Chapter Sixty-Seven: Words and Actions in Accordance with the Way
When Soren finally made his decision, he suddenly felt an alignment with a certain great path, followed by the illusion of perceiving a certain power of laws.
No, no, no!
This was not an illusion because when he received the information prompt from the field of “Order,” Soren knew that he had truly perceived the power of laws this time.
And it was an incredibly powerful field of “Order!”
All along, Soren’s commitments were the most substantial aspect of the Overseas Islands. Why were so many pirates willing to follow Soren, serving him without flinching in the face of all dangers?
It was because Soren was a man of his word, clear in rewards and punishments—he always delivered on his promises!
This was “Order.”
However, this form of order was still not enough because it lacked weight. After all, the pirates were merely mortals. In the face of a transcendent powerhouse like Eugene, Soren was still able to resist the temptation to k*ll him and chose to uphold his commitments. The significance of this choice was entirely different. Even if Soren killed him, it would only slightly shift his alignment; it probably wouldn’t even reach “Neutral Evil,” at most causing a shift from Lawful to Chaotic by thirty to fifty points.
Yet, the benefits of killing Eugene were astounding—millions of killing experiences, significant divinity, and divine power.
The benefits and costs were not on the same level.
But!
Soren still held onto his beliefs, and at that moment, his spirit seemed to be sublimated. He suddenly thought of the “Father Oak” and began to understand why the Father Oak had chosen to sacrifice himself to save the entire natural world back in the day.
Deities.
Especially those deities who grasp a certain law, they are not merely executors of the law but also its maintainers.
Thus, the Father Oak chose sacrifice.
He chose to use his life to uphold the law of “Nature.” If we put it in the words of the Eastern World, the path chosen by the Father Oak was “self-sacrifice to prove the way!”
The Father Oak was certainly not dead.
Soren’s realization at this moment was something that mere divinity and divine power could not bring him because the understanding in his heart opened up a broad avenue for him. It also made him comprehend the essence that pointed directly to “Strong Divine Power.”
Even!
This path might also touch upon “Great Divine Power!”
Order was Soren’s choice, and at this moment, his newfound understanding opened a door in his heart, imprinting a very ancient and powerful force of laws deep within his soul.
Order!
From this day forward, Soren would become the executor and maintainer of “Order.” In the past, although his alignment was Lawful Evil, it was only now that he truly touched upon the essence of the laws of order.
“All things are orderly. The way of heaven circulates.”
Soren slowly uttered these words, but the others present didn’t understand because he was not speaking the Common Tongue, nor was it any race’s language in this world; Soren was speaking Chinese.
However.
Everyone else present understood this phrase because of the divine power known as “Understanding Languages.”
As Soren’s voice fell, the surrounding space suddenly began to vibrate, and then a golden light descended from the sky, directly entering Soren’s body.
The power of laws.
This was a glimmer of divinity, bringing Soren insights into the field of “Order.” Hearing Soren’s words, the Princess felt lost in thought, while Eugene’s expression seemed a bit perplexed. But none of that was the most important part, as at that moment when Soren received this bestowed divinity, many deities of the “Order” alignment seemed to sense something in the dark and looked up towards Soren’s direction.
At this moment, they knew that another executor had been added to the deities of the “Order” alignment.
Chaos and Order.
For long epochs, the gods have been maintaining the operation of the multiverse. The balance of the entire multiverse is generated in the collision between chaos and order.
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“Congratulations!”
The Princess gently approached Soren, smiling and congratulating him: “It seems you will soon become a being of ‘Strong Divine Power.’ The thrones in the Pantheon might soon change.”
Although the Princess couldn’t understand Soren’s language, she could grasp its meaning.
What Soren expressed had already proven that he was interested in touching upon the most fundamental realm of laws, and practically all deities who could gain in this realm could ultimately achieve “Strong Divine Power.”
Soren nodded with a smile.
Then, he waved his hand to retrieve the Godslayer Sword. As the sword fell into his hand, a strange bl**d-red glow emerged, and Soren felt a familiar bloodline power surging into his body.
This was the power of “Slaughter!”
The Godslayer Sword still retained the divine power of Baal; perhaps it was precisely because of this that it managed to survive for so long.
A line of data appeared before him:
“Discovered residual divine power of the ‘God of Slaughter’!”
“Do you wish to absorb it?…”
“Absorbing it may lead to the damage of the Godslayer Sword!…”
Without any hesitation, Soren directly chose to absorb it, and the next moment, blinding divine light erupted from the Godslayer Sword. All this power surged into Soren’s body, while the aura of the sword grew weaker and weaker.
In the end, only a trace of the artifact’s divine light remained.
At this moment, another line of data appeared before Soren:
“Absorbed the divine power of the ‘God of Slaughter.'”
“The Godslayer Sword is severely damaged!… Field of ‘Slaughter’ is enhanced!… ”
“You have been promoted from ‘Son of Slaughter’ to ‘God-Slayer of Slaughter!’… ”
“You have obtained part of the information pertaining to the divine profession of ‘Slaughter!’… ”
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The power of the Godslayer Sword completely dissipated.
All the divine light was absorbed into Soren’s body, and in the end, the Godslayer Sword nearly turned into an ordinary weapon. However, within Soren, a powerful force surged.
That was the power of slaughter!
He extracted the divine power of the God of Slaughter—Baal—from the Godslayer Sword and thus elevated himself to the God-Slayer of Slaughter while also obtaining information about the divine profession of “Slaughter.”
An artifact of the highest grade in the material plane in exchange for information regarding the divine profession of “Slaughter.”
Soren didn’t know if it was worth it.
However, he had risen through the identity of the Son of Slaughter; to be fair, the potential of the divine profession of “Slaughter” was far superior to that of the divine profession of “Shadows.”
Shadows were domain professions.
But slaughter belonged to the top-tier combat professions.
Moreover, the more critical point was that “Slaughter” was a core domain of the Three d*ath Deities, and this divine profession could delve into one of the origins of the multiverse.
The Lord of Shadows was dead.
The next matters would be much easier; handling the affairs of the Church of Shadows and the Shadow Thief Guild could be left to the High Priest. Soren’s most critical task right now was to amass energy to surge into “Medium Divine Power.” Now, his divinity value had reached 222 points, and his divine power value had surged to 112 points. The compatibility between the Lord of Shadows and Soren was exceedingly high; the divine power and divinity value he absorbed from the k*ll far exceeded Soren’s estimates. No wonder other deities enjoyed targeting enemies with similar divine professions.
………………(To be continued ~^~)
