Lu Xingshi temporarily set aside his research into the Seven Deadly Sins Magic Mirror and instead conducted an in-depth study of the Landon Family bloodline flowing through Flander.
Compared to improving external things, Lu Xingshi wanted more to improve himself.
At the beginning, his research on Flander had indeed yielded nothing. He had even suspected that Flander was fooling him, or that the Landon Family's ancestors had been boasting.
But as his research went deeper, Lu Xingshi truly discovered some clues.
Within Flander, he found data partially resembling Godhood, along with some unknown data that seemed to belong to a Divine Portfolio.
These findings immediately lifted Lu Xingshi's spirits. The returned data leaned toward activated Earth Element, which meant it truly was the God of Earth and Life.
With these discoveries, the research proceeded far more smoothly. Lu Xingshi also found something interesting.
The claim that the Landon Family were the descendants of gods and humans was utter nonsense.
The real situation was likely that the Landon Family had been eroded by the Divine Portfolio of the God of Earth and Life, yet had not died. They had remained lively and kicking, living on to reproduce and pass down their line.
This erosion resembled radiation-induced mutation, granting them special power.
That was the so-called Glory.
However, due to factors such as Twilight of the Gods and the fading of the environment, the Demigod Power known as Glory had gradually changed from an obvious power one could possess from birth into its current state.
Forget digging it out—even activating it was difficult.
Its original concentration and quality had also dropped drastically.
This was not caused by generations of reproduction.
"The nature is somewhat similar to the Werewolf Curse, except the Werewolf Curse is entirely negative in nature."
"The Demigod Power of