Chen Tianyuan abruptly opened his eyes, a streak of purple light shooting from them.
The sky had long since returned to calm, but towering waves raged in his heart.
Inside the Bamboo Tower, Zhang Lexuan opened her eyes midway through cultivating, as though sensing something. For some inexplicable reason, she felt that a new connection had formed between her and Chen Tianyuan.
The next second, Chen Tianyuan burst through the window and rushed inside.
His clothes were disheveled, and he looked rather bedraggled.
Zhang Lexuan steadied him and asked curiously, "Why are you so flustered? What happened?"
Chen Tianyuan steadied his ragged breathing without saying a word. He merely swept the hair off his forehead, revealing a lightning mark gleaming brightly there.
Zhang Lexuan's eyes widened slightly. "A God Trial!"
Chen Tianyuan nodded. "The godhood inheritance I received belongs to the Thunder God, a First-Level God. But before that, I met someone."
"Who?" Zhang Lexuan asked curiously.
"Tang San."
"Tang San? Sea God Tang San?"
Chen Tianyuan nodded. The excitement of receiving a godhood inheritance had vanished from his eyes, replaced by a fierce glint.
He took a deep breath and said, "Tang San offered me a divine seat too, but it was only that of a Second-Level God. He wanted me to join the Tang Sect and kneel before him..."
Chen Tianyuan said no more. His eyes had already said everything.
Zhang Lexuan's brows knitted tightly. The Sea God Tang San Chen Tianyuan described was completely different from the Tang San in the academy's history books.
In the academy's histories, Sea God Tang San was the hero who had put an end to Spirit Hall's ambition to rule the continent, as well as the founding figure behind Shrek Academy's ten-thousand-year legacy...
Chen Tianyuan said, "History has always been written