Qi Xiaoyu did have a long talk with her back then, and kept in touch with her over the years, urging her to come over. But Liu Yun never agreed. She had never figured out exactly how to go about the matter. Especially when she heard that even Yiyi, during these ten years, devoted herself solely to the Dao and rarely appeared together with Chu Mo. The only woman who had been incessantly by Chu Mo's side was Qi Xiaoyu; this made Liu Yun even more hesitant.

She could understand Qi Xiaoyu's thoughts but found it hard to convince herself. Even after her mother awoke and heard about the matter, giving her affirmative advice, Liu Yun was still hesitant. Because she suddenly realized that her feelings for Chu Mo were not the same as Yiyi's and Qi Xiaoyu's. Rather, hers was more of an admiration for an outstanding man!

This admiration, due to an unintentional marital blunder between them many years ago, gradually turned into affection. But after so many years, when she asked herself again, her heart was able to calm down completely.

Thus, Liu Yun finally decided to go to Piaomiao Palace; she wanted to improve herself. She felt that now she should be able to face Chu Mo with ease.

Indeed, upon arriving at Piaomiao Palace, Liu Yun met Chu Mo. The man who once stirred her heart still had the same effect on her, but the intense ripples in her heart had vanished.

Time is a sharp blade; it can cut through many causes and effects, erase many feelings. Though memories persist, seeing each other after many years, both have matured greatly, and the initial stirring of the heart was no longer present.

Qi Xiaoyu, although somewhat regretful of this outcome, did not press for more.

After their reunion, everyone was very happy. Liu Yun, who had cultivated to the seventh layer of the Emperor Realm, naturally became an honorary elder of Piaomiao Palace.

Then, she too began her cultivation on the heavenly road.

Eighteen years after the day Chu Mo sealed the Luotian Doomsday Array.

The Demon Lord finally returned, looking weather-beaten, with Die!

Both appeared quite weary, but their spirits were surprisingly high.

What pleased Chu Mo was that both his master and the mistress had entered the Quasi-Supreme realm!

The Demon Lord and Die also congratulated Chu Mo on his current achievements.

That night, master and disciple, along with the mistress Die and wife Qi Xiaoyu, the four sat together drinking and chatting heart-to-heart, not calling any outsiders.

"Master, where have you and the mistress been all these years? Why was there no news?" Chu Mo asked the Demon Lord, and even though his own realm had now completely surpassed his master's, he behaved before his master just as he did back in the day. Serious, respectful,

"Ineffable," the Demon Lord sighed softly, a tired smile creeping onto his face, and said, "We've been to many outer regions. Searching for Mystic Purple Gromwell and the Sorrow & Joy Flowers."

"Sorrow & Joy Flowers? That thing... It's said to grow at the border between gods and demons, but I heard that an epoch ago, that place was completely shattered and turned into a void of Chaos. Neither from our side nor the Demon Clan could enter..." Chu Mo looked at the Demon Lord.

The Demon Lord nodded, "Indeed very difficult. Your mistress and I almost died there."

Die softly added from the side, "That place, although it turned into a void of Chaos, actually still has some fragments of land preserved, becoming various lost territories."

"Lost territories?" Qi Xiaoyu curiously looked at Die.

"In such places, lots of beings exist, the strongest among them perhaps at the Emperor Realm. But they can't leave there at all. They don't even dare to leave their continent, because all around is Chaos and nothingness. Once they stray from the land too far, they will completely lose the land's essence. Then... they will get lost in the endless void. The lucky ones may find another continent or go back to their home after years. The unlucky ones may never find a place to settle before they die," Die explained.

Qi Xiaoyu and Chu Mo couldn't help but be startled, not expecting the place to be so perilous. It seemed that the master and the mistress had been through no small amount of hardship all these years.

Die said, "However, your master and I are quite lucky. Not only did we make a breakthrough to the Quasi-Supreme realm over there, but we also successfully found those two spiritual medicines." Saying this, Die happily took out two jade boxes and handed them to Chu Mo.

Chu Mo nodded, "I'll make an elixir for the mistress tomorrow!"

The Demon Lord said to Chu Mo, "We missed a lot of things before. On the way back, your mistress read through many years' worth of message boards records. It has not been easy for you, and you've done admirably!"

Chu Mo responded, "As long as I haven't embarrassed you, Master."

"Haha, you haven't embarrassed me, of course not! You are your master's greatest pride!" the Demon Lord lifted his cup and drank heartily.

That night, the two elder and two younger members had an extremely jovial time drinking in a small courtyard of Heavenly Dao Garden.

The next morning, Chu Mo found the gentianas and the golden ginseng, which, like the gentianas, had chosen to follow Chu Mo, and he asked them for some essence nectar. Then together with Mystic Purple Gromwell and Sorrow & Joy Flowers, he began to forge with the Chaos furnace.

Chu Mo's approach to alchemy was completely different from his early days.

The changes were tremendous in the past ten years or so, and Chu Mo's accumulation of various knowledge and research had reached a completely new level.

He transformed from a cultivator who only knew battle into a person well-versed in geomancy, arrays, alchemy, artifact forging... This process has allowed Chu Mo to accumulate too many new Dao insights.

Over the years, he had attempted to advance his heart method, Heaven's Will My Will, to the fifth layer, to reach the state of "I am Heaven, and Heaven is me," but all attempts failed. He did not force the breakthrough, for he felt that this realm would be the crucial opportunity for his ascension!

In other words, once his heart method cultivated to this realm, he could ascend against the natural order, even if the world remained sealed!

For this reason, he specifically visited Ninth City three years ago to fetch his stubborn sister Xu Nan and also to consult his father.

His father, Tianji, still behaved like an old drunkard in Ninth City. Xu Nan didn't even know that her father had ever left.

Chu Tianji agreed with Chu Mo's deduction and told him that the heart method, Heaven's Will My Will, likely didn't belong to this world.

"I've never heard of this heart method before. It's very advanced, probably even surpassing the supreme. Perhaps, it is of a saintly level or even higher," Chu Tianji had said seriously to Chu Mo at the time.

Chu Mo asked, "Hasn't our Yanhuang region never produced particularly powerful cultivators?"

Chu Tianji chuckled, "Powerful beings roam the vast universe, crossing countless planes with a single thought."

Chu Mo understood a bit more then, and he asked his father if he would take action if the Demon Clan descended.

Chu Tianji shook his head, "Even if the Demon Clan descends, they won't turn the world upside down. I won't take action."

"Then, Father, would you like to return with me?" Chu Mo asked.

"You've been with that girl for so many years without giving me a grandson. What would I return for?"

Chu Mo said his goodbyes to his father helplessly, without further persuasion. He knew that no matter how much he persuaded, his father would never return with him. As for why there were no children after all these years, it wasn't that they couldn't, but rather they dared not!

Facing the imminent chaos, even Chu Mo felt uneasy. He and Qi Xiaoyu did not wish for their child to endure the baptism of such a chaotic world.

One can't see a rainbow without enduring storms, but in such turbulent times, difficult even for them to survive, they should not let a child bear such a burden.

An elixir was quickly concocted, and Chu Mo instructed Qi Xiaoyu to take it to their Master's wife, Die. Qi Xiaoyu understood Chu Mo's intentions and carefully asked when she handed the elixir to Die.

"Master's wife, in two years the Demon Clan will descend. In times like this..."

Die smiled faintly and then said, "Don't worry, when the time comes, you kids will help us care for our child."

Qi Xiaoyu was startled by Die's words and hurried back to inform Chu Mo.

Chu Mo immediately understood his Master and Master's wife's intentions, and went to find the Demon Lord.

The Demon Lord looked at Chu Mo and softly said, "To have a child is your Master's wife's greatest wish over these years, but battling the Demon Clan to death is my greatest wish for years! I regret not being involved in many things before. There are some things in life that must be done."

"But..." Chu Mo frowned. Everyone has their selfish desires. If possible, he truly did not wish for Demon Lord and Die to go to battle. These two people, especially the Master Demon Lord, meant too much to him. He didn't want anything to happen to the Demon Lord.

"What is it? You're not afraid, why should I be?" Demon Lord glanced at Chu Mo and then said, "Enough, don't act like a little lady. Remember, you are the King of the Heavenly Realm!"

Chu Mo forced a smile, "What King of the Heavenly Realm? In front of Master, I'll always be the youth from back then."

"Alright, scram. Don't bother me when it's nothing important. This matter is not up for discussion. When it comes to the battlefield, I will be at the forefront," said Demon Lord indifferently, waving his hand to dismiss Chu Mo.

In the entire Cultivation Realm, there weren't many who could speak to Chu Mo this way now. But Demon Lord, no matter the time, was one of the few.

Only one year remained of the twenty-year period.

At this time, Die was already several months pregnant, strolling daily within the Heavenly Dao Garden, her face radiant with maternal glow.

Chu Mo and Qi Xiaoyu were monitoring the relics of the Blood Demon Galaxy.

One year left, they had to keep watch over this place at all times. Chu Mo didn't trust anyone else, so he personally came.

Staring at this place where battles were once fought, both Chu Mo and Qi Xiaoyu's hearts were filled with emotions.

"Brother, do you think the Demon Clan will send a bunch of supremes this time?" Qi Xiaoyu stood beside Chu Mo and whispered, "Actually, I regret a bit. We should have had a child in the past few years."

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