"Senior Zhou, this is the Immortal Law you gave my son back then. I’m returning it to you now, exactly as it was. So stop coming to me asking about Sect Master Lu."

"Hey now, what kind of person takes back a gift once it’s given? Your son is very suited for this—"

"Suited my ass. If you wanna go, then go your damn self. My whole family, every last one of my disciples, have all been relocated to Wandao Sect—that’s all your damned fault, and you still got the nerve to spout nonsense at me?!"

"The fact that I haven’t sold you out is already my bottom line. You’d better stop coming to me. Farewell!"

The same thing was happening in more than one place. Many people were panicking, but the strange thing was, Wandao Sect never traced anything back to its source.

Taichu Hall, plaza.

Lu Jin’an sat cross-legged in midair. As his Dao Domain flowed around him, sun, moon, stars, mountains, rivers gradually appeared within it, forming an independent world nearly identical to the heaven and earth outside the domain.

The seed from the Southern Great Realm in his body had long since taken root and sprouted, fusing with Lu Jin’an’s Immortal Seed. At this moment, combined with the circulation of Lu Jin’an’s Space-Time and Yin Yang Path within the Dao Domain, it gradually infused the domain with a vigorous, burgeoning vitality.

A strange humming sound, carrying a peculiar frequency, merged with heaven and earth. In the nearby gaze of Zhu Nanzhi, Lu Jin’an’s figure grew ever more illusory and indistinct, as if he no longer existed in this heaven and earth.

Moreover, even though a sound was clearly ringing out, Zhu Nanzhi found her senses growing quieter and quieter, as if nothing at all was happening.

At a certain moment, a small bird suddenly flew into Lu Jin’an’s Dao Domain. Zhu Nanzhi’s heart tightened; she was just about to personally seize the bird and pull it out so it wouldn’t disturb her husband, when she saw Lu Jin’an open his eyes.

He extended a finger and pointed at the bird.

The bird that had been flapping its wings and chirping away suddenly had its Demon Energy grow denser and denser. In an instant, it transformed from an ordinary Little Monster into a Demon Emperor Level bird.

Zhu Nanzhi’s eyes widened in disbelief. She then saw the bird rapidly undergo Transformation, its form wrapped in Demon Energy as it turned into a girl of about sixteen or seventeen, who knelt devoutly among the faintly visible mountains within her husband’s Dao Domain.

This...

Zhu Nanzhi opened her mouth, stunned. Was this reasonable?

With just a single thought, he could turn an ordinary Little Monster into a Demon Emperor?

Her husband’s Dao Domain had this kind of effect?

When he suppressed and killed that Demon Emperor at Two Realms Pass, it wasn’t like this at all...

Zhu Nanzhi stared blankly, and suddenly recalled how her husband had said before that his Dao wasn’t yet fully perfected... so this was what he meant?

Thinking of this, Zhu Nanzhi’s pair of Azure eyes grew misty, her expression taking on a touch of reverence.

Seeing out of the corner of his eye the change in his little wife’s expression, Lu Jin’an couldn’t help but chuckle. Nanzhi always managed to provide the best emotional support at the most fitting moments.

And that kind of emotional value was something he would never grow tired of, no matter when.

Especially since his little wife was born with that cool, pure look, and was the Holy Daughter of Qingmiao Palace—made her emotional support all the more precious.

Reining in his thoughts, Lu Jin’an looked at the Demon Emperor lying prostrate below. He slowly withdrew his Dao Domain, and as she came into contact with the outside world, the Demon Emperor’s Realm began to fall, but when it dropped to the Realm of Demon King, it stabilized.

"Just as expected."

Lu Jin’an thought silently. His Great Dao was cultivated by himself, but with the assistance of the Southern Great Realm’s seed, it had gained a slight resonance with the Heavenly Dao of Yunding Continent.

And it was precisely this resonance that allowed this little bird, even after leaving the Dao Domain, to stabilize her Realm at Demon Emperor.

"Husband, you’re amazing~"

Seeing Lu Jin’an put away his Dao Domain, Zhu Nanzhi ran over with quick little steps, her eyes bright as she looked at him. "Husband, you’ve completely become a master of everything now~"

Landing on the ground, Lu Jin’an casually pulled Zhu Nanzhi into his arms. "This is how my Dao is. If it didn’t have this sort of effect, that would be the failure."

"I congratulate you, husband. Let me make a feast tonight to celebrate~"

Zhu Nanzhi giggled, then called Han Wu over.

The little Maid, specially summoned by Zhu Nanzhi, quickly ran over. She heard Zhu Nanzhi instruct, "Take her over to Yun Duo and let Yun Duo arrange things."

"Yes, my lady."

Han Wu led that little bird away, and Zhu Nanzhi hugged Lu Jin’an’s arm. "Husband, when will your Great Dao be considered perfected?"

"That’s still a secret."

"Why~?"

"It only counts as complete once it’s done. Before that, I don’t have absolute confidence either."

"Hmph~ Then I’ll just wait until husband tells me."

Lu Jin’an couldn’t help but smile. Pure nonsense talk, really, but they both quite enjoyed it.

"Sect Master." Chunyu hurried over, carefully interrupting the flirting between the Sect Master and Saintess Zhu. "Night Pavilion Master requests an audience."

"I’ll go prepare dinner first."

Zhu Nanzhi sensibly let go of Lu Jin’an’s arm and skipped lightly toward the kitchen.

Watching her back, Lu Jin’an thought that although his little wife had become an Immortal, she was still that same lively, adorable girl.

That was exactly what he liked about Zhu Nanzhi.

Withdrawing his gaze, Lu Jin’an strode out of Taichu Hall and went straight into the Order Enforcement Hall.

With that group of questioning Cultivators gone, peace had returned inside and outside the Order Enforcement Hall, but the elders and Deacons coming and going all moved in haste, each preparing for the war that could erupt at any moment.

"Greetings, Sect Master."

Having waited a long time, Ye You bowed and followed behind Lu Jin’an, speaking as they walked. "Those Cultivators have all quieted down. The ones who incited them were Zhou Fu, Yang Zhuifeng... these Immortal Monarchs. How does Sect Master plan to handle them?"

"No need to handle them."

Walking into the hall, Lu Jin’an waved off Xue Shaohai, who was about to salute, then continued to Ye You, "When the war starts, just toss them onto the front line where they belong."