Chapter 309
The residents of the magical world are progressing faster than any of us expected. Even before the end of the first generation they had assembled villages, farms and temples with a decent standard of living.
The worship of mortals is extremely beneficial for fledgling deities like us. It creates spiritually attuned Divine Energy that goes directly to our Divine Body, solidifying it and strengthening it. That is the bridge across the great divide between Divine Realm Cultivators and Gods, the ability to gain strength without cultivation.
As we gain strength, it also stabilizes the realm we have created, and ties us to it even more inextricably. We are slowly becoming part of this realm, even as the population expands and it starts to stabilize the Realm enough that it could be shifted into the Mortal Planes.
That’s the final step for us, and it is going to be a mess. At least one or two groups want us dead, another believes we’re going to destroy half a galaxy, and the moment we transfer out, there is a high chance that five out of the six of us are going to immediately begin to undergo a Divine Tribulation.
Only, we’re not just on the cusp of Divinity anymore, we are much more advanced than that, stronger and more knowledgeable. The Tribulation tests your worthiness, not your strength so the most powerful you are, the more intense it is.
"Do we have a plan for the Tribulations?" I ask Elder Song, the only one of us who has personally ascended before. Twice, in fact.
"When we transfer out, I’m going to move you all away from our Realm except for myself and Lala. Her ascension will be one of life, and beneficial to the Realm’s stability in its new plane. Hui’Jin I will move to the realm closest to ours, so her Balance aspect will help us settle in. The problem is you three. With complicated aspects and that much power, you might actually collapse any Mortal Realm you ascend in."
"So the Divine Transfer was right? We probably will destroy entire planets when we ascend?" Hui’Jin asks.
"Those three, yes. But what the Divine Transfer didn’t realize is that it was their own fault. So I suggest ascending on their human worlds in the Immortal Plane." Song clarifies.
Well isn’t that just peachy?
"Can you send me to a Mortal Realm with a lot of people? I feel like a lot of souls would help balance my aspects, but there aren’t many People in the Immortal Planes. Most worlds number their citizens at fewer than ten million." I ask and Song nods.
"Alright. Whenever we’re ready, we can start shifting this realm into the Mortal Planes." Karl smiles, finishing his final round of tests.