Deities: Rulers of Nature

Ji Xuan sat atop the clouds of the Mountain and Sea Divine Realm, his gaze sweeping across the entire realm.

He was considering where to place the Blood Spring. Unlike the Moon Reflection Spring, the Blood Spring was not suitable for Xishan City, nor was it suitable for the Sea of ​​the World. After rejecting several areas, Ji Xuan turned his attention to the Gray Mist Swamp and the Long River Plain.

The lower reaches of the Changhe Plain have many lakes, but they are not enclosed environments, so the Blood Spring would not seem out of place here.

The Gray Mist Swamp is vast and its environment is more suitable for the growth of Blood Bone Lotus. If Blood Spring is placed here, Blood Orchid might be able to benefit from its spiritual energy.

After careful consideration, Ji Xuan decided to place the Blood Spring in the Gray Mist Swamp.

With a slight thought, the Blood Spring transformed into a scarlet stream of light that fell from the sky and merged directly into the depths of the Gray Mist Swamp.

Blood-like spring water gushed from the ground and spread rapidly, turning the water within a radius of dozens of miles red in the blink of an eye. The blood-red water evaporated, and even the gray mist hanging over the swamp was tinged with scarlet.

"Looks like this place will have to be called Blood Mist Swamp from now on," Ji Xuan thought to himself as he observed the changes in the swamp.

Ji Xuan placed the 1,001 sections of Blood Bone Lotus Root in the silt around the Blood Spring. Nourished by the plant deity and the natural oak light that Ji Xuan had brought, new lotus stems stretched out one by one, and lotus leaves and lotus flowers spread out one after another.

Deep within the Blood Mist Swamp, thousands of blood-bone lotus roots were embedded in the dark red mud. Above the swamp, layers of pale lotus leaves stretched out, resembling a white ocean from a distance.

Amidst this pale landscape, specks of crimson dot the landscape. Crimson lotuses bloom in profusion, swaying in the hazy blood mist, exuding a unique and eerie aura.

Although the water gushing from the Blood Spring is not snake blood, it can still nourish the Blood Orchid because of the spirituality of the blood source.

For the snake people, they no longer have to come back again and again to hunt snake-like wild beasts and bleed them dry.

For swamp snakes and wild beasts like the Inkscale Boa, they are finally no longer being harvested like leeks, although they may not be able to comprehend this with their intelligence.

Seeing that Blood Bone Lotus and Blood Orchid had adapted to their new environment, Ji Xuan raised his hand and gently waved it. A crack opened in the sky above the Blood Mist Swamp, and the creatures of the Blood Sea Divine Realm that He had previously collected poured out from it.

Vampire bats, blood-line leeches, swamp crocodiles, red-skinned poisonous toads, ghost-faced poisonous spiders, blood-winged poisonous mosquitoes... tens of millions of creatures, enveloped by divine power, safely scattered throughout the Blood Mist Swamp. Before they could adapt to the new environment, they clashed with the native creatures.

Swamp crocodiles and deadwood crocodiles collided with each other, a black-scaled python swallowed a vampire bat whole, blood-line leeches parasitized the bodies of various creatures to suck blood, and swarms of blood-winged mosquitoes flew around... Fighting was happening all the time, and creatures kept dying, with blood flowing all over the swamp. The name Blood Mist Swamp was truly fitting.

What was later incorporated into the Mountain and Sea Divine Realm were various plants. Unlike the wild beasts that relied on the Blood Spring to create their environment, many of these plants could survive in other environments.

Except for a few species that were extremely dependent on the Blood Spring and were planted in the Blood Mist Swamp by Ji Xuan, the rest were transplanted to various parts of the Central Continent.

Finally, Ji Xuan's gaze fell upon the nine-story underground cave.

With a slight thought, the mineral veins extracted from the Blood Sea Divine Realm meandered like serpents on the surface of the cave, gradually disappearing into the depths of the rock strata after reaching their designated locations.

At this point, apart from the origin of the divine realm and that half wisp of wisdom, everything taken from the Blood Sea Divine Realm was integrated into the Mountain and Sea Divine Realm by Ji Xuan.

Ji Xuan planned to play it safe. Now that the conditions for the bloodline leap of the Xishan Serpent People had been met, he planned to wait until the Xishan Serpent People transformed into a higher race before integrating into the origin of the divine realm. This way, he might be able to break through in one fell swoop.

After the Divine Realm merged with the Nine-Layer Cave, the construction of the Snake-Man Hatching Pool became much easier.

Having experience in building the lair of the Iron Beast and the forging room, Ji Xuan easily created a suitable temperature in an area on the second floor of the cave.

The Qingwo ore and natural oak branches that had been prepared beforehand were transferred over by Ji Xuan. With the continuous consumption of divine power, the impurities in the Qingwo ore were quickly removed, and the whole thing began to soften, like clay, and was molded by Ji Xuan into a huge pool-shaped platform.

The platform has a crystalline blue hue, and a rich vitality flows through it.

The branches and leaves of the natural oak tree did not wither, but instead regenerated on the platform. The branches meandered and intertwined, eventually forming an exquisite hemispherical wooden nest. The oak leaves spread out in layers, covering the outer layer of the nest.

Once the hatching pool is fully formed, the branches and leaves of the natural oak tree change again, and their material begins to converge towards the platform below, making the two appear as a single entity.

At first glance, the Snake Man Hatching Pool looks like a work of art carved from a huge piece of jade, brimming with rich natural vitality.

The atmosphere in the central square of Xishan City was quite fervent.

The radiance of divine power flowed through Ji Xuan's fingertips, and the bloodline leaping method of the Xishan Serpent Clan was completely engraved on the great monument.

At the foot of the monument, Qingdao and Jinchen, along with several bishops, were reverently copying it onto paper. After it was bound into a book, it would also be placed in a side hall of the temple.

The Jade Bone Grass was bestowed by Ji Xuan long ago, and now a large area has been cultivated. Ji Xuan has also marked the locations of the Blood Orchid and Blood Bone Lotus, which the Xishan Snake People can use as needed.

With everything in place, the bloodline leap of the Xishan Serpent People can finally begin.

Filled with hope for the future, the snake people of Xishan carried eggs covered with colorful patterns out of their homes. They automatically lined up and, under the bishop's guidance, gently placed the eggs into the incubation pool.

Each time an egg is placed, Seido will lightly tap it with the Staff of Nature to leave a unique mark on the eggshell, so that even if the little snake people hatch later, they will not be confused.

Around the hatching pool, a team of temple guards stood watch. Their presence served both to prevent any malicious acts and to keep a close eye on the eggs in the pool.

As the new day dawned, before the morning mist had completely dissipated, the air in Xishan City and its three satellite villages was already filled with a unique aroma of mixed herbs.

The male snake people consume a pink medicinal liquid made from a mixture of blood-bone lotus root and jade bone grass once a day. Afterward, they go to the training ground to undergo sun-light body training to accelerate the circulation of the medicinal liquid in their bodies.

After completing their Sun-Brightening Body Tempering, these male snake-men will enter the Green Ridge Mountains in batches to fight wild beasts.

On the other hand, female snake people consume a red medicinal liquid made from blood-bone lotus seeds and blood-orchid once a week. Their training methods are much gentler than those of male snake people.

At the end of the month, Green and Crimson would personally lead teams to hunt snake-like wild beasts in the Green Ridge Mountains and Blood Mist Swamp to ensure that all members of the tribe received their monthly spinal cord supply.

As the days went by, the snake people's blood was boiling, and their bodies underwent some changes as a result.