Chapter 250: Thunder Has Two Extremes, Life and Death
The legitimate gods skilled in exorcizing demons and vanquishing evil stationed themselves here through temple statues, sealing off the Snowy Plains. This not only prevented the Snowy Plains demon king from further expanding its territory but also kept vigilant against demonic forces venturing outward.
The great demon of He Plains, using the divine power of an inherent god, transformed an area of two hundred li east to west and two hundred and fifty li north to south into a perpetual Snowy Plains—eternal winter, snow falling year-round. This weakened the power of the Thunder Division’s legitimate gods in the region.
Although the Thunder Division’s deities wielded divine power, they still relied on the authority of the heavens. The rotation of the seasons and the changes in time and weather had a significant impact on even the gods.
The legitimate gods of the Thunder Division were strongest in summer and weakest in winter.
In addition, there was another limitation on deities:
Inherent gods, born from the earth, were confined to the earthly realm. Nurtured gods, born from faith, were restricted by that faith.
Local deities like Virtuous Duke Wang, regional Land Gods, and Willow Immortal find it difficult to leave their own territories. Once they left, they quickly weakened, and their divine power might even disappear entirely.
On the other hand, Heavenly Palace legitimate gods like the Thunder God seemed capable of traversing the vast world in an instant. However, in reality, they could only move freely to places where their temples and statues existed, relying on these sacred objects to manifest.
In areas without such temples or statues, they must first appear at the nearest temple, then travel from there. The speed of their travel depends on their own abilities.