As Xia Ming received her superpower, Ying Lan, who was back in the City Lord Mansion recovering from her "illness," suddenly shot her eyes open. She incredulously felt for the Spiritual Power within her body—it was completely empty, not a single trace left. It was just like before she was granted the status of a Female Saint, that same weak and helpless feeling.

’How is this possible?’ She sat up and carefully checked again. The Dantian she had painstakingly cultivated by absorbing Spiritual Power from males had simply vanished into thin air!

Ying Lan’s face turned deathly pale. Without her superpower, how could she possibly control anyone anymore?

She was the City Lord’s Wife now, a position that seemed endlessly glamorous, but in reality, she and Xinba were a couple in name only. She clung to her title, bossing Xinba around. As long as Xinba didn’t want to turn into an idiot, he had to obey her every word and provide her with a lavish lifestyle and high status.

She was used to throwing her weight around, and she had offended every single male in the household. Now that she had no superpower and wasn’t even a Female Saint anymore, she would have to rely on males just to survive.

Ying Lan could already imagine the hell her life was about to become.

To have had it all only to lose it—the feeling was worse than death.

Their reunion was brief, so Si Shuo and the others didn’t stay long in Golden Lion City. After bidding farewell to their friends and family, Xu Chi borrowed Ji Liang’s superpower and teleported back to his clan’s land.

After two months of training and adventuring, Xu Chi could no longer suppress his Peak Level 13 cultivation. He broke through to Level 15 in one go, finally reaching the level of cultivation his Father had required for him to return to his homeland.

Xu Chi had been away from home for too long, but the path he took when he left was still deeply etched in his mind.

The Horned Deer Clan Land was in the Far East of the Beast World Continent. The scenery in this region was unique; the mountains didn’t rise from the ground but hung upside down in the sky, forming a small world of their own.

Swirling clouds and mist created a breathtakingly beautiful landscape. Countless peculiar creatures lived here; some could fly among these floating mountains, while others were trapped within a single area.

Even the birds were vibrantly colored, their songs light and pleasant. Gazing at this place, both familiar and strange, Xu Chi felt a sense of disorientation. The painful memories buried deep in his mind seemed to be unfurling before his eyes once more.

A sky filled with the color of blood, the sounds of battle, the ripping tear of claws sinking into flesh, and his father’s roar, telling him to leave... It all felt so distant, yet it was as if it had just happened.

Si Shuo teleported to his side and hugged the dazed man with a smile. "Xu Chi, are you thinking about your father?"

Showing a rare moment of vulnerability, Xu Chi hugged her back, nuzzling her soft, warm neck. "Yeah. To be honest, I don’t remember much about him. It’s all become very blurry."

The inheritance of Beastmen wasn’t a complete replication of memories. Instead, the brain automatically processed them, preserving only the experiences most suitable for the survival of the species. Only a few exceptionally profound memories would be passed down as faint, blurry images, usually for only one generation, or two or three at most.

His memories were too painful, so he rarely dared to revisit them. After so long, when he tried to recall them now, the images seemed distorted.

Si Shuo took out a mirror and held it in front of him. "Look. Doesn’t this look like your father?"

Beastmen strongly resemble their parents, especially male offspring, who can look seventy or eighty percent like their fathers!

Xu Chi looked at his reflection in the mirror. Sure enough, the image of his father in his memory overlapped with his own appearance. Before he could dwell on the sadness, the young female’s fair, beautiful face appeared over his shoulder, her azure eyes more sparkling and clear than lake water.

"Xu Chi, you have to look forward. If your father knows in the great beyond, he’ll definitely be happy to see you’ve brought me and the children here."

Xu Chi nodded and smiled, turning his head to kiss her cheek. "Honestly, when I left, I never thought I’d be able to come back, let alone so soon and with you and our children."

"Xu Chi, show me around. Let’s see how much you can still remember." Si Shuo looked around curiously. This place was a wonderland. She had only ever seen such strange mountains in fantasy movies and games.

She had always assumed such things were just products of imagination. How could mountains float upside down? But now she was actually seeing it for herself. It felt like her whole perception of reality was shattering and reforming.

Xu Chi smiled. "Alright. In the Extreme North Region, many Beastmen can swim. Similarly, here in our Far East Land, quite a few Beastmen have wings."

Si Shuo couldn’t help but gasp in excitement. "Like who?"

"Well, within the Deer Clan alone, besides our Horned Deer Clan, there are also winged moose, reindeer, and horse deer. When people talk about ’Horned Deer,’ it’s usually a general term. Any of the Deer Clan here with wings and horns fits that description."

"It’s just that we Horned Deer are the clan with the purest Divine Beast Divine Power. We can become a life-extending panacea for others, and we can even create a Sumeru Space."

"Many Hunters live nearby, specializing in capturing and selling Horned Deer." Xu Chi put his arm around her and chuckled. Using the scenery as cover, he activated his Invisibility, then leaped into the air with her in his arms, pointing out the magnificent and mysterious sights.

"The Horned Deer Clan hides itself very well, but those people will stop at nothing to get us. Among their tactics were sending stunningly beautiful females who had ’accidentally’ wandered into the Far East and gotten ’lost’."

"Knowing our clan is exceptionally good at hiding, they would display all sorts of wonderful qualities like gentleness and kindness to lure a Horned Deer out. Some females even had children. After the Horned Deer Beast Husband thought he could finally trust her completely, after they had gone through so much together, he would lower his guard and bring her back to the clan, only to discover that she was a spy..."

"That joint extermination campaign, launched by many powerful factions, nearly wiped out the Horned Deer Clan. The survivors, in order to live, had no choice but to leave their homeland and hide among ordinary Beastmen."

It was just like with those Horned Deer Beastmen they had rescued from the Underground City.

Si Shuo pinched his ear. Hearing his previously cool voice grow hoarse and his breathing turn heavy, she smiled and said, "Xu Chi, weren’t you afraid I was one of them back then?"

Xu Chi smiled. "I never thought about it. The moment I saw you, I felt that only a flower could bloom with such a lovely color. You were so beautiful, more captivating than any scenery I had ever seen."

"It felt like there was a little deer fawn in my chest, its heart just thumping away. I understood then that A Shuo was the female I would follow, even unto death."

"Even if you wanted to take my life!"

Si Shuo spat dramatically. "Who wants your life? I have nine lives of my own, what would I want with yours?"

"I won’t take your life, and you better not let anyone else take it either. Do you hear me? You found me, so you have to protect me for the rest of my life!"

Xu Chi nodded. "Don’t worry. I definitely won’t let anyone notice me."

Si Shuo fell silent. It was true. His Invisibility Technique was practiced to perfection; he was practically an A Piao. He could be standing right in front of you in plain sight, and you’d still feel like he was invisible. Even the most blatant lie wasn’t that convincing.

She added, "Nothing is ever absolute. It’s always better to be careful."