Chapter 21 Humans can ascend to godhood, and gods can descend to mortalhood.
Long before Arah entered the underworld to participate in Hades' banquet and had a secret meeting with Isis, the goddess of life, in her divine realm, Arah began to understand the path she should take from the ignorant and uncivilized realm of the gods.
However, the principles guided by the divine realm are ultimately just paths.
The true extent of one's power ultimately depends on Aloh's divine status, authority over laws, and foundation of divine power.
For a god to become powerful, these three things are indispensable.
The divine hierarchy refers to the levels of deities. According to the vast range known to Araha, there are ordinary deities, chief gods, rulers, and beings like the sun god Ra or the Hebrew gods.
The foundation of divine power includes both the vastness of divine power a deity ultimately acquires through divine grace and the attributes corresponding to that divine power.
As for the authority of laws, it is a link between the past and the future.
It originates from the foundation of divine power, and because of the natural attributes of divine power, authority is born and laws are formed.
At the same time, it is also a ladder for gods to continuously improve their status. Just as Aroha had thought before, any god with ideas would choose to evolve his authority, which is more material, into a conceptual existence.
The law and authority of Araha are undoubtedly conceptual.
What he first sensed was the authority he already knew about, which could help non-gods gain divine power and become immortal gods.
To be honest, this kind of authority doesn't add much power to Arakha.
Even those who ascend to godhood through him can form their own seats in his divine realm, like the gods of Arah. Arah can borrow the power of those who have ascended to godhood or the gods of Arah.
However, unless they become gods or subordinate gods, becoming the supreme god or beings above the supreme god, their power is as useless as chicken ribs.
On the other hand, which is the opposite of the authority of the law, Araha was quite satisfied.
The light from the divine realm, after merging with divine power, can be an enlightening light for mortals, allowing them to awaken their spirits and gain divine power. However, for gods, it has the effect of suppressing or even annihilating divine power.
Although this suppression and annihilation are related to Arah's current status.
For example, he is currently on the verge of becoming a supreme god, capable of completely annihilating the divine power of gods who have not yet been born into a divine realm, causing them to descend from gods to mortals.
For beings that are also on the verge of becoming gods, they can only be suppressed for a period of time.
Once he becomes the supreme god, he will be able to suppress the divine power of the supreme gods, causing them to become mortals for a period of time.
In other words, a higher-ranking being can completely annihilate a lower-ranking being, but can suppress a deity of the same rank for a period of time. However, this depends on the strength of the Arhat and his opponent, and cannot be generalized.
Even if this cannot last forever, it is enough to make him fearful of any god of the same level after he becomes the chief god.
"I wonder, if I truly become the God-King of this world, will I be able to suppress the divine power of the ruler?"
In this mythological world, the chief god is not the strongest being.
Aroh thought of the ruler above the chief gods. He could hardly achieve that in a short time, but if he were to attain the status of a god-king, it would enhance his authority and laws, and perhaps then he would no longer fear them.
As for the sun god Ra, Aroha thought about it and decided to leave it to the Hebrew gods to deal with.
By now, Moses was already over seventy years old, and if the story of Exodus didn't unfold soon, he would die of old age.
"Could it be that the Egyptian gods temporarily suspended the execution of Hebrew male infants, making them less anxious?"
Thirty years ago, when Moses had just fled, something happened and the sun god Ra gave his last divine message in years, ordering the Egyptians to stop drowning Hebrew male infants.
Even the former "right of first night" was returned to Hebrew men.
When this news spread, Araha heard a cacophony of sounds—crying, laughter, wailing, and so on—coming together in the land of Goshen, where the Hebrews were, and it did not cease all night.
"I hope the Exodus doesn't go as planned in the scriptures. Otherwise, once the new temple is fully built, I'm afraid I'll be hunted down by the Lord."
In Memphis, under the personal supervision of Horus, the Pharaoh's guardian, the new temple built by mortals for Aroha is nearing completion.
This temple was built entirely according to the specifications of the temple of Ra.
Once completed, Aroha will begin the work of resurrecting Osiris, the god of the underworld, and Set's second attempt to kill him will follow.
The time of Aramean's resurrection was the time when the Hebrews left Egypt.
The Egyptian god and the Hebrew god would become great enemies, and he chose to side with the latter.
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While the people of the "Ptah" school were happily preparing for a grand wedding, the priests of all the temples in Memphis spontaneously gathered at the Temple of Ra, the Sun God.
"Honored servants of Ra, please ask Ra on our behalf: how should we deal with the blasphemous 'Ptah' school?"
The elders at the temple of Ra were well aware of the reasons behind the priests' visits.
He led a large number of priests to hold a grand "Sun Festival" before the statue of Ra, praying for Ra's guidance.
However, even after the "Sun Festival" ended, Ra still did not deliver any divine pronouncements.
For a moment, all the priests fell silent.
Are they going to stand by and watch as the blasphemers of the "Putta" school gain supernatural power without divine intervention and usurp their position as the second-highest god on earth?
These priests were arguably the most intelligent group of people in the entire world.
They understood perfectly well what the consequences would be if the power Amon had discovered were to be spread.
Those nobles who exercised royal power were eager for a competitor to emerge.
Are they going to pray to the gods to personally help them defeat their opponents?
No, they want to nip the trouble in the bud as soon as this power is born!
"The fact that Ra has not given any instructions may not necessarily be bad news."
Suddenly, the priest of Thoth, the god of wisdom, spoke up: "Perhaps this is just a small matter, and Ra doesn't care at all."
"We can absolutely eliminate them on our own."
These words immediately sparked a flurry of discussion among all the priests.
Some people agree, some disagree, and there is no consensus.
In the end, all eyes turned to the priest of Ra.
Ra is the father of all gods, so his priests should be the leaders of all priests.
"Don't rush to kill. Not everyone in the 'Puta' school has an unwavering will."
He said in an aged voice, "We can use worldly power to oppress the weak and make them abandon 'Puta'."
"We can use wealth and status to win over the vain and make them abandon 'Putta'."
"And for those who are influenced by Moses the God-fearer, we can promise that one day in the future we will truly build a temple for their nameless God and make them turn away from 'Ptah'."
"We will join forces with those who still resist, and we will not allow them to stay in any kingdom or city-state where there is a temple."
"Let the soldiers drive them away, so they have no chance to catch their breath."
"They are ultimately just mortals. If we don't give them the conditions to spread their doctrines, they will naturally die out slowly."
The words of the priest of Ra made the eyes of the other priests light up.
At the same time, they glanced at the priests of Thoth, the god of wisdom, and shook their heads inwardly.
The servants of the Temple of Wisdom only know how to solve problems by killing.
Who knows what the identity of this "Buda" whose origins are still unknown? What if he causes trouble?
The gods are of course unaffected, but the priests are not necessarily.
After all, below them, countless devout followers await their place