Immortal Druid

I floated in the vacuum of space with the world hanging beneath me like a painted marble suspended in endless darkness. Clouds drifted over the continents in slow motion, illuminated by the distant sunlight. The sight should’ve been calming. Instead, I felt wary.

I couldn’t be too sure about any of this.

It was better safe than sorry.

Inside my hands was the pouch filled with high-quality pills given to me by the Willow Order. Even through the fabric, I could feel the dense spiritual energy radiating from them. These weren’t ordinary treasures. Any cultivator in the world below would probably massacre entire clans just to obtain one.

Floating across from me was Mab. Her verdant hair drifted around her in the void like luscious leaves, entirely unaffected by the lack of gravity. Through sound transmission, she remarked, “There’s no need to react so strongly about you gaining new powers, my lord.”

I shrugged helplessly. “I don’t know about that.”

Knowing my luck, the universe usually interpreted confidence as an invitation to ruin my day.

I popped a water attribute pill into my mouth.

The moment it dissolved, an icy coolness spread through my body. Spiritual energy surged into my body in violent waves before settling into something gentler, deeper, and heavier. I had already unlocked the Circle of Aqua before this, yet now I felt something within me bloom further.

Using Druidic Insight, I perceived the Circle of Aqua expanding.

Previously, it resembled a pond hidden within darkness.

Now, it was more like a small lake.

The water-aligned energy inside me thickened considerably. Several water spells immediately felt more responsive, more alive, as though they had gained substance and weight.

Slowly, the world below darkened.

My expression froze.

Dark clouds gathered beneath me at terrifying speed.

“Wait a second. Please don’t tell me—”

Without hesitation, I activated Wild Shape: Primal Nature Elemental.

My body transformed into an elemental form composed of primal natural energy just as Heavenly Tribulation churned below me. Vast spirals of black clouds twisted across the atmosphere of the world like a divine storm preparing judgment.

It was weird how lightning could strike me from below, but apparently they could.

A sudden thought occurred to me.

“Weather Control.”

I raised my staff and the storm clouds dispersed instantly under my authority. For one glorious second, I thought I had outsmarted Heaven itself.

Then the clouds returned.

Not only did they reform, they became even worse.

The darkness deepened into something almost unnatural. Crimson lightning flashed within the clouds, illuminating layers upon layers of violent tribulation energy.

“That looks scary.”

The Heavenly Tribulation answered immediately.

Lightning exploded upward and struck me head-on.

Pain erupted through my entire body.

Even with the Primal Nature Elemental’s absurd innate ability, the strike still launched me backward through outer space like a broken meteor. Thunder roared through my ears while my vision spun violently. I tumbled endlessly into darkness, unable to stabilize myself.

For a brief moment, I might’ve actually blacked out from the impact.

The phrase ‘fuck around and find out’ strongly applied to this situation.

Eventually, I stopped spinning.

I floated there silently for several seconds before sighing and canceling my Wild Shape. My body returned to normal while residual electricity crackled over my skin.

Mab immediately flew closer. “Are you okay, my lord?”

“I’m perfectly fine.”

Technically, that wasn’t a lie. I was alive. That counted. To test the changes, I raised my staff and focused on the newly strengthened Circle of Aqua.

“Water Ball.”

Mana flowed smoothly through me.

An enormous sphere of water materialized before my staff, vastly larger than anything I had previously created. The mass alone resembled a miniature lake suspended in outer space. Ripples moved across its surface while faint spiritual light shimmered within it.

“Cool.”

Mab smiled softly. “As expected of my lord. Your mastery grows at an astonishing pace.”

I nodded absentmindedly before grabbing another pill from the pouch.

This time, I swallowed a fire attribute pill. Heat surged through my body almost instantly. The Circle of Sun brightened within my perception while another circle emerged beside it, unfolding like burning flower petals. Circle of Flame unlocked.

I instinctively glanced downward, half-expecting another apocalyptic tribulation storm.

Nothing happened.

I felt strangely conflicted about the temperament of the Heavenly Tribulation. I honestly thought it would’ve been more consistent than that. Apparently, Heaven had preferences. Or maybe it just particularly hated water.

I raised my staff once more.

“Fireball.”

A blazing sphere erupted forward from the tip of my staff. Watching it carefully, I noticed the fundamental difference immediately as I recalled a series of flavor text and history from the game. A wizard’s fireball relied upon arcane principles. Their spells imposed themselves upon reality regardless of natural law. My druidic magic functioned differently. It remained connected to nature itself.

The fireball flew forward brilliantly before gradually collapsing into steam.

If a wizard had cast that spell, the flames would’ve persisted aggressively until every fragment of mana was exhausted. Mine transformed naturally into another state instead of forcibly maintaining itself.

It was an entirely different philosophy of magic.

Druid spells followed the concept of physics.

Wizard spells cheated.

A wizard could probably create a black hole someday and call it advanced magic. Meanwhile, even if I reached level ten thousand, I doubted I could replicate something so fundamentally detached from natural balance.

I sighed quietly.

I should probably prioritize preserving the memories tied to my druidic inheritance over my Earth memories. The former clearly possessed far greater significance in terms of power and understanding.

Emotionally, though?

I felt conflicted.

Earth was still Earth.

Those memories were still mine.

Mab tilted her head slightly. “Is there a problem, my lord?”

“There’s none.”

I popped the wood attribute pill into my mouth.

The medicinal energy dissolved almost instantly, flowing through my body with a refreshing warmth. It felt like standing beneath sunlight in the middle of an ancient forest while countless roots spread beneath the earth below me.

Within my Druidic Insight, the Circle of Forest brightened only slightly.

That part made sense. I already had plenty of levels invested into it.

The Circle of Life strengthened as well, though not nearly to the same extent. If I had to make an educated guess, it was because Life functioned as an adjacent attribute that the wood pill could only partially resonate with.

Honestly, the Circle of Life had always been somewhat underdeveloped for me.

Most of my points there had gone into Rebirth World and Revive Life.

Back in Legacy World Online, every spell and ability came with decisions attached to them. You could spend points learning new powers, or continue upgrading the ones you already possessed.

That system alone shaped entire builds.

It was part of the reason why I tended to stick with my favorite spells and abilities instead of constantly branching out. Specialization mattered.

I raised my staff.

“Razorjade Leaf.”

Jade-colored leaves sprouted from the wood of my staff like crystalline foliage. A moment later, they shot forward at terrifying speed.

I didn’t hold back.

The spinning leaves sliced through the enormous Water Ball cleanly, splitting the massive sphere apart like cutting silk. The spell continued forward afterward, streaking through the atmosphere below and carving through entire layers of clouds.

The sheer sharpness made my scalp tingle.

I immediately canceled the spell before it accidentally erased somebody’s mountain sect from existence.

The jade leaves dissolved into harmless motes of green light.

I stared downward silently.

I was once again reminded how absurdly dangerous my spells had become.

The interaction between mana and qi clearly amplified things beyond normal druid standards. I really needed to investigate the mechanics behind it more carefully before I accidentally committed continental-scale manslaughter.

Mab clapped softly beside me. “Magnificent as always, my lord. Though you still have much room for improvement.”

I snorted. “Then you definitely have to teach me how.”

Her eyes brightened immediately. “I would gladly do so!”

That enthusiasm worried me slightly.

Still, I grabbed another pill.

This one carried an earthy, mineral scent.

I swallowed the earth attribute pill.

The energy entering my body felt heavy and stable. My insides rumbled faintly while another circle emerged within my Druidic Insight. Circle of Stone unlocked. Several unfamiliar spells and abilities instantly became accessible to me. Existing earth-aligned abilities strengthened simultaneously, settling into place naturally like pieces fitting together.

Back in the game, there had always been ways to learn spells outside your designated tech tree. They usually required rare resources, hidden trainers, special quest chains, or absurdly painful achievements.

There was a limit to how many external abilities you could learn, though.

Players usually pursued them because strategic flexibility mattered more than raw numbers.

A properly designed build in Legacy World Online could let a player defeat opponents twice their level if used correctly.

The game had actually been infamous for that.

Level advantage alone meant surprisingly little.

You only gained a single stat point and a single skill point every level. The developers were unbelievably stingy with progression rewards, forcing players to think carefully instead of mindlessly grinding EXP.

Build optimization mattered more than reaching max level.

Honestly, it was one of the reasons I loved the game despite all the suffering it inflicted.

I pointed my staff toward the drifting masses of severed water floating nearby.

“Dark Murky Swamp.”

The scattered blobs of water twisted immediately.

Mud spread through them unnaturally while dark vegetation and swampy sludge formed inside the floating masses. What had once been clean water transformed into pockets of murky marshland suspended throughout outer space.

The visual looked utterly ridiculous.

A swamp.

In the vacuum of space.

I stared at it for several seconds before deciding not to question anything anymore. Instead, I reached for the final pill. The metal attribute pill rested in my palm with a faint silver sheen. I honestly doubted it would do anything.

Back in the game, druids didn’t possess a Circle of Metal.

That was more of a craftsman or specialized elemental class thing.

Still, I swallowed it.

Immediately, something unfamiliar bloomed within me.

My eyes widened.

A brand-new circle formed inside my Druidic Insight.

Circle of Metal.

“Well, that’s new.”

The circle felt strangely rigid compared to the others. Structured. Refined. Less wild and more controlled. Consulting the new abilities instinctively, I cast a spell through my staff.

“Steel Forge.”

Metallic light spread across the wooden surface of my staff. In seconds, the wood hardened into shining steel while still retaining its original shape.

I blinked.

“Whoa, a transmutation spell.”

That actually opened up a ridiculous amount of possibilities.

I quickly checked the Circle of Metal more thoroughly, only to discover it lacked many offensive spells. Most abilities leaned toward reinforcement, shaping, enhancement, refinement, or creation.

Support-oriented.

Craft-oriented.

Utility-focused.

Honestly, that suited druids surprisingly well. I canceled the active spells. The swamp dissolved apart into harmless moisture while my staff reverted into ordinary wood once more. I exhaled slowly. Those pills had been absurdly worth it.

If I translated their value into game terms, it would’ve been equivalent to gaining multiple free level-ups worth of progression without actually leveling.

No wonder cultivators treated high-grade resources like national treasures.

Mab floated closer while observing me thoughtfully. “Now that you’ve stabilized your new powers, perhaps we should spar.”

I immediately looked at her suspiciously.

Given her strength, the word spar sounded dangerously misleading.

“Please be gentle with me.”

Mab smiled warmly.

I’m quite curious about her strength, so this was a good chance to take a measure of her.

Mab vanished.

That signature instant movement of cultivators remained deeply unfair no matter how many times I witnessed it. One moment she floated before me in outer space, the next she disappeared entirely without warning.

My instincts screamed.

Shedding activated automatically.

My body burst apart into dried leaves and brittle twigs just as Mab’s palm strike swept through the space where my torso had been a fraction of a second earlier. The attack carried terrifying force even though she was supposedly “taking it easy.”

The scattered leaves reformed several meters away.

Honestly, fighting in outer space felt inconvenient for me. Nature’s Stride worked best through forests and natural terrain. Here, there was almost nothing to anchor myself to besides fragments of drifting debris and remnants of my own spells.

The moment I stabilized, I pointed my staff at her face.

“Sunlight Orb.”

A condensed sphere of burning light erupted forward instantly.

It was one of my fastest casting spells.

Mab exploded into flower petals before the orb connected.

The petals scattered beautifully through the void before reforming into her body farther away.

She sighed dramatically. “How exactly am I supposed to take it easy on you when you pull moves like that, my lord?”

“Sorry.”

Mab smiled.

Unfortunately, the smile looked dangerous.

“I could take that apology in a flirtatious way, you know.”

I immediately pointed at her accusingly. “Please be really gentle with me.”

“That depends on your definition of gentle.”

Her emerald hair suddenly spread outward. The strands transformed into leaf-like structures before erupting toward me like countless projectiles. Each leaf glowed with sharp spiritual power capable of tearing apart mountains.

I reacted immediately.

An experimental thought crossed my mind. Back in Legacy World Online, this wouldn’t have worked due to system restrictions. But this wasn’t a game anymore.

“Verdant Barrier. Aqua Barrier.”

I cast both simultaneously.

The strain increased immediately as two different circles activated together. Forest mana and water mana intertwined around me, forming a multilayered barrier composed of flowing water and dense vegetation.

It actually worked.

A hybrid barrier surrounded me completely.

The downside became apparent instantly, though.

Visibility inside layered barriers sucked.

Leaf projectiles crashed against the defenses in rapid succession while water rippled violently around me. I barely perceived the sudden burst of spiritual energy before instinct forced me sideways.

A massive vine sliced through the combined barrier effortlessly.

The entire construct split apart.

If I hadn’t moved, I probably would’ve been cut cleanly in half.

“Well dodged,” Mab whispered from my left.

A palm strike flew toward me. I barely managed to block with my staff. The impact blasted me backward through space like a cannonball. My arms vibrated painfully from the force. Before I could recover, a vine whip snapped around my waist.

Mab yanked me back toward her effortlessly.

She smiled innocently. “I won’t just let you get away, you know. I still haven’t forgiven you for being a naughty boy.”

“How am I the naughty one here?!”

I activated Wild Shape instantly.

My body shrank into a massive serpent mid-flight. Slipping free from the vine restraint, I coiled around Mab tightly before she could react.

Her eyes widened slightly as she laughed.

“If it’s a hug you want, my lord, you could’ve simply asked.”

Through sound transmission, I groaned, “You’re making it weird.”

Mab’s hair suddenly shifted color. Emerald transformed into icy blue. The surrounding temperature plummeted instantly. Winter qi spread around her body while frost formed through empty space itself. Alarm bells exploded inside my head.

I released her immediately.

Using Nature’s Stride, I blinked away and reappeared atop a drifting fragment of my destroyed barrier spell. Technically, it still counted as natural material.

I pointed my staff forward.

“Sunlight Orb.”

Dozens of burning spheres appeared simultaneously around Mab. An idea formed in my mind. Another combo spell. Something also impossible back in the game.

Mab calmly raised one hand.

“Freeze.”

Ice qi exploded outward. The Sunlight Orbs froze midair instantly, trapped within crystalline layers of frost. At the same time, I activated another spell through the Sunlight Orbs.

“Explosion.”

The frozen Sunlight Orbs detonated simultaneously.

Violent fiery blasts shattered the surrounding ice into countless razor-sharp fragments that scattered through space like burning shrapnel. Using the dispersed fire elements lingering from the explosions, I cast again immediately.

“Fireball.”

One after another, blazing fireballs rained downward toward Mab like fiery meteors.

The explosions illuminated outer space brilliantly. When the flames parted, Mab emerged completely unharmed. Her hair had turned crimson red now while blazing qi pulsed around her body like a miniature sun.

I stared at her suspiciously.

“I’m seeing a pattern here. Four seasons?”

Before I could retreat, Mab appeared behind me again.

She grabbed my arm affectionately.

“So,” she purred softly, “what’s next?”

When I turned toward her, she lightly held my chin between her fingers.

“What do you think?” she asked teasingly. “You’ve already seen Spring, Winter, and Summer. Want to see Autumn too?”

I snapped my fingers dramatically.

“Ohhh. You were flirting all along.”

Mab froze, and then she pouted.

“I ought to punch you into oblivion just now,” she complained. “Don’t you know how delicate a maiden’s heart is? Honestly, you are a very hard man to please.”

I blinked. “So… sparring?”

Mab leaned closer with an increasingly dangerous smile.

“I can take you on all day,” she whispered seductively. “All year too, if my lord desires.”

I immediately pointed at her again. “Okay, you crossed a line. Now it’s just really weird. Let’s postpone the sparring.”

Mab gasped theatrically. “Your ears are red.”

“They are not.”

“They absolutely are.”

“They’re not!”

“They’re very red.”

“That’s slander.”

Mab laughed openly while floating around me triumphantly. Meanwhile, I continued denying reality despite feeling my face burning hotter than the fireballs from earlier.

This woman was trouble, I swear!

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