Within the palace housing the God Realm Hub, Xiao Wujiu looked at Gu Yuena, amusement in his eyes.
"Looks like this is the only time you're not shy. You even dared to ride the Creator God."
"You're the only one who knows how to talk!" Gu Yuena's face was slightly flushed, though it was rosier than it had been before her investiture.
"You're leaving?"
In truth, when Xiao Wujiu had invested her as the Dragon God, she had indeed been shocked. Especially when he had replicated and restored the Dragon God bloodline within her, then granted her the authority to govern the God Realm in his stead, she had begun to suspect it.
"That's right. Although my strength in this world has already reached a level unprecedented in the past and unsurpassable in the future, my steps will not stop because of it."
"Once I've settled down for a while, I'll take you to an even broader world. Then, you can live for yourself."
Xiao Wujiu's voice was very soft, but when it reached Gu Yuena's ears, it was like stones striking a still lake, sending ripples spreading across its surface until it could no longer be calm.
"Live for myself?"
Those words made her reflect on her past, and she suddenly realized that she truly seemed never to have lived for herself...
"Of course. Although you are now the Dragon God, you are also Gu Yuena—an independent Gu Yuena with her own consciousness, no longer burdened by any mission."
His voice guided her through the darkness, as though leading her out of hardship and confusion.
"I understand. Thank you, Xiao Wujiu..."
The way Gu Yuena looked at Xiao Wujiu gradually gained a different kind of emotion. It had arisen within her after hearing his words—complicated, sweet, intoxicating. Could this