After the meal, she quietly rose and carefully put away all the cooking utensils.
Once everything was done, Kailin slowly stepped aside and quietly stayed beside the Fate Clone, continuing to stand guard steadily as she watched and contemplated the Life Law.
She spoke not a word of the tender affection buried deep in her heart.
Thus, through daily meals and companionship from morning to night, those feelings continued to settle, growing richer and deeper.
Oakes, too, had become thoroughly immersed in these delicious meals, with their warmth unique to mortal life.
Throughout those eight years, he had never let go of his obsession. His missing Uncle-in-law and the Azure Dragon Clan members scattered throughout the Secret Realm remained constantly on his mind.
Whenever his shift ended and he no longer needed to remain on the summit to stand guard, he would immediately set out.
His figure passed through the layers of swirling gray mist in the Secret Realm and between ancient restrictions as he traveled far and wide, searching for traces of his clansmen.
Unfortunately, the Life Secret Realm was boundlessly vast, its terrain intricate and complex.
Moreover, the Immemorial Life Divine Tree secretly intervened, concealing every clue and masking the bloodline auras of the Azure Dragon Clan.
After eight full years of searching day and night, he had traversed most of the Secret Realm, yet ultimately found nothing-not even the slightest trace left by his clansmen.
Only after tasting the food Shiheng cooked over an Ancient Wood Flame did Oakes fully understand the difference.
Ordinary deities habitually used flames of Divine Power to scorch their ingredients.
Such methods only dispersed the Spiritual Energy within the ingredients and left the meat dry and tough. The food tasted bland, serving only to supply the energy within it, with no texture