Creator God

Upon hearing the Earl of Monte Cristo's words, everyone immediately turned to look at him.

Xiao Yu felt particularly alert, because of Naiser, Xiao Yu felt that the Earl of Monte Cristo must have had a reason for saying that.

"Oh, tell me about it," the prophet said calmly, sitting in the main seat.

The Earl of Monte Cristo rose from his seat with a smile. He first nodded to everyone, then strolled leisurely around the conference table, saying, "People believe in gods because they can obtain the power bestowed by them. However, becoming Blasphemers can also grant power. So why don't people choose to become Blasphemers? It's simple: people always hope to have someone to rely on, and powerful gods perfectly fulfill this need. Compared to relying on their own strength, entrusting their future to a seemingly powerful and almost omnipotent god seems like a better choice."

Moreover, Blasphemers not only lack this support, but their biggest problem is that Blasphemers are enemies of the gods. It's obvious that making such powerful deities an enemy would be extremely dangerous if revealed.

Furthermore, the centuries-old propaganda by the gods against Blasphemers have led people to despise Blasphemers. Therefore, we must package the Blasphemers, or rather, we must create a sufficiently powerful image for people to believe in. Only in this way can we attract as many believers as possible.

Before the players could react to his words, some of the elders were already getting restless.

An elderly elder slammed his fist on the table. "This is absurd! Since we are Blasphemers, people who despise the gods, no amount of packaging can hide that fact. A single Words of Blasphemy cannot be explained away, since every Blasphemers must utter Words of Blasphemy to become one of us."

The Earl of Monte Cristo waved his hand. "Heh, that's because your thinking is too simplistic. In fact, there are ways. For example, if the image we want to create is a god, we must give it a very grand name, making it more powerful than all other gods. We don't even have to call it a god. For example, we can call it the Creator, or the Creator God. We want people to believe that this Creator God is the only true God in this world and the most powerful being in the universe."

The Creator God created the universe and all things, countless worlds and planes, and ruled over everything. Then it fell into a slumber, and some false gods appeared, which are now known as the gods. They stole the Creator God's authority, became arrogant and presumptuous, but in reality, they were just powerful mortals, and were nothing more than false gods.

Xiao Yu knew a little about this. The gods in this world all had concrete forms, and they all looked similar to humans. There are two explanations for this. One is that the gods made themselves look like humans in order to make believers feel more approachable.

The second theory is that the gods were originally just humans, but they were elevated to godhood after gaining the power of divinity.

"In this way, we can make those who join our faith utter Words of Blasphemy," the Earl of Monte Cristo continued.

"Because as believers in the Creator God, we should despise all other gods."

Moreover, compared to the gods who have the appearance of ordinary mortals, the image of the Creator God should be more unfathomable. After all, there is no reason for a powerful being who created the universe to look similar to us; that would be too absurd.

Therefore, in our doctrine, we should tell believers that the appearance of the Creator God is indescribable and ineffable. He is omnipotent, and his divine power is completely unrestricted by the realm of divinity. He can create the universe and destroy it in an instant. He is omniscient and omnipotent.

Therefore, once the Creator God awakens and discovers the arrogance of the gods, he will be furious. At that time, he will destroy all false gods and their followers.

Only those who believe in the true God— the Creator —can be spared from death and eternal punishment in purgatory, and can receive the eternal salvation given by the Creator God.

In this way, people will be more willing to join us. At the same time, everyone who joins must recite Words of Blasphemy, although we can modify that, of course.

As he spoke, the Count of Earl of Monte Cristo recited a spell.

[You vile gods, I loathe you, I hate you, Curse you! Your names mean nothing to me, your divine titles are worthless to me! Your power will surely be mine! Now, I will seize your divine power...]

All gods are false; only the Founder is the true God. I will pledge my allegiance to my Lord for this word, and I will carry out the act of annihilating all the gods, for my Lord will surely grant me divine power.

The Count of Earl of Monte Cristo's statement is essentially a Words of Blasphemy followed by an additional text. Through wordplay, the meaning of the entire passage has been altered.

Xiao Yu could easily deduce what happened after people recited this incantation. After reciting the incantation, people found that they had gained the power of the Blasphemers, and naturally assumed that it was given by the Creator God, so they believed in the Creator God even more.

But is such a thing even possible?

Isn't Words of Blasphemy only effective against players? Does it work on NPCs too?

The Earl of Monte Cristo, however, continued explaining his plan.

"When everyone has come to believe in the Creator God, we will then expose the truth about the Creator God and tell people that the Creator God is someone we created, and that there is no such thing as a God at all."

In this way, the truth will surely cause a tremendous shock in people's hearts, enough to make them realize how ridiculous their past dependence on and faith in gods was, and this will inevitably end the rule of all gods and deities.

After saying that, he sat down in his seat and looked at everyone with a smug expression.

For a moment, no one spoke; there was no way around it, the Earl of Monte Cristo's plan was simply too outlandish.

It's utterly absurd for a Blasphemers to try and package his faith as a god.

However, after the Earl of Monte Cristo put it that way, it seems to have some merit.

The prophet nodded noncommittally. "An interesting plan. I personally agree with it, but this ultimately determines the future of all Blasphemers, so it must be decided by everyone. Let's vote now. Who agrees and who disagrees?"

His words immediately shattered the silence.

Xiao Yu observed coldly from the sidelines, but was inwardly astonished. What was the Count of Earl of Monte Cristo's plan?

His so-called Creator God clearly bears the shadow of a certain religion in reality, and the gods he refers to are also very similar to the doctrines of those old-fashioned polytheistic religions.

Monotheism holds a significant advantage in competition with polytheism. The only difference from reality is that gods truly exist in this world, but the Creator God does not exist—at least, the game's lore doesn't mention such a thing.

Xiao Yu was suddenly horrified at this thought. Could it be that Creator God truly exists?

Could it be that this Creator God is the key figure being cultivated by the Moha Religion? And those so-called gods are merely experience packages for the Creator?

He never imagined that the Moha Religion Cult had never prepared a fixed target to cultivate, but instead adopted a complete elimination system. Moreover, this God-Creation Plan was not the whole thing that the Moha Religion was carrying out for its own goals.

Furthermore, all the high-ranking members of the Moha Religion who participated in the War of the Gods could set their own divine backgrounds.

On the other hand, he became suspicious of the prophet's identity. The prophet had agreed to the plan and made it public. Although he said he would let everyone vote, the moment he opened his mouth, the scales had clearly tipped in his favor.

Is this guy also Moha Religion? Then my guess is very likely correct.

"I agree," an elder said, raising his hand.

"I disagree." Another elder chimed in, disagreeing.

"I disagree, this plan is absurd." Yet another dissenting voice.

But someone else immediately agreed. A female elder raised her hand and said, "I think it's necessary to give it a try. Even if we fail, it will only make the gods angrier and the people more disgusted. Anyway, we are the mortal enemies of the gods and hated by the world, so we might as well take a gamble."

"I disagree. If this plan is implemented, it will increase the gods' vigilance, and they might unite against us," an elder immediately raised the opposite opinion.

"Haha, you're overthinking it. The gods have already torn off their mask; they've never been united. Besides, if we can't stand up and fight against the gods, how can we gain the trust and following of others? After all, people follow the strong—at least on the surface. If we can't stand up and gain people's approval, then we'll forever be hiding in the shadows."

I agree.

I agree.

With the elders and Blasphemous Saint expressing their opinions one after another, it became clear that the majority agreed to the plan.

"I agree," Xiao Yu said. There was no point in opposing it now; it would be better to see what the Earl of Monte Cristo was up to.

Moreover, if this matter were to succeed, the conspiracy of the Moha Religion would likely be exposed. At that point, all that would be needed is to notify the National Guard Bureau to arrest them. In any case, Xiao Yu does not believe in the existence of gods; the so-called Power of Faith is nothing but a pipe dream.

The prophet nodded when he saw that everyone agreed.

"Very good, then let's begin implementing this plan, which we'll call the Creator Project."

The first thing to do is to formulate the detailed doctrines of the Creation Religion. We must convince people, and that requires a reasonable explanation. I will work with the elders to study and design these doctrines, but you all have more important things to do.

As he spoke, his gaze fell upon the seven players—the seven Blasphemous Saints.

As Blasphemous Saint, you have already accomplished great feats and proven your strength. Therefore, it is time to pass on the most powerful force of Blasphemers to you.

As you all probably already know, there are three levels of Blasphemers. Once you become Blasphemous Saint, you can use the most powerful skill – the Divine Power Seizure.

This spell was designed by the first generation of Blasphemers to ultimately defeat the gods. Blasphemers, Blasphemous Priest, and Ruins Blasphemous Saint correspond to the three abilities of Divine Power Drawing, Divine Power Theft, and Divine Power Seizure, respectively.

Only the Blasphemous Saint can learn to Divine Power Seizure this power.

When you defeat a god, you can use Divine Power Seizure, completely taking away his Power of Faith and divine authority, and converting it into your own power.

The Power of Faith can directly enhance your abilities, while the power of divinity grants you the ability to control the power of that deity.

(Xiao Yu guessed that it should be converted into experience points and domain abilities.)

"But remember, this skill is only effective against gods you have personally defeated. So it's useless against ordinary Blasphemers. Only those of you who have the opportunity to defeat the gods are qualified to learn it."

The players' eyes lit up when they heard this.

Xiao Yu thought to himself, (Damn, this skill is pretty awesome, but it feels a bit useless. At least for everyone right now, defeating the gods is just too far-fetched.)

But if it succeeds, they'll probably be ecstatic.

However, having a goal is enough. After all, players are not afraid of death and can gather an astonishing number of players to fight together. In the eyes of players, these so-called gods are nothing more than a group of powerful BOSSes.

In games, even the most powerful bosses can be defeated eventually.

With that in mind, everyone was eager to try.

"Then please follow me; the spell to Divine Power Seizure lies within the forbidden area."

As he spoke, the prophet stood up, walked to the end of the meeting hall, and with a gentle wave of his hand, a secret passage immediately appeared in the wall.

The group of seven followed the Blasphemous Prophet into the secret passage and soon arrived at a hidden chamber.

The secret room was empty, with a line of strange runes carved on one of its smooth walls.

"Now, stand in front of the wall and look at these runes. If you meet the requirements, you will be able to comprehend this spell."

The group of seven walked up to the stone wall one after another, and then walked away one by one with shocked expressions. When Xiao Yu walked up to the stone wall, all the runes suddenly came to life. Xiao Yu's vision blurred for a moment, and he saw some strange light gathering in front of him and rushing into his mind. He could feel an invisible force being injected into his body.

[System notification: You have learned a new skill - Divine Power Seizure.]

Divine Power Seizure: After completely defeating or killing a deity, you can use the Divine Power Seizure skill to steal the target's Faith Points and Domain Abilities. The greater your contribution in the battle, the more Faith Points and the stronger the Domain Abilities you can steal.