Many descendants

The Divine Palace of the Witch Lotus Domain.

Rongruo informed the old patriarch of the Lushu tribe that Zong Sili had been captured by Xu.

Although he was unable to move and his consciousness was dulled due to the time freeze, he still recognized the dark shadow in the crack as Xu.

The old patriarch's expression was grave: "These ruins must be being controlled by someone."

Rong Ruo said, "But why arrest Zong Sili? He hasn't been in the God Realm for long and has never made enemies. Moreover, his strength isn't at a level that should be feared."

The old patriarch suddenly looked towards the door, his expression turning kind, and said to Rong Ruo, "They've arrived."

Rong Ruo didn't immediately understand who the old patriarch was referring to. Then, seeing a group of little cubs rushing in like a swarm of bees, his gaze softened. And only one person could gather all these little ones together.

The last to enter was Su Yan, who was holding Xiao Lu'er and Xiao Shiqi in her arms, or more accurately, clutching them.

Those two are so naughty, they disappeared in no time.

If Su Yan didn't use her offspring to summon them, she would have no idea where they had gone off to.

As soon as the little deer saw the old clan chief, it cried out urgently, "Ancestor, help me!"

The old clan chief chuckled and stroked his white beard, "With your mother holding you, there's nothing safer than this."

"It's been a long time since I last saw you, Ancestor. How are you?" Su Yanli asked.

The old clan chief nodded. "Good, very good."

Su Yan put Xiao Lu'er and Xiao Shiqi down.

The two immediately ran towards the old clan leader.

Little Deer stared at Little Seventeen, "This is my ancestor."

Little Seventeen replied matter-of-factly, "I'm your brother, so I'm mine too."

The old patriarch hugged them both tightly, exclaiming, "They're both our ancestors'! Hahahaha~"

The other children also gathered around.

Rong Ruo's blue eyes stared intently at Xiao Qi.

But Xiao Qi followed the crowd and went to bother the old clan leader, ignoring him.

Su Yan walked to Rong Ruo's side and smiled, "Are you teaching at the Divine Beast University now?"

"Hmm." Rong Ruo nodded, looking at her waistline, which was rounder than before she was pregnant. "How many months pregnant are you?"

“The entire pregnancy lasts twelve months, and we’re in the eighth month now,” Su Yan replied. “Where is Zong Sili?”

Rong Ruo looked at her, then his eyes lit up. He said to the old clan leader, "I'll leave with Yan Yan for a bit."

“Alright, you can go now.” The old patriarch picked up his cane from beside the chair and said to the children, “Do you want some treasures? Your ancestor has found some good things for you over the years.”

The children immediately erupted in joy...

Su Yan smiled helplessly, "In the past, we only used gifts as rewards, but now they've become a must-have for everyone."

"The most important thing is that they are happy." Rong Ruo took her hand and teleported to the open garden pavilion outside.

His expression gradually turned solemn. "Something has happened to the Minister of Rites."

……

After hearing what had happened, Su Yan took the hairpin off her head and handed it to Rong Ruo.

Then she pulled open her collar, revealing her snow-white, luminous shoulders, on which was a pale pink plum blossom!

“This is the companion mark of the priest; by piercing it, I summon him back.”

“Very beautiful plum blossoms.” Rong Ruo’s long, cool fingertips landed on the plum blossoms. “They resemble the Zong Sili.”

"Mm." Su Yan nodded.

After the stinging pain of the needle, blood bursts from the flower's heart, revealing a beautiful and vibrant color...

The next instant, Zong Sili appeared inside the open pavilion, unconscious.

Su Yan's heart tightened at the sight.

Rong Ruo pressed his hand against Zong Sili's forehead, his expression growing increasingly grim. "His divine status is gone!"

"What?!" Su Yan exclaimed in shock!

How could there be no divinity...?

[Xiaomei, let's recount his experiences during this period.]

【Good host. 】

Soon, a video began playing inside the open pavilion.

Just as Rong Ruo said, it was Xu who took away Zong Sili!

Su Yan raised her hand and used her fingertips to pierce the little fox mark on the back of her neck, summoning Qing Linghuan.

After Qing Linghuan and Yu Hao finished clearing the ruins, they were about to go find Su Yan when they felt an irresistible call coming towards them.

Before leaving, she said to Yu Hao, "See? I'm much more important to Yan Yan than you. She likes to summon me all the time."

Yu Hao's eyes widened. "You damned fox, you just wait!"

After Qing Linghuan left, Yu Hao seriously considered whether to move the mark on Su Yan's body to a different location.

If it were in public, she would indeed be embarrassed to touch that spot, let alone break the mark—the thrill would be unbearable…

Qing Linghuan was summoned, intending to chat with Su Yan, but after seeing the video in the air, she instantly calmed down, her expression turning cold and stern.

Zong Sili was taken to a desolate mountain valley. The ground was covered with stones of all sizes, interspersed with some loose rocks. On the top of a desolate mountain, there was a huge rock that had been pierced through, which at first glance looked like an eye.

Markets of all sizes converged in the direction of Zong Sili.

Qing Linghuan asked Rong Ruo, "Where is this place? Do you remember it?"

Rong Ruo replied, "After ascending to the God Realm, I was either in the sea or in the Witch Lotus Domain. I've never seen a place like this before. But there is someone I can ask: Zhu Sanlang."

Upon hearing the name, Su Yan paused for a moment, then took out a communication talisman from her spatial ring; it belonged to Zhu Sanlang.

—【Sanlang, do you know a place… a winding canyon full of jagged rocks and some broken stone tablets, surrounded by barren mountains? On one of the mountain peaks, there's a rock with a hole through it, it looks just like an eye.】

A humanoid figure came to Zong Sili's side, and gradually transformed into human form.

Looking at his face, Qing Linghuan frowned, "Qi Ze!"

"Who is Qi Ze?" Rong Ruo asked.

"His beast form was Bai Ze, and he had a very good relationship with Haotian. But after Haotian died, we never heard of him again."

"How did it become ruins?"

"It's possible he made a deal with the Void, or it's possible the Void devoured him. A powerful Void can devour divine beasts and transform into their likeness."

A divine talisman appeared in Qi Ze's hand.

When Qing Linghuan saw it, she exclaimed in astonishment, "That's Haotian's Star Shifting Talisman!"

Zong Sili's divine status was transferred by Qi Ze using the Star-Shifting Talisman to a foggy ruin.

Gradually, the ruins transformed into the appearance of the Zongsi Li (宗司礼).

The real Zong Sili was placed on a huge chopping board, on which other dead divine beasts were chopped into pieces and fed to the palm-sized little Xu.

The little creatures that ate the flesh of the divine beasts quickly grew from the size of a palm to about two meters tall, and some even possessed special talents.

Qing Linghuan exuded a murderous aura, wishing she could immediately annihilate these ruins.

"As expected, someone was behind this. Originally, the Void was just a collection of fragments of rules, which could be easily cleared away and wouldn't move; it would stay wherever it appeared. But then the Void changed; it gained consciousness and aggression, and now it can even devour living beings!"

"Isn't this just like a virus? It lay dormant quietly at first, and now it's erupting violently." Su Yan looked at Qi Ze in the video, "and he's the divine beast infected with the virus."