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

"Divine punishment...it looks terrifying, I am indeed a little scared."

Ye Ge didn't look at him. She walked slowly to the table next to her, picked up a pot of water, poured herself a glass, took a slow sip, and then said slowly, "But can you contact your master now?"

"..." The Mist Dragon Priest was speechless for a moment.

"What...what method did you use to sever my connection with the God?!"

The Mist Dragon Priest's voice trembled slightly with anger: "And why can you, and that An Lingyue, use divine magic?"

"Of course it's because we've already learned it, is there even a need to ask?" Ye Ge continued to slowly sip her tea.

"Studied it?" The Mist Dragon Priest's expression changed slightly: "You stole the scriptures from the Hall of Ten Thousand Races Priests?"

All the divine arts and methods of controlling divine power used by the priests of all races originated from the Temple of the Priests of All Races.

All the priests among the myriad races were selected by the priests in the Temple of the Myriad Races.

Therefore, in the eyes of the Mist Dragon Priest, Night Song's divine magic must also have come from the Temple of Ten Thousand Races!

but......

There was another thing that puzzled him greatly.

All divine magicians are beings recognized by the gods. They must have an extremely high degree of piety towards the gods and be absolutely loyal believers in order to obtain divine power from the chief god through prayer.

Ye Ge is clearly not a priest. Even if he secretly studied the divine arts recorded in the Temple of Ten Thousand Races, he shouldn't be able to use divine power!

And this guy is a demonized human!

How could someone corrupted by dark energy possibly wield divine power?

"Don't worry, I didn't steal any scriptures." Ye Ge glanced at him and said leisurely, "The abilities that your Temple of Ten Thousand Races teaches to its priests are all weakened versions of divine arts. I have no interest in stealing them."

The Mist Dragon Priest frowned: "Then where exactly does your divine power come from?"

Night Song walked up to the Mist Dragon Priest, looked him straight in the eye, and pointed to himself: "If I told you that I am a god, and that I have the supreme bloodline of an ancient god flowing through my veins, would you believe me?"

Mist Dragon Priest: "..."

"Uh...it seems you don't believe me." Ye Ge gave an awkward smile and reluctantly lowered her hand.

"Hmph." The Mist Dragon Priest snorted coldly again: "You audacious and ignorant mortal, how dare you blaspheme the gods! For what you just said, the gods will surely punish you severely!"

"I advise you to release me as soon as possible. Perhaps I can still plead a good word for you before the gods, otherwise..."

"Alright, stop arguing. Anyway, I'll be punished by the gods no matter what I do. By your standards, I'd probably be struck by lightning eight hundred times and that wouldn't be enough, so one more time won't make a difference."

Ye Ge smiled and said, "Moreover, what I'm about to do is probably what will truly anger your god."

"Karakarakara..."

Wearing a white lab coat, high-tech glasses, and dressed like a research institute worker, Gao Shenxue walked in from outside the cell carrying a tablet.

Bai Xueling followed behind her.

Next to it was a strangely shaped, high-tech vehicle robot with many mechanical arms and tentacles.

“It’s all ready.” Gao Shenxue tapped the tablet a few times with her fingers, her calm and clear eyes looking at Ye Ge: “We can start the experiment at any time.”

Ye Ge nodded.

"experiment......?"

The Mist Dragon Priest's heart skipped a beat.

A bad feeling suddenly arose in my heart...

"What...what do you want to do??"

The Mist Dragon Priest's voice tightened, and he subconsciously took a step back, staring at Night Song with terrified eyes.

"Don't be nervous, it's just some...small scientific research?"

Ye Ge raised her hand and pinched her index finger and thumb together, making a small gesture.

Then he smiled and said, "Well, perfect timing. You're a priest, and a level ten divine mage at that. You must know a lot about divine power, right?"

"Then ask me a question," Ye Ge said, looking at him earnestly, "What is the essence of divine power?"

A look of bewilderment crossed the eyes of the Mist Dragon Priest: "The essence of divine power?"

Clearly, he had never thought about this question...

He then became serious, his face stern, and said earnestly, "Divine power is of course the power of the great gods! The divine power of us divine sorcerers is all bestowed upon us by the great gods!"

"Oh, so here's the question." Night Song tilted her head: "And where does the divine power of the gods come from?"

Mist Dragon Priest: "Divine power is naturally the property of the gods themselves, just like the soul power within mortal beings..."

“That’s not right.” Ye Ge shook his head: “According to your temple, the ancient gods created heaven and earth, the sky, the earth, the ocean, the mountains, the rivers, the air... and created the spiritual energy between heaven and earth. So only mortals with talent can cultivate soul power. Therefore, the origin of soul power is actually due to the external environment. If you put a person in a place where spiritual energy is depleted, even someone with extraordinary talent will not be able to cultivate.”

"..." The Mist Dragon Priest was a little confused by his words, feeling like he understood but didn't quite grasp what he was trying to say: "What... what exactly are you trying to say?"

"The gods hold the power of the laws governing this world," Ye Ge said calmly. "Besides the basic elemental laws of light, darkness, fire, water, wind, wood, earth, and lightning, there are also laws of space, time, life, and so on..."

"So is it possible that the gods didn't create the laws, but that these laws were originally something that existed in this natural world?"

"They simply discovered these powers first, and then they comprehended, learned, and mastered them. After that, they monopolized these powers..."

"Therefore they became gods."

Ye Ge smiled slightly: "It's like when those in power monopolize resources, and then take out one in a billion and give it to those below, making them work for them. Of course, those below are grateful, but they don't know that the reason that one in a billion is so precious is because those above have completely monopolized the remaining billions."

The Mist Dragon Priest's pupils contracted slightly.

He seemed to have guessed what Ye Ge and the others were planning to do...

"You...you want to steal the power of the gods?!"