As Ye Xuan entered a state of cultivation.
Bai Chenxiang stood quietly by the window, her gaze unconsciously falling on Ye Xuan as he sat cross-legged in meditation.
After three years of being together day and night, she had long grown accustomed to serving at his side, accustomed to this peaceful, carefree life.
She knew very well that, in private, Ye Xuan was not truly a bad person.
He was lustful and fond of teasing, always joking about things like having her warm his bed until her face turned red, but it was only ever talk.
Even so, deep down, Bai Chenxiang still harbored a measure of fear toward him.
She had seen what Ye Xuan was like when he acted.
His usual gentleness and easygoing nature seemed more like the pastime of a powerful man with nothing better to do.
Once he was truly enraged, the icy, indifferent aura around Ye Xuan was enough to make her entire body stiffen and send a chill through her heart.
He was good, but he was also far too frightening.
These conflicting thoughts plagued Bai Chenxiang day and night, yet she never dared to truly draw close to him.
Meanwhile.
On Sea God Island, thousands of miles away, a world-shaking tidal wave was rising.
The endless ocean churned with raging waves. Dark clouds pressed down upon the sea, gales howled, and enormous waves dozens of zhang high crashed down layer upon layer against Sea God Island's protective barrier, unleashing deafening roars.
The spiritual energy across the entire sea region was in turmoil, divine power surged, and an ultimate trial concerning the inheritance of a godhood had begun.
On the trial plaza before the Sea God Temple, three tall, upright figures stood silently, facing the boundless sea.
At their head was Hu Liena.