"This... this is a Divine Seat inheritance?"
Xu Ningxin stared at the divine power pulsing in her palm, so delighted that she could barely form a coherent sentence.
Shen Meng was trembling with excitement as well, even dropping his chess piece onto the ground—they had never imagined that they, too, would have a chance to become gods in this lifetime!
Shen Long and Xu Tianxiang wept with joy, repeatedly bowing toward the sky in gratitude for the deities' favor.
After receiving their Divine Seat inheritances, Xu Tianxiang and Xu Ningtian completely cast affairs of state from their minds.
As the emperor of the Sun-Moon Empire, Xu Tianxiang directly issued an edict passing the throne to the imperial grandson he had carefully raised. He then took Xu Ningxin, Shen Lian's mother and Xu Tianxiang's younger sister, to a secluded valley to enter seclusion and focus on overcoming her God Trial;
Xu Ningtian likewise handed military authority over to a trusted general and entered seclusion with his father, Xu Tianxiang—for them, the allure of godhood far surpassed the power of the court.
As a result, all state affairs on the Sun-Moon Continent fell squarely onto Shen Lian and Xu Chengye's shoulders.
But Xu Chengye had only just inherited the Divine Seat of the God of Fire, and his mind was filled with studying how to wield divine power. Why would he want to handle such trivial government matters?
Whenever Shen Lian asked him to deal with official documents, he would evade the task on the grounds that he needed to familiarize himself with divine skills and protect the continent. In the end, he simply hid in the ruins of the Temple of the Sun God and refused even to show his face.
"What a bunch of hands-off bosses."
Shen Lian looked at