The Divine Realm, Sea God Hall.
At the entrance to the grand palace.
A child with skin as smooth as jade, a cute face, and a head of blue hair paced in circles, cursing under his breath:
"Damn it, Asura's such a rotten old bastard! I pestered him for ages, and he still wouldn't give me a chance to inherit a godhood. Tang San's only just arrived, and he's already got his eye on him?"
"Damn it, is Tang San your illegitimate son or something?"
"He only just got here. How could you already know how talented he is?"
Take a good look. The cursing child before you was called Poseinan, and he was a transmigrator.
He had been in Douluo Continent for six years.
The good news was that his background in this life was extravagantly impressive. He was a bona fide top-tier second-generation god.
His father was the First Generation Sea God, Poseidon.
That's right—the fierce man who had conquered the seas for a thousand years and ultimately become a god through the power of faith!
And his mother was none other than the Goddess of Love!
Their story, as it happened, was painfully melodramatic and clichéd.
Betrayed by her lover, the Goddess of Love had been overcome with grief when Poseidon, newly ascended as the Sea God, happened to save her.
The hero-rescues-beauty trope never went out of style, no matter the era.
With the Sea God's attentive care, the Goddess of Love gradually fell for him.
The two married, and six years ago, Poseinan was born.
As long as Poseinan didn't go looking for trouble, he was guaranteed to live a more comfortable life than anyone.
After all, his father, the Sea God, was the strongest First-Level God in the Divine Realm—the only one to possess a Super Divine Artifact while holding the rank of a First-Level God.
His strength was formidable. Even against a God King, he could hold his own for a while.
But Poseinan was deeply troubled.
He knew the story, and he knew his father would eventually choose Tang San as his successor.
Would he still be the Son of Sea God then?
Would that status still protect him?
Would Tang San see him as a thorn in his side, a thorn in his flesh?
For the sake of a happy life in the future, Poseinan had no choice but to pester Asura, hoping he would pass his godhood on to him.
But after spending several years together, Asura had never changed his tune.
Your father is already the Sea God.
How can one family have two high-ranking gods?
Besides, we don't even know what your talent is like.
And with that, he turned Poseinan down.
At first, Poseinan had actually believed Asura.
But then, today—
Through a message from his big sister, Angel God, Poseinan learned that this generation's candidate for the Angel God's high priest assessment had been devoured by someone.
Then, right afterward, Asura announced in front of all the gods that he was going to choose a successor and prepare to leave.
What was that supposed to mean?
Tang San had just arrived, Qian Xunji had just died, and Asura was already saying he planned to leave.
Wasn't it obvious he had his eye on Tang San?
I can't believe this!
Poseinan was furious.
When it came to talent and potential, didn't a second-generation god like him look far more promising than the mortal Tang San, who hadn't even awakened his Martial Soul?
Just then, a lilting, teasing voice came from behind him. "Oh my, who got our precious Nan Nan all worked up?"
Poseinan turned around and saw a stunning beauty with pink hair walking toward him from afar.
She was his mother, the Goddess of Love.
He gave her a helpless look. "Mother."
The Goddess of Love scooped Poseinan up in her arms and smiled warmly. "Nan Nan, the Divine Realm's celebration is this afternoon. Give me a smile. Cheer up a little."
The Goddess of Love was at a loss when it came to her son.
Other gods' sons were all very close to their mothers, skilled at pouting and acting cute.
But her own son had never cried or fussed since he was little. He was far too well-behaved—and didn't seem like a child at all.
People said that a child's maturity was a debt owed by their parents.
The Goddess of Love believed it was because she hadn't spent enough time with him when he was young.
But she couldn't help it. Her husband, the Sea God, was a peak First-Level God.
The God of Evil had even once said that he had the potential to become the Divine Realm's sixth God King.
As a god of such high standing, he was swamped with divine affairs.
And what about the Goddess of Love?
Though she was only a Second-Level God, every change in the bonds of love across the world was under her control.
And with her husband being the Sea God, she had to set an example, too. She was so busy she could barely keep up.
Still, although the Goddess of Love couldn't find the time to share Poseinan's childhood, she did her best to grant him every request.
Poseinan blinked. "A celebration?"
The Goddess of Love fondly stroked his face. "That's right. It's the Divine Realm's grandest feast, held once every thousand years. Don't you like lively gatherings, Nan Nan? Your big sister Angel will be there, too~"
She had to admit, she found him strange. Other people's children either played at fighting with sticks or threw tantrums and rolled on the ground.
But Poseinan?
He loved visiting the goddesses, and he was especially good with words.
He could charm Angel God, Goddess of Life, God of Death, and all the other goddesses until they were beaming.
Even the Goddess of Life had considered taking him as her godson. But in the end, because the Sea God and the God of Destruction had different ideals—
The God of Destruction had been furious and put a stop to the adoption, sternly warning Poseinan never to come to his home again.
Three years of scheming, all for nothing.
Poseinan had been so angry that he'd blurted out a threat on the spot:
"Old bastard! Just you wait and have a daughter. Let's see if I don't snatch her away!"
The God of Destruction had been so furious he'd nearly struck him down with Destruction Divine Thunder.
God of Destruction: Don't hold me back! I'll kill this little brat!
Goddess of Life: Stop! Stop! You two, stop fighting!
Thankfully, the other gods had been there to restrain the God of Destruction.
After all, everyone in the Divine Realm knew that the God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life had started trying for a baby.
No one knew whether the Goddess of Life could even get pregnant.
But threatening to abduct someone's future little darling right to their face—
Was that something a person—no, a god—could do?
It was then that Poseinan acquired a new nickname in the Divine Realm: Demon Child!
The Goddess of Love found it quite a headache.
"Mother, does that mean that old bastard the God of Destruction will be there tomorrow, too?"
The Goddess of Love's beautiful eyes widened. "You little rascal, what are you planning now? Wasn't all the trouble you caused your father and me last time enough?"
Poseinan put on a cute act and said, "Aw, Mother, I never said I was going to provoke him. I just heard that the God of Destruction proposed expanding the Divine Realm. Since the Divine Realm's almost full, why not let me go down to the mortal world and have some fun?"
Since Asura wouldn't give him a chance, he might as well throw in his lot with the God of Destruction.
At this, the Goddess of Love went pale and tightened her hold on Poseinan. "Go down to the mortal world? No. Absolutely not!"
"Nan Nan, I'll indulge you no matter how much you act on a whim, but not this. This is absolutely out of the question!"
Poseinan found her embrace a little uncomfortable, but he knew—
His mother was a very sensitive person. She had once been betrayed by someone she was closest to, and she had always been afraid of losing the people she loved.
Poseinan was reluctant to leave, too. In his previous life, he had been an orphan, and in this one, he had enjoyed the Goddess of Love's boundless affection.
But fate had made its choice, and he had to think about his future.
He clenched his teeth and steeled himself. "Mother, don't you want your son to stay by your side forever, accomplishing nothing?"
The Goddess of Love certainly didn't want to see her child amount to nothing, but...
Just then, a clear voice rang through the hall. "Xiao Ai, let him go."
The speaker walked slowly toward them.
With green hair and an imposing air, he was none other than the Sea God, Poseidon.
The Goddess of Love's eyes instantly filled with tears. She looked ready to burst into sobs. "Dong Lang, but Nan Nan is still so young! The mortal world is full of dangers. If someone bullies him, we won't be able to help."
"Young?"
"Back then, I, Poseidon, went out to sea at the age of six and reached an uncharted island, where I began my journey. By the time I was sixteen, I was already the strongest person on the island."
"Nan Nan is my son, the son of the Sea God. No one can bully him. Besides, Nan Nan's talent far surpasses what mine was at his age!"
After all these years in the Divine Realm, the Sea God still hadn't managed to break through the God King bottleneck that lay within arm's reach.
He found it deeply frustrating.
If only he hadn't been in such a hurry to become a god back then. If only he'd been a little more ambitious!
If he'd seized the faith of the entire continent as well, would he really have ended up stuck at the peak of the First-Level God rank?
That was why the Sea God placed such high hopes on Poseinan.
He hoped Poseinan could break through that bottleneck in his place.
Now that his son had asked to descend to the mortal world, wasn't this perfect?
It would save him the trouble of figuring out how to talk the boy into going down there himself.