GREED: ALL FOR WHAT?

This was the darkness that Soverick foresaw. It came to the Tree Father to inform him of the two choices he had. He could allow the Will of the Universe to perform the fusion for him, or he could do the fusion on his own.

If he lets the Will of the void universe perform the fusion, the fusion would be quick. Not only would he successfully become a divine spark, but he would also be able to become a world forge immediately after.

The catch for that proposition is that he will have to become an Archon for the void universe. He would be given the Authority of the void universe and become a god of the void universe.

This is a very powerful gift because World gods would not be his match of he becomes an Archon. Unfortunately, he will never be able to leave the void universe after becoming an Archon. At least not without losing most of his powers and reverting to a divine spark.

It appeared that the Will of the Void Universe didn't plan to decieve them. It explained the pros and cons to them clearly so that he could make a decision. It is a decision that he has to make before he runs out of divine energy and fails to make his breakthrough.

The decision was not difficult for Legion at all. Becoming an Archon is not something Legion wants. They don't want to be shackled by rules.

The tree father was never shackled like other gods who couldn't leave their planes. But he couldn't leave Legion-1's inner world either. While the void universe is a much bigger place, Legion is not willing to shackle themselves to it like gods are shackled to their planes.

So the tree father decided to fuse the domains himself. The problem with this choice is that the law of order has never been cooperative. He would need a massive amount of divine energy to overcome its resistance and fuse the different domains.

Even a rank 10 Authority would face this problem. This is after they somehow manage to cobble together 10 different domains despite relying on the opinion of precarious mortals.

It would be impossible to fuse the domains if they were not compatible with each other. The difficulty can be likened to creating a concept with 10 laws. This is why level 10 Celestials are rare. They are even rarer than realm lords.

He bypassed the hassle that normal Celestials have to face. But considering that he has the domain of life, fire, and war together, the fusion is all but certain to fail.

Fortunately, he has the crown of dominion. He can fuse the domains by force. His crown of dominion can use the spark of consciousness of a certain generous ancestor of the Phoenix race to facilitate the fusion.

There was a brief battle between the Will of the Great Mother and the Tree Father, but the Tree Father won that easily. There are nine of them against one of her, and they don't want to possess the spark of consciousness. They are just sacrificing it to the crown of domination. So it was easy to overcome her resistance and push her to her death.

The domains were sacrificed next. The spark of consciousness was twisted and used as the core for the fusion of the domains. All the tree father had to do was determine what order he wanted to fuse them.

It was like making a concept with laws. The order and interaction of the laws determine the outcome. No two concepts are the same because of the infinite possibilities. Legion is familiar with creating concepts, so this wasn't difficult either. It was just time-consuming.

The Tree Father was finally able to relax. Soverick said to him, "You wasted too much time for nothing. I already told you that the order of fusion doesn't matter if you don't have all the domains in existence."

The Tree Father replied, "I had to try. But you are probably right."

Then he sighed and said, "We are truly sacrificing a lot for Legion-8 here."

The reason he wanted every domain in existence was to create a unique spark of power. The domains are not independent, like laws. They are part of the Supreme Law of Order. The order in which he fused them would have mattered if he had every piece of domain. But he didn't, so what he managed to create was incomplete. The result would have been similar had he done the fusion at random.

He was a little disappointed, but he didn't mind too much because he had at least succeeded with the most difficult part of his breakthrough.

The domains fused. Then the trinity of the fused domain, the authority of the Celestial Supreme, and the godhood of the Tree Father became one.

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Tree Father became one.

The final fusion caused the Tree Father to evolve. His elven form broke apart into dust, revealing a white flame within him. The power of the Origin of Legion-1 rushed in from outside the inner world.

The divine kingdom of the tree father is the inner world of Legion-1, which is present within their Origin core. So there was no other Celestial to interfere and prevent the collapse of the divine plane or to steal some of his leaking power. It made the evolution occur without a hitch.

The Authority of the Celestial Supreme, the domain, and the godhood were tempered and refined by the white flame. Then it formed a multicolored orb within the white flame.

The divine domain of the Zargoth plane that was absorbed appeared around the multicolored orb. It formed a transparent cocoon around the orb and separated the orb from the white flame. Then the white flame used the power of the Origin to form the new divine body.

The white flame morphed into the figure of an elf. It became his body. Because it used to be his godfire, it was shining brightly with a radiance that rivaled the radiance of the white halo on his head.