Chapter 916 - 902: Rules

Hua Linye looked at the tender eyes of his wife and felt enveloped by warmth.

Ever since his wife and Zaizai arrived, even the pain from the backlash of his beast power seemed to lessen.

"Mm, okay."

Hua Linye personally made fish meatball soup and roasted meat buns.

Just because Su Muyao wanted to eat roasted meat buns.

Roasted meat buns are baked, making them exceptionally crispy.

When the three sat at the table to eat, Su Muyao gently bit into a roasted meat bun, and it was incredibly crispy, the skin flaking off.

Her eyes lit up as she said, "As expected, your fire ability is really handy."

Hua Linye found it somewhat amusing that his wife particularly loved food.

If he could make delicious food, it would make her very happy to eat.

So he always practiced this skill.

Luckily, he had a fire ability, which allowed him to control the heat well.

For foods roasted with fire, controlling the heat made them exceptionally crispy and delicious.

"What else does the wife want to eat? I can make it. I’ve gathered a lot of ingredients here."

He loved seeing his wife happy while eating; it gave him a good appetite too.

Just looking at his wife and Zaizai made him feel joyful.

Since he started the Ascension Road and entered this fragment world, Hua Linye hadn’t smiled once, but now, with his wife and Zaizai by his side, his face was full of smiles.

"Sure."

Not only was Su Muyao happy eating, but Da Bao was also very happy.

A full bowl of fish ball soup, fresh and delicious, without any fishy smell.

Da Bao ate with great enthusiasm, alternating between a bite of roasted meat bun and a spoonful of fish ball soup.

With a bit of pepper added, Da Bao was sweating by the time he finished eating.

"How is it, are you full?"

Da Bao rubbed his little tummy and nodded, "Mm, I’m very full, it was delicious."

"Thank you, Mommy and Daddy."

Hua Linye couldn’t help but pat his head and said, "Daddy making food for you is what I should do. No need to thank me."

"As your father-beast, I naturally should take good care of you."

After eating, Hua Linye quickly cleaned up the dishes, then went back to the room to accompany Su Muyao and Zaizai.

Da Bao was probably tired, or perhaps felt relaxed by his parents’ side, and fell asleep after eating.

Su Muyao then talked to Hua Linye about Da Bao.

"He transformed very quickly, and upon transforming, he became a Nine-tailed Red Fox with a Level 3 Fire Ability."

"But now he’s suppressed by the rules here, and can only use part of his power."

Hua Linye said softly, "I sensed it. His talent is very strong, even above mine."

"His fire ability should be even purer than mine."

Originally wanting to take a look, but activating the power can be tiring, Hua Linye didn’t want Zaizai to be exhausted and couldn’t bear to let him unleash his fire power.

Su Muyao looked at Hua Linye and noticed that when Hua Linye looked at Zaizai, his fox eyes were so soft that they almost dripped.

Seeming to recall something, Hua Linye asked, "After I left the Fox Clan on Cang Beast Continent, did anything happen?"

Regarding his wife and Zaizai, he wanted to know everything, even if he wasn’t by his wife’s side.

That way, it would feel like he was always with his wife.

Moreover, for his wife to find this place, she must have endured a lot of hardship.

He didn’t even know how she managed.

Su Muyao thought about it, and eventually told him about what happened later with the Fox Clan, and how they later went to the Wushan Divine Hall and then to the Fusang Continent.

She omitted the very dangerous experiences, only briefly mentioning them in a few words.

Hua Linye listened intently, his heart tightly clenched.

He knew that even though his wife made it sound simple, the danger and the thrilling moments were unknowable to others.

"My wife, you’ve worked hard."

Hua Linye gently embraced Su Muyao, his heart aching tremendously.

During the times when she needed him most, he wasn’t by her side, and he didn’t protect her, leaving him feeling guilty and indebted to her.

"I’m sorry, I wasn’t by your side, didn’t protect you, didn’t do a lot of things."

When the Fox Clan was attacked, it was Xiao Jihan and the others who protected her.

Although his wife spoke simply, omitting many things, he could tell from her words just how dangerous it had been.

"Don’t blame yourself, I’m fine, and Zaizai is doing great too."

"Besides, finding you was wonderful, you don’t know how worried I was about you."

Particularly after Hua Linye started the Ascension Road, there was truly no news at all.

"I’m fine, really, it’s okay."

Su Muyao said seriously, "Through time reversal, I saw you were inside the previous Fox King City, injured due to weakness, and asleep in the Forbidden Land. It was because the demon beast attacked and broke through that boundary to kill the beastmen that you appeared..."

"And also..."

Thinking about it now, Su Muyao’s heart still ached with pain.

Hua Linye looked at Su Muyao’s pale face, lowered his head, and gently kissed her forehead, "Don’t worry, actually, after sacrificing a tail, my body wasn’t that weak anymore."

"At that time, the reason I was very weak and had to slumber was because, after entering the Trial Ground on the Ascension Road, I was squeezed by the dark foul wind there. Originally, the consciousness of a Beast God existed there, possessing the power of the Great Dao rules. But it turned dark, turning the Great Dao rules into dark rules."

The place was shrouded in darkness, full of dangers, and Hua Linye was severely injured, eventually falling into that fragment world, in the Fox Clan’s territory, and taken in by the Fox Clan Beastmen.

Since he possessed ten tails, all the Fox Beastmen revered him as king, and after bringing him back, they did their best to save him.

Thus, while he slept, his body gradually regained some strength.

After arriving here, due to the abundant spiritual energy in this mountain range, conducive to cultivation, his strength improved.

But because this world’s rules suppress him, he also suffers from the backlash of beast power, which causes pain, and his Spirit Sea becomes turbulent.

According to the rules here, merely needing a female’s comfort would suffice.

But he could only accept his wife, and found any other female approaching repulsive.

"From there, is everything okay?"

Su Muyao nodded, "Mm, Xiao Jihan and Wen Nanxi became Beast Gods, so that fragment world has been repaired."

"If you all become Beast Gods here, you should also be able to vanquish the demon beasts and repair the fragment world completely."

"The Divine Domain can then fully open."

"But this all requires finding the cave mansions left by past Beast Gods, and finding the Divine Stones hidden there."

As long as those are found, they can help Hua Linye and the others become Beast Gods.

Hua Linye furrowed his brows, "Cave mansions? Divine Stones?"

"Since I came to this world, I haven’t sensed any Divine Stone power."

Pausing for a moment, he continued, "Perhaps Yun Qinglan can deduce the precise location."

"He’s staying at the Priest Hall in the Imperial City, I’ll take you to see him later."

But for now, forgive his selfishness; he wanted to spend a few days with his wife, he missed her dearly.

He wished he could make a contract, pour out all his love, and feel her every essence.

"The Priest Hall location has a huge altar left by a long-ago Beast God, filled with many mysterious things. Only by staying there can he sense some of the Tao Will."

Su Muyao asked softly, "Is he... is he okay?"

Among her beast husbands, she spent the least amount of time with Yun Qinglan.

Thinking of him made Su Muyao feel somewhat guilty inside.