Days and nights passed, and the information they had previously overlooked poured in from their respective star systems, converging to form a comprehensive report for this investigation. While not necessarily perfectly aligned with the truth, it was close enough, providing a rough outline of the events.
This included the Sun God Cult and the Radiant Moon God Cult.
It also included the worship of gods and information about divine kingdoms.
"Gods, huh, what an ancient term. Your Majesty recalls, isn't this something many civilizations created in their early stages, out of ignorance of the world and for the sake of control?
A way to give people something to believe in?
So now it's confirmed that it's not some civilization pretending to be gods, but truly gods capable of absorbing faith, igniting divine fire, and establishing divine kingdoms?"
Not long after finishing the detailed investigation report.
The Eternal God Emperor asked with a sigh.
The title "god" was both foreign and familiar to him. Foreign, because their civilization had stopped believing in gods millions of years ago. In fact, for lower-tier civilizations, they themselves were no different from gods. When visiting backward civilizations, they only needed to display a few technological marvels to have everyone kneel and worship.
They would respectfully call them gods, immortals, or similar titles.
Familiarity, of course, came from the fact that when facing certain lower-tier civilizations, they had always considered themselves gods.
They even proclaimed themselves as god-level civilizations externally.
Even he himself was no exception. Otherwise, why would he be called the God Emperor, clearly implying the emperor of all gods?
However, he also understood that what they called gods were not true gods in the traditional sense, but rather a transcendence and superiority achieved through a certain level of technological advancement.
It was precisely because he understood this point.
That he harbored doubts about the Sun God Cult and the Radiant Moon God Cult, as well as other god-related information discovered, suspecting that other advanced civilizations were masquerading as gods.
"It shouldn't be. The investigators I dispatched specifically mobilized a cosmic fleet from an eighth-level civilization to attack a so-called Sun God Cult missionary who was proselytizing in a fifth-level civilization. Not only did they successfully prevent the proselytization, but they also captured many missionaries.
Among them was a so-called lower god. Through studying this lower god, we discovered that he was indeed not a super-soldier created by technology, but truly resembled the gods in legends.
His divine personality and divine body were complete. From him, we could extract a power similar to the energy emitted by the sun, yet different and much gentler. However, just as we were about to research his divine personality, it suddenly exploded. He also said that the Sun Goddess would not let us go.
Then, a great power appeared and took away his soul core, which was hidden within his divine personality. We speculate that this great power was the so-called Sun Divine Kingdom. The rumor that followers of the Sun Goddess can be resurrected is likely true, as we also possess the technology to recreate souls and revive life by using soul cores. It is not far-fetched to think that the Sun Goddess possesses similar abilities.
It doesn't seem too strange.
Based on the intelligence gathered so far, the possibility of the so-called Sun Goddess and the God of the Radiant Moon truly existing is over ninety percent. Even the birth of stellar life from countless stars previously should be related to that Sun Goddess, because some of the missionaries mentioned that they had seen countless beings born from stars paying homage to the Sun Goddess and calling her Mother Goddess.
If the Sun Goddess is the origin of the stars, and those stellar beings call her Mother Goddess, it makes sense. I just find it difficult to comprehend what kind of life form this is, and how it could be the origin of stars?"
An elder quickly recounted based on the information he possessed, but he still found it hard to understand what kind of life form could make all stellar beings call her Mother Goddess.
Although they had the ability to create or destroy stars at will, they had never been able to turn stars into life and command them.
This was too bizarre.
Just as the Eternal God Emperor was discussing this matter with his subordinates in the Immortal Underground Palace, news of several missionary groups being attacked by advanced civilizations also reached Jin Xinxin. He was well aware that proselytization would be difficult to advance peacefully in advanced civilizations, so he immediately summoned a thousand Arch-Gods and a million High-Gods, leading them personally to quell the rebellion.
The first target was the Eternal Empire.
After all, it was the most powerful civilization in this universe. If they didn't deal with them first, catching them off guard, it would become many times more difficult once they were on guard.
Jin Xinxin was no fool like Zhu Yunwen.
He weakened the feudal lords by starting with the weaker ones.
When capable, he would naturally use a swift and decisive approach, employing various means to eliminate or subdue the strongest, thereby intimidating other civilizations. Then, with a little leniency, indicating that they only intended to proselytize and not seize power, it would be easier and more peaceful, with fewer casualties.
Therefore, before the Eternal God Emperor's meeting concluded, Jin Xinxin, leading a vast army that could be considered an army of gods, descended directly above the Eternal Continent.
Without any preamble, they began their attack.
The gods had already negotiated their respective tasks before arriving, so Jin Xinxin did not need to issue individual commands. Instead, they immediately acted according to the original plan. Dozens of High-Gods jointly unleashed their vast divine power, instantly using their innate instincts derived from stars to destroy all the artificial stars above the Eternal Continent, plunging the entire continent into darkness.
In addition, gods joined forces to destroy energy sources, and some gods channeled their divine souls to destroy all intelligent products, such as intelligent brains or sky networks.
Weapon storage areas, and the like.
Were besieged by tens of thousands of gods.
The various automatic defense systems on the Eternal Continent had been largely disused due to millions of years without any attackers. Even though a significant portion could still function normally, with the energy cut off and the reaction speed of countless gods far exceeding theirs, they could not cause much impact. Consequently, the Eternal Continent fell in a short period.
In reality, if the Eternal Empire were given time to prepare, their destructive power would be no less than that of supreme gods. However, as mentioned earlier, preparation time was required. Many technological products not only needed preparation time to operate but also time for personnel to activate them or discuss whether to activate them.
But Jin Xinxin and his followers did not need this.
They themselves were the most powerful beings.
They could launch their strongest attacks anytime, anywhere.
The Eternal Empire's defeat stemmed from the fact that they had never encountered gods before and did not know how to fight them. In addition, there was a degree of underestimation.
The fact that no civilization had successfully invaded the Eternal Continent for millions of years had left them completely unprepared.
With the fall of the Eternal Continent, the core leaders of the Eternal Continent were naturally captured and controlled by Jin Xinxin. However, instead of killing them all, they were led to the Radiant Moon Temple within the Radiant Moon Divine Kingdom for negotiations.
War leads to casualties, and large-scale wars result in heavy losses. Jin Xinxin needed faith.
The core of faith lies in sentient beings themselves.
Therefore, he naturally hoped to achieve a relatively peaceful cooperation through negotiation, reducing casualties.