Rico stood on a high place and watched as the crowd left the Divine City. One after another, the Fusion Monster opened the way, and Sanyeren returned to the sea once again. Several Priest of God controlled the fusion monster to drive away the dense school of fish towards the sunset, leaving behind the paradise that belonged to him, Ledley, and Sally. The once bustling city was now empty and silent.

Turning his head, Rico looked at Ledley kneeling in front of his idol.

"Ledley" he said. "It's good for them to leave. We don't need so many people to accompany us. The sea and land are the home of civilization. This is just an island."

He wanted to pat Ledley’s shoulder like he used to, but his hand passed through his body.

Rico was taken aback for a moment, but then he understood why. The blood of mythology was given to his heirs and the crown of wisdom. This shell was just an ordinary body, no longer possessing the power he gave to Ledley, and it also lost the ability to to connect. For Rico was like a soul but something greater, he could only touch those that had the power of myths.

He looked at his radiant hand, and suddenly a strong, nameless anger surged into his heart.

"Is it worth it, to live in this form that is neither death and alive?" he asked.

He wanted to smash everything in front of him, but when he raised his hand, he put it down again. Anger and impatience were of no use.

The only thing he could rely on was endless time and life.

He could change everything, he could do everything, all he needed was to wait.

He went from fearing loneliness to aversion to loneliness.

Now, he was getting used to being alone.

Looking at the quiet city, he sat in front of the steps of the temple. Watching the light and shadow of the sun spread over the buildings of the Divine City from the coast, watching the moon turn from one side of the night sea to the other.

After the sun rose and set for a few rounds, he finally stood up.

"Sally!" he called out.

The girl turned her head to look at him, staring at him with big eyes.

She came to Rico in a trot, stretched her head, and made a sound.

"Gululu!"

Rico went down the stairs. "Let's take a walk."

The two walked down the temple together, and Sally was holding the flower pot.

Rico stood for a while in front of the statue Yesel had built for Ledley. He then turned around and walked through the ghost city until he arrived at the swamp where ancestor fish were once farmed. Finally, he stopped on the coastline where the tide was eroding the beach and rocks and gravel were scattered everywhere. Not far from the beach, Sally had planted her beloved Sun Cup flower, whose root system continued to spread underground like tentacles. After leaving the stone basin that bound it, this bizarre half-plant and half-animal life began to release its powerful vitality, growing to more than one meter tall in just a few days. Immediately afterwards, several young plants grew around it, multiplying and spreading until the sun-cup flowers covered the beach and coast, climbing up the hills and valleys. Rico’s little exploration into the dead city had brought it back to life.

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The entire divine land had turned into a sea of golden flowers, with the tall pyramid temple right in the center of the sea of flowers. At this time, it was a real heaven and fantasy wonderland. Looking at the sea of flowers exuding golden light, the wind blew across the gold and swayed, making people feel dazzled and stupefied. Rico felt much better and commented, "Gorgeous."

Sally didn't know whether she liked it or not, but she always walked down quietly and dived into the golden flower sea. She smelled the fragrance of flowers, lay on it comfortably, and basked in the sun. Finally, one day Rico called back Sally who was hiding in the sea of flowers. He was going to temporarily slow down his perception of time and put himself into a deep sleep, which was also a means of crossing time. When he wakes up, hundreds or even thousands of years may have passed, but it wouldn't feel like a long river of time.

"Sally, I will sleep for a while," said Rico. "You stay in the temple, don't run around, and don't leave the Divine land. Wait for me to wake up." Rico walked into the idol statue of him, and the light converged little by little into the idol until no abnormality was seen anymore. He was waiting for the power of the blood of the myth to undergo a qualitative change, or for a certain change in the extraordinary life and power, at which time he might be able to change his status of a soul like existence.

In the gloomy temple, Sally nestled beside the idol, swinging her legs. She looked into the distance with hollow eyes and made her unique voice.

"Gululu!"

After their first successful arrival, the Sanyerian successfully reached the place of origin on their second attempt, bypassing all dangerous areas. This route is now known as the Yesel route in honor of Yesel, the second-generation king of wisdom who led thousands of people onto the new world.

His great feats in finding the place of origin were celebrated. As they knelt on the shore, kissing the earth and calling out the names of God and the first king of wisdom, Ledley, they were awed by the vast land before them.

"The place of origin," they exclaimed, "is this where God descends? Everything here belongs to us?"

Despite being banished from the Divine land due to the unforgivable sin committed by the Sanyeren, they still believed in God and were even more devout than before.

They knew that they were the ones who had done wrong, not the gods. They had witnessed the boundless power of the gods with their own eyes and had seen the fate of the blasphemers who dared to challenge him.

Now, as they looked upon this vast land, they felt that the gods had not abandoned them. Instead, the gods had given them a wider land where they could live and thrive for generations to come. This was a place of hope and future, where they could cultivate their ancestor fish given to them by the gods and build a new city.

Yesel stood on the cliff overlooking the land and declared, "God did not abandon us." The people cheered, some were moved to tears, and others buried their heads in the sand as if feeling the breath of God.

Three huge fusion monsters were building the main body of the new city by digging huge boulders, while the other Sanyes were assisting and opening up fishing grounds along the coast.

After the deaths of Ens and Bunes, their fusion monster became the property of the new king Yesel. Looking at the fiery place of origin and the city that was forming, Yesel was filled with joy.

"Yesel," his sisters ask, "what should we call this city?"

After deep thought, Yesel, wearing the crown of wisdom on his head, replied, "This is the place where the gods descend, the birthplace of the great king of wisdom, and the origin of our Sanye people. Let us call it the city of God Descend, the Divine City"