The current master of the Divine Ruins Temple, Bai Wuxiang, had been born here. Aside from his three thousand incarnations, he had scarcely ever left the Divine Ruins Temple. Though the temple had always recruited outsiders as temple guardians, there had never been a precedent of an outsider becoming its master. To become master, one had to be an orthodox direct descendant like him, born and raised within the temple, to ensure that its authority would not be used for private gain.
His wife had been the same, though her lifespan had not been as long as his, and she had already passed away. The two had a daughter, Bai Yuxian, who had likewise grown up in the temple. As the only genuine, pure-blooded temple member of her generation, Bai Yuxian should have been the Divine Ruins Temple's most orthodox heir and the best candidate for its next master.
Bai Yuxian's talent had been equally outstanding. Unfortunately, while carrying out a mission beyond the temple, she had witnessed the dazzling splendor of the mortal world—and met that man.
Back then, after Jiang Tiankuo had won the Immortal Sect Tournament, he had countless admirers. The Jiang family had brought him back and designated him as its heir, and at the height of his glory, he had confidantes among the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, in both the black and white paths, too numerous to count. Yet no one had expected him to suddenly fall into this woman's hands.
In the literal sense of the word.
At the time, Bai Yuxian had been gathering Divine Ruins scrolls in the mortal realm. Jiang Tiankuo encountered her during a treasure hunt, and the two fought over them. As the hottest young scion of the great clans at the time, he was knocked to the