How old are you this year?

Bai Qiuran released Tang Ruowei and went to Jiang Lan's side.

He glanced at Bai Xuxiang, who had said she would treat her younger brother with respect from now on, and knew in his heart that this girl would definitely not let it go.

She's temporarily backing down for two reasons: first, her parents are there, and she's just been lectured; second, she needs to figure out what her transformed younger brother is really like.

Once she figures things out, given Bai Xuxiang's personality, she definitely won't "give up easily."

In the future, Bai Xuxiang and Bai Moxue will go to school in the Immortal Realm together, and they will have more opportunities to be alone. She will definitely try to bully her younger brother again when their parents and guardians are not around, and Bai Moxue will definitely try to fight back.

However, Bai Qiuran and the others were happy to see this happen. Bai Xuxiang looked like a child, but in reality, she had lived for hundreds of years. Although she seemed mischievous and quirky, she was definitely more mature than Bai Moxue had a cold expression on her face.

The siblings sparred with each other, Bai Xuxiang knew how to control herself, while Bai Moxue learned a lot from the experience. It also helped the siblings to strengthen their bond.

Ignoring the two little ones, Bai Qiuran asked Jiang Lan directly, "Lan'er, are you back to rest? How is the Empress and the others' research going?"

"It's over. I heard you took Moxue on a trip, so I came back to check on Xuxiang and how Xiangxue and the others are doing."

Jiang Lan nodded and said, "I'll also wait for you to come back so I can tell you about this. The Machine God and the Heavenly Dao have already figured out a way to wipe out all the escaped Insect Race in one fell swoop."

"Good."

Bai Qiuran gave a compliment, then gave the two little ones instructions.

"Your father and mother have to go out on some business. Tomorrow I will send you to the Immortal Realm to study. Listen carefully to Xi He, understand?"

"Understood."

The two little ones answered.

That evening, after Li Jinyao and Su Xiangxue returned, Bai Qiuran told them about it.

Su Xiangxue was still somewhat worried about her son, so she decided to stay in the Central Immortal Realm for a while to see if Bai Moxue could survive independently. However, Bai Qiuran did not expect that Li Jinyao would not immediately express her willingness to go with her.

After listening to Bai Qiuran and Jiang Lan's story, she blinked and asked, "By the way, Ruowei, how old are you this year?"

"I?"

Tang Ruowei counted on her fingers, somewhat bewildered.

"I haven't calculated it, but the current emperor of the Shangxuan Kingdom is my great-nephew."

After the calamity of the Demon Tide, Shangxuan began to establish itself as a nation based on martial arts. The emperors were basically the strongest martial artists in the country, each of them a top-level Qi Refining Stage expert whose cultivation was "not inferior" to Bai Qiuran's. Therefore, their lifespans were much longer than ordinary people. In addition, Tang Ruowei, the ancestor, would occasionally give her Human Race some elixirs she had refined. Shangxuan Kingdom after her father generally had Lifespan that was longer than that of Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivators, and some even lived to be three hundred years old.

The current emperor is her great-nephew, which means this girl must be at least close to a thousand years old.

"You're not getting any younger, it's time to find someone to settle down."

For some reason, Li Jinyao glanced at Bai Qiuran, then gave Tang Ruowei a meaningful look.

"I still remember your promise."

What promise?

Tang Ruowei scratched her head, completely baffled.

Li Jinyao did not answer, but said to Bai Qiuran, "That's how it is, so Senior Qiuran, I won't go this time. I'll go see how Moxue and Xuxiang go to school."

Jiang Lan, who was standing to the side, suddenly seemed to understand something and smiled at Li Jinyao, saying, "Jinyao, it would be good for you to learn from Xiangxue how to take care of children. It can help you prepare for the future."

"If you don't want to go, of course I won't force you."

Bai Qiuran, of course, didn't grasp the deeper meaning. He replied, "Having two mothers looking after the two little ones is certainly excellent... However, Ruowei, you have to come with me this time. I'll take this opportunity to test how much you've learned during this training."

After settling into their home, Bai Qiuran, along with Jiang Lan and Tang Ruowei, set off for Research Site No. 1, which the Machine God used to study the Insect Race Empress.

This site is the most advanced and best-equipped of all of Machine God's research facilities, and of course, it is also the most classified.

Unless permitted, only the Machine God, Immortal Emperor Le Zhentian, and Bai Qiuran, the Immortal Ancestor and the new creator of the Machine God, are allowed to enter this research site, apart from the accompanying Machine Puppet.

Even the Heavenly Dao Will, former Immortal Emperor, and the likes of the First Immortal Emperor Bai Li, must obtain the joint approval of the Machine God and Le Zhentian before entering; this is a confidential process.

Bai Qiuran and his two companions arrived at this place and entered the research facility, which was suspended in the Void like a giant inverted pyramid. At the very center, they saw an incarnation of the Machine God and the Heavenly Dao Will.

"I heard you've figured out a way to wipe out all the insects?"

Upon arriving here, Bai Qiuran straight to the point and asked the question.

"After you captured the Original Empress Insect Race Queen, our research on the Insect Race did indeed make groundbreaking progress."

The Machine God didn't rule out the possibility entirely. The rudimentary Machine Puppet it controlled turned around and replied, "We've deciphered the insects' communication method."

"That's a good thing."

Bai Qiuran asked with interest, "How exactly do they communicate? Tell me about it?"

These insects communicate primarily through a special Energy Wave similar to high-frequency sound waves.

The Machine God snapped its fingers, and a light screen popped up behind it, displaying the Insect Race Empress and other Tool Bug.

"As we all know, in the unique environment of the Void, single-attribute energy can hardly travel very far. This is because the Void is filled with all sorts of chaotic Energy Storm, and only these mixed energies can travel a certain distance in the Void. Ordinary civilizations find it difficult to utilize these mixed energies. Even advanced civilizations like ours can extract a continuous supply of usable energy from the chaotic energy, yet even we cannot compress this chaotic energy into a specific wavelength. But the Insect Race have done it."

"They possess special organs within their bodies that can directly absorb chaotic energy from the Void and emit wavelengths of that chaotic energy. This is a miracle of biological evolution. These insects typically communicate and transmit commands in this way. Of course, not every insect possesses this organ; therefore, only advanced, Special Individual have this ability. Their method of confirming hierarchy among themselves involves a unique and extremely potent hormone secreted within their bodies. They combine these two methods to find and confirm the Empress's identity and receive Empress commands."