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

In the third year of Xianyu's journey to the demon realm, he found Longquan Cliff, but there was only a stone carving of a dragon god on Longquan Cliff, and no dragon gate.

She sat on the stone sculpture, sobbing uncontrollably: "Is there really no Dragon Gate in the world? The legends in the books are all fake, waaaaaah..."

"Waaaaah... Shi Bao... Waaaaah... Yao Yao... Waaaah..."

The two demon saints who accompanied her tried to comfort her for a long time, but to no avail. They could only stand behind her and silently keep her company.

The salted fish cried for a day and a night, but the dragon god stone sculpture didn't change anything because of her tears.

The little koi fish hoped for a miracle and settled down on the mountain until several months later, when Gouyue and Ningyuan arrived in the demon realm.

Longquan Cliff is located in a secluded place, at the easternmost edge of the continent. Gou Yue and Ning Yuan plan to go to Longquan Cliff to meet up with Xiao Jinli and lie low until Hu Yawu and the others leave the secret realm, and then regroup to build up their strength.

The demon race was tolerant, and Gou Yue and Ning Yuan, leading the remnants of the Mingshan Sect, traveled all the way to Longquan Cliff without encountering any obstacles.

The demon race is naturally carefree, occupies most of the sea area, has abundant resources, and rarely has disputes among its own kind.

The demon clan sects each managed their own affairs. The Mingshan Sect set up camp at Longquan Cliff, and the nearby sects, large and small, simply sent their elders to inquire about the situation, signed some non-provocative agreements, and then left it to their own devices.

Jiang Qi changed Hu Yawu's Chitang into the Huoshentang, and the elders' residence next to Chitang was also occupied, so he moved into Fenghongyuan.

After returning to his room, he sent a message to Ning Yuan and quickly received a reply.

Upon learning that they had established a new sect at Longquan Cliff, Hu Yawu was relieved and replied that he would go to find them once Shen Yao's condition improved.

Ning Yuan and Gou Yue told Xianyu the news.

Knowing that Yao Yao had left the secret realm and was with Shi Bao, Xianyu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

But then he heard that Yao Yao's spiritual roots were completely shattered, and everyone was staying in the True God Sect, hoping that Jiang Qi could prolong her life. The stone that had been lifted from Xianyu's heart was pressed back down.

What good intentions could the Jiang family possibly have? They're only after Yao Yao's secret and her father's power.

Xianyu decided to leave the sect to find treasures. If Jiang Qi had a life-extending elixir, she, with her lucky charm, would surely be able to find even better treasures to extend Yao Yao's life.

……

Feng Yu crushed the Nine-Turn Soul-Stabilizing Pill, mixed it with warm water, and fed it to Shen Yao. Since the sleeping fairy was unable to swallow, he used his spiritual power to transfer it into her.

Little Stone Treasure looked at the busy immortal and asked Jiang Ming curiously, "Daddy, who is he?"

Feng Yu turned around, and Xiao Shibao's inquisitive gaze fell into his eyes. He felt a pang of sadness in his heart. After a moment of silence, he tentatively reached out his hand: "Shibao, I am your father. Come here and let Daddy hug you."

Little Stone Treasure clung to Jiang Ming without moving.

Jiang Ming saw all of Feng Yu's reactions to Shi Bao. It was obvious that Feng Yu knew perfectly well that Shi Bao was not his biological son.

Jiang Ming told Shi Bao frankly, "He is Feng Yu."

Little Stone jumped off Jiang Ming, ran to Feng Yu, and looked up at him: "Uncle Feng Yu, why do you look different? Is it an illusion?"

Feng Yu held his little hand: "No."

Little Shi Bao didn't climb on him. Instead, he placed his little hand on his big hand and said earnestly, "Uncle Feng Yu, Shi Bao misses you very much, but I can't call you Daddy anymore. You're not my real dad. My real dad is Jiang Ming."

All the cultivators in the side hall held their breath for a moment.

Huo Die glared angrily at Jiang Ming: "Is this how you teach my grandson!"

"The child is just a child and doesn't know any better, Uncle, please don't get angry." Seeing Huo Die's anger, Jiang Qi laughed it off and took Shi Bao away, only bringing him back in the evening.

Even late into the night, Shen Yao, who had taken the Soul-Stabilizing Pill, did not wake up.

Shi Bao was already very sleepy, but he forced his eyes open to keep watching his mother, his little face full of worry.

Later, unable to bear it any longer, Xiao Shibao took off his shoes, climbed onto the stone bed, and fell asleep next to his mother's legs.

As soon as Shi Bao fell asleep, Jiang Ming picked up the baby and said, "I'll take him back to his room to sleep."

After Jiang Ming left, Huo Die looked at his son-in-law's distraught appearance, offered a few words of comfort, and then went back to his room.

Feng Yu sat on a low stool by the couch, took Shen Yao's cold hand in his, pressed it close to his heart, felt her pulse, and sensed her faint breath.

Her pulse was so weak it was almost undetectable; he had to check her breathing from time to time to feel a little more at ease.

I was just too weak to protect her.

If he had known the price of killing the Blood Demon would be so high, he would have stopped her.

But there's no such thing as knowing beforehand. How could he have imagined that Shen Yao's own spiritual weapon, used to kill a demon, would cause her to shatter all her spiritual roots...

The silence of the night made him feel even more helpless, and tears fell in large drops, the crystal tears dripping onto the edge of the bed and wetting Shen Yao's sleeves.

Jiang Ming waited for a while before quietly returning to Shi Bao: "A piece of trash is a piece of trash. All a piece of trash can do is cry."

Feng Yu held back her tears and didn't want to pay any attention to him.

Jiang Ming looked at the scars on the back of his neck. The scars were crisscrossed and the area expanded as they went down, indicating that it had definitely ruined more than just his face.

It looks like a burn.

For ordinary burns, intermediate-level healing techniques can prevent scarring.

Feng Yu also has a wood elemental root, so surely she can't even be unaware of intermediate healing techniques?

Unless these scars are incurable.

Jiang Ming's face was full of sarcasm as he continued to provoke her: "You're so ugly, aren't you afraid of scaring her?"

Feng Yu knew Jiang Ming had ill intentions, but these words had indeed touched a nerve. His muscles tensed and his back stiffened: "Be quiet and don't disturb my wife."

"Hmph." Jiang Ming sat down and poured himself a cup of cold tea. He said slowly, "When you were in danger in the Thunder Secret Realm, and you had an affair with Shen Yu, abandoning her to run away, did you have such deep affection for her?"

Feng Yu thought about his words twice, but still didn't understand what he meant: "Are you delusional? Hall Master Jiang, if you're sick, you should get treatment sooner rather than later."

The mocking smile on Jiang Ming's face slowly disappeared, and his expression grew increasingly gloomy.

He stared at Shen Yao's face, remaining silent and lost in thought.

The next morning, Jiang Ming sent Shen Yu a message: "Shen Yu, Feng Yu is with me. Since you have feelings for him, when will you come and take him away?"

Shen Yu replied with two words: "You're sick."

A moment later, Shen Yu replied, "My sister and brother-in-law's love is stronger than ever. Don't think that you can break them up by sowing discord."

Jiang Ming put away the communication token, returned to the side hall, sat down, and recalled all the details in his mind from the moment he met Shen Yao in the Thunder Secret Realm.

When he killed the strange beast and saved her, she was on the verge of death. The despair she felt when she woke up seemed genuine. She also said that Feng Yu had run away with Shen Yu and her stone bead.

Could it be that I was lying to him back then?

If you were lying to him, what happened next?

From being covered in wounds to gradually healing, from cold words to mutual affection, it was all a lie to him.

Why did she willingly enter into a contract? And why did she give birth to his child?

Is it all revenge?

So she left the Thunder Secret Realm and went to the Demon Realm, and didn't come back to find him for three years.

'Shen Yao, you hate me so much that you'd go so far as to set yourself up just to torment me?' Jiang Ming dared not think further. Whether it was revenge or not, the truth would only come out when she woke up…