Xingyue, is Xiaokai also considered Kai?

I'm a little worried. Mingjia said he was going to be reincarnated, but so many years have passed and there's still no news.

No matter what kind of harm, earth-shattering war, or crisis it might be, Vishnu felt he could manage it on his own, since Brahma wasn't involved and Shiva remained in asceticism on the Himalayas, awaiting... Kasyapa's return.

That was an important friend of Vishnu's, someone he was very familiar with since the beginning of creation, whose cheerful voice and smiling expression he always knew.

But on that very day, Sati fell into a deep sleep, Gavial was reborn, and Shiva, in his anger, slew Daksha…

The sacred lira seems unchanged, yet it also seems to have changed slightly.

However, as Jia said, he will return during the Three Kingdoms era, carrying a large number of flowers engraved with his own name.

Whether this can be considered a consolation remains unclear to Vishnu.

Whether it was from exhaustion or the necessity of doing this to his worshippers again, Vishnu felt a long-lost sense of distress.

Long before Gavia's departure and before the Asura King Pali, Vishnu had already fought a great battle with the ascetic Dabo Bhava for 999000 years.

This ascetic named Dabo Bhava received the blessing of the sun god Surya, who bestowed upon him a thousand layers of armor. To break through each layer, one needed to practice asceticism for 1000 years. Each time a layer was broken, the one who broke through it would die. Dabo Bhava conquered the three realms with his invincible armor. Vishnu, in turn, transformed into Nara and Narayana, and through alternating battles and resurrecting each other, fought against him for 999000 years.

Dabobahwa realized he was about to be killed, so he hid back with Surya. Surya instructed him to reincarnate with the last layer of armor, and his reincarnation was the later Karna.

Vishnu really felt exhausted after that incident.

If Jia were here, things might be a little better... If only Jia were here, Jia, where are you now?

As he murmured this in his heart, the dwarf Vamana, an avatar of Vishnu, began the 'three steps' witnessed by Pali—

The first step is to cross the earth.

The second step is to cross the intermediate world between the earth and the heavens.

There was no way to advance further. At this moment, Boli suddenly said:

“Praise be to the Lord of the Himalayas! I now know your true identity, my Lord Narayana. Since that is so, please step on me to complete the third step. Praise be to Narayana.”

Upon hearing this, Vamana also sighed:

"Pali, in some Yuga you will once again become the king of the three realms, because you are an existence that is still respected by the gods even if you lose your glory."

"Homage to Brahma, homage to the Great God, homage to Narayana, homage to the Lord of the Himalayas."

Boli accepted his fate without complaint.

Then Vamana pushed Boli into the ground.

At that very moment, Vishnu sensed that a switch had been turned on with a click.

Vishnu never felt this 'switch,' as if it were a prompt that the era had instantly entered a certain stage, something that was almost instinctive for the god of form.

"..."

Vishnu saw the light shining from the sun, as if it foreshadowed the birth of a new era in the world.

what happened?

The time for perfection has come to an end; the golden age has ended.

The three-minute mark begins, and the conflict between the Asuras and the gods will shift to humanity, who have entered the Silver Age and are gradually declining, focusing more on material enjoyment and less on spiritual pursuits.

That's right, that's why I could hear that voice.

Is that all? Is that really all there is to it?

Vishnu was not entirely clear on the matter. However, he strongly sensed that something momentous, comparable to a change in the course of history, had occurred.

“…Gar?”

Vishnu did not sense any familiar figure, but his throat still automatically produced a sound.

At some point, Vishnu turned his head toward the sun and looked at its light.

The brilliance that has never changed seems to be different this time.

Why do I feel this way? I'm not quite sure, but... it's very similar.

In that instant—

Vishnu understood what he was feeling.

Just now, with the changing of the times, the reincarnation of Jia was born.

"Welcome back, Ga."

Vishnu's voice was hoarse, and his cheeks were wet, though he didn't seem to be crying.

Then, just as Vishnu was about to go and see, Indra, the king of gods, appeared before him again, clasped his hands together, and sincerely said:

"Oh no, Lord! Another Asura has become the Asura King and is attacking! Save us!"

"……what?"

This time, the Asura King was named Taraka. He stripped naked in the snow and ice to temper his body, then put himself on a fire to roast, and even cut off pieces of his own flesh and threw them into the fire until he became a skeleton. While practicing asceticism, he also prayed to Brahma for blessings, so much so that he chanted Brahma's name every moment without stopping.

Therefore, Brahma descended as he wished, and Taraka prayed that he would never be defeated and would win every battle.

Although Brahma is a god who gives away everything, remembering some things that happened after he bestowed blessings in the past, he answered tactfully:

"You can be invincible except for Shiva's son."

For Brahma, knowing that Sati had awakened and changed her name to Parvati as proof that she was Gavia's daughter, he considered himself to have facilitated the relationship between the two, which was a rather good blessing.

Vishnu also knew about Sati's awakening, but since it was so simple, why did Indra, the king of gods, seek Vishnu's help instead of Shiva?

This is because Parvati and Shiva firmly believe that they must follow the lira's process so that Gavial can return sooner.

Therefore, after awakening, Sati, who had changed her name to Parvati, followed the lira's process and practiced asceticism in the Himalayas. Shiva also firmly did not give her a second glance, waiting for the reincarnation of Gavial to appear so that he could propose marriage to Parvati's father, the Lord of the Himalayas.

Brahma had not foreseen this, so the gods had no choice but to ask Vishnu to first deal with the attacking Taraka.

Vishnu was completely numb, but once something like this happened, he had no choice but to defend it.

"Okay, I'll go right away."

……

In the human realm, somewhere in the mountains.

The sunlight, like beams of rising light, bathed the flowers on the other side of the earth. The buds, warmed by the sunlight, received this joy in their light sleep, contrasting with the light shining through the gaps in the leaves on the earth.

Although the sun is the same everywhere, its sunlight is undoubtedly very strong at this moment.

Kama, the god of love, had worked diligently for so many years, but he finally couldn't take it anymore.

"Ugh, so annoying! Why are all the relationships they're in so weird? They're all awful, and it's infuriating that they dare to be so fickle..."

Cupid started grumbling as soon as he got out of bed.

Well, Kama sensed that love and affection among humans and all things had become somewhat defiled in the last tens of thousands of years.

In fact, this is the prelude to the transition from perfection to division, which is a manifestation of all things paying more attention to material enjoyment and gradually weakening spiritual pursuits.

Kama naturally couldn't detect this connection. The god of love just felt that it was far more annoying than the first few romances... But there was nothing he could do. After all, Kama was the god of love, and this was his duty. He had to do it whether he wanted to or not. It was just that his patience had been worn down to almost nothing.

Ugh, I'm so tired. I really don't want to go out at all. I just want to lie down and relax...

Although this thought crossed his mind, Kama still went out the door—

Cupid looked at his hands and the ground, and let out a soft sigh of white breath. Even though the sun was almost at its highest point, the air was still icy cold, and the sunlight coming through the sky offered no warmth whatsoever.

Kama then casually glanced around. At this moment, there was only one house left on the mountain, and even the many flowers that were originally under the lush greenery of the mountain were almost withered.

The reason for this is quite simple.

Because Kama's 'lover' Rhodi left.

During the fire sacrifice of Daksha, Daksha was beheaded by the angry Shiva. Afterwards, Brahma resurrected Daksha and gave him a goat's head, saying that it was Kavia who made him do this. Daksha's actions were not the reason for his reincarnation, and Daksha could continue to be in charge of the fire sacrifice. After his resurrection, Daksha put away his anger towards Shiva. He not only made offerings to the four guardian deities at every fire sacrifice, but also showed kindness to everyone. When the fire sacrifice was not being held, he went to the Himalayas and knelt in the snow to practice asceticism.

Although Daksha had repented, many sages and other beings who worshipped Gavia cursed him to the point of being no different from a dead man, or rather, that living was more painful than dying. Daksha accepted this completely and did not seek forgiveness from other gods. Instead, he continued his ascetic practices in the Himalayas.

Seeing Daksha's condition, many immortals slightly reduced the harm of the curse, but not entirely. In short, if Daksha were to no longer suffer from the curse, he would have to be forgiven by the Lord of the Himalayas himself.

Seeing her father become like this, although she felt he deserved it, and since Daksha was no longer as arrogant as before, Lottie went back with some of Daksha's daughters to maintain the family. Kama didn't care, but he felt a little bored being alone after Lottie left.

At least I used to be able to look at the flowers that Rorty grew...

The reason Kama didn't grow flowers wasn't because he was lazy, but because his duties as the god of love were too tiring for him. He didn't have much extra time to take care of such trivial things. For example, Kama felt that he hadn't changed much over the years, which was definitely due to being too tired...

Cupid really thinks that way, believing that he would have grown up if he didn't have all these troubles.

"Cuckoo."

Hearing the cockatoo's call beside his shoulder brought Kama back to his senses, and he decided to continue his duties for the day.

However, just as Kama ascended to heaven, atop the mountain, the god of love turned his gaze in confusion toward a certain place—

On this mountain, where only Cupid and his pet cockatoo reside, a roar from some unknown source echoed through the silence.

Strange things were happening all around. Birds were gathering around the forest and riverbank, as if they were guarding the area.

Dogs are barking, cats are standing in a row, and crows are circling in the sky.

They were all staring at one spot, something hidden by a small clump of grass, which, from Kama's perspective, was unknown.

"Cuckoo."

The cockatoo's tiny chirping means, "Master, aren't you going to go and see what it is?"

"Forget it, whatever, it's none of my business anyway."

Cupid shook his head, then looked away and prepared to leave.

But just as Kama was leaving, Eros saw a she-wolf slowly walking towards him. For some reason, Kama gritted his teeth and flew over at an incredible speed. The animals around him sensed the presence of the god and immediately scattered and fled, including the she-wolf that Kama saw as having ill intentions.

When Kama arrived at this place, he lifted the clump of grass—

"...It's actually a little kid who was abandoned? Hey, who would pick up something like that..."

Cupid crouched down, scrutinizing the 'baby' and making disdainful remarks.

But ultimately, seeing the smug look in his pet cockatoo's eyes, Kama said this with a smug expression:

"Fine, since I've seen him, I'll just take him home and raise him however I want. As long as he doesn't die, it'll be fine. Anyway, I can't cook. I'll just chase him away when he grows up—"

"Goo?"

Kama's pet stared at its owner, who had suddenly frozen in shock, looking somewhat puzzled by the change in her expression.

After all, the cockatoo knows very well that its owner is a stubborn but soft-hearted god. In this situation, the owner can't continue to be so overly fierce. As long as the time comes, the owner will say, "Let's keep it if we can." That's the right compromise.

However, Kama's expression has changed from indifference to something incomprehensible to a bird, a half-smile, though any other deity would recognize it as 'pleasure'.

The reason for this is quite simple: Kama sensed in this infant the very presence of Gavia, the lord of the Himalayas, a presence he had felt before, however faint, yet unmistakably distinct. In other words, Kama realized that this was most likely the reincarnation that Gavia had spoken of at the Daksha fire sacrifice…

If Kama had seen it immediately after the fire sacrifice, he would probably have sent it back to Vritra in the Himalayas without hesitation.

But things are different now. So many years have passed, and Kama has long been exhausted by the duties of the god of love. Moreover, the effect of the arrow of love that Kama has used for many years has been activated. Because it was forged by the god of forging, Tashta, in the place where the Asuras are, it has absorbed unknown power, which has led to the possibility of turning a god into an Asura. However, as long as there is a token of 'love' engraved in it, it can be suppressed.

Tashta never imagined that Kama and Loti's marriage was just a sham, and Kama had completely forgotten about it while in a coma. As a result, when Kama reached the third stage of his life after experiencing the perfection of his life, although he was still a god in essence, he would sometimes become irritable like an Asura.

It was alright before; Kama could complain privately in his room, but now Kama really couldn't suppress it anymore.

After all, this is the God of Fortune, the noble and gentle Lord of the Himalayas whom I could only admire from afar and never approach long ago! Now he is in my hands, under my control... This feeling, this feeling, although somewhat disrespectful, is just too wonderful!

I will nurture the turning body of the god of divination.

Lord of the Himalayas.

You are the god who prays for the happiness of all things, and also the god for whom all things pray for happiness, and the god Gavia who once helped me.

Longing accumulates from the Himalayas, a fragile and hazy vortex of thoughts, quietly awaiting the awakening and return of the holy mountain's lord.

you--

A goddess of captivating beauty, a goddess of pure innocence, a goddess bathed in the blessings of the stars.

What will he become under my care? What will Lord Gavia become? Raising him myself... the more I think about it, the more interesting it becomes...

Thinking of this, Kama's lips curled into an extremely wide smile. He picked up Gavia's reincarnation, gazed intently at his face, and pinched his cheek:

"Who has a higher status, the one who raises the child or the one who receives care... Heh, it's obvious now, isn't it?"

After saying this, Cupid turned around with the child in his arms and continued to finish his work for the day.

Until the emerald green mountain disappeared into the clouds, Gavia's reincarnation looked up at the sky, and then Kama used his hand to turn her head towards her as if forcing her.

"Don't look around... It's not good if you see something dirty~ Anyway, just keep your eyes on me for now."

Then Cupid smiled slowly.