Chapter 5: The Value of Divine Power Is Way Too Low

Leaf Zhi’s expression became solemn.

“So you’re not just a Divine Spark that gained sentience, but a Divinity Fragment that gained sentience?”

For a tool-like item essential for ascending to godhood to develop consciousness was already unbelievable.

And yet, the Guangqiu wasn’t even a complete Divine Spark?!

What kind of dogshit luck was this?

The Guangqiu looked up in confusion.

“What does ‘gaining sentience’ mean?”

“You don’t need to know.”

“………………Oh.”

The Guangqiu shut its mouth in grievance.

It kept reminding itself in its heart.

This is my lifeline.

I can’t offend them.

I can’t offend them………………

Leaf Zhi looked at this Authority, which was comparable to the God of Life’s scraps, with a headache.

[Life Resurrection], [Life Purification]—the Authority sounded decent.

But the skills that could be developed from it were far from reaching the level of the God of Life, who could create life.

At best, it could accelerate the target’s growth and heal severe injuries.

For example, the Holy Light Art that every Believer of the Light God would learn, which could both heal and harm monsters.

Its source was these two Authorities.

But that was all.

The Authority’s upper limit was extremely low.

“So you said to find healing Authority, and sure enough, only healing Authority was left?”

Leaf Zhi didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

“Forget it, you can’t expect to become fat with one bite. If you can use it, it’s enough.”

He looked at the next line displaying [Divine Power Value: 99].

Leaf Zhi’s avatar in the Spirit Sea stroked his chin.

“99 Divine Power Value. I wonder how much that can heal……”

As he thought, his mind moved, and the Divine Power Value on the panel began to decrease.

The Guangqiu also saw the number on the panel change and suddenly felt a surge of panic.

“Don’t!”

It shouted.

If its Divine Power was depleted, it would die!

Unfortunately, it was too late.

Leaf Zhi felt a warm current flow through his body, easing the pain that clung to his bones.

The data on the panel changed accordingly:

[Name: Leaf Zhi]

[……])]

[Divine Power Value: 89]

[Believer: None]

[Special Item: ?Different-Dimensional Net Spirit?, Divine Contract (Reversed)]

[Status: Severe Injury, Weakness, Frostbite, Burn, Poisoning, Mental Sea Collapse,……]

[Summary: Dying Undead]

[Lifespan: 5 days 23 hours 14 minutes]

One negative debuff—bone fracture—was gone from the status bar, and the lifespan increased by two days.

Seeing that only 10 Divine Power had been consumed, the Guangqiu let out a long sigh of relief.

Thank goodness.

For a moment, it thought half its sphere was about to meet the God of Death………………

Leaf Zhi saw all of this and let out a dry laugh.

“You weren’t afraid when you tricked me into signing the contract, but now you’re scared?”

Now, the Guangqiu’s situation was exactly what it had planned to do to him from the start!

Leaf Zhi certainly wasn’t foolish enough to use up all his Divine Power at once.

The first time was just to test the waters.

Looking at the three full rows of negative debuffs still on himself, Leaf Zhi smacked his lips.

“It’s somewhat useful, but not much.”

To think it only removed a single bone fracture debuff.

Leaf Zhi briefly left the Spirit Sea to glance at his corpse lying in the dirt.

From the looks of it,

The bones he had broken due to magic backlash had already been mended.

He’d even grown about two new rib-sized bones.

If he’d used Bone Marrow of Living Bones to heal, it would’ve taken about 500g.

So.

10 Divine Power was roughly equal to 500g of Bone Marrow of Living Bones.

On the Magic Trading Market, the market price was about 5,000 Gold Coins.

Considering Bone Marrow of Living Bones was extremely difficult to cultivate and a forbidden material, the price could go even higher.

Even so,

The function of 10 Divine Power felt a bit… too low in value!

By this conversion, wasn’t 99 Divine Power only worth 10 jin of Bone Marrow of Living Bones?

If there’s a problem, ask the source.

Leaf Zhi stared suspiciously at the Guangqiu.

“Why do you have so little Divine Power?”

With so little strength, his next plans became troublesome………………

The Guangqiu’s surface turned pink, as if blushing in shame.

“It’s not my fault. You just transformed into a System and checked your body. Otherwise, my Divine Power would still be three digits!”

“Which three digits?”

“……100, ”

Leaf Zhi was speechless.

“So turning into a System only consumed 1 Divine Power………………”

He paused, suddenly realizing something.

“Wait, transforming into something equivalent to a data statistics panel actually costs 1 Divine Power?!”

His voice unconsciously rose.

The purchasing power—no, usage value—of this Divine Power was even lower than he’d thought!

1 Divine Power was equivalent to a third-level magic Life Crest!

Leaf Zhi was a bit driven mad by this reality check.

“What about before? Don’t tell me the Divine Spark worshipped by the Bright Church had only this much Divine Power after awakening consciousness?”

“With this collection speed, will Aurel Lucian’s old bastard ever be revived before the end of time?”

“The mighty First Church’s faith is this unfaithful?”

“Of course not!”

The Guangqiu hurriedly refuted.

“Divine Power is needed for the resurrection of the Light God and will naturally flow to wherever it’s easiest for Him to revive.”

“I’m just a fragment of the Light God Divinity, incomplete, so I didn’t get the lion’s share of the Divine Power.”

“Afterwards, I spent over half my Divine Power searching for a mage with the potential to become a god……………”

By the end, the Guangqiu’s voice was choked.

It had wandered the Aeltia Continent for several years.

Constantly expending Divine Power to seek someone qualified to succeed the Light God.

But it hadn’t found a single mage with the potential for godhood.

When it finally did find one, the person was a Dying Undead!

At first, the Guangqiu had wanted to grit its teeth and accept it.

But the other party refused and turned around to bind it instead!

The Guangqiu sobbed and recounted its misfortune.

If the God of Time gave it another chance, it would never leave the Land of the Gods!

Better to die early than struggle under someone else’s gaze!

Leaf Zhi looked speechlessly at the Guangqiu, who grew more miserable with every word, and summed up.

“In short, you spent all your Divine Power yourself?”

What a waste!

No wonder he’d managed to reverse the control so easily.

So the Guangqiu was a weakling with a combat power of 5 from the start!

Leaf Zhi didn’t need to examine the rest of the panel’s attributes.

With the Light God Divinity in hand, he was effectively a pseudo-god whose strength hadn’t reached the level of a God, capable of accepting Believers.

Special Items: a light orb connected to the Blue Star Network, and a reversed contract between him and a pale gold Guangqiu.

There was nothing else that could help Leaf Zhi repair his body or further his Virtual Reality Game project.

Leaf Zhi set the panel aside.

With the extra two days of lifespan, he turned to look at the blue light sphere.

During this conversation, he had never stopped channeling magic power into the sphere.

Now, his Authority in the Blue Star Network had expanded a bit further.

Though in various software, he still only had a bunch of visitor-level accounts.

On the Internet, he could at least open web pages on his own now!

This, too, was the result of Leaf Zhi’s covert manipulation and guidance.

Leaf Zhi muttered to himself.

“Judging by the news online, Blue Star already has virtual reality game technology, and recently a virtual reality game has been making headlines!”

“If I hitch a ride on the hype, I could attract a lot of…players!”