In the Immortal Domain, after Zhìmìng returned from the Eighth Heaven, he did not go forth to battle again for a hundred years. Instead, he chose to remain in the Immortal Domain and devote himself to caring for Guigui.
The news that the Immortal Venerable had an heir spread as though it had grown wings. Before long, the entire Immortal Domain knew of it.
When Luo Xingchen and the others heard the news, their jaws nearly dropped in shock.
That blockhead Zhìmìng had a child?
Within a few months, Luo Xingchen and the others emerged one after another from immortal mountains and great ranges throughout the Immortal Domain, all hurrying toward the Immortal Palace in the east.
Within the vast Immortal Palace, Luo Xingchen watched Guigui, who was toddling about the hall as he learned to walk, his face brimming with interest.
"Guigui, come to Uncle."
Luo Xingchen opened his arms and smiled.
Hearing someone call him, Guigui looked at the adult before him with wide eyes, then turned to look at his father nearby, seemingly waiting for his father's permission.
"Go on."
A gentle smile appeared on Ning Chen's face.
Seeing that his father agreed, Guigui grinned and tottered toward him.
As he watched Guigui approach, Luo Xingchen reached out and picked up the little fellow, smiling. "What a clever little one."
As he spoke, Luo Xingchen took a small jade slip from his robes and tucked it into Guigui's front pocket. With affectionate concern, he said, "This is Uncle's gift to you. If anyone bullies you, throw this at him. It'll turn him into a beehive, guaranteed."
Not far away, Ning Chen sensed the astonishing power within the jade slip. Faintly, it already carried a trace of saintly might.
It seemed his old friend was not far from