Xiao Bai was the only one who was happy about it. Nobody else would notice what Poseidon was stepping on.
The battle between Poseidon and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King back then had been incredibly fierce.
After all, Poseidon hadn't yet become a god at the time. He was merely a Level 99 Quasi-God.
The two of them had turned the entire Demonic Whale Sea Area upside down in their fight. In the end, Poseidon had stabbed out one of the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's eyes.
Defeated, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King had fled back into the depths of the sea and dared not show himself again.
Poseidon had then become the de facto ruler of the sea, gathering the faith of the entire ocean.
Afterward, Poseidon established the foundation of his faith on Sea God Island. Ultimately, through the power of faith, he condensed the Sea God Godhood and successfully ascended to godhood.
For the next hundred years, Poseidon continued to perfect the system of faith on Sea God Island. A century later, he successfully ascended to the Divine Realm.
The system of faith on Sea God Island had continued operating to this day.
The entire process of Sea God Poseidon's ascension, revealed through the Sky Screen, made it clear that he had acted with a very specific purpose in mind.
The Angel God and the Sea God had completely different ideals from the outset.
The Angel God's original purpose had been to eradicate evil and protect justice. In the end, condensing faith and attaining godhood had been a reward for her steadfastness.
The Sea God's original purpose had been to become a god. Everything he did was for the sake of gathering and preserving faith.
There was no question of one being superior or inferior to the other. They had simply made different choices.
In fact, the Sea God's clear sense of purpose had allowed him to maintain the continuity of his faith.
Spirit Hall was immensely powerful, but many people remembered only its name and couldn't even recall that an Angel God stood behind it.
This had led to a bizarre situation: Spirit Hall was powerful, yet the Angel God had few believers.
Bibi Dong had certainly played a major role in causing this situation. After all, she was the successor to the Rakshasa God, and during her time as Spirit Hall's Supreme Pontiff, she had surely obstructed the spread of the Angel God's faith.
Sea God Poseidon was quite pleased with his past achievement of ruling the sea and ascending to godhood by gathering the ocean's faith.
Even in the Divine Realm, gods who had attained godhood through faith—and become First-Level Gods at that—were as rare as phoenix feathers and qilin horns.
But the scenes revealed by the Sky Screen greatly displeased the Silver Dragon King at the Lake of Life.
"Traitors!"
As the Lord of Soul Beasts, the Silver Dragon King considered every Sea Soul Beast that believed in the Sea God to be a traitor.
And Sea God Poseidon, the one who had stolen the faith of the Sea Soul Beasts, was even more unforgivable.
But was the Sky Screen really only revealing the "great achievements" of Sea God Poseidon's past?
The answer was obviously no. The Sky Screen immediately updated with new scenes.
The Sea Soul Beasts were still locked in constant slaughter on the screen. The fighting in the ocean had never ceased.
After Sea God Poseidon ascended to the Divine Realm, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King had begun to make his move, and the Demonic Whale Sea Area had once again become forbidden territory.
The scenes focused on the Evil Orca King hunting the Demon Soul Great White Sharks.
Xiao Bai took human form and stared fixedly at the Sky Screen, her fists clenched tight.
The Sky Screen had made her watch the entire process of her younger brother's death all over again.
Then the Sky Screen showed Xiao Bai pleading with Bo Saixi to help her take revenge.
But Bo Saixi had flatly refused Xiao Bai's plea, saying that the time wasn't right.
Xiao Bai watched the Sky Screen, her expression somewhat lost. Of course she remembered that experience.
She had been devastated back then, but her faith in Sea God Poseidon had made her believe Bo Saixi's words.
She had believed that once the time was right, Lord Sea God would surely help her avenge her brother.
But now, it was as if she had suddenly come to her senses. Bo Saixi had been capable of helping her take revenge, so why hadn't she?
And why, after she had diligently led the Demon Soul Great White Shark Clan in guarding Sea God Island, had the Sea God failed to protect her younger brother and let him die in the jaws of the Evil Orca King?
Scaramouche spoke to the divine sense of Sea God Poseidon before him, his tone laced with mockery. "You call yourself the Sea God, but it seems you've never done a single thing for this ocean."
For a moment, Sea God Poseidon didn't know how to explain himself.
The Sky Screen then returned to Sea God Island. Everyone on the island underwent trials beneath the Seven Sacred Pillars of Sea God Island, and those who passed received rewards.
This system had also ensured that Sea God Island remained prosperous for generations.
Those trial rewards hadn't appeared out of thin air. The Seven Sacred Pillars of Sea God Island were faith-collectors. The faith they gathered was partly converted into rewards for the trials, while the rest helped preserve the divine sense Sea God Poseidon had left behind.
In other words, Sea God Poseidon hadn't merely never done anything for the ocean—he had also exploited the ocean's creatures for their faith, strengthening his own forces.
The people on Sea God Island were indeed loyal believers of the Sea God, and they could provide Sea God Poseidon with higher-quality faith.
Sea God Poseidon himself wasn't worried about the Sky Screen exposing these things.
He knew all too well that the Sea Soul Beasts in the ocean weren't very bright and couldn't make sense of all the twists and turns. As long as the Sea God's authority remained, they would keep believing in him.
In other words, as long as his authority as the Sea God remained, the system of faith he had created wouldn't collapse.
Finally, the Sky Screen went on to reveal the great battle between Sea God Island and Spirit Hall from many years ago.
In that battle, Sea God Island had the home-field advantage and sent Spirit Hall packing. Because of that battle, Spirit Hall's records had added another name for Sea God Island: Devil Island.
In Spirit City, Qian Daoliu lowered his head as he watched the battle revealed by the Sky Screen.
Overconfidence had played a major part in their crushing defeat.
The Angel God watched the scenes revealed by the Sky Screen, her expression hardly changing, though a trace of disappointment entered her eyes.
She and the Sea God had known each other in the Divine Realm. Both had ascended there from Douluo Continent, and the Angel God was the Sea God's senior.
She didn't want to see the forces they had left behind come into conflict.
And attacking other forces to expand one's own didn't align with her principles, either.
Sea God Poseidon, on the other hand, was rather pleased. After all, his Sea God Island had won. Winner takes all—that was the coldest rule of all.
Scaramouche had no regard for the somewhat hypocritical Sea God Poseidon before him. Their business was settled, and what happened next had nothing to do with him.
He would leave Ouyang Kong, the Grand Sage, to deal with the man's honeyed words. He wasn't sticking around.
After the Sky Screen's scenes ended, its assessment of Sea God Island appeared as expected.
[Sea God Island, deliberately established by the Sea God, had successfully served its purpose, providing the Sea God with a steady stream of high-quality faith]
[As the Sea God's subordinate, Sea God Island was competent, but it was never a competent steward of the ocean]
[Sea God Island existed to provide the Sea God with faith and preserve his inheritance. As for the Sea God's protection, don't count on it—he didn't even protect his former mount]
When Xiao Bai saw the Sky Screen mention her again, her expression grew even more dejected.
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