When had Bai Xuan begun to love Zhixin?
Had it been when they first met, when the undisguised amazement and pure curiosity in her eyes had seemed especially clear amid all the gazes of reverence and admiration?
Had it been when she solemnly made her oath of guardianship, with that unquestionable loyalty? Or had it been her presence, seeping into his life bit by bit through the years of water-like companionship that followed?
Bai Xuan's memories held every moment since he and Zhixin had first met.
He could revisit them, analyze them, and find countless "special moments."
Perhaps it had been the moment she silently draped an outer robe over him while he sat observing the stars; perhaps it had been the sight of her unconsciously biting the end of her pen, her brows slightly furrowed when she hit a bottleneck while researching formulas;
Or perhaps it had been the first time she tried to prepare a drink for him, only to make something strangely flavored, then take a sip herself and scrunch up her face.
Every scene seemed capable of becoming the reason "special feelings" had sprouted.
But had it really been because of those things? Had they formed the emotion called "love"?
Bai Xuan seemed unable to give an answer.
From the moment Reiki Revival began and he awakened [Nature Authority], his life had sailed into a dimension mortals could hardly imagine.
His strength rose at an unimaginable pace, and his perspective continued to climb with it.
His will gradually merged with vast nature. Especially after he fused with the "Authority of the Goddess of Nature from another Otherworld" and formally ascended to the Divine Seat in the real world, he had condensed a Godhead.
The way he viewed the world had gradually shifted from the perspective of