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Tony did this out of guilt; if he hadn't let Xu Fu help him explore the power of faith, he wouldn't have put Xu Fu in such danger and trouble.
Natasha and the other women were clearly worried, and even the kindest and gentlest May couldn't help but scratch the claw marks on Tony's face.
The Avengers showed Xu Fu countless acts of concern.
However, Xu Fu was not as dangerous as Serena had described. After modifying his source of power, Xu Fu had embarked on the path of arcane magic.
On the path of arcane magic, you can infinitely increase your power by constantly strengthening your soul's will and relying on the knowledge and secrets that exist in the laws of the universe and nature.
On the contrary, like the gods, angels, holy spirits and other life forms of Asgard, they must condense divine bodies, divinity, divine personality, divine fire, and so on.
Therefore, even a great deal of faith would not cause Xu Fu to ignite the divine fire or anything else.
If it weren't for the countless years of faith power accumulated in this paradise, Xu Fu could have stripped away the distracting thoughts of these so-called sentient beings and absorbed the faith power in a minute.
At that moment, within Xu Fu's soul, the great World Tree swayed gracefully like a whale devouring the four seas, joyfully absorbing the infinite power of faith flowing into Xu Fu's body from heaven. Under the influence of this power, its branches, leaves, and fruits rose at an astonishing speed.
The power of faith cannot enable Xu Fu to comprehend more of the mysteries of the universe, but this power itself is born between light, darkness, life, and death. Every drop of the power of faith can help Xu Fu understand the four laws of light, darkness, life, and death a little more.
The deeper one's understanding of the laws of the universe, the greater the nourishment to the soul and the body.
Although earlier, Xu Fu also inherited the legacy of the two great men, God and Lucifer, and embarked on a completely new path of reincarnation between light and darkness, life and death, thus reaching the level of the Heavenly Father.
In reality, Xu Fu has only been on the path of evolution for a little over ten years. Although he accidentally reached the level of the Heavenly Father in his understanding of the universe, he still has far from enough energy to accumulate.
Otherwise, Lucifer, Odin, and the Old Gods would drag Xu Fu to the battlefield of Hell.
Although Xu Fu's current strength is very strong, it is only explosive. He can show amazing effects and combat power in close combat, but he cannot sustain it.
If you place Xu Fu on the abyss battlefield where the battle never stops, his power will be quickly exhausted.
Compared to truly great figures of the Heavenly Father level, Xu Fu's foundation and accumulation are still far behind; otherwise, he wouldn't have used his unique destructive divine power condensed from the Law of Reincarnation only at the crucial moment of the battle.
After all, Xu Fu himself knew that his own unique divine power supply was too small.
Only when Xu Fu has a deeper understanding of the four laws of light, darkness, life, and death, and makes his law of reincarnation stronger and stronger, can he reach the point of infinite divine power through the connection between the laws and the operation of the universe.
It may seem that the Father's level is only a few times higher, but the gap between them is countless times greater than the gap between all the first steps to the Father's level.
Among these powerful beings at the level of the God-Father, there are formidable figures like the God-King Odin, who can even defeat an entire team of gods, single-handedly crushing half the universe and making Asgard famous throughout the entire universe.
Even ancient mages, beings with a profound understanding of the laws of the soul, can provoke almost any enemy, even if they cannot fight or kill.
Those who were weaker, such as Xu Fu, Destroyer, and Carol, were actually considered to belong to the elite class.
But even someone like Xu Fu is nothing more than a gentle infant in the face of great beings like Odin and the ancients.
If he hadn't become an arcanist, Xu Fu might have died ten times over, if he had so much faith power instilled in him.
On the contrary, the chance discovery of a boundless profession, like a harvester, and the boundless power of faith accumulated over countless years in this paradise, presented Xu Fu with an excellent opportunity.
Chapter 517 Metamorphosis on the Road to Arcana
Xu Fu's previous understanding of light, life, darkness and death was superficial, or rather, not broad enough. He only saw the surface things, such as the alternation of light and darkness, and the cycle of life and death.
But this time, with the immense infusion of faith, Xu Fu's understanding of light, life, darkness, and death began to increase at a speed almost like a rocket taking off.
Light can represent many things: brightness, whiteness, beauty, things that are desirable, and so on.
Even the simple Law of Light is enough to keep more than 90% of the world's powerful beings at the level of Godfathers studying it tirelessly for tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of years.
Xu Fu came to the Father's classroom, but he had too little time, too little discernment, and too little knowledge. So, although he became one with God, Lucifer, and other great men, he could not find anything about faith in the gap between light and darkness, on the edge of life and death.
By this point, the boundless power of faith had been absorbed into the World Tree of Souls, and the fruits of the four runes—light, darkness, life, and death—had fully formed into something akin to a divine crystal.
This mysterious power, combined with Xu Fu's unwavering will, caused the entire Soul World Tree to tremble slightly and sprout another branch.
On this branch, Xu Fu vaguely saw an unformed, illusory fruit called faith.
The boundless power of faith continued to relentlessly wash over Xu Fu's body.
Heaven is vast; even after God's death and the fall of the angels, it still gathers the power of faith throughout the universe for countless years.
Only this almost limitless sea of power could sustain Xu Fu's physical transformation.
Xu Fu had previously followed the path of the Asgardians, but when he became an arcanist, he poured all his divine essence, power, and body into a seed of the World Tree, in exchange for the magical skill tree within his soul.
This transformation is astonishing, but in reality, Xu Fu's metamorphosis in power, laws, and even thought, will, and the depth of his soul is only vaguely visible. He has the framework of a specific skill tree, but he does not have the vast energy that a Heavenly Father-level arcane mage must possess.
The power of faith flowed like a river into the fruit of faith on Xu Fu's Tree of Souls, making the initially illusory fruit solid, and then shining brightly, forming a unique crystal-like existence.
Finally, the Fruit of Faith fell to the ground like a ripe fruit, and was instantly devoured by the enormous Tree of Souls, transforming into the purest energy that washed over the entire trunk, branches, and leaves.
The World Tree began to come alive, radiating Akaso's unique power, flowing through Xu Fu's body like waves, penetrating his blood, bones, flesh, and skin, causing strange changes in every cell of Xu Fu's body, with Akaso's unique strange runes engraved in every cell of Xu Fu's body.
This is a conditioned reflex, a conditioned reflex unique to Mrs. Akano.
Arcanists learn about nature, the universe, and its laws through study, training, and effort. They then resonate with the outside world and manipulate external forces through the arcane runes in their souls to perfect and strengthen their own souls.
Over a long period of time, this connection of inner and outer resonance, through the circulation of soul, laws, and energy, formed an imprint etched upon the arcanist. (877goodreads.com)
The runes flowed and bloomed in the sunlight.
Even Xu Fu himself didn't know how long this change in his body lasted. To Xu Fu, it was like a grand dream in which he became a beam of light, a patch of darkness, a tender sprout, a clump of decaying dust, and, accompanied by the view from the shadow of that sacred mountain, Xu Fu wandered endlessly in the endless river of space and time.
When Xu Fu opened his eyes, the first thing he saw was a face covered in bruises, which seemed strangely familiar.
"who are you?"
Although the face was familiar, Xu Fu did not recognize it at first glance.
Tony felt himself being squeezed.
When Tony first freed himself from Xu Fu to help him explore the path of the arcane mage and the mysteries of celestial energy maps and the power of faith, he did not expect Xu Fu to suddenly fall into a coma.
After all, it was Tony himself who first experimented with the core of the Arcana Way.
Anything could be so safe that even Carol, Thor, and others considered switching careers after Xu Fu demonstrated the power of arcane mages.
But who could have imagined that the path of arcane magic, touching upon the power of faith, would provoke such a fierce reaction?
As the power of faith gathered within his body, Xu Fu's entire body resonated with the shadow of the sacred mountain in the sky. He not only completely lost consciousness, but his entire soul also mysteriously drifted away, merging with the shadow of the sacred mountain.
If Xu Fu's body hadn't undergone such a remarkable transformation during those three days, and if he hadn't made contact with the phantom of that sacred mountain, Natasha, Heidi, Gisele, Serena, Jenny, May, Wanda, and Mindy would probably have torn Tony to shreds.
Thanks to Tony's study of the power of faith, Xu Fu was clearly not in danger of losing his life, and instead underwent a transformation that greatly benefited him.
Even so, during those three days, Tony was often inexplicably surrounded and beaten, and even Pepper and Morgan Jr. didn't give Tony a kind look.
No one was more eager for Xu Fu to wake up than Tony.
What annoyed Tony even more was that Xu Fu, this clearly authorized son of a bitch, acted as if he didn't recognize him when he first woke up.
"Jovovich, you bastard, you'll get your comeuppance..."
Seeing Xu Fu's disgusted expression, yet pretending not to know him, Tony looked at Xu Fu with the resentment of a heartbroken woman abandoned by a heartless man, before leaving breathlessly.
He was furious, but before he left, Tony finally informed the others that Xu Fu had woken up.
Chapter 518 The Chicken's Faith Power
The path of arcane magic is not without its flaws and is not suitable for everyone.
Tony is a pioneer of the Arcane Path and possesses the power of the Ironclad Warrior. Xu Fu has accumulated vast resources and can control the power of faith. Therefore, after switching to the Arcane Path, the two of them were able to ascend powerfully, maintaining their peak combat strength while advancing to a higher level along the path of evolution.
But for Saul, Hobbs, Steve, and the other ambassadors, the Arcana route wasn't exactly a bargain.
The Akana people's original path was the sublimation and evolution of the soul, spirit, will, and wisdom, so that the body would receive the necessary nourishment after the great later stages.
Otherwise, once one embarks on the path of arcane arts, it will be impossible to slow down the aging of the body before the soul grows to a certain level, and it is even possible that one will not be able to receive nourishment for the rest of one's life.
Thor, Hobbs, Steve, and even Carol, Gize, and Dr. Banner, they either rely on brute force or are not very bright. Once they enter the path of Acaster, their physical strength will be exhausted, and they may face an embarrassing situation where they cannot rise or fall.
On the contrary, like Stephen, Natasha, Wanda, Pepper, and others who feed on psychic and spiritual powers, the path of the arcanist seems exceptionally suitable.
When Xu Fu woke up, Tony's research quickly presented all the advantages and disadvantages of the path to becoming an arcanist to the Avengers. Then, based on the data on everyone's personality, abilities, etc., they analyzed the data and finally selected the first batch of people to be transformed into arcanists.
Once the first group succeeds, a second and a third group will emerge, until a sufficiently advanced arcane path is formed. At that time, this special arcane path will be shared with all of humanity.
As for people like Thor, Hobbs, Steve, Carol, Gisele, and Dr. Banner, they will only acquire some arcane skills on the sidelines until their personal power reaches at least the level of the Heavenly Father before they truly transition to arcane magic.
This is because although the infinite power of faith in that heaven can be converted into enough extra energy, if one's understanding of the laws of the universe does not reach the level of the Heavenly Father, it is difficult to balance the three parts of body, soul, and law, and thus it is impossible to guarantee the rapid restoration of everyone's peak fighting power.
A prophet walks the path of spiritual growth, like an endless energy reactor or other energy source that cannot be replenished; only the power of faith, the sum of spirit, thought, will, and other non-existent forces, can be directly added to the soul's power system.
Without a thorough understanding of the laws of the universe and nature, it is impossible to eliminate spiritual impurities from the power of faith.
In contrast, magicians like Stephen, Casillas, and Mordo, as well as supernatural beings like Natasha, Wanda, and Pepper, either possess an extreme understanding of the laws of the universe or have innate powers. As they embark on the path of arcane magic, they progress at an astonishing pace.
The emergence of the Path of the Arcanist is a boon to all Avengers and indeed to all of humanity.
During this process of advancement, Xu Fu and Tony eventually reconciled and returned to Tony's private laboratory.
"The power of faith is a double-edged sword. Although it is the foundation for the creation of angels and the Holy Spirit, we do not have a suitable host. In terms of the genetic technology of life, it is far from reaching the level of the past God. In terms of the channels and methods for collecting faith, it is far inferior to God!"
Through their collaboration, Xu Fu and Tony fully grasped the mysteries of the power of faith, and also uncovered the secrets of the angelic legion. A vast army...
Angels and the Holy Spirit are life forms nurtured and created by God according to the laws of life; they can also be described as the genetic technology of prehistoric life.
Angels are a species that God cultivated on a material level, based on His own flesh and blood.
The Holy Spirit is a species nurtured by God on a spiritual level, based on His own soul.
Angels and the Holy Spirit are, in a sense, merely created vessels or puppets to hold the power of faith that God collects from the entire universe. God then uses the legions of angels and the Holy Spirit to expand his influence and gather even more faith, thus forming a complete cycle.