The sea breeze carried a faint saltiness through the groves of ancient trees on Sea God Island, brushed over the ancient patterns engraved on the Sacred Pillar, and slowly circled the shore before dispersing.
Lan Changsheng stood alone on a reef far from Tang San and his family. The sea breeze gently stirred his white robes, yet between the rising and falling folds, there was not the slightest vitality of a living person.
He tilted his ear toward the murmurs coming from the shore behind him.
Tang San's soft murmurs, Ah Yin's gentle reassurances, Tang Hao's reminders-the warmth of the family of three reunited after a long separation was real and burning hot.
[Host, Tang Hao and Ah Yin have been fully settled in.]
The system's voice rang out in his Sea of Consciousness, carrying a barely perceptible gentleness.
"Mm." Lan Changsheng gazed at the boundless sea in the distance, his tone flat and unruffled.
[Do you truly feel no attachment at all?]
the system asked softly.
[This continent you protected your entire life, these family members and juniors who treat you sincerely-can you really let them go just like that?]
"Attachment is obsession." Lan Changsheng's gaze was clear and icy. "Obsession disrupts the path and does nothing for perfection."
[All right.]
"It's been so long since I last saw a scene like this."
"Is that so? If you visited the continent more often, you would still see it."
"That's asking a little too much of me. I'm very busy. There's far too much to do every day."
"So that's why you wanted to find this successor, Sea God?"
"Yes..."
"Why Tang San?"
Lan Changsheng turned his head toward the Sea God, who had appeared beside him at some point.
He was