Chapter 47: Power Beyond the World |
At this moment, Huang Xing also cast his gaze over.
He saw the flooding Luo River, saw the land transformed into a vast marsh, saw the living beings struggling within the flood, and also saw that praying girl.
With a slight movement of thought,
the veins of the world clearly unfolded before His eyes.
At the source of the Luo River, that snow mountain was melting.
And the reason for the melting of the snow mountain
was precisely the increasingly numerous Recipients of Divine Grace.
This was because the Leo Constellation
was a power that belonged beyond this world.
the balance of this world was broken.
Temperatures rose, snow melted,
and ultimately, this great flood was triggered.
“Too fragile.”
Huang Xing could not help but sigh.
At the same time, a trace of daze arose in his heart.
He was merely an ordinary person.
Yet this world could not even withstand…
one-twelfth of His power.
But the power of the Leo Constellation was still transforming the world.
So, to stop this disaster,
a new variable had to be introduced.
A kind of power sufficient to balance it!
At this moment, He heard it—
the pleas from Luo Ya and countless survivors.
His gaze swept across this vast flooded land.
Finally, it fell upon…
that girl kneeling in prayer.
In the next moment, endless starlight descended from the void.
Luo Ya felt her body grow light, and the surrounding scene rapidly changed. The flood, the cries, the dark clouds instantly receded.
Moments later, when Luo Ya regained her senses, she found herself within a boundless sea of stars.
And all the stars…
were now surrounding a presence whose full form could not be seen, whose vastness and sacredness could not be described.
The stars were His crown,
the universe was His cloak.
That was the god she and her people had worshipped for generations—the Lord of the Stars!
“God!”
Luo Ya trembled all over in excitement, prostrating herself, unable to stop her tears.
“Please, I beg you, save everyone!”
A vast and majestic voice resounded through the sea of stars, devoid of emotion, yet containing the power to decide fate.
“Granted.”
As the divine voice fell,
boundless stellar power began to pour into Luo Ya’s body.
She felt a transformation unlike anything before.
Her long hair turned into a deep oceanic blue.
Her eyes seemed to contain endless tides and the secrets of the sea.
The most significant change was in her lower body.
Her legs merged together, covered in layer upon layer of crystalline scales that shimmered with starlight and iridescent hues.
In the end, they transformed into…
a long, powerful, and beautiful fish tail.
The tail fin was as thin as a cicada’s wing, flowing with dreamlike colors. A mysterious oceanic power flowed around her body.
“From this day forward, you shall be one of the Twelve Constellations under My seat—Pisces.”
From this moment on, she was no longer human.
She had become a new being—a merfolk!
“Go.”
“Lead your people to a new homeland.”
As the divine voice faded,
starlight flowed around Luo Ya once more.
When she regained her senses…
she found herself back above that vast flooded land.
She was even floating quietly in midair.
Looking at the flood below, she gently raised her hand.
A soft blue stellar power spread out from her as the center, like ripples, enveloping the entire flooded land.
A miracle occurred!
Those lives that had been swallowed by the flood reformed amidst rising strands of brilliant starlight.
Just like Luo Ya…
they gained new life, transforming into merfolk.
They opened their eyes in confusion, looking at their new bodies, then at Luo Ya floating in the air radiating sacred light, their eyes filled with shock and disbelief.
“Luo Ya…?”
Luo Father tried to speak, his voice somewhat hoarse.
“Father! Mother! Brothers!”
Immediately, Luo Ya burst into tears of joy.
“It was the god who saved us!”
“He also granted us new life!”
She looked around at all the revived members of her tribe.
Her voice was clear and resolute.
“The Luo River is no longer our homeland.”
“The god guides us to a new home—a boundless ocean!”
“From now on, we are the people of the sea!”
“Come! Follow me!”
“Let us go to our new home!”
Her fish tail traced an elegant arc through the air.
Luo Ya lightly leapt into the Luo River.
And the once-turbulent current could no longer affect her.
The tribespeople looked at one another.
And once they adapted to their new bodies,
they too began to move their tails, gathering into a stream of faint blue light, following Luo Ya as they departed.
“Mo.”
He looked at Mo, who had already become a merfolk, and spoke instinctively.
Mo emerged from the water, his pair of blue eyes looking directly at He.
At this moment, He could clearly sense…
that the divine grace within Mo was completely different from his own.
“Will you come back?”
Even though he had only stayed in the Luo River Tribe for three months, he had formed a deep friendship with Mo despite their age difference.
Mo shook his head.
“I don’t know. Perhaps I will…”
“He, the survivors of the Luo River Tribe will be entrusted to you.”
He nodded. “Alright.”
Afterward, Mo returned to the merfolk group.
They followed the main course of the Luo River, heading westward.
Toward the vast ocean spoken of in the divine oracle—filled with the unknown and hope.
……
As the only wielder of Authority in this world,
the moment Pisces appeared,
Lei sensed it…
that vast and unfamiliar stellar power!
He stepped out of the Temple, gazing toward the east.
“A new Constellation has appeared…”
“Could it be that Apollo’s era… is truly coming to an end?”
“The god’s grace no longer belongs to us alone.”
“We will no longer be the only ones.”
A sense of loss and crisis surged into his heart.
But soon,
this feeling was replaced by intense unwillingness.
He clenched his fists, flames igniting in his eyes.
“No! I am still alive!”
“As long as I live, Apollo’s era will never end!”
“Even if a second Constellation has appeared, it cannot overshadow the glory of Leo!”
He wanted to see it with his own eyes—
just what kind of existence this newly born Constellation was!
Lei immediately summoned the three Cardinals of the Theocratic State.
Then…
the group departed from the Theocratic State, heading eastward.
……
“Who are you?”
He looked at Shan, who had suddenly arrived, with a face full of vigilance.
His identity must never be exposed.
Because once the Pope discovered their existence,
and uncovered what they had done in the past,
what awaited them…
would be true eternal damnation!
At that time, everyone would die because of him!
Shan looked at He’s tense expression.
At once, he understood.
Within the Theocratic State of the Stars,
to avoid being wiped out in one sweep, members often concealed their identities with code words and cloaks, rarely knowing each other.
So He’s current reaction
had practically revealed his identity.
Aside from people like them…
who else would be so afraid of being recognized?