GREED: ALL FOR WHAT?

She replied without delay, "The fruit contains the seeds. And like any living thing, its shape, performance, and potential are all dictated by its genes. The material you will use to make the fruit will be the original concept as the base, the sacrificed concepts as the additives, and your existence as the glue that binds them together. That is how to form the genes of the fruit of Supremacy."

"Think of it as weaving a spiderweb. You are the spider. The base is your original concept that has fused with your existence. And the web is the connection of laws between the original concept and the sacrificed concepts. This is all held together by your existence. So you are building a Supreme Law as well as rebuilding your existence."

"The bigger the supreme law, the better. But the minimum power for it to be considered a supreme law is when it is capable of resisting the law matrix and carving out a portion of the void universe for you without its permission."

"That is enlightening." He said in appreciation, then he asked a question that he didn't think would be answered. "I assume that cosmic energy is required to grow the Supreme Law. But are there other energy types that a world god needs?"

"You are right about cosmic energy. But I can't tell you about the other types of energy that world gods use or need. That is not my job. But I will tell you something interesting that concerns you." She paused for a short while.

"Your situation is slightly different from others. You didn't use any concepts to grow your sapling at all. Instead, you used cosmic energy to crystalize your sapling. It won't grow now, even if you give it concepts." She smiled when she said that.

He can't see a smile on her face because she doesn't have lips. Her whole face is a single bright eye that resembles a swirling galaxy. But he can tell that she is amused at his predicament because she made it known through her divine sense.

"What does this mean?" he asked, a little anxious.

He was happy when he heard the confirmation of the usefulness of cosmic energy. It means Legion will be able to become a strong world god as fast as possible. But he doesn't like where she is going.

"It means you can't form a Supreme Law by sacrificing concepts to your original concept. It is all because your concept has a higher proportion of cosmic energy to Origin essence than normal. It will resist other concepts and be unable to bind with them even if they come from you and have laws in similarity."

"This can't be right. How can having a lot of cosmic energy be a bad thing? Am I to be stuck as an Origin god forever?"

That question made her chuckle. "This reminds me of the Supreme Beasts that went with the path of further awakening and used cosmic energy to push themselves to the limit of the void universe. They thought they were fixing their problem, but they were only digging their grave further. They will never be able to build a Supreme Law and become world gods even if they overcome the temporary nature of their original concept."

She said with pity, "People think that the reason why Origin gods can't get cosmic energy anymore is because the void universe is being stingy with it. They are right to think that. But there's also another important reason. Cosmic energy is too powerful to be controlled by Origin gods. You should know that yourself. If it was safe to use anyhow, you wouldn't need a Supreme Law to control it."

Helios didn't like the sound of that. The clones also used cosmic energy, but unlike the Supreme Beasts, they didn't dig their graves intentionally. Their use of cosmic energy wasn't intentional. The law of order activated cosmic energy, and it moved from Helios into their mind network. They were happy about it, but now they found out that there are side effects.

He couldn't accept it at all. He said to Mother High Heaven, "There has to be a way."

Mother High Heaven rejected that conjecture. "There is no way out for them. They have increased the temporary properties of their concepts to the limit. Their original concept can't change permanently, so they are forever stuck with it. But there is a way for you."

"What is it?"

"The concepts of your clones are just too strong. That means their resistance to other concepts is high. It is a good thing if you can accept the increased difficulty of making a Supreme Law. But not to worry, you are a unique being, so your situation is special, and therefore, you have solutions that are not available to others. In fact, there are four solutions to your problem."

That surprised Helios. He asked in disbelief, "There's four of them? Then why did you make it sound like I was in a dead end?"

Then he realized something. He chuckled and said, "You were messing with me, weren't you."

He came to that conclusion because she seemed to be having fun by trying to make him anxious.

Mother High Heaven smiled. "I was indeed messing with you, but I didn't lie. You truly cannot create a Supreme Law by sacrificing concepts to your original concept. You should know this."

"We didn't know it was because of the cosmic energy. We just thought that we had reached the limit of power or that we were missing something important needed to create a Supreme Law. That's why I called for you."

Legion has tried to sacrifice concepts, and Soverick has indeed tried to make a Supreme Law. He didn't plan to finish it but just wanted to test it and see how it would work.

But he couldn't manage to get it started, so they thought they were missing a crucial step. It is only now that they know it is because of the high structural integrity of their concepts.

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A/N: I've got news. I will upload an extra chapter for every person with a golden ticket contribution above 20. This is aside from the normal contribution goals and will start next month.