Many descendants

……

Dongxian Palace.

Ziqi stood on the roof of the palace, holding Xiao Ba in her hands, and felt that something had changed in the world.

Suddenly, a beam of teleportation light descended from the sky and landed in his arms.

The light scatters... It's a little white mouse, its dark eyes shimmering with a watery, alluring light.

“Yan Yan,” Zi Qi said with a smile.

"Your Majesty, I'm back," Su Yan said with a smile, then looked at Xiao Ba, "Oh~ why isn't it out yet?"

"It seems your provocation didn't work," Ziqi said helplessly when talking about her son.

Su Yan raised her little paw and patted it, "Good baby~ You must be an egg baby."

Ziqi smiled and asked, "Are you pregnant?"

Su Yan shook her head. "No. Zu Long has sealed his heart and locked away his love. He has no interest in females, but he likes the cubs quite a bit. However, he has no intention of having children and even wants to go to the Origin Realm. I'm afraid the dragon baby you want will not be possible for the time being."

"No rush. He's lived for so long, it'll probably take him a thousand or eight hundred years to make a decision." Ziqi led her back into the palace.

Su Yan was speechless. "A lazy dragon, huh? Its reaction is so slow..."

Yu Yan entered the hall.

Upon seeing Su Yan return, he quickly greeted her, "Hello, Sister Su."

"Hey, have you found a wife yet?" Su Yan asked.

Yu Yan quickly shook his head, "No, no, I don't plan to find a partner. It's fine to cultivate alone."

Su Yan looked at Zi Qi and said, "Look at his enlightenment. He has directly reached the peak of his realm."

"Don't talk nonsense." Zi Qi tapped the tip of her nose, then asked Yu Yan, "What is it?"

Yu Yan glanced at Su Yan, "The former Beast King of the Southern District, Rong Ruo, has gone missing."

"Missing?" Su Yan asked in surprise.

“Yes,” Yu Yan replied, “They said that after he passed the tribulation of ascending to godhood, he had made arrangements for things in the lower realm and was preparing to go to the God Realm to reunite with Xiao Qi, but suddenly he disappeared.”

"Has he already ascended to heaven?" Su Yan asked.

Yu Yan replied, "The Beast King of the New South District said no, because he prepared many gifts for Xiao Qi, which he hasn't put away yet, and the transmission talisman can't be sent out."

Ziqi immediately took out a communication talisman from her spatial ring, but there was no response when she activated it. "Yanyan, try the partner mark."

Because the mark left by Rong Ruo as a partner was very obvious and had a beautiful shape, Su Yan rarely covered it up, and Zi Qi often saw it as well.

Su Yan transformed back into human form, and Zi Qi handed her a thin needle to help her pierce the fish-patterned mark...

Finally, Su Yan shook her head. "It's no use. But the mark is still there, and at least the person is alright."

If something were to happen to your partner, this mark would also be a warning sign. Since nothing has happened so far, they should be fine.

"Where did he go?" Su Yan pondered. "Could he have really ascended to heaven?"

Su Yan sent a message talisman to Xiao Qi, who remained in the God Realm: "Little Qi, has your father ascended to the Sea God Palace?"

Soon, Xiao Qi replied—[Mother, Father hasn't ascended yet, and his divine status is temporarily stored in the Sea God Palace; he hasn't descended yet. The Ancestor checked and said that Father is currently in the Ghost Realm, not in danger, probably just dealing with some matters. Also, Mother, please tell Father that I love him very much, and tell him to take care of himself. Once I pass the God-King Realm, I'll go down to visit him.]

Ziqi put away the communication talisman and looked at Xiao Ba on the table, "Your seventh sister is already about to enter the God King Realm, and you are still in your eggshell."

Su Yan chuckled, "Whatever. But why would Rong Ruo go to the Ghost Realm?"

Yu Yan asked, "Is it related to Rong Wu's death?"

"Rong Wu is dead?" Su Yan was stunned.

Ziqi nodded, "The newly appointed Beast King of the East District and the Beast King of the South District were originally the same person. One was born on land, and the other was born in the sea."

“I know that. It’s just that Rong Wu died so quickly, which is really unexpected,” Su Yan replied.

Suddenly, a streak of blood appeared on the fish-shaped markings on Su Yan's neck...

"Something has happened to Rong Ruo." Zi Qi's expression was somewhat solemn.

"Huh?" Su Yan raised her hand to touch the fish pattern, a trace of blood staining her fingertip. "You really can't resist being nagged. I'll go take a look."

"You can go to the ghost realm?"

"Okay." Su Yan hugged him and kissed the corner of his lips. "I'll come back to be with you."

"Go quickly." Ziqi gripped her waist tightly, urging her to leave.

……

The Ghost Realm—the place where non-divine beings go after death.

Similar to the current Asura Realm, it was dimly lit, lifeless, and filled with a dense, oppressive death aura that made all living beings feel suffocated.

But beneath the deathly aura, there are still cities and rivers.

A white mouse stopped by a small river with flowing black, stagnant water.

[Xiaomei, have you finished extracting the data?] Xiaomei has been incredibly excited ever since she arrived here.

Because the Ghost Realm was a completely new set of data for her, she wanted to thoroughly scan even a single stone from it.

[Wait a little longer for the host.]

Su Yan could see the data from the childbirth system changing rapidly, just like Xiao Mei's current mood.

Forget it, as long as she is happy.

Xiao Mei was a little down because she hadn't conceived the Zulong baby. She was thinking about how to cheer her up. Since she liked this place, she would stay here for a few more days and collect materials for her.

As for Rong Ruo, after she arrived here, the fish pattern had improved and she should be out of danger, so she was no longer in a hurry to find him.

Even with varying skill levels, he's still a sharpshooter, not some complete novice.

"Host, there seems to be something at the bottom of this river. Why don't you fish it out and take a look?" Xiao Mei said to Su Yan.

Su Yan replied, "Okay."

He transformed back into human form, took out a fishing net from his system space, and dipped it into the riverbed... then pulled in the net.

There was a box inside the net bag.

I don't know how long it's been soaking in the river, but the edges and corners are already rotten.

Su Yan shook the net, and the box fell to the ground.

The box was shattered into pieces... Inside was a key engraved with a skull pattern.

"What is this?" Su Yan picked up the skull key. "Can it trace back through time?"

Xiao Mei exclaimed excitedly, "[A good host!]"

Xiao Mei especially loves this kind of treasure hunting data. And this is the fundamental reason why the cubs are so happy to play the treasure hunting game.

A master craftsman, wielding a forging axe, hammered away at a piece of metal. After eighteen days of forging, a skull-shaped lock and its key were completed.

Later, a very well-dressed and elegant female ghost arrived. She paid a thousand ghost coins and took the skull lock and key.

The female ghost finally arrived in front of a huge palace-like building with vermilion and gilded gates, and a four-character golden plaque hanging on the gate tower—Northwest King's Mansion.

The ghostly guards at the entrance called out to the female ghost, Granny Hua.

Granny Hua entered the Northwest Prince's Mansion through a small side door.

Seeing this, Su Yan paused the video playback. "Xiao Mei, this ghost realm is very different from what I imagined. I thought it was where, after death, living beings become phantom spirits, first going to the Gates of Hell, then walking the Road to the Underworld, arriving at the River of Oblivion, crossing by boat, where a Meng Po or Meng Gong would give the spirit a bowl of Forget-Me-Not Soup, allowing them to forget their past lives, then crossing the Bridge of Helplessness, receiving their past life's merits, and finally going to the Reincarnation Platform to be reborn based on their merits."

"What the host said makes a lot of sense. Xiao Mei has taken note," Xiao Mei replied.