After Liu Zhi transformed into a feathered serpent, his entire being merged with the feathered serpent's divinity. His three Druid items and three Necromancer items each became part of the serpent's body.
The Crystal Skull and Deep Blue Sky, for instance, became the serpent's eyes. One eye was as clear as crystal, while the other was as deep blue as the sky.
The Death Long Staff and Deep Blue Earth merged into the serpent's body, adding white markings to its golden scales. Meanwhile, the Deep Blue Earth merged into its wings, giving them the power of lightning.
Finally, the Nether Palace Altar and Deep Blue Snowy Peak merged into the backdrop of the feathered serpent's divinity.
As the serpent flew, a phantom of the Nether Palace appeared with each movement, and the weather changed each time, shifting from clear skies to a storm and then back to clear skies.
Liu Zhi also felt that he had become a living feathered serpent. He lunged straight at the Soul Totem Pole.
As he charged forward, a scene from the Southern Swamp Plane suddenly flashed through his mind. He understood why the being dressed in a big dog and wearing baboon skin hadn't attacked personally, but had sent the big dog to attack the city instead.
Once one reached the level of a god, every movement and every word stirred up a corresponding response from one's divinity and the forces nearby.
If those forces weren't properly controlled, the powers related to one's divinity would spill over.
In one's own world, that could disrupt its balance and very possibly destroy the entire world.
That was why gods usually held back when fighting in their own planes or worlds.
Sometimes they even stayed high above, never entering their own plane or world at all. Or