The Children's Choice

Everyone else had vanished from Lu Qing'an's sight. All he could see was his wife, standing like a god in the sky.

"Give me a reason."

He already knew the answer.

But he needed to hear her say it herself.

Cultivated to its utmost, the Immaculate Emperor Position could rival his Eternal Night Emperor Position.

In other words, if Xu Qingying kept cultivating, she had a chance of reaching the heights he had now attained.

He felt that it had all come too suddenly, and at the same time found it utterly ridiculous.

Given the choice between strength and him, his wife had chosen strength.

"I want to become stronger! I'm sorry. It's my fault."

Xu Qingying closed her eyes, unable to meet Lu Qing'an's gaze.

Lu Qing'an gave a mirthless laugh.

He couldn't argue with that reason.

In her eyes, strength came before him, and before the children too...

"Qingying! We can't waste any more time! Your emperor's breath is nearly formed. If it's affected, you won't be able to reach that peak in the future!"

Lin Qingxue urged her on sternly.

Lu Qing'an shifted his gaze to Lin Qingxue.

Lin Qingxue suddenly felt a terrifying killing intent concentrate on her. She swiftly looked toward the person who sent a chill through her entire body.

It was Lu Qing'an!

What's going on?! I... I actually felt, deep down, that he could kill me!!

Lin Qingxue was stunned.

The feeling was incredibly strong!

But just then, the feeling suddenly vanished.

For at that very moment, Xu Qingying made her final decision.

She pressed her palm forward, and an intricate golden mark appeared in the air.

With a wave of her finger, she wrote her name.

The golden mark drifted down in front of Lu Qing'an.

"I'm begging you. For the sake of the years we've spent together, please set me free..."

Xu Qingying looked into Lu Qing'an's eyes and pleaded earnestly.

Lu Qing'an stared at the Heavenly Dao Mark before him. His eyes briefly lost focus, then grew resolute.

He fixed his gaze on Xu Qingying and used his emperor's divine sense to forcefully connect to her sea of consciousness.

"Tell me, is anyone forcing you?"

This was his final struggle.

Xu Qingying was shocked.

She had already broken through to the Great Emperor Realm. Only someone many times stronger than her could force his thoughts into her sea of consciousness!

He was actually a Great Emperor expert?!!

Xu Qingying looked at her husband, her pupils trembling slightly.

All these years, she had never discovered that he was a Great Emperor Realm expert!

But the next moment, her gaze grew resolute again.

"No. I'm sorry..."

Hearing that, Lu Qing'an closed his eyes for a moment. When he opened them again, his gaze was utterly cold.

"Then I wish you a brilliant future."

He waved a finger before him and wrote his name.

The golden mark suddenly burst apart.

The Heavenly Dao Mark formed when the two became dao companions also quietly dissipated.

[Congratulations to the host on a successful divorce!! Xu Qingying's cultivation accounts for an almost negligible portion of your combined cultivation. Nearly half of the host's cultivation will be taken away immediately!]

In the blink of an eye, half of Lu Qing'an's cultivation vanished.

Up in the sky, Xu Qingying's eyes flew wide.

"This power is!!!"

Boom!

Golden light blazed from her body, and her cultivation presence soared.

The Great Emperor Realm had four minor realms.

At incredible speed, Xu Qingying leaped from having just entered the Great Emperor Realm to its third minor realm!

After cultivating for a while longer, she would be able to step straight into the Peak Great Emperor Realm!

Lin Qingxue stared at the sight, dumbstruck.

"A miracle! This is a miracle! Haha! The divorce was the right choice! The divorce was the right choice!"

She didn't know how her disciple's cultivation had suddenly soared, but it had to be related to the divorce!

And the Immaculate Emperor Position existed only in legends from ancient times. Perhaps, as long as one truly became immaculate and pure, one could grow stronger at a frenzied pace!

Everyone present was stunned by the sight.

Only Lu Qing'an looked at his wife, whose face was filled with delight in the sky above, and shook his head with a smile.

When people were left speechless, they really did laugh!

He had placed his feelings in the wrong person.

[Beginning the millionfold cultivation return!]

[Return successful! However, a million times half the host's cultivation is simply too immense. The system cannot quickly transfer it into the host's body, so it can only store it in the host's sea of consciousness for now! The host can draw out and use as much as he needs, whenever he likes! A friendly reminder: this world cannot possibly withstand you releasing all your strength at once. Otherwise, it will collapse! So be careful when you use it. Don't accidentally kill everyone in the world~]

Listening to the system's notification, Lu Qing'an couldn't be happy at all.

He wasn't in the mood to draw out any cultivation to use right away.

Now that they were divorced, he also had to settle the matter of the children.

At this point, the three children were either silent or crying.

Lu Miaomiao in particular didn't care how many people were there and burst into loud sobs.

"Mother! Father! I don't want you to divorce!"

Lu Qing'an picked up his daughter.

Now, he could only give all his tenderness to the children.

Xu Qingying reined in the joy of her breakthrough.

She also knew that things weren't over.

For her emperor position, she only had to cut off romantic love.

She would fight for the children!

"Children, I've already asked you. Have you decided whether to stay with Mother or your father?"

Xu Qingying flew down to the ground and asked the three children gently.

Lu Zixuan kept her head lowered, her fists clenched tightly inside her sleeves.

"Zhengran, Zixuan, these two peerless weapons were prepared for you by your mother in advance!

Come over here, and the weapons will be yours! If you stay with your mother, with your talent and aptitude, and your mother's resources, you'll definitely become emperors someday!"

Lin Qingxue took out the saber and sword He Hong had given her earlier.

He Hong had been dumbfounded ever since Xu Qingying asked Lu Qing'an for a divorce.

Now, seeing Lin Qingxue take out the two peerless weapons he had forged, he ground his teeth in fury.

Damn old witch!!

Fuck your mother!!

He looked at Lu Qing'an and wanted to slap himself a few times.

But he also knew that, as a friend, he couldn't meddle in this kind of matter.

As soon as Lin Qingxue finished speaking, Lu Zhengran, who had kept his head lowered, moved.

He walked toward Lu Qing'an, one step at a time.

Just when everyone thought he would choose to stay with Lu Qing'an, Lu Zhengran suddenly knelt before him.

"Father! I've let you down!"

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Lu Zhengran kowtowed three times to Lu Qing'an in front of everyone.

With a wave of one hand, Lu Qing'an lifted his son up and gently placed his broad palm on the boy's head.

"From now on, I won't be able to look after you. Listen to your mother and cultivate hard."

Lu Zhengran looked up at Lu Qing'an and nodded solemnly.

Then he turned and walked over to Xu Qingying, taking his place beside her.

Lin Qingxue handed Lu Zhengran the peerless treasured saber.

Lu Zhengran had practiced the saber since childhood. Holding the treasured saber in his hands, he swallowed, as though he had received the finest gift.

The excitement in his eyes was hard to conceal.

"Zixuan, come here. This sword will be yours."

Lin Qingxue looked at Lu Zixuan.

Lu Zixuan's fists were still clenched. After hearing Lin Qingxue's words, she walked resolutely in that direction.

Seeing this, everyone present thought that things had turned out just as expected.

The two children were old enough to think for themselves.

Their choice was plain to see.

They would surely stay with Xu Qingying, who was in the late stage of the Great Emperor Realm!

Yet, to everyone's surprise, Lu Zixuan did not go to take the treasured sword.

Instead, she went up to Xu Qingying, knelt on the ground, and forcefully kowtowed three times.

She did not use her cultivation to protect herself, and as her forehead struck the brick floor, blood seeped out.

When she was done, she stood and stared hard at her mother.

She also glared at her younger brother before turning and walking toward Lu Qing'an.

She returned to Lu Qing'an's side and stood there.

"Father, I'll always stand by you!"