Satan and Yonier's apotheosis was completely within Sui Xiong's expectations.
Needless to say, the former's preparations over the years, especially the final defeat of the ancient god's will that had yet to completely dissipate, providing him with the power to take that crucial step, were all done by Sui Xiong himself. Although the latter usually kept a low profile, he actually had a very deep foundation. Just from the fact that he could manage the Great Swamp in the Ashes Woods into an independent world, one could tell that his power was actually very strong, and his realm had already surpassed the Demigod level — that Great Swamp already vaguely felt like a Holy Kingdom.
"Skeleton Devourer" Yonier was almost one of the strongest creatures on the Main Plane. The reason why he was only a legendary monster, not even a Demigod Master, was mainly because he was held back by his low intelligence.
In this world, of course, there were gods with real low intelligence. But generally speaking, if one wanted to become a Demigod or even a True God, it was better to have higher intelligence. Even if it was not a group with high intelligence, it would at least be better not to be mentally retarded. Even if it was mentally retarded, it had to at least be at the level of a child. If it was really as stupid as a slime, then there was not much hope.
Previously, Jonny suffered from his low intelligence. He was already powerful enough, but he was unable to truly unify his power. As a result, his power was scattered and chaotic, turning into a gigantic soft-bodied monster. In fact, with his power form, he should have turned into a giant.
This time, Satan wanted to purify the entire Ashes Woods, so he naturally discussed with the few big bosses in the Ashes Woods. The Snow Elephant King had no opinion on this, but it did not want to be purified — it was cautious by nature and did not want to take any risks. So it chose to go deep into the Barren Mountains, away from the range of the Purification Spell, to avoid any accidents. And Yonier decided to stay where he was and try to use the power of the Purification Spell to help him sort out his power, to see if he could gain anything.
As it turned out, his choice was correct.
The main reason why this "Skeleton Devourer" had messy power and muddle-headed mind was that it had been infected by negative energy. With the help of the Purification Spell, it dispelled the negative energy in its body and regained the wisdom that a Demigod Master should have. Then, it sorted out its power, adjusted its form, and turned into a Mud Giant standing in the swamp.
Not only that, after turning into a Mud Giant, Yonier quickly used up the power of faith that he had accumulated for a long time to obtain a priesthood of "Jade Green Swamp Guardian."
The so-called Jade Green Swamp was naturally the large swamp it was in. This swamp was created by it, and it was also protected by it. As the creator and guardian of this land, it was only natural for it to ascend to godhood.
Although the level of this Divine Domain was a little low, barely scratching the edge of "Minor Divine Power", it was comparable to the weird Divine Domains of the "God of Red Dragon Treasure Room Builders" in the dragon race, but it was still a True God.
True Gods were immortal. Even if they fell, they could be reborn through faith.
This was especially so for a god like Jonnier who prioritized nature over faith. Unless he sought death and created some huge news, even if his body was destroyed along with the Emerald Swamp, as long as this world still existed, he could still resurrect from the swamp if it became a swamp again in the future.
Of course, if there was a god whose divinity was far more powerful than him who destroyed his priesthood, or if there was a god whose priesthood conflicted with him who absorbed his divinity, then he would truly fall. Since ancient times, most of the fallen Nature Gods had died this way.
Satan's choice was similar to Yonier's. Although he could rely on his own achievements in magic or promote the achievements of the magic school of the Republic of Northwest to become a God of Faith, after careful consideration, he still decided to become a God of Nature.
As long as there was a choice, most mages would choose to become a God of Nature.
Compared to the God of Faith, the disadvantage of becoming a God of Nature was that it was slower to increase power. The advantage was that it was more free and not easy to fall. For mages, as long as they had an endless lifespan, the rest was not a big problem.
Insufficient power? Just slowly increase it.
Insufficient knowledge? Just slowly accumulate it.
In contrast, binding oneself to faith in order to quickly gain power was a very dangerous and somewhat stupid thing to do.
From a human to a god, it was not only an increase in power, but also a change in the form of life. Humans were complex and diverse creatures, but gods were much purer. Once a god had determined his priesthood, he would be affected by his own priesthood — not bound, but changed from the perspective of his thoughts. For example, a god who took fire as her priesthood, even if she did not dislike water and was originally good at water magic, as long as she chose this priesthood, she would be considered to be cut off from water.
In the past, one of the four great ancient gods, the original God of Fire Element, had tried to unify water and fire, but he had brought about his own destruction and exploded into a big fireball.
The God of Nature had relatively fewer restrictions in this regard, but the God of Faith had more restrictions. Not only would they be changed by their priesthood, but they would also be affected and bound by the beliefs of the believers — if the believers generally thought that a practice was right, then even if the god himself did not think so, he would be slowly influenced and infected by the beliefs over time, and eventually change his own views.
The late former Goddess of the Ocean was such a negative example. The goddess, who was originally brave and good at fighting, had ruled the various races of the sea. After unifying the beliefs of the sea tribes in the coastal waters, she was gradually influenced by their beliefs. In the end, she became an evil god who hated the races of the land and frequently launched invasions of the sea tribes.
In the end, her fall was also directly related to this.
Since ancient times, there had been too many gods who were bound by the beliefs and eventually fell into madness and even fell.
Therefore, although it would be very troublesome, although it would take more time and energy to prepare, and even more dangerous, Satan still chose the path of the God of Nature.
For this reason, he had to go deep into the world and reduce the number of times he met people. At the same time, with the help of the state apparatus, he tried to reduce his sense of existence as much as possible, so that the Mage Association and even other people would not easily notice him, so as to avoid accumulating too much power of faith.
These years, he had been very hard.
But in the end, it turned out that his hard work was all worth it.
The God of Purification was not only the God of Nature, but also a good priesthood. To purify those unnaturally formed "dangerous places" as his own responsibility, and to protect the reproduction of living creatures, such a priesthood would obviously be friendly and supported by most gods.
Moreover, the world was so big, there were always many places that needed to be purified, waiting for him to purify one by one. Every time he purified a place, he could get a little reward from the Origin of the world and the gratitude of all living beings. In the foreseeable long future, his divinity would definitely continue to improve, from weak Divine Power to low Divine Power, probably not a problem.
Such a priesthood was exactly what Satan wanted.
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