The Journey Begins and the Feathered Serpent

God-Given Land, Below the Pyramid Temple

The sun of the Creator God's Realm had just risen when a shadow appeared in the distance, spreading across the Sun Cup Flower Sea.

The flowers swayed in the wind as a figure appeared above them.

In an instant, the wind came to a sudden halt.

It felt as if an extremely powerful villain had arrived, with a pressure that reached the clouds.

The spirits of all sizes in the Spirit Country looked toward the Sun Cup Flower Sea, recalling the terror of being dominated by a certain divine being.

In that moment, the Spirit Country was in complete chaos.

"She's here!"

"She's here again!"

"Quick, hide!"

"Put everything away!"

"Hide the freshly baked cake. Don't let her see it."

But today, the "Great Demon King" could not be bothered with the little spirits and simply strode past the edge of the Spirit Country without even entering.

After the "Great Demon King" passed by, the spirits cautiously peeked out and watched her departing figure.

"Huh?"

"What's going on today?"

"Didn't she smell the cake? Her nose is usually so keen."

"Maybe her nose is broken."

Clearly in a very good mood, the Great Demon King hopped and skipped up the stairs, humming the song of Gururu.

She arrived at the entrance of the temple, poking her head inside as if searching for someone.

"Where is God?"

Inside the Pyramid Temple, there was only a golden-haired figure, Dream Sovereign Hila.

She was writing something at a table behind flowing curtains. Noticing the commotion at the door, she closed her notebook.

Standing up, she addressed Shelly.

"Shelly, you're here."

As she spoke, a figure emerged from behind the divine platform.

The figure stood beside the statue of Redlichia, looking up at His own divine statue.

It was the statue of Yin Shen, carved by Redlichia.

Shelly immediately broke into a smile of anticipation, her footsteps quickening as she dashed to Yinsai's side.

"God!" Shelly said, her voice filled with excitement. "We're going out to play, aren't we?"

Yin Shen lowered His head to look at the extremely excited Shelly.

"We're going outside to have a look."

In Shelly's eyes, this meant they were going out to play.

She wanted to cheer but managed to hold herself back.

Shelly was wearing a dark robe with mysterious patterns today, along with a pointed hat. She clapped her hands and jumped onto the divine platform.

She sat on the divine platform, pretending to be well-behaved.

Her expression clearly said, "I'm being very obedient, so hurry up and take me out to play."

The Creator's divine platform was like a chair to her.

She looked calm, but inside she was extremely happy. Her legs swung back and forth, her boot heels gently tapping against the stone platform.

Although Yinsai had promised to take her out on a journey, He had yet to decide on the mode of travel or their destination.

She was pretending to be good, hoping to convince Yinsai to take her to the places she wanted to visit. After just a moment, she revealed her true intentions with a suggestion.

"God, have you decided where we're going to play?"

Yin Shen replied, "Not yet."

Shelly's eyes lit up. This was exactly the answer she wanted.

"How about we slide down the snowy plains of the Ice-Sealed Plateau, and then take a boat through the underground river in the Fire Demon Marsh?" Shelly suggested, her eyes sparkling with excitement.

"After that, we could explore the great maze made by the Burrowing Demon Worms, climb the cloud ladder to God-Descended City, and finally end at the mouth of Lava Mountain."

"And there," she added with a grin, "we'll let it shoot off fireworks for us to watch!"

She spoke with increasing enthusiasm, as if she had planned everything.

Her attitude was clear: her plan would definitely be the most interesting and fun.

After hearing the news from Hila, Shelly had already planned her preferred route in the City of Life. Her Temple of Life still contained the crooked map she had drawn.

The way she described it made Ruhe Beast Island, a landmass supporting countless living beings and multiple kingdoms, instantly feel like a giant amusement park.

Yin Shen looked at Shelly and said, "Those aren't called fireworks."

He paused for a moment before adding, "That's called a volcanic eruption."

Shelly waved her hands dismissively. "It's the same thing. It goes boom, and then it explodes."

Shelly felt that if they were going to travel, they should not just stay on Ruhe Beast Island but should go to more distant places.

"We should leave Ruhe Beast Island too, and go to places even further away."

"We should go to that very large continent. I played there before. It has a huge desert."

"And we should also go see the Winged People I created, to see how they're doing."

"They're an intelligent species that can fly, God, created according to your dream."

Yin Shen looked at Shelly and asked her.

"You've planned everything?"

Shelly nodded continuously, her eyes shining.

Yin Shen turned His head. "But you don't get to decide."

"What?"

Shelly's mouth drooped.

Yin Shen walked to the other side. Shelly followed closely, her steps quick to keep up with Him.

Yin Shen turned to her and said, "Before we decide where to go, we need to figure out how we'll get there."

Deciding on their mode of transportation was the first step before setting out.

They were all supreme deities. Their purpose for descending to the mortal realm was not to make changes or to push anything forward.

But their mere appearance in the human world would mark turning points for both the world and its history.

This was especially true for the little one pouting beside Him.

Life Sovereign Shelly.

Even if she did nothing, her mere presence in the mortal realm would herald a historical turning point.

The sealed Ruhe Beast Island would slowly begin to open to the outside world.

The immense black storm, spanning thousands of miles, would gradually subside under the influence of the Sovereign's power. This would create a window similar to the one that appeared hundreds of years ago when the people of Avel departed from Ruhe Beast Island.

For Ruhe Beast Island and the world beyond, this would represent a tremendous change and an incredible opportunity.

Yin Shen had already considered this point, but He did not plan to interfere with this change.

Perhaps He also sensed that the history of Ruhe Beast Island, along with the civilizations of the Snake People and Winged People, had reached a turning point where change was inevitable. He believed this change could bring a positive impact.

But Shelly obviously had not considered this issue at this moment. She immediately thought of their most commonly used mode of transportation.

"How about the hot air balloon?" Shelly suggested eagerly.

"Can we ride it again this time?"

Hila then mentioned another idea that could be combined with her creation, the Wood Nymphs.

"A Door Spirit," Hila suggested. "We could open a door and appear wherever we want to go."

Yin Shen pondered thoughtfully. He felt they could combine both ideas.

From the Divine Treasury, a Miracle Tool that had been sealed in a corner for many years was dragged out.

Shelly directed a group of little spirits, using her power to pull this large object out and place it outside the Pyramid Temple.

Being the most enthusiastic about going out to play, Shelly also appeared particularly eager.

The little spirits used their domain power and floated out along with this Miracle Tool.

Shelly shouted encouragement from below.

"Heave-ho!"

"Heave-ho!"

"Hurry up!"

"Keep going!"

The little spirits were always wary of Shelly, but this time their frustration got the better of them. They saw her shouting orders without lifting a finger to help, and their patience ran out.

One by one, they stopped what they were doing and began to complain loudly.

"Why don't you help out for once?"

"Yeah, all you do is boss us around!"

"We're done with this. We're not lifting another finger!"

"That's it, we're going on strike!"

One by one, the little spirits went on strike.

Shelly spoke to the little spirits with a sense of righteousness.

"If I helped, I would probably just crush it."

"I'm very strong, you know."

"This was your gift to Hila. What if I damaged it?"

The little spirits thought about it and felt her reasoning seemed correct.

This was a Miracle Tool, and they could not let this strong and boisterous character crush it.

So the spirits finally worked together and carefully moved it outside.

【Miracle Tool: Spirit's Hot Air Balloon】

【Sequence Number 4】

This Miracle Tool had not been used for many years, but it still looked brand new.

If no one tried to destroy it, perhaps it could maintain this appearance until an unimaginably distant future. Even if someone wanted to destroy it, there were probably few people in the world who could destroy such a high-sequence existence.

This hot air balloon, like the Divine Boat with Sequence Number 2, was also a Miracle Tool. The Divine Boat's power was dreamlike, responsible for conveying all Life Dreams.

The most obvious power of the Spirit's Hot Air Balloon, however, was spatial power.

Yin Shen walked beneath the Spirit's Hot Air Balloon. The flame sparked to life, inflating the balloon. The compartment below groaned softly as it adjusted to the expanding lift.

Hila, who understood Yin Shen well, seemed to know what He was planning to do. She stepped forward to ask.

"God, are you going to give it wisdom?"

Yin Shen looked at Hila and said, "It has been a Mythical Artifact for a long time. It already possesses wisdom."

"It's just that you have not assigned it a true mission or given it genuine wishes and meaning. That is why it has remained in a state of chaos."

Hila touched the oval three-layered compartment woven from giant vines beneath the hot air balloon and could feel a consciousness pulsating within it.

The Divine Boat had been the same way. Later, Yin Shen relieved the ferryman Iva of his duties and gave the Divine Boat responsibility and a mission. Only then did the Divine Boat develop its own consciousness.

"After it develops true wisdom," Hila asked, "will it feel like it is only a tool, with no future or freedom?"

"It would be like giving life without granting freedom."

Hila was somewhat concerned about the fate of Mythical Artifacts with wisdom, wondering if they would end up like the Little Person in the Bottle once did.

But Yin Shen said, "Hila, in this world, no one is truly free."

"Not even me."

"Dream Miracle Tools are different from Wisdom Divine Artifacts. They are born from mission and wishes."

"Sometimes constraints are not about denying freedom. They are about giving meaning to existence."

Hila seemed to understand something. She took a step forward.

She carefully granted consciousness and purpose to the bewildered spirit, much like Yin Shen had done for the Divine Boat in the past.

"I bestow upon you a mission."

"I bestow upon you my wish."

"My hot air balloon, please carry God, Redlichia, Polo, Shelly, and me."

"Carry all of us together to the end of the world, to find the most beautiful future."

"Please witness our existence, witness the past we once had, witness the beautiful garden end we will eventually reach."

Suddenly, the Miracle Tool Spirit's Hot Air Balloon radiated a brilliant golden light. The light expanded outward, forming a vast domain, before swiftly contracting back into itself.

Inside, the space within the three-layered compartment expanded rapidly. It transformed into multiple spatial layers, resembling the overlapping realms of the Wood Nymph fairies.

The balloon above shone with a radiant light that pierced through the barriers of space, reality, and the dream world.

It moved effortlessly between dream and reality, shifting seamlessly between the tangible and the intangible, vanishing into nothingness.

It became a truly complete Mythical Artifact, fully awakened and giving birth to its own wisdom.

Yin Shen extended His hand, and the Miracle Tool instantly shrank to the size of His palm, landing gently in it.

With a simple motion, He raised His hand, and the Miracle Tool expanded once more to its immense size.

Beyond this, it also possessed other special abilities.

On the Divine Cup, the supreme artifact of the Dream Realm, all information about the Spirit's Hot Air Balloon was quickly imprinted.

【Miracle Tool: Spirit's Hot Air Balloon (Mythology)】

【Sequence Number 4】

【When Hila was not yet the Dream Sovereign, she left the Kingdom of God to travel. The little spirits gave her a hat and scarf, while the big spirits presented her with this gift. Spirits ride hot air balloons to the mortal world, seeking children with beautiful wishes. They give these children childhood treasures, bringing happiness and joy to their lives. Now, it will carry all the deities of the Creator Divine System to distant places. It will witness their past, present, and future.】

【Ability 1 Teleportation Gate: As a Mythical Artifact of dreams, the Spirit's Hot Air Balloon has the power to freely travel throughout the dream realm and can also enter the Creator God's Realm. It can find an anchor point in reality and open gates to reality anytime, anywhere.】

【Ability 2 Miraculous Transformation: The Spirit's Hot Air Balloon can freely change its size, from being invisible to the naked eye to covering the sky. At the same time, it can transform into various other creations based on the collected light of various wishes. Currently, it possesses hot air balloon form, carriage form, large ship form, and house form.】

【Ability 3 Compartment Spirit Realm: The hot air balloon contains multiple perfect spirit realms, the size of which are not constrained by the size of the compartment.】

【Ability 4 Spatial Sealing: The Spirit's Hot Air Balloon has the power to seal reality. It can seal mountains, cities, and rivers into the spirit realm within itself.】

Bathed in light, a newly born wisdom spirit emerged before the three supreme deities, its form gradually taking shape and solidifying into a body.

It was a spirit born from the hot air balloon's furnace.

God's Form.

It had red hair that stood upward like burning flames and wore puffy clothing that looked like a space suit or an inflated garment.

It had no gender and currently no name.

Having just been born, it looked around, finally fixing its gaze on the three deities.

It saw the Creator wearing a pure white robe, the golden-haired Dream Sovereign, and the Life Sovereign wearing a pointed hat, pretending to be mysterious.

It knew it was created by them and understood that its mission was to carry them to distant places.

As it walked, its steps seemed to float, giving the impression of moving in zero gravity.

It eventually stood before the three deities. Unsure of what to say, it simply remained there, silent and still.

Yin Shen lowered His head. In the hot air balloon spirit's eyes, it could faintly see the light of an outer star shining down. The light bathed the spirit gently, illuminating its form.

A voice came from within the light.

"What is your name?"

The Spirit's Hot Air Balloon had no name and could only respond, "I am called Spirit's Hot Air Balloon."

Standing beside Yin Shen, Hila covered her mouth and laughed softly. "How can that be called a name?"

"You can give yourself a nicer, more name-like name."

The spirit born from the hot air balloon still stood there dumbfounded, not knowing what a "name-like name" meant.

Yin Shen looked at Hila but spoke to the hot air balloon spirit.

"Hila hopes you'll carry us toward the future."

"So you shall be called Vellen."

Vellen was the word for "future" in the wise text created by Redlichia.

With one sentence, He established its true name, and the entire Dream Realm imprinted this name within itself.

Vellen bowed deeply and said, "Yinsai God, my name is Vellen. Thank you for your gift."

The hot air balloon now had its own name, which also gave it the purpose of its existence.

Yin Shen lifted His foot and walked forward.

He opened the compartment door, revealing a vast spirit realm space inside.

However, this newly born spirit realm was completely blank.

Yin Shen raised His hand, and the first layer transformed into tall houses, but this layer had door after door, like a maze with no visible end.

Shelly ran back and forth through the rooms on the first layer, pushing open door after door.

Those doors extended onward, seemingly without end.

"This place is so cool!" Shelly exclaimed, her eyes sparkling with excitement.

"I'm going to switch rooms every day, and none of you will ever figure out which one is mine!"

Hila followed behind Shelly, also loving this place very much.

Although she appeared older than Shelly, she was actually younger in age, and sometimes she was also very childlike.

After all, Hila was also a spirit, a spirit born from Yin Shen's dream.

Walking up the stairs, the second layer turned into a ship's cabin. The windows shifted into round glass portholes.

Similar to the first layer, it had countless compartments. These compartments were not intended for living spaces.

Instead, they were designed to store various collections and supplies. It resembled an unimaginably vast storehouse.

At the top level, everything was completely different.

This was a domain that looked like a perfect spirit realm at first glance, with a ceiling too high to see.

Here grew one thick vine after another, extending toward the sky. The vines were enormously thick and twisted.

It resembled a jungle from ancient times.

These vines were the parts that once made up the hot air balloon's basket and compartment, and now they had grown into the interior as well.

If one climbed up these vines toward the sky, one could climb into one strange domain after another.

The Spirit's Hot Air Balloon had the ability to absorb realms from reality. It could merge them into the domains formed by these vines and securely seal them within.

This was the manifestation of the Mythical Artifact Spirit's Hot Air Balloon's spatial sealing power.

Yin Shen carried Redlichia's statue up to the top level. In His arms, He held a bottle that contained the dreams Polo had entrusted to Him.

He placed Redlichia's statue in the great hall, then sat beside the fireplace.

Before long, Shelly ran back from above.

"Did we bring enough things?"

"Isn't just one warehouse a little small?"

She had spent too much time in the Divine Treasury of the Pyramid Temple and had lost her standard for what "enough" meant.

Yin Shen replied, "Then try to be frugal."

"Just eat less. It doesn't matter whether you eat or not anyway."

Shelly immediately collapsed onto the chair and let out a dramatic, "Ah!"

After a quick tour upstairs, she came trotting back down. She had already forgotten her previous question and now had a brand-new one.

Shelly expectantly asked Yin Shen, "God, you still haven't said where we're going next?"

Yin Shen sat down and turned His gaze toward the door. It was the one that truly led outside.

The teleportation gate stood there, waiting.

"From time to time, the teleportation gate will open."

"It will randomly choose a location and turn into a house there."

"We'll spend some time in that place before moving on to the next."

Shelly tilted her head, a hint of disappointment crossing her face.

"This doesn't feel like traveling," she muttered, her voice trailing off.

She let out a dramatic sigh and flopped onto the chair. "Ugh, it's just not the same!"

But Yin Shen truly enjoyed this relaxed approach, filled with anticipation.

There was no need to predict where the door would open next. He simply waited patiently for the change to arrive.

There was no need to do much, just sit at home and experience the scenery of each place.

"It's just a simple journey."

"Being together is what matters."

But seeing Shelly looking somewhat dejected as she leaned by the window, Yin Shen added.

"However, it will not only be a house. It will also randomly transform into other things."

"Sometimes it will become a hot air balloon flying in the sky, sometimes a car running on the ground, sometimes a ship."

"Sometimes it will be in the sky, sometimes in a city."

"You'll see the scenery outside the window constantly changing, so it will feel like traveling."

Shelly's face lit up with happiness. It was not just the idea that Yin Shen could adjust the travel plans.

It was the fact that Yin Shen was willing to change His plans just for her.

"I want to see for myself."

"The Snake People, I made them. I want to see how they've turned out."

"And the Winged People on the other continent too! I mean, I created them, so they have to be amazing, right?"

Yin Shen patted her head. She lay on the chair, her eyes fixed on Yin Shen as He read a book.

She was not curious about the book's content, but simply about the fact that Yin Shen was reading.

Standing in the house, Vellen finally spoke. "Yinsai God, I obey your will."

Vellen, the spirit of the hot air balloon, immediately followed the will of Creator Yinsai, adjusting everything in perfect alignment with His thoughts.

The entire Spirit's Hot Air Balloon began to tremble. The teleportation gate, in particular, shook with an unusual intensity.

From this moment forward, the teleportation gate would change its destination every month, and the Spirit's Hot Air Balloon would transform its form with each shift.

It would appear randomly in the mortal world, in the form of a house, carriage, ship, or hot air balloon.

With this, all the preparations for their departure were finally complete.

The scenery outside the window changed, gradually moving away from the Pyramid Temple.

Large numbers of spirits took flight, chasing after the hot air balloon.

Standing by the window, Shelly grinned and said, "We're off!"

The Spirit's Hot Air Balloon sailed out of the Dream Continent, sailed out of the Dream Starry Sea.

Finally, it left the gate of the Creator God's Realm.

Fire Demon Marsh

Hiss!

A chilling hiss echoed through the sky above the marsh. The sound sent shivers through the creatures below.

The animals of the marsh froze in place, their bodies pressed flat against the ground. Fear gripped them so tightly that even the thought of fleeing seemed impossible.

Some beasts curled up into balls, not daring to resist the being that made the sound.

Above this boundless marsh, a winged snake flew past.

It was enormously large and emitted powerful supernatural waves from its body.

This was a being so powerful that ordinary people could hardly imagine it.

A feathered serpent.

It had not always been in this form. It was once a Snake Person.

It once lived in Maya City in Suinhor.

However, that was over a century ago.

A very long time ago, a deity known as the Lord of Radiance appeared.

For the serpent, that moment marked the beginning of its disaster and despair.

The Gate of Spirituality descended from the heavens.

Under the immense force of mythology, its form was altered into something monstrous.

It became a massive serpent with wings.

Along with it, the life forms of many other Snake People were transformed by the power of mythology.

At that time, several deities clashed in a great battle within Maya City. The War of the Divine Beings unfolded on an apocalyptic scale.

Monsters like itself were insignificant in the grand scheme of things. They could be reduced to dust with nothing more than a casual gesture from the deities.

There had been thousands of feathered serpents back then.

In the end, it was the only one that managed to escape.

It lived every day consumed by fear.

It felt as though it had been intentionally released by the deity who had descended so suddenly. The deity had done something to it, though the purpose remained unclear.

The memory of the deity's gaze lingered in its mind. The look was distant and detached, as if everything in this world was beneath notice.

All living beings in his eyes seemed no different from the sand and stones on the ground.

It hid everywhere.

It hid in rivers and concealed itself in mountains and marshes. It once secretly returned to Maya City, but everything there had changed.

Having become a monster, it knew it could never return to its former life.

The fear of the terrible deity who had turned it into a monster haunted it constantly, making it wary of being found.

It did not know that the Lord of Radiance of the past had infected them through spiritual pollution, intending to turn them into vessels for his resurrection.

In the end, the former Lord of Radiance was stripped of the authority of the light of spirituality through the schemes of the God of Knowledge and Truth. He fell from the divine position of radiance.

He fell into the abyss, becoming the Original Sin Evil God of the abyss.

As a body prepared for the Lord of Radiance, it suddenly lost its connection with him, changing from a resurrection seed into a meaningless leftover.

It had been hiding and surviving for over a hundred years. Even now, it continued to endure.

Now, even as such a unique supernatural species, its life was nearing its end.

"No," it thought to itself, "I cannot die like this."

It had heard that in the distant Endless Desert, there were people capable of transforming monsters back into human form.

In a city hidden deep within the yellow sands, mysterious beings from ancient times were said to reside. These beings were lawful and nearly divine, showing no discrimination against monsters.

It wanted to find out if the legend was true.

It wished, at the end of its life, to become a Snake Person once again.