GREED: ALL FOR WHAT?

She didn't tell him anything about Authority. Not even the most important information about how to get the spark of power. She ignored his question and instead went on to speak about the various stages of realm trees.

"Realm trees are not identical. We were created equal, but because we had varying potential for growth, we turned out differently. Each realm tree starts out as a seed and grows into a sapling. At that stage, we are small and in a vulnerable state. We are small and weak, so most small realms don't survive. They can't resist world gods yet, so they are hunted by world gods."

"The ones that survive to maturity do so by luck. The void universe is vast, and small realms are hidden. If they can't be found, then they will surely survive. If they are lucky enough to survive into mature realm trees like me, then they can resist world gods."

"When I say resisting, I don't mean fighting. I mean, we can prevent a world god from harming us. Any attack of theirs will be reflected back on them in an amplified state. The protection is passive, but the backlash is enough to prevent world gods from attacking us unless they are young and ignorant. We are protected at this stage, so the living organisms within us prosper."

"Most realm trees that reach this stage remain in it until the death of the void universe. Some are lucky enough to produce a strong realm lord, which then saves the realm tree from the fate of dying with the void universe."

"Don't ask me about the death of the universe, I won't answer it. But I can grant you inferior copies of realm heart fragments for you to create your world. If that isn't an option for you, then you will have to wait for a realm lord to be produced in the realm and to start the era of conquest. If we win, then you may have the realm's help in finding and attacking small worlds."

"Whichever choice you make, know that the three components are needed to become a world god. Once you have them, then you can fuse them with your Supreme Law and your Origin to become a world god."

Helios asked, "Can I get the spark of power and its likes from you?"

"No, you cannot."

"Can I at least know what other types of such things there are in the void universe?"

"I wouldn't be able to answer this question if I didn't have a realm lord to offset some of the rules of the world spark. Fortunately, I can do it, so you're in luck."

Helios agreed wholeheartedly about being lucky and listened attentively.

Mother High Heaven explained, "There are three of them. The spark of the soul, which you call the spark of consciousness, the spark of wisdom, and the spark of power. You know about the spark of consciousness. It is the second rarest of the three. The spark of power is the rarest, while the spark of wisdom is the most common."

"Every entity with a Supreme Law has a spark of wisdom. The Supreme Law is the spark of wisdom. The spark of consciousness is equivalent to the spark of wisdom in terms of quality and power. That's why a certain clone of yours can eat Supreme laws and substitute itself as the world spark in the attempt of another clone to become a world god without a Supreme law."

Helios was enlightened, "No wonder."

Mother High Heaven chuckled, "You thought you were omitting the requirements for a Supreme Law in becoming a world god, but you were only changing the spark of wisdom to the spark of consciousness. This is even more difficult than the normal way to become a world god. Not everyone can do it."

"This is because the spark of the soul is difficult to acquire. The dilution of the soul with mana, origin energy, laws, the body, origin essence, and concepts will make it difficult to comprehend the law of the soul and evolve it. Those things empower the soul, but they also distort it and make it impure. As for the spark of power, it is very rare, but you're already halfway to achieving it."

"Really?" He asked in disbelief.

"Really. But don't ask me how to complete it or what you're doing to achieve it. In general, everyone is capable of acquiring the three sparks. They may not grant quantitative power, but they grant qualitative power that can make an entity without a Supreme Law consume a Supreme Law and use it with cosmic energy to evolve. But potential is just that. Plus, the attempt to acquire any of the sparks makes it difficult, if not impossible, to acquire the other two."

"Oh," Helios said in understanding.

He and the other clones have gained a new understanding of why Legion-7 is special and why he could replace a Supreme law as one of the requirements to become a world god.

This understanding made them question the paths of power they knew about.

"If the path of perfection leads to the creation of the spark of wisdom, what does the path of demons and divinity produce?"

They asked Mother High Heaven, and she replied.

She said, "My duty to you does not extend to answering that question."

So he asked another question he was curious about.

"Why is there a major difference in power between half-world gods and world gods? I have never heard of a Supreme Origin god fighting or resisting a world god, and yet they both have Supreme laws. Is it because of the world that world gods have? Why does that create such a huge difference?"

"Think of the state of existence of a world god as a lever system. The origin is the pivot point, or fulcrum. The Supreme Law is the beam or balance, while the world is the effort or input."

Helios said in understanding, "So that's it. Through the principle of the lever, the power of a world is greatly leveraged to do more work than the input."

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A/N: What do you think Legion is doing to acquire the spark of power?