Chapter 563: Planar Backlash

“Donald, do you really not need our help to maintain stability in your divine kingdom?”
Eilwen, the avatar of the Agricultural Goddess who had accepted Donald’s invitation, asked again to confirm.
“Yes! Princess Eilwen! I’m quite confident about ascending to the throne. All you need to do is intercept those with malicious intentions at the periphery and ensure the safety of my territory. As for those who can’t be stopped, I’ll deal with them once they get close. Don’t worry—without absolute certainty, I wouldn’t risk my future or even my immortal life!”
The power of planar backlash posed no real threat to Donald, as he was half a son of the plane and blessed by the will of the primary world. The real challenge lay in balancing the struggle against planar backlash with efforts to elevate his divine kingdom.
To address this, Donald had prepared various strategies. Even if those failed to stop enemies, he still had his ultimate divine artifacts as a last resort. At worst, if his possession of such artifacts were exposed, having allies like Eilwen and the other two goddesses, along with some connections to the Great Elf Lord, meant he would likely face only the curiosity of powerful higher deities—unlikely to take actual action.
With companions like Loki and the support of his allies, he could probably withstand the probing of one or two higher deities!
Still, it was better to avoid exposure. By hiding his strength while secretly growing stronger, he could wait until he possessed a power that no other entity could shake. Then, he could act freely, following his own will without restraint.
By the time Donald took action, all his allies had arrived.
Considering the difficulty and cost of true deity avatars descending to the primary world, Donald had them wait in the Nodahil Plane outside the primary world. There, they could intercept enemies coming from outer realms, and if enemies approached through other means, they could arrive swiftly via the channels opened by Donald through Nodahil’s core World Tree, linking his divine kingdom to the primary world.
As for Charlie, he was not yet heavily restricted by the rules of the primary world, so he arrived in Dalaran in his true form, ready to assist Donald’s demi-gods in defense.

Once all preparations were complete and his relatives and subordinates like Catherine and Cornelia were reassured, Donald teleported alone to the Izumo Mountains, far away from the crowds. Raising his throne in such a place meant that any subsequent battles would not affect the people in his realm. At most, it would have some impact on the environment of the main world, but for Donald, who was skilled in natural forces and purification abilities, this could be easily restored. Without much hesitation, once he arrived and calmed down, the phantom image of his divine kingdom appeared beside him immediately. He then used his power to lift it into the sky. Suddenly, the once clear sky turned dark. Not only the land where Dalaran was located, nor the northern region where Thelthar lived, but even the entire main world, including the New World, along with all the demigods and powerful mortals, sensed this change right away. All mortals could look up and see a star-filled dark sky, with a bright, giant new star rising into the endless night. Those with knowledge could realize that another true god in the main world was raising his throne, lifting his divine kingdom into the stars, becoming a god with a truly complete kingdom! This process would take a considerable amount of time; some true gods who faced difficulties in raising their thrones took days to succeed. Thus, it was not unusual for such an anomaly of a starry sky during the day to last for days or nights. Moreover, many true gods failed along the way, and the legends of meteors falling among the mortals of the main world originated from this! Donald did not want to be just a meteor—glorious and beautiful, but fleeting. That’s why he delayed until now to actually carry out the act of raising his throne. Especially since his divine kingdom was larger than that of ordinary lower gods, reaching the size of a mid-tier god’s kingdom, the process of ascension would surely be more difficult. If he wanted to successfully raise his throne without damaging his kingdom during the process, and even if he managed to ascend to a higher realm before it stabilized, he might still be destroyed by the creatures of the interstellar void!

Even for an ordinary small divine kingdom, if it were handled by an ordinary newly ascended god, constrained by the power of faith and reserves of divine energy, the process of ascension would be extremely difficult, leaving little energy to deal with other distractions. If control over one’s own divine powers was not yet solid, there was a 90% chance of falling back to the mortal world—this was the fundamental reason why most newly ascended gods failed at this stage of ascending to their thrones.

It should be noted that ascending to a throne is similar to igniting a divine flame; there’s no need to gather divine essence, and failure allows for a chance to try again, at most resulting in a loss of some power. However, ascending to a throne and igniting a divine flame are processes that cannot afford failure—once unsuccessful, the only outcome is destruction, with only a slim chance of becoming an existence like the Twilight God, lingering in some place, barely alive, waiting for a chance to revive.

But Donald, who was well-prepared for this, naturally wouldn’t suffer such consequences. Even while supporting a vast divine kingdom like Azeroth, which was on par with a mid-tier god, and possessing immense strength, abundant reserves of divine energy, and strong sources of faith, Donald used only 30% of his power to propel Azeroth upward, making it seem effortless.

The star embodying the divine kingdom rose steadily toward the stars. But when it reached a certain height, backlash from the plane occurred, causing Donald to feel an immediate surge in pressure.

Throughout, Donald’s actions had generally been favored by the will of the plane. Even when igniting the divine flame and formally forming his divine essence, the plane’s consciousness had not reacted excessively. But when the divine kingdom began to ascend and spatial forces and rules disrupted the stability of the main world’s space, despite its considerable favor toward him, the plane’s consciousness crossed that limit this time and strictly enforced consequences against him.

This was his first time facing true backlash from the plane—indeed, it wasn’t pleasant at all! Yet the greater the pressure, the more motivated Donald became. Raising his arms high, he shouted triumphantly, “Ascend! My kingdom! Raise my immortal throne above the stars to illuminate all beings in the main world!”