The morning light spilled over Port Nyanzaru.
Pale golden radiance enveloped the Grand Temple, while Soren sat on his throne, an endless stream of power of faith flowing into his body.
As a dazzling golden light rose, Soren suddenly trembled. Then he sprang to his feet, a delighted smile appearing on his face. "At last, it worked!"
Power of faith flooded into his body, and a golden mark settled upon his divine rank.
This was an immensely important divine ability!
Only a divine ability of this caliber could leave a mark upon a deity, because this ability was called—[Avatar]!
Avatar [Divine Ability]: A special divine ability possessed by deities of medium divinity or higher. While Avatar is active, grants immunity to all spell effects of levels 1–8 (increasing with the divine ability), increases all resistances by 10, and grants immunity to negative conditions such as instant death, charm, control, and energy drain. Temporarily increases Strength Value by 10, Dexterity by 5, and Constitution by 5, and grants an additional 300 temporary hit points. Activating Avatar continuously consumes divine power value.
Avatar.
This was one of a deity's signature abilities!
For a deity of greater divinity, activating Avatar granted outright immunity to all spells of levels 1–9, meaning only epic spells could take effect. This divine ability was not merely highly effective against other deities; it also allowed them to utterly overwhelm mortals. In other words, sheer numbers became drastically less useful, and spellcasters below legendary rank could essentially be ignored. This was why, despite the many deities who had fallen during the Time of Troubles, very few mortals had managed to kill a deity of medium divinity. Avatar was a difficult divine ability to master. Unless a deity specialized in combat, even reaching greater divinity did not necessarily