Immediately afterward, an icy-blue pillar of light shot into the sky from the east. The phantom image of ocean waves surged across the heavens, and a figure stepped out from the beam, holding a trident and standing atop a gently flowing current like a deity returned from the deep sea.
Sea God's Trident. Shui Bing'er.
Bibi Dong's pupils suddenly contracted. "You—you became a god too?!"
Shui Bing'er said nothing. She simply stood quietly in the air, azure divine radiance flowing over the Sea God's Trident as she looked down calmly at Bibi Dong.
More than a year of effort had not been in vain. She had succeeded, returning to this world as the Sea God.
But Bibi Dong's shock lasted only a moment. She immediately gritted her teeth. "So what if you've become a god? We are both gods. Do you think you can defeat me?"
Before her words had faded, another voice suddenly rang out from the sky. Clear and steady, it was like a pronouncement from someone who had already read the script, carrying irresistible authority:
"Bibi Dong, you have committed countless sins, disregarded all living beings, broken promises and betrayed allies, and ravaged the continent. In the name of the Good and Evil God Kings, I pass judgment upon you."
The sky split in two. One half was pierced by warm, gentle white light, while the other was swallowed by tranquil darkness.
Beneath the sky where white and black light intertwined, a figure slowly stepped forth from the meeting point of light and darkness. Behind him, a massive black-and-white Taiji Diagram slowly revolved, its flowing radiance containing endless mysteries.
He held a divine artifact in each hand. A heart in his left hand glowed with warm, pearly-white light, while a set of scales in his right hand