Transmigrating over ten thousand years late, I was forced to become a mighty presence

The first place to feel the impact of this convention was naturally Cang Province itself. The Aquatic Tribe which had been rampaging in various river basins had completely disappeared within the course of a month.

The vast majority of the Aquatic Tribe were grateful to the White-robed Divine Monarch for returning the divine path to nature, unwilling to harm the Human Clan. Given the deterrence left by the suppression of River Ji Dragon Palace by the White-robed Divine Monarch, ordinary members of the Aquatic Tribe did not dare to offend the Human Clan.

But with the sheer number of creatures in the Aquatic Tribe, even if the vast majority could stay out of trouble, any misbehavior by a small part of the Tribe seeking benefits from the passing Human Clan ships could stir chaos in the river basins.

This indeed happened in the first few days following the convention.

However, a turning point came as local deities from the Aquatic Tribe who strived towards achieving godhood through incense offerings began to intervene.

The first to step in and prevent the Aquatic Tribe from harassing human ships was a Qi-training Great Demon who declared himself as the Mingjiang River God. He sheltered passing human ships from attacks by the Aquatic Tribe, using his water god powers to help the ships quickly reach their destinations.

His actions naturally drew ridicule from many Aquatic Tribe members, who mockingly referred to the Mingjiang River God behind his back as a fool trying to curry favor with the Human Clan.

But a few days later, during a confrontation where the Aquatic Tribe attempted to plunder human ships, the Mingjiang River God displayed his true Incense Fire God Realm power and single-handedly defeated two Qi-training Great Demons of the same caliber. This swiftly silenced the entire Jidu Aquatic Clan.

All of the Jidu Aquatic Clan then realized that, by assisting human ships, the Mingjiang River God had accumulated a great deal of fame and incense faith, and had stepped into the Fourth Stage of the Divine Way – the feral god, thus becoming a true deity.

Several humans even declared their intention to build temples to offer incense to the Mingjiang River God, driving numerous water deities mad with envy.

Following this startling piece of news, more information came to the attention of most of the Aquatic Tribe members.

Those who wished to pursue incense faith were not limited to the Mingjiang River God alone, many Aquatic Tribe deities had been quietly following the Mingjiang River God’s example, escorting human ships in a bid to accumulate incense faith and reputation.

This development led to a trend among the Aquatic Tribe members, while those who attempted to cause strife quickly became tools for many Aquatic Tribe deities to spread their fame.

In the end, anytime the Aquatic Tribe tried to plunder human ships on River Ji, a deity from the Aquatic Tribe would surely come to their aid within a quarter of an hour.

The Aquatic Tribe exploited this method to harvest the power of incense and ascend the incense offering divine path returned to nature.

But it was not only the Aquatic Tribe within the territory of Cang Province that participated in this. As River Ji Dragon Palace’s divine path was returned to nature, the Aquatic Tribes in dozens of provinces and counties where River Ji flowed also felt the ripple.

Many powerful Aquatic Tribe members traveled vast distances to reach the mainstream of River Ji in Cang Province, all to vie for even the slightest opportunity of the incense offering divine path.

This resulted in a sudden increase in the power of the Aquatic Tribe within the territory of Cang Province.

In the past, Qi Transformation Stage Aquatic Tribes could establish a dominion over a stretch of water, attracting many small monsters to surrender to them. However, with the Aquatic Tribes from various provinces and counties entering Cang Province, the already scarce resources faced intense competition. Even a single Qi-training Great Demon found it hard to control a tributary.

Under such circumstances, numerous Qi-training Great Demons banded together, forming Dragon Palaces around several incense offering deities who had stepped onto the feral god level.

This wasn’t a self-proclaimed Dragon Palace like one parented by petty spirits in ponds and lakes, but a legitimate Dragon Palace endorsed by numerous monster tribes and bolstered by the incense offering divine path.

The incense offering divine courtyards began to form as these Dragon Palaces occupied the tributaries of River Ji.

Such developments infuriated the River Ji Dragon Palace, who sent several orders from within their grotto heavens commanding the direct line of the Jidu Aquatic Clan to subdue these fake Dragon Palaces.

However, knowing that the deterioration of River Ji Dragon Palace was an inevitable event now that they had lost suppression from the divine path, the direct line of Jidu Aquatic Tribe saw no advantage in complying. Furthermore, messages secretly sent from many water god ancestors within the Dragon Palace grotto heaven, advising them to preserve their strength and observe the changes, further confirmed their assumptions.

These direct lines of Dragon Palace Aquatic Tribe adopted a multitude of pretexts like lack of capability, or feigned a crusading stance to deceive the River Ji Dragon Palace, which sent the true dragons into another bout of fury.

The leader of the True Dragons, Ao Yu, angrily demanded that one of the water gods come into the world and slaughter all the traitors. But none of the water gods heeded his command.

Barring the already fallen Giant Clam Water God, all the other deities present had a lifespan of at least several hundred years.

They had endured through a strenuous cycle of three thousand trials and the long period of Spirit Energy depletion, finally arriving at this era of Spirit Energy revival. The aim was to compete for the will of the heavens to break through to the next realm and prolong their lifespan.

Under these circumstances, who would be willing to risk their life coming into the world just to maintain the so-called dignity of the River Ji Dragon Palace?

The River Ji Dragon Palace had already lost the suppression of the divine path, which resulted in a restless atmosphere within the palace. No matter how big the temptation, they had to remain alive to enjoy it.

Such circumstances infuriated the likes of Ao Yu and other True Dragons. However, they simply couldn’t forcibly order the water gods around.

Without the River Ji Dragon Sovereign’s authority and the River Ji Dragon Seal, there was no relationship of subordination between them and the water gods, and they had no means to truly restrict these deities.

The idea of forcefully threatening them with their power was laughable. The current situation was such that a single loose thread could unravel the entire tapestry. Unless they could suppress all the water gods, they couldn’t possibly force any Demon King to leave the Dragon Palace grotto heaven to descend into the world.