At this moment, far from Chu Mo, a young couple walked together, the woman beautiful and noble in demeanor, the man handsome with chiseled features and a stern countenance. It was indeed the Demon Lord and Die.

They had arrived at the City of Heavenly Domain later and had missed the battle involving Chu Mo. Knowing that Chu Mo had protectors in the Heavenly Realm, neither the Demon Lord nor Die made a deliberate effort to find him. Die always kept an eye on the news about Chu Mo on the message board, and learning about his prominent identity had eased their worries significantly.

However, they also felt some concern for Chu Mo, as he had immediately clashed with the young lords of the Heavenly Realm, which always gave off an unsafe vibe. Those young lords... each one of them was a Quasi-Emperor!

They even shone brighter than many of the powerful Emperors!

For as soon as they walked out of the heavenly road, they could easily break through to the third level of the Emperor Realm or higher.

Legends said that there were instances where great golden immortals entered the heavenly road and high-level Emperors came out. But such cases... were really rare.

Chu Mo, though an outlier from past to present, had ultimately been left far behind. It was still a mystery whether he could directly ascend to the Emperor Realm after he emerged from the heavenly road. If he couldn't advance that much, how would he resist the overwhelming suppression from those young lords?

But the couple felt powerless about this situation.

Back in the Immortal Realm, they could look down on the world and sweep through all directions. After ascending to the Heavenly Realm, although they were mentally prepared, they still felt somewhat incompetent.

There were simply too many unparalleled heavenly geniuses in the Heavenly Realm!

The Heavenly Realm was also immense!

Its vast territories, spanning billions of miles, were often just the domain of a single family.

Over countless years, too many extraordinary geniuses had emerged.

Despite no longer being young, they still felt a sense of being overwhelmed. They were also striving to adjust their mindset, not wanting to be the butt of their disciple's jokes. Even though Chu Mo would certainly not mock them, both Die and the Demon Lord still hoped to be role models for their disciple through their efforts.

Rather than turning around and having everything done by their disciple. That was not in the Demon Lord's character.

"Young people have their own ways of growing, and we are indeed getting old," Die said lightly, sitting beside the Demon Lord and smiling, "Look at Chu Mo, after ascending to the Heavenly Realm, his strength has increased rapidly, unbelievably so. Now that he has found his family and has so many significant figures helping him, we can feel relieved."

The Demon Lord nodded lightly, holding Die's hand, and said solemnly, "That's why we must not drag him down. If we can help, we will; if we can't..."

At this point, the Demon Lord sighed softly, "We'll keep our distance."

Die looked at the Demon Lord, then leaned her head gently on his shoulder, "I understand what you're thinking. You're afraid of becoming a burden to him, worried that some powerful cultivators might threaten him through us."

The Demon Lord nodded, "This is the Heavenly Realm, the sanctuary that all cultivators dream of. But the number of powerful beings here is just too great."

"Have you lost confidence?" Die asked softly.

"Lost confidence? Heh..." the Demon Lord chuckled lightly, stretching out his hand, embracing Die's delicate waist, "Not unless I'm dead!"

"Don't speak nonsense," Die scolded playfully, then said softly, "The essence energy on the heavenly road is so rich, I can already feel my realm about to break through to the Heavenly Immortal level."

"That's great, I'll protect you!" the Demon Lord responded with joy.

"But you..." Die looked at the Demon Lord with some concern. Since ascending to the Heavenly Realm, his strength had increased much slower.

It was not actually very slow, but compared to people like Chu Mo and Die, it seemed somewhat slower. In fact, compared to ordinary cultivators, the Demon Lord's rate of improvement... still deserved admiration.

Chu Mo was a different case altogether, a freakish genius, an unsurpassed heavenly genius who, due to various reasons, ended up in the Mortal Realm. Possessing talent not inferior to top heavenly geniuses of the Heavenly Realm, his rate of advancement was astonishingly fast.

Die, because her body was refined from a Quasi-Saint medicine, had reached a profound level of innate talent, even beyond the Demon Lord's understanding. Seeing her rate of cultivation improvement, she seemed to rival those young lords of the Heavenly Realm.

This certainly delighted Die, but more so, she was worried about how the Demon Lord's emotions might be affected by this.

First the disciple, then the wife... both becoming so accomplished, and then looking at himself... it seemed like he was still marking time. Such a mindset, as one can imagine, would affect anyone.

Cultivators are also human, not saints or gods! They too have emotions and desires, and are subject to various distractions.

The Demon Lord, holding Die's hand, couldn't help but laugh lightly and say, "What are you thinking about? Do you really think I would give up because of this? Be struck down? What a joke! Back when I was in the Immortal Realm, countless people chased me, and I fell into peril many times. I survived that period, and now everything is already going well; how could I possibly give up? Go on, I will protect you. Just wait until your cultivation improves, then it will be your turn to protect me!"

There was a mist in Die's eyes as she softly said, "I will stay by your side for a lifetime!"

"So will I," the Demon Lord said with a smile.

The Demon Lord, who rarely smiled, only showed such a relaxed smile in the presence of Die and Chu Mo.

Afterward, Die began her closed-door cultivation right there, aiming to breakthrough to the Heavenly Immortal Realm.

The Demon Lord was not idle either, as he started operating the Heaven's Will My Will technique. At this time, he had reached the third volume of the Heaven's Will My Will technique—the Ultimate Dao Volume!

This volume of the technique was unimaginably helpful to the Demon Lord.

It seemed that the speed of his cultivation improvement had slowed down, but in reality, the perfected Heaven's Will My Will technique demanded a higher level of foundational solidity than before!

Otherwise, given the Demon Lord's intelligence and diligence, although his improvement might not be as quick as Die's, it wouldn't be much slower.

He was continuously solidifying his own foundational base!

He just hadn't explained it as clearly to Die, because the Demon Lord also had a very strong sense of pride; although he verbally mentioned letting Die become strong to protect him later, deep down… he still hoped to protect his beloved woman himself.

He was preparing a surprise for her!

As long as he mastered the third volume of the Heaven's Will My Will technique, the Ultimate Dao Volume, the Demon Lord believed his speed of cultivating improvement would not be much less than Die's.

While Die was in closed-door cultivation aiming for a breakthrough, the Demon Lord was continuously comprehending his technique.

The place they chose was very quiet, and most cultivators would have already traveled much further by this time.

The Ultimate Dao Volume was an act against heaven, but once comprehended, the feeling of essence energy sweeping in from Heaven and Earth was extremely delightful. Cultivation was a mundane process, yet at this moment, the Demon Lord felt no mundanity, but rather excitement.

With his beloved by his side and his realm advancing rapidly, why would he feel mundane?

As his comprehension of the Ultimate Dao Volume deepened, the Demon Lord could even feel the density of the surrounding Heaven and Earth essence energy increasing continuously.

Just then, a conversation suddenly came from afar.

"Eh? Look ahead, the essence energy seems very dense?"

"It looks like someone is cultivating over there?"

"Let's go have a look!"

"Shouldn't we, though? If someone is cultivating, let's just move further away, why go and have a look?"

"The density of that essence energy is beyond imagination, what's the harm in having a look?"

As the voices spoke, a group of people approached from a distance towards the Demon Lord.

The Demon Lord immediately stopped his cultivation, and his realm stayed at the advanced stage of the Great Luo Jinxian. But his foundational base… had become immensely solidified!

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