Are there any differences between the legendary gods and immortals?

Candle Dragon's question undoubtedly left me at a loss for a moment.

Since ancient times, people in the world have yearned for the gods with vast powers and immortality.

Obviously, as long as someone mentions immortals, they are often mentioned together, and it is rare to hear someone mention gods or immortals alone, as if the two have long been bound to each other, and one is indispensable.

But now, the candle dragon actually asked me seriously, is there a difference between the two?

For us, whether it is a god or an immortal, it is too old a legend, and we can't even be sure whether there are gods or immortals in the world, how can we come up with the difference between the two?

Because of this, everyone looked at each other, and no one dared to say their own answers.

However, after a long silence, someone finally stood up and looked at the candle dragon and replied tentatively.

"Although the seniors and juniors don't know the real difference, they have heard a statement that believes that in the mythological system of Shenzhou, gods and immortals are actually two completely different concepts, which can be seen by the way the two characters are written."

Hearing this person's answer, everyone's eyes looked at him, only to realize that the person who spoke was Chunting, who had been silent for a long time.

Come to think of it, apart from the equally mysterious Spring Pavilion, who else can touch the legendary immortal and find out the difference between the two?

Hearing what Chunting said, Candle Dragon was obviously interested, and his tone was full of encouragement.

"Oh? You might as well say it and listen to it. ”

Seeing that the candle dragon had no intention of stopping him, Chunting nodded slightly and replied in a respectful tone.

"Then the junior is better to be respectful than to obey his fate."

Then, Chunting took a step forward, then stretched out his right hand and wrote a word in mid-air.

"The god character of the gods originated from the Jin Wen of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and its specific writing is to write a sign on the left to indicate the altar, and then write a person who is sacrificing on the right."

Seeing that we stretched out our fingers to imitate his appearance, Chun Ting laughed and explained to us step by step.

"If you look at it according to the glyphs, then the word god originally referred to the person who was sacrificed, then you might as well think about it, what kind of person needs to be sacrificed?"

"Dead man!"

Hearing this, I suddenly understood the meaning of Chunting, and hurriedly replied happily.

"Sacrifice is a kind of faith activity, and in addition to the belief in heaven and earth, the most important thing for the ancients was the belief in ancestors, and only the ancestors who have died need to be sacrificed by future generations!"

Hearing my answer, Chunting smiled even more and nodded at me with satisfaction.

"That's right, then let's take a look at the fairy word."

After finishing speaking, Chun Ting once again stretched out his right hand and wrote another word in mid-air.

"The writing of the word immortal in the seal book is that the master goes down the mountain, and the "Shuowen Jie Zi" once explained that people are on the mountain, and they are immortals when they enter the mountain to live forever, that is to say, those who practice through the mountains and eventually achieve immortality are immortals."

"And obviously, the people who can enter the mountain to cultivate will definitely not be dead people who need to be sacrificed, but living people."

Although we don't know whether Chunting's remarks are true or not, after hearing this, we already have a general understanding of what Chunting said.

The word god is next to the word Shi, and since it represents the altar, then God also represents the person who has died.

The word immortal is next to the word person, and simply understood, what the immortal represents is the person who is still alive.

Therefore, Chunting's words just now implied to us that among the sayings he heard, the most essential difference between gods and immortals is that gods are given by death, and immortals are born and cultivated.

If it is more popular, it is that the physical body can only be immortal, and if the physical body is destroyed and has died, it can only be named a god.

If you think about it from this point of view, then there is indeed a great difference between the so-called gods and immortals, the immortals are at ease and live with heaven and earth, while the gods have already died once, have no physical body, and are invisibly subject to certain restrictions.

Perhaps it is precisely for this reason that in myths and legends since ancient times, gods come to the world and are called manifestations, which are usually invisible and intangible, while immortals who come to the world are called mortals, and their physical bodies are no different from ordinary people.

In the same way, it should be precisely for this reason that the people who died tragically in the battle to kill the gods were eventually named gods instead of immortals, because they had all died once, their bodies were destroyed, and they could not become immortals.

In this way, the immortals that people in the world often talk about are actually closer to the meaning of the so-called immortals.

After all, no one would want to die once and then be crowned a god.

"You're right, there is indeed an essential difference between gods and immortals, but the people of later generations don't know the reason, so they are collectively called immortals."

Just when we were all enlightened by Chunting's explanation, we saw the candle dragon nodding slowly, agreeing with what Chunting had just said.

"For you Terran cultivators, being a human in life, a ghost after death, becoming an immortal in the flesh, and obsessing to become a god, except for a few special beings who can directly sanctify the body, this is all possible."

"In the age of mythology, those who can move mountains and reclaim the sea, pick up the stars and the moon, have actually stepped into the realm of the so-called immortals, because of this, that era is extremely exciting, and the human race has no way to fight against the immortals like Tianwei."

"But after the spiritual energy of Shenzhou was exhausted, this heaven and earth entered the era of the end of the law, and the remaining spiritual energy in the heaven and earth was no longer enough to create a new immortal, so after the former immortal disappeared, there was no trace of an immortal in the land of Shenzhou."

"It is precisely for this reason that people in later generations will not be able to determine whether the so-called immortals exist, because in the era in which they lived, it was impossible to see a living immortal."

"However, the gods you know are different, although it is impossible for new immortals to appear in this world, but the so-called gods do not have such restrictions."

With this narration, the candle dragon's tone changed again, and he seemed to sneer at the so-called god, and his tone was full of undisguised disdain.

"There is no doubt that because the physical body has been destroyed and only the true spirit is obsessed, the status of the gods is far lower than that of the immortals, and the mana cultivation cannot be compared with the immortals, the so-called gods are more with the help of the power of heaven and earth, in fact, they may not have much advanced cultivation."

"Although Shenzhou has entered the era of the end of the law, the power of heaven and earth can still be reborn gods, and it is precisely in order to promote the emergence of more gods to maintain the peace of Shenzhou, so that the protracted war broke out in later generations."