Even Gods Must Repay Their Sins

Come to think of it, it was rather interesting. Long ago, when he had still lived on Blue Star, Ye Xiu had always believed in karmic retribution.

It was not that his life had been miserable and helpless, leaving him with no choice but to pin his hopes on illusory gods as his last refuge.

He did not believe in gods either. Born in a red nation, the education he had received and the worldview shaped by his surroundings had constantly reminded him that he was a proper materialist.

Oh, perhaps this ran counter to common sense, but proper materialists could in fact have faith in gods.

In the past, he had not believed in gods because there had been no way to prove their existence.

But now, after the revival of spiritual energy, even on Blue Star in this Apocalypse World, beings that could truly be called gods had appeared.

Well, they might still be some distance from omniscience and omnipotence, but at the very least, they had taken a solid first step toward the broadly recognized concept of an omnipotent god, had they not?

And as a proper materialist who also embraced karma, Ye Xiu naturally had no intention of giving that newborn Earth Spirit the chance to become a god that acted without restraint.

It possessing such great power was what the people wanted, but if it truly became as capricious as a god, then he would respectfully decline.

And, as it happened, according to this innate spirit body, its form could change based on the spiritual energy emanated by the creatures living upon the land that belonged to it. Once that reached a certain extent, even it itself could not defy that fundamental rule. There was plenty of room to maneuver within that.

"This storm arose