Man on the ark, forced to become king

Despite her body being severed and facing a formidable enemy who could potentially kill her, Isamara felt no fear or similar emotions.

He is the nascent being that symbolizes exploration and struggle, the source of the sea, and the sea god who governs migration. Emotions such as fear and confusion simply do not exist in Him.

Or rather, none of the Haisi have that kind of thing.

Sea brethren lack the instinct to seek advantage and avoid harm, and have no fear of death; they only follow the will of the herd.

At this moment, Isamara's only marvel was at the wonder of the land.

Driven by a yearning for exploration and curiosity about life on land, He sought a way to come to the land, severing His connection with the herd, and using Skadi's body to observe the creatures on earth.

Even if He were to be killed, He would only feel satisfied, because He had truly seen the wonders of the land and also satisfied His own desire for struggle.

This strange creature, which resembled a human, was the most interesting individual He had ever encountered in His long life.

If possible, He would like to explore further.

Wow...

The sea god's enormous body suddenly disintegrated into flowing seawater, then reformed, becoming perfectly intact, only slightly smaller than before.

'how are you feeling.'

Skadi, who was holding a piece of rock inside the dragon's mouth, suddenly heard Lin Lu's voice in her mind. She was stunned for a moment, then replied, "I'm fine."

'That's good. ’

Having confirmed that Skadi was alright, Lin Lu felt much relieved and turned her head to look at Isamara, who had fully recovered.

He could tell that Isamara was only physically intact at this point, but was actually much weaker than before.

Ultimately, this battlefield exists in the spiritual realm. Its core essence is the collision of the spiritual power and souls of the two sides in the battle. All kinds of spells and methods are merely the embodiment of spiritual power.

With the Golden Tree at his back, his mental energy was constantly being restored, something Isamara, who was residing in Skadi's body, did not possess.

From the very beginning, He had no hope of victory.

However, Lin Lu did not intend to kill Him directly, otherwise using Fated Death would have been more effective than anything else.

What he wanted to do was to see if there was any possibility of marking the sea god with the mark of the golden tree and controlling the sea creatures through Him.

Now is the time.

The sea god, now weakened, should act now; what is he waiting for?

Boom!

The dragon spread its wings and pounced again, entangled with Isamara.

Unlike before, this time after the dragon pounced, the rock scales on its body began to spread and grow, as if they had come to life.

The enormous dragon wings closed, enveloping Isamara, which was connected into a whole by the growing rock scales.

The emblem behind the dragon flashed, and Lin Lu's figure reappeared. Holding Skadi, she broke free from the specially opened hole, standing in the sky on floating golden light. She raised her palm and pointed at Isamara, who was bound high in the sky by the solidified dragon's body.

A glimmer of golden light shone from the palm of his hand.

The next second, a massive golden emblem stretching hundreds of meters across the sky unfolded out of thin air, from which countless dazzling golden meteors shot out.

Golden Tree Prayer - Elden Meteor!

It is said to be the original and oldest prayer made on the golden tree, one of the legendary prayers.

In the past, the Supreme Will sent a golden meteor along with a wild beast to the borderlands.

Later, the golden meteor that fell from the sky transformed into the Elden Ring.

That was the original power of the Golden Tree, the prototype of the law, and the ultimate manifestation of the power of gold!

Isamara, the goddess of migration, possesses immense power. Even without a physical body, her pure spiritual energy is still formidable.

The only way to kill Him is through a preordained death.

If it is to control Him, to control a truly ancient Terran deity, it cannot be done as easily as using a few golden leaves.

Especially given that this deity possesses a strong capacity for resistance, it becomes even more impossible.

Therefore, Lin Lu directly used the highest level of the Golden Tree Prayer, taking a drastic approach to achieve complete success in one battle!

Tens of thousands of golden meteors danced across the sky, chasing their target and gilding the heavens with a golden hue, creating a dreamlike scene.

Isamara, suspended high in the sky, broke free from the rock dragon's restraints, only to find herself surrounded by layers of meteors with nowhere to hide.

As far as the eye could see, in all directions, above and below, shooting stars were chasing after Him, completely covering His body like a torrential downpour.

With each meteor that struck him, a rich golden power was injected into his body.

Because it lacks a true physical body, it has no way to devour the golden power that contains abundant life force, and can only try its best to expel it.

But there are too many...

One or two, no problem.

Ten or twenty can also be erased.

One hundred or two hundred, that's manageable.

But how do we deal with these thousands upon thousands of meteors that keep coming?

Even the mighty Poseidon has its limits.

A mere soul, without the support of a body, is like boundless water, only growing weaker and weaker.

Once most of the golden meteor had disappeared, the hundred-meter-long body had been coated with a layer of gold, and its struggles gradually subsided.

The will of the Golden Tree began to invade His soul, suppress His instincts, and transform His mind.

Within the realm of the Golden Tree, all connections were severed; He was even unable to contact the multitude or allow His own consciousness to return.

In Lin Lu's eyes, this was the end of it, and there would be no more turmoil.

All that's left is to wait; it won't take too long.

Only then did he realize that he was still holding Skadi in his arms. He quickly found a slightly higher, dry spot and put Skadi down.

"Do you still think you can kill Isamara? The one here is just a soul without a body; her true power is far greater than that."

"No."

Skadi didn't need to think at all to arrive at the answer.

How could such a monster possibly be killed by human power?

The Deepsea Hunters are indeed physically powerful, but they are still human after all, and compared to the power displayed by the Sea God, they are simply insignificant.

If Isamara had displayed the power she has now, the assembled Deepsea Hunters would likely have been wiped out by divine power before they could even get close.

Even if their numbers were to increase several times over, it wouldn't make a difference.

Even Agor's most heavily fortified city probably couldn't withstand Isamara.

Having witnessed firsthand what divine power is, Skadi is now completely convinced that Isamara died because she had a purpose and willingly chose to die, rather than being truly killed by them.

Everything Lin Lu said before was probably true.

“I’ve said it before, from today onwards, you are yourself. The past is the past. At the Golden Tree, you can start a new life.”

Lin Lu gently touched the girl's hair and comforted her softly.

In the distance, Isamara, covered in gold, gradually shrank until she became a point of light that drifted over and transformed back into a human form, still exactly like Skadi, except that her hair had changed from white to a pale, off-white gold.

"Now, it's story time. It's time to reveal the truth."

After all, she was a deity, and even the Golden Tree could not easily and completely distort her mind and assimilate her in a true sense, given her willingness to rebel.

However, it's still not a problem to temporarily control her soul and make her speak in accordance with the will of gold.

As a sea goddess, Isamara certainly knows far more information than Skadi, and in far greater detail.

"Tell me about it."

Lin Lu pulled the dazed Skadi to sit on the ground and raised her hand.

Then, the sea goddess, now stained with gold, began to tell the stories she knew.

……

In the distant past, four powerful beings, possessing divine authority, were born in the ocean. They were called the 'Firstborn' and were the source of all sea offspring. All sea offspring are their descendants.

As time went by, the Sealing race grew stronger and larger, reaching a considerable size. The newborn were regarded as sea gods by the Sealings, who governed the four biological instincts of 'survival', 'reproduction', 'growth', and 'migration'.

They are the most powerful individuals among the Sealings, capable of influencing the 'mass consciousness' composed of all the Sealings and manipulating their various behaviors.

Among them, the Sea God of Existence governs 'transformation' and 'prosperity and decay', influencing the energy acquisition, ecological evolution, and life-and-death cycle of the marine population.

The sea god of reproduction is in charge of 'sustenance' and 'all beings', causing the sea creatures to regard each other as compatriots and form a strict food chain.

The Sea God, who governs 'excessive growth' and 'adaptation,' is the source of the rapid evolution of sea creatures when facing adverse environments.

Isamara, the sea goddess of migration, as she herself says, is in charge of 'exploration' and 'struggle'. The sea creatures' territorial expansion and aggression towards other creatures all originate from her.

The four newborns can compete with each other for dominance of the clump's will, making the clump more inclined to follow the instincts they control.

If we consider Haisi as a whole organism, then the primordial being is the soul existing within the body, overseeing all the body's actions.

The existence of the Haisi is ancient, dating back tens of thousands of years, but except for a certain special period, Isamara has not been the dominant force in the behavior patterns of the large groups.

For most of this long period of time, Isamara remained asleep and rarely interfered with the Sealing population. As a result, for thousands of years, the Sealings existed only in a small area deep in the ocean and almost never expanded their territory. Only occasionally did some Sealings accidentally break away from the main group and climb onto the land.