At that ti, after giving birth to her daughter, Yu Holea’s soul awakened. It was so pure, it caught the attention of the Goddess City. She was chosen as a candidate for the next Goddess.
With her usual determination, Yu Holea entered Goddess City and worked hard to rise up the ranks. She trained, studied, and beca one of the strongest candidates. She even competed with the Forr Goddess fairly for the final position.
Yu Holea had a goal.
She wanted to beco the Goddess not for power, but so she could help her family beco immortal. She wanted to protect them forever.
But in the end... she lost.
The Forr Goddess won by using a trick... one she still regretted. Yu Holea lost, but instead of being angry, she accepted it.
The Forr Goddess, feeling guilty, promised Yu Holea that her daughter could beco the next Goddess. But Yu Holea shook her head. "Don’t force her," she had said with a soft smile. "Let her grow freely. She’s just a child."
So Goddess Phoenix grew up with no pressure. Still, she chose to train, to cultivate, and to earn her place. When she turned 18, she was marked as a candidate, and with Yu Holea’s help and guidance, she beca one of the most respected in Goddess City.
But ti passed. Yu Holea’s life ca to an end.
As her body grew weak, she still smiled and said, "It’s okay. My daughter is strong. She can live well."
But Goddess Phoenix wasn’t ready.
She didn’t want to lose her mother.
So she used her power, against the rules of Heaven, and sent Yu Holea into a new world. A second life. A different tiline. She made sure Yu Holea could be reborn.
She even used her own strength to make a connection between her world and her mother’s, watching from afar as Yu Holea lived again.
This ti, Yu Holea lived on Earth. A modern world. Goddess Phoenix couldn’t stay close, but she could watch from the shadows.
For a while... she was happy.
But then strange things started happening.
So invaders entered that tiline, people who weren’t supposed to be there. Yu i appeared again, but she was different, stronger, darker. And the witch, too... sothing was wrong with her.
Furious, Goddess Phoenix tried to use her power to stop them. She wanted to protect her mother.
But sothing stopped her.
It was like the entire tiline was being protected by an invisible force. She couldn’t touch it. She couldn’t change anything.
That’s when she started to regret everything.
And before she could do anything... Yu i and the Dark Lord made their move.
They killed Yu Holea.
Goddess Phoenix watched it all.
She saw her mother fall.
She wanted to tear Yu i apart. But no matter what she did, Yu i’s power had grown too strange. Even with all of Goddess Phoenix’s strength... she couldn’t hurt her.
Blinded by grief, filled with anger, Goddess Phoenix made a desperate choice.
She broke the rules again.
She used her soul, her own power, and the help of five earthly souls to bring Yu Holea back again—one last ti.
This ti, Yu Holea’s soul was divided into two parts, living different lives.
But Goddess Phoenix made sure one part would survive. She finished off that cursed version of Yu Holea’s tiline and focused everything on protecting her new self.
When she opened her eyes again... everything was different.
She was still Goddess Phoenix.
She still wore the mask. She still held the na.
But this wasn’t the sa Goddess City.
This ti, Yu Holea was competing with Candidate Phoenix to beco the Goddess.
Candidate Phoenix stood in silence, her heart heavy with guilt.
She looked at the Forr Goddess, her eyes shimring with unshed tears. Everything was too much. The pain, the mories, the regrets... they all ca crashing down like waves.
What made it worse... was the truth.
She had hurt her own father. She had hard her own mother, Yu Holea.
She had broken the rules of Heaven, again and again, just to bring her mother back. And what happened?
Yu Holea ended up suffering even more.
She had died again.
She had been reborn into a world where she didn’t even rember her own daughter.
Candidate Phoenix bit her lip hard, her chest aching. "Why did I do all this?" she whispered to herself. "Why did I ss up everything?"
She thought about calling her Eomma, the Korean word for mother. That’s what she used to call her when she was little, back in that first life, when everything was peaceful.
But now?
She didn’t deserve to say that.
Not when Yu Holea looked at her like a stranger. Not when her own mother’s eyes were cold, filled with confusion and distance.
I ruined her life... three tis.
She sniffled quietly.
Her mother had died again and again... all because of her.
It was all her fault.
All of it.
The heavens had punished her.
They made her mother forget everything.
They made her be reborn in a place where no one knew her.
They even made Yu Holea compete against her own daughter... without even knowing it.
And what hurt most of all?
She couldn’t even say sorry.
She couldn’t even hug her mother.
She just had to keep pretending like she was okay. Like she didn’t care.
But today...
Today, Yu Holea had forgiven her.
Even if she didn’t know the full truth, she had still forgiven her.
And that... made Candidate Phoenix feel even more guilty.
What if she knew everything? What if she found out that the one who caused all her pain... was her own daughter?
Would she still forgive her? Would she still love her? Would she even want to give birth to her again?
The thought made Candidate Phoenix’s heart squeeze painfully.
But no matter how scared she felt, she knew one thing.
She had to tell her the truth.
Even if Yu Holea hated her. Even if she never forgave her again.
She had to know.
So, with her hands clenched tightly at her sides, Candidate Phoenix looked up at the Forr Goddess and asked quietly, "When will I be reincarnated?"
The Forr Goddess looked at her for a long ti. She didn’t speak.
She could feel the strong emotion in Candidate Phoenix’s heart. She could see the pain, the sadness, the fear.
And then she understood what the girl was planning.
Her eyes widened. "No."
Candidate Phoenix blinked. "What?"
"No," the Forr Goddess said again, firr this ti. "If you dare tell Yu Holea anything more... the heavens will be furious. And this ti, it won’t just be her getting another chance."
Her voice turned low. "This ti, you might both be erased."
Candidate Phoenix shivered.
She hadn’t expected it to be that serious.
Still, she lowered her eyes and whispered, "I just... I don’t want to lie to her anymore."
The Forr Goddess sighed. She reached out and gently touched Candidate Phoenix’s shoulder.
"I understand," she said softly. "I really do. But things are different now. You and Yu Holea... you’re no longer the sa."
Candidate Phoenix frowned. "What do you an?"
The Forr Goddess looked sad. "Even your face... it’s not the sa. You changed it when you ca into this world. You’re no longer her daughter, not by blood, not by soul. Even your energy is different. The bloodline you carry now doesn’t belong to Yu Holea at all."
Candidate Phoenix turned away. Her eyes filled with tears.
"I don’t need that reminder," she said quietly.
She didn’t need to be told she was alone. She already knew.
But suddenly, a thought struck her.
She turned back to the Forr Goddess.
"But... how do you know all this?" she asked. "I arrived in a completely different world. How can you see my past and present?"
The Forr Goddess let out a soft chuckle.
"You think I only watch one world?" she said with a smile. "Child... soon you’ll learn that being a Goddess ans watching over more than just one planet."
She raised her hand and opened her palm. Inside, a glowing map appeared. Stars. Galaxies. Thousands of orbs of light.
"There are over 3,000 worlds you’ll have to govern one day."
Candidate Phoenix’s eyes widened.
Her stomach twisted in fear.
"I... I don’t want to rule anything," she whispered.
The Forr Goddess smiled gently. "You don’t have to. Not yet. But if you want to be born again as Yu Holea’s daughter... you’ll need to earn it. You’ll need to gather enough rit first."
Candidate Phoenix nodded slowly.
She didn’t want power. She didn’t want glory.
She just wanted to be with her mother again. To be looked at warmly by her mother and slowly make up for all the mistakes she had made.
Hence she was filled with determination to fulfill all the responsibilities she was assigned as a goddess.
Even if it took a thousand years... she would wait.
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