Ling Yun’s clone shook his head slightly. "I told you that you wouldn’t be able to refuse me if I wanted to force you to dual-cultivate with me, so you don’t have to worry about that."

"Then—" Shangguan Qinglan swallowed her words and looked towards the exit portal. She was a little surprised when Ling Xi, Zhou Yu, and Lei Lin walked in from outside. "Lust spirit, void spirit, and lightning spirit."

"Hehehe," Lei Lin immediately hugged her. "There are many light spirits in our group, but none of them are as strong as you."

Zhou Yu nodded slightly. "At first, I couldn’t believe it when our husband told us that he met a female spirit who lived among humans and disguised herself as one, but here you are now."

"Where do your other members live? Do they live in the Jade Clarity Sect?" Ling Xi asked.

Shangguan Qinglan melted when she saw them, hugged Lei Lin back, and answered Ling Xi. "They don’t live in the Jade Clarity Sect, but they live in the Falling Star Ocean. I wanted to tell them about the three of you and the Spirit Emperor, but Ling Yun asked me to meet you all first."

"I see." Ling Xi nodded in understanding. "There aren’t many spirits living in the Spirit Grove Domain, and Sheng Ming has already brought them to this domain. If your group has many members, you can tell them about the Spirit Emperor, and you can bring them here to live with us. However, our group is no longer the same because there are so many people from different races in our domain, and your people might not be comfortable with their presence."

Shangguan Qinglan nodded at her. "Ling Yun already told me about that, but I’m sure they won’t mind those people’s presence as long as the Spirit Emperor is with them."

"How many people are in your group?" 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

"Only about a thousand people."

"Oh? There are quite a lot of them but not too many, and the spirits from the Sea Flower Realm outnumber them."

Shangguan Qinglan sighed. "Actually, there are countless spirit races living in the Supreme Realm, but they can’t unite because they’ve never managed to find the Spirit Emperor. Ling Yun told me that he was born in the upper realm, and we’ve never looked for him there because the qi there is too low for those of us born in this realm."

"Let’s get out." Shangguan Qinglan was a little stunned when they arrived at the Yunlong Zhuzhai, but she couldn’t find many people there, and most of them were women. "This residence is my private residence, so I will never allow other men to live here, apart from my children."

’Such a possessive man!’ Shangguan Qinglan shouted in her heart as she glanced at Ling Yun.

"Father!"

The shout startled Shangguan Qinglan, and she looked towards the source of the sound. She saw eleven small children running towards them.

"They are my children." Shangguan Qinglan nodded slightly to Ling Yun. "Why are you guys here and not cultivating?"

"Her." Di Tiandi pointed to Shangguan Qinglan. "We sensed this big sister’s presence, so we came out to see her."

"Is she your new wife, Father?" Zhao Zhanfeng asked.

"Haha," Ling Yun rubbed his son’s head with Zhao Yao. "Shangguan Qinglan is not my new wife, and I brought her here to meet Zhu Ling because she’s a female spirit."

"Eh? Is this big sister really a female spirit like Mother Xi, Mother Yu, and Mother Lin?"

"I met her at the Trial Tower, and you couldn’t sense her spirit aura because she disguised herself to live among humans. Since she’s a female spirit, I brought her here to meet your three spirit mothers, and I’ll also bring her to meet Zhu Ling." They looked at Shangguan Qinglan curiously, making things awkward. "Alright, you guys should go back to your rooms and cultivate, and I’ll take her to see him now."

"Yes, Father."

"Where are their mothers?"

"There." Ling Yun pointed to the top of the tower. "They’re in seclusion with my true body, and they won’t be coming out for a few months. Let’s go out! I’ll introduce you to Zhu Ling and the others."

"Alright."

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"Eh? Has the flow of time in this region changed, husband?" Zhou Yu, Ling Xi, and Lei Lin looked around them.

Ling Yun nodded at them. "I met with Huang Lingzhu some time ago, and I asked her to speed up the flow of time in this region to match the time flow within their residence."

"What’s the cost?"

"I just need to help the people in that domain to clear out the demons that invaded it."

Shangguan Qinglan turned to them. "How fast does time flow in this region?"

"Ten times faster than other regions." Shangguan Qinglan fell dumbstruck. "The flow of time in my residence is also the same, so we can cultivate much faster, and my children also grow up faster."

"Who is Huang Lingzhu?"

"An immortal with the nickname ’the Time Lord’."

Shangguan Qinglan took a deep breath as she looked at Ling Yun in shock. ’This man! How many secrets does he have? How does he know the Time Lord?’

"Let’s meet Zhu Ling."

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Zhu Ling, who was speaking with Xian Di and Nu Wang, raised an eyebrow when he saw Shangguan Qinglan. "A female light spirit? Where did you meet her, Ling Yun?"

"Her name is Shangguan Qinglan, and I met her in the Spirit Martial Domain." Ling Yun told them about the domain and the trial tower. "If you want to try all the challenges in the tower, I’ll install a teleportation device here, and you can do it once all the construction is complete."

They were excited for it because they hadn’t been trained in a long time, and they needed to improve themselves again to face the unknown future.

"Spirit Emperor, I finally found you."

Shangguan Qinglan wanted to kneel, but Zhu Ling stopped her. "You don’t need to do that, okay? I may be the Spirit Emperor, but I’m just an ordinary person here, and everyone here has the same status."

"But—"

"No buts." Zhu Ling introduced Shangguan Qinglan to the others. "Xian Di is the dwarf lord, and Nu Wang is the Elf Queen. We come from the Sea Flower Realm, and we’re all gathered here because of Ling Yun. There are still several other natural races here, but they are busy with their own affairs. Anyway, are there many other spirits in your group?"

Shangguan Qinglan answered him directly. "There are around a thousand of them, Emperor. If they knew that I had found you, they would definitely flock to this domain to meet you."

"I see." Zhu Ling looked at Ling Yun because he was their leader now. "What do you think about that? Are you going to bring them here?"

Shangguan Qinglan found this strange since Zhu Ling was the Spirit Emperor, but he asked Ling Yun for his opinion first.

"I’ll bring them here, and they should be able to help you speed up all this construction." Ling Yun looked at Shangguan Qinglan. "How far is your home domain from this domain or the Spirit Martial Domain?"

Shangguan Qinglan thought for a moment. "If we depart from the Spirit Martial Domain, it will take us three months to reach the Falling Star Ocean, and it will likely take us four months if we leave this domain."

"We can go through the void, and we’ll get there if you bring Peng Tianlei with us," Zhou Yu said.

"How long will it take?"

"Hmm? About a month if we depart from the Spirit Martial Domain."

"In that case, we’ll depart from the Spirit Martial Domain." Ling Yun spoke to Shangguan Qinglan again. "You have to inform your sect’s people, or they’ll be at a loss looking for you."

Shangguan Qinglan nodded at him and contacted the people from her sect. "Shall we go now?"

"The sooner the better." Ling Yun brought the four women back to his residence, and he summoned Peng Tianlei to meet him. After the female beast arrived, they immediately went to the Spirit Martial Domain before heading to the Falling Star Ocean.

"Hehe," Nu Wang chuckled. "Looks like we’ll have to add some new buildings, dwarf lord."

Xian Di sighed softly. "The construction will take longer to complete if that kid continues to add new people to this domain, especially since we need to build new places for them. Luckily, they’re members of the spirit race, and they can live in the valley with us. But I wonder if there are other dwarves and elves in this Supreme Realm."

"There must be many members of all the natural races in this realm, Old Xian. However, I doubt Ling Yun will bring them all here, as this domain will be too crowded with their presence."

"That’s true." Xian Di nodded. "This domain is too small and there are no subspaces like in our old realm, so everyone will gather here."

"Unfortunately, Zhou Yu is still too weak to help us create subspaces, so we have to wait for her to gain the strength of her predecessors first, which will take a very long time."

Xian Di and Zhu Ling agreed with Nu Wang. "Let’s continue! We must finish all the construction as soon as possible so we can rest and focus on our cultivation again."

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After they arrived at the Spirit Martial Domain, Peng Tianlei immediately reverted to his beast form and led everyone into the void after Zhou Yu opened it. "Master, I’ll use my full speed so we can reach the domain much faster."

"Alright."