With the Sovereign Mountain-River Seal in his hand, it was as if ten thousand miles of territory hovered in his palm. Qi Ping did not doubt that the vast, heart-stopping power of the mountains and rivers, once unleashed, would be earth-shattering.
By this point, Qi Ping could already feel it. His current strength had undergone a world-shaking transformation compared to before his metamorphosis. His combat power had increased by a staggering margin.
And this was only the fusion of the Jungle Druid, the Beast King Druid, and the Earth Immortal Druid! His physical body, soul, and cultivation had all been elevated to an unimaginable level, and he possessed both a domain and the terrifyingly powerful seal!
'What will the final profession bring?'
The expectation in his heart intensified. In terms of intensity, the Sovereign Dao Druid was the most formidable! Its strength was, in some ways, even greater than that of the Earth Immortal Druid. Based on the power brought by the first three, the change from the Sovereign Dao Druid would only be stronger.
"It's beginning!"
As a golden light carrying a horrific pressure enveloped Qi Ping, the power of the Sovereign Dao Druid officially erupted! Immediately after, a suit of incredibly mysterious golden armor manifested on his body.
The armor's design was simple, yet it held an endless regal pressure that made one's heart skip a beat. More terrifyingly, the sensation of power radiating from it was such that a single glance would suppress one's physical body and soul. This was the rendering of absolute power...
'It's still the Sovereign Dao Armor... but it's a bit different now...'
Seeing the familiar armor reappear, Qi Ping felt no disappointment; instead, he was incredibly excited. No one knew the power of this armor better than he did! When he had first awakened the Sovereign Dao Druid profession, the armor could already grant him Unity-level combat power and provide powerful defense.
Even then, that combat power was considered "over-powered." Now, the armor's power had become even more pure and potent!
'Now, the core of the Sovereign Dao Armor is twofold... one is absolute strength, and the other is absolute recovery...'
'This power can manifest as a powerful offensive force, or as a weight that crushes all forces that draw near... including the Power of Years... it fears no power. It is "Immune to All Laws"!'
Immunity to All Laws was the trait Qi Ping valued most. After seeing so many bizarre and powerful forces, he understood the value of this trait all too well. Currently, the armor's power seemed capable of contending with any force he had ever seen... including the temporal turbulence of the mysterious and terrifying Black-Crystal Dragon!
That horrific black dragon, which likely shared a link with the Demon Nest, had disintegrated his body and soul in their first encounter! He had used every means at his disposal but could not resist that lethal force. All his offensive methods had seemed pale and weak in that moment, and he could only watch himself die.
That was the most helpless Qi Ping had ever felt!
In previous battles, no matter how strong the enemy, there was at least a chance to fight back. But under that temporal turbulence, let alone his body, even his cultivation and his soul were frantically collapsing...
But now, Qi Ping didn't need to worry. This armor was no longer just a piece of equipment; it was perfectly fused with him, integrated into every inch of his flesh and soul. Every part of him was protected and augmented by the Sovereign Dao Armor; it was impossible for him to be eroded and annihilated by the Power of Years as he had been before.
At this moment, the accumulated powers of his four Druid professions erupted under the influence of the Gilded Providential Power!
His pure spiritual entity, his solid Consummate Unity cultivation, his Beast King Tyrant Body that rivaled the legendary body cultivators, his Sovereign Mountain-River Seal that held the world in his palm... and his Sovereign Dao Armor with its continuous recovery and immunity to all magic!
The Jungle and Beast King Druids had shaped his extremely powerful foundation—body, soul, and cultivation—while the Earth Immortal and Sovereign Dao Druids had granted him powerful combat methods. The Sovereign Dao was his ultimate offensive tool, while the Earth Immortal path provided combat strength while also assisting in breakthroughs and the realization of spells.
However, this was still not the greatest change brought by the Gilded Providential Power!
The truly fundamental change was that the Gilded power had assisted Qi Ping in using those four professions as fuel, burning and refining them into a true "Universal Druid"—a path that led directly to the essence of the Druid itself!
The power refined from those four professions was incredibly strong, but the most powerful thing was the natural essence Qi Ping had now awakened... One gives birth to two, two to three, and three to all things... The Universal Druid!
With the essence of nature, he controlled the power of nature!
The growth power of the Jungle Druid, the path of the Beast King, the power of the Earth Immortal, and the power of the Sovereign... these were all but single manifestations of the Universal. They had different forms and varying levels of strength, but they were all evolved from the essence of nature.
Or rather, the essence of power in heaven and earth was relatively constant; it was only due to different environments and different races that various civilizations and power systems were derived. Cultivation was one, body cultivation was another, and the demons were another... There were so many forms of life in the universe, and they had created countless civilizations and systems, most of which had vanished in the fires of war.
The Druid profession was also a power system derived from the nature of heaven and earth. Whether this system could break through its limits to open the gates of immortality, no one could say for sure. But now, under the influence of the Gilded Providential Power, the potential of the Druid system had been pushed to a new level!
As he truly awakened as the Universal Druid, Qi Ping finally understood his greatest change: he could now awaken any Druid power without any restrictions!
Swamps, oceans, disasters... as long as he desired it and it fell within the essence of nature, he could awaken it at will! He could even become a Druid of decay or plague if he chose.
But Qi Ping didn't plan to do that. Having a power system that was too cluttered was not a good thing. If his understanding remained shallow, ten thousand Druid professions wouldn't be as effective as a single strike from the Sovereign Mountain-River Seal.
The true value of this ability lay in the fact that Qi Ping could explore and master any power he wished without restriction. In extreme environments—such as a netherworld or a battlefield of disasters—he could choose to awaken as a Nether Druid or a Disaster Druid to drastically increase his survival. Or if he obtained a miraculous item—such as an ancient Netherworld Spirit Wood—he could attempt to awaken a specific profession to harness its power.
"But for now!"
Looking at his nearly transformed body, Qi Ping was not yet satisfied. He shouted in his heart:
"Yin-Yang Druid... Space Druid... Awaken!"