Have you ever experienced a moment when your heart fluttered unexpectedly?

It was as if she had been struck by something at that moment.

When the boy knelt before his father, his father scolded him, "You have to do it! You have no right to say no!"

She didn't intentionally eavesdrop on his father's conversation with him.

She hadn't seen the boy for half a day, and curious about what he was doing, so she released some of her power to find him.

Neither the boy's father nor the boy himself noticed her presence, because she was living parasitically on a nearby tree.

The boy was very stubborn. He was kicked by his father and seriously injured, but he remained humble and dignified. "I came to work for her not to scheme against her, nor to achieve any certain goal."

"So what are you going to do? When I suggested sending you to the Goddess's command, I made it very clear that you must find a way to become one of her two envoys! Only by gaining her trust can you continue to carry out the orders I gave you! You should understand that what you need to do most now is to please her and find a way to eliminate the remaining competitors!"

Upon hearing this, the young man sneered, "I will become one of her two envoys."

"It seems you haven't disappointed your father!"

“I will strive to become one of her two envoys, not to avoid disappointing you, but to avoid disappointing myself. Although the Goddess is as old as the heavens, she is just a little girl, very simple, with a heart full of love. She should not become the prey you have been eyeing. You only want to take her power and possess it for yourself. As your son, must I be your pawn to hurt her?”

"You unfilial son!"

"Anyway, I will protect her well."

"Stop! You unfilial son! I haven't finished speaking!!"

"No need to waste words. Even after ten thousand years, my mind will not change."

That kid actually wanted to protect her?

They are truly overestimating themselves and being incredibly naive.

I've already said she's as old as the heavens, she's incredibly powerful.

Why would they need a mere boy with such weak magical powers to protect them?

She was really curious about how badly the boy was injured, so she continued to use her power to transform into the air that accompanied him and went into the house with him.

She hadn't expected that the boy would start undressing after entering the room.

After seeing the young man undress, she finally understood what kind of suffering he had endured.

The bodies of the Celestials have long since transcended the mortal realm.

So, it seems that all those wounds on his body were injures to his primordial spirit.

It's obvious how these injuries came about.

They say if the upper beam is crooked, the lower beam will be crooked too. Even the Heavenly Venerable was so crooked, yet he had such a straight son.

What was his name again...?

Hmm, I remember now, it's Ichiji.

This name sounds cold and indifferent.

The thought that he could still say he would protect her after being beaten warmed her heart.

If this guy were her destiny, she might have truly felt that different kind of emotion.

She was hit the very moment that guy said he would protect her.

The next day, he was indeed among the two envoys she announced.

That kid was much calmer than the other one.

They didn't seem to be overly happy or sad about it.

Having left behind a bunch of messy candidates, she was left with only her clone, the Holy Maiden, Xuan Ce, and Yi Hai.

Xuan Ce was naturally patient and reserved. The reason he kept him and promoted him to the position of senior disciple was because Xuan Ce was bound to betray him in the future and would become the one who stirred up trouble and became the driving force behind it.

And the clone of the Holy Maiden...

I intended to temporarily withdraw it.

But he also wanted to test what that kid really meant.

Therefore, she would occasionally go directly to that boy through the saintess's clone.

That kid was really indifferent, barely responding.

It's strange, since both her clone and her original self are top-notch beauties, why are they treated differently?

Could it be because the Saintess's clone had its emotions sealed when she created it, making it impossible for that kid to sense it?

That's not right either. That kid's expression was much more lively every time he saw her in her true form than when he saw her clone, the Holy Maiden.

This kid is really something.

She ran into a wall using the Saintess's clone, so she summoned the kid using her true form.

The young man served tea and water quite attentively and never complained.

"Yihai, I want to change your name. Since you'll be spending the rest of your life under my command." She hadn't expected the boy to actually agree.

But the kid actually agreed, "Hmm, what do you want me to change to?"

"Your name was chosen by your parents, and I easily changed it for you. Aren't you angry?" she asked him curiously.

The young man curled his lips into a rare smile. "I've wanted to change it for a long time. I've wanted to get rid of that name, Yi Hai, for a long time."

"That won't do. If you abandon your original name directly, you will definitely be attacked by the Celestial Clan. You won't have a good outcome. People will say that you've latched onto my coattails and forgotten your roots. That's not a good idea."

"Whatever." He seemed completely unconcerned.

She rested her chin on her hand, pondering for a long time. "How about this," she said, "when it's just the two of us, I'll call you by your new name, but in public, you'll still be called Yi Hai. What do you think?"