’What the heck? Is this woman that desperate?’ Ling Yun shook his head in refusal. "I don’t know what you’re thinking by asking such a thing, but I will never fulfill your request."

"Why?"

"You’re not my woman."

"But—"

"Even if you can get pregnant using external methods, I will never agree to it unless you become my woman. However, I know that it is impossible because your heart belongs only to the Old Dragon, so you can forget about your wish."

Ling Yun had long desired to have Huang Lingzhu as his woman because he was aware of her schemes and wanted to teach her a lesson, but he had never expressed this desire or discussed it with anyone.

So far, only Ling Xi and Long Hun knew about it, but they didn’t say anything because they understood Ling Yun’s character.

"I have to go back now."

Huang Lingzhu looked at Ling Yun flying away with an unfazed gaze; Her brain kept thinking of hundreds of ways to make him agree with her wish. She had already decided to end her life after the battle with Chaos, but she couldn’t just die, and she had to find someone who could inherit her abilities first. Unfortunately, no one could inherit her abilities, and her future child was the only one who could inherit them all.

As for her child, Huang Lingzhu considered that not a single living creature in the universe was worthy of being the father of her child except for Ling Yun, the future Primordial Chaos Dragon. That’s why she decided to talk to him about the matter, but he rejected her request without thinking twice.

Liao Shuzhen, Bai Xuanyue, and Dongfang Qinzhi suddenly appeared behind Huang Lingzhu. They had no intention of eavesdropping on his conversation with Ling Yun, but it was a trivial matter to them.

"Are you really thinking about having children with Ling Yun, Sister Lingzhu?" Bai Xuanyue asked; her voice was as calm as ever.

Liao Shuzhen, on the other hand, was also thinking the same thing as Huang Lingzhu. Bai Xuanyue had previously informed her that Ling Yun requested she speak to him directly if she was genuinely considering it, but their recent conversation had caused her resolve to waver slightly. "Are you considering the matter of just getting your heir, Sister Lingzhu?"

"As I said before, Ling Yun rejected your wishes, Sister Lingzhu." Dongfang Qinzhi had already spoken with Huang Lingzhu about the matter a few days ago, and the results were as she had expected.

Huang Lingzhu released a soft sigh, turning to face them. "I want nothing more than an heir who can inherit all my abilities, and my heir must be my direct descendant; otherwise, he or she will not be able to inherit my abilities. In this universe, there is no living being worthy of being the father of my offspring other than Ling Yun."

"What are you going to do next? Are you thinking about forcing Ling Yun?" Dongfang Qinzhi asked.

"You know I can’t do that, right, Qinzhi?" Dongfang Qinzhi did not answer Huang Lingzhu, but she knew that it was impossible. "Although Ling Yun is much weaker than me, I can no longer force him, so I can only wait patiently for him to agree to my request."

"Ling Yun will never agree to your request, Sister Lingzhu."

"I know." Huang Lingzhu nodded to Dongfang Qinzhi. "After all, the final battle with Chaos is still far in the future, so I still have plenty of time to change Ling Yun’s mind, and I will convince him to agree to my request. By the way, Jian Xieshen and Xie Zuzhou will arrive at this domain soon, and the three of you must protect those people because a big battle will occur on that day."

"When exactly will they arrive at this domain?"

"In two to three days." Huang Lingzhu disappeared immediately after saying that.

"Why do I feel that Sister Lingzhu is so impatient to have children?"

Bai Xuanyue agreed with Liao Shuzhen, feeling that Huang Lingzhu’s impatience for children was contrary to her character. "What about you? Aren’t you thinking about having a child with Ling Yun? Why don’t you meet him and talk to him?"

"You’ve heard his rejection of Sister Lingzhu yourself, right? If I meet him now, she will definitely reject my request too." Bai Xuanyue agreed with Liao Shuzhen.

Dongfang Qinzhi spoke to Liao Shuzhen. "Before thinking about that problem, you should think about the most important thing first."

"The most important thing?" Liao Shuzhen was confused.

Dongfang Qinzhi touched Liao Shuzhen, sharing her activities with Ling Yun in his soul space. "I’ll go back to my post, and you can see everything first."

"What did Qinzhi give you?"

Liao Shuzhen did not answer Bai Xuanyue immediately and watched Dongfang Qinzhi’s memories first. She gasped in shock after seeing her dual soul cultivated so wildly with Ling Yun’s soul.

Liao Shuzhen looked at Bai Xuanyue, shared Dongfang Qinzhi’s memories with her, and disappeared afterward.

Confused, Bai Xuanyue immediately looked at Dongfang Qinzhi’s memories. Her face instantly flushed and paled, not expecting Liao Shuzhen to share those memories with her. "Tch! My mind has been tainted! I must forget those memories! Just pretend I never watched them!"

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Meanwhile, Yun Jingqiu was inside her soul space, with Feng Jingqiu standing in front of her. "You have to stop influencing me."

"Why?" Feng Jingqiu was puzzled. "You and I are the same person, so—"

"No!" Yun Jingqiu shouted. "We have the same body, but we’re not the same person! I am me, and you are you! I am a good woman, and you are an evil woman!"

Feng Jingqiu folded her forehead. "How can I be an evil woman if I never do anything bad?"

"You are an evil woman, at least in my eyes! You are trying to influence me so that I become like you; that means you are an evil woman!" Feng Jingqiu narrowed her eyes, but Yun Jingqiu showed no trepidation. "You can live inside me, but you have to stop influencing me. If you still try to influence me, I will ask my father to obliterate your soul."

"Hahaha," Feng Jingqiu laughed. "Do you think our father would dare to do that? We are one, and we will never be separated. If our father destroys my soul, yours will also disappear, and you will die."

Yun Jingqiu’s heart skipped a beat, but she immediately made up her mind. "Even if I have to die with you, then so be it! I don’t want my father to hate me for being an evil woman like you!"

"You are crazy!" Feng Jingqiu shouted in frustration. "If you die, you will lose our father, and our mother will also be sad because of your death!"

Yun Jingqiu shook her head. "I know that, but I don’t care about that. At least, my father won’t hate me anymore, and I can die in peace."

Feng Jingqiu looked at Yun Jingqiu with a sharp gaze; her body exuded an extremely terrifying dark aura. "Humph! I won’t speak to you anymore, and I’ll wait for the right time to take over your body! At that time, I’ll show you the true side of the dark phoenix, and everyone will fear me!"

"Do you think you can do that?" Yun Jingqiu asked, shaking her head. "Your soul is already bound to my father’s soul, and he can control you at any time. Even if you take over my body, you won’t be able to do anything out there!"

"You—" Feng Jingqiu was really helpless regarding that matter. She herself didn’t expect that Ling Yun would do such a thing to her, and he had complete control over her soul.

Yun Jingqiu spoke to her again. "You have no other choice now! If you want to live freely, I hope you will stop influencing me, and you must lend me your power!"

"What a foolish woman!" Feng Jingqiu clenched her fists. "Why would I lend you your power if we’re essentially the same person?"

"What do you mean?"

"Stupid! We’re both the same person with one body, so all my power belongs to you from the start, but you can’t use it yet!"

Yun Jingqiu immediately realized that. "Teach me!"

"I can’t!"

"Why?"

"Your cultivation hasn’t broken through to the Five God Realms!"

"I see." Yun Jingqiu nodded in understanding. "So, I can use our powers after my cultivation breaks through to the Five God Realms, right?"

"That’s right." Feng Jingqiu nodded helplessly. "When your cultivation breaks through to that stage, you will experience a great change, and you will be able to use a small portion of the true power of the dark phoenix."

Yun Jingqiu immediately made up her mind. "I’ll leave now! I’ll return to our residence to enter seclusion, and I won’t come out until my cultivation reaches that stage."

"Up to you." Feng Jingqiu sighed after Yun Jingqiu left. "That damn father of mine! Even though I am the embodiment of the dark phoenix, I am still his daughter, but he treats me that cruelly!"

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After she returned to her body, Yun Jingqiu immediately went to see Hua Ning, and she informed her mother that she would be returning to their residence to enter seclusion.

Hua Ning had no problem with the arrangement, and she accompanied her daughter to the Heavenly Star Sect because the portal connecting the domain to their residence was located in the sect.

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Three days passed quickly.

For the past three days, all of Ling Yun’s wives remained undefeated in any of their matches, causing the number of heretics to steadily decrease.

Ling Yun, Huang Lingzhu, Huang Hao, Sheng Ming, Dongfang Qinzhi, Bai Xuanyue, and Liao Shuzhen stood side by side on a hill.

"They’ll be here soon."