Upon hearing Immortal Emperor Youlan’s words, Lu Chen chuckled softly and then transmitted his thoughts using Divine Thought: "So, it seems you’ve got me all figured out, haven’t you?"

Immortal Emperor Youlan replied with an indifferent expression: "The day the alliance expires will be the day you meet your demise."

Lu Chen said, "Immortal Emperor Youlan, the alliance hasn’t expired yet, and you speak to me in such a manner—it’s not quite appropriate, is it?"

"Aren’t you worried that I’ll reveal your plans and that we’ll all perish together?"

Immortal Emperor Youlan warned, "That person once gathered the Spirit Realm’s elite into this very world. If you continue to waste time within, I’m afraid that by the time you emerge, the Spirit Realm will be in ruins."

"That person’s motives differ from ours. Although we and him are both Ancestors of the Strange, he aims to destroy the entire Spirit Realm, whereas it’s our pasture. We’ll only protect the Spirit Realm."

At this moment, Immortal Emperor Youlan’s words indicated she was preparing to make Lu Chen their exclusive blood sustenance.

Hearing these words, Lu Chen was about to say the Spirit Realm had no concern for him, but Immortal Emperor Youlan seemed to read his thoughts, continuing: "Your memory hasn’t fully returned yet. You don’t know if there is someone important to you in the Spirit Realm, someone waiting for you."

"If one day your memories fully return and you find that those important to you have already become the meal of Mysterious Life, then regret will be futile."

Upon hearing this from Immortal Emperor Youlan, Lu Chen fell into deep contemplation.

Though his memory had not yet recovered, Lu Chen understood that what Immortal Emperor Youlan said might very well be true.

People are social beings; even the mightiest have a few friends, and perhaps someone they care for.

Maybe there truly is someone he cares for in the Spirit Realm, someone awaiting him.

If the Netherworld Evil Emperor does destroy the entire Spirit Realm, when he regains his memory later, it might truly be too late for remorse.

After some time, Lu Chen’s voice resonated in the cave dwelling of Immortal Emperor Youlan, "As expected from the strongest among the Ancestors of the Strange, convincing me with just a few words."

Once those words fell, Lu Chen’s attention diverted from Immortal Emperor Youlan and her group.

Feeling Lu Chen’s gaze disappear, Immortal Emperor Youlan focused on Yun Yudie’s belly, "The child in your womb must still be born."

At this point, Lu Chen had regained only thirty percent of his power. If the child in Yun Yudie’s belly isn’t born, Lu Chen’s recovery may be even slower.

Yun Yudie said, "Lu Chen can recover thirty percent of his power largely after unsealing Qingshu and their memories. Using the Rule Power of the Red Flower Sedan, he subdued them and made them conceive his child. Now that Lu Chen has unsealed their memories, it seems he isn’t as important to us."

Yun Yudie had seen Yun Qingshu in the Red Flower Sedan. That scoundrel Lu Chen had thrown her and Yun Qingshu into the Red Flower Sedan to serve him together. Yun Yudie learned from Yun Qingshu that Lu Chen had already helped most of the Ancestors of the Strange unsealing the depths of their Divine Souls.

One reason they were threatened by Lu Chen was because their Divine Souls’ memories needed Lu Chen for unsealing, and Lu Chen, even without full power, had the strength to help them entirely remove the seal.

Since Lu Chen had already unsealed their Divine Souls, what need was there to fear Lu Chen as a mere tool?

Now, they just had to wait for the Netherworld Evil Emperor to open the Burial Furnace, and then they could rush out directly, right?

Upon hearing Yun Yudie’s words, Xuan Qingyun hastily said: "Yudie, I, Yun Meng, and Xiyue’s memories haven’t fully recovered."

Among those close to Lu Chen, he’d earlier unsealed the depths of their Divine Souls, but Xuan Qingyun and Immortal Venerable Yun Meng, whom Lu Chen hadn’t slept with, had their Divine Souls’ seals slightly cracked, causing them to still need Lu Chen.

Upon hearing Xuan Qingyun’s words, Yun Yudie suddenly felt like saying they should also sleep with Lu Chen, but Yun Yudie quickly realized—it wasn’t a fitting thought for an Ancestor of the Strange!

It must be the result of sleeping with Lu Chen too much, alongside the influence of the sea of flowers, causing her to think sleeping with Lu Chen was of no consequence.

This isn’t a good omen!

After coming to her senses, Yun Yudie said: "Once we leave this world and return to the Deceit Realm, even without him, you can break the seals deep in your Divine Souls yourselves."

The seals Lu Chen placed had already cracked, and once they enter a realm with dense Deceitful Energy, their inner Mysterious Power would resonate with the Deceitful Energy, easily breaking Lu Chen’s seal, so Yun Yudie still felt they no longer needed Lu Chen. 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

But Immortal Emperor Youlan’s thoughts aligned with Yun Yudie’s; she said, "Before we leave this world, Lu Chen still has use."

"Besides, Lu Chen isn’t foolish. If we truly form such thoughts, it would betray the alliance, and by then Lu Chen would certainly ensure mutual destruction."

The alliance was initially formed among all the female Ancestors of the Strange, and Lu Chen was to help all of them recover their memories to fulfill the alliance. If anyone’s memory isn’t recovered, the alliance remains unfulfilled, allowing the token Lu Chen holds to still function.

Most importantly, if Lu Chen detects their intent, he might use the Netherworld Evil Emperor to threaten them.

Seeing Immortal Emperor Youlan’s reasoning, Yun Yudie had no choice but to abandon the idea of eradicating the child in her belly. The thought of having to bear Lu Chen’s child left Yun Yudie brimming with frustration.

At this very moment.

Daqin First Cultivation University.

Within Li Xinghe’s room, Li Xinghe suddenly opened his eyes, sensing the pressure released from the Great Qin Imperial Palace, his face clouded with dark gloom.

Li Xinghe muttered to himself: "No good, I cannot let him continue to grow!"

Lu Chen’s recovery of power was too rapid; if Lu Chen fully recovered strength, at the moment the Burial Furnace opens, Lu Chen might directly charge out then—and he had yet to fully control the other female Ancestors of the Strange, making it difficult to deal with Lu Chen alone.

Most crucially, as of now, Lu Chen shouldn’t have fully recovered his memory, yet as his Cultivation State improves, his memory would completely recover, making him even tougher to deal with once his memory restores.

Though he merely considered Lu Chen as blood sustenance, deep down he admitted Lu Chen was indeed the most formidable enemy since the Deceit Realm’s inception.

Later, the Netherworld Evil Emperor withdrew that trace of Divine Thought from Li Xinghe’s body, and as his Divine Thought retreated, Li Xinghe’s body turned to ash, dispersing into the void.

...

Above the Tianyan Immortal Domain, after refining the fragment of origin, Lu Chen could clearly sense every subtle change occurring in the Tianyan Immortal Domain.

At this moment, Lu Chen observed the Tianyan Immortal Domain below, as if probing the small world within himself.

Just then, Lu Chen suddenly noticed that Li Xinghe had vanished entirely, even the karma associated with him disappeared.

Lu Chen’s brows immediately furrowed, for Li Xinghe’s disappearance implied that the Netherworld Evil Emperor’s trace of Divine Thought had likely left this realm. If that’s the case, then the disaster Yun Yudie and her group foretold might soon arrive?