Bo Saixi's stunningly beautiful face was filled with shock.
Having guarded the Sea God's inheritance for over a hundred years, this was the first time she had seen someone ascend three hundred steps so quickly.
After her shock passed, she quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
Her duty was to guard the Sea God's inheritance and seek out its inheritor. Yet the appearance of the Sea God's inheritor also meant that her life was nearing its end.
Was she afraid?
A little.
After all, who in this world was not afraid of death?
More importantly, she still had an unfulfilled wish.
Her gaze withdrew from the steps and drifted eastward, toward Douluo Continent. Mountains and rivers seemed unable to block her sight.
Through the haze, she seemed to see a towering, majestic figure beckoning to her and smiling. "If I do not become a god, I will not return."
Bo Saixi's heart wavered. Her thoughts ran wild, her mind distracted, leaving her with no attention to spare for Ye Han on the steps. She did not even notice that he had broken through with the help of the immense pressure, much less what he did on the final step.
Using his spiritual power as a blade, Ye Han cleaved through the resistance and pressed forward without hesitation. His feet were just about to step onto the final stair.
Suddenly, an ancient and unimaginably powerful will appeared.
"You scaly, armored beast, born wet and hatched from eggs, dare covet my godhood? Get lost!"
A voice like muffled thunder suddenly exploded in Ye Han's mind. It was as though he had been struck by lightning, his chest feeling as if it had been smashed by a massive hammer. He spat out blood and flew backward, then rolled all the way down the long staircase.
"Xiao Han!"
Snow Empress and Ice Empress cried out at the same time. Throwing caution to the wind, they charged up the stairs.
The Ice and Snow Empresses possessed strength enough to dominate the mortal world, but before a god's methods, they were utterly powerless.
Once they stepped onto the stairs, they were barely stronger than ordinary people. Before they had gone more than a few steps, Ye Han was already rolling down toward them.
Ye Han's hair was disheveled, and the white clothes over his chest had been dyed red with blood. He looked utterly miserable, his immortal-like bearing completely gone.
The Sea God's Divine Sense's strike was tremendously damaging and even more humiliating.
With the two women's help, Ye Han rose to his feet. He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and cast a cold look toward the top of the stairs before turning away under their support.
Bo Saixi's beautiful eyes widened as she stared at Ye Han in disbelief, unable to understand what had happened.
Bo Saixi had never seen talent like Ye Han's in her life. She had thought the Sea God would favor him and that he would gradually make his way toward that supreme throne. Who would have thought that in the brief moment she was distracted, he would be struck down from the divine altar?
"High Priestess, would you like to come with me to the continent? Tang Chen said he misses you very much." As he passed Bo Saixi with the two women supporting him, Ye Han's eyes shifted, and he suddenly spoke.
Though heavily injured, he acted as though nothing had happened.
"What?"
"You said Tang Chen? You know him?"
The confusion in Bo Saixi's beautiful eyes abruptly turned to brightness, and she asked with some urgency.
Sure enough, no matter how elegant a woman was, she could never maintain her usual composure when facing the man she loved.
"I know him." Ye Han nodded.
Bo Saixi did not doubt him and murmured, "He... is he doing well?"
"No."
This time, Ye Han directly shook his head. "He is not doing well at all. In his search for a Divine Inheritance, he strayed onto the wrong path and is now suffering torment like hell. Perhaps only you can save him in this world."
"It seems you really do know him."
Bo Saixi gave Ye Han a serious look, then let out a faint sigh. "Can you tell me about him in detail?"
Ye Han's heart skipped a beat. They said women with big breasts had no brains, yet this woman was actually so cautious. Fortunately, Ye Han had a good memory and still remembered the tangled history between Tang Chen and Bo Saixi on Douluo Continent. It was more than enough to fool her.
"Alright, cough, cough, cough!"
The moment he agreed, Ye Han began coughing violently, blood flowing uncontrollably from the corner of his mouth.
The sight immediately frightened Ice Empress and Snow Empress.
"Stop talking. We'll return to the ship and treat your injuries," Snow Empress said.
Without waiting for Bo Saixi's response, she scooped Ye Han up in a princess carry and flew off Sea God Island.
Ye Han silently gave Snow Empress a thumbs-up in his heart. As expected of his beloved Xue Er, she truly understood him.
Bo Saixi watched their rapidly receding figures. Her lips parted, but in the end, she did not speak the words to make them stay. Instead, she turned and headed toward the sacrificial hall...
Inside a spacious room aboard the enormous tower ship, Ye Han's physical wounds had mostly healed after treatment from the Healing Soul Masters on board. He only needed a few days of rest to fully recover. The difficult part was the injury to his mind.
The Sea God's Divine Sense had shown no mercy. If Ye Han had been an ordinary Soul Beast reincarnated into cultivation, he would already have been a corpse.
But he was not. His soul had originally been human, so after reincarnating and cultivating anew, his spiritual power had not weakened. Instead, it had become even stronger and tougher.
It was only by relying on the powerful spiritual power he had tempered over tens of thousands of years that he had barely managed to preserve his life.
Yet how could God Power be so easily resisted? Even though he had survived, his Spiritual Sea had inevitably suffered severe damage. It could not possibly recover in just a day or two.
"She's not coming?" Ye Han sat on the bed and muttered to himself.
An hour had already passed, yet Bo Saixi had not arrived. Ye Han could not help feeling somewhat frustrated.
Their grudge had already been formed. If he ever had the chance, Ye Han would definitely avenge today's humiliation.
Even now, he remembered the Sea God's Divine Sense's words vividly.
Scaly, armored, born wet and hatched from eggs, beast—he would never forget those words for the rest of his life. So he wanted revenge. He wanted to steal the Sea God's woman.
Unfortunately, it now appeared that his plan had failed.
"What's wrong? Don't tell me you've taken a liking to that woman?" Seeing Ye Han repeatedly glance out the window with such a distracted expression, Ice Empress could not help feeling displeased.
Pfft!
Ye Han nearly spat out a mouthful of blood, but forcibly swallowed it back down.
"What nonsense are you talking about?"
Ye Han glared at Ice Empress and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. He could not help glancing at Snow Empress, only to find her smiling sweetly at him. He quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
He had not even settled matters with his two beautiful wives yet. Where would he find the inclination to provoke another woman?
By stealing someone's woman, he meant abducting Bo Saixi—preferably controlling her so that she could never return to Sea God Island.
Without Bo Saixi, Sea God Island's inheritance could never complete its final step. Then the Sea God's inheritor would never appear. Of course, if the Sea God chose a new representative, Bo Saixi would become useless.
But for Ye Han as he was now, if he could not beat him, could he not at least disgust him?
To dispel the two women's doubts, Ye Han told them every detail of his little scheme. In the end, he could not help sighing regretfully again.
An hour and a half had passed, and Bo Saixi still had not appeared.
"No need to regret it. She's here," Snow Empress suddenly said just as Ye Han's sigh faded.
"What's here?" Ye Han asked.
He instinctively looked toward the window, where a tiny dot rapidly grew larger in his vision.
A smile could not help appearing at the corner of Ye Han's lips. Since she had come, she should not leave again.
What he did not know was that Bo Saixi had never intended to leave in the first place. She also wanted to go to the continent with them.
After returning to the sacrificial hall, Bo Saixi made a prompt decision. She summoned Sea God Island's upper ranks and hurriedly arranged everything for her departure. Ignoring their objections, she chose to be willful for once between love and faith.
If Ye Han had known what Bo Saixi was thinking at the time, he would definitely have said, "Heh, women!"
Although Bo Saixi had acted decisively and moved quickly enough, it had still taken her over an hour to settle everything.
Fortunately, she had come in the end!
What happened next was like Zhou Yu striking Huang Gai—one willing to strike, the other willing to endure.
The two hit it off immediately, partners in crime...
Pah!
Not only did they not have any conflict, they actually had a delightful conversation and boarded the ship together for the continent.
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