Zhou Tieyi’s method was simple. In the beginning, there were deities; the deities were the Dao itself. The primordial innate deities were the personified manifestations of the laws of heaven and earth, which was precisely why they possessed such immense power.
Zhou Tieyi’s innate divine ability, "God-Usurpation," was, in essence, a law that could steal other laws. Previously, he had only been able to steal laws that were temporarily ownerless—those whose masters had either perished or were currently being suppressed. However, now that Zhou Tieyi’s comprehension of the Dao had deepened and he was approaching the realm of the Sage, his "God-Usurpation" ability was no longer what it once was. Even if the master of a law were wide awake, Zhou Tieyi now had a certain probability of being able to usurp it.
Since deities were the personified manifestations of laws, rather than letting the Supreme Lord of the Sea of Blood hide within the Qi and Blood of every individual, it would be better to "usurp" him out, forcing him to manifest in the form of a Blood Beast. In this way, as long as these Blood Beasts were slain, the gathered will of the Supreme Lord of the Sea of Blood would be further weakened. Once a large number of these manifestations were killed and witnessed by the masses, it would naturally erode the Supreme Lord’s characteristic of existing in a state of overlapping life and death, tilting Him toward the side of death and preventing His easy resurrection. This was Zhou …
Chapter 605