Cold sweat dripped from Arnold's temples. Though the sun blazed overhead, a bone-deep chill pierced his soul.
"How is this possible... Sandru, he... This can't be..."
Invisible threads began to snap. The joy, anger, sorrow, and delight he sensed through them grew indistinct, and the power gathering within him began to drain away.
His ascension had stopped. The boundless Outer Void slipped beyond his reach, and the Main Plane began to accept him again.
The voice resounding throughout the Main Plane continued,
"...I brought wheat so that everyone could have enough to eat; I spread fertilizer so that barren land could yield more; I mastered advanced farming methods so that farmers would no longer have to toil and suffer."
"I am Sandru, the God of Agriculture who keeps famine from your doors, the God of Plenty who brings bountiful harvests, and the Guardian God of farmers across the planes."
"No!"
An enormous roar burst from Arnold's mouth.
He reached out desperately, trying to seize something, but he could not stop his Authority from slipping away.
At that moment, a figure brighter than Arnold rose into the air.
Invisible threads stretched from every corner of the Main Plane and connected to Jiang Hao. Demigods and true gods who secretly held Authority over "abundance" and "farmers" began to lose it, and surging power gathered within him.
Gazes turned from Arnold to Jiang Hao.
Golden light suddenly shone from Jiang Hao. Driven by his Authority, the divine power within him transformed once more, rising to a higher level.
Then Jiang Hao's thoughts began to spread.
They spread across the Main Plane, the Alien Plane, the Higher Dimension, the Demiplanes, the Abyss, the hells, the Sevenfold Heavenly Mountain, Elysium, Clockwork Nirvana...
He sensed farmers toiling beneath the open sky, mage apprentices growing magical plants,