Deities: Rulers of Nature

As the ripples of the corrupted divine authority spread throughout the void, in a vast and boundless divine realm, a graceful figure who had been resting with her eyes closed on the throne in the sky suddenly opened her eyes.

"These ripples... there's no mistake, it's divine intervention!"

"A divine office has actually been born near the Qinghai Divine Realm." After confirming this ripple, a blazing light instantly ignited deep within Li Tong's eyes.

More than a decade ago, Li Tong was just an ordinary aquarium keeper on the planet Hailan.

While feeding the beluga whale, she suddenly went black and fainted. When she woke up again, she—or rather, She—was in the Void Realm and had successfully fused with a fragment of a godhood, becoming a demigod.

Afterwards, He created the Azure Sea Divine Realm, and the light of wisdom helped Him evolve the iridescent octopus human race.

Although they are only a medium-sized race, the Rainbow Octopus People are very intelligent and have four extra flexible tentacles, which gives them extremely strong manual dexterity.

Over the past decade or so, with the help of the divine magic that Li Tong occasionally unleashed, the civilization of the Rainbow Octopus People has developed to a very high level.

What surprised Li Tong even more was that in the tenth year, the Rainbow Octopus People reached absolute faith in Him, which meant that as long as they were Rainbow Octopus People, they would no longer believe in any other deity, and newborns would be His superficial believers from the moment they were born.

Although Li Tong didn't know how he did it, it was undoubtedly a good thing. As a result, Li Tong accumulated a lot of faith points, even though he often cast divine spells.

Unfortunately, only one person among the entire Rainbow Octopus Clan has broken through to the Bronze rank and become a sorcerer skilled in water-attribute magic. In contrast, the proportion of extraordinary individuals at the Iron rank is extremely high.

For Li Tong, converting faith points into divine power was on the right track, but he had no idea about divine office. The only thing he could do seemed to be to invade other worlds more often, strengthen the world origin of the Qinghai Divine Realm, and then give birth to divine office.

Unexpectedly, Li Tong is so lucky today that a priest is born nearby. He certainly won't miss this opportunity.

With that thought, He transformed into a deep blue light and rushed towards the dark cave.

In another region on the edge of the Void Realm, far away from the Azure Sea Divine Realm, Tony was trying his best to analyze the ripples of divine authority.

"Damn it, judging from how weak these ripples are, I'm probably already quite far away." A hint of annoyance flashed in Tony's eyes, but he quickly suppressed it.

For Tony, the ripples had weakened to such an extent that he couldn't even be sure of the direction. He could only try harder to discern the direction. Fortunately, his efforts paid off, and he finally managed to confirm the direction.

"Don't wait until I get there and there's nothing left." With a sigh, Tony transformed into a golden light and flew away.

Over the past decade, Tony has conquered five demiplanes and integrated them into his Asgard. However, the fusion of the origins takes time, and there is still a long way to go before the Asgard's origins can give birth to divine offices.

Tony knew that the priesthood was rare, so he would not give up as long as there was even the slightest chance.

At the same time, Zhang Jiang also located the Dark Cavern and transformed into a red light, rushing towards it at high speed.

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"A new battle for glory is about to begin! The time has come to offer our devotion and valor to the God of Nature!" Seido declared passionately before the well-equipped temple guards. "For the glory of our Lord!"

At the same time, a red ripple spread from the tip of the Staff of Nature in his right hand, enveloping the Tide Mountain Serpent People and the Black Iron Rank Cherry Blossom Spirits interspersed among them, which was meant to boost morale.

Amplified by the Staff of Nature, the red ripples spread to the edge of the plaza almost instantly, and the solemn atmosphere was instantly replaced by a surge of fighting spirit.

The snake-men's bodies trembled slightly, not from fear, but from the excitement of about to step onto the battlefield. They even felt that they could fight their way in and out of the enemy camp seven times over.

Even the cherry blossom spirits blushed; if an enemy appeared in front of them at this moment, they would definitely be targeted by concentrated fire.

"For the glory of our Lord!" all the snake people and cherry blossom spirits shouted in unison.

Looking at the high-spirited temple guards, Green and Crimson exchanged a glance and nodded in satisfaction.

Then, Qinglu turned her head to look at Huaying fluttering beside her, and said with a smile, "We're about to go to the battlefield, how does it feel?"

"We're really looking forward to it." Hua Ying smiled, her eyes filled with devotion to Ji Xuan. "We've wanted to do something for our lord for a long time."

Although Hanae and the other cherry blossom spirits had never participated in battle, they were not afraid of war.

To some extent, this stems from the experiences of the original Sakura Spirits. Although the Virtual Arena has modified them so much that they have almost no memory of Matsushita Ichiro, they were still ignored and forgotten back then.

Although this made them lucky enough to become Ji Xuan's followers and live a happy life in the Mountain and Sea Divine Realm, the more this happened, the more Hua Ying and the other first-generation cherry blossom spirits wanted to do something for Ji Xuan. They wanted to prove that the cherry blossom spirit clan could also become Ji Xuan's spear and shield.

Therefore, Hua Ying advocated that all cherry blossom spirits who reached the Black Iron rank should join the snake-man hunting team. This could be regarded as a battle rehearsal and a selection process for cherry blossom spirits.

As Ji Xuan's understanding of plants deepened, Hua Ying learned a new pollen skill, Healing Pollen, during a devout prayer. She then taught it to all the Black Iron-rank Cherry Blossom Spirits, and the importance of Cherry Blossom Spirits with Healing Pollen immediately increased.

This time, the team was led by the Bronze-ranked Azure and Crimson, consisting of four hundred Iron-ranked Serpent Warriors and twenty Iron-ranked Cherry Blossom Spirits.

In terms of tactical arrangements, as the high priest, Seido would take the overall situation into consideration as much as possible, with an average of one cherry blossom spirit for every twenty snake warriors, providing precise support.

When morale reached its peak, the two stone pillars in front of the altar in the central square emitted a soft white light, intertwining to form a white passage between the two worlds.

Meanwhile, in the dark cave, as the first deity to come into contact with this place, Ji Xuan naturally couldn't just do nothing and wait for other deities to arrive.

He had already transmitted his divine thoughts back to the Mountain and Sea God Realm, allowing Qinglu and the others to prepare in advance.

When the three deities descended, Ji Xuan had already torn open the crystal wall of the dark cave and connected the passage between the two worlds. However, perhaps due to the interference of the corrupting divine authority on divine power, Ji Xuan could only open the passage on the dim surface of the earth.

Green and Crimson were the first to emerge from the vortex. After bowing respectfully to Ji Xuan, they began to observe their surroundings. Then, the temple guards and cherry blossom spirits emerged one after another and immediately reorganized their formation.

Ji Xuan could clearly feel three gazes falling on Him. Ignoring whether the gazes were scrutinizing or malicious, He smiled at the three deities who appeared outside the crystal wall, and then Ji Xuan directed the snake people and cherry blossom spirits into a cave.