"You new Gods, you don’t know it yet, but lifeforms can also become a God," Adam said, his enthusiastic tone a stark contrast to his vanishing figure.
Sunny’s mind reeled. "Doesn’t that counter what you told us previously?" he countered, his voice sharp with a hint of betrayal.
Adam had told them all that a lifeform couldn’t become a demigod unless they were a hero, and now he was dropping a bombshell that blew a hole in that entire rulebook that the Gods created upon his words.
"That was just to save you," Adam replied calmly, the wisdom of ages in his voice.
"There have been multiple cases where a demigod under a God became a new God and then killed the old one to take his place. It’s a sad, predictable story, but a common one in the old days."
"So why did you only tell me about it?" Sunny asked, his curiosity now overriding his frustration.
"Well, she will still be loyal to you, as she is created using a Divine Embryo," Adam said, as if stating a fundamental law of the universe.
"That’s why I said to you all that the Divine Embryo is the most important thing to a God. Not only will the creature you create always listen to you, but they can even evolve to become a God while still being bound to you."
Sunny felt that Adam was particularly more talkative today.
It was as if he were an old man, signing all the property documents for his children because he knew he was going to die soon.
"So can she become a God?" Sunny asked probingly, pushing for more information.
He knew that if it were any other time, Adam wouldn’t have told him, but now he could ask many things, and Sunny didn’t want this rare opportunity to go to waste.
"Actually, there are two ways to become a God," Adam said dramatically, pausing for a few seconds to let the anticipation build before continuing.
"The first way is through the sheer comprehension of a law of the world. If your dragon can comprehend the true meaning and function behind any of the laws related to her talent—like space, time, strength, defense, or fighting—she can become a God of that law."
Listening to this, Sunny’s thoughts drifted to his own talent.
The old system had given him the title of God of Manifestation, which was now converted to Manifestation Affinity upon the system’s demise.
"Does that mean I am the God of Manifestation?" he thought, and then shook his head, pushing the thought aside. He could think about that when he was free.
Adam continued, blissfully unaware of Sunny’s thoughts. "This way of becoming a God has its own pros and cons. For example, if there is a God of Fire, then you can’t achieve Godhood unless the God of Fire dies because of something. A law can only be governed by one God."
"But you guys are also very lucky," Adam blabbered on, "as the old Gods are already dead, so your lifeforms and you have a chance to become a God of any laws."
After a few minutes of blabbering about the pros and cons of this, he moved on to the second way of becoming a God.
"The second way is through the faith of a race. If billions of lifeforms believe in you as their God, you will start to earn the faith from the lifeforms. This faith is what will help you in becoming a God," Adam said, his voice now filled with a strange, otherworldly energy.
"Currently, your dragon can become a God through both of these ways. He already possesses a race, the dragon-born, that takes him as their ancestor God, and a new race is being created by his blessings. When the number of lifeforms in these races becomes large enough, he will be able to jump the barrier between a demigod and God. That will be the time your dragon becomes a God."
Sunny, with this newfound knowledge, was already on cloud nine.
This situation meant that his territory could have multiple Gods in the future, as most of the demigods in his territory had a race under their control.
"You can also try to comprehend a law according to your talent and then become a God of that law," Adam gave Sunny his suggestions.
"The more you delay, the more there is a chance of some other Gods comprehending that talent and becoming a God."
"What is the difference between the Gods of a law and the Gods of a race?" Sunny asked.
"A God of a race is a God who derives his powers from the faith of his lifeforms. Without this faith, that God is nothing," Adam said.
He waited for Sunny to digest this knowledge and then added, "While a God of a law is a powerhouse in its own right. They have a power system of their own. For example, a God of Fire can control any fire in the whole multiverse without consuming anything. But if he wants to build a new fire, he would have to use energy, for example, faith, mana, etc."
"They are beings capable of overturning the entire universe with just a flick of their hands," Adam replied to Sunny’s question.
Sunny, like a curious child, continuously asked multiple questions, and Adam, like a wise elder, replied to all his questions patiently.
"I always wanted to ask you, how did you manipulate the Gods to give you their Divine Embryos?" Adam asked Sunny, a question that had haunted him since the day the old system died.
If the part of his soul that was transformed into the system hadn’t died, he would have easily been able to know this.
But that part of his soul died, and he knew nothing about any God.
He didn’t know any of their talents, what they did during the seven days, or how Sunny had traded so many items that he crashed the system’s warehouse of faith.