Deities: Rulers of Nature

Chapter 74 Plant Priest

"My lord, Ji Xuan!"

"You are the embodiment of nature!... You are the master of all things!..."

"My lord, Ji Xuan!"

"You are the King of the Sky, wind and thunder are your crown, the seven luminaries are your eyes, overlooking the workings of nature;"

"You are the master of the earth, the mountains and rivers are your backbone, and the streams are your blood, nourishing the life of all things."

"You are the sovereign of the ocean, the tides are your breath, the waves are your pulse, encompassing all things in the world;"

"..."

"My lord, Ji Xuan!"

"..."

This rather grand prayer was newly compiled by Seido.

In Qingdao's opinion, Ji Xuan is the god of nature and the creator of the Mountain and Sea Divine Realm, so no word is too much to describe him.

Wind, rain, thunder, and lightning can be natural phenomena; the sun, moon, and stars can be natural phenomena... so how can the sky, the earth, and the ocean not be natural phenomena?

However, Ji Xuan was only relying on the fact that there were currently no gods in the Void Realm who truly held the relevant divine positions in the prayers, nor had any gods ascended to intermediate or higher divine power.

Otherwise, they could have easily located the Mountain and Sea Divine Realm and then wiped out Ji Xuan and his clan.

Of course, Ji Xuan knew that these prayers were fine for now, but only temporarily. Once Ji Xuan took over the divine office, the prayers would need to be adjusted.

Having arrived in the Void Realm and opened up the Divine Realm, becoming a god, Ji Xuan naturally harbored ambitions.

Ji Xuan dared to say that, given the chance, not one of the gods in the Void Realm would be unwilling to ascend to the throne and attain a great position.

However, many times, they have to face reality.

In his dream, Ji Xuan witnessed the magnificence of the gods of the old era. The divine tree that seemed to be the center of the world still lingered in his mind. But he also witnessed the fall of powerful gods such as the Lord of Nature.

Ji Xuan naturally did not want to repeat the same mistakes, so he made some new plans for his future path.

The concept of nature is very broad. If one thinks about it, many divine offices can be connected with nature, and nature is sufficient to support the divine power of the gods.

Just as the prayer describes, the sky, the earth, and the ocean can all be aspects of nature, so doesn't light also exist in nature...?

"The ceremony is complete!"

As the voice of Seido rang out, the grand festival came to a successful conclusion.

Ji Xuan's wandering thoughts were pulled back, and his gaze fell back to the central square. Although the sacrifice had ended, the revelry belonging to the clans had just begun. Bonfires were lit, pieces of wild beast meat were roasted, and barrels of wine were carried out.

Looking at this vibrant scene, Ji Xuan had a sudden thought. He saw flowers blooming in the central square, old trees sprouting new buds, and in the blink of an eye, the branches were laden with fruit.

The cheers from the clansmen suddenly grew louder, and a smile appeared on Ji Xuan's lips.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. With such an excellent clan, Ji Xuan was quite confident in himself.

The grand ceremony had ended, but the fervent atmosphere lingered for days afterward.

Strands of faith flowed continuously toward Ji Xuan, and He poured every last drop into the natural oak tree.

Under the combined influence of the divine origin and the power of faith, quantitative change finally led to qualitative change, and the purplish-black divine rune cluster was finally melted down.

Ji Xuan raised his hand and summoned the fragments of corrosive rules that had been stripped away. These fragments transformed into streams of light that flowed out of the natural oak tree and finally floated quietly in his palm.

With his All-Seeing Eye activated, streams of information flashed before Ji Xuan's eyes. After examining them for a moment, Ji Xuan collected these fragments of rules.

It's not needed for now, but there will be a time when it will be useful.

After transmitting a divine thought into the minds of Qingdao, Qinglv, and Chihong, Ji Xuan flashed into the Natural Oak Tree. Looking at the ball of divine essence, Ji Xuan did not hesitate and directly absorbed it into his body and transferred it into his divine spark.

Suppressing the surging divine essence, Ji Xuan's figure sank down along the roots of the natural oak tree, arriving at the core of the Mountain and Sea Divine Realm.

Under Ji Xuan's control, the divine essence continuously flowed into the divine domain. With the combined catalysis of divine power, the divine essence absorbed Ji Xuan's original plant domain and began to generate three-dimensional runes from it.

Unlike the purplish-black runes that corrupted the divine order, the runes that emerged this time were a vibrant emerald green.

Ji Xuan's mind was completely immersed in the constantly emerging runes. Opportunities to directly observe the gestation of a divine authority are rare, so he naturally wouldn't miss any detail.

Every time a new rune is created, Ji Xuan will analyze it immediately.

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Before entering the natural oak tree, Ji Xuan left a divine thought clone outside.

This clone does not possess independent emotions or intelligence. Its role is only to warn Ji Xuan when the Mountain and Sea Divine Realm encounters a crisis, and to occasionally respond to the sacrifices of its kin.

However, individual prayers will only be received by the divine avatar, without being responded to.

Pope Qinglu, High Priest Qingdao, and King Chihong of Xishan, as the three highest-ranking figures in Xishan City, had received Ji Xuan's notification in advance, so they were not alarmed by the fact that the gods did not respond to their prayers.

Instead, they actively established natural churches in two tribes and three satellite villages, sending at least two bishops to each church.

These bishops were qualified to select a portion of the local population to form a guard, as well as to recruit and teach priests and monks. The bishops' presence made it easier for people in tribes and villages to pray to Ji Xuan, while the frequent sacrificial ceremonies provided Ji Xuan with wave after wave of faith points.

"Praise be to you, great God of Nature!"

Finally, on the last day of autumn in the 545th year of the Divine Calendar.

As the last rays of the setting sun completely faded, a powerful vitality surged forth from the core of the divine realm. Withered trees came back to life, leaves that had almost all fallen grew back, and flourishing plants bloomed against the seasons. Withered grass regained its vitality, and the vegetation throughout the divine realm returned to its most lush state.

Ji Xuan slowly opened his eyes, and a dazzling emerald green divine light flashed from them.

Within Ji Xuan's divine essence, the last rune representing the rules of plants returned to its place, and he completely took control of the newly born divine authority of plants.

This is enough to allow Ji Xuan to smoothly advance to a divine position of weak divine power!

Opening the deity panel, Ji Xuan felt better than ever before.

Name: Ji Xuan

[God's Name: God of Nature]

[Rank: Demigod]

[Cleric: Plant]

[Field: Plants, Soil]

[Divinity Value: 6/10]

Divinity: 8/10

[Sect: Deism]

[Family: Shioyama Serpent People, Cherry Blossom Spirits, Snowflake Spider People]

[Divine Power: 24/60]