Gods: Civilization Cultivation, Infinite War

Chapter 19 Divinity and Humanity

From childhood to adulthood, if there was any real surprise Chen Li had ever received, it would be the current Licheng.

The moment he was born, his powerful ancestor personally descended to incarnate and bless him. He also used his own might to open up an independent area in the Blue Star subspace as the foundation of his future kingdom of God.

This honor is extremely rare in the history of the entire pantheon. Neither his parents nor his brothers and sisters have enjoyed this treatment.

Outsiders don’t know the specific reasons behind this, and the powerful ancestor has never explained it to anyone.

Some people speculated that this might be because Chen Li's parents had already become true gods. Before that, his brothers and sisters were all offspring born to his parents when they were demigods. Only Chen Li was the first offspring born after they became true gods.

However, this reason is not sufficient. There is no shortage of descendants of true gods in the entire history of the pantheon, but few of them have received such treatment.

Some people also think that it is because Chen Li’s initial divinity was as high as ten points when he was born, which is why he attracted the attention of the ancestors.

Generally speaking, if both parents are demigods, the initial divinity of their offspring will be above one point, and the initial divinity of the offspring born between true gods will be above five points. However, Chen Li's initial divinity is a full ten points, nearly twice as much as that of the average offspring of a true god.

Ten points of divinity are already able to carry most of the intermediate priesthoods. For most citizens of Blue Star, they can directly ignite the divine fire and become demigods, but this is only Chen Li's starting point.

No one doubted his potential, and everyone thought that he would be able to condense a high-level priesthood and become a demigod in the future, and there was a great possibility that he would even become a true god.

In fact, Chen Li, his parents, and some relatives all knew that the reason he received extra care from the ancestors was not because he was the descendant of the true God, nor because his initial divinity was very high.

It was because he had been able to balance his divinity and humanity almost perfectly since his birth, which was the only reason why he was favored by his ancestors.

On Blue Star, maintaining a balance between divinity and humanity is a compulsory course for every citizen.

Whether in the stage before adulthood, or after becoming a novice god, a demigod, or even a true god, a balance between the two must be maintained.

Divinity is the foundation of divine power. Every citizen of Blue Star possesses at least a little divinity from the moment of birth, and it continues to extend until they become demigods or even true gods.

Humanity serves as the anchor of self-awareness for citizens of Blue Star, ensuring that they can maintain their identity under the influence of divinity, and not be enslaved by divinity and become puppets of its powerful force.

The reason why many demigods cannot become true gods is because they are unable to maintain the balance between the two.

Forced promotion will only lead to one being devoured by divinity and becoming a puppet without self-awareness.

However, Chen Li was able to almost perfectly balance his divinity and humanity when he was just born, which means that he has extremely high talent in this aspect.

For citizens of Blue Star, there are actually only two talents that are most worthy of attention.

One is the ability to cultivate clan civilization. Gods with strong talents in this area can guide their clan civilization to always develop in the right direction and maximize the potential of the clan.

This was no easy task. Even though every citizen of Blue Star was born with innate knowledge and had spent hundreds of years studying and accumulating knowledge before opening up their divine domain, a mobile super-library. Even with immense wisdom and profound knowledge, it was still difficult to guide the growth of a civilization single-handedly.

The most crucial thing is that since it is difficult for the gods' divinity and humanity to achieve an absolute balance, there will often be deviations when making various decisions.

This deviation may not be obvious to an individual, but from the perspective of civilization, any deviation in decision-making may lead to drastic changes in the overall situation and pose great risks.

Therefore, when the gods of Blue Star are managing their own divine domains, they generally do not actively interfere with their development. At most, they will provide a little guidance, and the rest is left to the clans to play freely.

Although even with the guidance of gods, the clan will continue to make various mistakes in the process of development, but with the gods as a guarantee behind the scenes, the negative impact of various mistakes can be minimized, and continuous summaries can be made in this process.

For clan civilizations, this can also be considered a kind of wealth. Continuous growth amidst various setbacks can continuously improve the resilience of the entire civilization, which is beneficial to future development.

But if the error is caused by the decision of a god, then the nature is somewhat different.

You have to know that what the Blue Star gods promote is their own true beliefs rather than primitive worship. For those gods who worship primitively, letting believers feel pain occasionally can deepen their faith in themselves.

But for gods who truly believe in something, if their own problems cause huge losses to their dependent civilizations, it will really have a negative impact on their faith.

In a sense, the gods of Blue Star are the supreme leaders of their dependent civilizations. This leader possesses absolute power, and any decision he makes can be implemented to the greatest extent in the entire civilization.

But whether or not to use this power is something that the gods need to consider carefully.

On the one hand, it is because one is influenced by divinity and humanity, which causes the various decisions one makes to be biased.

Once this deviation causes huge losses to one's own clan civilization, it will inevitably have a negative impact on one's own beliefs.

On the other hand, we also need to take into account the initiative of the clan itself, and we cannot stifle the self-development momentum of the clan civilization just to reduce the occurrence of some mistakes.

Therefore, being able to guide the clan civilization to develop in the right direction is also a very important talent for the gods.

As for the second most noteworthy talent, it is naturally the ability to maintain a balance between one's divinity and humanity.

If he has a strong talent in this area, his growth path will become extremely smooth.

Not only can it better guide the development of clan civilization, but it can also carry more divinity and increase the probability of becoming a true god.

In the eyes of Chen Li's elders, he has extremely high talent in this area, and becoming a true god will not be a difficult task for him. They even have higher expectations for Chen Li.

(End of this chapter)