Chapter 1494 - 1068: Oh, Still an Acquaintance!
Jiang Yuan opened the storage bag, found a mat from the connected warehouse, and took it out to sit cross-legged. He also took out a teapot and teacup, poured a cup of hot tea, and waited to hear a story.
The Sea God is widely knowledgeable, but a person who can be so carefree and spontaneous even in front of a True God is indeed rare.
His shadow pressed down, seemingly wanting to converse face-to-face.
"Everything must be told from a long, long time ago, when the bloody battle between the Human Race and the Demon Race had just ended over the wilderness. And far away, billions of miles away, the Celestial Star collapsed without warning."
The Sea God’s voice was ethereal and seemingly lost in memory, "According to common sense, a Little World can collapse for two reasons: First, the sprout in the World Core grows to maturity, the vitality of the world naturally exhausts itself, the shell collapses, and the mature vitality seed is reclaimed;
Second, the growth of the Little World becomes distorted, the sprout in the core cannot mature, the Celestial God responsible for sowing and harvesting refines its vitality and takes it away prematurely.
But the collapse of the Celestial Star was not due to these reasons, but because the sprout growing normally in the World Core was swallowed in one gulp by something strange released by the Outer Heaven Demon wandering in the Void!
The Four Symbols Divine Beast fought with it and fell. The collapse of the Celestial Star was too sudden, and the fallen divinity could only hastily gather divine power to try to catalyze a new God to protect all beings.
Pure divinity and divine power autonomously searched for the body most likely to become a God.
I was just a First Layer Sea Demon in the Tribulation Crossing Realm at that time, and due to a great vow to protect peace, and having all requests granted, I was lucky to receive the worship of the Sea Demon Race, being declared as the ’Sea God.’"
In reality, I had not ascended or been enthroned as divine, just a demon stealing the incense of the Sea God. However, having received the incense and undertaken my duties for years, I was chosen by the divinity and divine power, forcibly infused and thus became a True God.
Unfortunately, my abilities were limited and the preparation too rushed, such that when the Celestial Star collapsed, I could only safeguard the Undersea World. Then later, the world fragment was safeguarded and led by divine power, drifting in the void, avoiding being pulled into a black hole.
The barriers of those Little Worlds do not allow large fragments to enter, so I could only search everywhere for worlds to attach to. Just then, the Demon Race had achieved a great victory on the wilderness, and the Great Demon Cultivators controlled the world barriers, fully opening them to accept their people.
Thus, the Undersea World could approach, negotiate, and integrate into the wilderness.
Initially, both parties negotiated well, mutually beneficial, communicating and exchanging what they had. At that time, the Sea Demon Race would also take care of the demon beast group in the original wilderness sea. Unexpectedly, those fellows changed their attitude by closing the world barriers and ensuring the fragment couldn’t leave, then even tried to invade the Undersea World and enslave the Sea Demons!
My divine power was thin, and as an outsider, I was not to be disgraced by petty thieves.
𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶
After driving away the invaders, I sealed the entire Undersea World fragment. Then I used divine power to transform into the sea sun and sea moon, constantly spreading out my power so that the sealed small area would be full of spiritual energy and the Sea Demon Race could continue their cultivation."
He paused for a while and sighed lightly, "After all, not truly ascended and sealed as the Sea God, I do not understand the divine mandate, so I can only use this method of consuming myself to let the Sea Demon Race continue.
In the past, when the divinity was sufficient, I ensured my people’s peace and well-being, commanding them to seek Divine Awakeners. I taught them cultivation techniques, knowledge, prophecies, allowing them to avoid natural disasters, build cities and markets, living better.
On one hand, there’s the supplement from incense offerings; on the other, there’s the relentless day-and-night consumption. After a long time, divine power could not meet the needs. Moreover, since sealing and maintaining the seal required massive divine power, I began to fall asleep, and became dim and unclear about many things that happened over the years."
The previous host Mr. Li, by chance, learned of the Merfolk and Sea Moon Tomb, and with both greedy thoughts and rich reading experiences, he believed he could enjoy the fun of tomb raiding.
So, he used a magical treasure to find this place, disregarded the stone sculpture blocking the mausoleum entrance, and killed his way into the Sea Moon Tomb. He took away all the treasures the Sea God collected before becoming divine, keeping them for himself.
Those treasures were originally intended to be gifted to the Divine Awakeners.
At the beginning, the private stash was abundant, the given gifts were divine artifacts. As time passed, crop after crop of Divine Awakeners received their awarded titles, the Sea God family’s spare resources dwindled.
What was placed in the Sea Moon Tomb was the last batch of treasures intended to be gifted.
The Sea God’s divinity had already dissipated, leading to increasingly shorter periods of wakefulness. Firstly, the treasures were stolen and there was no longer anything to give; secondly, unable to retain divine power to protect the Divine Awakeners; thirdly, He had reached an oil-exhausted and lamp-dried state, unable to protect the Sea Demon Race anymore, and thus no longer summoned Divine Awakeners.
As for those sailing logs in the drift bottles, the Sea God accurately recalled for a moment and shook His head, "My divinity dissipated, it may have been during the long sleep that the Sea Moon Tomb was accidentally entered by explorers.
After all, it’s a dwelling place of God, and Gods cannot be directly looked at. To protect ignorant outsiders, various restrictions were set in the Sea Moon Tomb.
Those overly adventurous sailors likely stumbled upon the restriction at the entrance, resulting in their confused state when teleported away. After a while, they would recover.
You mentioned around the Sea Moon Tomb, there were many groups of powerful demon beasts gathering, it is because the divinity dissipated and out of control. Those sea demon beasts were drawn by the divinity to feast upon its benefits, all waiting for the Sea God to fall to seize more advantages."
He paused again, His shadow slightly swaying, His voice becoming increasingly exhausted, "You must know, I have long been unable to control myself. Even the purest Divine Awakeners, even if merely listening to one or two divine messages, would reduce their lifespan.