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Chapter 419: Soul Ownership Rights
Chapter 419: Soul Ownership Rights
"Indeed, the pollution I caused is a bit too severe. The activation of the faith in the Abyssal Demon Web Sandbox has failed."
Qin MuYe looked at the data in his hand. He had indeed been a bit reckless before, but the problem was that this deity was too weak, so weak that it couldn’t even cleanse the pollution left behind by Qin MuYe in the Abyssal Demon Web Sandbox.
Well, even the God of Holy Light might be in trouble, given the overwhelming disparity in strength.
"However, there is a silver lining. Although the activation failed, it does prove that the birth of deities is related to faith. Unfortunately, the Church of the Deity has a very tight grip on public opinion."
After obtaining this data, Qin MuYe’s first thought was to use public opinion to undermine the deity, but this idea was just that—an idea.
Because it was useless. First, this world was too backward, so backward that public opinion couldn’t spread effectively.
The population’s movement was restricted, as all people were considered the property of the nobility. Speech was also controlled, with only the Church having the right to publish or report news. Even if he succeeded once or twice, it would be quickly suppressed, and the deities might even intervene personally.
Qin MuYe had witnessed divine punishment, which could directly locate and strike through the faith module, effectively providing a one-stop funeral service.
Everyone in this world believed in the deity, so anyone who defamed the deity or had their faith shaken would be immediately detected by the divine kingdom. The information would then be processed to generate a response—divine punishment.
So, if Qin MuYe really tried to spread public opinion to undermine the deities, it would be a futile effort. The deities could precisely handle it, and public opinion couldn’t even spread.
In short, the Material Plane had been turned into an impenetrable pasture. Dividing any benefits from it would not be an easy task.
Of course, no one expected Qin MuYe’s unconventional approach—using a corruption-like method to create believers who would spread the faith on their own, carrying their own provisions.
He didn’t care about the faith of these believers, so he took what he needed from them and used it for his own purposes. He had his own source of faith, and using spirits was safer than using human believers.
"The source of faith energy has been clarified. It really does have a memetic feel to it."
According to his in-depth research, he hadn’t misanalyzed the nature of faith energy, but there was more to it. For example, soul ownership rights.
Once a believer was fully formed, their soul ownership rights belonged to the deity. This was more like a rule-level contract, which is why they would be taken to the divine kingdom after death.
Qin MuYe had received quite a few of these, not from spirits, but from human believers. The soul ownership rights of the group of Abyssal Preachers belonged to him.
This is why the faith module could function properly. Essentially, it was a forced, unequal contract signed by believers without their knowledge.
However, this contract could be dissolved, by renouncing faith.
On the other hand, the deity was bound by this, as they couldn’t tear up the contract.
It seemed like a good thing, but this gave Qin MuYe some ideas.
"The plan to transform the Abyssal Preachers can be put on the agenda. Since I’ve already been freeloading, desecrating the deity won’t be much different." Qin MuYe narrowed his eyes.
In his view, the severity of desecrating the deity was not as great as freeloading.
Soon, Qin MuYe had a very interesting idea about this unequal contract concerning soul ownership rights.
Contracts are never 100% perfect. With enough ability, one can always find loopholes.
Unfortunately, Qin MuYe didn’t have that talent, but he didn’t need to find loopholes. He just needed to make some minor modifications to the Abyssal Preachers under his command, and he could deceive the soul ownership rights clause in the faith energy.
For the deities, the souls of believers were their wealth.
True deities with real power were not like the God of Etiquette, who was weak. They could infuse their believers’ souls with divine power, transforming them into lesser deities, subordinate deities, and various divine servants.
These matters never circulated among the lower and middle ranks. Only the Pope, Patriarchs, and other high-ranking figures in the Church of the Deity knew about them. Even artificial deities like the God of Etiquette were unaware of this technology, clearly excluded from the inner circle.
It was quite normal for Qin MuYe to know this, as there were already spirit spies that had infiltrated the divine kingdoms of those deities.
The God of Holy Light, for instance, was not a solitary deity but rather a pantheon named the Holy Light. Besides the God of Holy Light, deities such as the God of Fertility, the God of Power, and others also formed a complete pantheon with a highly structured system, unlike the main material plane, which was quite lax.
Of course, being able to sustain a pantheon meant they had sufficient faith energy to convert into divine power. Otherwise, without enough divine power, they wouldn't be able to support such massive expenditures.
"Faith modules have been figured out, but I need to further study the other modules as well. After all, I'm part of a system called deities."
"Once the entire system is fully understood, the results might be even better." Qin MuYe narrowed his eyes, considering whether to find another unfortunate deity to bring to his laboratory. After all, one sample was not enough.
"Have Black Hand arrange it, and bring two more deities over."
"It's a pity that this world has no other races, only humans. Otherwise, there would be many more possibilities, especially with the God of Elves. I miss him."
The God of Elves had provided him with significant help. Unfortunately, his strength was insufficient at the time, or he would have moved the entire divine kingdom, thus avoiding any fatal consequences.
Although this world has deities, the God of Elves cannot be found, which made Qin MuYe sigh at the unpredictability of life.
Qin MuYe also speculated that the lack of external pressure was the reason for the current situation where deities ruled the main material plane.
"But why are these deities creating pantheons in their divine kingdoms? It looks like they are preparing for something, but could there be a divine war?"
Turning his attention back, Qin MuYe began to delve into the significance of the deities.
It was important to note that the relationships among deities were quite harmonious. They didn't fight to the death over faith but rather divided it like a cake.
【Zijin Immortal: May I ask what the senior is busy with? If you have any needs, please speak up. If I can help, I will do so without hesitation.】
Qin MuYe, who was deep in thought, suddenly noticed some activity in the chat channel.
"Ah, it seems the chat channel is based on the territory system rather than the lord system. I can still use it, which is quite bizarre," Qin MuYe muttered.
After his complaint, he began to ponder why this guy was contacting him. There was no immediate conflict of interest, and Qin MuYe had no intention of engaging with the other party. After all, he was a lord, and although his rank was low, that didn't mean he was weak. Back when he was at rank 4, he could still crash servers, so he couldn't underestimate anyone.
"It's probably a probe. Should I respond?"
If it were a rank 5 native, Qin MuYe would ignore it and let his spirits handle it. However, a lord required more caution.
After some thought, he decided to reply, at least to humor the other party. He might even be able to get something useful from them.
【: No need, thank you. If you have any needs, please let me know. I'll do my best to help, after all, we're in the same server and should support each other.】
Qin MuYe typed out this message, mostly to be polite. The only part that was true was the "no need" part; the rest was just a formality.
He wasn't that kind-hearted. He just wanted to establish a good image, a helpful and kind old man that everyone would like. Qin MuYe liked being a good old man; the more good people there were, the more comfortable his life as a villain would be.
The other party replied almost instantly, but with flattering words, seemingly trying to probe the location of Qin MuYe's territory.
Qin MuYe wasn't good at handling such situations, but he could see through the intentions. So, he responded vaguely, just to get rid of the other party.
The location of the Abyssal Chasm couldn't be revealed. After all, the other party was in the main material plane, while he was in the Astral Plane, completely different regions. It would be easy for the other party to make wild speculations and even go to the God of Holy Light, which would force Qin MuYe to deal with them one by one. This didn't align with his interests at all.
(End of Chapter)
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