Di Tian's Assassination Attempt on Tang Wulin

Sunlight stretched the harbor'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 past her silver-white hair with its salty tang, yet it could not disperse the stifling tension in the air.

"Ah..."

A long sigh escaped Gu Yuena's lips. Within that sigh lay the helplessness of one in power, as well as sorrow over her subordinate's misunderstanding.

With her exceptional wisdom, how could she not understand where Di Tian's obsession came from? In Di Tian's eyes, her orders forbidding any action against Tang Wulin had become proof that she was allowing her emotions to rule her.

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

How should she put it?

Although 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 radiating an almost obstinate aura, his eyes burning with the determination to die for the Soul Beasts. Even if she revealed the secret of Tang San's Divine Sense, he would probably regard 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 been like a sword hanging over her head. Only by having them test it firsthand could she determine the depth of that mysterious power.

Besides, if she did not punish a subordinate for openly questioning her orders, how could she maintain her authority in