Genius Beast Tamer

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Han Xingyu waited at the Ghost Doctor's residence for a long time, but the Ghost Doctor did not return. Unable to bear it any longer, he got up and went out to look for him.

The Demon Realm is always shrouded in gray, as if it were in a world of dark clouds, in stark contrast to the Immortal Realm, which is like a sacred land surrounded by white clouds, while the Demon Realm is a mysterious land covered with dark clouds.

Finding someone in the vast demon realm would be difficult, but for a little demon with the roots of a god, it's just a matter of adapting to circumstances.

Back in the realm of immortals and demons, his mischievous nature was revealed.

He swaggered out the magical artifact that Hua Qianye had given him, as if he were deliberately showing off, but in reality, he was deliberately using it as bait to lure those greedy people into his trap.

Sure enough, as he flaunted his top-grade magical artifact in the city, more than a dozen greedy eyes were fixed on him.

Lead these demons to a secluded place.

The dozen or so demons who were originally planning to rob the boy were shocked to find that they had become someone else's prey. They stared in horror at the two strange white and red seeds in front of them, which were opening their mouths wide and sucking things in.

Before they could even beg for mercy, their bodies were frozen in place, unable to move, speak, or resist.

He watched helplessly as his cultivation, accumulated over thousands of years, vanished in an instant, and his demonic root flew out of his body, only to be devoured by the two seeds.

Having gained the upper hand, Han Xingyu looked at the dozen or so people who had collapsed to the ground with extreme disappointment, and said with some disdain, "What bad luck! Your cultivation levels are too low!"

"You... what kind of monster are you?!"

More than ten people stared at Han Xingyu in horror, their minds automatically classifying him as a monster. Only a monster would possess two terrifying seeds that resemble monsters, and only a monster would have such a terrifying special ability to devour the demonic roots and cultivation of others. Such a terrifying thing has never happened since the existence of the Immortal and Demon Realm.

"A monster?" Han Xingyu grinned wickedly, narrowing his eyes. "Haven't you all heard of my name, Little Devil?"

"Little devil!"

"Is it a little devil?"

"Disappeared for months, then suddenly reappeared!"

"Has the little devil reappeared?!"

"We must have been poisoned by that little devil; he's a notorious master of poisons!"

"Please, give us the antidote!"

"No...no! I'm getting old, I'm getting older!"

More than ten people screamed in terror. They had been transformed from heinous demons who wanted to rob others into useless people with no cultivation and who were aging rapidly, driving them almost insane.

"Shut up!" Han Xingyu coldly glanced at them, then sprinkled a handful of green powder, his expression dark and menacing, like a demon from hell. "Since you're so eager to witness my poison, then I'll be merciful and let you enjoy it before you die!"

"Ah!" As the green powder fell on them and began to corrode their flesh, screams of agony rang out.

"What a bunch of annoying bastards!" Han Xingyu picked at her ear with a hint of resentment, narrowed her eyes dangerously, and said coldly, "Fine, there's nothing fun left. I'll just give you a quick death!"

Upon hearing this, those who had screamed in agony actually kowtowed to Han Xingyu with tears of gratitude.

Han Xingyu, looking rather lazy, waved his hand and said in a low voice, "Explode!"

As the word was uttered, more than a dozen explosions rang out. Han Xingyu flashed away. When the other demons came looking for him, all they saw was a large pool of green, viscous substance stuck to the ground. They had no idea what had happened, let alone that in just a dozen breaths, more than a dozen demons had died tragically there. Among them was the highest-ranking Luo Tian Shang Mo, a master second only to the Demon Lord.

Han Xingyu returned to the Ghost Doctor's residence along the same route. This was the place where he had lived from infancy until he was five years old. Returning here gave him a sense of familiarity and nostalgia, a feeling of belonging.

Han Xingyu returned to the room where she used to live. Everything here was exactly as it had been when she left, still very clean. It was clear that her Uncle Ghost Doctor often came back to clean this place.

Han Xingyu sat cross-legged on the bed, focusing his inner vision on his dantian.

The Root of God obediently spat out its cultivation as Han Xingyu instructed. The demons' cultivation was somewhat violent and not easy to absorb and refine. Han Xingyu was a bloodthirsty person. When he absorbed the demons' cultivation and opened his eyes, a red light flashed. This was because the demons' killing intent seemed to have assimilated him, causing him some pain. He felt uncomfortable if he didn't kill.

He rushed out of the Ghost Doctor's residence. On the street, he wanted to kill anyone he saw and devour their cultivation and demonic roots. That desire grew stronger and stronger until he could no longer control it.

No! I can't let the lingering consciousness of those dozen or so guys bother me!

Damn it! Don't try to control me!

Han Xingyu regretted consuming too many people's demonic roots at once, as it was too much of a burden.

He struggled to suppress his violent urge to kill, found a haystack, and hid.

Having absorbed the cultivation of those dozen or so people, Han Xingyu had already reached the mid-stage of the Demon Lord realm. However, it was clear that he could not yet fully control the rampaging Demon Lord aura of the demons.

He looked inward at his dantian for help and said in a low voice, "You two, swallow some of my cultivation. I can't handle this cultivation for now and I need time to improve. Swallow a portion first, and leave me with the cultivation of the peak of the Luo Tian Shang Mo realm."

The red and white divine roots swirled within Han Xingyu's dantian, gradually opening their mouths to absorb the cultivation power merging into Han Xingyu's body. After nearly an incense stick's time, Han Xingyu finally breathed a sigh of relief. His guess was indeed correct. It was precisely because he had absorbed too much demonic cultivation power at the same time, and their cultivation levels were all different, that the combined power generated an excessively violent force that he could not suppress for the time being. He needed some time, improving a little each day, to refine and control them all.

The cultivation level of a peak Luo Tian Shang Mo is already a very powerful existence in the Demon Realm, second only to the Demon Lord. Those Demon Lords would not flaunt their power in public; they would all be desperately cultivating or seeking out immortals to fight in the Boundless Sea. A young man like Han Xingyu, who is leisurely and carefree, flaunts his peak Luo Tian Shang Mo cultivation in public, and deliberately releases his power, is extremely eye-catching and extremely frightening.

Ignoring the stares around her, Han Xingyu focused solely on using her current Luo Tian Shang Mo divine sense to search for the Ghost Doctor Uncle's whereabouts. The reason she was in such a hurry to advance her cultivation was to find him more quickly.

Han Xingyu followed the direction she found in her consciousness and stopped at a snow-capped mountain. At the foot of the mountain was a stone tablet with the words "Jiang Family Tomb" engraved on it.

Jiang? Han Xingyu narrowed her eyes slightly. If she remembered correctly, her Ghost Doctor Uncle's surname was Jiang, and the woman who abandoned her was also surnamed Jiang, right?

Han Xingyu wanted to enter, but was blocked by an invisible barrier. Small white characters appeared on the barrier: "No one other than a member of the Jiang family may enter this place."

Directly below the small text, a white plate appeared with four small black characters on it: Verify Bloodline.

Han Xingyu pursed her lips, looking at the plate with a hint of resentment, and muttered, "A cemetery, who would just wander in? Are they looking for treasure or something to steal? Our ancestors made it a bit too complicated, didn't they?"

Although he felt it was unnecessary, he respected his ancestors' wishes and did not rush in. Instead, he pricked his fingertip with a golden needle and dripped a drop of bright red blood into the plate.

The blood on the white plate instantly disappeared into the plate, and the barrier turned into smoke and dissipated.

After Han Xingyu entered the mountain, the barrier formed again very quickly.

Han Xingyu narrowed her eyes and grinned mischievously, "It seems there must be quite a few treasures buried here, right? Our ancestors were truly cautious! I wonder what the consequences will be if this barrier is forcibly breached?"

He was secretly speculating, but he had no intention of trying it at all. No matter how mischievous he was, he couldn't bring himself to do something that would anger his ancestors' graves.

Han Xingyu seemed to want to give the Ghost Doctor Uncle a surprise, so she deliberately concealed her aura and quietly ventured deeper into the cave.

The walls of the cave in the snow mountain were covered with thick ice. Han Xingyu had only taken a cursory look at them, but she never expected that there were actually several demons who had passed away while sitting in meditation inside the ice.

Are these my ancestors?

Han Xingyu carefully examined the people in the ice layer. Most of them were very old demons, and some of them had even reached the level of a demon lord, but because they could not break through for a long time, their lifespan was exhausted and they eventually passed away.

Just as Han Xingyu was about to turn around and enter the corner, he heard the voice of his Ghost Doctor Uncle. He stopped and secretly looked towards the source of the sound.

The Ghost Doctor Uncle stood before an ice wall, his voice hoarse and filled with guilt as he said, "Little Mei'er, Xingyu and his father are truly destined for each other. Indeed, as you predicted, the bond between father and son is unavoidable. I sent Xingyu to the Immortal Realm with his father, but I never imagined that the child and his cousins ​​would deceive the Han family and sneak away. Eight days have passed, and there's still no trace of the three children. If you are watching over me from heaven, please bless me to find Xingyu quickly. Although he is talented and skilled in poisons, it doesn't mean he's immune to poison. Those three children have no cultivation; what will we do if they encounter danger?"

"Little Mei'er?" Han Xingyu frowned and looked at the person inside the ice wall.

The woman in green had her eyes closed peacefully. She was very thin and her face was pale, as if she were sickly, but it was still clear that she was extremely beautiful.

The Ghost Doctor sighed deeply, gazing at the figure within the ice wall, and said with a bitter smile, "You, just like that, closed your eyes and left. It's such a tragedy for your Uncle Ghost Doctor! Your parents were the same; they died young, leaving you, a child, for me, an unmarried man, to raise. You followed their example, leaving so early, leaving behind a nursing baby, for me, a grown man, to care for a baby still nursing!"

Recalling the time when Han Xingyu was just born, the Ghost Doctor lamented, "Do you know how big your precious son's appetite is? He gets hungry in no time. I always have to steal milk from mother deer to feed this child. Seeing the mother deer's own fawns not getting enough to eat is really both funny and sad! If this child hadn't been born with a defective trait, he probably wouldn't be as difficult to raise as ordinary children, right?"

The Ghost Doctor gazed at the emaciated woman within the ice wall, and said with pity, "Silly girl, why didn't you let your uncle tell you what happened? Is it really good to be hated by them? You risked poisoning yourself to save Han Yu, and endured the torment of deadly poison to give birth to Xing Yu, shortening your lifespan and using painful methods to induce labor, giving birth to him with your last breath. Why did you keep all of this a secret? Why did you let your uncle smear you with those lies? That way, they might not feel guilty, but you would become a sinner, carrying that infamy forever. Why, even in your dying moments, did you think of them instead of yourself?"

"Which of your words are true?" A low, hoarse voice suddenly came from the cave.

Hearing the sound, the Ghost Doctor looked over but didn't recognize her at first. The Han Xingyu at this time looked about twelve or thirteen years old. She was not the same Han Xingyu who looked like she was five years old in the Ghost Doctor's mind, but they were extremely similar.

"Who are you…?"

Han Xingyu's face darkened, and he said in a low voice, "I am Han Xingyu."

"Star Jade?" The Ghost Doctor panicked, shaking his head in denial, "No, you're not Star Jade!"

Han Xingyu said in a low voice, "I have already planted the root of divinity and went to the mortal realm for seven years. One year in the mortal realm is equivalent to one day in the immortal realm. I was missing for seven days, which means I went to the mortal realm. If I were not Xingyu, I would naturally not be able to enter the Jiang family tomb. I have already confirmed the blood relationship at the gate."

The Ghost Doctor froze slightly. Although the child was seven years older than before and his face had lost its childishness, he still looked so much like Xiao Mei'er. Looking at those eyes, the Ghost Doctor had already guessed that he might be Xing Yu.

Han Xingyu stepped forward, stopped in front of the Ghost Doctor, looked up at the woman in the ice wall, and asked in a low voice, "Is this Green Charm, my mother? Which of your words is true? Is it what I just heard, or what you told me before? Which one is true?" His emotions gradually became agitated.

The Ghost Doctor looked up at Green Fairy and sighed, "Little Fairy, some things can't be hidden forever. You said that if he and his father were destined to recognize each other, I would fulfill the will of Heaven. So, should I also fulfill the will of Heaven and promise you not to tell them about what happened today? I'm afraid it's no longer possible to do so."

The Ghost Doctor lowered his eyes to look at Han Xingyu, took a deep breath and said, "Just as you heard, everything I just said is the truth of the matter."

Han Xingyu's heart tightened, and his nose stung with tears. It took him a long time to calm down. He looked intently at his mother inside the ice wall and said hoarsely, "Why did she die? How could she die? Was giving birth to me with immense pain? Then why did she give birth to me in the first place? Why did she have to give birth to me despite the pain?"

The Ghost Doctor sighed again, perhaps the most he had ever sighed in his life. He said softly, "Your father wasn't poisoned by an ordinary aphrodisiac, but by the incurable venom of a succubus frog. Once poisoned, it's impossible to endure the pain on your own without releasing the toxin. However, if he had relations with any woman, that woman would also be poisoned and die within five months. There's no cure."

Han Xingyu, being a connoisseur of poisons, naturally knew that the succubus frog's venom was an extremely insidious poison. His eyes welled up slightly; he had already guessed what was to come. He said softly, "Because she only had five months to live, that's why she rejected Father, that's why she said those hurtful things to Father. She didn't want Father to feel guilty, didn't want Father to think that Father had wronged her, she wanted Father to think she was a bad woman, and because she thought she was a bad woman, she let go and stopped thinking about her?"

The Ghost Doctor nodded heavily.

Han Xingyu looked at her mother inside the ice wall with heartache, took a deep breath, and continued, "She wanted to die peacefully, but discovered she was pregnant and only had five months to live. Coupled with the deadly poison, it was impossible for her to give birth to a healthy child. Yet, she asked you to use a secret technique to induce labor, gathering all the poison in her heart, enduring excruciating pain every day, just to prevent the toxins from flowing into the child's body. That's why she's so thin! She struggled to hold on to her last breath, enduring the agonizing pain of childbirth, to bring me into the world?"

The Ghost Doctor could only nod; he didn't know what else to say. Everything was just as the child had imagined.

Han Xingyu bit her lower lip, trying to hold back her tears, and said hoarsely, "Why was she so foolish? She could have chosen not to give birth to me. She should have known that even if she endured five months of torment and gave birth to me, I still wouldn't live long. A five-month-old child would inevitably be useless. Why did she have to endure such torment?"

The Ghost Doctor sighed again and said with a bitter smile, "This is the greatness of a mother. I once asked her the same question: why did she endure all of this, knowing that the child she gave birth to would not live past five years old? Why did she do it?"

"How did she answer?" Han Xingyu replied softly.

The Ghost Doctor smiled bitterly, recalling those days. He said, "I asked your mother, 'Little Mei'er, are you really sure? Even if you force labor and endure the pain to bring the child into this world, the child will only have five years to live. Why bring him into this world to suffer?'"

"Your mother's gaze was gentle as she softly stroked her slightly protruding belly, her face beaming with the happiness of motherhood. She answered me tenderly, 'Uncle Ghost Doctor, children and grandchildren have their own destinies. No matter how much pain I endure, I will bring him into this world and ensure his survival. Even if he only has five years left, I want him to see this world; I don't want to take him with me. Although I know that even if he is born, he will only have five years to live due to congenital deficiencies, I believe my child will be lucky. I hope for a miracle; if he has the opportunity in the future, he might live longer than five years.'"

Han Xingyu looked at her simple-minded mother and said with a mournful smile, "Doesn't she know that such an opportunity is practically zero?"

The Ghost Doctor shook his head and smiled bitterly, "I said that too, but this silly girl told me, 'Even if it's zero, I can't kill the chance for him to be born. Uncle Ghost Doctor, if the child is born and really has no opportunities, I hope you can let him play carefree for five years. This is a mother's wish. She doesn't necessarily want him to succeed in everything, but she hopes he can live a carefree life.'"

"To live out my life carefree," Han Xingyu murmured. After a long while, he nodded and said, "I will remember!"

"Why did you lie to us?" Han Xingyu asked in a low voice.

"Your mother never intended for you to recognize your father," the Ghost Doctor said, rubbing Han Xingyu's head with a sigh. "Your mother was a meticulous person, and you're just like her. Thankfully, you're not like that rough-around-the-edges Han Yu, that idiot who only knew how to shout and yell outside the Demon Realm every day without ever investigating the root of the problem. If he had thought more carefully, or consulted some renowned doctors to find out what kind of poison she was poisoned with, perhaps Mei'er wouldn't have suffered so much!"

Han Xingyu thought of her rough, uncouth father who called her "baby" all the time, and couldn't help but ask with a mournful tone, "How could Mother have fallen for that guy?"

The ghost doctor replied, "The two people next to your mother are your maternal grandparents."

Han Xingyu looked at the two people beside her mother, who also looked very young, and asked in confusion, "They didn't die peacefully, but were killed?"

"Some of the immortals in the celestial realm are even worse than us demons. They tricked your grandfather into coming out to fight, but in reality, they had already laid an ambush. Many of them attacked your grandfather and grandmother. Your mother went there with your grandfather and grandmother and almost lost her life along with them. She was very young at the time, probably not even ten years old. It was Han Yu who saved your mother."

"My father saved my mother? My mother is a demon, why would my father save a demon?"

"Your mother was also puzzled at the time. A celestial being killed another celestial being of the same kind to save a demon she didn't even know. Your father seemed to tell her that in his eyes there was no distinction between celestial beings and demons, only between good and bad people. He couldn't bear to see a group of people chasing after a defenseless little girl. Your mother was captivated by your father's words at the time, and before she was even ten years old, she vowed to become Han Yu's wife."

"No wonder Mother sacrificed herself so much, hoping only for Father's happiness." Han Xingyu asked in confusion, "Why didn't she give me, the child she was born, to Father? If I hadn't met him, I might never have known he was my father."

"Your mother said that if the child only has five years to live, then don't tell your father. Telling him will only cause him more grief."

Han Xingyu nodded understandingly and asked, "You still had five months left, enough time to enjoy your last moments with Father. Why did you hide from him until your death, never wanting to see him again?"

The Ghost Doctor looked at the Green Demon within the ice wall with pity, and said hoarsely, "Your mother said that finding someone you can never find is also a kind of happiness, better than letting your father know she's gone. Perhaps searching forever is tiring, but as long as there is hope, there will be no pain. Or, your father might get tired of searching, stop searching, and start to dislike or hate her, and slowly forget her. That way, your father can start over. Immortals have very long lifespans, and time will fade everything. Once your father forgets your mother, he might meet a better woman! If your father knew that your mother had given her life for him, he would feel guilty and might never look for another woman. He would be very lonely because your mother loved him, so she could accept him forgetting her and finding a better woman to accompany him."

Upon hearing this, Han Xingyu's gaze gradually deepened. In the past, he always thought that he would find many, many women in the future, so that if one of them left him, he would not feel lonely and would have someone else to accompany him. In fact, the root of this idea was that he saw his father's loneliness and thought of his mother's betrayal.

But today, I feel that such thoughts are very irresponsible, and very irresponsible towards women.

If the woman who left, like my mother, had a reason that made me regret not loving her properly, wouldn't she be heartbroken if I were to enjoy myself with another woman after she left?

How can I face my devoted mother like this?

If Mother knew that I had lied to her because I thought she had betrayed Father and was following in her footsteps, she would blame herself for the deception. But now that I know the truth before I even learned to be that kind of person, can I still be that carefree and frivolous playboy?

I am not a child abandoned by my mother, but a child born from her deep love and with great pain.

Everything is different now. The child is not the betrayer's child, but the child born to the woman who deeply loves her father!

Someone like me cannot let down a good woman like my mother.

If my father marries another woman, I will definitely not agree!

How could I possibly be that kind of man? If my children knew how I had betrayed their mother, they would hate me!

Han Xingyu began to admire her father. This seemingly rough and uncouth man, when everyone told him that Lü Mei was a bad woman and asked him to find a new woman and forget Lü Mei, always firmly said that she must have her reasons.

So he really knows his mother that well!

So Mother really did have her reasons!

If a son doesn't even trust his own mother, isn't he an unfilial son?

I once suspected that the woman who gave birth to me was a promiscuous woman who would sleep with anyone, but today I realize that I was the most ridiculous fool to have held that view!

"Why did this happen!" Han Xingyu could no longer hold back her tears, which flowed out like a waterfall, unstoppable.

"The person I hate is such a loving and devoted woman, my mother. Why did she have to die like this, poisoned by such unknown means! No, I can't accept this!"

"Xingyu..." The Ghost Doctor wanted to persuade him, but found that his own eyes were already filled with tears as he recounted Xiaomei'er's words before her death.

Han Xingyu clenched her fists tightly, her voice low and hoarse as she said, "Uncle Ghost Doctor, my mother died so unjustly. Why is there a poison I can't cure? There can't be a poison I can't cure! I can definitely cure the succubus frog's venom! I definitely can!"

The Ghost Doctor shook his head with a bitter smile and said, "It's no use. Even if you could cure it now, what good would it do? Your mother is already dead."

"I must change all of this!" Han Xingyu bit her lower lip, forcefully wiping away her tears, and roared hoarsely, "I must make sure Mother lives! I must save her!"

"Silly child, she is already dead. If your mother were still breathing today, your Uncle Ghost Doctor would believe that, with your talent, you could definitely do what you said—detoxify her and let her live a good life. But it's all too late."

"There will definitely be miracles! Just like everything that happened to me! Growing a divine root and gaining astonishing cultivation—these are things I, who wouldn't even live past five, would never have dared to dream of!"

The Ghost Doctor shook his head with a wry smile, not bothering to stop the child's impulsive actions. "Xingyu, what about your father..."

Han Xingyu shook her head and said, "No, I can speak!"

"Your mother doesn't want your father to know," the Ghost Doctor said, looking somewhat troubled.

Han Xingyu said in a low voice, "He must know, he must know that there was a woman who gave her life for him! I don't want Father to regret it later! Father doesn't have a woman he likes now, but immortals have long lifespans, and it's hard to say whether there won't be a woman he loves in a few hundred or a few thousand years! I can't let Father do something he'll regret. I must let him know everything, know everything Mother sacrificed! How he chooses is Father's business, but he has the right to know, and he absolutely needs to know!"

The Ghost Doctor remained silent for a long time, then sighed and said, "Whatever you say."

……

When Han Wuxie and Han Tianci returned to the Han family, Han Xingyu also returned.

Seeing that Han Xingyu seemed preoccupied, Han Wuxie asked him what had happened. Han Xingyu truthfully told Han Wuxie what he knew that day. Han Wuxie sighed slightly and agreed with Han Xingyu's idea of ​​telling his uncle the truth.

"Sister Wuxie, have you found your father?" Han Xingyu asked.

Han Wuxie pointed to the ring and said, "It's best to cultivate inside the ring for now. Something very fun is expected to happen during this period!"

"Oh?" Han Xingyu asked, slightly puzzled.

Han Tianci raised an eyebrow and said with a wicked smile, "My sister pretended to be a master's disciple and went to the Tian family to demand our father back. She exchanged three longevity pills for him. This should cause the Tian family a lot of trouble."

"Troublesome?" Han Xingyu was still somewhat puzzled.

Han Wuxie explained, "I fabricated a master, saying that the master took a liking to my father and offered three longevity pills in exchange for my father marrying the master. The Tian family is currently on the surface helping the Cheng family find my father and wanting him to marry the Cheng family's young lady. They dare not reveal that I have already taken my father away, for fear of angering the Cheng family."

Han Xingyu smiled mischievously and said, "Sister Wuxie, are you going to play the villain and tell the Cheng family everything—that you handed over the Tian family members in exchange for three longevity pills, breaking your agreement with the Cheng family?"

Han Wuxie gave an awkward smile.

Han Tianci cursed, "You brat, how dare you call your sister a villain? You think you're a gentleman?"

"Hehe!" Han Xingyu chuckled mischievously, "Sister, you deal with petty people with petty tricks—brilliant, brilliant! To deal with petty people with gentlemanly methods would be foolish! Sister, you have the bearing of a hero; I admire you more than enough!"

Han Wuxie tugged hard at Han Xingyu's braid, and said with a mournful tone, "You little rascal, you know how to say good things and bad things too. You can change everything in an instant with just your mouth!"

"Ouch!" Han Xingyu rubbed her head, feigning pain, and said with a troubled expression, "When I turn into a child, Sister Wuxie always pulls my braids. I wonder when I can turn back to my original form!"

"Wait seven years!" Han Tianci said with a raised eyebrow and a smile.

Han Xingyu looked at Han Tianci with disdain, as if he were an idiot, and said with a sneer, "Don't be so naive! In seven years, we can indeed become twelve or thirteen years old again, but have you ever thought about it? Seven years from now, our real appearance won't be twelve or thirteen, but almost twenty!"

Han Tianci was stunned. He had indeed overlooked this point. He had thought that he could return to his true form after seven years, but he hadn't considered that his body would grow for another seven years after that. This seven-year difference could never be made up!

Han Wuxie fiddled with the ring and said with a smile, "When the Heavenly Star Evil Palace is officially born in the Immortal Demon Realm, we won't need to pretend anymore."

"Really?" Han Xingyu exclaimed excitedly, "Sister Wuxie, if I can completely refine the demonic cultivation I gained today, I'll be a mid-stage Demon Lord!"

Seeing Han Xingyu flaunting his power, Han Tianci no longer concealed his cultivation level and coldly snorted, "I am now at the peak of the Immortal Lord realm!"

"How is that possible? Did you swallow a peak Immortal Lord?" Han Xingyu was somewhat astonished. He had wanted to show off, but he didn't expect to be overshadowed by Han Tianci!

"Just as you said!" Han Tianci arrogantly tilted his head back and looked at Han Xingyu provocatively.

Han Xingyu scratched her head angrily, saying, "Don't be so arrogant! Tomorrow I'll go to the Demon Realm, find a Demon Emperor, and devour him! Then I'll find an Immortal Emperor in the Immortal Realm and devour him too! I'll be the dual Emperor of Immortals and Demons! You can't compare to me no matter what!"

Han Tianci sneered, "Tch, I want to devour an Immortal Emperor too! Do you think it's that easy? Those old fogies are all hiding in the cracks of rocks. To find them, you'd have to turn every single rock in the Immortal Realm upside down!"

Han Wuxie narrowed his eyes with amusement, playing with the ring as he said, "Immortal Emperors are hard to find, but Immortal Lords and Demon Lords are much easier to find. Given your cultivation levels, finding an Immortal Lord shouldn't be difficult. If they are decent people, spare their lives. If they are unpleasant, they might as well be used as nourishment for our Heavenly Star Evil Palace."

"Pfft!" Han Xingyu and Han Tianci couldn't help but laugh.

"Nourishment?" Han Xingyu said with amusement, "That's a very apt word! If those guys were to divide up the cultivation of a Celestial Lord, many of them would probably advance in rank."

Han Tianci raised an eyebrow and said, "I haven't told you yet, have I? Today, my sister and I captured a murderer and gave him to them. Nan Yu personally killed his enemy, retrieved the Nan family's heirloom, and discovered it's a divine artifact!"

"A divine artifact? The same as Sister Wuxie's ring?" Han Xingyu asked.

Han Tianci laughed, "Sister's is an ancient divine artifact, a treasure rarely seen even in the God Realm! Nan Yu's is just an ordinary divine artifact!"

"A normal divine artifact? What are its uses?" Han Xingyu asked curiously.

Han Tianci kept everyone in suspense.

Han Xingyu reached out and pulled at his collar, angrily saying, "Han Tianci, you brat, hurry up and talk!"

"Hey, is this your attitude?" Han Tianci looked at his collar, displeased. "Is this the attitude I wanted to hear?"

Han Xingyu quickly withdrew her hand, smiling apologetically as she straightened his collar. "Now you can talk, right?"

Han Tianci coughed a few times to clear his throat, then raised an eyebrow and said, "It can adjust time. The time within that divine tower can be adjusted by Nan Yu. Nan Yu can slow it down by a hundred times, or speed it up by a hundred times. When someone enters the tower to cultivate, their lifespan will be fixed at the time they entered. If he slows it down by a hundred times, a year outside will pass, but a hundred years will pass inside the tower. Those who cultivate inside can increase their cultivation by a hundred years, while their lifespan remains unchanged! If some cultivators are only one year away from exhausting their lifespan but need a hundred years to advance, this divine tower would be perfect for them!"

"There's such a thing?" Han Xingyu's eyes lit up, and he laughed, "Is this just an ordinary divine artifact? What kind of treasures in the God Realm can be considered extraordinary? Does something that controls time really exist? Then... could it be..." He was a little excited and couldn't finish his sentence for a long time.

"What exactly are you trying to say!" Han Tianci was getting impatient.

After calming her overly excited state, Han Xingyu laughed heartily, "I was thinking, if this time-adjusting divine tower is just an ordinary artifact, then could there be an even better artifact for adjusting time? Is there an artifact that can turn back time! Let me go back to when Mother was poisoned, so I can cure her! Then Mother wouldn't have died!"

"The Divine Realm is a place unknown to us. Even Hua Qianye doesn't know what it looks like. We are all ignorant about it. Nan Yu's artifact is just an ordinary artifact, yet it has such an effect. We can't rule out the possibility you mentioned. Perhaps a top-grade artifact, or even a higher-level artifact, could alter the timeline of the Immortal Realm, allowing time to flow backward! I believe that whatever we desire, the gods and mortals of the Divine Realm must also desire!"

Han Wuxie analyzed seriously: "To become a god, one must have spent a very long time! During that long period, one must have encountered many people and experienced many things! It's inevitable that some regrets will occur! If a master weapon refiner among the gods has any regrets, he will definitely try to make amends for something, and he will surely think of what Xingyu is thinking today—to turn back time!"

Han Tianci disagreed, saying, "If time could be reversed, then the gods wouldn't have died, would they? There wouldn't have been any fallen gods. Their companions could have used that artifact to adjust time and go back to save them, right?" He said softly, "I don't mean to extinguish Xingyu's hope, but if such an artifact really existed, Feng Wu wouldn't have foolishly waited for me, would she? She could have adjusted time to save me, to change the course of my death and reincarnation!"

Upon hearing this, Han Xingyu's eyes dimmed instantly, and she gave a bitter smile, saying, "I was just being delusional. Now that I think about it, it really is impossible."

Seeing Han Xingyu's disappointed expression, Han Tianci felt a pang of guilt. He stepped forward, patted Han Xingyu's shoulder, and said earnestly, "Xingyu, it's not that I want to discourage you, but I don't want you to go to the God Realm with such high hopes only to find that there's no such divine artifact!"

"I understand." Han Xingyu nodded with a wry smile.

Han Tianci hesitated for a moment, seemingly wanting to say something but holding back, but finally spoke and promised, "Xingyu, what you can think of, you can definitely achieve! Even if we go to the God Realm and don't have such a divine artifact, I will create one for you in the future!"

"Are you sure?" Han Xingyu asked somewhat awkwardly.

Seeing Han Xingyu's somewhat skeptical look, Han Tianci slapped his shoulder forcefully and said arrogantly, "What? You don't believe me? After all, I'm a skilled weapon refiner! I can now easily refine saint-level immortal artifacts! According to Hua Qianye, my talent, similar to the Eye of Wisdom, will improve with my cultivation level. Right now, I may not be able to sense the functions and whereabouts of things in the God Realm, but in the future, when I become a god and go to the God Realm, I will definitely be able to see the whereabouts of God Realm treasures, distinguish their uses, and refine divine artifacts! With my talent, I will definitely become a master weapon refiner in the God Realm!"