I Offer Incense to the Gods, but They Say My Incense Isn't Good Enough

I bound myself to the [Deity Conquest System]. Its rule was: "Cater to their preferences and offer up your faith."

But when I lit fine incense for the God of War, he said I had too much bloodlust. I worshipped the God of Literature, and he called me calculating and vulgar.

The System crashed: [Warning! Host's incense-and-faith value is -∞!]

So I decided to let loose and lit a stick of wild incense of unknown ingredients for the evil god who symbolized "nothingness."

The smoke twisted, and the evil god himself descended. He stared at the crooked incense and suddenly smiled:

"How interesting. In ten thousand years, you're the first... to try worshipping me with 'nothingness' itself."

"They worship my power, but you..." His fingertips brushed over my heart. "You worship my very essence."