"Let it be her!" Suddenly, a mighty voice rang out above the Youxiong Tribe, reaching Gungun and Qiru's ears and startling every human in the tribe. Who... was speaking?
"Yes, your subject obeys!" Qiru was startled to hear Zhiming's voice, then hurriedly bowed with his hands clasped toward the Northern Sea. He had never imagined that his sovereign had been watching this matter all along.
Gungun had even less expected that Zhiming had been watching him all this time. Tsk, a thousand years for a softshell turtle, ten thousand for a tortoise-that saying really was true. The great god Zhiming... certainly played it steady!
"Ancestral Bear, sorry for all the trouble." After paying his respects to Zhiming, Qiru straightened and spoke to Gungun.
"Mm." Gungun nodded, then looked at A Ye. A flash of black-and-white divine light passed through his eyes, revealing that the child growing in her womb was a boy. He smiled at her. "Don't be afraid. This isn't a bad thing—you've been blessed. Your child will be the reincarnation of a mighty being's Divided Soul. Once he is born, you too will receive protection and enjoy the peaceful blessings of the Immortal Dao from then on."
Hearing Gungun's words, A Ye touched her belly and nodded. She trusted that the Ancestral Bear, whom the Youxiong Tribe had revered for generations, would never harm her.
"The great god Zhiming is the supreme deity of the north. He has chosen the Human Race and intends to have a fragment of his Divided Soul reborn as a human. The child will be extraordinary from birth. Once he grows up, he will protect the Human Race and become its guardian god," Gungun went on to explain to Luo.
"The supreme deity of the north!" Hearing Gungun's words, Luo's eyes widened, his