Chapter 1394: Chapter 1365: The Battle of the Gods Begins Chapter 1394: Chapter 1365: The Battle of the Gods Begins “Plans cannot keep pace with change,” the beautifully designed blueprint on paper proved to be quite different when actually implemented—reality has an essential difference from ideals.

“Father, with our current faith resources, we cannot support your Hundred Gods Plan.”

Within the vast Divine Palace, a goddess with twelve wings stretched behind her reported to the sitting deity.

“According to the investigation and statistics you provided earlier, didn’t you say that it would be enough to add a hundred divine beings to my command? Why do you now say it’s not possible?” Muria asked, puzzled, waiting for Gladys’s response.

Although the Hundred Gods Plan had been proposed by Him, it was his eldest daughter Gladys who actually investigated the data and perfected the plan—a direct descendant who would never mix any personal thoughts into it.

“I overlooked an important matter, which has led to the plan’s inevitable failure to be perfect. This was my negligence,” Gladys lowered her head.

“Hm,” Muria nodded. Even though His real body was still merging worlds, the avatar seated in the temple was merely a shell, yet He was somewhat aware of everything occurring in each of His domains.

“According to the plan, all faith resources in your domains, Father, by the lowest standard, would be enough to support the emergence of a hundred new gods. I assumed that by leading this plan in your name, Father, even if the newly ascended deities were to crave faith, they wouldn’t dare to be excessive.”

“But you miscalculated, even if you restrict them, you still cannot stop their followers from establishing churches and expanding the faith on their own initiative.”

Muria understood clearly what was going on. The Hundred Gods Plan divided His faith resources into a hundred parts, each part just enough to sustain a deity—but it’s just skating on the minimum line.

In theory, it was possible to create a hundred divine beings, but in practice, it was utterly impossible to accomplish.

The deities who ascended first, even if commanded not to manifest actively and expand their faith, couldn’t control their followers from preaching on their own initiative—a challenging situation to manage.

It’s not like those new gods could issue a divine command telling their followers not to expand abroad and to maintain the current size, right? That ran completely against the foundational command of a faith-based god’s existence.

And many of the new gods not only wouldn’t stop their believers from actively establishing churches and expanding their faith, they would secretly support them, a decision dictated by their identity.

Such actions would undoubtedly disrupt the Hundred Gods Plan and invade the interests of the later gods, but this was an inevitable event that couldn’t be stopped. Fundamentally, the ‘cake’ was too small to support this plan.

“Yes, Father, this is my mistake. Please punish me.”

“Punish you for what?” Muria said with an amused wave of His hand, “You oversaw this plan, and even if it had been successful, I could not have rewarded you. And now that it cannot be completed, naturally, there will be no punishment.

Moreover, this is ultimately not a problem of your capabilities but a question of my power. If I had secured more domains during the council of the gods from before, the plan could have been carried out and completed smoothly.”

“So Father, when do you plan to start the war?”

No sooner had Muria spoken than Tiffany, who had come with her sister, asked eagerly. It wasn’t her most pressing concern right now, but it was what some legends and newly ascended divine beings under Muria’s command wanted to know the most.

“When all preparations are in order, the war will naturally begin,” Muria said, looking at his daughter with profound meaning.

The immediate result of the failed execution of the Hundred Gods Plan was that the ruling class under Muria, the group who had just become True Gods, along with the legends who were eligible for deification but could not ascend due to insufficient faith resources, now possessed a powerful desire for external expansion.

Because Muria existed, even if there was competition for faith among the gods, they dared not erupt in large-scale conflict, maintaining a facade of peace.

But whether it was legends or new gods, both needed faith. Unable to prey internally, their gaze could only turn outward, thus providing the impetus to wage war.

…

Bright moonlight hung high in the sky, casting a chilling light upon a dejected troop advancing rapidly under the moon’s glow, hurriedly leaving behind the city that led them to such disarray.

Howl——
A subdued growl arose in the wilderness as pair after pair of greedy eyes fell upon the nighttime travelers. A faint bloody smell carried on the wind, which was precisely what attracted the nighttime hunting monsters.

After a brief observation, the nocturnal hunters confirmed their prey was already injured, and what remained of their reason could no longer restrain the hunger within.

Accompanied by roars, monsters of various shapes and kinds seemed to reach an implicit agreement, forming a temporary alliance, and simultaneously pouncing on the troop unaware of the abnormality around them.

Pff! Click!

The sound of sharp blades slicing flesh resounded densely under the moonlight for a brief moment, and after a flurry of melee, the wilderness fell utterly silent, the thick scent of blood drifting to all sides. This time, the smell did not attract any more monsters, but instead, it made the surroundings even more quiet.

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