The Giant God pondered for a long time at those words, then seemed to remember.
"There was one... he drifted in slumber beyond the realm, and seemed to arrive at the Realm Gate on a gust of wind."
"I originally thought he was an enemy from beyond the realm, but discovered he was not."
"Recalling the conjecture about how the Divine Race came into being, I sent him into the Long River in the Third Heaven of the Guard lineage..."
"What happened afterward, I never knew..."
Su Mo's gaze went blank. He understood everything!
He finally knew why the six members of the Divine Race in the Third Heaven had identified Su Eternal Life as one of the Divine Race the moment they saw him!
They had never identified even an Immortal Emperor from the Immortal Domain as one of the Divine Race.
Because the way Su Eternal Life appeared in the Third Heaven was the same way the Divine Race came into being!
Su Mo also knew why the Divine Maiden was different from the six members of the Divine Race lost in the Long River... why those six had become lost in the Ninth Heaven and turned into seemingly ordinary cultivators!
Yet the Divine Maiden was different from the six gods...
Because... the Divine Maiden had never been a member of the Divine Race lost in the Long River!
From the beginning, it had all been this simple:
Su Eternal Life's consciousness had drifted to the Realm Gate, and the Giant God had sent him into the Long River of the Third Heaven. There, he had become imbued with the aura of the mortal world and taken form!
He had accompanied the six members of the Guard lineage of the Divine Race, ceaselessly lighting the lamps on