Having the genes of a demon king, I never intended to be a kept man.

Night Song observed the people inside the temple from the shadows.

In the past, it was not unusual for Ji Lian, as the empire's only priestess, to give lectures to believers.

But today, Ji Lian is not the only one on the platform in the main hall.

Ye Ge noticed a figure standing in the corner of the podium, listening in.

The figure was shrouded in a blue priest's robe, wearing a hood. The face beneath the hood had no facial features, but was instead a luminous ball of elemental light.

It was one of the Five Elemental Officials who appeared at the opening ceremony of the Myriad Races Summit, the Water Spirit Official!

'How come this guy is in the palace too...'

Night Song ponders.

However, the Water Spirit Priest did not participate in the lecture; instead, he simply stood in the corner of the platform and listened attentively.

As divine sorcerers, both the Five Elements Divine Official and Ji Lian are apostles of the gods. However, in terms of the hierarchy of divine officials, the Five Elements Divine Official should be considered Ji Lian's superior, roughly equivalent to the relationship between the director of the education bureau and the dean of students at a school...

This scene reminded Ye Ge of a visiting leader sitting at the back of the classroom during a public lecture she gave on Earth in her previous life...

The young men and women inside the hall were all children selected from the empire with the potential to awaken and become divine sorcerers. Most of them were descendants of nobles.

Currently, the human race only has Ji Lian as a priest. Of course, Ye Ge also knows divine arts, but he is special. He does not believe in gods, but he can still use divine power. His divine power is entirely cultivated by himself.

Ye Ge felt that Teacher Lan Mi didn't seem like the type to believe in gods.

Priests do not use the conventional extraordinary levels for calculation. Instead, they use a system of first-level, second-level, third-level, and so on up to the twelfth-level divine mage, which correspond to the Yellow Realm, Profound Realm, Earth Realm, and so on up to the Demigod Realm of extraordinary beings.

The way priests cultivate is also completely different from that of ordinary superhumans. They level up by gaining the power of faith, that is, by gaining the approval of the god they believe in.

The higher the level of recognition a priest receives, the higher his or her rank will be.

Therefore, a talented priest can level up very quickly. Theoretically, as long as he gains enough recognition from his god, even a newly awakened apostle could jump directly from level one to level twelve.

Ji Lian's current level is Level 8 Divine Sorcerer, which corresponds to the level of a human superhuman, namely the Asura Realm.

However, in reality, at the same level, a divine mage is far more powerful than a regular superhuman!

An eighth-level divine mage is virtually invincible against extraordinary beings at the Heavenly Revelation Realm.

Moreover, divine sorcerers are beings who can directly communicate with the legendary gods through their souls.

This is a position of extraordinary status for any race among all races!

Therefore, the nobles of the empire naturally wanted to send their children to Ji Lian, hoping to see if their children had the talent to awaken and become divine magicians.

If they can become the second divine mage of the human race, their family will definitely prosper.

'What bad luck! I just happened to run into them during class...'

Ye Ge hid in the darkness, watching Ji Lian and a group of young boys and girls having class in the main hall below.

I wonder how long they'll keep going...

Never mind, let's wait...

That's perfect, let me hear what these apostles of God usually talk about in their lectures.

Ye Ge thought to himself, "He can also use divine power. Although he's not a priest, he's still a beginner-level divine mage. I wonder if attending a class would improve his divine power..."

.......

Thirty minutes later.

"Ha...woo..."

Ye Ge kept yawning, her eyelids drooping desperately, feeling incredibly sleepy.

Seriously... there's actually anyone who can listen to this?!

This is even more boring than listening to school leaders spout official jargon for two hours on the school playground in my past life...

The lectures contained absolutely no methods for cultivating divine power.

It's all about the greatness of the gods, blah blah blah...

The gods created heaven and earth and all things... all living things, including all races and humans, were created by the gods like clay... therefore, humans are like children of the gods, and it is only right that we pay homage to them...

It's basically the same as what those charlatans on Earth used to tell people, brainwashing them.

The only difference might be that extraordinary powers truly exist in this world, and gods and divine power are also real.

"snort!......"

At that moment, a deep, aged voice, tinged with anger and disdain, suddenly came from my consciousness.

"Old Deng of the Azure Dragon?"

Ye Ge recognized Qinglong's voice and asked in confusion, "What's wrong with you?"

"These mortals, deceived by the gods, are truly pitiful!" Azure Dragon Old Deng sneered disdainfully, clearly angered by the content of Ji Lian's lecture: "Creating heaven and earth and all things! Creating all living beings! These shameless gods! Didn't they themselves rise from among the ancient races, cultivate and ascend to immortality, comprehend the power of laws, and only then become 'gods'? Why don't they say that they created Earth and the universe?"

Clearly, as an ancient sacred beast that knows the true history, the Azure Dragon is all too aware of how much of the history now being passed down to all races is distorted.

Ye Ge smiled helplessly and shook his head. He didn't seem to have much of a feeling about it: "History is written by the victors, which is quite normal."

"Since they want to call themselves 'gods,' in order to convince all races to believe in and worship them, they naturally have to portray themselves as omnipotent."

The Azure Dragon Elder nodded: "You see things very clearly. As a weak and pitiful human with a short lifespan, it is not easy to see things so clearly."

Night Song: "...Is that a compliment you?"

That's all for today.

Ji Lian slowly closed the thick book in front of her, her expression calm: "Does anyone still have any questions?"

Upon hearing this, Ye Ge immediately perked up.

Finally, it's over...

A young girl crossed her arms in front of her chest, performed a believer's salute, and slowly stood up.

"May I ask, High Priestess Ji Lian?"

The girl blinked her bright eyes and asked curiously, "Have you ever seen a 'god'?"

Ji Lian gently shook her head: "No. My level isn't high enough yet. Maybe if I can reach level eleven or even twelve in the future, then perhaps I'll have a chance..."

"You just said that all races are life forms created by the gods." The girl then asked, "Then why don't the dark races obey the guidance of the gods? Aren't the dark races also created by the gods?"