I Don't Agree to the Terms-Chapter 625 - 338: I Certainly Haven’t Trained Myself into an Indescribable Evil God!!!_2
"So eager to leave? Just stopping by to take a mountain pig doesn’t seem like your style," Gu Shanhai said as a multitude of bizarre plants burst from the ground beside Rein, "Didn’t install a beautification patch, so you’ll have to pick your own."
Rein didn’t mind and got to work: "It’s okay, a little ugliness doesn’t matter. No one’s going to steal it anyway."
"Even if they did, it’d be fine. I don’t mind returning to the original state of being," Gu Shanhai was also indifferent; after all, not just anyone could casually consume these things.
"Well, I’ll be off then. If you need anything, send Little White to find me. Given your situation, you better not come out," Rein reminded as he left with a large amount of supplies.
Rein, of course, knew about Gu Shanhai’s situation—an indescribable existence. Ordinary people who saw Gu Shanhai might, at the least, become deformed or sprout plants on their bodies, or at worst, turn into twisted monsters, or more simply, into plant-like beings of flesh and blood.
Even many Abnormal Gods gave Gu Shanhai a wide berth, probably due to insufficient power.
These Abnormals would probably need to evolve for another thousand or eight hundred years before they could possess the capability to ignore Gu Shanhai’s bizarre influence.
"Look at what you’re saying. I usually don’t like to move around anyway, just keep your men away from me," Gu Shanhai said. He had not moved since becoming an ecological entity, so any trouble was certainly not started by him but by others coming to him first.
Rein left rather quickly.
Gu Shanhai then wriggled his massive body, feeling somewhat uncomfortable.
"I thought it might be inconvenient, but I never imagined it would be this inconvenient," Gu Shanhai felt a bit helpless.
Firstly, his Spirit Root Ability had completely failed; secondly, Child Skill was temporarily suspended; the reason was simple: whether it was Child Skill or Golden Bell Shield Iron Cloth Shirt, this was all martial arts, meant for people to practice. Furthermore, even monsters, demons, and ghosts could practice it, but what was Gu Shanhai now? He was a vast natural ecosystem. If you said he had mountains and water, flowers and trees, and birds and beasts, that would be accurate.
But to have something like meridians or a dantian, that was too much to ask of Gu Shanhai.
Next came godhood, which could still progress, but compatibility had greatly failed.
There was some good news, though.
That was, if he became a god, he should be able to go through that process to obtain a humanoid form, barely humanoid... okay, just a skin, and not even one that looked much like a human.
Gods were not only humanoid; there were also all kinds of strange gods.
However, having this humanoid appearance would make a lot of things much easier afterward.
Having a human-like appearance would make many things much smoother, especially since this human-like form could also increase strength.
As for the core situation, Gu Shanhai wasn’t really concerned; an abnormal god-like ecological entity wrapped in a quasi-human shell might be unprecedented, but he could totally set the precedent.
A long list of plans and data gradually took shape for Gu Shanhai.
"With this, my Spirit Root Ability can be restored and its upper limit greatly increased, or even be limitless—slow leveling up aside, there are no other issues."
"Then there’s Child Skill and Golden Bell Shield Iron Cloth Shirt, which I can practice and evolve into a Martial Arts Divine Power, another boost to my strength."
"Once I become a divine being, I can also gain another abnormal ability in this world. We’ll see whether I train it into a Divine Skill or something else."
All these could become the foundation and trump cards of Gu Shanhai.
He might not be good at or fond of fighting, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t want to have these abilities.
"Damn, if I stack up all these advantages and add my own nature, wouldn’t I truly become an indescribable Evil God???"
Without being a god, he could still deceive himself, but now, it seemed like self-deception was no longer an option.
Unnamable, the artistic depiction touches upon the Underworld, Divine Beings, and so forth—a blend of terms that essentially embodies the Evil God.
"No, that’s not right! The Evil God is on the side of evil, my alignment is chaos neutral, so the concept of me being an Unnamable Evil God simply doesn’t hold up."
"Add to that, I’m the protagonist’s mentor, uncle, and so on, and the protagonist himself is a righteous character, I don’t even need to round up, I’m a hero of the righteous path."
After Gu Shanhai analyzed it, he concluded that his identity as a hero of the righteous path had not shifted toward that of an Unnamable Evil God. As for those who didn’t believe, he had ways to make them believe.
"Sigh~ Next, I must consider the situation with the divine beings." Gu Shanhai aimed to achieve the status of a rule-based Divine Being, a special kind that could not be attained simply through worship.
"Then there’s the God of Destiny’s End. Using Its divine relics as material for ascension, would I become another God of Destiny’s End?"
He extracted the essence of heaven and earth from the Divine Relics of the God of Destiny’s End, but what he extracted was only part of the world, like cutting off a chunk of flesh. Considering the enormity of such a colossal deity, it was impossible for him to extract everything, not even one percent of it.
"This name sounds pretty impressive, but in reality, it’s just a minor Abnormal God."
Gu Shanhai had a clear understanding of the God of Destiny’s End. If it were any major deity, how could it possibly be his turn to inherit.
He had even confirmed this through Prophetic Divination.
"The name is similar to that of the Grim Reaper or the God of Destruction, but it’s much more euphemistic, implying that all things will come to an end, which is both destiny and demise."
"To tell the truth, I’m not sure how such an ominous deity came into being."
Gu Shanhai couldn’t help but make a snide remark, now understanding why this deity remained on the fringe. Making a big deal out of it would lead to the end of the world.
However, even a minor god is exceptionally powerful, and thankfully it’s a rule-based Divine Being. Had it been one that required faith, the God of Destiny’s End would surely have spawned a plethora of evil cults.
"So it needs to be altered, I have to change it to a type that’s useful to me."
"Or even better, do away with the whole ’destiny’ and ’demise’ thing, and create a new one myself?"
Creating a new one is doable, just like Rein, who was supposed to be associated with fate or destiny as an Abnormal God, but Gu Shanhai boldly changed him into the Emperor.
"Zhen Yuanzi’s cover is rather messed up." Gu Shanhai glanced at the vast range of mountains on his soul’s back, that’s right, it was Longevity Mountain, and the structure was none other than Wuzhuang Temple.
Now, merely wanting to fill in for Zhen Yuanzi, it was clear that space was running short. As for the infinite space within his sleeves, it was already twisted beyond recognition.
"Rein has become the Emperor, and as the saying goes, ’Once a teacher, forever a father.’ So for me to aspire to be the Heavenly Emperor, that’s not too much, is it..."
Gu Shanhai thought it was worth a shot. Even if the title of Heavenly Emperor was just an empty frame with nothing behind it, its high compatibility, and the ability to fill it himself if it were an empty framework, seemed even better.
"I’ve already got the Firmament Wood, now I just need to find a way to copy some peaches!" The more Gu Shanhai thought about it, the more he felt that his conditions were very advantageous.
"The idea isn’t too problematic, but can it pass the approval process?"
Gu Shanhai wanted to become the Heavenly Emperor, even if it was just an outdated figurehead. He would still have to go through a process.
After all, Gu Shanhai was using local materials for his divine ascension, which required the cooperation of the world and the Sea of Information. Otherwise, if he claimed he was a divine being, and that was enough to make it true, he might as well just cultivate a skill that allowed his words to become reality.
Another point was, he wanted to exploit this opportunity to shear the wool off the world, as attaining godhood would definitely have its rewards. Valuing that aspect, as well as the legitimacy and tangible benefits of certification, Gu Shanhai had to present a feasible plan.
"Modify it a bit, and it should pass. If not, I’ll just skip the approval process and take it... cough, just claim it directly." Gu Shanhai never counted on others for hope, he relied on himself wherever possible.
