Chapter 376 One thought becomes a Buddha, one thought becomes a devil

In the chessboard world, Zhou Tieyi's spirit returned from the wild world and temporarily shocked the central tribe with his own strength. While spreading his name as a god, he made other tribes dare not think of robbing the Yanhuang tribe. In this way, the Yanhuang tribe could use exquisite copper coins to exchange for slaves, and use the copper coins to provoke the plain tribe, weaken the gods of the plain tribe, and let the people there sell their gods for a good price.

Of course, new problems also arise. According to Wu Mu's understanding, winter is coming soon, and the wild beasts in the wild world will organize attacks on the big tribe. In the past, because of the obstruction of the West Mountain, there was also a banyan tree god close to the third grade in front of the West Mountain as a barrier. So it seemed that the Yanhuang tribe had a hard life in the past, but now think about it, they really have no worries about food and drink, and live in a world like the Peach Blossom Spring.

Zhou Tieyi scratched his head. Perhaps the plan needed to change a little. He couldn't just weaken the human race in the plains tribe, but also had to find out how powerful the so-called beastman tribe was.

Of course, after tempering his soul with the complete power of the moon and the sun this time, Zhou Tieyi's progress was also enormous as he entered the sixth level of 'Transmitting Divine Name'.

First of all, the biggest gain is of course mastering a complete method of resurrection.

As long as someone remembers his or her divine name, even if his or her soul is scattered, he or she can still return from history. However, the Manghuang Tribe is hidden in another world, and even a saint cannot reach it.

This also gave Zhou Tieyi real confidence, allowing him to calmly arrange the situation in Da Xia, because now, he could really put his life on the gambling table.

And at the gambling table, the most ruthless gambler is the one who can gamble his life with a smile.

In addition to the power of resurrection, the name of the god also has the property that others can gain power by respecting and fearing you, without having to worship you directly.

Although Zhou Tieyi has not yet figured out the specific reasons, he is sure of at least two things.

That is probably the reason why the beast tribes in the wild world regularly attack the human plains tribes.

In addition, he is not only the leader of the Yanhuang tribe, but his name as a god is now spreading among the tribes in the plains. At the same time, his greatest source of faith is Daxia itself!

Zhou Tieyi could easily feel the endless flow of power from Yujing Mountain, Shantong Prefecture, and even Tangzhou Prefecture. His reforms and influence on Daxia far exceeded that of a third-rank deity. The number of ordinary people he influenced also far exceeded 100,000, and most of them still had respect for him.

Therefore, under the anchor of this faith, powerful forces surged in from all directions, and for a moment he actually felt that he could immediately build the kingdom of God.

This power made him feel unprecedentedly powerful, as if he was in a state of divine descent, blending with the ancestral energy of heaven and earth, and able to easily kill third-grade gods.

At the same time, a flash of inspiration came to his mind.

"not good!"

Bright moons appeared around him and converged into one to form a blazing white light. In the true fire of the sun, wisps of the power of faith gathered together, just like ore entering a furnace, a large amount of impurities were refined and directly evaporated in the sun's brilliance.

Only then did Zhou Tieyi's inner swelling feeling subside, and he was able to seriously sort out his current situation.

It is true that the faith he now has gained far exceeds that of a third-grade deity, but it does not necessarily mean that he has fully mastered this power.

Different from the pure beliefs of the tribe, the beliefs obtained through the name of the god are more complicated. It's not so bad for me. Many people worship me for a very simple reason, that is, 'admiration for the strong'.

Because he admires the strong, as faith gathers in his hands, he will continue to make himself extremely powerful, and eventually become extremely arrogant.

“Faith is toxic.”

Zhou Tieyi said softly.

This was just a theoretical thing in the previous life, but it really exists in this world. It's just that he felt it for the first time after entering "Chuanshenming".

If people's spiritual beliefs are power in themselves and bring strength in themselves, then they can shape God, and God will be shaped in this spirit.

In the previous life, the image of God was formed under this power, and in this world, God himself was formed under this power.

While using the true fire of the sun to forge faith, Zhou Tieyi continued to think, "No wonder the fourth level of Shintoism is 'refining the mortal world'. The mortal world is like miasma, and faith is poison. Therefore, the fourth level and the third level of Shintoism are separated by a boundary, and the cultivation of various schools of thought afterwards is actually evolved by imitating Shintoism."

What ordinary gods worry about most is that their names are not spread far and wide enough, so they will not encounter Zhou Tieyi's situation when they are at the sixth level. They have strong faith, which is also the trouble Zhou Tieyi is facing now. Fortunately, he has evolved the Sun True Fire, and the Sun True Fire itself can refine the Yin spiritual energy of faith.

But this also means that unless Zhou Tieyi is willing to maintain this state of meditation until he breaks through the fourth level of "Refining the Red Dust", this is of course impossible. His power comes from the red dust, so naturally he also needs to deal with the trivialities of the red dust and cannot sit in meditation and practice like the old monk in the mountains.

In just a moment, Zhou Tieyi thought of two solutions.

The Tianyi Jade Disc emerged behind him, and most of the cracks had disappeared. Although the gods under Zhou Tieyi were still weak, the various powerful divine powers he had bestowed were more than enough to support the Tianyi Jade Disc, which was only of the third grade.

Under his guidance, a portion of the power of faith was integrated into the Tianyi Jade Disc, quickly repairing the cracks on it. In a moment, the Tianyi Jade Disc was as smooth as a mirror, reflecting the eight phases of the rotating bright moon and the brilliant sun among the eight phases.

In addition to guiding the power of faith into the Tianyi Jade Disc, a five-colored light shone between Zhou Tieyi's eyebrows, and a five-colored unicorn appeared on the clouds. The eyes of the five-colored unicorn were first covered with madness, and then returned to normal with the help of the true intention of the Five Emperors.

This is the third-grade deity Qilin Mingtang. Now Qilin Mingtang is also Zhou Tieyi's spiritual essence and blood. It is a part of Zhou Tieyi and can naturally bear the power of faith on behalf of Zhou Tieyi.

After all, many people envy Zhou Tieyi's power, including the five-colored Qilin that Zhou Tieyi displayed in the Golden Palace that day.

"You can refine the mortal world now, right?"

Zhou Tieyi asked without waiting for Qilin Mingtang to answer. A force of faith, transmitted through Zhou Tieyi, gathered on him, allowing Qilin Mingtang's power to recover rapidly. He even had a feeling that as long as this force of faith continued, he would even be able to recover to his heyday in just a year or two.

After all, the faith provided by a mountain tribe of 100,000 people is incomparable to the faith provided by Tianjing, the core essence of the entire Daxia, and Zhou Tieyi is the most shining son of destiny in this era of Daxia.

After accepting the power of faith, Mingtang's strength began to recover. He also had a new anchor point. He was able to slowly suppress the curse of the mountain tribe without relying on Zhou Tieyi's Five Emperors' true meaning.

Mingtang nodded to Zhou Tieyi and said, "Refining the Red Dust is the shaping of God himself, and at the same time, it refines faith into divine power."

With two different things bearing his faith, Zhou Tieyi freed himself from his faith. He said leisurely, "Go on."

Zhou Tieyi once again gave huge benefits, allowing Mingtang to see the hope of resurrection. Naturally, he had nothing to hide about the news of Lian Hongchen.

Anyway, in his opinion, with Zhou Tieyi's ability, it would not be difficult for him to obtain this information. It would be better for him to give it to him to show his cooperative attitude. They, the Qilin clan, are not the kind of people who eat for free!
"You also felt that, apart from the faith gained through the protection of your tribe, the faith gained through spreading the name of God was chaotic and even beyond your control."

"What's the difference between the two?"

Zhou Tieyi asked curiously. He compared the two. In the Yanhuang tribe, he had also borrowed the power of the tribe. At that time, he felt that he was using divine power, but now it seems that divine power has another meaning.

Mingtang reminded again, "Shelter."

Zhou Tieyi understood it instantly. "Rights and obligations are equal. God's power is innate and human-given. Both require gods to perform their duties. So the tribe's belief is actually the 'salary' that gods receive. It is legal income and can be used at will. However, the respect and hatred that others have for you through your deeds from a faraway place is in turn shaping you. When you use this power, you must accept their shaping."

Seeing that Zhou Tieyi understood, Mingtang continued, "So when a god is in the fourth level of 'Refining the Red Dust', he will fix his new image, and sometimes the image will even surpass his divine authority."

Zhou Tieyi thought about it seriously and said, "Give me an example."

Mingtang laughed and said, "For example, a mountain god's divine authority is a regional authority of heaven and earth, which is limited to the vicinity of his mountain, right? Logically speaking, he can only expand his authority by embezzling the surrounding mountains, and he can't even embezzle the authority of unconnected mountains."

Zhou Tieyi did not answer directly. It turned out that this was the limitation of ordinary gods. They could not even annex enclaves. How pitiful.

"But He can create an image. This 'image' is a spiritual symbol that transcends the golden body and material meaning. For example, He shapes Himself into an image of impartiality and spreads His name so that more people know His image. In turn, people will influence His existence, making His power carry the nature of 'impartiality', which is what ordinary people call 'justice'. This will make the deity itself begin to change, and will also give Him the opportunity to gain power beyond His own authority in the future. At that time, there will be no obstacles for Him to integrate the authority of 'justice', which He can obtain through the 'image'."

Zhou Tieyi thought for a long time and said with a smile, "The gods are guiding people to shape themselves and choose the image they want to show in the world. No wonder some gods are good gods and some are evil gods. One thought can make you a Buddha or a devil. It is not only you who can become a Buddha or a devil, but also all the people who can become Buddhas or devils."

(End of this chapter)