After being reborn, I took my childhood sweetheart to cultivate immortality.

Only after the words "two lifetimes" were uttered did Yu Jinchen realize what was happening.

"Yes, this is my second life. I haven't lost my way, and we're even married now."

She even taught me how to cultivate immortality, and we also had four adorable children.

These are all illusions. I want to go back. Get lost, inner demons! I want to go back!

The last sentence, "I want to go back," was almost shouted out. With Yu Jinchen's loud shout, all the lingering images finally disappeared.

When he opened his eyes, he saw his wife and two sons surrounding him with anxious expressions.

The two brothers exclaimed, "Dad, you're finally awake?"

Xu Qingman, "Jinchen, are you feeling unwell anywhere?"

"I'm fine now, I'm sorry to have worried you."

After saying that, Yu Jinchen hugged his wife tightly. Although he knew that everything was caused by his inner demons, the despairing feeling he had just experienced still lingered.

“Father, the spirit fox we chased before must have been a phantom beast. You must have inhaled the most of the breath it exhaled before it left, otherwise how could you be so much more seriously injured than the three of us?”

After Xu Shunu finished speaking, Xu Shuyang continued, "Yes, Dad, you just said one minute that you wanted to pursue my mother, and the next minute you said that my mother had disappeared and you were crying so much that we couldn't wake her up."

Yu Jinchen felt a little embarrassed when this brat exposed his boasting about pursuing his wife.

Just as I was about to tell him to shut up, I heard him ask again, "Father, you must have loved my mother terribly when you were young, otherwise why would you be so insecure and afraid that my mother would disappear?"

When my mother saw you crying pitifully and couldn't wake you no matter how she called you, she got so anxious that she slapped you to wake you up.

Hahaha… I’m going to tell my older brother and sister when I get back, it was so much fun, hahaha.”

Xu Shuyang laughed happily, but he didn't notice the dangerous look in his father's eyes.

Yu Jinchen stroked his still slightly sore cheek. He thought to himself, "I knew it. It's just a mental demon. Why does my face still hurt when I wake up?"

"Wife, you hit me hard."

Hearing her husband's accusations, Xu Qingman turned her head away in embarrassment.

"I didn't do it on purpose. It's your own fault for being so obsessed with your inner demons that I can't wake you up no matter how much I call you. I've already fed you several pieces of this Ice Flame Lotus, but you still won't wake up. That's why I'm getting anxious."

It's all your fault. Ever since I got those Ice Flame Lotuses, I've been telling you to eat one every now and then, but you just wouldn't listen.

I know you want to save more for your children, but have you considered that, apart from the eldest, Shuyi, do the other three need such a good elixir to resist their inner demons?

Especially those two silly boys, they're always so clueless, how could they easily develop inner demons?

You, you just let your concern cloud your judgment.

Yu Jinchen felt guilty after being scolded by his wife, but he still replied unwillingly, "You're talking about me, but you didn't eat much yourself either."

Xu Qingman glared at him angrily, "I knew I had let go of everything. Don't you know your own situation? You're not allowed to make your own decisions next time. You have to listen to me."

Seeing that his wife was really angry, Yu Jinchen could only coax her in a low voice, "Don't be angry anymore. It was my fault. I will listen to you next time."

Yu Jinchen knew in his heart that he had indeed made a mistake. No matter how rare the Ice Flame Lotus was, it was not as important as her husband's safety in his wife's heart.

He himself never expected that, even after hundreds of years, the events of his previous life would still have such a profound impact on him.

It was such a devastating blow that after searching frantically for so many years in my past life, only to find it dangling precariously from the doorframe, the shock was so profound. So profound that even after hundreds of years, the thought still sends shivers down my spine.

Seeing that her husband seemed to be thinking about his past life again, Xu Qingman felt a little guilty.

Although she had escaped from that hellhole, she felt too ashamed to go back and face people. Later, because of her son's death, she never revealed her real name to anyone.

Furthermore, due to years of torment, he had aged beyond recognition, causing Yu Jinchen to go to great lengths to find him.

Perhaps thinking of these things, Yu Jinchen gave Xu Qingman a dangerous look, his eyes seeming to say that he was waiting for him to settle accounts later.

Seeing his parents exchanging glances but not mentioning seeking revenge on the mythical beast, Xu Shuyang grew anxious.

"Dad, Mom, shouldn't we find that magical beast first, or it might escape again?"

Xu Qingman hurriedly replied, "Yes, yes, we need to find the magical beast first. Our little Si has finally shown some intelligence."

Upon hearing this, Xu Shuyang asked leisurely, "Mother, am I stupid?"

Xu Shunu smiled and comforted him, "Don't be sad, little brother. You're not stupid, but you're not exactly smart either."

Xu Shuyang gritted his teeth and said, "Thank you, Third Brother. I feel comforted."

Yu Jinchen, who was walking in front, gestured to the two brothers, "Shh, don't mess around, that magical beast seems to be just ahead."

Upon hearing that the phantom beast had been found, the two brothers stopped playing around and, together with their parents, surrounded the spirit fox under the tree.

For some unknown reason, although it knew it was surrounded, the spirit fox did not take any action.

Just as the four men raised their swords to attack, they heard a slightly hoarse female voice in their ears.

“Let’s make a deal. You let me go, and in exchange, I’ll give you a teleportation talisman to enter the ruins of an ancient sect.”

Yu Jinchen looked at the spirit fox in confusion, "Was it you who spoke?"

The spirit fox nodded. "Yes, it's me."

"Why should I believe you? You even tricked us into falling into an illusion before. If we hadn't woken up early, we would already be yours by now."

Seeing that Yu Jinchen was not buying it, the spirit fox was not disappointed.

"I can swear to the heavens that I will never deceive you, but you must also swear that you will never harm me."

"Why?" Xu Qingman asked.

"Huh? What do you mean why? Didn't I already promise to swear an oath to Heaven?"

The spirit fox didn't understand. Human cultivators were truly complex. They all claimed to be willing to swear an oath to the Heavenly Dao, yet they still didn't believe themselves. In this world, once anything embarks on the path of cultivation and swears an oath to the Heavenly Dao, no one can go back on their word.

Xu Qingman wasn't afraid that the spirit fox would go back on its word. She just felt that there was no reason why anyone or any beast would be willing to tell others about the ancient sect ruins, given how attractive such a place was.

"If I'm not mistaken, you deliberately lured us here before, didn't you?" Xu Qingman said with certainty.

The spirit fox nodded. "Yes, I did it on purpose. Of course, I know that there must be a lot of good stuff in the ancient sect ruins, but the problem is that I can't get in by myself."

After the spirit fox explained, Xu Qingman and her family of four finally understood that although the spirit fox had a teleportation talisman, it had indeed tried to teleport.

However, because the area was filled with extremely complex formations, it couldn't get inside at all, and was bounced out every time the time was up.

A few days ago, when Xu Qingman and her family came to this area, it happened to see Xu Qingman setting up an array to deal with a peak tenth-tier demon beast. That's when it decided to lure the whole family over to discuss cooperation.