"Humph!" Yun Jingqiu snorted. "Aren’t I nothing in your eyes, father? You never consider my feelings, and you always reject me with various excuses. If you really want to punish me, you can punish me now."

Ling Yun’s face darkened, but he didn’t say anything to his daughter. He looked at Feng Jingqiu, who was smiling smugly and fearlessly behind Yun Jingqiu.

Furthermore, Feng Jingqiu’s gaze clearly indicated that she was challenging Ling Yun to take action against her and Yun Jingqiu.

"Ahh!" Yun Jingqiu screamed as soon as Ling Yun sucked her towards him. "What the—Mhmm!"

Ling Yun directly covered his daughter’s mouth with his hand.

Yun Jingqiu struggled hard to free herself from Ling Yun, but her soul power was simply too weak compared to her, rendering her struggle futile. She swung her slender hands, punching his chest again and again. However, he did not budge and continued to restrain her. "Mhmm... Mhmm..."

Ling Yun ignored Yun Jingqiu’s struggle, and his gaze was completely focused on Feng Jingqiu. After some thought, he reached out his hand to her, pulled her toward him, and restrained her.

Feng Jingqiu was unfazed by Ling Yun’s action, and the look in her eyes still showed a challenge to him. "Do you have the heart to do something to me, Father? Even though I am the embodiment of the dark phoenix, Yun Jingqiu and I are basically the same person, so I am also your daughter."

Ling Yun didn’t say anything and stared intently at Feng Jingqiu’s eyes. He pressed his right palm against her chest, and his bloody red glowed brightly, causing her to shiver. "Even though you two are basically the same person, my daughter is Yun Jingqiu, and you are no different from the parasite inside her."

"We—" Feng Jingqiu stopped her words, and her eyes bulged out as soon as Ling Yun did something to her soul. "What—"

"Heh!" Ling Yun snorted coldly. "I can’t do anything to my daughter, but that doesn’t apply to you."

Soon, the black dragon statue shot out from Ling Yun’s soul, and it shot out a black thread that connected his soul to Feng Jingqiu’s, binding their souls together. So far, his soul had connected with Sheng Ming and Dongfang Qingzhi, and her soul became the third soul connected to his.

After finishing, the black dragon statue returned to Ling Yun’s soul, and the black thread connecting their souls made Feng Jingqiu’s complexion pale.

Ling Yun released Yun Jingqiu and Feng Jingqiu directly. "I can’t remove your influence on my daughter, but your soul is connected to mine now. This way, your soul is completely under my control, and I will never hesitate to torture you if you negatively influence her."

Feng Jingqiu’s face turned deathly pale; she didn’t expect that Ling Yun had such a method to control her. She was a proud dark phoenix, but he was the successor of the Primordial Chaos Dragon, and the dragon was indirectly the ancestor of all beasts.

Yun Jingqiu’s neck shrunk as Ling Yun stared at her coldly. "Father, I—"

"I’m disappointed in you, Qiu’er." Ling Yun’s cold words caused Yun Jingqiu’s heart to drop, and tears began to drip from the corners of her eyes. "I raised you with love and care, but you acted like an arrogant little brat just now. I knew that this woman had influenced you, but I also knew that you were a strong woman, and you should be able to resist her. Yet, you were blinded by your feelings, and you allowed her to influence you."

"Father, please—" Yun Jingqiu did not continue her words because Ling Yun had already disappeared from her soul space. She fell to the ground and cried as loud as she could. Her father meant everything to her, and she always strived to be a good daughter, but she ultimately disappointed him. "Father, please forgive me."

Feng Jingqiu’s mood was also not good after Ling Yun’s previous actions; she didn’t say anything to Yun Jingqiu and disappeared into the darkness.

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Ling Yun had returned to his body, and he immediately carried the sleeping Yun Jingqiu before carrying her out of the Yin-Yang Chamber. He took his daughter to Hua Ning’s room and laid her on the bed.

"What happened to our daughter, husband?" Hua Ning asked.

Ling Yun sighed and explained everything to Hua Ning, but his explanation did not surprise her. "Do you also have another personality, Ning’er?"

"Yes." Hua Ning admitted it with a light nod. "My other personality formed decades ago, but I didn’t tell you about her because she never did anything, and she had no intention of taking over my body."

"Hmm?" Ling Yun pondered to himself. "Let’s meet her."

"Alright."

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As soon as they arrived in her soul space, Hua Ning summoned her other personality to meet them.

Soon, a woman with the same face and appearance as Hua Ning appears in front of them. Ling Yun immediately noticed that she was different from Feng Jingqiu; she looked unserious and playful.

"Hehe! You finally came to see me, husband," The woman said with a giggle, her temperament the complete opposite of Hua Ning’s. "Oh, by the way, you should call me Feng Ning."

Ling Yun felt relieved after seeing Feng Ning because she was entirely different from Feng Jingqiu. "Are you really not have the intention to take over Ning’er’s body?"

"No." Feng Ning shook her head. "Even though we are both essentially the same person, Hua Ning’s personality is different from mine, and I would rather not make her uncomfortable. I will temporarily take over her body if she faces danger, but I think such an incident will never happen because she has you by her side."

"I see." Ling Yun nodded in understanding. "I don’t mind your existence, but I hope you will never influence Ning’er, let alone take over her body completely."

"Hehe," Feng Ning giggled, raising her right hand. "Husband, I swear to you that I will never influence Hua Ning, let alone take over her body."

"Good." Ling Yun nodded in satisfaction.

"By the way, husband, can I ask you something?"

"Please tell me."

"You must free Ancestor Feng Huangxie’s soul from that place."

Ling Yun naturally remembered Feng Huangxie, and he once promised her to free her soul from the Ancestral Burial Domain. However, he couldn’t do it before he transformed into the next Primordial Chaos Dragon. "I will definitely free her one day. For now, I don’t have the ability to do so, so she will have to wait a while longer to regain her freedom."

"I know." Feng Ning nodded in understanding. "Are you having problems with your daughter?"

"Yes," Ling Yun admitted with a helpless sigh. "Her other personality appeared much earlier than expected, and Feng Jingqiu’s character is truly terrible. She’s a bad influence on my daughter, so I was forced to bind our souls to control her."

Feng Ning sighed softly. "Yun Jingqiu’s mindset is unstable, and it happened because of your repeated rejections. She is immature, so she is unable to resist her other personality."

"I know." Ling Yun hugged Hua Ning’s waist. "I’ll take Ning’er out now."

"Alright." Feng Ning let out a soft sigh after they disappeared. "Fortunately, you have a way to suppress Yun Jingqiu’s other personality; otherwise, she would have turned into an evil woman if she managed to influence her."

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When they returned to their bodies, they saw that Yun Jingqiu was awake, but she was in a daze on the bed. "Father, I—"

"I’ll go see Huang Lingzhu first, Ning’er." Ling Yun left the room without saying anything to Yun Jingqiu, causing tears to well up in her eyes.

Hua Ning couldn’t help but sigh in his heart. She lay beside Yun Jingqiu, pulled her into his embrace, and hugged her.

"Sob... Mother... Sob... My father hates me. Sob... He doesn’t care about me anymore." Yun Jingqiu choked as she spoke with sobs.

"I’ve heard about you and Feng Jingqiu from your father." Yun Jingqiu’s body stiffened, and she cried even harder. "Your father is disappointed in you, but he will never hate you. If you don’t want to disappoint him even more, you must become stronger and control your other personality."

"Sob... Sob..." Yun Jingqiu hugged her mother tightly, burying her face in her chest.

Hua Ning continued, "Just like you, I also have another personality, but Feng Ning is different from Feng Jingqiu. She never tries to influence me, and we are really like twin sisters."

"Sob... How... how should I control Feng Jingqiu, Mother?"

Hua Ning lifted her daughter’s face and wiped away her tears. "Qiu’er, you and Feng Jingqiu are essentially one person, remember? Her nature is evil, and she will never stop trying to influence you. Since you and Feng Jingqiu are essentially the same person, you should understand her character."

"Then?"

"Don’t let Feng Jingqiu influence you." Hua Ning knew that words were easier said than done, but she believed that Yun Jingqiu was stronger than she appeared. "She exists because of you, and you control everything. If she tries to influence you again, you have to be firm and ignore her words. You have to confront and punish her if she manipulates you in any way. If you can’t do that and submit to her influence, your father will be even more disappointed in you. Do you want that to happen?"

"No," Yun Jingqiu shook her head firmly. "I don’t want to disappoint my father, Mother. He previously looked at me with cold eyes and ignored me, which made my heart really hurt."

Hua Ning rubbed her daughter’s face. "Qiu’er, you must always remember that your father loves you very much, and he will do anything to make you happy, so you must not disappoint him any more than you already have. You are a strong child; I believe you can suppress Feng Jingqiu and control her."