The outline of Star Luo City gradually sharpened against the horizon, like a crouching behemoth, silent and imposing.
Nearly two hundred days had passed since Dai Youheng last left this place.
Yet even after so long away, he seemed to feel no nostalgia for it. There was no one and nothing in this city that he held dear.
That included Xu Jiujiu. He had never felt truly moved by her, unlike what he felt for the Snow Empress. To Dai Youheng, she was purely someone to use.
In his eyes, she was fundamentally no different from the other people or things in this city-a bargaining chip of varying value, a point of leverage waiting to be used.
His predecessor's obsessive love, which had burned him alive and humbled him into the dust, struck him as an incomprehensible waste of emotion. Perhaps it was precisely because his predecessor had loved so bitterly and gained nothing that he had become that man's complete opposite.
The more his predecessor had loved Xu Jiujiu, the less he felt for her. Neither hatred nor love!
This was not only because Dai Youheng was ambitious himself, but also because he was preparing for the Evil Divine Examination.
This was not merely because Dai Youheng already harbored ambitions of his own. He was also preparing for the divine trials of sin.
Although only the God of Sloth's trial had appeared so far, there were many things he could prepare for before the rain began to fall.
Among them were the God of Greed, who coveted everything, and the God of Pride, who looked down upon all living beings. Their divine trials might well require him to possess everything beneath heaven and stand above all others before he could complete them. In that case, he would take the