Myriad Daos of the Heaven

At this moment, the power within Jiang Jichen's body was surging endlessly. The subsequent parts of the Demon Phoenix Remnant Technique had already been partially restored.

One of the life shackles within him had been broken.

The First Reincarnation!

Jiang Jichen had actually managed to cultivate the First Layer of the Demon Phoenix Remnant Technique.

His Divine Thought merged into the void, seeming to connect with a mysterious place between heaven and earth.

In that instant, the latter parts of the Demon Phoenix Remnant Technique's Cultivation Technique automatically materialized in his mind.

He finally understood—the Demon Phoenix Remnant Technique wasn't actually incomplete.

Instead, the Demon Phoenix had branded the subsequent parts of the Cultivation Technique into the Endless Void.

Only by cultivating the Demon Phoenix Remnant Technique to a certain level could one sense the existence of the latter parts.

This was what was known as a true inheritance!

The Demon Phoenix Technique had a total of nine reincarnations. By joining with Luochen Fairy, Jiang Jichen had broken the first life shackle, thus entering the First Reincarnation of the Demon Phoenix Technique.

To put it bluntly, he now truly had an extra life.

Even if his physical body and Spirit Infant were utterly destroyed, as long as a single wisp of his consciousness remained, he would have a chance to be reborn.

Of course, that was an incredibly difficult feat.

And having broken the first life shackle, his Life Force had naturally become immensely more powerful.

As for what had just transpired with Luochen Fairy, it had been completely beyond his control.

Jiang Jichen recalled the scoundrel Doroh's words: "Hehe, Great Master, Doroh also added a little something to the Healing Light... an aphrodisiac light, you know."

'An aphrodisiac light!'

'So that was it!'

Everything suddenly made sense. The strange transformation of the Demon Phoenix Remnant Technique, combined with the aphrodisiac light... that's what led to the scene with Luochen Fairy.

Of course, the greater reason was that Luochen Fairy's feelings for him already ran incredibly deep.

Since it had already happened, he was a man; Jiang Jichen would not shirk his responsibility.

He pulled Luochen Fairy tightly into his embrace, determined to cherish and protect this woman with all his heart.

He knew something was weighing on her heart.

But if she was unwilling to speak of it, he would not press her.

She had her own choices to make, and he had his own way of handling things.

「Time passed quietly. The night faded, and daylight broke. It was a new day.」

Jiang Jichen opened his eyes to see Luochen Fairy lying on her side, her beautiful eyes gazing quietly at him.

It was a gaze that seemed to want to engrave his image deep within her heart, to never be forgotten.

"Am I dreaming? How could such a beautiful fairy have come to my side?"

"I hope she never leaves,"

Jiang Jichen whispered.

"Jichen, you're not dreaming. The fairy is right here beside you."

"For you, she would willingly fall from grace and forsake being a fairy."

"But she has a family, and parents. So, in the end, she must return."

"She is bound by a marriage contract. Her family wants her to marry a powerful man who looks down upon the Nine Heavens... as his twentieth concubine!"

"So, a hundred years from now, I must marry him."

"That is why I must go back. Otherwise, my family and parents will be unable to withstand his wrath."

"I will wait for you for one hundred years in the Heavenly Dao Realm, above the Nine Layers of Heaven. If you do not come, then there will be no Luochen left in this world."

Luochen Fairy recounted her story, her expression filled with sorrow.

Yet she was calm, and her eyes held a trace of happiness and anticipation.

She hoped that a hundred years from now, her man would come for her, riding a Seven-Color cloud to the Ninth Heaven.

As soon as she finished speaking, Luochen Fairy's body suddenly dissolved into a faint radiance and vanished.

He watched as Luochen Fairy disappeared into motes of light.

It all felt like a fantasy.

But Jiang Jichen knew it was all real.

Her scent and the warmth of her body still lingered.

Jiang Jichen remained calm. He lay on the massive blue bed, staring at the rafters as he fell into deep thought.

'A hundred years?'

'Why would I need that long? Heavenly Dao Realm, above the Nine Heavens... just you wait!'

Jiang Jichen murmured softly to himself.

But just then, he suddenly sensed something and turned his head.

There, a figure was standing in the doorway.

Youu.

'Damn it, when did this guy show up here again without a sound?'

'He couldn't have been standing at the door all night, could he...? That would mean...'

A sudden chill ran down Jiang Jichen's spine.

He glared angrily at Youu. "Youu, you perverted peeping tom! When did you get here?"

"Do you... have any sense of shame at all? You..."

However, before Jiang Jichen could finish...

Youu replied with a single word. "Just."

Jiang Jichen froze for a second before he understood.

'Just,' as in 'just now.'

Jiang Jichen finally let out a sigh of relief.

He'd been genuinely terrified for a moment.

Youu was like a phantom. He moved so silently that even with his current Divine Sense, Jiang Jichen couldn't detect his arrival.

His origins were an even greater mystery.

But Jiang Jichen didn't try to probe into it.

"Youu, I really regret letting you out," Jiang Jichen continued to complain. "With you spying on me every day, I have practically no private life."

"Nine Heavens."

But just then, Youu suddenly uttered two inexplicable words.

This, in turn, stunned Jiang Jichen.

"Youu, I never would've guessed you're from the Nine Heavens!"

"Heh heh, when the time comes, I'll take you with me, and we'll fight our way up there together!"

"Tell me, do you also have a beloved woman locked away up in the Nine Heavens?"

Jiang Jichen, acting very casually now, slung an arm over Youu's shoulders.

Knowing that Youu had only just arrived, Jiang Jichen felt no psychological pressure and was able to relax.

Otherwise, his attitude would have been completely different.

However, Youu remained silent.

"Youu, you're no fun at all!"

Speechless, Jiang Jichen pushed open the door and walked out.

Youu followed, matching his every step.

Jiang Jichen arrived at the main hall and used his Divine Thought to summon Little Gray, Han Qing, Zhou Qiang, and the Three Strange Bandits.

Soon, everyone had gathered in the great hall.

The nearly one hundred people who had chosen to stay were also standing in the massive hall.

After a night of recuperation, their bodies had recovered considerably.

Before long, they would be fully recovered and become capable members of the Luochen Sect.

"Brother, where is Sister Luochen?"

Little Gray asked via soul transmission.

Han Qing and the Three Strange Bandits also looked at Jiang Jichen, silently awaiting his answer.

A trace of sorrow touched Jiang Jichen's heart, but he immediately followed it with a faint smile. "She has returned to the place she came from."

"Does that mean we'll never see Sister Luochen again?"

"No. One day, I will take you all with me to bring her back."