"Master, is the Demon God's Heart nearly due to close?"
Xin Baobao swam a little closer and asked.
He Pingsheng said, "Yes. It's been open for over nine thousand one hundred years now. There are fewer than nine hundred years left before it closes!"
"Then... Master... could I ask you a favor?" Xin Baobao looked at He Pingsheng cautiously, even a little pleadingly.
He Pingsheng's heart softened. He reached out and stroked her head. "Go ahead. As long as it's something I can do, I'll agree!"
"Mm!" Xin Baobao asked, "Master, your cultivation has improved now, and I've reached the Dao Origin third layer too!"
"Once this trip to the Secret Realm is over, could you take me back?"
"I... I haven't been home in a very long time!"
"I want to see my family. I'm afraid that if too much time passes, I'll never have another chance!"
As she spoke, a veil of mist covered Xin Baobao's bright, wide eyes.
He Pingsheng felt both a pang of tenderness and some guilt. "All right... once we get out, I'll take you back immediately!"
At that moment, he did not know whether some chord in his heart had been struck.
He Pingsheng, too, wanted to return more than ever before.
He had family in the Immortal Realm as well.
There was He Yuqing!
He Tianya!
He Tianyu!
And his Dao Companion, the Great Order Wisdom King, Kong Jiaojiao.
Also, after the Golden Feather Gathering back then, he had asked Immortal Emperor Li Mu to help him find Zhou Qingmei, Su Zhenzhen, and the others.
Even if Su Zhenzhen had passed away, Zhou Qingmei should have ascended by now.
He had no idea how many had been found!
At this thought, He Pingsheng felt an unprecedented urgency as well.
"Let's go..." He