Yes, I became a god just by exercising.

Chapter 28 Mad Whispers? I understood it all!
The square pear wood altar exudes a faint, pleasant fragrance.

The bone fragment that carried the secret covenant of the Etheric Source was trembling slightly but at an extremely high frequency on the altar.

The tiny, rice-grain-sized inscriptions all lit up, radiating a soft, pale golden light.

Xia Fa picked up the pure silver quill pen, which felt heavy and cold to the touch. Then, he unscrewed the glass bottle containing the water of the Holy Spirit Spring.

The moment the tin lid was unscrewed, a holy aura spread out, and the entire church seemed to be covered with a layer of radiance.

Xia Fa slowly exhaled a breath of stale air, took a pure silver quill pen, and dipped it in the water of the Holy Spirit Spring.

He bent down, resting his elbows on the altar, and the silvery pen tip landed on the white bone fragment.

Sunlight streamed through the stained glass windows, bathing the chafing and the altar in a warm glow.

For some reason, this scene looked somewhat sacred.

But then Xia Fa stopped moving, as if he had been frozen in place.

Tyrene stood not far from him, seemingly protecting him. Seeing this, she was slightly startled and said with concern:

"what happened?"

Xia Fa then raised his head and smiled rather embarrassedly:
"This...that...signing a secret agreement, what exactly should be written on it?"

Tyrene's expression froze, his face showing an inability to say anything.

To be honest, he almost thought Xia Fa was about to lose control...

Tyrene spoke again, his tone weary, and slowly replied:
"Hmm... Just write your name, remember, it must be your full name."

Xia Fa nodded to indicate that he understood, and turned back around again.

My full name... what was it again?

Before he transmigrated, he was also called Xia Fa, which is quite a coincidence, but he certainly wouldn't just write the two characters Xia Fa.

He struggled to search for fragments of memory, and in just a moment, a complete name appeared in his mind.

Xia Fa's expression turned serious, and he carefully wrote his name in the blank space below the bone fragment.

Xiafa de Augustus

Tyrene glanced at it, his tone tinged with a sigh, as if talking to himself:

"Augustus? That's an ancient and prestigious surname..."

The capital of the Kingdom of Augustus was called Augustus, but the current royal family does not have the surname Augustus, but rather Selenes.

The reason, however, is intriguing and shrouded in mystery.

More than seven hundred years ago, the Selene family suddenly replaced the Augustus family, which was the royal family, and became the new royal family.

No one knows exactly what happened, only that after this incident, the Augustus family still stood in the Kingdom of Augustus, only their status changed from royalty to great nobility.

Ellis also curiously peeked in, a look of surprise on her face:

"Huh? Are the Xia brothers descendants of nobility? Their middle names even have 'De' in them. Wait, Augustus, isn't that the royal family's surname from over seven hundred years ago?"

But he immediately dismissed his own speculation:
"No, I've heard that Augustus' descendants are all characterized by their blond hair and blue eyes..."

Clearly, Xia Fa, with his black hair and black eyes, does not meet this requirement.

Tyrene glanced at him and then noticed that there was another person present who did not belong to the Silver Church.

Having already explained the mission, he gestured with his chin toward the church door, indicating for Ellis to go out.

Governor Ellis dared not disobey. He bowed respectfully to the demigod and immediately turned and left the church.

From beginning to end, he didn't dare to show even the slightest displeasure on his face.

Xia Fa did not hear Governor Ellis's words. In fact, the moment he finished writing his name, he felt a huge barrier descend upon him, completely separating him from the outside world.

On that piece of white bone, amidst the densely packed, rice-grain-sized runes, countless strands of pale golden light suddenly burst forth, like countless fireflies surging towards him.

In Xia Fa's perception, these pale golden rays quickly engulfed him, weaving together into a giant golden cocoon.

And he was trapped inside the cocoon.

The giant golden cocoon pulsated like a heart, contracting and expanding in a continuous cycle, giving one the feeling that it was breathing.

Extremely astonishing changes are taking place within it.

……

At this moment, Xia Fa, inside the golden cocoon, felt as if he had fallen into an endless abyss, and darkness quickly enveloped him.

As you fall, even your senses are taken away, as if there is no end in sight.

After an unknown amount of time, the downward momentum slowed down, as if it had fallen into a giant net in the darkness, or as if it had finally reached the bottom.

Xia Fa groped his way to his feet and felt his senses returning.

The first thing he regained was his vision, but the moment he opened his eyes, all he saw was endless darkness. But at the end of the darkness, there were dazzling points of light floating like an ocean.

However, those dazzling points of light, stretching out like a vast ocean, appeared for only a moment before disappearing.

Everything, both near and far, became completely dark. Next, his sense of smell returned; he flared his nostrils twice, but couldn't smell anything.

Then, my hearing returned.

In that instant, Xia Fa trembled violently, as if his head had been struck hard by two steel hammers at the same time.

Like a tsunami or a landslide, countless sounds rushed into his ears, immediately causing him to show signs of extreme pain.

Those sounds… those sounds included whispers, frantic screams, furious roars, piercing shrieks, and pitiful pleas…

All the voices seemed to be going crazy, desperately trying to penetrate his mind.

It was like a cold awl, trying to pierce his brain!

Xiafa instinctively covered his ears, but the sounds seemed to penetrate his palms and continued to pour into his ears endlessly.

The murmured whispers, speaking softly, seemed to be tempting him to fall into depravity with his deepest desires.

His frenzied roar was as if he wanted to infuse his soul with that extreme madness, shaking his will.

His furious roar shook his body and mind, as if it would shatter his body, carrying an irresistible majesty.

And that piercing scream, like a demon crawling out of the depths of hell, carrying endless resentment and chilling cold.

As for the pitiful pleas, they seemed to be desperately begging him for something, trying to plant pity in his head and force him to lend a helping hand.

These voices surrounded him, never ceasing.

No matter what methods are used, these sounds cannot be stopped, or even temporarily isolated for a second.

A surge of frenzied restlessness suddenly rose uncontrollably from the depths of Xia Fa's heart, and countless bloodthirsty thoughts flashed through his mind.

"Oh no, this is getting out of control..."

After realizing his current situation, Xia Fa gritted his teeth and tried his best to maintain his composure and fight against these voices.

Just then, a slight, stinging electric current surged from his tailbone, running up his spine to his forehead.

In an instant, both the manic-depressive disorder and the bloodlust vanished.

It was like jumping from a scorching desert into a refreshing lake; Xiafa immediately felt completely refreshed.

Then, something incredible happened!
Perhaps it was because of the electric current, but he discovered that... he could actually understand those sounds!

He could understand all of those whispered murmurs, frantic roars, furious howls, shrill screams, and pitiful pleas!
"Get out of control, get out of control, young man, get out of control... get out of control..." This was a murmured whisper.

"I've lost control, and I won't allow you to stay out of control! Become a monster like me! Become a monster! Become a monster! Become a monster that everyone fears!" This was a frantic roar.

"Aaaaaah! Feel the wrath of this great being! I command you to lose control immediately!" This is a furious roar.

"Oh no! Why do I have so many arms? My face... why are there so many eyes on my face? No, this isn't me, this isn't me!" This was a shrill scream.

"Please, I'm in so much pain, my whole body hurts so much, can you let me out? I, I can't take it anymore." This was a pitiful plea.

Xiafa: ...

To be honest, the moment he understood those sounds, he was already trying hard to suppress his laughter.

Are all these unknown existences so abstract?
That murmured whisper was so blatantly hoping he would lose control?
And that frantic roar—was it trying to drag him down with it and turn him into a monster?

As for that furious roar, it seems this unknown entity isn't very intelligent...

He was so scared just now...

To be honest, Xia Fa suddenly felt no fear at all.

Moreover, he had a strange intuition that the beings making these sounds seemed unable to get close to him in the real world.

I felt a tremendous change happening within my body due to the signing of the Etheric Source Pact, and this change would continue for quite some time.

Xia Fa had no choice but to sit cross-legged on the ground, close his eyes slightly, and try to calm his mind.

There was nothing he could do; when he couldn't understand the sounds, he almost lost control, but once he understood them, he just found them noisy...

But he dared not speak to these unknown beings, fearing that if he opened his mouth, he would be tainted by them and never be able to escape.

Suddenly, the pitiful, pleading voice changed tone, speaking as if giving orders.

"Wait, don't speak yet."

The darkness suddenly fell silent, a silence that was somewhat eerie.

It seems that the owner of this voice is the king among many unknown beings.

Xia Fa kept his eyes closed, pretending not to know anything, and remained seated cross-legged.

But the pitiful, pleading voice rang out with an air of knowing everything.

"Young man, you seem to... understand what we're saying?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a chilling feeling ran through Xia Fa's entire body from head to toe.

(End of this chapter)