Chapter 748 - 342: Run! The God of Magic Is a Madman!!! (Part 2)

For a long time, he let out a long sigh, as if he was trying to exhale all those years he had wasted away.

Afterward, the Dragon God finally spoke again: "What you said... is very correct."

"So why have you become this ghostly figure now? According to logic, followers and gods form a perfect cycle. Isn’t that great? Power grows stronger, and faith becomes more potent." Lu Wenwu continued to ask.

"Because of faith, or rather, the ideology... it’s toxic!"

The Dragon God’s voice suddenly turned bitter, as if someone wronged for countless years had suddenly found a vent.

"The power of faith became a magnifier. That kind of reality-distorting power will likewise act upon the gods themselves!"

"That’s reality distortion, dreams coming true!"

"Do you know how terrifying it is for one’s thoughts to be gradually changed imperceptibly, for everything about oneself to be constantly distorted by followers’ thoughts, and ultimately even one’s memories to be completely altered because of legends?"

"Memory is everything to wise beings."

"If even memory is forcibly twisted by this power, and everything external about oneself changes, am I still myself?"

"Once, I watched my close friend, that human hero from before the era of the gods, who liked to grin foolishly, slowly transform into the later ’wise’ God of Light, into that cold, expressionless face as cold as a sword!"

Listening to the Dragon God’s confessions, Lu Wenwu’s expression immediately became serious.

Things were gradually starting to take a turn for the worse.

This reality-distorting power had even greater influence than the classic "faith is toxic" and "incense is toxic."

Not only could it completely replace and change the mind and past of gods, but it might even erase wisdom, transforming them into something akin to self-disciplined machines.

"So, are you truly still the former Dragon God?" Lu Wenwu uttered this sentence with battle readiness.

The torrents of Qi Blood surged in his body, muscles that had previously relaxed were tense once more.

Even his eyes had shifted to the uncanny blood-gold dragon pupils of the Purgatory Dragon, and his entire aura surged abruptly.

"You can rest assured, the true me... had already died when I became the Law." The Dragon God said with some desolation, "Do you see this golden sphere? It can probably be considered a part of my corpse, the embodiment of the Law carried by my former divine artifact."

Lu Wenwu furrowed his brow slightly: "And what about you now?"

The Dragon God’s voice grew even more somber: "The current me is nothing but the magical creation I used divine power to create before my death back then, unable to think, unable to learn. Even those undead creatures with dead bodies are more alive than my current state."

"I fused my soul into heaven and earth, into my Divine Country, transformed my body into Dragon Island, and refined my spine into the current Dragon Bone Celestial Tower for future generations to train as well as connecting it to heaven and earth."

"This hundredth layer, which is what you see now, is the core of all this."

"I possess all my memories and wisdom, but I am always aware that I am not myself, I am only a replica I created, so I will not be corroded by the Power of Faith."

"I’m a bit unable to understand." Lu Wenwu suddenly said.

"What?" The Dragon God was stunned, "What do you not understand? You don’t understand why I chose to be in my current state?"

Lu Wenwu nodded: "Yes, it doesn’t make sense logically. The distorting power of ideology will wipe out your individuality as the Ancient Dragon Dracul, replacing it with the Dragon God Dracul."

"From a physical level, your former self has died. Even if you return through legend, the resurrected would be the Dragon God Dracul in the minds of the followers."

"Then here comes the question, isn’t the state where you merged with the Divine Country the same kind of death? What’s the meaning of doing this? You haven’t changed any outcome."

"No! I’ve changed a lot!" The Dragon God’s tone suddenly became excited, "At least the Dragon Race still exists! The Dragon Race has not been completely exterminated, they even became a top-tier race, right?"

"Ah?"

This time it was Lu Wenwu’s turn to be confused.

The Dragon God continued to speak excitedly: "Why do you think the Dragon Race doesn’t occupy those lush areas? Do you think elves really like nesting in the Refined Forest where there’s nothing but trees? Do you think dwarves truly like volcanoes where no food grows?"

"Do you think beastmen like staying in such bitter cold areas? Do you think the Undead Race enjoys burying themselves in graveyards acting like corpses, only to occasionally be dug up by humans and even greet them politely?"

"Ah? If not that, then what?" Lu Wenwu was puzzled, "Isn’t it normal that you gods didn’t come out, and humans have diverse and abundant cultivation systems, enough to fight and hold advantages?"

"You’re talking nonsense! It’s because gods who dared to stir trouble were all killed by that lunatic God of Magic!"

The Dragon God’s voice was nearly a roar, the entire Big Gold Ball quivered constantly, seeming like it was going to rush out from the hundredth layer of the Dragon Bone Celestial Tower.

"He’s just a lunatic! That’s the true genocide, wiping out culture and legend together, killing everyone! Those gods who died were truly dead afterward! He didn’t even spare his own human gods, ended countless myths and legends."

"During the era of the gods in the Golden Calendar before it started, even before the gods, the intelligent races on the continent were countless! Now look at it, these races have even degenerated into mindless Magical Beasts!"

If I hadn’t seen the situation turning bad and voluntarily defected, moreover after the God of Magic’s massacre, merged into the Divine Country, and transformed the Divine Country into a small plane hanging next to the Prime Material Plane, how do you think the Dragon Race can have such a transcendent status now?"

"Other gods have died once, but that lunatic Magic God hasn’t died yet!"

I curse internally as Lu Wenwu couldn’t help expressing his emotion in his mind.

Alright, alright, it turns out the Dragon Race now can be above all races except humans because they became lapdogs for the legendary race supremacist God of Magic!

It seems now that being a lapdog isn’t all bad.

At least the current Dragon Race lives comfortably and smoothly, right?

Aside from the Dragon Race, other races haven’t had their own racial gods’ legends widely spread in human society.

As for the stories of the Dragon Race, even a three-year-old child has heard them.

At this thought, Lu Wenwu suddenly understood somewhat why the Dragon Race was directly attacked by troops dispatched by the Church of Light.

"So... did the Gods of Light also get killed by the God of Magic back then? Just not killed completely? Now they’ve regained strength and started to command their little brothers to seek revenge, right?"

"Wrong!" The Dragon God said, "I need to correct you, back then there was only the God of Light, no Gods of Light, I don’t even know where this God of Justice and Judgment popped out from."

"But you’re not wrong, judging by time, those gods whose legends weren’t completely destroyed are about due to resurrect and return, the continent is about to face a second Divine War!"

"Had it not been for the decreasing number of mages who can cast Ancient Magic among humans now, I was even considering whether to completely close off the Dragon Island’s space, wait a thousand or two thousand years for the war to end before reopening."

Lu Wenwu didn’t continue to engage the Dragon God.

He was contemplating a matter.

If the distorting power of ideology is so strong, then the conceptions of the Heavenly Son, Child of the Earth, the Dragon Race’s might, and even Dragon Eggs being difficult to hatch... do they all originate from the idea that ideology birthed from a collective consciousness turns thought into reality?

Bula became the Blood Demon step by step, and the Dragon Race transformed from ordinary Magical Beasts into now naturally top-tier magical creatures.

As for the Heavenly Son, an ancient era existence with Casting Talent, has gone from being found everywhere to now, due to discrepancies in the public and mages’ perception, becoming increasingly rare.

Did it even forge the concept of Modern Magic and Child of the Earth?

Hiss...

So actually, there is no path in the world, but when many walk, it turns into a path?

My curse, the words of Mr. Lu are indeed so on point even in another world!

No wait, hold on!

Lu Wenwu suddenly realized a serious issue.

He hastily asked: "Please let me inquire, is the God of Magic male or female?"

"That lunatic is of course male, why?"

"Damn!"