Farming in a Parallel World and Becoming a God-Chapter 1170 - 656 Path Clergy_3

However, the force of the road, the potential of the future Road Divinity, and the Divine Spark of the Path are not the same; they are unique and initiated by Gaven himself as his divine office. As previously mentioned, although Mount Dakor is revered as the God of the Road, he does not hold the Road Clergy. This is true not only for him, but for no Deity in the entire Pantheon of Faerun possesses this divine office, and there are few even related, with the God of Travel and Exploration being the closest.

This situation naturally relates to the current overall situation in Faerun. Even unified kingdoms like the Komeer Kingdom and Tesser Kingdom have never constructed roads on a large scale. All existing trade routes in Faerun have been trodden by merchants over many years, bit by bit.

Unlike the Conqueror’s Path, which was completely facilitated by Gaven, without him, this road would never have appeared in the history of Faerun, and because of it, the destinies of countless people were changed, leading them to hold a reverence for him akin to that of believers.

The last and most crucial distinction lies in the types of Deities represented by the Undead Divine Office and the Road Clergy.

The Undead Divine Office tends toward faith gods, whose Divine Nature Force stems primarily from the worship of sage beings. Although their offices also represent death itself, the moment all sage beings switch their worship to other Deities associated with death, it will also be the moment of their downfall.

It is important to differentiate here: the Undead Divine Office is the Undead Divine Office, and the Death Clergy is the Death Clergy. The Undead Divine Office is only a small branch of the Death Clergy and the two should not be conflated. The Undead Divine Office represents undead creatures, especially sage undead creatures; the manipulation of souls by Shadow Power is based on this characteristic.

Road Clergy leans towards conceptual gods, representing the concept of the path. As long as roads exist and people walk upon them, regardless of whether these people are believers of the Road Clergy, they can provide it with divine power. The Road of Destiny is now in such a state. This does not mean that worship is useless to the Road Clergy; the concept is simply the foundation that ensures the existence of this office, and whether it is powerful or not ultimately depends on the number and devotion of its believers.

At the levels of feeble divine force, minor divine power, faith gods, and conceptual gods, there isn’t much difference.

But as we reach intermediate divine power and strong divine power, the differences begin to emerge. Among intermediate divine powers, the number of conceptual deities far exceeds those of pure faith gods, while at the level of strong divine power, without exception, all are hybrids of conceptual gods and faith gods, often possessing exceptionally strong conceptual offices. There are no pure faith gods, such as the Death Clergy, the War Priesthood, the Magic Clergy, and so on.

In other words, the potential of the Road Clergy far exceeds the Undead Divine Office, Divine Office of Dreams, and Pillaging Divine Office. It also fits Gaven’s character very well. Even without the Path-Laying Endowment, he wouldn’t have simply constructed the Road of Destiny; in a past life, he came from a kingdom known as an Infrastructure Maniac, having a special fondness for this aspect. Choosing to start among the Gnolls was a consideration for this reason.

If he truly seeks divine enthronement in the future, the Road Clergy would just be a stepping stone. What Gaven truly envisages are entirely new divine positions such as infrastructure and development, representing the future trends of all sage beings.

But these are digressions. When the Road Force reaches a thousand points, whether it can give birth to a Road Divinity Spark and further derive the Road Clergy remains a question. After all, this has far exceeded his range of knowledge, and he can only use the knowledge at hand to make the most rational speculation.

Like utilizing Shadow Power, fully using the force that only the gods possess, to lay a more solid foundation for oneself is the true way, whether in his own pursuit of godhood or wanting to support a particular deity.

Having said that, it goes without saying where the power for the Path-Laying Endowment comes from—it’s the Road Force, and the consumption is not small. Each endowment to a person will permanently use up three points of the Road Force, unless Gaven revokes that person’s Road Paving ability.

As for the statues required for the Statue Infusion, preparation has already started in the City of Faith, with medium, large, super-large, and giant sizes each being prepared. Many things need concrete experiments to gather data. As for the super giant, it far exceeds Gaven’s current capacity, as it requires a whopping 1280 points of the Road Force, but its influence radius reaches a frightening 128 kilometers. The question is whether the entire area is the radius or diameter, or linear along the given path?

The latter is more likely, given that this is the infusion of Road Force.

"Path-Laying Endowment? This is no longer a spell, but divine arts. No, more accurately, this is a divine ability... Your gains this time are even greater than I imagined." Philancy was once again astonished. How is it that on Gaven’s path, godhood seems so ordinary, so simple?

"To analyze this spell, I need you to bestow it upon me."

"That’s simple." Gaven directly channeled the Road Force into Philancy. He was more adept at guiding the Road Force than the Shadow Power; after all, the latter was borrowed, and due to the negative energy nature of Shadow Power, Gaven did not dare to let this force pass through his body, but through his shadow, with many things being distanced. Unlike that, the Road Force is entirely a force borne from his own hands, passing through the body brings only benefits, without any side effects.