Chapter 425: Successive Deifications

Since the outcome was already settled, aside from a few true gods who were unwilling to accept it, most ordered their church forces to send envoys to offer blessings. Some true gods who remained neutral or had friendly relations with the Celts were even pleased by this development. After all, the Northlands had always been a barren region. Now, not only had stronger human kingdoms emerged, but they also had their own true gods to protect them, opening up more lands and resources for the human faction!
The event of the birth of these new gods, which caused a huge stir across the continent, gradually subsided after a few months.
By now, the King of the Northlands had largely mastered his own power and perfected his divine domain. The King’s official title was the Protector of the Northlands, with two secondary titles: Royal Family and Royal Authority. His domains included the Northlands, nobility, the north wind, cold, and ice and snow—achievements that stood out among the newly deified gods.
Even the Sea God, Basedo, who was also newly deified around the same time, fell short, despite having the support of powerful higher gods behind him. This situation surprised the gods greatly, and they admired and respected King Charles even more. Many benevolent neutral deities expressed their willingness to help him establish a divine kingdom and ascend to the throne.
Charles gladly accepted this offer. Even considering only the interests of the Celt Kingdom he represented, having the help of friendly true gods would undoubtedly be beneficial!
In fact, King Charles was able to achieve such success in less than a year not only due to his own extensive experience and control over a kingdom but also thanks to the help of his ally, Donald.
By possessing a divine body, he avoided the limitations associated with being deified by the Holy Spirit. Coupled with centuries of accumulation and his dedication to the Northlands, Charles, once known as Celt I and now the King of the Northlands, was able to ignite the divine flame and thus form his first divine domain. Within just a few months, he had largely mastered his power and officially joined the ranks of the newly deified gods.
Donald, who had been the greatest help, had also reached the threshold where he could ignite the divine flame. With just one slight push, he could break through that barrier and enter the realm of immortality.

In fact, he could have ignited the Divine Flame long ago, but Donald felt it was safer to wait until Celt I successfully became a god before embarking on the path of becoming a god himself. After all, he was confident he could endure the transformation process stemming from the world’s laws on his own, but he couldn’t afford to be distracted by external threats! That’s why Donald planned to build up his strength thoroughly before acting, ensuring he could ignite the Divine Flame with his own power rather than relying on external help, and he made extra preparations for this. Now that the time was ripe and King of the North, Charles, had stabilized his own power, Donald was ready to ignite the Divine Flame and officially become a god. The danger level of this process was expected to be much lower than when Celt I became a god, according to everyone’s assessment! With King of the North as a powerful new god to protect them, even though many true god churches didn’t want Celt to have another new deity, they dared not take action. After all, most true gods couldn’t guarantee that their avatars wouldn’t be suppressed by the rules of the main world and remain at a demi-god level, making it uncertain whether they could defeat this newly risen King of the North, who was considered a genius among gods, once they descended. However, Donald felt a vague sense of unease, believing that igniting the Divine Flame might be even more dangerous than Celt I’s attempt. It was merely intuition, but with his soul having reached such a powerful level and his body being a perfect divine form, it wasn’t surprising that he might have some vague forebodings of danger. Donald was convinced this wasn’t an illusion, so instead of relaxing, he ordered everyone in his territory to strengthen their defenses, maintaining a facade of normalcy to avoid arousing suspicion from external forces and to uncover the truth about Dalaran. Additionally, he spread the news of his impending ascension to godhood through the Druid Elf tribes to the Forest Elf Alliance Kingdom and Sun Island. Upon hearing this news, the Elf Council immediately held an emergency meeting and reported the situation to the Elf gods. The Elf Council, which attached great importance to Dalaran, received a response from the Elf pantheon and, unusually, summoned a sleeping high elf demi-god to take action. With everything ready, Donald proceeded to ignite the Divine Flame in front of the mage tower in his territory.

Actually, considering his own divine lineage, the most favorable location to ignite the divine fire was near the Tree of Life. However, Donald was afraid that if enemies attacked during the process of igniting the divine fire, the battle might affect the Tree of Life, so he chose to do it in front of the powerful mage tower. With the formidable legendary caster Chikofield in charge, the Twilight Mage Tower could exert a power comparable to that of a demigod, which was equivalent to having an immovable demigod protecting it. Added to this was a newly crowned King of the Northern Lands and a high elf demigod, so even the vigilant Donald felt much more at ease. Moreover, he had arranged for a demigod demon to hide inside the mage tower, ready to act at any time, along with other legendary strongholds guarding the perimeter. Such a lineup was enough to force even the demigod incarnations of higher gods to retreat in disarray. There was nothing left to worry about, unless multiple true gods attacked together—but Donald didn’t think he had offended that many true gods. Since arriving in this world, only three powerful intermediate and higher gods—Spider Queen Flora, Lord of Dawn Ivan, and the identity-unknown Destroyer Monarch Osthadius—had been offended by him! But when he destroyed the Destroyer Monarch’s incarnation, Donald was confident he hadn’t made any mistakes; the other party would only think its incarnation had perished along with the Supreme Brain and wouldn’t suspect him. “As for the Spider Queen, that demon god was severely dealt a blow by me earlier—she suffered consecutive defeats and lost a major city where her followers gathered in the Dark Lands. With her strength greatly diminished, it’s uncertain whether she even has the courage to send an incarnation!” “As for Lord of Dawn, based on his usual style, this powerful higher god likely still harbors resentment from before. Since he can’t trouble the newly crowned god Charlie now, my emergence as the second god-creator of the Celts gives him an opportunity for revenge. I assume his lineup this time will be quite large—making him the main opponent!” “The only one whose actions are uncertain is that Goddess of Night. This ancient true god operates in both good and evil ways. Although she leans toward the dark and evil side, she often does good deeds as well. Although I participated in the scheme against her by the Goddess of Agriculture, the Elven Goddess of Moonlight, and the Goddess of Night last time, her attitude is unpredictable, making her a variable threat!”