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Chapter 195: Establishing the Divine Realm (2)
[Please set the type of divine realm.]
A type of divine realm?
I thought there were only things like the Great Divine Realm or small-medium divine realms, but I guess this is different.
I pressed the "Set Type" button, and the contents appeared.
[Create My Own Divine Realm]
[Create your own divine realm. Become the absolute god of the realm and rule over the Apostle Gods. You can create worlds based on your SP income……]
A long description followed underneath.
"My own divine realm."
It feels like an upgraded version of the Apostle’s Garden.
Here, I’m the supreme deity, and everyone must obey my commands.
The composition and transformation of the realm can be changed anytime, and all Apostle Gods absolutely obey.
Well, I kind of expected this when the talk of creating a divine realm came up.
All the countless divine realms I’ve seen until now followed a similar structure.
But what are the other types?
[Fusion with the Home Planet]
[Fuse the divine realm with the soul god's home planet, “Earth.”
The divine realm takes root on the home planet, strengthening the soul bodies of the original race, “Humanity.”
You gain partial control over Earth, but if the planet is destroyed, your divine realm disappears.
The influence of other divine realms over Earth weakens.
The Apostle’s Garden disappears, and all Apostle Gods will remain on Earth.]
Then it showed the effects of fusing with the home planet on humanity.
[The soul bodies of humanity are enhanced, increasing the daily SP transaction volume to 0.2.]
[The chance of natural awakenings increases, and if humans believe in God Kim Jiho, awakening becomes much easier.]
Additional information explained that with more SP investment, humanity could be enhanced even further.
“…Hah. This is…”
The “My Own Divine Realm” option had really favorable conditions for me.
The subordinate gods absolutely obey, I get my own world, and their powers can be fully exercised.
There were also many other bonus effects that helped strengthen me.
In contrast, the fusion with the home planet option required a lot of SP investment.
It felt almost like a planet-wide development project—there were way too many places to pour resources into.
But…
“…Tch. The soul body enhancement is just too good.”
I currently earn just over 400 million SP a day through mediating SP on Earth.
Humans have a daily SP transaction of 0.1, and due to inefficiencies, 0.05 is lost—that’s what I gain as a mediator.
With a population of 7 billion, that should mean 350 million, but because awakened individuals trade over 1 SP daily, I’m able to pull in over 400 million.
If humanity’s SP transaction increases to 0.2…
“That’s almost like doubling my income.”
On top of that, this would fulfill a key condition for ascending to SSS rank.
The requirement was 1 billion SP daily income—earned while on the home planet.
If I fuse my divine realm with Earth, that condition would be nearly met.
All that’s left is to mass-produce more awakened individuals.
SSS rank…
I have to become a High God.
Even now, as a mid-tier god, I’m able to hold my own against High Gods—so if I reach that level, I should even be able to fight the Creators.
I don’t particularly need to act like some supreme being in my own divine realm.
I didn’t come this far for something grand.
I’ve just been struggling to survive.
“I will fuse my divine realm with the home planet.”
[You have selected Fusion with the Home Planet.]
[Soul God Kim Jiho’s divine realm is fusing with the home planet, ‘Earth.’]
[The soul bodies of the original race, humanity, are being enhanced.]
[The control of other gods over Earth, including that of the Creators, is weakening……]
Yeah.
Olympus, Heaven—stop interfering already.
I’m making this my stronghold.
[The Apostle’s Garden is being fused with Earth.]
[Please choose the location for the Apostle Gods who are currently residing in the Apostle’s Garden. If no location is selected, they will be randomly placed on Earth.]
“Artemis. Is the temple construction complete? Can the gods live there?”
“The temple? Well… there's still more construction to do, but it’s livable. Of course, it's still lacking in my opinion. But definitely better than your chicken coop.”
“Chicken coop?! You brat… Anyway, fine. Then assign them there.”
The gods I took in from the small-medium divine realms, because they didn’t want to be sent to the battlefield.
Only their leaders came while they sealed their own divine realms—so there should be plenty of space in my temple.
As I pictured my temple, the system automatically located it.
[The Apostle Gods are being assigned to ‘Kim Jiho’s Temple.’]
[Would you like to set all Apostle Gods’ return location to ‘Kim Jiho’s Temple’?]
When I agreed, no further messages came up for a while.
Is that it?
That was… surprisingly simple.
“Huh? What? Why is the divine realm on Earth?”
“What’s this message? Our return point is your temple?”
“Is something like this even possible?”
My Apostle Gods—Artemis, Thor, and Freyja—each asked questions.
After I briefly explained it to them, all three gods reacted in amazement.
“So you’re saying soul mediation efficiency doubled?”
“Which means SP income doubled too?”
“Then… double what Artemis mentioned earlier…? Wooooow. I kind of want to serve you for life now…”
Freyja looked like she was about to jump into my arms.
It wasn’t surprising that they were so excited.
It’s like their SP income just doubled overnight.
“Tell the other Apostles this as well. And tell the gods now living on Earth to start spreading the faith.”
Artemis offered a suggestion that caught my attention.
“Spread the faith?”
“Yes. If belief in you makes awakening easier, then let’s start mass-producing awakened humans to get more SP.”
“If they’re former leaders of divine realms, they might be weak now, but they were all big shots once. Persuading humans should be a piece of cake.”
“Yeah. Kim Jiho, let’s do that right away! Should I send out the message? No—maybe I should just go down to Earth myself?”
Thor was practically bursting with energy.
The idea that more awakened humans meant more SP had him ready to evangelize himself.
“Thor! What are you doing? Have you no shame, chasing SP like that? You're degrading the dignity of Asgard.”
Odin rebuked Thor, who hesitated momentarily—then snapped back with indignation.
“What? Chasing SP? Losing dignity? This is all because you got scammed by Zeus!”
“Ahem… why bring that up now?”
“Because you’re slandering me! Of course I’ll bring it up. Watch it, old man. If you keep this up, I might just switch sides and join Kim Jiho.”
“What!?”
“You left us with nothing but debt! After everything I did for Asgard! But this new High God here gives SP without any conditions. You think that’s not worth switching over for?!”
“Y-you insolent…”
Thor was now outright rebellious.
Odin could only click his tongue in frustration, at a loss for words.
Wow.
Guess that debt grudge runs deep.
Still, he used to be the top god…
Flick flick.
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Odin turned his head quickly, gesturing for me to look away.
Maybe he didn’t want to show this family disgrace.
“Hey! You know, I could’ve been the chief god!”
Thor continued his rampage.
He looked like a rebellious Yankee punk picking a fight with an old man—not a pleasant sight—so I just turned my gaze away.
I should send a message to the Apostles.
They must have also received the message regarding the new return point, like the other gods.
[To the Apostles, regarding the new return point: First of all, thank you. Thanks to you, we were able to safely establish the Divine Realm.]
Just as I was about to write the next message—
Thor, who had been ranting, suddenly gasped in surprise.
“For real… huh? Wow!”
“SP just came in. Has a day passed already?”
“Lady Artemis… you were right. This kind of SP is amazing. Haah. I’m going to stay by Kim Jiho’s side forever.”
“...Freyja, could you not deliberately shake your chest like that? The Divine Realm’s established successfully, so go back to your own realm already.”
“I wasn’t doing it on purpose. I was just so surprised they bounced like that. You wouldn’t understand if you’ve never had any.”
SP came in?
It really had been a long day.
Why are they fighting on such a good day?
Ignoring the Apostle gods, I looked at the amount of SP that came in—and my eyes widened.
900 million.
Previously, the total was 500 million including other worlds like Kevrian, but it jumped straight to 900 million.
The critical change was Earth, which went from 412.32 million to nearly double.
As soon as it was designated as a Divine Realm, the number doubled…
This is a total jackpot.
[Our Divine Realm has fused with Earth. As a result, humanity’s soul bodies have become stronger, and so have our soul mediation earnings. You can tell by the SP you’ve received.]
The cheers of the Apostle gods echoed in my ears.
It felt like an auditory hallucination, but as the chief god, I could hear their voices.
They were already making decent income from soul mediation, and it suddenly doubled overnight. Who wouldn’t be thrilled?
Even I was dumbfounded.
But Earth’s SP income goal of 1 billion hasn’t been reached—still more than 100 million short.
To hit that number, more people need to awaken.
I need to motivate the Apostle gods to work harder.
[But this income isn’t the end. Make humanity believe in me. Awaken them all. If you do, income could double, triple—no, at least quintuple.]
Their cheers grew louder.
A frenzy of gods obsessed with SP.
Most of my Apostle gods had experienced SP depletion.
Artemis, Thor, and Freyja were born privileged, but most gods had feared sealing and didn’t come as Apostles for that reason.
For such beings, there’s nothing more effective than an SP high.
[Awaken humanity, and let’s all become filthy rich. Let’s all become gods. You can do it. We all can do it!]
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“Did Michael fail? Our paths to victory are dwindling,”
Ares, a curly-haired blonde man, adjusted his glasses.
‘Even with Heaven’s involvement, there are only seven remaining chances at victory?’
Soul God Kim Jiho.
Once an ordinary human, with thoroughly average qualifications.
When Hercules, who excelled in all qualities, awakened to soul-type powers, they had no choice but to eliminate him just in case.
But this man—he had seemed easy to manipulate.
‘But that wasn’t the case.’
Though ordinary, fortune seemed to favor him.
The Soul God repeatedly escaped crisis and ultimately even defeated Apollo, the Sun God.
At this rate, he was becoming a serious threat, so Ares activated his divine authority, Path to Victory—
—but shockingly, the chances of winning were slim.
A soul-type god, one of the rarest classes even across the universe.
Had he always been this formidable?
Tap. Tap.
Ares tapped on the white marble round table.
His originally blue eyes gleamed yellow.
“The paths… are dwindling again. Down to six. Still, the most likely outcome remains.”
“Ares, didn’t you say there were 73 victory paths at first?”
“Athena.”
“Why’d you call me? Surely this isn’t the time for chatting.”
Athena sat across the table from him.
“Join the battle.”
“Do any of your victory paths include me joining?”
“…”
“Your silence says it all. I’m not changing my mind. I’ll protect Olympus. Attacking is your job.”
“To protect Olympus, we must eliminate the Soul God now. Only then can we survive.”
“Hmph… survive? Really? What does Father Zeus think of all this?”
Athena twisted her lips.
“What do you mean?”
“Who knows? Father’s eyes and ears are everywhere. I’d rather not say too much knowing that.”
“Athena!”
“In any case, if you’re just going to talk nonsense, I’m leaving. More importantly, can we even afford to sit around like this? The Soul God keeps growing. Shouldn’t we be heading to the battlefield?”
“If that’s your concern, it’s actually fine. There’s a reason I opened the gate for Michael.”
“To Michael? Don’t tell me…”
“Delaying works in our favor.”
Ares said firmly.
In his mind, the most probable victory path came to the surface.
It required a prolonged battle, but it guaranteed victory.
“You opened the gate for Michael? You fully opened it?”
“Yes.”
“Half the people on Earth believe in that god. A full opening? Don’t tell me… you’re planning to let all of them leave?”
Ares nodded at Athena’s question.
“For now, it seems only those with deep faith are being taken. But as more people enter their paradise, their influence will grow.”
“And Father approved of that? The more people go to paradise, the more believers Yahweh will gain.”
“That’s right. Because they saw true salvation with their own eyes and entered Heaven.”
“Yahweh already had nearly 50% global market share. That faith will now grow stronger. More than half—no, over 70%—of Earth’s population will disappear. Then even if Father conquers Earth, he won’t be able to earn SP.”
“Father says it’s fine as long as he secures the Soul God’s SP exchange. He says he can sacrifice up to 90% of Earth’s population.”
If Earth’s population disappears…
The Soul God’s SP income would plummet.
Most of his SP mediation relied on Earth’s humans.
“Once his SP supply is cut off, we’ll strike all at once. Then we can win.”
“Hm…”
“Athena. This is the highest probability path to victory. If you help, it’ll become perfect. If you can’t decide now… help me later. Hm…?”
Flash. Flash.
Just as Ares was trying to persuade Athena again, his eyes began to shine golden.
“Wha… no…”
Ares began to panic.
His face hardened as he adjusted his glasses.
Athena spoke as she watched him.
“Don’t tell me… another victory path disappeared?”
“…Yes. You were right again. It seems he’s found another answer.”
Ares stood from his seat.
“In the end… I’ll have to use the final option.”
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