The True Gods || Kim Taehyung ||

Goddess Maya

Tianyou Continent, among the wilderness.

A lonely mountain was hidden amongst the Hundred Thousand Swamps. Under the vast fog, the grass was the only thing flourishing and stretched vastly across the mountain. The green color was rich and vibrant.

There were several bamboo huts scattered at the top of the mountain. It was obviously an extremely cold winter, but the maple leaves on the mountain were blooming red as if in a fairyland.

In the yard between the bamboo huts, an unidentified dark green presence was humming as it tossed the glowing egg in its claws, its big eyes full of protection.

Seeing the woman in teal clothing walk out of the bamboo hut, it hurriedly hid the egg behind its back. Its green eyes blinked and a crisp voice came out, “Immortal Deity Ha-eun, it’s been a year, and the burning one inside still hasn’t hatched?”

In plain clothes and her long hair casually rolled up with a wooden hairpin, the woman who walked out was less overwhelming and flamboyant than she was as a high god, additionally she had an air of quietness. Hearing Bi Bo’s words, she raised her eyebrows, looked behind him, and said slowly, “It’s only been a year, what are you anxious about? Give him to me, it’s time to give him some spiritual power.”

Bi Bo reluctantly handed over the egg, flying in circles around Ha-eun, a pair of big eyes staring at the egg in Ha-eun’s hand without blinking.

“Alright, it’s not as if I’m going to eat him!” Ha-eun didn’t know whether to laugh or cry at Bi Bo’s protectiveness. She waved it away and walked towards the bamboo hut.

“Immortal Deity Ha-eun, those mortals broke into the mountain again yesterday. I turned into a human and it took me a lot of effort to drive them away. The one in the lead said that we were being lawless, occupying the entire mountain!” Bi Bo shouted to Ha-eun. Thinking of the well-dressed people yesterday, his face wrinkled into a ball.

At the Hundred Thousand Swamps, filled with grass in the barren land, Ha-eun was inadvertently sent here by the turbulent flow of time and space. She was too lazy to move, so she just lived in seclusion here. Who knew that this nameless mortal world had very little spiritual power. In only a year, the Three Treasures and Ha-eun’s spiritual power completely changed the mountain’s appearance, which attracted the attention and amazement of mortals.

“Lawless, they are right. Just let them come. They’re just some mortals, you can send them out again.” Ha-eun said nonchalantly, ignoring the disturbance in Bi Bo’s eyes.

“Immortal Deity Ha-eun, since you have used a formation to prevent mortals from entering, why don’t you simply bind the spiritual energy here? That way, the outside appearance won’t change again and it naturally won’t attract any more attention.” Bi Bo shook its head, asking clearly as its four limbs swiped in the air a few times. 

“The spiritual energy here is too weak, and the Hundred Thousand Swamps are barren and poisonous. Since I have the fate to come here, I shall create a blessing. I will not restrain the flow of spiritual energy. How the land will change in these hundred years will be determined by the Heavens.” Ha-eun said slowly as her eyes slightly flashed, recalling that the Mortal Realm lost the Soul-Suppressing Tower because of her, and sighed.

Seeing Ha-eun walking towards the bamboo hut, Bi Bo rolled its eyes and flew forward, “Immortal Deity Ha-eun, yesterday the person asked, since we occupy the mountain, this mountain should have a name, and the owner should have a title too!”

Pausing, Ha-eun thought for a moment, then turned around, “Since I live in seclusion here, this Mountain will be called Mountain Yin and my name…” She looked down at the ink-colored stone chain around her wrist, then said, “Goddess Maya”.