Deities: Rulers of Nature

The remaining cherry blossom spirits in the arena witnessed Matsushita Ichiro being scattered.

Some of them completely lost their will to fight, becoming as listless as puppets, allowing the snake people to slaughter them.

The other group, however, instantly turned red-eyed and charged at the snake-man, shouting "Die!" and "Hate!" They didn't care at all whether their bodies were being slashed by the knife, as if they wanted to take someone down with them even if they died.

This did cause some harm to the snake people, but that was all; they couldn't cause much of a stir.

The leader of the cherry blossom spirits died peacefully, and Ji Xuan even saw a hint of relief in her eyes.

When the last cherry blossom spirit fell, the entire virtual arena once again emitted a white light.

The outcome is decided.

Of the 150 Xishan snake people who participated in the battle, 34 died on the spot, but the rest, even those who were barely clinging to life, were saved by Ji Xuan by consuming his faith points.

Ji Xuan waved his hand, and a white vortex rose in the center of the arena, which was the passage back to the Mountain and Sea Divine Realm.

The snake people of Xishan collected the bodies of their fallen comrades and stepped into the vortex one by one.

After sending all the snake people back, Ji Xuan's figure was also teleported out of the arena.

In Ji Xuan's eyes, the white light emitted by the Void Arena suddenly brightened, and finally collapsed into a small dot, completely disappearing into the Void Realm, as if it had never existed.

The cherry blossom divine realm that originally belonged to Matsushita Ichiro now floated in front of Ji Xuan.

Unlike the two demiplanes he conquered before, Ji Xuan has absolute control over the Sakura God Realm due to the rules of the Void Arena, making it no different from his own Mountain and Sea God Realm.

[Race: Cherry Blossom Spirit]

[Category: Plant Spirits]

[Level: Medium Race]

Rank: Mortal

[Potential: Bronze (Levels 1-30)]

[Talent: Pollen Manipulation]

[Reproduction method: ...]

[Lifespan of the species: 100-120 years]

Number of races: 48

Bloodline Purity: 69/100

[Bloodline Purification: Consuming a potion made from a mixture of Cherry Blossom Grass, Pure Spirit Flower, and Vermilion Water Chestnut Fruit year-round, and burying Qingwo Ore under the mother cherry blossom tree...]

[Information: Cherry blossoms are an intelligent race that evolved from the inspiration of the rain of wisdom. They are close to plants and possess high spiritual talent...]

This was Ji Xuan's first major gain: forty-eight living cherry blossom spirits.

The forty-eight cherry blossom spirits were the group led by Sakurako who had been sent to mine. Sakurako was a level 10 mortal, and also the highest-ranking one in the group.

In this battle, Matsushita Ichiro indeed staked all his strength. If a thousand cherry blossom spirits couldn't secure victory, then having these forty-eight wouldn't make much difference, so Matsushita Ichiro skipped over them.

However, this actually benefited Ji Xuan.

Before knowing about the Void Realm Arena, Ji Xuan's original plan was to imprison a few cherry blossom spirits during the battle, and then take them back after the battle to slowly change their faith.

Now, after the ordeal in the virtual arena, the remaining forty-eight cherry blossom spirits have had their faith in Matsushita Ichiro reduced to mere superficial followers of Kigen.

【Qingwo Mineral Vein】

[Rank: Bronze]

[Spirituality: Vitality]

[Appearance: The entire vein is a ten-kilometer-long, bluish-black mineral vein.]

[Information: A mineral vein imbued with vitality and spirit, producing Qingwo ore that possesses abundant life force. Burying it at the roots of plants will accelerate their growth and has a chance to induce plant evolution. Activating the life force within the ore in a special way can heal injuries...]

This was Ji Xuan's second biggest gain: an entire Qingwo mine.

With it, the difficulty of cultivating vegetation in the Ji Xuan Divine Realm will be greatly reduced, and the growth of spiritual plants will be faster.

Finally, Ji Xuan extracted the core of the Cherry Blossom Divine Realm.

Streams of light floated out and eventually condensed in Ji Xuan's hand into a ball of light shimmering with seven colors.

【Origin of God's Domain】

[Information: The primordial energy born from the fusion of a fragmented divine essence and the origin of the illusory realm after the creation of the divine domain, when integrated into the divine domain, can enhance the foundation of the divine domain, increase the divine essence and divinity of deities, and accelerate the evolution of spiritual resources...]

This is the most important takeaway.

To be precise, the reason these newly born demigods were able to so easily open up the divine realm was that the fused fragments of divine essence were merely a catalyst; the main expenditure was the primal power invested by the illusory realm.

This is the opportunity that the game of gods bestows upon all newly born demigods.

In the old era, let alone half a god, even a god of weak divine power might not have been able to create such a large divine realm on their own.

However, in the old era there was a main plane where all races lived. Many gods only needed to establish their own divine kingdoms and did not need such a large divine domain. Even if they did need one, they only needed to find an existing demiplane and then modify it.

Getting back to the main point, opening up the divine realm will probably consume about half of the void realm's origin, with the remaining origin residing in the core of the divine realm.

These primal elements will gradually integrate into the divine realm as the gods' power increases and time passes.

In other words, if a deity were to kill Ji Xuan, then that deity could also unleash a burst of divine essence from the Mountain and Sea Divine Realm.

Suppressing his chaotic thoughts, Ji Xuan waved his hand to collect the three main gains, and then put away the cherry blossom grove. He would find a new place to plant it after returning to the Mountain and Sea Divine Realm.

As for the more than 1,300 kinds of creatures living in the Cherry Blossom Divine Realm, Ji Xuan did not care about them. After the Cherry Blossom Divine Realm was integrated into the Mountain and Sea Divine Realm, they would adapt to the new environment.

With a thought, the Cherry Blossom Divine Realm was divided into three areas.

The largest part is a mountain range of 1,000 square kilometers, which Ji Xuan incorporated into the area east of Xishan; another 350 square kilometers of snow-capped mountains were incorporated into the area north of Xishan, near the North Sea; and the last 150 square kilometers of grasslands and lakes were incorporated into the area between the South China Sea and the Qingling Mountains.

After the Cherry Blossom Divine Realm was completely integrated into the Mountain and Sea Divine Realm, Ji Xuan's divine sense swept across it and began to readjust the layout of the divine realm.

He first moved the entire sea of ​​flowers in the northern part of Xishan, the one where Crimson killed Illusion Flower, to the foot of Thousand Rock Mountain, not far to the west of the Xishan tribe.

The ten-kilometer-long Qingwo vein was extracted and buried under Qianyan Mountain, where there are many rocks, which is perfect for the slow transformation of the Qingwo vein.

Ji Xuan placed the cherry blossom grove in the sea of ​​flowers. A gentle breeze blows, and the falling cherry blossoms and the sea of ​​flowers complement each other, creating a beautiful landscape and providing a perfect habitat for the cherry blossom spirits.

With that thought in mind, Ji Xuan placed the forty-eight cherry blossom spirits into the sea of ​​flowers.

Upon suddenly entering an unfamiliar environment, the cherry blossom spirits became wary, but with Ji Xuan's divine sense soothing them and the familiar cherry blossom forest present, they quickly relaxed.

Next, the excess mountains south of Xishan were moved to the north, turning the south into a large plain.

The mountains north of Xishan were then raised as a whole, and the originally low hills merged together during the elevation process, eventually forming a continuous snow-capped mountain range. The snow-covered peaks also blocked the cold air currents brought by the North Sea Glacier, preventing the temperature on the Xishan side from becoming too frigid.

In this way, the land of the Mountain and Sea Divine Realm became the central Xishan Mountain, Xishan Tribe, and Mirror Lake, the continuous snow-capped mountains in the north, the mountain ranges in the east, the plains, grasslands, and small lakes in the south, and the small hills and swamps in the west.

With this, the adjustment of the Divine Realm is complete. If nothing unexpected happens, it will remain within this basic framework, with only minor additions and no further changes.