Over the next few days, Su Xi spent her time searching for dogs, getting scolded, and living like a subservient grandson. Fortunately, all eight dogs were successfully recovered. Six of them returned home on their own, one was brought back by the police, and another stubbornly refused to leave the home of her employer’s friend.
However, this caused Su Xi’s credibility to plummet, and she could no longer continue her dog-walking job. Thus, after saving Blue Star, she successfully became unemployed.
During these days, she also managed to figure out the earth-shattering changes that had occurred on Blue Star during the three days she was unconscious.
First, Blue Star no longer had distinctions between nations. After learning of countless extraterrestrial civilizations, the countries of Blue Star quickly formed a united government, becoming the sole official political authority on the planet.
Next, the alien fleet that had invaded Blue Star apologized and paid massive reparations for the invasion, including various interstellar technologies. Currently, experts worldwide were working day and night to master these technologies.
Furthermore, Blue Star was about to join the Galactic Union. It was said that this alliance was formed by tens of thousands of planetary civilizations and held absolute authority throughout the universe. Cinderleaf Planet, which had invaded Blue Star, was also a member of the Star Alliance.
Additionally, envoys from the Star Alliance had already arrived on Blue Star and would help upgrade Blue Star’s civilization to officially become a Level One Civilization—the minimum requirement for joining the Star Alliance.
And all of this was because:
Gods truly existed!
There was an unknown deity in the solar system, making Blue Star what the Star Alliance referred to as a God-Blessed Land. Planets personally blessed by deities were extremely rare in the galaxy, and each held significant influence.
The invading starships back then were repelled by this Blue Star deity. In other words, the world of Blue Star had directly transitioned from a scientific world to a theological one.
As for Su Xi, the deity of Blue Star herself: “…”
That night.
In her sleep, Su Xi suddenly felt her entire body sink, and a vast expanse of warm, golden light appeared in her consciousness. It was as if she had entered another world, surrounded entirely by warm, golden light that carried an inexplicably sacred and ethereal feeling. Surprisingly, it wasn’t blinding but instead filled her with a sense of warmth, like soaking in lukewarm water.
Still dazed, she saw a translucent figure slowly emerge within the light. It was a man dressed in pale blue ancient-style robes, wearing a white jade hair crown. He had a dignified, gentle, and square face, with smiling eyes and brows, and a long beard that reached his chest—making one inexplicably want to… cut it off.
“Little one, we meet again,” a familiar voice said.
“Old man? You’re still alive!” Almost instantly, Su Xi recognized the person before her. Although he looked much younger, it was undoubtedly the old man who had passed on the Divine Seat to her.
“Ah, I told you to call me Lan Shen!” the old man instinctively retorted, then added after a moment’s thought, “But now that you’ve inherited my Divine Seat, you can also be called Lan Shen.”
“…No, thank you!” She had no intention of changing her gender for now. “What exactly is going on? Weren’t you…” gone before?
“I have indeed dissipated into the world.” The old man nodded, yet without much sorrow, he continued, “What you see now is merely a trace of my remnant shadow left in your Consciousness Sea. Once I help you fully inherit the Divine Seat, it too will soon vanish.”
“So the Divine Seat is real?” To be honest, she still hadn’t fully grasped the situation and even wondered if what happened that day was an illusion. “Why me?”
“You are the only one in this world who carries my bloodline. Naturally, the Divine Seat must be passed down to you,” the old man explained.
“You mean… you’re an ancestor of my Su family?” Her ancestors actually had a deity among them?
“It’s complicated,” the old man said, shaking his head as if recalling something and changing the subject. “All you need to know is that from now on, Earth will be your Divine Realm. All your power will be bound to it, so no matter what, please protect it.”
“What do you mean? Is Earth in danger?” she asked.
“You could say that,” he sighed, his expression grave as he added, “Tens of thousands of years ago, a Divine War broke out among the gods of the universe. That war involved many Ancient Gods and even Higher Deities. To avoid being drawn into it, I used ninety percent of my Divine Power to set up a Concealment Array outside the solar system, making it undetectable to any god or mortal. It was precisely because of this that Earth had the chance to grow. However, with my fall, this Magic Array has now failed. The solar system is completely exposed to the eyes of other civilizations. You must remember to proceed with caution and develop steadily.”
So that was it. No wonder those aliens suddenly appeared in the solar system.
“So what should I do now?” Su Xi asked. The key issue was that she didn’t feel she had any abilities. “I don’t know how to use this Divine Seat either.”
“That’s because you haven’t awakened your Natal Divine Ability and cannot yet mobilize Divine Power.”
“Natal Divine Ability?” Su Xi was taken aback.
“Exactly,” the old man continued to explain. “Every god has their own Natal Divine Ability, which can also be said to be the Authority of the Divine Seat. It is something innate to the god. For example, my Natal Divine Ability is concealment.”
With a flick of his hand, a layer of golden bubbles appeared in his palm. The bubbles grew larger and larger until they completely enveloped his form. In an instant, his entire being seemed to vanish.
No, not vanish!
His figure was clearly right before her eyes, but Su Xi felt as though he didn’t exist. It wasn’t simple invisibility but a kind of cognitive stripping, making one completely overlook the person in front of them. Everything about him faded, as if he had never existed in this world.
“This is…” She was startled. Was this a Divine Ability? Something that could forcibly twist a person’s perception? What would her own Divine Ability be?
“The Magic Array I set up outside the solar system was derived from this Divine Ability,” the old man said, withdrawing the bubbles around him. He raised his hand and tapped her forehead. “I will now help you awaken your Natal Divine Ability.”
Su Xi felt a cool sensation on her forehead as some unknown energy spread throughout her body. In response, a certain power within her was instantly stirred. An inexplicable itchiness arose in the palm of her right hand, as if power was condensing there. She opened her hand to look and saw a glimmer of golden light in her palm, something about to emerge.
Her heart leaped with joy. If the old man’s Divine Ability could envelop the entire solar system, hers shouldn’t be too shabby either. She couldn’t help but grow even more expectant, staring intently at the light in her hand. Sure enough, that speck of golden light grew larger and brighter, its dazzling radiance overpowering the warm yellow glow that already filled her Consciousness Sea. The light began to condense and compress in her palm until it fully coalesced into a—ball the size of her hand!
Su Xi: “…”
The old man: “…”
Why had she awakened a ball?! Damn it!
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