Deities: Rulers of Nature

The Void Realm is always gray, with turbulent currents constantly sweeping through it. All worlds are enveloped by a layer of crystal walls, floating and sinking within the Void Realm.

There is a pinkish-white divine realm with dim crystal walls, but a different scene can be seen through the crystal walls.

The entire divine realm is surrounded by rolling low mountains, with a sunken grassland and a lake in the center. The entire grassland is covered with lush cherry blossom trees.

It was the peak blooming season, and the pink and white cherry blossoms covered the branches. When the wind blew, the falling cherry blossoms drifted down like snow, and the air was filled with a faint fragrance.

A cherry blossom spirit, less than half a meter tall, flitted among the cherry blossom trees.

They have a human-like appearance, but are more delicate than humans. Their skin is a healthy pinkish-white, and they have two pairs of translucent thin wings on their backs that scatter tiny specks of light when they flap.

The cherry blossom fairies wore clothes woven from vines, but they couldn't cover their entire bodies.

As plant spirits, they are naturally close to plants; some are taking care of cherry blossom trees, while others are brewing cherry blossom wine.

Cherry Blossom Spirits are a mid-level race with a potential ceiling of Bronze rank.

A mortal-level cherry blossom spirit is only half a meter tall, but once it condenses a seed of transcendence and enters the Black Iron level, its height will grow to one meter, about the same as a seven or eight-year-old human girl.

At this moment, on the thickest branch of the cherry blossom tree in the center of the grassland, sat a figure about one meter tall. She was swinging her small, pinkish-white feet, her eyes slightly closed, and her red lips slightly parted:

"Have Sakurako and the others returned? Today is the festival day."

The cherry blossom spirit below tilted her head back and responded softly, her voice sweet: "Don't worry, leader. Sakurako and the others should be on their way back by now. After all, the Qingwo Mine isn't so easy to mine."

Although Sakurako is somewhat playful, she certainly wouldn't dare to make a mistake when it comes to the rituals of the gods, since their Sakura God would really kill them for disrespect.

In mid-air, Matsushita Ichiro concealed his figure, his eyes almost glued to the cherry blossom spirits flying around, a strange smile on his lips.

"Alas, it's a pity I don't have a body yet, otherwise hehehe..." After laughing for a while, He sighed again, his face full of regret.

[Race: Cherry Blossom Spirit]

[Category: Plant Spirits]

[Level: Medium Race]

[Rank: Mortal to Black Iron]

[Potential: Bronze (Levels 1-30)]

[Talent: Pollen Manipulation]

[Reproduction method: Two cherry blossom spirits infuse their primordial essence into a cherry blossom bud, and a new cherry blossom spirit will be born when the bud blooms.]

[Lifespan of the species: 100-120 years]

Number of races: 1048

Matsushita Ichiro always felt he was extremely lucky. More than ten years ago, he was unemployed and stayed up all night playing games. In the blink of an eye, he found himself in the virtual world.

By sheer luck, they were chosen by the Gods' Game, fused with a shattered divine spark to become demigods, and a bronze-tier spirit mine naturally appeared in the opened divine realm. The light of wisdom selected the race that evolved from them to be either a mid-level race or a lower-level race.

The spirit of Qingwo Mine is vitality, which can nourish vegetation.

A complete Qingwo vein means that, given enough time, the vein will regenerate Qingwo ore, provided that it is not subjected to destructive mining.

The Qingwo Mine and the Cherry Blossom Spirits complement each other. It is thanks to the nourishment of the Qingwo Mine that the number of Cherry Blossom Spirits has grown rapidly, from a few dozen at the beginning to more than a thousand now, including 223 Black Iron Rank Spirits.

The Sakura Spirit Leader has now reached level 20, just one step away from breaking through to the Bronze rank.

For some reason, the Cherry Blossom Spirit has never been able to produce saints, and even fanatical believers are few. The speed at which faith points are accumulated is much slower than expected.

But this did not stop Matsushita Ichiro from becoming increasingly ambitious.

According to information from the Gods game, most demigods' initial followers are only low-level races, and some divine realms don't even have spiritual resources.

Matsushita Ichiro had been patiently developing for over a decade, no longer content with simply guarding his divine domain and waiting for the right moment to condense a divine body and finally be able to have some fun with these cherry blossom spirits.

The virtual world is so vast, and there are so many worlds; the only way to quickly grow stronger is to plunder resources.

Anyway, those trashy demigods have no use for it, so giving it to Him won't be a waste.

Thinking of this, Matsushita Ichiro suppressed the restlessness in his heart, consumed faith points to release an exploration ripple, and silently swept towards the area around the divine realm.

As the ripples swept across the area, He made some plans in His mind.

Unfortunately, the feedback came from only two areas. One area was smaller than His Sakura Divine Realm, while the other was much larger.

Unsure of the situation in the larger area, Matsushita Ichiro avoided that region and decided to check out the smaller one first.

Matsushita Ichiro was completely unaware that his supposedly cautious probing ripples had not only been discovered long ago, but that the other party had also come looking for him against the ripples.

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Outside the crystal wall of the Mountain and Sea Divine Realm, Ji Xuan withdrew his senses, his eyes flickering.

He was indeed somewhat tempted, even more so than when he first saw the swampy demiplane where the white-scaled serpent people were.

A complete Qingwo mineral vein, thousands of plant spirits, and more importantly, the origin of the divine realm.

Although the opponent has more than 200 Black Iron-rank Sakura Spirits, while the Xishan Serpent People currently only have more than 190 Black Iron-rank members and 148 Temple Guards, the Xishan Serpent People are fully capable of fighting back.

If you're moved, take action; otherwise, you'll suffer the consequences.

A divine thought notified the Xishan Serpent Clan to prepare, and Ji Xuan consumed faith points to rapidly move the entire Mountain and Sea Divine Realm towards the Cherry Blossom Divine Realm.

In the void, a blue-green crystal wall passed through turbulent currents and rapidly approached a pale pinkish-white crystal wall.

Matsushita Ichiro was waiting for the cherry blossom spirit to complete the ritual before invading that small demiplane when he suddenly sensed something was wrong.

His expression changed, and it worsened after he released his senses.

By then, it was too late for Matsushita Ichiro to run away; the speed of the Mountain and Sea Divine Realm was too fast, and it arrived in front of him in the blink of an eye.

Instead of the expected collision between the two divine realms, a soft white light shone in the center of the two realms, and a phantom of a forest covering an area of ​​one hundred square kilometers appeared in the white light, with trees and rivers appearing one by one, finally connecting the two divine realms steadily.

As he sensed the information emanating from the divine game within his mind, Ji Xuan's eyes lit up.

This is the Virtual Arena, a protective mechanism for demigods in the Gods' Game.

If a battle breaks out between newly born demigods, the God Game will generate a virtual arena that exists between reality and illusion. Both sides send their followers into the arena to fight, and the winner receives the stakes wagered by the other side.

However, the specific stakes depend on the deities of both sides.

Such opportunities are rare, after all, once you've passed the beginner phase, the Virtual Arena will never appear again.

Although Ji Xuan and the other newly born demigods opened up the divine realm, a portion of the divine realm's origin was still within its core and had not been fully integrated into the divine realm world.

The so-called beginner period is this kind of time.

Once this portion of the divine realm's essence has been completely integrated into the divine realm, the novice protection period is over.

Ji Xuan definitely wanted everything from the other party, so he went all in.

Upon sensing the information about the Void Realm Arena, Matsushita was overjoyed, but after seeing Ji Xuan's bet, he was completely dismayed.

"Baka! You can't play like that!"