Deities: Rulers of Nature

As the crystal wall stabilized in the void, Ji Xuan's form changed accordingly.

The originally formless mist slowly condensed under the pull of the golden acorn.

Countless tiny golden rays spilled from the acorn, swirling around His consciousness and eventually outlining a clear human figure.

It had no facial features, no clothes, and its entire being was formed purely of golden light, with each breath causing fluctuations in the surrounding area.

Inside the crystal wall was a chaotic mess, with viscous gray matter churning endlessly, without any sense of up, down, left, or right.

Information about the Gods Game flashed through Ji Xuan's mind, and countless ways to open up the divine realm emerged one by one.

From Pangu's creation of the world in the East to God's creation of the world in seven days in the West, from Chaos, the Greek god of chaos, giving birth to all things, to Brahma in India creating the world from a golden egg, even the scientific theory of the Big Bang singularity has been transformed into a feasible way of creating a divine realm.

Ji Xuan did not hesitate. In both his lives, he lived in China and was influenced by the story of Pangu creating the world from a young age.

He slowly raised his right hand.

Golden divine power gathered on his fist, and the originally soft light became dazzling.

The resistance from the chaos was greater than expected. With a single punch, a small crack was torn open in the gray chaos, and golden light seeped in along the crack, causing the chaos to begin to boil slightly.

The second punch, the third punch...

Ji Xuan's movements became faster and faster, golden fist shadows intertwined in the chaos, the lightest elements were transformed first, and after rising, they became the sky.

Then, the four elements of earth, water, fire, and wind separated from the chaos. Under Ji Xuan's guidance, the four elements returned to their proper places, and matter was born.

The collision and fusion of the four symbols give rise to thunder, mountain, and marsh.

Under Ji Xuan's arrangement, it was transformed into Qian (Heaven), Kun (Earth), Xun (Wind), Zhen (Thunder), Kan (Water), Li (Fire), Gen (Mountain), and Dui (Lake), and all the chaotic elements became orderly.

He used his thoughts as a pen and divine power as ink, drawing upon the eight trigrams to outline the seven luminaries in the sky.

The Sun, the planet of the Sun, radiates a warm light; the Moon, the planet of the Moon, casts a cool, silvery glow; and the five planets—Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, and Saturn—rotate slowly.

Countless tiny stars then emerged from the center of the seven planets, converging into a dazzling galaxy that spanned the entire sky.

As the stars shift and the constellations change, only the light of the Seven Luminaries remains constant, becoming the most stable coordinate in the divine realm.

At this point, the internal structure of the crystal wall was completely finalized.

The sun and moon hang high in the sky, and the Milky Way shines brightly.

A continuous mountain range rises from the center of the land, occupying nearly 60% of the area, while the land is surrounded by a vast ocean.

The wall expanded outward automatically during the opening process, eventually settling at around 3,000 square kilometers.

But the world was still deathly silent, devoid of grass, trees, birds, and beasts, only barren land, rocks, and an empty ocean.

Ji Xuan's divine power and faith had been largely exhausted, and his humanoid outline had become somewhat transparent.

A golden acorn flew from His chest, carrying His consciousness as it slowly landed on the highest peak of the central mountain range.

As the acorn sank into the earth, an indescribable power erupted, instantly pulling the flow of time within the crystal wall to its limit.

Ji Xuan felt a blur before his eyes, and the once bare mountaintop was now sprouting tender green buds.

The buds sprout branches, grow leaves, and thicken at a speed visible to the naked eye, making the trunk more and more upright and the canopy more and more lush.

In just a few breaths, a giant oak tree, sixty-six meters tall, stood atop the mountain.

The dense foliage blocked out the sun, and each leaf shimmered with a faint light.

Countless roots extend from the base of the tree trunk, spreading down the mountain range, through rocks, across rivers, and finally into the core of the divine realm.

As the oak tree grew, the breath of life began to spread throughout the divine realm.

First, moss and lichen covered the bare rocks, then grass sprouted from the soil, and then shrubs and trees rose from the ground.

Greenery spreads outwards from the mountaintop like a tide. Tall trees of all kinds grow in the valleys, reeds and cattails grow along the riverbanks, and large patches of seaweed and coral emerge from the ocean.

The evolution of life continues.

First, plankton appear in the ocean, then fish, amphibians crawl onto land, insects fly in the grass, herbivores run in the forest, predators rest lazily, and birds soar in the sky.

The entire divine realm became vibrant and full of life.

[The Divine Realm has been opened]

Schools of white anchovies swim in the ocean, while ferocious helicoprion sharks roam the deep sea.

Aomori wolves chase short-legged musk deer through the forest, thick-skinned brown bears nibble on berries under the trees, brown rock tigers lurk on the rock walls waiting for prey, and scaly-bellied pythons move slowly through the leaf litter.

The crisp birdsong echoed through the forest, the clear spring tinkled among the rocks, and the wind rustled through the leaves.

But beneath this vitality lurks an ever-present deadly threat.

A kingfisher had just landed on a branch when it was snapped in two by a thorny-tailed badger hiding behind the leaves.

A group of blue-backed carp were swimming and foraging on the lake when a dark shadow suddenly darted out from underwater and dragged one away in an instant.

At this moment, Ji Xuan stood atop the oak tree, overlooking the entire divine realm.

Unlike other demigods without a physical form, this oak tree is His true form.

Ji Xuan's consciousness can leave his body at any time, transforming into invisible mist to reach any corner of the divine realm.

【Natural Oak Tree】

[Rank: Silver]

[Spirituality: Plants]

[Information: As long as the Natural Oak Tree still stands within the Divine Realm, the deity's body can be reborn within it, even if the deity's physical form is destroyed. This can slowly nourish the natural vegetation within the Divine Realm...]

A line of information appeared before His eyes.

Having survived the catastrophe of the changing of eras and the depletion of divine power to help Him open up the divine realm, the once natural divine tree has degenerated into a natural oak tree.

But Ji Xuan was not in a hurry. As long as the foundation was still there and there was enough time, His body would one day grow back into the natural divine tree that could support the entire world.

With a thought, information about the divine realm unfolded before Him.

[Divine Realm: Mountain and Sea Divine Realm]

Lord of the Divine Realm: Ji Xuan

[Territory: Approximately 3,000 square kilometers]

[Divine Realm Environment: Land (Mountains) 60%, Rivers and Lakes 10%, Ocean 30%]

Intelligent race: None

[Saints: None]

[Creatures of the Divine Realm: Aomori Wolf, Thick-skinned Brown Bear, Brown Rock Tiger, Spiny-tailed Badger, Jade-scaled Snake, Red-banded Snake, Golden-ringed Snake, Scaled-belly Python, Emerald-feathered Forest Sparrow, Grey-feathered Pigeon, Black-tailed Heron, Blue-backed Carp, White Anchovy, Helicoprion Shark, Golden-lipped Clam, Black Pearl Giant Clam, Swordfish...]

[Spiritual Plants: Jade Rice (Black Iron), Crystal Dew Fruit (Black Iron)]

[Spirit Ore: None]

[Spiritual Region: None]

The name of the Divine Realm was naturally chosen by Ji Xuan; with mountains and sea, it couldn't be more fitting.

Moreover, Ji Xuan also hoped that in the future His divine realm could become like the one described in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, where mountains and rivers harbor spirits, plants and trees contain essences, and every living being that walks out carries its own unique divine power.