at its core, would have no rivals.
Even the other three legendary pirate ships won't do!