Chapter 437: Not Taking the Ordinary Path

It didn’t surprise Donald that the Sea God Basseto was helping the forces of the main world establish a kingdom.
Generally, when demi-gods became new gods, they would want to create their own kingdoms due to the need for faith and resources to build a divine nation—Sendor, the Kingdom of Dawn, being the most well-known example.
However, due to the suppression by the established five great kingdoms over the True God Church, most true gods didn’t have the chance to support forces in the main world to establish a kingdom and control its faith!
That said, it wasn’t difficult for true gods to establish dioceses in certain regions of the main world or gain support from local nobles. Even powers like the five great kingdoms couldn’t avoid being infiltrated by the church’s influence. The powerful and well-resourced Gardrel and Polin were somewhat better off, while the Swordsman Kingdom of Kort, under pressure, also had to accept some true gods that suited their situation and neutral gods who had little impact on royal power.
As for the Kingdom of Sendor, it had long since become a vassal of the church.
The Solon Commercial Alliance Kingdom, supported by various forces, was the most complex. Not only were neutral true gods present, but gods from the dark realm also openly preached there. Thus, despite having the weakest military force, Solon had rarely been involved in wars.
This was because too many powerful forces and hidden entities were involved. If they encountered a powerful being whose actions defied logic, they might be destroyed even before reaching Solon!
Selt, the sixth major force outside the five great kingdoms, which had long remained in the northern regions, had suffered some erosion by religious forces for various reasons.
Now, as Selt gradually came under the attention of the gods and even had a true god ruling there, it became much harder for others to target it!
This time, with the establishment of the Sea God Kingdom, envoys were sent to various forces on the continent, especially the powerful five great kingdoms, with invitations to attend the kingdom’s founding ceremony.
Naturally, Selt, the only kingdom in the north, was also included in the invitation.
In addition to the Selt royal family, they also sent an invitation to Donald, the lord of Dalaran. After all, the news of Donald successfully igniting the Divine Flame couldn’t be hidden from ordinary people, let alone from Basseto, the Sea God and a true god under the rule of the Lord of Dawn.

Moreover, Bassetdo still remembered vividly how Donald, who was originally an ordinary man, had relied on the power of the Goddess of Agriculture to fight against and extort him. Now, without saying a word, Donald had somehow become a demi-god on equal footing with him, which left the Sea God not only surprised but also even more wary of Donald!
With a month left before the celebration, Donald smiled slyly upon seeing the invitation. He really had to go this time—considering the tense relations between him, Celt, and the forces of the Dawn Lord, even that Sea God had a special relationship with him!
He had an… audacious idea in mind. What could be better than infiltrating the enemy’s ranks?
A famous military strategist from his past had said, “Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated in a hundred battles!”
As for the specific actions, Donald already had a rough plan. All he needed to do was wait until the Sea God’s National Festival…
After observing in the laboratory for three more days to confirm that his new body had stabilized, Donald announced that Chickofield could officially leave the laboratory and live a normal human life!
Ah!
Stepping out of the laboratory and taking his first breath of fresh air outside, Chickofield, who had regained his human emotions, was overjoyed.
“How does it feel to be reborn?”
“Very good!”
Donald nodded.
“That’s good. But your identity is still a problem that needs to be arranged. Let me ask for your opinion first!”
Chickofield had already thought of what to say.
“From now on, I’ll be Chickofield Merlinna, the mage of your family—how does that sound?”
This was because Chickofield’s body used the flesh and blood of Donald’s demi-god (actually a true god), meaning he also had blood from the Merlinna family. Taking Merlinna as his surname, he felt grateful to Donald and had a relationship with him that was both mentor-like and friendly. As a lich, he hadn’t felt this deeply, but now that he was human, these feelings had taken root in his soul. So he didn’t want to leave Donald’s side or this beautiful land of Dalaran.
Donald was pleasantly surprised by Chickofield’s choice and naturally had no objections.
“In that case, I’ll arrange for you to be a distant relative of the Merlinna family. With my relationship with the royal family, this is no big deal! With an identity, I can also give you a territory—feel free to state any requests you have.”

The former high lich, now a human archmage named Chiko, shook his head and said, “Forget the territory—your place already has a mage tower and laboratories of every kind. Even if I tried to build something similar, I couldn’t achieve such a level. Anyway, I’m here to experience human life and follow in the footsteps of ancient archmages to pursue greater arcane achievements. It would be better for me to stay and help you handle some magical matters in the territory!” This was exactly what Donald wanted. He ordered William to arrange for Chiko, a relative of the Merlinna family, to live in the lord’s manor. In fact, everyone in the territory’s management hierarchy knew his identity. Even the old steward, Kord, had no objections. Without even mentioning the significance of a powerful archmage who had lived for thousands of years to the Merlinna family, just thinking that this man also had pure Merlinna blood made Kord feel that the family was growing even stronger, so he fully agreed to it. It should be noted that after using the Lich Rebirth Spell to be reborn, the result differs from another legendary spell, the Lich Body Spell. The latter only creates a temporary body to carry the lich’s soul, with all characteristics resembling those of a normal being, but the soul remains that of a lich. Such a body, eroded by lich power, can basically only be used for no more than ten years. In other words, every so often, a lich who used the Lich Body Spell must obtain a new body. The Lich Rebirth Spell, on the other hand, truly reincarnates one as a human, both physically and spiritually, and even preserves the ability to reproduce. After seeing Chiko, who had gained a new life, leave, Donald put aside other matters once again and entered the underground training room to access the House of Time. There was still a month left until the Sea God’s founding ceremony. If he could hurry up and cultivate a divine position, he might surprise many factions by then! Generally speaking, divine positions are divided by the gods into combat-related and non-combat-related positions, as well as those that fall between the two. For example, positions related to hunting and war can be classified as combat-related, while those related to art, knowledge, and spring are non-combat-related. It’s not the case that combat-related positions are absolutely stronger than non-combat-related ones. The strength of one god compared to another depends on a combination of factors such as divine power, the level of the divine position and divine essence, as well as the assistance of artifacts. For instance, even a lower-ranked god of art who isn’t good at combat can usually defeat a newly risen god with a combat-related position due to the suppression from the difference in divine essence levels. Conversely, a highly skilled lower-ranked god in combat might also succeed in challenging a mid-ranked god in a non-combat field.

Flames, ice, forests, and earth possess inherent offensive and defensive powers due to their respective domains, yet since there are no divine classes dedicated solely to combat, they have become divine domains that lie between the two. Having suppressed others for so long before reaching the demi-god stage, including the hundreds of years spent in the House of Time, he accumulated great strength. If he hadn’t chosen the path of a Law God and established a divine kingdom, it would have been no problem for him to acquire a divine class by harnessing his understanding and comprehension of the rules within his divinity! But now, the divine kingdom within his body has consumed most of his divine power; all he has left is half of his divine fire along with some other external forces. However, the Book of Truth is his greatest advantage—provided he has sufficient divine energy, he can easily acquire divine classes by mastering hundreds of divine codes from various domains. He doesn’t want to simply become a true god bound by faith; he always needs to keep a backdoor open for himself. A Law God is undoubtedly the best choice, as it allows him to remain in the main world without being rejected by the rules—this is his greatest advantage over other true gods. Even if he offends a powerful higher god like the Lord of Dawn, as long as he stays in the main world, the other party won’t have much of an option. Of course, this kind of avoidance isn’t Donald’s style, and sooner or later, the gods will discover his true identity as a Law God. So, Donald boldly plans to take both paths—mastering one law authority while disguising himself as a god of faith. This is also the greatest advantage of a Law God: a Law God can incorporate faith power and then master law authorities to become a god of faith. Although other true gods have slim chances of achieving this, with the aid of the advanced divine artifact, the Book of Truth, Donald is one of the few in history to meet these conditions. On the other hand, once a god of faith ignites their divine fire, their path becomes irreversible, unless they reach the level of a Supreme God! But at that level, there’s little difference between a Law God and a god of faith! According to the records in the Book of Truth, the four fundamental laws of the universe are space, time, order, and chaos. These four laws form the basis of the universe, and through their interaction with each other, countless secondary laws arise—namely the eight Supreme Laws—leading to the creation of the sun, moon, stars, all things in heaven and earth, and various forms of life.

The so-called Supreme Gods are beings that transcend the Prime Gods, possess one of the eight supreme laws, and have reached the fundamental laws of existence. They do not need faith, like other true gods, to survive and grow stronger; once they lose faith, they face the threat of destruction. Supreme Gods are truly immortal and indestructible. Moreover, by becoming a Supreme God, one gains the ability to cross cosmic barriers and traverse crystal walls to reach other universes—a power that even ordinary true gods, let alone higher gods, cannot match.