At the edge of the Divine Realm lay a forest brimming with vitality.
The forest stretched out in a long strip. Through the faint clouds and mist, countless stars could be seen, along with all manner of strange and dazzling lights.
Suddenly, a pillar of purple-gold light shot into the sky, like a heavenly pillar holding up the entire Divine Realm. The sight was magnificent.
The light radiated from an emerald-green tree. Every leaf resembled exquisitely carved jade, translucent and flawless, giving off a faint aura of life.
Had any deities been present, they would surely have known that this Life Ancient Tree was actually the Goddess of Life's true form. Its immense vitality had all been accumulated over the years as she absorbed the lower realm's power of faith and released the power of creation. To a great extent, it also sustained the long lives of the Divine Realm's deities.
The Goddess of Life pressed her palms together and closed her eyes, murmuring an incantation. Wisps of emerald light, fine as silk threads, began to emanate from her body.
Under the Goddess of Life's prayers, every leaf of the towering Life Ancient Tree lit up. Everything within a ten-li radius became a world of emerald green.
This was the Goddess of Life's prayer ritual.
The future was difficult to predict, but it left traces to follow. As the Goddess of Life, she possessed an extraordinarily profound sensitivity to life. Through changes in life, she could divine whether the future held fortune or calamity.
Before the Dragon God War broke out, the Goddess of Life had once performed such a divination. The result had been an omen of terrible calamity. Countless deities of the Divine Realm, including divine beasts, had ultimately fallen in that war.
As the Goddess of Life