The couple sprinted toward the sea, taking a leap directly into the waters.
Xia Chichi was genuinely overjoyed—despite their current perilous environment, her heart felt as sweet as honey.
Who would have thought that her man would just appear here, when she had thought he would have headed to Penglai... As if a Divine Weapon had descended from the heavens, he emerged at the very place she was most powerless and in desperate need of help. Then, he blocked all crises, allowing her to explore the Secret Realm with ease, transforming the indignity of being used as bait into a reversal, and reclaiming some sense of control in her hands.
"Splash~" Two heads popped above the water surface, covered in heaps of seaweed, invisible in the twisted night to even Tang En, should he sail past.
The two exchanged glances, the urge to laugh in their eyes, but the gravity of their situation made laughter impossible.