Chapter 130: The Aloof Immortal Lord and the Wealthy Prince 19

After hearing Zhongli Mingji’s evaluation, Fanti’s competitive spirit, which had been directed at Zhongli Mingji, shifted to Lin Qianxue. Having already lost to Zhongli Mingji, it was only natural for him to seek a new rival.

Lin Qianxue became his new target.

He licked his lips, watching the beautiful female immortal with great interest as she endured her heavenly tribulation.

“A Kunling Realm immortal.”

“Although she’s weak now, she can still advance further in the future.”

Once she breaks through to the Yuheng Realm, he would personally deliver a challenge to the Lingxiao Sect.

Zhongli Mingji did not intervene. In fact, he was quite pleased with this development.

The male and female protagonists of this world were perfectly fine, and he had no intention of going through the trouble of replacing them.

Although Fanti was the Demon Lord and Lin Qianxue was an immortal, belonging to opposing factions, their union would not hinder the world’s development. Instead, it would foster friendly exchanges between the immortal and demon realms.

Even if it was only temporary, it brought a period of peace to both realms.

Peaceful coexistence was far better than constant fighting and killing, at least it significantly reduced casualties.

This also gave both realms a chance to catch their breath. Since then, more geniuses emerged in both realms, and even a Fuyao Realm immortal appeared.

Seeing that Zhongli Mingji had been silent for a while, Fanti turned to his cold-hearted rival.

“Zhongli Mingji, since you’ve defeated me, aren’t you planning to kill me here?”

Zhongli Mingji replied indifferently, “I have no such intention. If you die by my hand, the demon realm would fall into chaos, leading to another great war.”

“What the immortal and demon realms need is stability, not endless wars and disputes.”

The immortal-demon war should be avoided whenever possible.

Fanti clicked his tongue. “Your concern for the world is so admirable, it’s hard to imagine you could fall in love with a man so much weaker than you.”

This Xuantian Immortal Lord, revered and admired by the immortal realm yet cold and aloof, had no interest in the strong. Instead, he was enamored with a mere immortal who had just ascended from the mortal realm.

If it were him, he would never do such a thing.

Zhongli Mingji glanced at Fanti. “It’s my choice, and it’s none of your business.”

Fanti had no right to judge him. Once he fell for Lin Qianxue, he would understand.

They were in no position to criticize each other!

He sheathed his blood-stained immortal sword and swiftly flew towards the Eastern Continent.

Fanti stood still for a moment, spat in disgust, and returned to the demon realm with his left and right guardians without staying a second longer.

The outcome of this battle quickly spread throughout the three realms, and the Xuantian Immortal Lord’s fame soared, overshadowing the other four immortal lords for a time.

Not long after, Zhongli Mingji broke through from the Yuheng Realm to the highest Fuyao Realm in the immortal realm, surpassing all his predecessors and firmly securing his position as the number one in the immortal realm.

The Xuantian Immortal Lord, Zhongli Mingji, became the undisputed top combatant in the immortal realm.

His breakthrough brought great joy to the entire immortal realm.

The fact that the Xuantian Immortal Lord had ascended to the Fuyao Realm through the Path of Affection also sparked a surge in the popularity of cultivating the Path of Affection. The Path of Detachment, once the most popular, fell to the bottom, while the Path of Affection rose from obscurity to the top.

Many immortals hoped to be the next lucky one to break through to the Fuyao Realm.

Unfortunately, among those who chose the Path of Affection, only Zhongli Mingji reached the Fuyao Realm.

More than a decade later, Zhongli Mingji voluntarily stepped down as the Grand Elder of the Lingxiao Sect and took over as the head of the Zhongli family.

This was also Zhongli Jiang’s wish.

After her son returned home, Zhongli Jiang realized that there was no issue within the Lingxiao Sect, but rather it was the will of Heaven at play, which made her increasingly worried about her son.

Despite Zhongli Mingji’s repeated reassurances, Zhongli Jiang’s concerns did not diminish.

In the end, Zhongli Mingji stayed in the Eastern Continent, following his mother’s wishes and inheriting the family business, transitioning from the young master of the Zhongli family to its head.

Jin Muhan also advanced a level.

However, Jin Muhan’s cultivation remained at the Tianxuan Realm, just like An Wuyou, whose cultivation hadn’t improved for centuries. Both of them were stuck in their cultivation.

An Wuyou, the immortal partner of the former head of the Zhongli family, Zhongli Jiang, was nearly a thousand years old but still at the Tianxuan Realm. No amount of elixirs could help him.

Jin Muhan, the immortal partner of the current head of the Zhongli family, Zhongli Mingji, was almost fifty years old but still at the same realm as when he first ascended.

Even dual cultivation couldn’t help Jin Muhan advance.

It seemed as if he was permanently stuck at the Tianxuan Realm; neither elixirs nor rare immortal fruits had any effect.

Zhongli Mingji once stubbornly ventured into the Wuxu Secret Realm of the immortal realm to find the Spirit Candle Fruit for Jin Muhan, but after consuming it, Jin Muhan showed no reaction.

He even gave it to An Wuyou, but this Spirit Candle Fruit, which could help other immortals advance, had no effect on his father or his partner.

Eventually, Zhongli Mingji gave up.

After all, he was strong enough. Even if Jin Muhan remained at the lowest tier of the immortal realm forever, it didn’t matter. He could protect his partner.

From then on, Zhongli Mingji and Jin Muhan remained steadfastly together, hand in hand.

Jin Muhan spent his life as a pampered husband.

Of course, that’s how outsiders saw it. In bed, he was anything but gentle and refined.

There was a time when Zhongli Mingji couldn’t handle his antics and used the Immortal Alliance Conference as an excuse to hide away for half a year. But when he returned, he paid the price.

He deeply regretted it. He should never have taught Jin Muhan about dual cultivation before their marriage.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have ended up in such a pitiful state.

Zhongli Jiang and An Wuyou only discovered many years after their son’s marriage that he was the submissive one in the relationship. Their feelings were quite complicated.

They hadn’t raised their son to be like this! How could he be so easily swayed?

That brat would believe anything he was told!

You’re a Fuyao Realm immortal, the number one in the immortal realm, and you let a Tianxuan Realm immortal pin you down!

The couple lamented their failure to properly educate their son. If only they had let him see more of the world, he wouldn’t have been so easily persuaded by Jin Muhan to take the submissive role.

Despite their regrets, they didn’t overstep by interfering in their son’s private life.

After all, if their son didn’t mind, what was the point of saying more as parents?

When Zhongli Mingji decided to adopt a child from a collateral branch of the family as his heir, the worried couple had already made plans. The future head of the Zhongli family had to be strong and capable.

They would properly educate their future grandson.

Jin Muhan was quite accepting of the child Zhongli Mingji adopted. As long as he didn’t steal his partner’s affection, having another son was no problem.

Zhongli Mingji spared no effort in nurturing and educating the child he adopted, and the child did not disappoint him.

This child became the third Fuyao Realm immortal in the immortal realm, after Zhongli Mingji and Lin Qianxue.

However, his temperament was not as cold as Zhongli Mingji’s. Instead, he had the demeanor of a refined and cultured young master, handling affairs with grace and propriety.

This was largely due to Jin Muhan’s guidance.

Jin Muhan was worried that if the child grew up with a cold demeanor, he might scare off potential partners and end up alone. So, he taught him how to interact with others.

Thus, Zhongli Mingji focused on teaching the child cultivation, Jin Muhan taught him how to conduct himself, and Zhongli Jiang and An Wuyou taught their grandson about love and relationships.

When the child grew up, he quickly became the most sought-after bachelor in the immortal realm. Who wouldn’t want to marry the powerful and gentle young master of the Zhongli family?

Unfortunately, he fell for the daughter of Demon Lord Fanti and LuHua Immortal Lord Lin Qianxue.

Zhongli Mingji and Jin Muhan had no objections. As long as the child was happy, it was fine.

However, when the Demon Lord, who only had one daughter, heard that his precious child had fallen for Zhongli Mingji’s adopted son, he nearly needed a heart attack.

“My daughter! Out of all the people, why did you have to fall for the son of your father’s nemesis!”

“Your father hasn’t been able to defeat that ice block Zhongli Mingji since he was five hundred years old. What if his son bullies you?”

Fanti’s daughter: “Dad, you’re overthinking it.”

Fanti: “I don’t want to hear it, I don’t want to hear it, I don’t want to hear it.”

Lin Qianxue dragged her husband away and expressed her approval of her daughter’s choice.

She trusted the child raised by her senior brother.

Thus, Fanti tearfully married off his daughter, his face the longest at the entire wedding banquet.