From God of Lies to Lord of All Worlds

Chapter 55: Where Souls Go

"In the Dylan Continent, deceased believers generally have four destinations:"

"First, those who highly worship deities will go to the divine realms where various gods reside, becoming petitioners in the divine kingdoms, where they will exist for a period of time until their faith is completely exhausted, then either vanish or enter the cycle of rebirth."

"Second, those with shallower faith will go to the realm of the God of Death, becoming inhabitants of the death plane, where under certain rules of death, they become those creatures or enter the cycle of rebirth."

"Third, those who are deceived, unwilling, or self-corrupted will go to the abyssal hell, becoming nourishment for devils or demons, though they might also become demons or devils themselves."

"Fourth, non-believers will be cast outside the many realms, into the endless chaos, becoming truly rootless souls."

Alvin's voice sounded in Bai Yang's ear.

Bai Yang wasn't studying the knowledge of the Dylan Continent, but rather understanding that world's methods for handling "souls," absorbing this knowledge.

The reason Bai Yang was researching this was because of the "soul" he had just touched in his hand.

"I never expected that this world actually has souls too, though they're very few, very faint, very transient..." Bai Yang rubbed his fingers together, letting these so-called "souls" that were gradually dissipating under the rules of reality drift away with the wind.

This truly was something he hadn't anticipated. Although Bai Yang had preserved the soul of Ivan's wife "Layla," to him it was more like a memory or consciousness.But now, this world suddenly had these special souls, enough to truly astonish him!

"This indicates that certain rules of this world are undergoing transformation!" Bai Yang judged. "This transformation is very subtle, but it's indeed happening!"

"Could this be so-called rule erosion? The rules of the Dylan Continent invading this world?" Bai Yang wondered, but Alvin offered a different judgment. "I'm afraid not, Your Grace!"

"Transformations in world rules would be calculated in tens of thousands or even millions of years. How much time has passed now? This possibility is actually extremely slim!" Alvin's words gave Bai Yang a new idea.

"So that means, the only variable currently existing in this world is me, right?" Bai Yang murmured to himself. "Then it seems I understand what's happening!"

Alvin asked curiously, "You understand?"

"Yes, I understand!" Bai Yang snapped his fingers and said softly, "The essence of this change is probably lies!"

"Lies?" Alvin asked puzzled, "But we haven't been spreading power..."

"Yes, lies, genuine lies that earn us Wish Force, but have we truly obtained all the Wish Force?" Bai Yang asked.

Alvin shook his head, "Of course not. The Divine Spark of Lies doesn't cover all power, there will always be Wish Force that escapes because of this..."

"Originally this Wish Force was useless because no one knew how to guide it or use it, but now... we have it!" The more Bai Yang thought, the clearer and more definite it became. "This Wish Force is giving carriers to things that shouldn't exist!"

"And these carriers are ourselves! Only we truly possess the supernatural, so they actively approach us! Haven't you noticed? These souls only exist around us, but when they leave us, they turn into infinite information streams? This is the change brought by the supernatural!"

Alvin was utterly astonished. "Doesn't that mean the superhumans we've created would also have the ability to perceive these 'changes'?"

"I think, yes!" Bai Yang said, with little worry in his eyes, instead appearing somewhat pleased. "And Alvin, haven't you noticed? These souls aren't souls in the true sense, but more like... the souls I defined?"

To make "Layla's" existence more authentic, Bai Yang had briefly defined souls, and in these extremely fragile, extremely thin "soul entities," he saw these traits he had defined!

"You are the only, true supernatural being, so your rules have been written into this world's rules themselves!" Alvin understood, exclaiming in awe, "Your Grace, your plan has been answered by the world!"

"Of course the world would answer, because this is an ascension!" Bai Yang tapped his fingers, saying with a smile, "The world itself certainly has no consciousness, but it can also sense the benefits of this ascension, and so..."

Alvin added, "And so, it chose to respond, to answer your choices, letting the rules you established be engraved upon this world!"

"It's still very early, these are just simple echoes!" Bai Yang shook his head, not as optimistic as Alvin. "I only discovered these souls by relying on the Divine Spark. If they're truly to become defined existences and actually appear in this world, everyone in the world needs to believe it!"

"Before this is achieved, these souls are merely phantoms!"

He took another wisp of soul, and under his infusion of Wish Force, it gradually solidified, already having an entity resembling a "ghost."

But the next second, Bai Yang withdrew the Wish Force, and this soul returned to its state between reality and illusion.

These things actually have no meaning. After leaving Bai Yang's body, they would be assimilated and disappear by the world due to the lack of so-called "supernatural field."

Only when similar superhumans appear would such souls manifest this tiny bit again.

They have almost no practical significance, but they hold great meaning from the perspective of the supernatural and divine definitions, representing changes in certain fundamental things.

Although these are still just pheromones hidden within the endless rules of the world, changed is changed, transformation is transformation - if it can change once, it can change a second time!

Bai Yang had this confidence. He came precisely to change the world, and all this came from his active guidance.

"Your Grace, this can actually be seen as your will influencing this world!" Alvin said. "When you ascend to divinity, the world will also complete its ascension under your guidance!"

"Ascension isn't that easy? But covering it with a shell called 'true lies' is something we can achieve..." Bai Yang nodded as his hand rested on the table, having formed his general idea. "But, these information entities similar to souls can't just be left to exist like this - it's too wasteful. We need something that can manage them!"

"A person or facility that can manage souls, a place where souls can have destinations and origins..." He tapped his fingers bit by bit, thinking carefully about how to shape or change this.

Soon, Bai Yang had an idea. Since it's a manager, first it must have no self-consciousness, but should make the most accurate judgments, only then would it not be troubled by personal relationships.

"Anyway, I originally had the idea of establishing a Kingdom of the Dead, and the thing managing these dead people's information should be a supercomputer!" Bai Yang said, pointing directly forward as massive amounts of Divine Power poured from his hands, completely forging the authority he now possessed called "Perception Information"!

A "person" with no facial features, wearing a black hood, appeared before him, bowing and saying, "At your command, Master!"

This wasn't an actual living being, but an intelligent creation with quantum life made from Bai Yang's authority, and precisely because of this, Bai Yang thought of his name.

"From now on, you shall be called 'Nexus'!"

"Your will, Master!" Nexus nodded lightly, standing by Bai Yang's side, then instantly vanished from sight.

In Bai Yang's vision, he could see that with Nexus's appearance, the information representing souls around them was being rapidly absorbed by him, stored in his database.

For now, these souls are just data, but once Bai Yang is ready, they will become the Underworld, Hell, Abyss, Kingdom of the Dead, Hall of Heroes...

With this information, even death has basis now!