Chapter 992: Xiya Aidasi, God of Exploration and Protection

With this resolution, Xiya immediately abandoned the opportunity to continue waiting for the birth of the Divine Fire, even though continuing to wait had a significant probability of allowing her to eventually succeed in her Ascension to Godhood.

But the price might be falling into the Elf conspiracy, sinking into it without even realizing it.

Now, she would complete the final ritual in her own way.

In a place faint and invisible, Xiya felt the gathering Primal Force and Order Force; the two were undergoing an indescribably intense collision, as well as a subtle transformation and exchange, as if the Divine Fire would be born in the next moment.

Yet it was not born after all. As Xiya's thought to abandon it arose, the surging Primal Force and Order Force produced a subtle change.

The two no longer collided or transformed, but instead changed silently in a form of entanglement, symbiosis, and support.

At this moment, the Primal Force brought by the Guidance of Faith was no longer an entity of equal status to the Order Force, but was sacrificing itself to lift the Order Force up, manifesting it completely.

But this manifested power was not the primitive, metaphysical Order Force, but a true and undeniable reality-altering power; this power was born within the Order Cycle, yet transcended it.

Grand and majestic, the moment it appeared, it rapidly encompassed the transformation process of the Primal Force and Order Force, and spread from there to the Order Cycle where the Order Force was born, and the wave of Faith that guided the Primal Force to gather.

Because it was born within the Order Cycle, it was like a fish in living water within the Order Cycle—incredibly smooth, compatible, and full of vitality.

But when it came to encompassing the wave of Faith, it appeared out of place; wanting to abandon it, yet the Primal Force that lifted and manifested this grand power was benefited by the guidance and push of the wave of Faith.

To abandon encompassing the wave of Faith was equivalent to abandoning the premise of this great power's existence.

At this point, Xiya had a realization, and regarding her current situation and the various details of the previous Ascension Ritual, everything suddenly became clear.

At this moment, she seemed to perceive all the mysteries of the Ascension to Godhood, and taking advantage of the moment when this grand power encompassed everything, she shouted her name:

"Xia Aidasi, God of Exploration and Protection!"

In just this instant, within the Order Cycle, laws and concepts related to protection were born alongside exploration, and the Order Force born from this also changed accordingly.

Above it, that grand power that existed beyond the Order Cycle also adjusted accordingly, and the adjusted power encompassed the wave of Faith, but it was no longer as out of place as before, becoming instead incredibly compatible.

This was precisely because the wave of Faith was gathered by the Seven Towers through Small Wood Carvings of Xiya's image, and the most simple thought of those Netherese citizens who received the wood carvings was to be protected by the Princess.

And this did not violate Xiya's original intention; the reason she was so persistent in outward exploration was to open up more living space for the Netherese citizens, which to a certain extent was also for the purpose of protection.

At this moment, the Primal Force and Order Force were completely unified, connecting with each other and merging into a more vast and rigorous Order illusion.

It lifted the previously grand, majestic, and transcendent magical power even higher, as if it were a supreme existence.

At this moment, Xiya finally grasped this Order Divine Power and became the true God of Exploration and Protection—Xia Aidasi!

……

And in the outside world, when Xiya shouted her brand-new name.

An invisible influence started from the Arcane Plaza and almost instantly spread throughout all of Netheril, and even the entire Main Plane, as well as more distant places.

Every living being who knew Xiya's name, or the specific existence of the Netherese Princess that this name corresponded to, naturally understood one piece of information—

Xiya had become a god, had become the God of Exploration and Protection, and possessed a unique, exclusive divine name: Xia Aidasi!

If one were to say that people far away could only know of the birth of a new Order God through a vague sense, then here at the Arcane Plaza.

Everyone present was a witness who saw the birth of the divine with their own eyes; the Order Divine Power, which had never been heard of or seen before, appeared before everyone with almost no obstruction.

Anyone who saw the Divine Power could see the laws and concepts of the newly born God of Exploration and Protection within it, as clear and profound as a nail driven into a board.

In just a moment, several waves of Holy Power emerged on the plaza, some strong, some weak, and the number was constantly increasing.

As a Pioneer who actually participated in the Ascension to Godhood process and had a relatively good understanding of the Princess's concepts, the moment Xia Duo had his realization, he sensed a familiar yet strange power brewing within his heart.

The reason it was familiar was that this was Holy Power, which had similarities to the Radiant Holy Power, Death Holy Power, and even the Magic Goddess's blue-and-white Holy Power he had come into contact with before.

And the strangeness, naturally, was that this Holy Power was not any kind of Holy Power he had come into contact with before.

"Is this the process by which a Priest perceives Holy Power?" Xia Duo thought thoughtfully.

He had heard Laidun mention it many times before, that Holy Power emerges from within the heart; he hadn't understood how it emerged before, but now he knew.

It was indeed magical, as if it were created out of nothing; it appeared as soon as one thought of it.

However, Xia Duo was very wary of such power that touched the heart, and the moment this power emerged, he had the thought of resisting it.

And just as he produced the thought of resistance, this power quietly receded, as if it were not forcing him.

This made Xia Duo breathe a sigh of relief; it was better than being forced onto the carriage, and this kind of complete reliance on one's own will was actually not bad—it had the style of the Lord of Radiance.

Looking left and right, among the Pioneers, he was not the only one with a tendency to perceive Holy Power; others did too, but very few actually accepted the Holy Power.

Only one Pioneer named Kaboer accepted the Holy Power; not a single other person accepted it.

And in the viewing stands on the east, west, and south sides, not a single person accepted the Holy Power; even in the south viewing stand, where there were many High Mages from Giles Tower, none of them accepted it.

Only further south of the south viewing stand, among the onlookers on the plaza, did auras of Holy Power emerge from time to time; it seemed that even if Netherese Mages did not avoid believing in gods, they were still quite cautious about accepting Holy Power.

Especially when someone one knew suddenly became a god; that feeling was truly hard to describe.

……

At this moment, on the platform in front of the Seventon Council building on the north side of the ritual site, the Princess's blurry figure, which had been gradually fading as the ritual neared its end, had now completely disappeared.

All that remained was a strand of Order Divine Power that had no known beginning or end, and this Divine Power did not exist for long either; as the aura of Holy Power on the plaza reached a certain level, it also receded and disappeared.

And at this time, the celebration master of ceremonies announced in an excited, trembling voice:

"Cheer! Celebrate! Revel to your heart's content! Today, all entertainment expenses in Seventon are paid for by the Seven Towers!"