The cheat system is useless, but I have the strongest living dad.

The stone corridor where Shen Yao was located was a dead end.

The other road looked very long, and who knows what dangers it might conceal.

Shen Yao was seriously injured, so he couldn't just take her through directly.

Jiang Ming had no choice but to take Shen Yao back to the stone chamber where he had woken up.

Back in the stone chamber, Jiang Ming pressed the mechanism to close the stone door, placed Shen Yao on the stone bed, and looked at her injuries, feeling extremely distressed.

The look in Shen Yao's eyes before she fainted was full of murderous intent and hatred.

She hated him. No matter how much he seemed to care about her, she still wanted to run away and kill him.

There was hardly a good spot on her body. Her face, body, and legs were covered in scratches and bites, with flesh torn open and blood gushing out—a truly horrifying sight.

For the first time, Jiang Ming reflected on whether he had made a mistake. If he hadn't taken her to the True God Sect, she wouldn't be in this state, injured like this.

He used his wood elemental power to heal her wounds, but the wounds healed very slowly.

I don't know what kind of place this is, it's suppressing my spiritual power, making healing so difficult!

The healing techniques I practiced for several weeks didn't have much effect, so I had to continue them only after a while.

Jiang Ming waited for a long time before Shen Yao, who was in a deep sleep, finally woke up.

Upon waking, Shen Yao's first question was, "What did you do to me? Why can't I move?"

Jiang Ming tried to soften his voice as he answered her, "Your injury is too severe, but you will get better slowly."

Shen Yao looked very down. She stared blankly at the ceiling, her eyes filled with unspeakable sorrow.

Jiang Ming didn't know what had happened to her, and after thinking for a while, he decided to ask her, "Why are you there by yourself? Where's Feng Yu?"

Shen Yao's voice was very soft: "They escaped."

"Escaped?" Jiang Ming was very surprised. "How did you escape? Why didn't you come with you?"

Shen Yao sighed, seemingly finding it difficult to speak. After hesitating for a long time, she finally said, "I escaped with Shen Yu and my stone bead."

As soon as she finished speaking, tears streamed down her face uncontrollably.

Jiang Ming was shocked, then furious. How could she have escaped with Shen Yu? Wasn't he deeply in love with Shen Yao and had chased her all the way to the Imperial Immortal City?

So it turns out he was chasing after Shen Yu!

Knowing that she was upset, Jiang Ming didn't ask any more questions and just focused on healing Shen Yao, hoping that she could recover soon.

Perhaps because he drank the Red Shadow Monster's drink, he hadn't felt hungry. When he asked Shen Yao, she hadn't felt hungry either.

After an unknown amount of time, Shen Yao finally recovered little by little.

When she was able to sit up from the stone bed, the look in her eyes when she looked at him was finally free of disgust.

Jiang Ming felt that he had finally moved her.

From that day on, the two of them were often able to talk a lot.

Shen Yao told him about many things in the outer heavens, and also drew many pictures on the stone wall for him to see.

Jiang Ming longed for the world she described; everything there sounded magical.

Shen Yao has finally fully recovered, and they can now escape.

Jiang Ming, however, had one thing in common: he didn't want to leave the stone chamber.

He was afraid that if she left, she would run away from him again, and then he would definitely bring her back.

If this continues, she will hate him more and more.

But Shen Yao said to him, "You saved me twice, I don't hate you anymore."

Jiang Ming was a little incredulous.

Shen Yao hesitated and said shyly, "Not only do I not hate you anymore, but I think I've even fallen for you."

Jiang Ming felt flattered!

It all felt like a dream, so unreal!

He cupped her face and tentatively kissed her, to which she responded passionately.

The kiss was so deep and lingering that he couldn't resist it. She wrapped her arms around his neck and said, "If you don't believe me, let's get married."

Jiang Ming's breathing became rapid.

He too has a day when he can be treated so gently!

Jiang Ming said to her, "Once you're in a relationship, you can never escape again."

Shen Yao replied firmly, "Okay, I won't run away, I'll never run away again."

Jiang Ming poured out all his love.

They used their spirit blades to slash their palms, their ten fingers joined together, their blood mingling. The mingled bloodlines formed a fiery red Immortal Couple's Contract at their collarbones.

Jiang Ming thought that once he took her back to the True God Sect, they would never be separated again.

Unexpectedly, as soon as I stepped out of the stone chamber, I saw the red shadow monster guarding the outside!

The crimson shadow monster cackled and released two clouds of red mist that enveloped them...

When Jiang Ming woke up, he found himself in the same stone chamber he had been in the first time.

Everything was the same as when he was first captured by the Red Shadow Monster.

Jiang Ming pondered, "Could it really have all been a dream?"

He released his spiritual sense and used his fire spiritual power to illuminate the stone chamber. He pulled open his collar and clearly saw the fiery red Immortal Couple Contract Seal on his collarbone!

It wasn't a dream after all!

It turned out to be true!

I really did become Shen Yao's partner!

Where is Shen Yao?

Jiang Ming felt that his spiritual power had been restored, so he decisively broke through the stone door and came to the stone hall outside.

The stage in the stone hall was still there, but perhaps interrupted by the sound of him breaking down the door, the actors all froze on the stage.

The audience was completely empty; there wasn't a single person in the audience.

"Hehehehehe..." The red figure appeared with a strange laugh: "You've been sleeping for a long time...hehehehehe..."

"Where is Shen Yao?" Jiang Ming questioned him.

"Hehehehehe..." The red shadow monster spread out its shadowy arm: "Look, where is Shen Yao? Hehehehehe..."

Jiang Ming guessed that it was afraid of fire, so he gathered his fire spirit blade and was about to slash at it: "Where exactly is Shen Yao?"

"Still so rude!" The red-shadowed monster pointed to the stone door in the middle of the stone wall opposite the stage: "Shen Yao, she's already gone out...hehehehehe..."

Not wanting to get entangled with it, Jiang Ming quickly ran through the stone gate to find Shen Yao.

The red-shadowed monster slowly walked towards the stage, sobbing as it went: "Sigh...they're all gone again...I'm so lonely...I...really...so...lonely..."

……

Inside the stone gate was a long stone passage. Jiang Ming ran all the way for half an hour before he finally emerged from the passage.

As soon as he came out, he saw Wang Xu, who was guarding outside, as well as many disciples of the True God Sect.

"The secret realm has opened! The secret realm has opened!" disciples shouted one after another.

"Master Jiang is out!"

Wang Xu rushed over to greet him: "Master! You've finally come out!"

Jiang Ming: "Where is Shen Yao?"

Wang Xu was puzzled: "Fairy Shen Yao? I've been guarding here ever since I came out, and I haven't seen Fairy Shen Yao."

Jiang Ming: "How long have you been out?"

Wang Xu: "I have been out for more than three months. Since I left, this secret realm has been closed and has never reopened."

Jiang Ming turned around and looked at the entrance to the secret realm, and was furious. The red shadow monster had tricked him! It had left Shen Yao inside!

"Find her!" Jiang Ming roared, "Turn the entire secret realm upside down, find Shen Yao no matter what!"

Jiang Ming was the first to rush into the secret realm, which had completely changed. The stone hall and stage were nowhere to be seen...