The deification of Satan and Yoniel was completely within Sui Xiong's expectation.
Needless to say about the former, the preparations over the years, especially the final defeat of the ancient god's will that had not yet completely dissipated, and providing him with the strength to take that crucial step, were all completed by Sui Xiong himself. Although the latter usually doesn't show off, it actually has a very deep foundation. Just seeing how it can manage the swamp into an independent world in the Ash Forest, you know that its power is actually very powerful, and its realm has surpassed that of a demigod. Level - that large swamp already has a vague feeling of the Kingdom of God.
"Skull Devourer" Yoniel is almost one of the strongest creatures in the main plane. The reason why it is only a legendary monster, not even a strong demigod, is mainly because it is held back by its poor wisdom.
In this world, of course there are gods with low intelligence, but generally speaking, if you want to become a demigod, or even a true god, it is better to be more intelligent. Even if you are not a highly intelligent group, at least it is best not to be mentally retarded. Even if it is mentally retarded, it must at least be at the level of a child. If it is really stupid enough to be similar to a slime, then there is really little hope.
Yoniel suffered from low intelligence before. Although he was already strong enough, he was never able to truly integrate his power. As a result, his power was scattered and disorganized, turning into a giant soft monster. In fact, in its power form, He should be transformed into a giant.
This time Satan wanted to purify the entire Ash Forest, so naturally he got along with several big guys in the Ash Forest. The Snow Elephant King has no objection to this, but it does not want to be purified - it is cautious by nature and does not want to take any risks. So it chose to go to the depths of the barren mountains and leave the scope of the purification circle to avoid accidents. Yoniel decided to stay where he was and try to use the power of the purification circle to help him sort out his strength and see if he could gain something.
Facts have proved that its choice was correct.
The main reason why this "Skull Devourer" has mixed strength and confusion is that he was infected by negative energy. With the help of the purification circle, it dissipated the negative energy in the body and regained the power that a strong demigod should have. With his wisdom, he sorted out his strength, adjusted his form, and turned into a mud giant standing in the swamp.
Not only that, after transforming into a mud giant, Yoniel quickly used the power of faith he had accumulated over a long period of time to gain himself the priesthood of "Guardian of the Green Swamp".
The so-called green swamp is naturally the large swamp where it is located. It created this swamp and it also protects it. It is logical that it can be deified as the creator and guardian of this land.
Although the level of this priesthood is a bit low, barely on the edge of "weak divine power", and comparable to those weird priesthoods in the Dragon Clan that are infused with "god of builder of red dragon treasure rooms", but after all, it is still True God.
The true God is eternal and immortal. Even if he falls, he can still be reborn through faith.
Especially for a god like Jonir who is primarily about nature and supplemented by faith, unless he commits suicide and makes some big news, otherwise, even if he himself is destroyed along with the green swamp, as long as this part of the world still exists, If this place becomes a swamp again in the future, He can still resurrect from this swamp.
Of course, if a god whose godhood is far above him takes action and destroys his responsibilities, or if a god whose responsibilities conflict with his absorbs his divinity, then it will truly be a complete fall - the natural god who has fallen since ancient times. , most of them die like this.
Satan's choice was similar to that of Joniel. Although he could rely on his achievements in magic or his achievements in promoting the magic school of the Northwest Republic to become a god of faith, after careful consideration, he still decided to become a god of nature.
Given the chance to choose, most mages would choose to become nature gods.
Compared with the God of Faith, the disadvantage of the God of Nature is that its power increases slowly, but the advantage is that it is more free and is not easy to fall. For mages, as long as they have endless lifespan, the rest is not a big problem.
Not enough strength? Just improve slowly.
Not enough knowledge? Just accumulate slowly.
In contrast, binding yourself to faith in order to gain power quickly is a very dangerous and stupid thing.
From human to god, it is not only an improvement in strength, but also a change in life form. Humans are complex and diverse creatures, but God is much more pure. Once a deity determines a priesthood, he will be affected by his priesthood—not bound, but mentally changed. For example, for a god whose priesthood is fire, even if she does not hate water and is even good at water spells, as long as she chooses this priesthood, she is insulated from water.
One of the four ancient gods, the original god of the fire element, destroyed himself because he tried to unite water and fire and exploded into a big fireball.
Natural gods have relatively few restrictions in this regard, while belief in gods has many restrictions. They are not only changed by the priesthood, but also influenced and bound by the believers' beliefs - if believers generally believe that a method is right, then even if the god himself does not think so originally, he will be slowly affected by the belief over time. and infestation, ultimately changing one's perspective.
The late ocean goddess of the previous generation is such a negative example. The goddess who was originally brave and good at fighting and commanding all the races in the sea gradually became influenced by their beliefs after uniting the beliefs of the offshore sea races. She eventually became an evil deity who hated the land races and frequently launched invasions by the sea races.
His final fall was also directly related to this.
Throughout the ages, there have been too many gods who were bound by faith and eventually fell into madness or even perished.
So even though it would be troublesome, even though it would take more time and energy to prepare, and even be more dangerous, Satan still chose the path of the natural god.
For this reason, he had to go deep into simplicity and reduce the number of meetings with people. At the same time, he used the state machinery to reduce his presence as much as possible so that the Master Association and even others would not notice him easily, so as to avoid being exposed on his body. Accumulated too much power of faith.
He has worked very hard over the years.
But in the end, it turned out that all his hard work was worth it.
The "God of Purification" is not only a nature god, but also a good priesthood. Taking it as its own duty to purify those unnatural "Jedi" and protect the reproduction of living creatures, such a priesthood will obviously be friendly and supported by the vast majority of gods.
Moreover, the world is so big, there are always many places that need to be purified waiting for Him to purify them one by one. For each place that He purifies, He can get a little reward from the origin of the world and the gratitude of all living beings. In the foreseeable long future, He will His godhood will definitely continue to improve. From weak divine power to weak divine power, it is probably no problem.
Such a priesthood is exactly what Satan wants.