Tang Xian spoke with conviction, as if the Sea God were still alive, as if the Sea God truly delighted in this sort of bureaucratic fanfare.
The creatures on the island weren't so easily deceived either.
But they had been worshipping the sea for hundreds of years, and the fact was, as long as the tributes arrived on schedule, the sea remained calm and tranquil.
All of this laid the foundation for the Sea God Cult, a church that Tang Xian had actually started plotting quite early on.
What was missing was nothing more than a glib charlatan.
And Tang Xian was that charlatan.
Later, Tang Xian discussed the details with Tang Feiji.
Merging all the islands at once carried too many variables, so the merging of dozens of islands would happen in phases.
And all of this naturally required Tang Feiji to trouble himself with going back to the palace in the deep sea, issuing commands to the Sea Giant and communicating with the Sea Squid.
