The golden divine rain that had filled the skies above Sea God Island slowly receded, and the vast sea that had churned for thousands of miles finally returned to calm.
Hu Liena stood atop the boundless blue waves, her azure divine robe fluttering lightly in the wind. The immense divine majesty unique to an orthodox deity surrounded her.
The waters of the four seas bowed in worship, streams of aquatic spiritual light winding around her body. The Great Dao of the sea between heaven and earth had wholly returned to her alone.
At this moment, she had long since shed the immaturity and timidity she possessed as Spirit Hall's Holy Maiden.
Having reached level one hundred and become a god, she held dominion over the entire Douluo sea region. With the super-divine artifact Sea God's Trident in hand, she had fully mastered the complete set of Golden Thirteen Halberds' transcendent divine techniques, flawless and complete. Across the entire continent, no one could withstand a single strike from her.
Yet the vast exhilaration of reaching the pinnacle of godhood and looking down upon the mortal world lasted only a moment in her heart before it was completely engulfed by a scorching, intense longing she had suppressed for six whole years.
Everyone believed that she had traveled to Sea God Island for six years and devoted herself to cultivation solely to break free of fate and ascend to godhood.
No one knew of those six years of grueling cultivation in the sunless seas, the layers upon layers of deadly divine trials, the soul-piercing agony, or the countless nights she had fought sea demons alone.
The only obsession that had supported her and kept her gritting her teeth through it all had never been the supreme divine position, nor the authority to rule