Divorce System!

[Host, do you have any thoughts of getting a divorce today? Still a million times cultivation return, oh.]

On the Cangyun Continent, within the territory of the Immortal Ruins, in an antique-style grand hall.

Lu Qing'an held a carving knife, sculpting a piece of wood.

He ignored the system's daily question, his hand movements not stopping.

Tomorrow was his little padded jacket's fifth birthday.

He had to make a loving, purely handmade gift for his youngest daughter.

[After your divorce, although your wife can split away half of your cultivation, you can have a million times the return of the cultivation you lost. In the future, even the strongest people can be crushed to death by a single thought from you; are you not tempted at all?]

"System, you're being long-winded today. I am already invincible in the world, and I don't want to kill people indiscriminately anymore. What difference does it make to be a million times stronger again?"

He had originally attained the Dao through slaughter, but because of too many killings, his temperament had become violent. Now, coming here and spending a long time washing away the killing aura in his heart, he lived an ordinary life.

He enjoyed this feeling of living a grounded life very much, and he cherished his ordinary life deeply.

Moreover, he loved his wife very much.

The two had already been husband and wife for a thousand years, experiencing many things together, deeply in love and treating each other with mutual respect.

Even though from beginning to end he hid his identity as a Demon Emperor, displaying a persona much weaker than his wife's, and his wife was now close to cultivating to the Emperor Realm, she had never despised him for having weak cultivation.

This relationship was truly precious.

What's more, they had already raised three children.

If they divorced, what would happen to the children?

[They say there are no enemies in the lower realm, but enemies come from the upper realm. Aren't you afraid that some powerful enemy will come from the upper realm one day? Besides, you aren't afraid, but this humble servant is! If you die, this humble servant won't be able to live either!]

"If enemies come from the upper realm, I'll divorce then."

The system was rendered speechless.

Sigh, if it had appeared earlier when the host was not yet invincible, perhaps things wouldn't be like this.

At this moment, Lu Qing'an suddenly heard a familiar bell sound, stopped the movement of his hands, and an old father's smile rose on his face.

Looking up, a little girl with a hair bun ran over in a trot.

"Daddy! Miaomiao has come to play with Daddy!"

Lu Miaomiao's apricot-red dress skirts fluttered, her right-hand golden bell jingling loudly.

Her small hands tightly grasped a half-eaten rose pastry, sugar crumbs staining her entire sleeve.

"Aiyap! Daddy's little padded jacket, did you wake up?"

Lu Qing'an picked up the child and spun around in a circle.

"Woke up, Daddy, what are you doing?"

"Making a gift for you."

"What gift, can it be eaten?"

"Cannot be eaten... but it's quite fun."

"All right then. Daddy, there's something I want to tell you secretly, but you can't tell Mommy. Because Mommy told me I absolutely cannot tell you, or else she won't let me eat pastries."

"Since your Mommy said you can't tell Daddy, then are you still going to say it? Aren't you afraid you won't be able to eat the pastries you want in the future?"

Lu Qing'an gently tapped his daughter's nose tip.

"But I don't want to hide it from Daddy. Miaomiao likes Daddy the most!"

"Wah! As expected of Miaomiao, whom Daddy likes best! But since you promised your Mommy, you can't break your word, oh. You have to be an honest and trustworthy child."

"But, Mommy asked me: if the two of you separate, who I choose to follow. I, I don't want you to separate!"

Lu Miaomiao pouted her small mouth.

"Miaomiao, did your Mommy really say that to you?"

This news truly caught him off guard.

"Yeah! Just now Miaomiao even had a nightmare! In the dream, Mommy and Daddy were going to divorce! Wuwu! I don't want you guys to divorce!"

Lu Miaomiao hugged Lu Qing'an's neck tightly, pouting her small mouth in grievance, her eyes brimming with tears.

Lu Qing'an's mood turned heavy.

How did this child even know what a divorce was?

And furthermore!

How could his wife ask the child a question like that?!

Lu Qing'an looked gently at his daughter: "Miaomiao, what else did your Mommy tell you?"

"Mommy also said Second Brother has already chosen to follow Mommy. Second Brother cares for me so much; if I choose Daddy, I won't be able to see Second Brother in the future! Wuwu! I don't want to not be able to see Second Brother!"

Lu Miaomiao wailed out crying, her little face stained with tears.

Lu Qing'an furrowed his brows, thinking carefully. The last time he saw his son, the look the other gave him indeed seemed a little different!

So the children all knew, and he was the only one still kept in the dark?

"Miaomiao, did Mother tell you why she wanted us to separate?"

Lu Miaomiao shook her head.

It seemed he would have to ask her himself!

"Miaomiao, actually, Mother was only joking with you. Don't cry. Father and Mother won't separate."

He had to calm his daughter down first.

Maybe it was a misunderstanding.

Everything had been perfectly fine.

Was his wife under a lot of pressure because she was about to break through to the Emperor Realm?

Had she been joking with their younger daughter?

Just as he was about to go find his wife, another figure appeared at the entrance to the hall.

The girl was fourteen or fifteen, dressed in a purple gown, pretty and poised.

Though young, she already had the bearing of a refined young lady.

She was Lu Qing'an's eldest daughter, Lu Zixuan.

At that moment, Lu Zixuan suddenly stopped walking. Her face was full of hesitation, and though she was right at the threshold, she couldn't bring herself to step inside.

"Zixuan, do you need something from Father?"

"Father, there's something I don't want to keep from you anymore..."

Lu Zixuan gritted her teeth and walked into the hall.

She walked strangely, deliberately avoiding the joints between the floor tiles.

It was as though if she stepped on one of those lines, she'd lose a piece of her leg.

"What is it?"

Lu Zixuan stammered, "Father, Mother asked me a little while ago who I'd go with if you two were destined to separate... Father, did you have a fight with Mother?"

Lu Qing'an fell silent.

They hadn't fought.

Everything had been just like usual.

"What else did your mother say?"

"She also said Second Brother had already made his choice and would go with Mother..."

Hearing this again, Lu Qing'an felt even more weighed down.

"Zixuan, your mother and I haven't fought. Maybe she was joking with you."

He did his best to appear normal, even managing a courteous smile.

"Really?" Lu Zixuan asked bitterly.

She wasn't a little girl anymore...

"Really. Stay here and look after your sister. I have something to discuss with your mother."

The Lu Household, back mountain.

Lu Qing'an entered a cultivation room and saw his wife, Xu Qingying, holding a voice-transmission Jade Slip, apparently speaking to someone through it.

"Darling."

"Husband? What is it?"

Xu Qingying was startled by Lu Qing'an's sudden appearance and quietly put away the voice-transmission Jade Slip.

It had been this way for years. Though her cultivation was many times stronger than Lu Qing'an's, she always inexplicably failed to notice him quietly approaching, and he had startled her countless times.

"Darling, who were you voice-transmitting to?"

"My master. I was reporting on my cultivation progress..."

Seeing his wife's gaze wander, Lu Qing'an knew she was hiding something from him.

Whenever she lied, she never dared look people in the eye.

Could it be a man?

Was he being cuckolded?

But lately, he hadn't noticed any men showing up in front of his wife.

With his abilities, it was impossible he wouldn't have noticed.

"Darling, did you ask the children whether, if we separated, they'd choose to go with you or me?"

He got straight to the point.

Xu Qingying furrowed her brow quietly, but she seemed to have expected this. A conflicted look crossed her stunning face, and for a moment, she said nothing.

Seeing the troubled look on his wife's face, Lu Qing'an said, "My dear, you don't have to hide anything from me. We're husband and wife. Whatever it is, we can handle it together."

The only thing he was hiding from his wife was his identity as someone from the Demon Domain. The people of the Immortal Ruins despised those from the Demon Domain. If his identity were exposed, he would be hunted without end. He was already sick of endless slaughter.

He hadn't told his wife not because he didn't trust her, but because he didn't want to burden her. He was also absolutely certain that no one could discover he was from the Demon Domain.

Seeing that his wife still said nothing, Lu Qing'an's eyes briefly flashed with a well-concealed red light as he glanced at Xu Qingying.

His cultivation was far stronger than Xu Qingying's. Even if he used a Technique on her, Xu Qingying, who had yet to reach the Emperor Realm, would be unable to detect it.

"She hasn't been possessed, either."

He had just wondered whether someone had possessed his wife.

But her soul was extremely stable, which meant it hadn't changed.

Xu Qingying clenched her fists and let out a deep breath, as if summoning every last ounce of strength to make her decision. "My husband, let's divorce..."