190 Divine Realms (1/2)
I took in the paradisiacal sights before me, and stood still on the beach. As I did so I quietly mulled over what I knew about divine realms. Truthfully... I didn't know a lot about divine realms.
What I did know was simple. Divine realms were where gods were at our strongest. I could infer that each god had a personalized divine realm, essentially a blank canvas with which we could do whatever we willed and warp reality however we wished.
Divine realms were the mysterious destinations where the souls of those who worshiped gods went. From time to time I badgered the system with questions about the mechanics that seemed to underpin reality, and one question I had asked the system was the fate of souls who didn't worship gods.
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”For half a million years... gods have been gone. I don't know what happens to their 'divine realms' when they die, but I'm assuming that mortals who worship a dead god aren't sent to their divine realms. What happens to faithless mortals and those who worship dead gods?” I asked the system.
”For thousands of years mortal souls went to the dimensions that matched their alignments. Each possible alignment combination corresponds to a specific dimension and the souls of deceased mortals were one of the things that helped those dimensions operate as they do now. Back in the mythical age the old gods often sent souls to dimensions that matched their alignments, but the other dimensions didn't get nearly as many souls.” It informed me.
”So now these other dimensions, places like 'The Heart of Darkness' are filled with souls? And am I right to assume that these souls become extraplanar entities? I have a law-domain power that does that for devils.” I wondered.
”Yes! That's actually exactly what happens. Some types of extraplanar entities can get pregnant and give birth to extraplanar entities, but as it is that's not the case with most extraplanar entities. That said, extraplanar entities can impregnate mortals and thus create new kinds of creatures.” The system eagerly informed me.
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I stood right where water and sand met. Waves lapped at my feet. Ahead of me was a dense forest, so thick that only my vision was powerful enough to see through it entire kilometers away from me. The island was impressively wide, and inhabited by a variety of lifeforms. I took a pair of gentle steps forward and I stepped out of the area where water lapped at my feet. As I did my senses continued to acclimate to this strange new place.
I quietly began to take steps towards the forest. I knew where I was going, but I had all the time in the world to get there. There was no point in rushing things. I began to leisurely walk towards the heart of the island. Which housed the sole entrance to the area underneath the island, the heart of the Mi-Go colony.
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As I slowly walked towards the terrible colony, my senses adapted to this strange dimension. As they did I felt each step I took infuse me with pure power. Exploring my dimension, my apparent true home, was filling me with an exciting sense of my own powers.
The very air in this place, when it entered my lungs, felt like it filled me with power. The ground under my feet felt good, and I felt solid whenever I stepped on it. These sensations were not like the sensations I felt on Torus, which this version of my divine realm was based on. I could reasonably conclude that it was like this entirely due to the true nature of this world.
I entered the forest and as trees surrounded me I momentarily considered animating some of them. They were thick things, standing several meters tall, and topped with beautiful leaves of all colors.
”It wouldn't be a bad idea to make some company...” I muttered, chuckling as I stepped into the forest. I lifted a single hand and began to craft some company to escort me. A procession fit for a god.
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The god silently took steps through the forest as he focused on the potent powers he was about to use. He thoughtfully created and shaped something from nothing, creating silver using his own powers over earth, metals, creation, and art, and began to shape the raw material he had divinely created.
The god was walking even as he did this, a smile on his face as he inched closer and closer to the destination he intended to step into. He effortlessly created four massive, floating clumps of unshaped silver, defying the common process by which silver was found in many worlds in the universe of his birth. He then turned his gaze towards the clumps, even as he stepped deeper and deeper into the forest. They formed a floating square that surrounded him and followed him as he tinkered with their shapes.