Chapter 275: Natural Divinity

On a platform in the fifth layer of the canopy, Donald took out the crystal ball given to him by the White Mountain God.
The crystal ball was not large—only the size of a football. The objects inside appeared even smaller, with the largest ones no bigger than a thumbnail. Some were barely recognizable as mere black dots.
However, Donald knew this was merely a temporary compressed space created using spatial power, which is why the objects inside seemed so tiny. If they were placed outside, they would likely fill the entire platform.
After hundreds of years of accumulation by a demigod totem god, how vast must this collection be for an ordinary mortal like Donald who had yet to reach legendary status?
Donald used his mental power to scan it and grasped the general contents, remaining highly satisfied with the generosity of the White Mountain God.
“Heh. Now, even before reaching the legendary level of demigod, I won’t lack divine artifacts!”
There were no less than a hundred divine-grade items here, all excellent materials for crafting divine artifacts or divine-grade potions. There were also the most common materials below divine grade, but Donald didn’t bother counting them all.
Additionally, there were five sub-divine artifacts. Although there were no true divine artifacts above sub-divine level, this was still enough to satisfy Donald. With the Book of Truth in his possession, as long as he had the materials and divinity, creating divine artifacts wouldn’t be a problem. Thus, he didn’t place much importance on them, as any additional divine artifacts would naturally not be as suitable for him as those crafted specifically for him by the Book of Truth.
The most precious item among these was the nearly perfect demigod divinity.
Donald took out the beautiful regular octahedral crystal and held it in his hand, instructing the Book of Truth to analyze and scan it carefully.
According to the Book of Truth, a demigod divinity took the form of a regular octahedron. The divinities of newly ascended gods and lower gods were regular dodecahedra, those of mid-tier gods were twenty-four-sided, and those of higher gods were thirty-two-sided. As for the even higher supreme gods, it was unknown whether they existed, as even the creator of the Book of Truth had not reached such true eternity, so nothing more was known about them.
It could be said that Donald’s greatest gain from this journey was this demigod divinity. After scanning it, the Book of Truth concluded that this divinity contained powers related to nature, forests, plants, growth, and other such areas, and it wouldn’t conflict with the arcane domain he had acquired first.
Although a totem god’s divinity level was one tier lower than that of a true god of the same rank—meaning that an ordinary demigod totem god wouldn’t possess a complete demigod divinity, only lower-tier totem gods could have a complete one, which was even stronger than an ordinary demigod divinity.

However, Green Tree Deep’s situation is rather special. She was originally a demi-god at the peak of the lower totem god realm, having already acquired such a status through purchase, and she also had a deep understanding of the rules governing her divine domain. Thus, her divine essence was already a highly complete demi-god essence, not much inferior to that of ordinary lower totem gods.

Originally, he thought the greatest gain would be just more divine essence fragments. Now that such a powerful divine essence was available at a low price, it naturally brought him great joy.

But don’t think that obtaining a divine essence means one can recklessly become a powerful true god. Mortals who attempt to merge divine essences will only end up dying from internal explosions, with their souls destroyed by devastating forces. Even ordinary people cannot accommodate even the smallest fragment of a divine essence; at least the physical strength and mental resilience of a silver mage or swordsman are required to bear such fragments. Donald knew his current strength wasn’t enough to merge a demi-god essence, even if it were incomplete. Yet due to his unique physique, he could reach the level of other legendary powerhouses at the gold realm and merge multiple divine essence fragments. According to the calculations in the Book of Truth, before his divine bloodline and high elf bloodline merged naturally, he could roughly merge five to six of the smallest divine essence fragments. After acquiring the divine elven bloodline and gaining immense natural power, his divinity grew by more than ten times, allowing his body and soul to withstand up to ten such fragments.

From this perspective, Donald’s future potential is more than ten times greater than that of other outstanding gold-level powerhouses.

Now, due to the fusion of bloodlines and his understanding of the Heart of Nature, as well as the gifts from the will of nature, Donald’s divinity is already shifting toward natural divinity.

“Natural divinity? It seems fate is also guiding me toward this realm!”

The divine essence he had just acquired contained the laws and authorities related to the divine domain of nature and its related fields. The complete divine domain of nature is one of the eight supreme laws of the universe recorded in the Book of Truth, and those who have fully mastered and understood it are virtually nonexistent.

But this also shows just how powerful this divine domain is. If he succeeds in establishing the divine domain of nature after becoming a demi-god, he will at the very least possess the potential to reach the level of an upper god.

Although Donald is currently unable to merge with this immensely potent demi-god deity, he can still use the Book of Truth to extract small fragments of deity containing aspects of divine authority. By merging these fragments, his progress will likely be faster. Once he reaches the pinnacle of legend status, he can immediately become a powerful demi-god through this deity, reducing the time required compared to ordinary demi-gods by at least several hundred years.

Reaching the demi-god realm essentially means true immortality—provided no accidents occur, one can exist forever, marking the first step toward eternity.

Don’t be fooled by the way some characters in literary or cinematic works from his past life dismissed immortality as something despicable, as if eternal life were a curse that only brought suffering. But if such an opportunity truly arose, almost no “normal” person would pass it up.

The pursuit of immortality and powerful strength is the most primal desire of all intelligent beings!

Of course, those who are utterly disillusioned with the world are exceptions. Such people, who wish for the entire world to be destroyed along with them, have already lost the true meaning of being human!

At this thought, Donald’s heart burned with enthusiasm. He longed to use the Book of Truth to extract more deity fragments right away, but he remained rational enough to restrain this impulse—after all, they were on the territory of a totem god.

Although the White Mountain God and the others had been kind to him and he was deeply grateful, who knew if they might develop other motives upon encountering rare, high-tier artifacts that could help them advance further on the path to eternity?

So, Donald simply checked the items in the crystal ball briefly before focusing on the state of his body and soul after the bloodline fusion.

He didn’t delve further into the innate abilities and spell-like powers he already mastered, as most of the new abilities were enhancements of the existing ones, with his abilities in the natural realm becoming even stronger.

The emergence of his natural divinity granted him powerful offensive spells such as Lightning Summoning, Lightning Storm Summoning, and Flame Storm. He also gained auxiliary spell-like abilities like Animal Companions, Wild Transformation, Poison Immunity, Plant Growth, Entanglement, Healing, Regeneration, and Weather Control.

The former was already tested when dealing with those polluting forces. These spells infused with natural power are roughly on par in strength with similar mage spells, only possessing additional cleansing abilities. When attacked by these natural spells, the surrounding environment recovers more quickly as well. Thus, there’s no need for further research—mastering their power and usage is sufficient.

Among the support abilities, Entanglement is basically identical to the first skill of the Elf Hero Jungle Guardian, with similar effects, so there’s little to say.

Healing Spell is similar to that of the Elf unit Claw Druids, but it’s more flexible and can gently restore various internal and external injuries. Regeneration Spell is an advanced version of Healing Spell, equivalent to a mage’s ninth-level Golden Spell, capable of regrowing flesh and restoring severed limbs—its effects are extremely powerful.

As for Plant Growth and Poison Immunity, one is a spell for supporting production while the other is a passive skill, both of which can deliver powerful effects in special situations.

Among these abilities, Donald values Animal Companions, Wild Transformation, and Weather Control the most.

Animal Companions are a unique ability of nature-based professionals. Calling it a spell is somewhat inappropriate, as it’s more like a contract that allows the caster to gain the favor of a certain animal. Unless the animal chooses otherwise, it will regard the caster as its kind and accompany it in battles and daily life. The companion’s abilities grow as the contract holder’s strength increases. If someone releases their companion, they must undergo a ritual to obtain a new one, which can also be used to replace a destroyed companion.

Wild Transformation is a innate ability unique to Druids. After reaching the Bronze level, they gain their first chance to transform, enabling them to change their form into a small or medium animal and revert back—this ability can be used once a day. In animal form, Druids cannot cast certain regular spells nor speak, as they can only emit sounds typical of untrained animals, but they can communicate normally with creatures of the same species as their new form.

Finally, Weather Control is also extremely powerful, allowing control over wind direction, clouds, thunderstorms, and other weather changes. Although it lacks concentrated offensive power, its range is vast—covering up to ten kilometers—and its strength increases as the user’s power grows.

Mastering this spell is equivalent to indirectly learning spells in related areas such as Blizzard, Rain Creation, Wind Control, and Water Level Control, which is highly helpful for him to understand the laws of the natural world. Wouldn’t he then become as powerful as those deities who could control wind and rain in his past life?