"Well, that gift from Vestis is because you've tasted Her flavor after all."

Louis wanted to say something, but the words stuck in his throat.

It sounded just like a breakup gift from a heartbreaker.

But I like it, bring some more next time.

You have to understand that rules aren't something that if one person steps on them, others can't follow.

If that were the case, deities wouldn't have disputes over divinities.

The path Louis took is actually different from Vestis'.

Conflicts arising from divine authorities are common among deities because the faith source is limited.

With an extra deity dividing the faith in that domain, the gains for each decrease.

It's a zero-sum game, no doubt about it.

The destruction rules were given to Louis, and indeed, he has the qualification to compete with other deities in that realm of faith.

Whether he can claim much of it is another matter, but he does have the qualification.

Vestis once held part of the rules concerning destruction, and logically, She wouldn't want to elevate a competitor, but that premise assumes Louis ignites his divine spark and becomes a deity.

But Louis understands very well that it's impossible for him to become a deity, at least not before ascending.

He has choices.

After defeating the Cosmic Serpent and leveraging its essence to promote the Tomb of Soldiers demi-plane to a world, he's unlocked a broad path.

He doesn't need to be shackled by faith; he can naturally grow into a Divine Realm being.

That's why Vestis was so generous when gifting the rules.

[Glory] Rule: When performing acts of glory, your strength will soar based on the righteousness of your actions, with a chance to create "miracles."

[Justice] Rule: When opposing an evil faction, you can weaken their damage against you according to your mastery of the rule, and greatly enhance your damage against them.

[Judgment] Rule: Upon determining that the opponent has violated your rules, you can reduce their essence of life by a certain proportion, currently set at 8%.

[Material Destruction] Rule: Your every attack has a 10% chance to directly destroy the object it touches, including but not limited to divine artifacts.

Taking a closer look at these rules, one finds that detailed rules are more effective in elevating the power ceiling.

For example, [Glory] is clearly a third-tier rule derived from the broad concept of "Nobility." 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

However, after branching into three tiers, the user doesn't need to be a noble to exert combat power, and the "righteousness of actions" becomes the "essence" after the third expansion.

Because determining the righteousness of behavior depends on the rule controller themselves.

In those early dragon protégés novels, many protagonist actions were outright double standards, selfish and shameless, but as it was from his main perspective, many could consider them "right."

The Glory rule is similar when the yardstick of "rightness" is held by oneself; whether one can maximize self-enhancement depends on oneself.

This is the so-called "self-regulation."

Even though the behavior is shameless, on another level, Louis completely owns the discourse in this domain.

This is the benefit of detailed rule refinement.

As for whether to do shameless things or not… the predecessors have already told him that having a sword and not using it is different from not having a sword at all.

The Justice rule, compared to Glory, is somewhat weaker, evidently a second-tier rule.

Its judgment of evil is still beneath the world's understanding and can't independently determine the evil like the Glory rule.

But considering his current main enemies are almost all evil beings, this rule is providential.

Although he doesn't know why the God of Glory and Justice could bypass him and directly hide the divine soul deep within his Ocean of Souls, this wave was indeed generous.

That must be forgiven.

Of course, the red packet from Vestis is likewise excellent, being a three-tier refined goodie.

As long as it's identified as "material," there's an unconditional 10% chance of him destroying it, even divine artifacts aren't exempt.

Efforts have surely been made.

But what intrigues Louis most is the Judgment rule.

The Judgment rule was the self-acquired rule after he ascended to legend, distinct from the God of Glory and Justice or the Goddess of Death and Magic.

Typically, self-acquired rules are the most conceptualized rules.

To refine them requires practitioners to exert independent effort.

Yet perhaps because Louis accumulated too much foundation before reaching legend, after breaking through, he directly advanced the self-acquired rule to a third-tier refined rule.

Along with the "self-regulation" type rule, the part about "violating your rules" seems too obvious, almost blatantly suggesting he meets any opponent by establishing opposing rules.

Directly cutting off 8% of the opponent is undoubtedly heaven-defying.

Bear in mind the Judgment rule just started and hasn't yet been deeply understood.

As one masters the rule, the direct removal percentage will increase.

In a game, this is akin to an "execution" skill.

Once an opponent's health bar drops to that percentage, it can ignore their protective measures and execute directly.

Too bad…

"I need to leverage world power to advance these rules."

Alice rolled her eyes and said, "What's so regretful about that? This limitation exists for all demigods, not to mention other demigods have limited shots, unlike you..."