NOVEL NEXT Chapter 785: -29- Bloodline Gift
"Transcendent power comes from the gods, and Divine Power is the highest form of transcendent energy."
On the Mireya Continent, this statement is a common understanding among many Churches and Transcendent Organizations regarding the origin of transcendent power.
Divine Power possesses incredible strength.
Gods can use Divine Power to grant mortals Divine Grace and bestow upon them transcendent strength.
Similarly, gods can also establish a Faith Network, absorbing the transcendent power of their believers and thus consolidating Divine Power.
For gods, Divine Power is "blood," Divine Power is "life," Divine Power is "everything"...
Since becoming a "god," Charlotte had always enjoyed the many wonders of Divine Power.
It can be said that the main reason she was able to grow so rapidly was that she could manipulate and absorb the laws and power within the Blood Divine Power through the Blood Holy Scripture.
That is why, when Charlotte realized some changes in her Divine Power, she felt so astonished.
Indeed, Divine Power is very strong.
However, despite its immense strength and importance, the direct use of Divine Power... is exclusive to gods.
For mortals, Divine Power is too overwhelming.
The level of energy far exceeds what mortals can withstand, bringing not just strength but destruction.
That is why, when gods want to enhance their believers' abilities, they never simply "infuse" Divine Power. Instead, they further "dilute" and "break down" their Divine Power into transcendent strength suitable for believers to absorb, in the form of "Divine Grace."
However, this bestowed "Divine Grace" still belongs to the gods and is not "compatible" with mundane powers.
Gods merely lend the "diluted" Divine Power to mortals, and they can reclaim the "Divine Grace" whenever they wish.
In the records of mortals, this type of "Divine Grace" is described as "Divine Arts."
The only case where the Divine Grace bestowed by a god truly becomes part of a mortal's transcendent bloodline, as recorded by various Churches, happens when—
A Divine Favored who carries "Divine Grace" reproduces offspring.
Divine Favored cannot truly possess the "strength" bestowed by gods.
But the offspring of a Divine Favored are different.
Born within "Divine Grace," they merge "Divine Arts" with "life" from the moment of birth and truly possess "Divine Grace."
And they... are the origin of the Transcendent Bloodline.
In other words, gods cannot directly enhance a mundane person's Transcendent Position by granting Divine Power.
What gods can do is merely bring the diluted transcendent strength to "mortals," enabling mortals to indirectly use transcendent power through the gods' "transcendent strength."
And if gods want to "create" beings who truly possess transcendent power, they can only do so indirectly.
For example, enabling Divine Favored to produce offspring who truly possess transcendent power or personally entering the fray, merging with the mundane to pass down a bloodline carrying mythical power, or directly creating offspring with their own bloodline.
But now, Charlotte's Divine Power had changed.
A crimson glow spread across the Blood Holy Scripture, and the thick tome opened by itself.
New pages slowly formed within the Holy Scripture, and archaic, mysterious golden text also slowly emerged—
[Blood Holy Scripture·God Chapter]
[I am One,]
[And I am All,]
[I am the Beginning,]
[And I am the End.]
[God Chapter Ability Unlock—]
[Bloodline Gift (Active)]
[Bloodline Gift: As the source of all bloodlines, Blood Divine Power possesses strength greater than other Divine Powers. The Master of Holy Scripture can consume Blood Divine Power to grant a target the Bloodline Gift, enhancing the target's Transcendent Position. The enhancement of the Position depends on the strength of the bestowed Blood Divine Power and the strength of the target's soul.]
"Bloodline... Gift?" Charlotte murmured, staring at the newly revealed ability in the Blood Holy Scripture.
Undoubtedly, the newly appeared ability in the Blood Holy Scripture allowed Charlotte to bypass the "bestowal of Divine Grace," directly enhancing the target's Transcendent Position through transcendent bloodline instead.
Charlotte had just enhanced Sebastian's and Astrid's Positions by activating this ability.
Somewhat unexpectedly, this [Bloodline Gift] ability wasn't strictly bound to the Blood Holy Scripture.
It was an innate ability of Blood Divine Power.
As Charlotte was still only a "demigod," she couldn't use it effectively and had to rely on the assistance of the Blood Holy Scripture to perform it smoothly.
Undoubtedly, this new ability was a powerful tool for Charlotte to expand her influence.
By using Blood Divine Power to enhance Transcendent Positions...
In other words, if Charlotte wished, she could even instantly form an army of Transcendents.
Of course, that was an exaggeration.
Further study revealed a flaw in this ability—it consumed too much.
Perhaps it involved the enhancement of the Position.
Charlotte carefully compared and found that using the Bloodline Gift to enhance a target's Transcendent Position consumed far more power than granting Divine Grace Blessing.
This consumption ratio was even more than three times.
However, although this method consumed a lot of Divine Power, it wasn't without value.
The Divine Grace Blessing, after all, is a god's Blessing; ultimately, it involves the believers using power through the aid of gods.