Chapter 371

Watcher Sleepless's gift not only greatly exceeded Sui Xiong's expectations, but was also precisely what he needed.

For a long time, the lack of high-level believers had been a major problem for Sui Xiong.

This was not only his problem, but also the most troublesome problem for all new gods.

Believers were the foundation of a divine kingdom and the basis of faith. Unless a deity chose the natural path of relying on nothing beyond oneself, slowly increasing and tempering their power over the long years, they needed as many believers as possible—faith was the quickest source of divine power.

Of course, relying on faith to increase divine power was somewhat dangerous. Since ancient times, who knew how many wise and levelheaded deities had stumbled over this, transforming into ugly creatures ruled by faith. When they finally fell, they would often discover that if they had not accepted so much faith back then, even if they had been far weaker than they were now, they certainly would not have died such a ridiculous death.

But Sui Xiong had not yet reached the point where he needed to consider that. He had pitifully few believers, and that tiny scrap of faith was not worth mentioning to any deity at all.

Being "ruled by faith" was not something just anyone was qualified for. At the very least, one's accumulated faith had to reach the level of medium divine power. Who had ever heard of weak divine powers, or even feeble divine powers, being controlled by faith? That was simply a joke.

From a deity's perspective, Sui Xiong had two urgent tasks. The first was naturally to seek divine domains that matched his ideals. He had already found good targets for that; whether "progress" or "development," neither had ever been claimed by any