She was tiny, no bigger than Tang San's two palms.
Yet a faint golden halo lingered around her, the remnant of the Golden Dragon King's Divine Core, tightly entwined with her Life Origin.
"Tang San, she has the Golden Dragon King's Divine Core inside her.
If it isn't sealed, she'll die."
The Goddess of Life held the baby girl out to Tang San.
Tang San took his daughter and lowered his head to look at her little wrinkled face.
An extraordinarily complicated emotion flickered in his eyes, only to be suppressed by calculation and reason.
He raised his hand, and eighteen blood-red runes appeared at his fingertips.
Each rune used his divine blood as its catalyst and Ji Dong's power to reward good and punish evil as its foundation.
The eighteen runes entered the baby girl's body one after another, sealing the Golden Dragon King's Divine Core layer by layer.
With each layer sealed, the golden halo around the baby girl dimmed a little more.
When all eighteen seals were in place, the golden halo vanished completely. Only a faint golden pulse remained in her deepest depths.
"Eighteen seals," Tang San said quietly.
"She'll slowly absorb the power within them. This is both her opportunity and her tribulation."
The Goddess of Life fell silent for a moment, then raised her hand.
A gentle emerald light descended upon the baby girl, becoming a thin jade-green membrane of light.
"This is my blessing.
As long as this blessing remains, the Golden Dragon King's Divine Core cannot turn against her divine soul.
Once she's strong enough, the seals will unravel on their own. Until then, she'll be safe."
Tang San cradled the baby girl in his arms and turned to look at the sky.
The Space-Time Turbulence was still battering the Divine Realm's