DING—!
[Universal Will Notification – Divine Continent]
—Congratulations, you have survived your 5th Day since descent.
—Remaining Time Until Novice Divine Pressure: 2 Days.
—Daily Rewards: None.
—Warning: All domains will soon face calibration based on survival factors.
Clark's eyes opened to the gentle ringing still echoing in the corners of his divine chamber.
He didn't move at first.
He lay still in the quiet, staring at the vaulted ceiling of the Verdant God Palace, watching as lines of divine light slowly curved across the stone. No gifts. No new features. Only the ticking countdown and a single, ominous warning.
"Calibration," he murmured. "So the trials aren't just coming. They're scaling."
He sat up, summoned the Battle Report Window, and dismissed the lingering warmth of rest.
[Night Report – Eastern Fog Sector]
Patrol Group: Seraphiel + Lilith + Crusader Unit
— Total Enemies Defeated: 1,982 Fog Beasts
— High-Tier Targets:
▸ 2 Fogborn Elites
—Resources Gained:
▸ Beast Cores: 1,982
▸ Fog Meat: 4,100 Units
▸ Hide Materials: 400+
— Territory Damage: 0
— Alert Triggers: None
He shifted to the Unit Progress Panel.
[Follower Level Update]
— Seraphiel (SSS-Rank): Level 20 (Tier Cap – Eligible for Promotion)
— Lilith (S-Rank): Level 20 (Tier Cap – Promotion Possible)
— Crusaders (15 Total):
▸ Range: Level 25–28
Clark closed the panels and stood.
The night had gone better than expected. No casualties. No divine anomalies. The advancement rate of his champions was well ahead of global averages.
He turned to the treasure chest he had obtained from selling the peaches.
He stood before four treasure chests — three silver, one gold — neatly aligned atop engraved stone. Their seals pulsed gently, untouched since arrival.
He opened the first.
[Silver Chest – Opening…]
A soft light spilled upward.
— Blueprint: Wall (Normal Tier)
— Resource: Iron x100
— Treasure Map Fragment: Piece 1 of 7
Clark gave a short breath. Not worthless, but far from exciting.
He opened the second.
[Silver Chest – Opening…]
— Resource: Tier 1 Divine Soil (Small Bag)
— Blueprint: Watchtower (Normal Tier)
— Treasure Map Fragment: Piece 2 of 7
The third came next.
[Silver Chest – Opening…]
— Utility Item: Defense Compass (Normal Tier)
— Recruitment Order: 200 E-Rank Villagers
— Treasure Map Fragment: Piece 3 of 7
His expression didn't change.
Three pieces of a map. Basic infrastructure tools. A few hundred villagers. Average materials.
Then he opened the Gold Chest.
[Gold Treasure Chest – Opening…]
— 10 Beast Mount Eggs (Normal)
— Divine Metal x100
— Divine Crystals x1,000
Clark stared at the contents. Silence.
He blinked once.
"…That's it?"
It wasn't anger that filled him.
Just disappointment.
But then—
[EX-Class Talent Activated – Divine Multiplier x1000]
Passive Trigger: Treasure Chest interaction
The light returned — not bright, but dense. The divine laws of the domain trembled. The room pulsed once.
Then everything changed.
[DIVINE MULTIPLIER TRIGGERED]
— Wall Blueprint (Normal) → Divine-Enhanced Wall Blueprint
— Iron x100 → Iron x100,000
— Treasure Map Fragments (1–3) → Complete 7/7 Set Formed – "Vault of the Fallen Roots"
— Divine Soil (Tier 1) → Tier 4 Divine Soil (Enhanced Fertility): Coverage Area – 2 km²
— Watchtower Blueprint → Harmonized Watchtower Blueprint ×5 (Divine Tier – Auto-Targeting, Magic Detection)
— Defense Compass (Normal) → Domain-Wide Threat Compass (Origin Tier)
— Recruitment Order: 200 E-Rank Villagers → 400 B-Rank Villagers (Specialized Roles – Builders, Crafters, Herbalists)
[GOLD CHEST – MULTIPLIED RESULTS]
— 10 Normal Beast Mount Eggs → 100 Beast Mount Eggs (All B-Rank and Above)
— Divine Metal x100 → Divine Metal x100,000
— Divine Crystals x1,000 → 1,000,000 Divine Crystals
Clark took a slow step back as the final item materialized — a full-sized Threat Compass, already attuned to his domain, its Origin-tier shell humming quietly on the altar beside the chest.
Even the divine air felt heavier now.
He stared in silence.
He had been prepared to move forward with scraps. Now, he held enough to reshape his domain's infrastructure, defenses, resource ecosystem — and even deploy a rare treasure map expedition.
And all of it…
Accidental.
The Divine Multiplier hadn't just salvaged mediocrity.
It had rewritten his morning.
...
Outside the palace, the morning sun was fully risen. Light spilled across the plaza, catching on polished stone and the high palisades of the small sanctuary-town.
But to Clark, the wooden defenses now looked outdated — functional, but weak.
They were the bones of a beginning. But nothing more.
He opened his interface and summoned the [Construction Menu].
[Construction Blueprint Detected: Divine-Enhanced Wall]
Required:
Stone ×100,000,
Iron ×50,000,
Divine Metal 10,000
"Replace the town walls," he ordered.
The blueprint lit up in his palm, then dissolved into radiant light, flowing into the perimeter of the territory like glowing veins. Pillars of stone rumbled up from the ground, overtaking the wood with divine-cut slabs and reinforced metallic lattice.
Crusaders stepped back instinctively as the transformation began.
Clark watched in silence as old barricades turned into towering green-gray bastions, edged with glyph-lined parapets and reinforced anchor points for watchtowers.
Then he summoned the next reward from earlier — the Recruitment Order.
[Villager Recruitment – B-Rank Specialized ×400]
White-gold beams rained from the sky.
Within moments, hundreds of new villagers appeared at the edges of the plaza — healthy, upright, and orderly. Their uniforms bore the emblems of agriculture, logistics, masonry, and divine worship.
Clark turned slightly toward the black-winged woman who had just appeared beside him.
"Lilith."
"Yes, my Lord."
"Assign them. I want wall integration, farmland rotation, storage cataloging, and civic order restructured by sundown."
"As you command."
Without another word, she extended her hand. A scroll of blue and white mist formed mid-air as she activatedAuthority of Dominion. The new villagers bowed deeply to Clark, then turned toward her with instant deference.
She would handle the rest.
Clark moved alone now, pacing along the new eastern wall as it finished solidifying. The green-gray surface shimmered with divine sheen, the stone polished and runed.
He activated Divine Eye.
[Divine Eye – Active]
Target: Eastern Wall Segment
— Structure Type: Divine-Enhanced Wall
— Material Integrity: 100%
— Durability Rating: 1,000,000/1,000,000
— Fog Resistance: Complete (Tier 1 – Passive Rejection Field)
— Special Passive: "Verdant Barrier" – Converts 1% incoming damage into Faith energy
Clark's eyes narrowed with faint satisfaction.
These weren't just walls.
They were defensive engines. They could also Convert some damage to Faith Energy!. He even wished to be attacked just to see how the function worked...!
And with Lilith organizing the population… he could focus on the next layer of preparation: internal command structure, supply chain automation, and deployment of the new blueprints now flooding his inventory.
...
The last segment of the wall had barely finished locking into place when Clark unrolled the second set of blueprints in his divine interface.
[Blueprint: Harmonized Watchtower)]
— Function: Line-of-sight detection, auto-targeting for basic threats
— Range: 250 meters
Required per Tower:
Stone ×50,000,
Iron ×10,000,
Divine Metal 1,000
He dragged the tower markers across the domain's tactical grid, placing two atop the eastern wall, facing the densest fog layer — where most beasts had emerged during the past two nights.
The other three, he placed at key outer corners:
Southern ridge, near the farming trench.
Western bend, overlooking the travel road.
Northern slope, adjacent to the old shrine grounds.
Once confirmed, the glyphs pulsed gold and sank into the earth.
Within minutes, stone cores rose from the ground with smooth precision. Steel lattice spiraled upward, forming tall divine sentry towers, each capped with runic eye-slits and targeting channels. Small sigil-anchors connected them directly to the wall's reinforced mana net.
Each tower hummed gently, scanning the horizon with soundless, divine perception.
Clark gave a small nod. It would not stop a full-scale siege — but it would grant early warning, and precision support during lesser attacks.
He turned from the wall and began walking toward the peach grove.
The orchard sat near the eastern riverbend, where the mist was often thinnest at dawn. Rows of trees lined either side of a sacred stream, rooted in Tier 2 Divine Soil, already rich with vitality.
But today, he carried more.
He reached the open patch just beyond the original planting site and summoned a storage sigil.
[Deploy Resource: Tier 4 Divine Soil]
— Quantity Available: 2km
— Property: Accelerated growth, heightened spirit-conduction, life resonance
He crouched low and let the first granules of the divine substance flow from the sigil. The soil shimmered as it fell — faint gold flecks swirling within deep green-black loam. It was warm to the touch, as if still breathing.
The land accepted it without resistance.
Clark moved slowly, carefully forming a new patch — a crescent ridge beside the river, where runoff from the stream would keep the earth naturally moist. In total, he spread enough to prepare nearly two full acres.
[Divine Soil Activated – Tier 4]•
Area Converted: 2,000m radius•
Fertility: +800%•
Growth Acceleration: +120%•
Special Effect: "Verdant Conduction" — Greatly enhances plant and spirit growth; followers working here gain moderate health regeneration, increased skill comprehension speed (+10%), and fog-resistance bonus.