"Since I mastered the divine-level cultivation technique, my divination skills have become increasingly powerful. Things I couldn't predict before, I can now predict. Moreover... with the improvement of my strength, I have also developed some intuition about certain things. When I was struggling to predict some important matters before, it was most likely because your mother from the upper realm was trying to trip me up!"

Ye Xianya was speechless whenever Lan Chenyin was mentioned.

How could such a good girl like her have such a terrible mother-in-law?

At this moment, Ye Xianya felt a bit disgusted with Qi Chengshuo.

"Don't worry, from now until I return to the Upper Realm, she will not appear before us. As for the future? As a High God, she naturally won't stay with us." The implication was that Ye Xianya would no longer need to associate with Lan Chenyin.

"Yes!" Ye Xianya nodded upon hearing this.

She admitted that Qi Chengshuo was indeed a good person and would keep his promises, but she was used to relying on herself, both in her past and present lives.

She needs to work hard in her spiritual practice.

Improving one's strength is the only way to succeed.

Only when she is powerful will others not dare to point fingers at her.

If she were Lan Chenyin, after being betrayed by a man, her first thought would be to improve her own strength, surpass that man, and personally trample him underfoot, instead of using her son as a tool for revenge. For that precious treasure, she actually pierced her son's heart, forcing him to take out the treasure to save her son.

If Qi Chengshuo's father is unwilling, wouldn't he be waiting to die?

"If your father hadn't used the treasure to save you, would you still be alive?" Ye Xianya placed her hand on Qi Chengshuo's chest, feeling the powerful force emanating from the treasure that was integrated with his heart, and asked in a low voice.

"I heard from Lan Chenyin that I had already cultivated to the peak of the Upper God realm in the Upper Realm, only one step away from becoming a God King. However... there are hundreds of Upper Gods at my level in the Great World, but only a very few can ultimately become God Kings. My father is the Lord of the Great World, and he controls many small worlds. Anyone who can cultivate to the peak of the Upper God realm will become a 'regional governor' and govern a small world."

Qi Chengshuo paused slightly as he spoke: "Because I am his son, this small world has been my 'fiefdom' since I was born. Lan Chenyin brought me here. As a powerful expert at the peak of the Upper God realm, even if Lan Chenyin pierced my heart with a divine sword, I would not die. In order to repair my injuries, I would probably have to sleep for thousands of years, and my strength would also decline. My father has three other sons besides me. I am the strongest among them. Only I have cultivated to the peak of the Upper God realm."

"Lan Chenyin said that I have the best chance of breaking through to the next realm and becoming a God King, ruling the Great World. The treasure my father obtained can help me break through the realm. However, my father favors the three sons born to Yunluo and has not given me the treasure for a long time after obtaining it. Lan Chenyin got anxious and that's why she took action against me!"

"Why is your father in such a hurry to let someone succeed him? Isn't he the God-King who rules the Great World?" Ye Xianya asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Because he has the potential to break through to the next realm and become a being who creates countless worlds, Lan Chenyin said that he has found his direction and is eager to go into seclusion to cultivate, not wanting to concern himself with other matters. That's why he wants to choose a successor from among his four sons..."

After hearing Qi Chengshuo's words, Ye Xianya suddenly realized what was going on.

I see!

However, his father was really biased. Even though Qi Chengshuo was the most talented and strongest son, he refused to give the treasure to Qi Chengshuo.

Lan Chenyin was also an oddball; in order to force someone to hand over the treasure, she actually stabbed Qi Chengshuo with a sword.

With parents like that, even if he had a noble status in his past life, he must have been unhappy.

"Let's not talk about them anymore. Let's just live our own lives. Besides... what Lan Chenyin said may not be true. What can't a woman who would even stab her own son with a sword? If she were an ordinary person, she would be a complete madwoman." Qi Chengshuo couldn't help but frown when he mentioned Lan Chenyin.

People cannot choose their parents.

But he could only keep his distance from such a mother.

Upon arriving at Purple Bamboo Mountain, Ye Xianya immediately began to calculate, and a faint light emanated from her, making her appear exceptionally sacred.

Qi Chengshuo smiled.

Is this what they call celestial aura?

It was indeed several times more powerful than spiritual energy.

His family's fairy buds are truly amazing.

"How is it? Have you figured out Zhengzheng's parents?" Qi Chengshuo asked hurriedly when he saw Ye Xianya open her eyes.

"Its parents were both golden eagles, spirit beasts, who cultivated to a level comparable to demon kings and also underwent tribulation. Its mother ascended to heaven smoothly, while its father died and disappeared."

Ye Xianya paused slightly as she spoke: "As for Zhengzheng... when it was born, its parents were not very powerful. In addition, it was being chased by a demon king at that time, and its mother was seriously injured. Zhengzheng was born very weak. In order to prolong its life, they sealed it away and slowly nurtured it with spiritual energy for over a thousand years. Before it transcended the tribulation and ascended, they sent Zhengzheng to the Vermilion Fruit Tree on Purple Bamboo Mountain. This is where they met."

"Zhengzheng's parents underwent tribulation hundreds of years ago, and Zhengzheng was nurtured under this Vermilion Fruit Tree for hundreds of years before hatching. Unfortunately, the little one was unlucky and was born when the spiritual energy of this world was very thin, so her strength is average."

Ye Xianya planned to tell Zhengzheng about this after returning to the palace, and would not send it a message for now.

She and Qi Chengshuo finally had some free time to go out for a walk, so they took the opportunity to stroll around Zizhu Mountain.

The two hadn't gone far when, with perfect unison, they suddenly swung their palms towards the northeast.

A bird was shot down instantly.

Lan Chenyin, who was hundreds of miles away, felt her divine consciousness attached to the bird being destroyed, and her expression changed drastically.

These two little bastards have improved their strength very quickly.

If it weren't for the desire to prove herself, she wouldn't care whether that brat lived or died.

Such a disobedient and unfilial child is not worthy of being her son.

"It's like a persistent ghost!" Qi Chengshuo felt his good mood was ruined.

"Never mind her. We've finally managed to get out here, let's enjoy the scenery of Zizhu Mountain. Although we've cultivated here for more than half a year, we've never had the chance to calm down and look at everything around us." Ye Xianya still felt a little regretful.

In her previous life, she was so focused on cultivation that she had no time for anything else. It was only when she vanished under the lightning tribulation that she realized her life had been nothing but cultivation, which was so meaningless.

"You're right!" Qi Chengshuo nodded with a smile and pulled Ye Xianya towards the top of the mountain.

...

On the nineteenth day of the third month, the main stream of the Naihe River changed course again, heading to Qingzhou, where a plague had recently broken out and many people had died, to guide the souls.