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Now, he has received Poseidon's mercy and has the right to achieve freedom.
"If my life is a pre-written script, if my existence is just a to-do list, then before the curtain falls, as the 'protagonist,' I at least have the right to decide my acting skills: whether to leave the stage crying, or... to finish the performance standing up."
Inside the desolate temple, Bai Zhi recounted the past to the goddess, her gaze fixed on the goddess in the main seat as she spoke.
“I have always chosen to move forward, but in the beginning I chose a path. With every correct step forward, I am falling into the abyss of error. If I take the wrong path in the script of the gods and fall with all my wrong choices, then, am I finally on the right path? Stheno, help me.”
She was covered in mud and dust, her plain white robe stained with mud and sand. Bai Zhi wiped the robe with her hands, but there was still grayish-black grime on it.
Then, a pair of hands took Bai Zhi's hand.
"The goddess's greatest skill is deception—deceiving humans, deceiving the gods, deceiving believers. This time, I am still deceiving you. Will you stay on the Isle of No Return forever as a servant of me and my other self (Eureka) and serve us alongside Medusa, or will you turn around and leave without hesitation after completing Poseidon's trials and choices? Jason, answer my lies."
Stheno wore a mischievous smile. The goddess's delicate body gradually pressed against Bai Zhi's chest, amidst the astonished gazes of Euryale and the disbelief of Medusa. She whispered secrets in Bai Zhi's ear, her pretty face close to her ear.
"Our dream is to live together on the invisible island... I might... really... feel a little lonely. I never thought I would feel this way. And I never thought I would tell someone about it."
However, I can make an exception and allow you to join us. But, in human form, it won't do. Let me think about it. If you could transform into a tiny ant, I might consider it.
Outside, a whirlwind raged across the sea and sky, torrential rain poured down, and the temple lay desolate. Stheno, half-concealed, looked Bai Zhi up and down with a teasing expression, licking his lips as if he wanted to savor the delicious person.
Staying on the island—what an enticing offer! Alas, I am already powerless to resist. Poseidon's promise is both pity and a warning.
This time it was Poseidon's choice; which god will be next?
He couldn't drag the Gorgon sisters into this mess.
Bai Zhi kept her eyes closed, unmoved. Stheno's charming smile returned to solemnity, like a goddess. However, the distance between them returned to the initial reality when Stheno withdrew the step she had taken.
"...Really. I've said so much already, and you still don't learn your lesson. Fine, I give up. I like you, Jason. No, no—I'm just kidding."
Stheno felt tired, even though the goddess's patience was enough to sustain her for a very long time.
"Eureka, prepare Jason's blood transfusion ceremony."
Stheno turned her head and lay down on the stone chair. Under the weight of gravity, the purple skirt outlined the goddess's perfect back and curvaceous figure.
Bai Zhi shifted her gaze to Yuri Ellie: "Your Majesty, please help me prepare the Yinglin Seven Eight Thoughts (V) Tumor Blood Exchange Ceremony. The time Poseidon has given me is running out."
"Honestly, you two always like to bother people. You don't even understand the meaning of the blood transfusion ritual. You just agreed without worrying that I and the other me might deceive you?"
Euryale looked left at Stheno lying on the floor, then right at Baizhi whose eyes were wandering, covered her forehead, and showed an expression of utter despair.
How come I never realized that Stheno was actually a love-struck fool who had strayed from his youth? Where did all his restraint go?
"Medusa, please give our future 'family' a proper introduction to the blood-transfer ritual. I'm going to prepare the materials and props for the ritual. Sigh, what a busy life! My other self, if you don't make it up to me properly after this, don't blame me for giving you the silent treatment!"
Stheno buried her head deeper into her arms.
Shaking her head, Euryale walked toward her and Stheno's bedroom. When they moved from the original Pure Land to the Island of No Return, in addition to the necessary food, they also prepared various ritual props and materials to avoid being at a loss when they needed them in the future.
See, it's coming in handy now.
Medusa remained where she was, recounting the entire blood transfusion ritual to Bai Zhi.
As the name suggests, the blood exchange ritual involves replacing the blood in the body.
However, the level of change is more profound than the literal meaning.
It is not just the blood flowing through the flesh, but the 'blood' that flows from the very foundation of a person's existence.
In a mystical sense, it's equivalent to someone changing their birth date and time.
Something has changed at the source that should represent the existence of an individual.
Stheno's meaning is very simple.
The blood of Angelica dahurica was replaced from that of mortals with the blood of the Earth Mother Goddess.
As for the origin of the bloodline, it was naturally Stheno, who took the initiative to hold the ceremony.
This is a closer connection than a mother giving birth to a child.
The Great Ritual, where you are in me and I am in you, unites two completely unrelated people, bringing them together in perfect harmony.
The benefit is that Angelica dahurica has truly entered the level of a demigod.
It is no longer the demigod who was neither god nor human, but a demigod who was forcibly elevated by relying on a divine artifact.
Once Bai Zhi becomes a demigod, she can break Poseidon's seal on her divine power and truly rely on her strength to resist the impending tsunami.
Furthermore, possessing Angelica dahurica will grant him the probability he has always lacked—divinity.
The twelve Greek gods recognized Angelica as the seed of the fourth generation of gods, essentially based on the Greek mythological worldview, and the prophecy of fate destined Zeus to die at the hands of His child.
Once Bai Zhi possesses divinity, the attention of the twelve Greek gods towards him will increase exponentially. Their previous lingering and observation will be completely changed, and all the gods will inevitably make their moves and choices.
Because angelica possesses divinity, it represents a seed whose germination is uncertain. Yet, amidst the expectations of the gods, it broke through the earth's boundaries and sprouted new shoots.
In a true sense, he embarked on the path to becoming a hero, killing the Lord of Gods, and becoming the fourth generation Lord of Gods.
At the same time, Bai Zhi will become Zeus's mortal enemy, with no chance of reconciliation.
The Book of the Greek Gods and Their Sons: Chapter 132 This is the Moment of Ascension to Godhood
Time is like sand slipping through your fingers; you can't grasp it or hold onto it. By the time you realize it, it's too late to undo the damage.
Occupying most of the temple grounds, the cryptic array constructed with deep mercury was meticulously drawn by Medusa under Euryale's direction.
“Once the blood transfusion ritual begins, you will have no chance to regret it. It will not stop until all the blood in your body is replaced with my blood.”
At the center of the Mercury Ritual Diagram, at the Yin-Yang point, sits Bai Zhi cross-legged on the ground, while Stheno stands tall, looking down.
"After this battle, the freedom you crave will be completely gone from you. The people you love, the gods you fear, and the fate you hate will follow one after another. You will bear the karma of the three Gorgon sisters. The gods who helped you may turn away from you. For example, Hephaestus, who helped you forge an immortal body, your 'mother,' may go mad and destroy you, this corrupted 'child.'"
"Let's continue. At this point, I have no way out."
Bai Zhi gazed at Stheno and gave his answer.
He made the wrong choice from the very beginning, and then made one mistake after another, until there was no room for regret.
Having agreed to Athena's request to go to the Isle of No Return, he was forced to drag the three Sthenes onto his treacherous path. All he could do was use himself as a bargaining chip.
Gods, if you wish to witness the birth of a hero, then I will perform for you an epic tale of a hero.
The story of rescuing a beautiful woman from the wrath of the gods is perhaps the most widely circulated classic tale in Greek mythology.
The moment the blood transfusion ritual was initiated, the mercury ritual array glowed with a purple light.
Bai Zhi shuddered violently from his heavy, powerfully beating flesh and blood source stone heart. In an instant, blood gushed from his pores with a jet-like force, and his face turned pale from excessive blood loss.
Body temperature is dropping at an extremely rapid rate. An immortal body can recover from severe injuries countless times, but it is powerless against normal death caused by the loss of life force. Immortality is not immortality; life force and soul are the only two weaknesses of an immortal body.
Without hesitation, Stheno decisively drew her sharp dagger and slashed the artery in her wrist. Hot, golden-red blood gushed out, slowly dripping down the goddess's delicate, fair skin and onto Bai Zhi's body.
Within the Mercury Ritual Array, the goddess's blood, as if alive, permeated the body that had lost too much blood. This life-giving divine blood, almost enough to grant immortality, replaced the mortal blood of the past.
Euryale watched as Stheno's beautiful face gradually turned a sickly pale. The two had never been apart since they became conscious, and this was the first time she had seen Stheno in such a disheveled state, all because of a stranger.
Being obsessed with love is a disease, and it's a pity that I'm also afflicted with it.
Euryale shook her head and sighed, "Medusa, it's your turn."
“Yes, sister.” Medusa did not hesitate. She removed her blindfold, covered her left eye with one hand, and pressed her fingers hard. With a soft splatter, blood flowed down from between her fingers.
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Holding a petrified demonic eye in her palm, she stepped into the mercury ritual array and approached Bai Zhi. Before he could react, she moved her other hand to his left eye socket, and the next moment, a soft popping sound rang out as the immortal eyeball was plucked off.
An immortal body should be able to regenerate from damage, but during the blood transfusion ritual, the regenerative power was prevented by the ritual, making it possible to replace the eyes.
This is also Bai Zhi's opportunity to complete Athena's mission, a result agreed upon with Medusa before the ceremony began.
To exchange one eye for another.
Beyond the island, the towering tsunami was less than ten minutes away, but that was enough.
The blood-transfer ritual finally came to an end, concluding with a kiss from Stheno.
He opened his eyes, and in his dark and violet pupils emerged a supreme divinity.
Biological beings are instinctively inclined to seek advantage and avoid harm; selfishness and ruthlessness in life are predestined.
The life force is renewed and circulated from the source, the divine blood that flows from the heart to the whole body.
From this day forward, Bai Zhi could no longer be called a human being; he would bear the shadow of Stheno, and his eyes would forever reflect Medusa's profile.
This is the moment of ascending to godhood.
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On the beach of the Invisible Island.
Bai Zhi looked back at the location of the temple, and could only sense Medusa's presence. Did the two perfect goddesses not even give each other a chance to say goodbye?
He gave a wry smile, then sighed softly and turned his gaze back to the boundless sea.
Suddenly, Bai Zhi's eyes changed completely. One of them turned crimson, as the power of immortality broke through Poseidon's divine power blockade and saw the impending tsunami. The other eye, a violet-like demonic eye, shimmered with an eerie light, as if it wanted to turn everything it looked at into inorganic stone statues.
Facing a natural disaster that could destroy a small country through her own strength, Bai Zhi realized for the first time that she had grown to this extent.
The days when he was chased by several kingdom soldiers to the point of jumping off a cliff are over. He is now qualified to challenge the power of the gods with his own strength.
The wave finally swept in, reaching a height of over a hundred meters, and a dark shadow, as if the sky were collapsing, enveloped him completely.
Bai Zhi took a deep breath, then clenched his fists. The divine blessing of the moon gave him the confidence to remain calm in the midst of the storm, while the divine blessing of the sun gave him the absolute killing move to break the tsunami.
She stepped back on one foot, drew her fist to her waist and abdomen, her eyes sharp as knives. Using her spine and tailbone as support and guided by the Sword Heart Technique, she concentrated all her strength into her fist.
With a single punch, Poseidon, who was being served by his maids in the ocean, the three Gorgon sisters watching everything that was happening on the beach in the desolate temple, and the gods of Mount Olympus all had their eyes light up.
That's quite impressive power. With just this one move, almost no mortal hero could rival Bai Zhi. Even among demigods, only a few powerful demigods like Hercules could probably compare to him.
The orange, like the energy of the blazing sun, collides with the deep blue, like the power of **.
Two divine forces, originating from the same source but completely different, are exchanging blows, annihilating the power of the punch and the mass of the tsunami.
Finally, the power Poseidon left in the tsunami was completely neutralized by the sun god power that Bai Zhi continuously output.
Amidst the colossal waves that covered the sky, a fist-shaped imprint, thirty meters in size, suddenly appeared, completely covering the void where the temple of the Invisible Island was located.
After doing all this, Bai Zhi, exhausted, seemed to lose the strength to stand up. His knees buckled and he fell to the ground on one knee. He felt dizzy, but he had a natural smile on his face.
He did it; through his own will and his own choices, he achieved his own redemption...
The Book of the Greek Gods and Their Sons: Chapter 133 Goddess
Gulu gulu——
Bubbles seeped from his mouth and nose. Although unconscious, he did not appear to be in pain; on the contrary, he seemed to be nourished by the pressure and vitality of the deep sea.
After Hephaestus forged his body, Bai Zhi, who had not been able to rest properly, revealed a contented expression in her slumber.
Surprisingly, the one guarding the angelica in the deep sea is the deep-sea monster, Kraken, whom he had previously coerced.
The octopus, hundreds of meters long, had its fleshy tentacles winding around Bai Zhi, as if trying to catch a carnivorous sea beast that was approaching.
Kraken's narrow eyes flashed with a mixture of resentment, a desire to devour Bai Zhi alive, and an unpleasant feeling of having to protect her.
Unfortunately, Poseidon, the god of the sea, personally gave the order that all the 'children' living in the ocean must obey unconditionally, even at the cost of their lives.
When Bai Zhi finally emerged from the sea after a long period of darkness, she was greeted by the sunrise spreading across the horizon.
The sun and the sea collide on the horizon, until the distant sea behind us is tinged with a warm orange-yellow, while the reflection of the snow-white waves shatters and disperses this, immersing us in a dazzling array of colors.
At this moment, the impression of deep blue all around also vanished, just as the morning mist obscured the sparse stars.
At the moment of dawn, when the moon and sun hang in the sky together, the effect of divine blessing reaches its peak.
The exhausted body is recovering exponentially, the depleted mental energy is soaring, and the dormant consciousness is gradually awakening as life force recovers.
"This sky is so unfamiliar... Where am I? Has Medusa finally smashed through the ceiling of the temple?"
Bai Zhi, who had just opened her eyes and was still not fully conscious, subconsciously thought that Medusa could no longer endure her sisters' torment and had chosen to rebel.
As his sleepy eyes gradually cleared, memories began to surface in his mind—the words Stheno had spoken to him before the blood transfusion ceremony.
"Having inherited my bloodline, you will completely sever ties with the past. In the long run, we will be your family. Can you let go of the past and choose the unknown future?"
Stheno told Bai Zhi the whole story of the blood transfusion ceremony and gave him a choice.
Would you like to become my third family member?