Game of Thrones: The Wrath of the Sleeping Dragon

Although Viserys could use his soul to enter the realm of the gods, and then leap into the territory of the drowned god to knock on the door and find Him.

However, Viserys did not do so because he did not want Rahlo to know about this. If they were in the realm of the gods, he guessed that there was probably nothing that could be hidden from the head of the gods.

The journey from the Land of Everwinter to the Iron Islands was not short; it involved traversing most of Westeros, and it took Viserys several days to finally reach the skies above the Iron Islands on his black dragon.

The next step is to find the location of the Water Palace, the palace of the drowning god. Legend has it that it was built on the seabed, and people believe that the dead Iron People will be invited to the Water Palace for a feast, and any wish they have will be granted by the mermaids.

On the beach of Old Wake Island, a slender man in his early twenties with dark brown hair is being submerged in the icy water by a drowning man.

The 'drowning' ritual is a very sacred tradition among the Ironborn, symbolizing that they offer their bodies to the Drowning God so that they can find the Drowning God's palace after death.

The young man who is currently being submerged is being held down by a pastor who is pressing his head with his hand while the pastor chants incantations.

"May your servant Theon Greyjoy be reborn from the sea, just as you are! Bless him with sea salt, bless him with stone, bless him with steel!"

The long-haired, drowned priest was chanting incessantly, while on the other side, Euron Greyjoy, the governor of the Iron Islands, stood under a gazebo not far away, watching this scene with slightly narrowed eyes.

"Euron, are you going to kill him?"

A woman with long blonde hair, who looked very elegant, standing next to Euron spoke up.

She is none other than Cersei Lannister, the former queen of Euron, who remarried with Viserys's permission, and has now given birth to a son and a daughter for Euron.

Meanwhile, the person undergoing the flooding ceremony on the other side is Euron's good nephew Theon. Theon originally lived in Winterfell, but later fled to King's Landing with his foster mother, Lady Catelyn. Theon met his sister Asha and stayed in King's Landing.

However, after the Long Night, Theon was misled by his uncle Euron and eventually believed Euron's words, forgetting his sister's dying wish, and came to the Iron Islands to return to his ancestral home.

After all, Theon had always referred to himself as the 'Prince of the Iron Islands' in King's Landing. Although everyone knew that he had nothing to do with the Iron Islands anymore, and that he had once been nothing more than a hostage, no one took it seriously.

Theon was misled by Euron, who said that the Ironborn would one day return to their ancestral home, and that Theon was Balon's only son, so how could he possibly harm him?

Theon was completely fooled and actually believed that his uncle would no longer harm him after having a son, so he followed Euron back to the Iron Islands.

The most important moment in the life of an iron species is the 'flooding ceremony'.

This symbolizes a child's formal growth into the Ironborn, and also signifies Theon's long-awaited return to his homeland after years of wandering.

However, accidents happen very frequently during these flooding rituals.

Chapter 906 The Death of Theon

Because experienced drowning people can completely control the success rate of the drowning ritual.

"The dead are not dead!"

However, on the sea, the barefoot drowning priest pressed his hand against Theon Greyjoy's head, ignoring the young man's constant struggles, and roared loudly.

"The dead are not dead!"

The drowning priest was prompting Theon to answer, but unfortunately, after a violent spasm and struggle, Theon did not respond.

"The dead are not dead!"

After three reminders, Theon did not respond, and the Ironborn watching on the shore gradually became panicked.

Someone ran over quickly and warned him, while the priest in charge of the flooded area also gave Theon a heavy tap on the back. After confirming that it was true, he pulled Theon out of the sea and placed him on the beach.

The Ironborn, who had gathered around, began to perform crude and rudimentary CPR, hoping to bring Theon back from the great Drowned God. However, the young man with dark brown hair lay motionless on the beach.

After working tirelessly for a while, everyone finally gave up, knowing it was too late to save them. They looked at the gradually cooling corpse on the ground with regret in their eyes, shook their heads and said.

"The great drowning god may need a strong sailor."

"He will be a good sailor!"

"Those who have returned to their ancestral roots are all good lads!"

The Drowned God mercilessly took away King Balon's only son, which many Iron People felt was a great loss.

At the same time, they all turned their gaze to a man not far away with a gloomy face and a black eyepatch over his left eye—their Governor Euron.

Everyone knew that Theon's death was definitely related to his good uncle, but there was no evidence, and no one dared to stand up and accuse Euron.

Euron then feigned regret as he approached Theon and covered his nephew's eyes, while the drowning man responsible for conducting Theon Greyjoy's drowning ceremony looked uneasy and kept kowtowing to Euron, begging for mercy.

However, it is normal for people to fail to be saved during the flood ritual, so Euron did not punish the priest; he simply waved him away.

Theon Greyjoy, an unknown figure, died. He was only twenty-one or twenty-two years old and hadn't even had a chance to experience the joys of life before his uncle assassinated him.

Lord Balor Blacktes of Black Tide Island once described the three brothers, Balon, Euron, and Elon, in this way.

'Baron is a madman, Ellen is a madman, and Euron is even mader than both of them.'

Therefore, after Euron impregnated his wife Cersei and she gave birth to a son for him, Euron became even more eager to eliminate his elder brother's descendants.

Theon, still somewhat naive and inexperienced, believed his uncle's lies and genuinely thought that once the uncle had an heir, he would no longer harm him and would always welcome him back to the family. However, Theon did not expect that this trip would make it impossible for him to leave again.

After Theon died, no one paid any attention to him anymore. Like the corpse of a stray dog ​​on the roadside, his body was hastily buried and became a thing of the past.

Not long after Theon died, his spirit remained standing there, staring hatefully in the direction the crowd had gone.

However, Theon immediately felt an unprecedented sense of fear wash over him, like a mouse encountering a cat, as if he had seen his natural enemy.

He looked up at the sky, and above the clouds, a powerful figure seemed to be passing by in a low-key manner. Then, poor Theon was pulled into the sky by a powerful suction force until he came into Viserys's hands.

"Ok?"

Theon Greyjoy?

Viserys frowned as he watched the wronged soul that had been inexplicably sucked into his hand. He hadn't expected Theon to die here. Shouldn't he be in King's Landing, receiving the protection of the royal family? How did he end up in the Iron Islands?

Euron wanted to eliminate all of Balon's children to rightfully become the ruler of the Iron Islands, so Theon was naturally a thorn in his side, even more dangerous than his sister Asha.

Theon followed Lady Catelyn to King's Landing and accepted the protection of the Targaryen family. Euron naturally dared not act recklessly, but Viserys never expected that Theon would actually have the audacity to come to the Iron Islands. Has this guy really lost his mind?

Viserys, holding Theon's soul, read through Theon's recent events with a flash of pale purple light in his eyes.

He initially thought Euron was incredibly audacious, having secretly taken advantage of his absence from King's Landing to kidnap Theon.

But he was surprised that Theon had come of his own volition, which left him speechless.

"Never mind, you can stay here for now."

Although Euron had somewhat offended Viserys, Viserys had no intention of avenging Theon. He had no one to blame but himself for being brainless, so he simply put Theon's soul away.

However, at that moment, another soul flashed out beside Viserys, which was none other than Jaime Lannister, who later became the Faceless Man.

"His Majesty."

The golden-haired knight appeared and immediately knelt on one knee, realizing that he had arrived at the Iron Islands, and thus came out to beg Viserys.

This was a request Jaime had made to Viserys before: that he wanted to see Cersei again someday.

Jaime was a special being in Viserys's hands. Viserys used him as a subject of experimentation, trying to make Jaime, as a soul, make some contact with the real world, and thus understand the true nature of the soul.

With Viserys's help, Jaime gradually gained some abilities that could influence the real world through the heat of divine fire and the power of the black mist.

For example, Jaime can enter other people's dreams and scare them to death with nightmares. He can also briefly possess living people or corpses and then "resurrect" them.

Viserys didn't actually dislike Jaime. If we disregard his identity, in the original timeline, Viserys actually quite liked him. Jaime was a charismatic character with clear likes and dislikes, especially given the ups and downs he experienced, yet he remained resilient.

"Want to see Cersei?"

"Go."

Viserys listened to Jaime's request, pondered for a moment, and then nodded.

Since Jaime wasn't closely connected to him, Viserys wouldn't cause him much involvement with the mortal world, so he let him go.

Then James turned into a cloud of black mist and disappeared.

Chapter 907 The Flowing Water Palace

Next, Viserys turned his gaze to the sea not far from Old Wick Island.

After becoming a god, Viserys's five senses became more acute, not from the physical body, but from the level of his soul.

He immediately noticed the unusual place and deduced that the Drowned God's Water Palace must be located beneath this sea.

However, at that moment, the fish in this cold seawater suddenly formed a whirlwind, creating towering waves. The seawater seemed to be separated by an invisible wall of air, forming a road leading straight to the depths of the seabed.

Then two beautiful mermaids emerged from the seawater. They had long, beautiful hair, wore silver seaweed aprons, but were bare-chested.

They raised their heads and gazed up at Viserys in the sky, then bowed slightly in the sea, beautiful and elegant, like sea sprites.

They were inviting Viserys into the Water Palace. The Drowned God had sensed the arrival of a distinguished guest and thus sent out mermaids to greet him.

"Wait for me around here."

Viserys saw this but said nothing. He gently supported Bellerion's back, letting it roam freely nearby, before entering the avenue formed by the sea.

Although Viserys had lived two lives, this was the first time he had experienced something like this. The sea parted to form a road, and two mermaids led the way. Viserys also had time to admire the surrounding scenery.

The road, parted by the sea, was flanked by azure waters where schools of fish swam. Viserys then descended deeper and deeper, and after an unknown amount of time, he finally saw a magnificent, golden palace nestled deep in the ocean.

Golden rays of light pierced through the cold seawater, illuminating the palace located deep in the ocean. The white, soft sand and clear water were clearly visible, with fish and shrimp swimming nearby. Beautiful mermaids danced gracefully around the area.

"welcome."

However, at that moment, an old, deep voice rang out from Viserys' left.

Viserys glanced sideways and saw a tall, strong old man in the sea wearing a driftwood crown, with gray hair and a gray beard. Even his eyes were gray, yet they were bright and piercing, like two torches.

"Grey Sea King".

Viserys' expression tightened slightly when he saw the old man; he had once seen this human hero born in the Dawn Era in the skull of a raven.

He was the most outstanding sailor in human history, unparalleled before or since. He struggled between two fierce gods, and finally used the weapon given to him by the Storm God to kill the sea dragon Naga, who was causing havoc. Then he seized the Naga fire that the Storm God had coveted and became a god in one fell swoop.

Enraged at being tricked, the Storm God launched frequent attacks on human islands. In the end, the Grey Sea King, wielding the longsword capable of slaying gods, killed the Storm God.

The raven skull that Viserys found was cut off by the Grey Neptune.

The Grey Sea King, this great human king, was later known as the Drowning God in the Iron Islands.

"I am..."

Viserys saw the body of the Drowning God at the Water Palace. He was about to introduce himself when the Drowning God waved him off, his voice sounding somewhat impatient.

"I know who you are."

Although a year and a half of darkness is but a fleeting moment in the long lives of the gods, all the gods in the world pay special attention to it.

Viserys's killing of the Night King and becoming a god was known to all the gods in heaven, including the drowning god.