Chapter 911 (1/2)

Chapter 911: The Root of the Matter (Part 1)

The fact that Satan and Junior had become gods was completely expected by Sui Xiong.

For Satan, it was to be expected. He had spent the last few years preparing to become a god, especially with his will to defeat all the ancient gods. That had given him the final, critical strength to become a god, and this was ensured by Sui Xiong himself. On the other hand, although Junior was not particularly expressive on a daily basis, he still had extremely strong underlying powers. If one wanted proof of his strength, they could reference how he had managed to convert the Great Marsh in Ashes Forest into an awe-inspiring, independent world. He was already stronger than the demigod level. That Great Marsh already had the vibe and structure of a God Kingdom, after all!

“Skeleton Devourer” Junior was one of the strongest living creatures on the Main Plane. This was so despite the fact that he was just a legendary monster and was not even counted as a demigod yet. This was mostly because he was dragged down by his weakness of having low intelligence.

In this world, gods that were low in intelligence definitely existed. However, normally, to become a demigod, let alone a real god, it was better to have higher intelligence. One did not need to be a genius, but they could not be too stupid either. Even if they were rather mediocre, they should at least have the intelligence level of a child back on Earth. If they were really extremely stupid and at a similar intelligence level of Slime, it was not likely that they would advance in rank.

Junior had always been disadvantaged by his low intelligence. No one could deny that he was strong, but yet he was unable to truly utilize his powers to his full potential. Instead, his powers were scattered and messy, akin to a giant, malleable structure. It could be said that its shape resembled that of a giant.

This time, Satan had wanted to purify the entire Ashes Forest and had naturally consulted the various daxies who lived in Ashes Forest. The Snow Elephant King did not have much of an opinion towards this, but he did not wish to be purified personally. He was a careful person by nature and did not like to take risks. He thus chose to travel out into the deep corners of the Bare Mountains and leave the scope of the purification array to prevent any incidents from happening. On the other hand, Junior had chosen to stay and tried to use the purification array’s energy to sort his own powers, hoping to see some positive results.

Clearly, his choice had been a good one.

This “Skeleton Devourer” had previously been burdened by his messy powers due to the main reason that he had been infected by negative energy. This time, with the help of the purification array, the negative energy within him was dissipated, and he managed to retrieve all the intelligence a demigod should possess. Junior then managed to organize his own powers, adjust his state of mind and become a mud giant within the Great Marsh.

That was not all! After Junior converted into a mud giant, he immediately used up all the energy he had gathered from the power of faith to obtain for himself a priesthood of “green swamp patron saint.”

The “green swamp” here was of course referring to this piece of Great Marsh. He had created this Great Marsh and had always been tending to it. He thus managed to successfully gain this title of patron saint due to his previous achievements.

Although this priesthood was not too high in status, it arguably still attained the level of weak Divine Power and was comparable to that of Dragon Tribe’s “red dragon treasure chest’s construction” type of priesthood. However, he was nevertheless still a real god now.

Real gods were immortal. Even if they fell from their position, they could still undergo rebirth through faith.

This was especially so for gods like Junior, who were nature-based and used faith as a supplement. Unless he sought his own death and went to create chaotic news, as long as the land still existed, it would eventually become a marsh again, and he would be able to undergo rebirth here. This was still so even if Junior got destroyed along with the entire green swamp.

Of course, if any deity of higher rank destroyed Junior’s priesthood or if any god with a clashing priesthood absorbed Junior’s priesthood, he would truly fall from his position as a god. Many Nature Gods who had fallen had all fallen in this way.

Satan had made similar choices to Junior. Although he could ride on his achievements in magic or in the Republic’s magic sect to become a God of Belief, Satan decided to become a Nature God after a period of careful consideration.

If they had a choice, a majority of mages would make the same choice to become a Nature God as well.