Di Tian's Assassination of Tang Wulin

Sunlight stretched the port's shadows long. Gu Yuena gazed at Di Tian, who knelt on one knee before her with a resolute expression, and complex ripples rose in her heart.

The sea breeze swept over her silvery-white hair with its salty scent, yet it could not disperse the stagnant tension in the air.

"Alas..."

A long sigh escaped Gu Yuena's lips. Within it lay both the helplessness of one in power and sorrow over a subordinate's misunderstanding.

With her exceptional wisdom, how could she not understand where Di Tian's stubbornness came from? To Di Tian, those orders forbidding any action against Tang Wulin were proof that she was acting on emotion.

This Beast God, who had guarded the Lake of Life for many years, stubbornly believed that she had spared Tang Wulin because she had been tainted by human emotions.

How should she put it?

Though Di Tian's guess was entirely wrong, the conclusion was right. She had indeed developed human emotions, but they were not for Tang Wulin. They were for someone else.

Yet Di Tian was currently emanating an almost obstinate aura, his eyes burning with the resolve to die for the Soul Beasts. Even if she revealed the secret of Tang San's divine sense, he would likely only take it as an excuse.

Gu Yuena's thoughts spun rapidly like precisely turning gears. Letting Di Tian and the others test Tang Wulin was not necessarily a bad opportunity. The power of Tang San's divine sense had always hung over her head like the Sword of Damocles. Only by letting them experience it personally could she determine the depth of this mysterious power.

Besides, if subordinates were allowed to openly question her orders without punishment, what authority would she have left in the future? This might be an excellent