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After leaving the Pope's palace, Tang San focused his mind on his upper dantian, his gaze deep: "Why didn't you respond at all before?"
Electrolux rolled his eyes and then coughed, speaking seriously, "I didn't want to ruin your moment, Brother Tang. But to be clear, I saw nothing."
Unlike the remnant soul of the former Rakshasa God, a definite fujoshi who watched with great interest.
Electrolux even suspected that if she had a physical body, the former Rakshasa God would have joined in!
See? She got what she deserved—her soul was utterly destroyed.
Tang San didn't hear the last few sentences, but he frowned, feeling that Electrolux was becoming increasingly improper. Was it because of his own influence?
That shouldn't be necessary!
"But—"
"I don't believe you did nothing during that process. The balance in Bibi Dong's body can't just be from our dual cultivation," Tang San said gravely. "Although I did gain benefits—my qi, blood, soul power, and mental strength are all consolidating into a core, and my soul power even broke through to level sixty-five…"
Six months ago, Tang San obtained his sixth soul ring, reaching level sixty-two. Half a year later, he advanced one level to sixty-three.
Now, through dual cultivation with Bibi Dong, his soul power broke through two more levels.
But Tang San believed that Electrolux had definitely interfered secretly. Otherwise, he wouldn't have this attitude. Normally, when he was intimate with Xiao Wu and others, this guy never mentioned anything. Why explain now?
"Alright, I'll tell you…"
Listening to Electrolux recount his deal with the Rakshasa remnant soul, Tang San's eyes narrowed to a slit: "The source of the power of faith, the pious thoughts emanating from the mind?"
"Exactly, the power from the mind, a force only intelligent beings can generate. Non-intelligent species can't derive it."
Electrolux spoke seriously, "However, the power of faith cannot usually be directly absorbed. It's influenced subtly by the thoughts of all beings and cannot be used directly. Most deities rely on artifacts to contain it, like the Sea God on Sea God Island, who uses his trident to gather faith."
"According to the Rakshasa remnant soul, only the two supreme god kings, Good and Evil, are unaffected, along with angels and Rakshasas."
"Angels represent all the good qualities of the mortal world."
"Rakshasas, on the other hand, embody the opposite."
"Because the faith they absorb is very pure, extremely polarized. Conversely, the killing intent of Asura is more complex, which is one reason Asura wanted to abandon his god position—not just to explore the vast universe but also due to restrictions from other god kings."
"And the core laws of Life and Destruction are life and destruction themselves. They don't need the power of faith. In the one hundred and eight worlds governed by the God Realm, there are no legends about them."
"Actually, among the five god kings, only Good and Evil's situations are unique. The other three don't need the power of faith. But Life, Destruction, and Asura are enforcers. Especially Asura, who handles every task with his deities and officers, while Life and Destruction stay in the God Realm, responsible for preliminary judgments."
"That's why there are legends of the Asura God in the lower realms, but not of Life and Destruction, as most violators of divine laws are eliminated by Asura's enforcers. Only a few are taken to the God Realm for preliminary judgments by Life and Destruction."
"Asura, because he often enforces laws in the lower realms, has gathered faith, which subtly changed his character even though it's sparse when transmitted to the God Realm."
Hearing these secrets, Tang San pondered and asked, "Good and Evil are special?"
"Yes, very special, because they are the very concepts of good and evil."
Electrolux nodded. "They grow through the good and evil thoughts of all beings, unaffected by human notions of morality. Their minds are as pure as children's… Honestly, such beings are very dangerous. Imagine two children controlling the launch button for nuclear bombs—that's how I understand why, in the Douluo series you remember, these two gave up their divine status to experience love in the mortal world."
Only love can truly make a person grow.
From Electrolux's perspective, the resilience forged in life-and-death struggles merely cultivates a heart of stone.
"If Ji Dong and Lie Yan truly existed in the Five Elements Continent, they would never reach the heights of their predecessors after inheriting the positions of Good and Evil."
Electrolux continued, "Because they are ultimately human, too complex with their emotions. Good and Evil are the primal essence, transformed from the good and evil thoughts of the Creator who established the God Realm."
"From this perspective, inheriting a god position is not ideal for humans, unless the predecessor god completely dies, like the Rakshasa God. Otherwise, in understanding the essence of a deity, humans will always fall short of their predecessors unless they find a new path, focusing solely on increasing power, similar to the character in the original work who only pursued power without understanding the laws, relying on the legacy left by predecessors."
Tang San sighed, "Don't lump me with him. I'm much more compassionate…oh, I mean, more loving than he is."
Electrolux: "...After all I've said, that's your takeaway?"
"Let's get serious," Tang San changed the topic. "So, the power of faith is useless to us, right?"
"At present, yes," Electrolux replied. "But don't feel like you got a bad deal. The information we got from the Rakshasa remnant soul about the power of faith will help you manage the Blue Silver Emperor's virtual world in the future."
"How will it help?" Tang San was curious. Since when could the power of faith act like a "smart assistant"?
"Didn't you read a lot of novels in your previous life? Like 'Yang God' and 'Galactic Emperor'?"
"Stop!" Tang San interrupted, puzzled. "Can those really be used as references?"
"Not exactly, since they don't describe it in detail. But I've found that the power of faith does have similar properties. It might be possible to condense it into something like a virtual Heavenly Dao," Electrolux explained. "Once your virtual starry sky world is built, even with your mental strength combined with that of your women, it will be hard to manage everything. Using the power of faith to create an 'administrator' to assist us would be ideal, don't you think?"
The suggestion sounded excellent, but Tang San knew that creating the virtual world would take a lot of time and effort. Even if the power of faith could be turned into something like an incense body, a legal body, or even a Heavenly Dao, it would require countless experiments.
Tang San's assessment was simple: promising future.
However, he still didn't understand one thing—
"How do you know the properties of the power of faith? The Rakshasa remnant soul shouldn't know such specifics, right? Have you studied the power of faith before? Where did you learn about it?"
"You might not believe it, but you already have the power of faith within you. In fact, there's a continuous influx of it from the outside world," Electrolux revealed. "This might be because you're a master of spirit theory and a powerful soul master on par with the Pope. The admiration and respect from people gather as power of faith within you."
Tang San frowned, worried that the power of faith might negatively affect or even distort his mind and personality.
Perhaps it already had!
For example, he felt no guilt about having a harem now!
"Rest assured, this has nothing to do with the power of faith."
Despite being a soul remnant, Electrolux couldn't help but twitch his mouth. "You're just a natural lecher. What does that have to do with the power of faith?"
"Also, the power of faith is an energy that can only be absorbed by those with a condensed divine soul. It exists in another dimension, so you can't feel it, and it merely accumulates within you."
"Maybe one day, if you die unexpectedly, this power of faith might protect your soul from perishing. Over millions of years, you could become a god of faith, but whether you would still be yourself is unknown."
Mortals can neither perceive nor utilize the power of faith, nor can they benefit from its strength-enhancing effects.
Tang San was relieved.
He could accept gaining soul power through dual cultivation with Bibi Dong since she was stronger and he was passively benefiting from it. But the power of faith subtly influencing one's mind was a different matter.
As the saying goes: faith is poisonous!
Back at the Soul Weapon Manor, Tang San first took a bath to wash off the day's grime before joining the others, who were either training, researching, or shopping, for dinner.
"Third brother, I heard you spent the whole afternoon talking with the Pope?" Xiao Wu asked curiously while eating some beef. "Was it about that throne?"
"Mainly, I was teaching her the Three Dan Method to see its effects," Tang San replied, feeling that it wasn't a lie since Bibi Dong had indeed condensed a soul core with dual attributes of death and soul-devouring during their primal and ancient exercise.
"You're the first to use the Pope for an experiment." Ning Rongrong covered her mouth, then joked, "In the end, did you conquer the Pope too?"
Tang San's expression didn't change. Instead, he played along, "Of course, your man is that strong."
"Pfft, show-off!" Huo Wu threw a flirtatious glance at Tang San.
"Haha, let's eat!"