There was a sweet, refreshing spiritual energy in the air. Breathing it into her lungs left her whole body feeling clearer.
It was as though this was the true Divine Realm, while the Divine Realm they lived in seemed more like the countryside.
She walked along several corridors and through several side halls before finally reaching the entrance to the main hall.
Wang Dong'er stopped before the doors and turned sideways, gesturing inside with an inviting hand to indicate that she should enter alone.
The Life Goddess took a deep breath and stepped into the hall.
The main hall was even more spacious than it had appeared from outside. Its vaulted ceiling rose high overhead, and light filtered through layer upon layer of spiritual jade window lattices above, casting soft patches of light across the floor.
There were no unnecessary furnishings in the hall, only a simple seat of honor directly ahead.
Behind the seat stood an enormous white jade screen carved with a thirty-six-petaled chaos azure lotus, each petal faintly glowing.
Someone sat in the seat of honor.
The man looked to be only in his twenties. He was exceptionally handsome, the contours of his features seeming to have been carved stroke by stroke with a sculptor's knife.
He wore a plain-colored robe, its hem embroidered with intricate lotus patterns.
As he sat there, his aura was calm and fathomless, like a pool whose bottom could not be seen.
There was an utterly natural air of immortal grace about his features. That bearing belonged to no single divine seat; he seemed more like a being who had emerged from the very origin of heaven and earth.
It was none other than Lin Ye.
Before the Life Goddess could speak, the figure in the seat of honor spoke first.
"Life