Compared to back when he was in the Burial Furnace, even though Lu Chen now suspected that there might be other people behind the system, he still didn’t feel the slightest bit of worry in his heart.

As a Great Power of the Spirit Realm, Lu Chen was not afraid at all of others scheming against him.

He was only curious about what had happened in the Spirit Realm and the Deceit Realm when he reincarnated into this world.

Could it be that they had gone back into the Burial Furnace, and Ji Yunmeng and Bai Qingqing had been taken back into the Burial Furnace by the Netherworld Evil Emperor again?

That was unlikely. He had already refined the Burial Furnace, and besides, before he lost consciousness, he had used all his remaining strength to perform the Sealing on the Burial Furnace. Even if the Netherworld Evil Emperor found the Burial Furnace, it probably wouldn’t be so easy to open.

No...

Lu Chen quickly reacted. Although it looked like he had only been reincarnated for twenty years, that was just because he had lost consciousness later and could no longer sense the passage of time.

Perhaps before his reincarnation, his Divine Soul had been wandering in this world for a long time and had not reincarnated for a long while. The time since he arrived in this world might not be just twenty years; it might even be two eras for all he knew.

Could it be that the Ghostly Mist Emperor and the others were defeated by the Netherworld Evil Emperor, and for some reason lost their memories, which was why they ended up in this world?

Wait, he seemed to have overlooked something. Logically speaking, after he reincarnated, this body of his shouldn’t have been able to bear the Power of Cause and Effect brought by such vast memories, and his body should have died very quickly, yet he was still alive now.

Not only was he still alive, his previous memories were all intact and had not been Sealed.

This world seemed capable of screening out that Power of Cause and Effect?

Could this really be another world?

Seeing Lu Chen standing at the gate of the Zhen Nan Prince Manor without stepping inside, his whole person in a daze, Bai Qingqing asked, "Has the Heir remembered anything?"

Hearing Bai Qingqing’s cool voice, Lu Chen finally came back to himself and replied, "No, it just feels a little familiar."

Bai Qingqing said, "The Heir need not worry. The Zhen Nan Prince Manor will find a way to restore your memory. For now, you should come with me to see the Great Prince; he has been waiting for you too long."

Lu Chen said, "Alright."

Then, under Bai Qingqing’s guidance, Lu Chen quickly arrived at the inner courtyard of the Prince’s Mansion, in the bedchamber of Prince Zhen Nan.

As soon as he entered Prince Zhen Nan’s room, Lu Chen saw the entire room filled with black gas, and this black gas made him feel extremely uncomfortable.

Lu Chen thought to himself, could this be a Mysterious Power?

Lu Chen carefully sensed it. Although this gas made people feel unwell, it did not madly devour one’s vitality the way a Mysterious Power would. However, he could vaguely feel that after this black gas entered his body, it was corroding him.

This should be spiritual evil?

Just as Lu Chen was lost in thought, Prince Zhen Nan’s coughing sounded. The Mansion Steward by the bed hurriedly supported Prince Zhen Nan and said to him, "Great Prince, the Heir has returned!"

Hearing this, Prince Zhen Nan grew agitated and broke into a fit of violent coughing again.

The Steward now said to Lu Chen, "Heir, come quickly."

Lu Chen withdrew his thoughts and quickly came to stand before Prince Zhen Nan.

Prince Zhen Nan at this moment was a man on the verge of death. Thick black gas was also emanating from his body. Strictly speaking, it was not pure black; streaks of blue were mixed within, more like a blue so dark that it had turned black.

Prince Zhen Nan raised his head to look at Lu Chen, his drooping eyelids struggling to open, then he lifted his hand, wrinkled like dried bark.

Lu Chen hurried to the bedside and squatted down, clasping Prince Zhen Nan’s hand. Prince Zhen Nan said, "Chen’er, your father’s lifespan is nearly at its end. From now on, you are the master of the Zhen Nan Prince Manor."

"After I am gone, try to stay in the Zhen Nan Prince Manor, stay in the Capital city, go nowhere else, and do not get involved in the struggle for the heir apparent."

"As for your marriage, your father will not live to see it. Everything will be up to you. As long as the other party is not the daughter of some important official of the Imperial Court, for your father’s sake as Prince Zhen Nan, they will probably be willing to marry their daughter to you."

Hearing Prince Zhen Nan’s words, Lu Chen felt a mixture of emotions. Although he had no memories of being the Heir of Prince Zhen Nan, just from these few sentences, he could hear how much Prince Zhen Nan usually cared about this child of his.

Prince Zhen Nan was clearly making his final arrangements.

At this moment, Prince Zhen Nan asked, "Have you taken a fancy to any young lady? You can settle the marriage while I am still alive."

Even though Prince Zhen Nan knew he did not have much time left, he still wanted to pave some paths for his son, and a marital alliance was the best way to do so.

Lu Chen naturally could not say that he liked the Princess Ji Yunmeng. Given Prince Zhen Nan’s current condition, them wanting to marry a Princess was impossible, and Ji Yunmeng was a Princess with ambitions. Even if Emperor Zhou personally granted the marriage, Ji Yunmeng would not necessarily agree to marry him.

Lu Chen directly said to Prince Zhen Nan, "Father, I want to marry Sister Bai."

Hearing this, a trace of confusion appeared in Prince Zhen Nan’s cloudy eyes. In fact, on the day he brought Bai Qingqing back to the Zhen Nan Prince Manor, he had already planned to cultivate Bai Qingqing into Lu Chen’s woman.

Of course, girls picked up this way could rarely become a primary wife. Prince Zhen Nan regarded Bai Qingqing more as a blade—a sharp weapon forged especially for Lu Chen.

However, because Lu Chen had been unable to practice martial arts since childhood and could not draw spiritual evil into his body, as Bai Qingqing grew ever stronger, Lu Chen grew more and more afraid of her.

Lu Chen felt only fear toward Bai Qingqing and no feelings between man and woman whatsoever, so Prince Zhen Nan eventually had no choice but to stop forcing the match between Lu Chen and Bai Qingqing.

What he had not expected was that, now at the brink of his own death, Lu Chen would take the initiative to say he wanted to marry Bai Qingqing. This greatly surprised Prince Zhen Nan.

When Prince Zhen Nan came back to his senses, his gaze turned toward Bai Qingqing standing behind Lu Chen. He very much wanted to know whether Bai Qingqing had said something to Lu Chen that led him to the idea of marrying her.

Just then, Bai Qingqing spoke up of her own accord: "Great Prince, the Heir has lost his memory."

Hearing Bai Qingqing’s words, Prince Zhen Nan finally reacted. No wonder Lu Chen would propose marrying Bai Qingqing.

It seemed that losing his memory had made him forget his fear of Bai Qingqing.

A faint, almost imperceptible smile appeared on Prince Zhen Nan’s aged face. This was good as well. He had originally planned that after his death, the entire Zhen Nan Prince Manor would be handed over to Bai Qingqing to manage, while Lu Chen continued to live as his frivolous son.

If Lu Chen was willing to take the initiative to marry Bai Qingqing, that would also give her a proper status, making it all the more justified for her to control the entire Zhen Nan Prince Manor.

At this moment, Bai Qingqing keenly sensed the expression on Prince Zhen Nan’s face. Her jade-like hand tightened slightly. Was Prince Zhen Nan really planning to marry her to Lu Chen?

Although Bai Qingqing had long known that Prince Zhen Nan was cultivating her with the intention of making her Lu Chen’s woman, a blade at Lu Chen’s side, she had thought herself mentally prepared.

Yet when actually faced with this matter, she found she still felt some resistance. Lu Chen, after all, was a wastrel. To let her manage the entire Zhen Nan Prince Manor and repay Prince Zhen Nan’s kindness in raising her—if that meant she would never marry, she would not feel it a loss.

But to have her marry a coward who clung to life and feared death—that sat a bit hard with her.