Chapter 1 Sitting on the Throne of Heaven

To sit on the Throne of Heaven is to *be* a person of Heaven.

Qinglong, of course, remembered what he had looked like long ago, but he didn't think it was any better than now. When he was weak, he was bullied, scolded, and powerless.

But now.

Who would dare bully or insult him?

"The current me, and the me from back then... aren't that different."

Qinglong waved his hand and turned the [Cloud Mirror], which reflected his face, back over. He said calmly, "Back then, I desperately wanted to become who I am now. And now, I have fulfilled my long-cherished wish and sit upon this throne."

Tianshui said, "So you've forgotten what you wanted to do before you took charge of the Fire Seed?"

"I said I would make Central Continent the number one continent."

Qinglong lowered his eyes slightly, his voice cold. "Isn't it already?"

He had become the number one person, and Central Continent... was indeed the number one continent.

"The people on this land live very rich and happy lives."

Qinglong tapped his finger lightly on the armrest of the throne. Immediately, countless mirrors reflected the scenes of the four regions of Central Continent, with towering buildings and prosperous lives.

Tianshui looked at this scene and couldn't find anything to refute. The divine officer system of Central Continent greatly guaranteed the order of the inland, and several academies continuously exported talents to the outside world. The Upper City was the most dazzling pearl of the Five Continents. Under Qinglong's control, this land had indeed become very good, and was getting better and better.

It was just that this kind of good deviated from his original intention back then.

"In this world, there isn't only one 'Central Continent'." Tianshui said softly, "I helped you connect [Deep Sea] to the Sky Divine Realm, not to start a war, but to make other places in this world better as well."

Qinglong frowned.

"Other places... what does that have to do with me?"

He tapped the throne again.

This time, the [Cloud Mirror] reflected the scenes of Southern Continent.

War, chaos, poverty, disease... The slums of Southern Continent were full of mud, and the residents there couldn't even manage to dress neatly.

These images were the dark information that Deep Sea had to process every day, consuming a lot of computing power. Under the equalization policy, countless pieces of information formed a cocoon. Every citizen of the Five Continents saw news that had been processed by Deep Sea.

People only saw what Deep Sea allowed them to see.

For them, the "real" part of this world was only the part they lived in and touched.

Wherever they went, that's where the boundary of the world was.

Tianshui originally thought that Qinglong couldn't see what was happening in the dark side of this world.

But in fact.

Qinglong saw it very clearly, more clearly than anyone else.

"I am not a savior, and I can't save everyone. I am powerless to save most of the people in this world, and I don't want to save them." Qinglong looked at the suffering reflected in the Cloud Mirror and said coldly, "If the Storm Church doesn't save these refugees in Southern Continent, can the Tower of Origin save them? If I reach out my hand, the Storm will instead be unhappy... You must know, it is actually the church that wants them to live this kind of life."

All along, Southern Continent had been a chessboard for the game and confrontation of the wills of the big figures.

But in fact.

It was not other forces that harmed the people of Southern Continent, but the people of Southern Continent themselves.

The six Holy Ones divided the land, distributed faith, and fought for many years... It was not until the Storm God Seat went to the Ice Sea that the internal strife of the church subsided slightly.

Qinglong was too lazy to care about this situation.

"Instead of relying on illusory gods to reach out and save you, it's better to try to save yourself."

He looked at the teacher on the chessboard and said softly, "These are the words you said to me back then. I remember them very clearly, and I have never dared to forget them."

Until he became a god.

"I... have nothing to say."

Tianshui slowly sat on the chessboard. He looked at his disciple in the distance, as majestic as a giant mountain, and said softly, "I am a remnant of the old era. I have no right to evaluate what the new world should look like... But I know that if there really is a new world, then the control of this world should at least belong to humans, not to Deep Sea."

Behind Qinglong's throne, there was a mass of ink shadows, condensed into a human form. It had not spoken since Qinglong seized the "Mirror of Reincarnation", like a shadow.

At this moment, the mass of ink shadows cast a cold gaze at Tianshui.

Deep Sea finally spoke.

"Mr. Qinglong, how long are you going to keep him?"

Qinglong turned his head slightly, expressionless.

His gaze seemed to penetrate the mass of ink shadows, pointing directly at the deepest "heart" of Deep Sea.

"This is my teacher."

"No matter who he is, he wants to kill you, doesn't he?"

Deep Sea whispered, "We don't have much time left now. You can use the [Cloud Mirror] to shine on Guang Ming City, and see what's happening there..."

Qinglong frowned.

Taking care of Guang Ming City was just a matter of a thought.

As Qinglong's wisp of spiritual thought was transmitted, the clouds outside of ten thousand *li* flickered with brilliance. The [Cloud Mirror] lurking on the top of Guang Ming City slowly opened at this moment.

But Qinglong did not receive any feedback from Guang Ming City.

This accident caught him a little off guard.

The Cloud Mirrors above West Continent opened one by one. Everything was normal in other regions, but only those mirrors reflecting Guang Ming City lost feedback... The mist on the mirror surface dissipated, revealing only a piece of silver-white.

Light, refused to let the Cloud Mirror peep.

"Meng Xizhou put on a good show in the [Old World], deceived me, and took away the Guang Ming Fire Seed."

Deep Sea's voice rang in Qinglong's heart lake. Even after eleven upgrades, it was still an AI, so there wasn't much emotion in its voice, but the deliberately accelerated speed was enough to prove its anxiety.

"..."

Qinglong returned from the battle in North Continent, and a large pile of information erupted.

He was not Deep Sea, and it always took time to process this information.

In the original plan, Meng Xizhou was the "Guang Ming Fire Seed inheritor" carefully selected by Deep Sea. After the Cicada Wing City Incident, the entire West Continent would become an appendage of the Upper City. As for the young woman who had initially melted the Guang Ming Fire Seed, she would also become the second "Lord of Wine" under his command.

But now, the situation had changed one hundred and eighty degrees.

"I have interfered, but..."

Deep Sea regretted, "Meng Xizhou has always refused to connect with me spiritually. She must already know about the Guang Ming Divine Seat."

Qinglong narrowed his eyes.

"After the West Continent fleet returned from Cicada Wing City, they all withdrew from North Continent. Because of the previous Red Lake incident, the entire power class of West Continent is now gathered in Guang Ming City... She entered the Deep Water Zone as the Guang Ming Fire Seed inheritor, and according to the procedure, took away the 'highest seat authority' belonging to West Continent."

Deep Sea paused and said, "In a sense, her authority in Deep Sea has reached its limit, and I can no longer restrict her."

Qinglong's expression was gloomy. "So, what is happening on the Guang Ming City side?"

Deep Sea silently released a picture.

It could not restrict Meng Xizhou, but in the same way, Meng Xizhou could not restrict it... It could still capture the current city images of Guang Ming City.

"The Guang Ming City believers have been gathered. Meng Xizhou... seems to be holding a speech for the entire church."

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The [Cloud Mirror] could not shine into Guang Ming City, but there were tens of millions of eyes that could see the scene in the city at this moment.

The Guang Ming Holy Canon had ended, but the streets and alleys were even more lively than when the Holy Canon was at its most lively.

Countless people walked out of their homes.

Even more people entered the city from outside Guang Ming City.

Because the church sent a "divine decree" to every believer who believed in the light, the Guang Ming Divine Seat would hold a meeting with all the believers soon... This was an unprecedented divine gift activity, and the entire Guang Ming City fell into a boiling state after learning the news.

The cloud ship fleet sailed back to Guang Ming City in the evening.

However, the news of the gathering of believers was released as soon as the fleet turned around.

Meng Xizhou knew that the play she performed with Gu Nanfeng in the [Old World] could not deceive Deep Sea for too long, so after leading the cloud ship back to Cicada Wing City, she hurriedly connected to the Deep Sea network with her spirit to verify it.

In the end, she obtained her "highest seat authority" very smoothly, and then she hastily announced the information of this meeting.

At this moment, countless eyes were on her.

Meng Xizhou opened the image broadcasting rights of the spiritual sea, so that this speech of the Guang Ming Church could be seen by every transcendent in the Deep Water Zone.

She wanted every transcendent in the world to be able to see her speech.

But... only through Deep Sea.

Therefore, after returning to Guang Ming City, Meng Xizhou supported every enchantment left by this ancient city, and summoned the power of the array patterns left by the Guang Ming Ancestor in the [Forbidden Book Building]. There were many enchantments in Guang Ming City, not only those left by the previous Divine Seat. The power of these enchantments was very powerful and ancient, and no one had been able to resonate with them for many years.

But Meng Xizhou was no ordinary person.

From the moment she was born, she resonated with the light.

She supported these enchantments only to make "Qinglong" withdraw his gaze, so that the [Cloud Mirror] could not peep into this city.

You can watch, but only through the ways I give you.

The streets and alleys of Guang Ming City gathered countless people. At dusk, the crimson Red Lake reflected the shimmering light, and the broken old sun sank below the horizon. Just as everyone was waiting for the "Guang Ming Divine Seat" to descend, the night came first. The believers in this city of miracles had become accustomed to the darkness.

After night falls, there will be no more light here.

But...

Tonight is an exception.

Meng Xizhou slowly walked into the sight of everyone. At the same time, a dazzling ray of light appeared on Mount Sunset, and the dark sea of ​​the West Sea also welcomed the long-lost warmth after nightfall.

A new sun slowly emerged from the mountains of Guang Ming City. Although the brilliance of this new sun could not be compared with the previous sunlight.

But undeniably, this was the sun.

The entire Guang Ming City fell into silence, and people looked at the woman standing under the light.

The new sun, which was slowly rising, gradually came to the very middle of the sky, and the light projected illuminated the entire city, and the most sprinkled position was where Meng Xizhou stood.

At this moment, the city was silent, and a needle could be heard falling in the streets and alleys.

Meng Xizhou had not yet spoken.

But the new sun that had just been born was enough to explain everything...

Someone started to kneel.

Then there was the second person, the third person.

The believers on the cloud ship fleet also began to kneel. They returned to West Continent from the fortress gate and had not received any orders along the way. Batu did not tell anyone what happened in the [Old World]... because soon the whole world would know that Meng Xizhou was the new Light.

The entire city was bathed in glory, and countless people began to worship the sun in front of them.

But a powerful voice rang out in the depths of the glory.

That was Meng Xizhou's voice.

Only three words.

"Don't kneel."

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