"Condensing the origin, transforming the divine power, igniting the divine fire, and shaping the godhood?"
Charlotte fell into deep thought while silently repeating these words.
In Albrecht's memory, these eight words are the core of ascension to the Godhead, and every two words have corresponding explanations.
Condensing the origin is the return and awakening of extraordinary bloodline.
For extraordinary people, this means strengthening their bloodline and enhancing their extraordinary powers, that is, increasing their strength and improving their rank.
However, the ultimate goal of this step is not to enhance the extraordinary power, but to trace back to the most original power of the extraordinary power while enhancing the extraordinary power.
This statement is a bit difficult to understand. Charlotte combined it with the various classics she had read and believed that it should refer to tracing back to the source of extraordinary power.
For example, historical records show that the extraordinary powers of almost all extraordinary people come from the most ancient myths, which are the dilution and growth of the ancient mythological bloodline. Therefore, the source of cohesion should be the mythical bloodline at the source of the bloodline.
This step... Charlotte has already reached it.
The source of the bloodline is undoubtedly the True Ancestor of Blood. Since Charlotte obtained the Holy Book of Blood, her body has undergone many transformations. Although her strength is not high, her bloodline power is already quite pure and is definitely at the original level.
As for the power of transformation...
This is easy to understand. It means to elevate one's own power level to the level of mythology and transform it into divine power.
In Albrecht's memory, this step can be done in two ways.
One is to hold a corresponding mythological ceremony after being promoted to a legend, obtaining a transformation of power at the cost of massive sacrifices and blood power, which can compress and convert part of the extraordinary power into a higher level of pseudo-divine power.
This is the most clumsy and difficult method. Even experienced legends find it difficult to succeed, with a success rate of less than 1%. But once successful, one will have mythical power that he can use.
The pseudo-divine power obtained through this ritual is non-renewable, and its quality is lower than the real divine power. If you want to replenish it, you must perform the ritual again. But because the power is your own, it will be easier for you to ascend to godhood in the future.
Although this pseudo-divine power is slightly inferior to the real divine power, legends can use this power to cast forbidden spells that are more powerful than legendary spells. It is also the trump card of those senior legends.
This is the most difficult, demanding and strict way to transform divine power. In addition to this, there is also a shortcut - integrating existing divine power.
Miria has a long history, and many gods have existed in the past, leaving behind countless artifacts with divine power, the most representative of which are the artifacts lost everywhere.
If there is a lucky person who can gain the recognition of the artifact and achieve a certain degree of integration with the divine power and can use the power of the divine power, then it is equivalent to completing this step.
This method depends a lot on luck, but is relatively easier to succeed, but it also has hidden dangers.
Divine power has an owner, and is itself an extension of the power of the gods. If the fused divine power is from a fallen god, it is fine, as there is a chance to replace the fallen god. However, if the fused divine power belongs to a god who has not fallen, then one will definitely confront the other in the future.
If you win, you will replace the other party; if you lose, you will completely become a puppet of the other party.
Obviously, Charlotte also completed this step. The moment she was able to use the power of blood with the help of the Holy Book of Blood, she had already met the requirements of "transformation of divine power".
only…
"To prepare wedding clothes for the other party..."
Charlotte frowned slightly.
It would be fine if she really traveled through history and became the True Ancestor of Blood, but if not, then she might need to be wary.
After the "transformation of divine power" comes the "ignition of divine fire".
If the first two steps are the preparations before becoming a god, then this step is the beginning of becoming a god.
The divine fire is the source of divine power and also the prototype of the godhead. Once the divine fire is ignited, it will have the ability to actively strengthen the divine power.
It takes a certain opportunity to ignite the divine fire. It requires the thorough fusion of divine power and blood power and the realization of a higher level of life sublimation.
This step is the most difficult, requiring an extremely high degree of harmony between blood and divine power as well as a certain amount of luck.
It is worth mentioning that the success rate of igniting the divine fire is not necessarily related to the extraordinary rank. Senior legends may never be able to ignite the divine fire, but some lucky people who picked up the relics of the gods may succeed by accident.
In other words, it's all about appearance.
Once the divine fire is ignited, the extraordinary person will no longer age.
The divine fire is immortal and the extraordinary people are immortal.
For those who ignite the sacred fire, their mental power will undergo incredible changes and be able to extend infinitely, connecting with other intelligent life forms and creating a spiritual network.
Of course, this spiritual network has another name—faith network.
And the existence that successfully ignited the divine fire is no longer regarded by the world as an ordinary person, but as a false god between the true God and the ordinary person.
However, although he is a false god, he has already obtained many powers comparable to those of gods, and when his divine power is full, he can also exert power comparable to that of a true god.
That is why the false god has another better-sounding name - demigod.
Demigods are the beginning of mythology.
After reading this, Charlotte didn't know what to say.
No more running away.
The red-gold flame in her heart is none other than the divine fire!
She has always matched her rank with the extraordinary rank, and her identity as a "god" comes from the plug-in of the Holy Book of Blood.
Cheats are external objects, her trump card and tools, and cannot be considered her true strength.
However, now, when she compared her memory with Albrecht's, she found that she had already completed three of the four steps to becoming a god without realizing it!
She still thought she was Silver Moon, but in fact she was already a demigod...
This answer was beyond Charlotte's expectations.
But if you think about it carefully, it makes sense...
Strictly speaking, the lucky people who were rewarded with a celestial status by God in Albrecht's memory were people like her.
He recognized the Holy Scripture of Blood, transformed his bloodline power, merged with the ancient idol, and ignited the divine fire...
Although his own strength is still low and he has not been able to keep up with the pace of becoming a god, his life level has actually made a qualitative leap.
In other words, it means taking the shortcut after spending the money.
This way of becoming a god, which can be called the chosen one, can make a person become a legend in just a few years, but it is also accompanied by great disadvantages and hidden dangers.
The growth of strength cannot keep up with the speed of ascension to deity, just like a child walking away with gold. If the child is discovered by a powerful transcendent, he may be "killed as a god" before he grows up, and become a god in vain.
Reading Albrecht's memory, Charlotte looked strange:
"In that case... I am now very similar to those resurrected myths."
It does look alike.
The same life level has reached the mythical level, but the actual strength is too weak, so he must hide and increase his strength.
The only difference is that one is to restore divine power, and the other is to enhance divine power.
The only major difference is probably the memory. The revival of the gods is accompanied by the revival of memory, and it is easier and faster to regain power, but the lucky chosen ones who have stepped into the fourth step of becoming a god in advance can only grope forward.
After reading the third step of ascension to godhood, Charlotte looked at the last step—shaping the godhood.
This is a step towards becoming a true God, and it is also the step that interests her the most.
However, regarding this step, there was nothing valuable in Albrecht's memory.
The true God is a complete mythical being, and such an existence is still far from being a legend.
Albrecht needed to look up to the mere demigod, and as for how to become a true god, this descendant of the demon obviously didn't know.
However, although Albrecht was not clear about how to shape the godhood, he had a certain understanding of the difference between a true god and a demigod.
The true God can abandon his physical body and exist in the form of a will or law. The deity is indestructible and the true God is immortal.
But a demigod... still can't lose his body.
A demigod who loses his physical body will fall into a deep sleep until he is awakened and returns in a suitable body.
Albrecht's memory of his "ascension to the gods" ends here.
After reading the memory, Charlotte felt both excited and worried.
She was excited because she had already unknowingly completed the four steps to becoming a god. In a sense, she was already a legend, and the rest was just accumulation.
What worries me is that I don’t know how to take the fourth step, and the Blood True Ancestor in history is ultimately a hidden danger.
In other words, Charlotte was also worried about being a scapegoat.
But she no longer had a choice.
Albrecht's memory mentioned that once the road to godhood begins, it cannot be stopped.
She is too deeply connected to her bloodline, and her bloodline has been determined. There is no turning back, and she must continue to move forward.
"Let's take it one step at a time. If you think about it from another perspective, I have gained so much. I can be called a child of luck."
“There is no free lunch in the world. If you take a shortcut, you must face the corresponding costs and risks!”
"My previous plan was correct. Continuing to strengthen my divine power will help me become even stronger, but this is not enough."
"I need to find a way to shape my godhood while strengthening my divine power..."
“No matter if there is a conspiracy or not, no matter if the Blood True Ancestor in history has a backup plan, as long as I can ascend to the myth, I will have the capital to compete with it!”
Thinking of this, Charlotte let out a sigh and her eyes gradually became firm.
…
After reading the memories about ascension to the gods, Charlotte withdrew from the Dark Night Castle.
There are still many memories of Albrecht, but they are too complicated. She plans to look through the others slowly in her spare time and there is no rush.
It doesn't matter if she hasn't finished reading it, she has already recorded it in the "Memory Library". Whenever she encounters anything related to vampires, she can call up the relevant memories with a little thought, which is similar to the search engine in her previous life.
In the following days, Lutetia's investigation continued. Almost every day, new nobles were purged by the royal family and the church, and the entire capital was in a panic.
But that had nothing to do with Charlotte, she was just a spectator, and while she continued to browse through Albrecht's memories like reading a book in her spare time, she also watched the investigation and trial that swept across the capital.
It was not until a full week later that the investigation was finally completed.
So far, twelve days have passed since the investigation and trial of all the nobles in the capital, and the results are quite shocking.
Among the nine ducal families and three ducal high priests of the kingdom, two dukes and one high priest were confirmed to have connections with the Blood Demon Cult.
Among them, Duke Gaston was killed directly in the rebellion and his duke title was stripped. Another duke was imprisoned and deposed. Nearly half of his direct jurisdiction was taken back by the royal family, and the duke's title was inherited by the descendants of the duke's family recognized by the royal family.
The high priest of the prince was sent to the stake by the high priest of the Crescent Moon himself, and a new high priest took over.
Under the Duke and the High Priest, seven earls directly under the kingdom were stripped of their titles. The earls themselves were either shot on the spot, sent to the stake, or imprisoned, including five court earls and two fiefdom earls.
Even more viscounts and barons were punished, totaling more than twenty people, nearly half of whom lost their titles, and the rest were severely punished to serve as a warning.
As for the lower-ranking nobles, even more were punished. It was said that more than 500 people were detained and tried. The seized assets were said to have piled up into a small mountain. The assets of Quintana alone were equivalent to the financial tax revenue of the Crescent Kingdom for two years...
The clergy were better off than the nobles. In addition to a high priest of a duke, more than forty corrupted priests who had ties to the Blood Demon Cult were arrested, including a high priest and seven second-level priests.
When the news spread, the whole country was in an uproar.