"Since he cares so much about his reputation, why did he abandon you and marry that Yunluo in the first place? Isn't it too late for him to make amends now?" Qi Chengshuo frowned and said.

"What do you mean? Do you think I'm lying to you?" Lan Chenyin raised an eyebrow.

"Apart from the fact that you killed me, I don't remember anything else from my past life. You don't need to say anything more to me, and I won't believe you anyway." After saying this, Qi Chengshuo turned around and walked out.

"Shuo'er, if you still want to marry that Ye Xianya, you must obediently listen to me. Otherwise... I have many ways to kill her, to make her soul disappear and never be reincarnated."

Lan Chenyin's voice came from behind.

"I've said it before, if you dare to hurt her, I won't live on my own!" Qi Chengshuo stood there, his fists clenched tightly.

His grandfather and mother loved him dearly, so they did everything they could for him. They liked the people he liked too.

Neither her grandfather nor her mother ever did anything to harm Ye Xianya, let alone threaten him with such things.

Lan Chenyin, this woman, keeps saying that she is his mother, but she tries to control him and always threatens him with Ye Xianya's life.

It turns out that this woman never truly cared about her son, nor did she care about his thoughts, desires, or requests.

“Son, it seems you don’t understand gods. Your father is the ruler of the upper realm. Our great world is under his control. This world is just a small world under your rule. As the master of this world, you will not die as long as the world exists. When you return to your divine position, you will become the number one person after your father. You will not die,” Lan Chenyin said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Qi Chengshuo turned to look at Lan Chenyin, a hint of murderous intent in his eyes.

Ye Xianya was the woman he had the most contact with in his nineteen years of life, besides his mother, Wei Shuyu.

When they first met, Ye Xianya was incredibly mysterious to him. She was clearly a young girl, yet she was exceptionally calm, capable, and even... powerful.

Qi Chengshuo didn't know what was wrong with him, but his gaze kept involuntarily following her figure, and he slowly began to take her to heart.

Later, after learning that Ye Xianya was a member of the Taiyi Sect, he panicked, fearing that the distance between him and her would grow wider and wider, becoming an insurmountable chasm.

Fortunately, he gradually gained great power, which allowed him to continue following in Ye Xianya's footsteps, accompanying her, and protecting her.

Now, this woman, Lan Chenyin, has suddenly appeared. She is incredibly powerful and keeps threatening him with Ye Xianya.

How could Qi Chengshuo not hate him?

"What, you want to kill your mother?" Lan Chenyin said, suddenly waving her hand and sending Qi Chengshuo flying.

Qi Chengshuo crashed hard into a tree in the yard.

The tree fell, and Qi Chengshuo crashed heavily to the ground, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth.

"See? You are no match for me now, nor are you qualified to threaten me. What if I kill a mere mortal woman? From now on, if you dare to disobey me again because of her, I will take her life." Lan Chenyin said fiercely.

Qi Chengshuo laughed upon hearing this: "You don't dare to kill her. You're still waiting for me to regain my strength so I can teach that couple a lesson for you. If you kill my beloved, even if I regain my strength in the future, I won't help you. In fact... I might even attack you. In our past life, there shouldn't have been any mother-son relationship between us, right?"

Upon hearing his words, Lan Chenyin clenched her fists, her whole body trembling. An invisible wave of energy swept around, destroying the entire courtyard.

It took her a long time to calm down.

"Shuo'er, your most important task now is to recover your strength as soon as possible, so that your three brothers don't secretly come down to the mortal realm to kill you. Although this is the world you rule, you are too weak right now. Although the road to the mortal realm is blocked, I can ask your father to send me down, and so can they. In your father's heart, the four of them, mother and sons, are the best and kindest people in the world. If your three younger brothers say they are worried about you and want to come and see you, your father will not refuse."

"We are mother and son. Even if I have some selfish motives, I would never harm you. You should focus on resting and recovering your strength. Your mother will not harm Ye Xianya and will even help you marry her as soon as possible. As long as you work hard, whatever you want, your mother will give it to you." Lan Chenyin softened her stance.

She had waited so many years for this opportunity, and of course she couldn't give it up.

That brat Shuo'er is just as stubborn as he was in his previous life; he simply refuses to listen to her.

"As long as you don't interfere in my affairs, I will naturally cultivate diligently." After saying this, Qi Chengshuo got up from the ground, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and slowly walked out.

...

Meanwhile, inside the Flowing Cloud Palace, Ye Xianya, who had been instantly teleported back by Lan Chenyin, felt more solemn than ever before.

That woman was Qi Chengshuo's mother in his previous life.

She descended to the mortal realm!

No wonder the Prince Duan's mansion feels so strange today.

No wonder her divination skills weren't working; she had clearly noticed the anomaly, but she couldn't figure it out.

The person from the upper realm was indeed powerful. Not only could they interfere with her divination, preventing her from calculating accurate results, but with a wave of their hand, they sent her back to the palace from the Prince Duan's residence.

That's incredible!

Logically speaking, she is Qi Chengshuo's mother, so they have nothing to fear.

But Qi Chengshuo vividly remembers that scene from his past life.

That woman killed him with a single sword strike.

Why is she now descending to the mortal realm to find Qi Chengshuo?

Ye Xianya was really worried.

Even though she knew that the woman was very powerful and that she couldn't beat her, Ye Xianya still wanted to go to the Duan Prince's Mansion again.

However, before she could cast her spell, Qi Chengshuo had already appeared in Liuyun Palace.

"Qi Chengshuo, she didn't hurt you, did she?" Ye Xianya quickly got up and ran over, pulling Qi Chengshuo into the house.

"No." Qi Chengshuo shook his head.

He didn't want Ye Xianya to worry.

Although the woman had knocked him away, he wasn't seriously injured, and he recovered quickly.

"That's good." Ye Xianya breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that he was alright.

Qi Chengshuo did not hide anything from Ye Xianya and told her everything Lan Chenyin had told him.

"I don't know if what she said is true or false, but it's probably true that the gate from the upper realm to the lower realm was sealed because of me, and the path to ascension was locked because of me. We don't need to go to the Demon Emperor and Yama to ask them," Qi Chengshuo said with a smile.

"Hmm." Ye Xianya nodded, but her mood was somewhat heavy.

Things are getting more and more complicated.

"I must recover my strength as soon as possible and return to the Upper Realm to avoid giving others an opportunity to take advantage of me. If what Lan Chenyin said is true, there must be someone who doesn't want me to fully merge with this treasure and doesn't want me to return to the Upper Realm. If they also come down to the Lower Realm to deal with me, I'm afraid we won't be able to stop them." Qi Chengshuo's expression was solemn.

He must be strong enough to protect the people he cares about.