Doomsday Code

Chapter 944 The Orthodox Method of Ascension to Godhood

After finding out where that thing was hiding, Chen Cheng immediately swung his fist and smashed it towards the Great Sage in the memory image.

Since he was leaving anyway, Chen Cheng would be truly unwilling to leave without delivering this blow.

However, as he slammed his fist down, the Great Sage's figure was smashed to pieces, and at the same time, the memory image quickly began to tremble violently.

Just as Chen Cheng thought he was about to awaken, the statue in the memory suddenly moved, an eerie aura emanating from it, followed by a cold, demonic voice:

"Insects, how dare you spy on this god?"

Chen Cheng sensed something was wrong; clearly, this thing had the means to sense the Great Sage's memories.

Just as the statue reached out to grab him, the memory abruptly ended, and Chen Cheng's consciousness returned to his physical body in the next instant.

With a series of thuds, Chen Cheng took several steps back, panting heavily to calm the fear of his near-death experience.

Seeing this, Kui Niu asked with concern:

"Your Majesty, how are you? Are you alright?"

Chen Cheng waved his hand to indicate that he was fine, while Ge Long showed an expression of "I knew it."

"Looks like you've been found out."

Chen Cheng looked up at Ge Long, and then said:

"You knew that already."

At this moment, Sheli's butcher knife was already pressed against Gelong's long, fair neck.

Sensing the intent emanating from the butcher's knife, Ge Long remained calm, only glancing at Chen Cheng with a flickering gaze:

"You've completed the sequence of ascension to godhood, right? Could you tell me the entire process of your ascension?"

This time, Ge Long didn't refer to herself as "this god" but used "I," which clearly shows that she really wanted the method to ascend to godhood.

However, Chen Cheng did not buy it, but looked at her with a mocking expression and said:

"So what if it is? And why should I tell you what I know? Just because you're older?"

Regardless of gender, saying he was old was taboo. Ge Long frowned, then spoke:

“If you can tell me, I can swear to you that after I complete the sequence to become a god, I can unite with you and give birth to a divine child.”

Although dragons are one of the few races among dragons that are chaste, they are not as reserved as humans when it comes to having offspring.

In her view, since both she and Chen Cheng had completed the ascension to godhood, their offspring would surely have an even stronger bloodline.

Therefore, she did not believe that Chen Cheng would refuse such a proposal.

"Have you really lost your mind staying here all this time? What do you think I'd want from you? Do you think I'd want you because you're old?"

Ge Long was not stupid. Since Chen Cheng was unwilling, she did not go looking for further humiliation.

However, now that it's confirmed Chen Cheng has completed the sequence of ascension to godhood, there's always a chance she can get the method for ascension from Chen Cheng.

At this moment, Chen Cheng looked at the bull beside him and said:

"So, General Kui Niu, do you want to ascend to godhood? I can talk to you and Bu Jiu about it after this is over."

Chen Cheng had no intention of hiding it; it was just that his ability to complete the Sequence Ascension to Godhood was purely accidental, and even now he himself is still completely clueless about this Sequence Ascension to Godhood.

However, after this real-world combat experience, I discovered that the improvement in strength after ascending to godhood is indeed considerable. Perhaps I can tell some of the stronger individuals here so that they can have the opportunity to advance further.

However, Kui Niu scratched his head and said:

"No need, Your Majesty. Actually, we have long seen that Your Majesty is no ordinary cultivator. However, in the inheritance we have obtained, there are prerequisites for ascending to godhood."

To participate in the ascension to godhood, one must reach the peak of the demigod level, and this is the most basic prerequisite.

Afterwards, one needs to prepare other rare and precious materials that match one's cultivation level. Furthermore, before embarking on the path to godhood, one must comprehend one's own path; only then can the process of ascending to godhood begin.

This was the first time Chen Cheng had heard of the orthodox method of ascending to godhood in his world, but it was very different from the process of ascending to godhood that he had been guided by Squidward.

Perhaps it's because of Squidward's half-baked ascension to godhood that he's still a half-baked fraud to this day.

Of course, Chen Cheng wouldn't blame Squidward, after all, if it weren't for Squidward teaching him, he might have been corrupted into a monster by that filthy faith long ago.

However, even though that's what Kui Niu said, Chen Cheng thought that Ge Long hadn't reached the peak of the demigod level yet, so why would she need the method to ascend to godhood?

After all, this matter concerns the significant increase in strength required to ascend to godhood, so Chen Cheng wanted to find out the details first.

When Ge Long noticed Chen Cheng looking at her, she spoke calmly:

"The big guy is right, but your ancestor Lyca told me there were other ways."

For example, my mental power. I don't cultivate any other elemental powers, only my mental power. Lyca told me that as long as I can cultivate my mental power to a qualitative leap, then I can begin the process of ascending to godhood.

As she spoke, Ge Long demonstrated the effects of her mental power. Indeed, her mental power could now be considered a superpower, capable of distorting reality and fundamentally altering its properties.

However, Chen Cheng, who had already ascended to godhood, was very clear that Ge Long had actually been deceived by his cheap ancestor.

It's not really a lie, but what Lyca called a qualitative change in mental power is not much different from the difficulty she faced in cultivating to the peak of demigod level.

According to Chen Cheng's understanding, the orthodox path to godhood in this world should be to cultivate one's Dao Fruit to its extreme, just like his cheap ancestor, who could withstand a direct confrontation with a true god and survive.

At this point, their power had actually broken through the level of demigods, ushering in a qualitative change. Their domain divine power was enough for them to communicate with those who had ascended to godhood.

Therefore, it is merely a breakthrough in power, and it doesn't matter whether this power is the power of the Dao Fruit of orthodox cultivation or some other power such as spiritual power.

However, the cultivation of Dao fruit may be limited by talent and one may be stuck at a certain level, while spiritual power only needs to be accumulated over a long period of time. Once enough quantity is accumulated, it can then cause a qualitative change.

It is clear that Ge Long has accumulated a sufficient amount of spiritual power, but judging from the quality of her spiritual power, she probably still needs to continue accumulating it.

With that in mind, Chen Cheng exposed the scam without hesitation.

Chen Cheng never imagined that Ge Long would later discover it was a scam and come after him, his descendant, to settle accounts.

So it's best to clarify things first; he doesn't want to take the blame for his cheap ancestor.

However, after hearing this, Ge Long did not show any anger. Instead, she calmly said:

"Now that you've thought it through, you should understand that I should thank that guy, Leica."

At first, Chen Cheng didn't understand, but then he figured it out.

Talent is predetermined from birth and cannot be changed. Therefore, the only way out for those who lack talent is precisely the method of accumulating spiritual power to achieve a qualitative change, as mentioned by Lyca.

Although this is just as difficult as direct cultivation of realms, it is ultimately a path that leads to victory, unlike cultivation of realms where you discover halfway through that you lack talent and the path is cut off, leading to that kind of despair.