"The 'Spirit Emperor Tower' will open in seven days. Now, the various clans of the Nine Great Star Domains have sent many of their talents to Divine River City. To quickly help these young people improve themselves, it was decided to open the tower earlier so that they can all enter for cultivation," Qin Zhihai said.

Hearing this, Ji Chen couldn't help but frown slightly, "Father's meaning is..."

"I hope you can also participate in the trials of the Spirit Emperor Tower at that time," Qin Zhihai said.

The Spirit Emperor Tower is said to be a Heaven and Earth Divine Object, with its internal space forming a separate realm. Those who can cultivate within it will advance rapidly.

This was the related information Qin Chen recalled.

After listening to Qin Zhihai, he immediately shook his head, "I don't want to go."

The reason is quite simple.

In this Secret Realm, all cultivation progress is illusory and cannot be taken outside.

For Ji Chen and Huang Shuying, only the memories are the real harvest.

The journey to the Spirit Emperor Tower will not benefit them in any way; it will merely waste their time.

With that time, it's better to delve into the Cultivation Technique Hall and read a few more books on Martial Techniques.

"You don't want to go?"

Qin Zhihai raised an eyebrow sharply, "You've played around enough these years. How long will you waste your talent?"

He was truly exasperated. As one of the Nine Great Emperor Venerables, a top figure with world-stirring power, yet his only son was a notorious playboy.

Speaking of talent, Qin Chen, as the son of an Emperor Venerable, naturally had a very strong bloodline. If he hadn't been such a playboy over the years and had focused on cultivation, there would be few in Divine River City today who could compare to him among his peers.

"Dad, recently I've been enamored with cultivation techniques and Martial Techniques, planning to train intensively in the Martial Arts Hall; I really don't want to go to that so-called Spirit Emperor Tower," Ji Chen said with a bitter face.

"Sly talk, should I trust you as your father? Regardless of what you say, this time, you must listen to me," Qin Zhihai said with resolute determination, not giving Ji Chen any opportunity to argue.

"Why do I have to go?" Ji Chen felt helpless, knowing Qin Zhihai's character. Once he decided on something, he would never change his mind.

"Foreign invasion is upon us, and a great war is imminent. Everyone in the Nine Great Star Domains is preparing. As the son of an Emperor Venerable, how can you continue to get lost in the mundane world?"

Qin Zhihai's face showed a seriousness that Ji Chen had never seen before in his memory.

Only to hear Qin Zhihai continue, "When chaos descends, there will be many changes. As one of the Nine Great Emperor Venerables, I dare not claim eternal life. If I am not around one day, who will protect you?"

"Chen'Er, I don't ask that you become an unparalleled strongman in the future, but at least, I hope you can have the ability to protect yourself."

Having said that, he sighed in a mix of helplessness and what seemed to be a tinge of sadness, "Tonight, I hope you take what I said to heart and gain enlightenment early."

Finally, he left the hall with his hands folded behind his back, appearing noble and heroic yet so lonely and sorrowful.

Ji Chen was slightly moved, standing silently in place, unable to speak.

He naturally understood Qin Zhihai's painstaking efforts.

As an Emperor Venerable, he didn't want to see his son remain as a lost playboy.

Who, as a father, doesn't hope for his son to succeed?

Unfortunately, until his death under the starry sky, Qin Zhihai never saw Qin Chen awaken.

It was the greatest regret of his illustrious life.

He would never know, after that, the transformation and growth Qin Chen would achieve. He would never see that his playboy son, in future years, would almost single-handedly defend Divine River City for a hundred years and eventually lead the Nine Great Star Domains in repelling powerful foreign enemies, achieving glorious feats lasting through the ages.

He was an Emperor Venerable and also a father.

Even though Qin Chen was extremely dissolute, Qin Zhihai still loved him deeply.

Ji Chen sighed deeply, knowing that everything here was an illusion. Yet, the emotions and feelings exhibited by these characters were genuine.

He wanted so much to tell him everything.

To let Qin Zhihai know that his playboy son, in the future years, was no longer as he remembered him but had truly grown up, learned, and became a legendary figure capable of standing on his own.

…

In the following days, Ji Chen continued to get along with Huang Shuying as usual.

Every morning after breakfast, the two would go to the Martial Arts Hall together, diving into the cultivation techniques and Martial Techniques within.

To Ling'Er and the other clan members, such behavior seemed almost unbelievable like seeing a ghost.

The once-playboy eldest young master of the Qin Family not only improved his relationship with the Young Madam, but he also ceased his idle ways, beginning to seriously focus on cultivation.

Besides intensively studying Martial Techniques and cultivation techniques, in these days, Ji Chen also met numerous visitors.

They were his friends from the Celestial Emperor's Mansion, including Gu Hao and Si Ruyan, who sought him out.

Upon investigation and inquiry, everyone learned of Ji Chen's current status, thus coming to find him.

When they discovered Huang Shuying and Ji Chen had become husband and wife, they were astounded, feeling it was beyond expectation.

After all, the odds were incredibly slim.

On the eve of the Spirit Emperor Tower's opening, Ning Bufan also arrived, yet his current state made Ji Chen sympathize with him.

He had become the son of an ordinary guard in Divine River City, without any prominent background, making obtaining Martial Techniques and cultivation techniques tremendously difficult.

Ji Chen drank with him and comforted him with words. During the time, Ning Bufan repeatedly complained that outside, he was born ordinary and only through effort achieved his current success, yet upon arriving in the Secret Realm, it still felt like starting from scratch.

It wasn't until late at night that Ning Bufan finally departed in a drunken state. Ji Chen forcibly gave him several Qin family cultivation techniques, hoping they would provide some solace to his cold heart.

…

The next morning, Ji Chen was still asleep, groggily hearing someone calling him.

He opened his eyes and saw that it was Huang Shuying who had arrived.

"The Spirit Emperor Tower is about to open, and yet you're still sleeping?" Huang Shuying frowned and said.

Ji Chen immediately lost all sleepiness, jumping out of bed, washing and letting Ling'Er dress him, not forgetting to curiously ask, "Are you going too?"

"Father personally came to find me. Do you think I can refuse?" Huang Shuying replied.

She is now the daughter-in-law of the Qin family and also a daughter of the Chi family, with Emperor Venerable blood flowing in her veins, an extraordinary talent. Naturally, Qin Zhihai had also looked for her, instructing her to accompany Qin Chen to the Spirit Emperor Tower.

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