Stone of Life, Stone of Authority

Far out at sea, Death and Life had now become a loving married couple, completely shedding their original identities and burdens.

As he watched his wife gazing into the distance from the deck, a hint of relief appeared in Death's eyes.

He hoped that the place Destiny considered interesting... truly had something that could make his wife happy.

After all, this had cost them one chance to spend time together—and under the current circumstances, that was a precious opportunity they could obtain only once every hundred years or more.

He did not want this outing to bring them nothing but dissatisfaction...

"Are you two followers of the Goddess of Beauty?"

The captain of the long-voyage ship was a member of the Xuan Tribe. As a captain who spent years traveling abroad, he looked enviously at the married couple before him, his longing to return home growing more intense.

"The Goddess of Beauty? Ah... why do you ask?"

Life spoke before her husband could. Smiling, she bounded over to the captain and tilted her head, curiously peering at the cargo in the cabin...

"The deity who has the most dealings with the Xuan Tribe is that one... Haha, if anyone thinks the Xuan Tribe's territory isn't a barren land and wants to go take a look, it has to be the Goddess of Beauty's followers."

Even with the great Xuan God's help, the Xuan Tribe was now practically a paradise, and every inch of land brimmed with thick spiritual energy... But in the end, only a very small number of the Goddess of Beauty's followers knew this.

After that deity, who revered the Xuan God immensely, issued an order, most information about the Xuan Tribe remained sealed off. Only when they needed certain special Spiritual Materials would they send a fleet