Book Six: Chapter 124

Ratu nodded. “Kind of. Our magic is elemental in nature, and we are manipulating variables that already exist. Divinity is something else. It doesn’t have the same rules as the magic you understand. For instance, I could not use elemental fire to build a boat, nor could Yuki use ice to warm a house. Divinity is the magic of miracles, and has some very stringent requirements to attain.”

“Such as?”

“Worship is both the easiest and the hardest. For the bigger names, it’s become self-sustaining. For smaller beings like me, it can be easily lost or taken away by losing believers. Blessed by the gods is a pathway, but a very tricky one, because they can always change their mind later if you become too powerful. Becoming a fundamental force of nature will do it. For example, if Jack had become the absolute epitome of cold, she would be eligible for ascension. But godhood isn’t just raw power, it isn’t that simple. On the other hand, any sufficiently advanced form of magic could