The country began to spin rapidly as if fueled, after Lin Yan woke up.
Before Lin Yan awoke, others felt that nothing had changed; development continued, and everything proceeded smoothly. However, once Lin Yan truly awoke, they noticed the difference.
The day after Lin Yan awoke, she started holding meetings with her subordinates, assigning tasks clearly. Each department then began to operate efficiently.
After a month of such busyness, Lin Yan finally had some free time. It was then that Morris sent someone to summon her.
Lin Yan was curious why he hadn't come to find her directly but had sent a messenger. However, she soon realized something and happily went to meet him.
As expected, when she arrived at the designated place, she saw a rain of flowers and dragons soaring through the sky, scattering petals of various colors.
Elves sang beautiful songs nearby, while mages from different schools created various special effects with their magic.
The scene was as beautiful as a fairy tale. Morris, appearing as the "prince," wore a perfectly tailored suit and walked slowly with a bouquet of red roses.
Lin Yan had witnessed such scenes many times before, but she was never the protagonist. Across countless worlds, Liang Minghao had proposed to her, but never with such a grand spectacle.
She thought about how she hadn't been proposed to in her original world, yet in these other worlds, she had married him multiple times and spent many years together.
Lin Yan watched him approach, backlit, and slowly kneel before her, presenting her with the bouquet.
"Angelina, perhaps my current status is not worthy of you, but my sincerity remains unchanged. Will you please agree to form a contract with me and become my eternal partner?"
Although Morris was a dragon, Lin Yan had already become a god. He had strong faith in their love, but their clan leader did not.
Therefore, after Lin Yan awoke, he began planning this grand proposal. Morris felt that such a proposal was necessary; he wanted to give the one he loved everything.
"I accept," Lin Yan said, taking the roses. As she took them, Morris produced a ring and placed it on her finger, then kissed it.
Fireworks exploded in the sky, accompanied by various colored magical displays. This grand proposal ceremony was unprecedented and would likely never be repeated.
After all, it was unlikely anyone else could enlist so many dragons and elves to help set the scene, nor could they invite so many mages of various disciplines to create such a "fireworks" display.
These mages were still low-level at the time, but many years later, they would all leave their mark in history and become famous figures.
The year after Lin Yan awoke, a new kingdom was established, proclaiming that divine authority would henceforth serve only royal authority, and would no longer wield significant influence or even dictate the selection of the emperor as before.
Lin Yan did not choose to be the empress. She had already become a god, so she placed Madam Santi on the throne.
After assisting Madam Santi with state affairs for a period and seeing her take charge, Lin Yan withdrew her involvement.
The fact that the emperor was a woman, and a divorced woman at that, had a profound impact on others.
Women, witnessing the Empress's journey, began to reflect on their own lives. Coupled with the opportunities provided by the court, many women started to break free from the constraints of their households and seek their own futures.
Among these women, Lin Yan saw many familiar faces. She did not pay excessive attention to them, as they did not require further focus.
Their past hardships were over, and now that they had this opportunity, they would undoubtedly seize it, working diligently to create a new world for themselves.
The year after the destruction of the Church of Light, the new calendar began.
In the first year of the new calendar, a nation with a true deity was established. Because of the deity's existence, surrounding countries came to pay homage.
In the second year of the new calendar, the wedding of the new Goddess of Light, Madam Angelina, and the black dragon Morris took place. On this day, various races presented their gifts.
The elves and dragon tribes had established diplomatic relations early on and had always maintained close ties. The two major royal families of the sea race also maintained friendly relations.
Other races came to celebrate, making this wedding a grand event for all races.
After the wedding, Lin Yan and Morris gradually faded from public view.
Having completely overthrown the Church of Light, she did not want another organization to emerge that, under the guise of worshipping deities, engaged in exploitation.
"This continent does not need a new deity. People should only believe in themselves; they need to use their own hands to create wealth, not place all their hopes on ephemeral deities."
"But Angelina, you are a real god," Santi said, not understanding why her daughter was limiting her own power.
She was already the only true deity on the continent and should rightfully receive the faith of the entire land.
"But Mother, I don't want to be a deity." If she had not been confident in her ability to defeat the Pope of Light at the time, she would not have condensed that godhead.
"A long life is not a gift for me, but a burden. I don't want to see those I know leave one by one. Although dragons have a long lifespan, it also has an end. But gods do not, and that is too lonely."
Her godhead was formed from faith. If this faith were to wane, would this godhead slowly dissipate? She wanted to try.
At the same time, she genuinely did not want any more deities to appear in this world. A single god had too great an impact on the continent's situation and its races.
After everything improved, Lin Yan and Morris left that place and began to travel the continent.
As Lin Yan had become a god, she also gained a deeper understanding of rules, and had more ideas about potions for refining mixed-blood lineages.
She left the formula with Madam Santi. With this formula, even in her absence, they could attract more people.
Lin Yan and Morris traveled for a long time. When they encountered injustices, they intervened. They traveled slowly, without using magic.
This lifestyle was somewhat novel for both Morris and Lin Yan. Gradually, many people began to overlook the new Goddess of Light.
After seeing off Madam Santi and Egbert, Lin Yan's ties with the empire became even more distant.
A long, long time later, so long that the new Elf King had already passed away, Lin Yan felt the godhead in her mind begin to dissipate.
"I must go now. Do you want to come with me?" Lin Yan asked Morris, who had been by her side all along.
"Wherever you go, I go!"