"There's another powerful figure here. Show yourself as well!"
The Abyssal Sage King's voice rang out again. That hand pointed in another direction, and the clouds in the western sky suddenly churned as eight figures appeared above them, looking down from on high.
"Sea God Island's Bo Saixi, together with the guardians of the Seven Holy Pillars, greets the Abyssal Sage King."
The graceful figure above the white clouds was draped in a crimson robe, her silvery-white hair cascading down her back.
Bo Saixi, the High Priestess of Sea God Island, was a powerhouse of the same generation as Qian Daoliu. After many arduous years, she had finally taken that last step as well.
She, Qian Daoliu, and Tang Chen had once stood at the pinnacle of their era. The former two had only reached the demigod realm, the peak of the mortal world, through the gifts of gods. Yet it was precisely because they had received too much that they were bound by shackles and found it difficult to break through. Of the three back then, only Tang Chen had the greatest hope of becoming a god.
Yet many years later, Tang Chen was gone. Bo Saixi had gone white-haired overnight, her heart dead as she sank into silence. After years of arduous cultivation, Qian Daoliu encountered another opportunity. The two of them broke through their shackles and reached another level, while Tang Chen, the most gifted among them, fell upon the path to godhood.
The Abyssal Sage King's voice was filled with confusion. "For this world to possess two experts like you is truly beyond my expectations. Yet neither of you bears the aura of the God Realm. Did something happen to the God Realm?"
Qian Daoliu glanced at Bo Saixi and nodded before saying, "The Saint Monarch