Become a god? Ioulaum actually wanted to become a god?
Before Jiang Hao could voice his confusion, Ioulaum sighed and began to speak.
"There were countless times when I could have become a god."
Jiang Hao nodded. He couldn't argue with that.
Ioulaum had been the founding father of the Netherese Empire. Countless mages had idolized him. If he had wanted to become a god, he could have gained countless Believers in an instant. It wouldn't have been effortless, but it wouldn't have been particularly difficult for him, either.
Unfortunately, all that had ended with the fall of the Netherese Empire.
Harry Taylor looked at his teacher with sorrow.
At the height of the Netherese Empire, which mage with a seat on the council would have cared to become a god? Least of all his teacher, a mage who stood at the pinnacle of the entire Multiverse.
To them, the gods were merely beings a little stronger than mages. One day, they would surpass them.
Besides, the gods' divine power was constrained by faith. They had to court ordinary people who possessed no power at all, use their authority to turn those people's faith into divine power, and build their strength bit by bit.
Deep down, they had looked down on beings shackled by faith.
They would rather study spells to extend their lives than become immortal beings like the gods.
Yet hundreds of thousands of years later, the gods' Radiance still shone across the Multiverse. Of the mages who had once scorned them, only a few clung to life. Even his teacher, the greatest mage of the Netherese Empire, had abandoned his old convictions and now wanted to become a god.
He was even willing to trade the Nether Scroll, the treasure that had given rise to the Netherese