After things calmed down in the outside world, Song Xia stayed in the Sunset Forest and rarely went out. She also handed over the Song Clan Trading Company to other demon clans to manage, and even if it was not managed well, she did not interfere much.

One day, the demon race will have to face everything on its own. Moreover, the human race is currently weak, which is a good time for the demon race to train itself.

She also knew that nowadays, demons often bullied other humans by taking advantage of her and Xiao Luo's cultivation levels. But in the past, it was also very difficult for demons to travel outside. Once they were discovered in human settlements, they would inevitably be skinned alive.

That's just how the world is. Even she can't change anything or stop the demon race from taking revenge.

Perhaps in the future, an even more powerful being will emerge from the human race, changing the situation once again.

The only saving grace is that the status of half-demons is higher than before. Song Luo is not stingy in revealing his cultivation methods, but whether those half-demons can endure the hardship is their own choice.

Perhaps it was her good mindset that allowed her cultivation level to advance from the early stage of Tribulation Transcending to the late stage over several decades.

I went out as usual that day, but I didn't expect to see Qin Taiming. I almost didn't recognize him at first glance.

Without his cultivation, over the decades, Qin Taiming's hair turned white, his face was covered with wrinkles and age spots, and he had an unpleasant odor.

Upon seeing Song Xia, he was extremely excited: "Tell me, please tell me where the secret realm of Immortal Qingyang is. I can't find it, Song Xia, I really can't find it."

Song Xia was speechless. He never expected that the once proud Sword Master would become like this, and that he still hadn't given up his obsession with finding a successor.

He crawled forward, trying to grab Song Xia's skirt: "I really don't have time, please have mercy and tell me, okay?"

This was the scene Song Luo saw when she arrived, and she felt no sympathy whatsoever for Qin Taiming's miserable condition.

When Qin Taiming saw him, he pleaded again: "Xiao Chi, I was sorry for what I did to you back then. I apologize to you and confess my sins. Please give me another chance, okay?"

"My name is Song Luo," Song Luo corrected calmly.

Qin Taiming nodded quickly: "Yes, your name is Song Luo, which is good because it's your mother's surname. Your father called you wrong. It was my fault back then. I didn't give you a good name. Can you forgive your father?"

“There is no secret realm at all, and the Qingyang Immortal did not leave any legacy.” Song Luo looked at him expressionlessly.

Sure enough, Qin Taiming's expression twisted, and he shouted, "Impossible! You must be lying to me! Without Qingyang Immortal's secret realm, your cultivation could not have improved so quickly in such a short time! What good will it do to tell me? I just want to ascend, what did I do wrong?"

“I said no, and I mean no. Our rapid advancement was due to another fortuitous encounter. If we could ascend, my mother and I would have ascended long ago in these past few decades.”

Qin Taiming suddenly burst into laughter, appearing almost manic.

"You are all liars, big liars! How could you not ascend to immortality? I want to go to the Immortal Realm! I will definitely go to the Immortal Realm! Where is Qilin? Tell Qilin to open a spatial passage and send me there."

Song Luo scoffed, "What makes you think you can?"

Qin Taiming stood up shakily: "Because I am your father, and because you have half of my blood."

“When you gave me that name, when you let others bully me, when my mother took me away, and when you sent people to arrest me and my mother, we had nothing to do with each other anymore.”

"But you have to admit that without me, there would be no you, and you always owe me."

Song Luo laughed again: "Stop arguing. I won't let you morally blackmail me. If you're going to die, die somewhere else. Don't pollute the environment of Sunset Forest."

"Song Luo, if you forget your father and your principles like this, you will be abandoned by the Heavenly Dao sooner or later, and you will never become an immortal."

"Do you think I care?" Song Luo said dismissively, which startled Qin Taiming again.

He twisted his face, staring intently at Song Luo, trying to find any trace of lying on her face.

However, no, Song Luo said those words sincerely.

This deeply affected him. How could anyone not want to ascend to immortality? How could any cultivator not want to become an immortal? This was so different from his long-held beliefs!

He preferred to believe that Song Luo had said these words to provoke him rather than believe that his long-held pursuit was something others disdained.

"Only someone like you would yearn for ascension to immortality all day long. What's so great about the immortal realm? It's all about people cultivating their way up. It's all about the same scheming and backstabbing, the life-or-death struggles for resources and status. Right now, I don't want to think about anything in the Sunset Forest. I have my mother and friends with me, and I'm living a very carefree life. Besides, my cultivation level is already at the top of the Qingyang Continent. No one can hurt me."

Song Luo spoke with utmost sincerity, knowing exactly how to provoke Qin Taiming.

Sure enough, Qin Taiming's eyes turned bloodshot: "No ambition? How can there be someone like you in this world who has no ambition? Heaven is unfair; how could it allow someone as unambitious as you to cultivate to this level!"

"Heaven is indeed unfair. It's laughable that someone as ambitious as you could have become a Sword Master."

"You..." Qin Taiming was so angry that he vomited blood, and looked like he was about to die at any moment.

Song Luo continued to mock him: "Look at you, so narrow-minded, you can't even listen to this little bit of truth, no wonder you've ended up like this."

"Alright, why waste time with someone like that?" Song Xia said calmly. "Xiao Luo, let's go back."

"Yes, Mother."

"Stop right there! Tell me where the secret realm is. You must know. Just tell me, and I promise this is the last time I'll come looking for you, the very last time..." He stumbled to his feet, but no matter how he shouted, Song Xia and Song Luo didn't turn around.

Qin Taiming looked at the sky in despair. Was he really wrong?

As his soul dissipated, he seemed to return to when Song Luo was still a child. But this time, he did not abandon him. Instead, he taught him well. In the end, the father and son ascended to immortality together, envied by all.

The raindrops fell, shattering his last illusions; it turned out that everything was just a dream.

Then, the dream shifted to another dream. In this dream, Song Xia did not appear, Song Luo still called out Qin Chi's name, and Qin Xiuyang remained his pride. In the end, Qin Chi died at Qin Xiuyang's hands, and Qin Xiuyang, grateful for his past teachings, took him with him to ascend to heaven.

However, he was not happy with this ascension, because the entire Qingyang Continent was destroyed because of their ascension. Moreover, after going to the Immortal Realm, Qin Xiuyang no longer cared about him. He, the Sword Master of the Qingyang Continent, gradually disappeared into obscurity and finally died in the struggle for resources.

It turns out the immortal realm isn't as wonderful as it seems.

Qin Taiming lay there with his eyes open, then fell silent. Song Luo emerged from the forest and buried him after all.