(Thank you to 'Lei Xiang' and 'Yume no Shouyou' for the rewards!)
Hilif herself had once said that she did not actually have much expectation for the Land of the Gods...
Because Hilif believed that even without the Land of the Gods' help, she would eventually climb to heights others could hardly imagine!
Call it confidence, call it pride, or even call it self-deception, but just as she had said, she did not hold much expectation for the Land of the Gods. She probably was not even curious about it. After all, she was the Ice Princess...
But no matter what, Hilif had surpassed the most outstanding descendants of the other two imperial royal families. Among the younger generation of the Three Great Empires and Nine Great Families, she was the most dazzling genius. If such a genius gained nothing in the Land of the Gods, then once she left it, she would inevitably be looked down upon by the Three Great Empires and Nine Great Families...
By then, Hilif would truly fall from her pedestal!
Of course, given Hilif's personality, she certainly would not truly take the disparaging voices around her to heart. But Wu Yan did not want to see that happen!
Ever since Hilif had opened her heart to him, and he had accepted this bargain-bin fiancée of his, Wu Yan had made up his mind. Even for the sake of this bargain-bin fiancée, he had to pass the Guardian Divine Tree's trial and come to the Core Palace...
Now that they had finally arrived at the Core Palace, the gains from the Land of the Gods were already within Hilif's grasp. Wu Yan could not possibly let her give up this chance for transformation and accompany him into the purple pool, where there might not even