As for Western gods?
Someone had seen it — that rain had fallen only within Huaxia's borders.
Western gods surely wouldn't neglect their own domain to bless Huaxia instead.
Rather than believing a god had walked out of myth, they were more inclined to think a god had been born within Huaxia.
"I'm sure you all have thoughts on this?"
"Of course, it's too obvious. Just not sure who it is who became a god."
"It's definitely not like Li Chuan, the mountain god from First Sequence, who achieved godhood through abilities. The gap is enormous."
"Nothing ever happened in Ye City."
"We're still in the early days of spiritual energy revival… whoever this is, they're way too fast to achieve godhood. That's ridiculous."
"Has to be talent that far surpasses First Sequence."
"I always thought First Sequence talent was the strongest, didn't expect there was something even better."
"You think the country knows?"
"Probably knows. Just not sure if we'd recognize the person. Seems like anyone with talent or strength showed up when the beast tide happened."
"I thought about Dragon Emperor and the others too. We're both First Sequence, talent differs, but if it were them it wouldn't be some God of Nature — it'd be Dragon God, Ice God, Fire God, something like that."
"But when I was about to reject my own idea, I suddenly thought of someone. He's publicly acknowledged as the talent-strongest awakened in all Huaxia, yet we rarely see him in public, not even during the beast tide."
"Bai Di!"
When Bai Di's name was brought up, the online discussion fell into a brief pause.
This name was rarely mentioned either online or in real life. Compared to Flame Emperor, Ice Emperor, Dragon Emperor, and the other First Sequences, the publicly acknowledged talent-strongest and strongest awakened had rarely appeared before the people.
Even when the beast tide struck and the other First Sequences were saving civilians and eliminating mutated creatures, Bai Di never showed up.
Other than that one time in Hang City right at the beginning, no one had seen Bai Di act again.
"I don't know if you all know about the most famous anime website online. Its anime library isn't large — besides One Piece, Tiga, and other older anime and tokusatsu, everything else was anime none of us had ever seen."
"It has no advertisements, no company name. Most importantly, every time anime gets uploaded, it's always a whole series at once."
"Another thing: everything in it appears in reality."
Devil Fruits from One Piece, Imperial Arms from Akame ga Kill, Clow Cards from Cardcaptor Sakura — I even saw the Shining Lion from The Little Battle God of the Dragon near Flame Wing. Where did these come from? I couldn't figure it out before, but now I have an idea."
"They're undoubtedly connected to this god!"
"I think the country definitely knows about him, because that website was made by people from the country. Which means this god is known to the state — maybe the website was even his suggestion, and the state helped him make it."
"Both sides are in a position of equality in terms of power. After all, strength speaks for itself!"
"Even before achieving godhood, his strength absolutely far surpassed today's First Sequence."
"I don't know how strong gods are, but there's undoubtedly an absolute gap between gods and people."
"With that kind of strength, he could obviously do as he pleased. Modern weapons can barely harm him, so missions might just be a matter of interest to him."
"I don't think he'd have that kind of interest."
"Of all the awakened, who do you think of first when it comes to someone with that kind of strength? Isn't it Bai Di?"
"Of course, it's all just my speculation. But I feel my speculation is real and correct."
A netizen uploaded their analysis online.
Since they were thinking and posting at the same time, the language wasn't polished, but the logic was clear to everyone.
If this god born within Huaxia was someone they knew, the only possible candidate was Bai Di.
Bai Di barely showed himself to the public. In the past, they'd assumed he was off on unknown missions — but now it seemed more likely he simply didn't need to do any missions.
From a position of equality, unless something concerned him, why would he do whatever someone told him to do?
No one said things like "if it really is Bai Di who became a god, why doesn't he eliminate all the mutated beasts and save the world?"
They were just people enjoying peace under the protection of the Spirit Qi Bureau and powerful awakened. When the beast tide happened, all they did was run — they had no right to question.
Besides, whether or not it was Bai Di, this god had already done more than enough.
Devil Fruits, Imperial Arms, Clow Cards, battle beasts… how many strong individuals had these things created?
How many people had been saved indirectly?
And this special rain that had fallen only over Huaxia was more than enough to say a great deal.
In contrast, the Western networks were far less calm.
Though they believed in gods, this clearly wasn't a god from their myths.
And the god described in that prayer had no connection whatsoever to the gods in their mythology. They could find similar gods if they tried, but clearly those weren't it.
For those awakened who had already obtained considerable strength, gods should stay in their myths.
A god appearing in reality was by no means a good thing.
With the spiritual energy revival as backdrop, they'd fought hard to claim theirhigh and mighty position. They had no intention of giving it up voluntarily.
Rather than have faith in gods, they'd rather become gods themselves.
That was their thinking.
Meanwhile, Baixuan amusingly browsed the chat group store for Pokémon and some creatures from other worlds.
After achieving godhood, his small world had expanded by more than double.
The already-vast small world had grown even broader.
Though it boasted mountains, rivers, and plants, full of vitality — it lacked any trace of animal life.
Baixuan had already purchased many kinds of Pokémon, but their numbers were too sparse for this expanse of land.
He was considering whether to buy some legendary beings to manage this world.
After all, as his divine Authority grew stronger in the future, the small world's area would become ever larger — eventually becoming a true world.
Dialga, Palkia, Mew — legendaries of that tier cost too many points. Though he could afford them, buying them now seemed without much purpose.
Latias, Latios, the three Regis — those legendaries weren't as prohibitively expensive for Baixuan, and purchasing a few wasn't a problem. Their abilities would also genuinely serve the small world well.
*(End of chapter)*
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