No Longer Hiding His Great Emperor Realm Cultivation

Lu Qing'an looked at his eldest daughter, and a trace of warmth returned to his thoroughly chilled heart.

He reached out and rubbed her head, a smile appearing on his face.

"Zixuan, are you sure?" Xu Qingying stood not far away, deeply conflicted.

She didn't want to hurt Lu Qing'an too much, but she didn't want to stop seeing her children either.

Once her Immaculate Emperor Aura had taken shape, it would be best if she never saw Lu Qing'an again.

Otherwise, if her heart stirred for him again, all her efforts would go down the drain.

Faced with her mother's question, Lu Zixuan gave no answer.

"Zixuan! You're still young and don't understand what's at stake! You need to think more about your future! If you follow your father, you'll never have any hope of reaching the Emperor Realm in your lifetime!"

Lin Qingxue had always been very fond of Lu Zixuan.

Her talent was exceptional, just like her disciple's.

With proper nurturing, she could become another Great Emperor Realm expert in the Immortal Ruins!

Lu Zixuan looked at Xu Qingying and Lin Qingxue. "The Emperor Realm! Even without relying on you, I can reach it through my own efforts!"

"Sis..." Lu Zhengran also wanted to persuade his sister.

He understood the importance of resources all too well.

His talent was much the same as his sister's.

Without their mother, he couldn't possibly have become one of the foremost geniuses of his age.

"Shut up! Say one more word, and I'll no longer have a brother like you!"

Lu Zixuan now felt sick at the sight of her brother.

Choosing to go with their mother was one thing, but going over and immediately taking a sword and a peerless saber had truly disgusted her!

In Lu Zhengran's eyes, their father might have been very strict with him.

But she had always seen their father standing in the distance, watching her brother cultivate with a look of pride on his face!

Compared with their mother, who immersed herself in cultivation day after day, their father's love for them had been far more apparent!

Whatever questions they had, they could always find answers from their father!

Lu Zixuan's words made Lu Zhengran lower his head again.

But he still felt that his sister was acting on impulse.

Their parents were both the people closest to them, but if they had to choose one, it was best to choose their mother, a Great Emperor Realm expert...

The onlookers began whispering among themselves.

They were all watching the spectacle.

They hadn't expected to find such a show when they came here.

As for Lu Zixuan's choice, they all shook their heads inwardly.

"This child is still too young. She doesn't know how important resources are on the path of cultivation. If she follows this Lu Qing'an, she'll know she was wrong when she's a little older."

"Exactly. This Xu Qingying leaped straight to the late Great Emperor Realm. It's terrifying! With talent and strength like that, she's destined to become one of the most powerful people in the Immortal Ruins! Not following Xu Qingying will be the worst decision that girl ever makes!"

"..."

Seeing that her eldest daughter had made up her mind to leave, Xu Qingying took a deep breath and decided not to try to keep her any longer.

She had loved this man deeply. If one of their children stayed by his side, perhaps he could get through these difficult days more easily.

"Miaomiao, what about you?"

Xu Qingying looked at her youngest daughter.

Lu Miaomiao had stopped crying by now.

She huddled in Lu Qing'an's arms, her body trembling. When she heard her mother's voice, she didn't even turn her head, keeping it buried against him.

She was almost five, though perhaps in other people's eyes, she was still a child.

But she knew very well that her father loved her more than her mother did.

"Mommy is a big meanie! I'm never talking to you again!"

Lu Miaomiao cried out through her sobs.

Xu Qingying looked at Lu Miaomiao, her eyes filled with an utterly complicated mix of feelings.

"Miaomiao! Come over to your mother. We'll hire experts renowned throughout the Immortal Ruins for their cooking to make you delicious pastries and food every day!"

Lin Qingxue spoke up again.

Lu Miaomiao sobbed, "You're a meanie! Don't talk to me! Boo-hoo! Daddy! Let's go. I don't want to be here anymore!"

A patch of Lu Qing'an's clothes was already wet across his chest.

Seeing how heartbroken his daughter was, he felt terrible too.

"Miaomiao, go to sleep for a while. Daddy will say a few words to them, then take you away."

He devoted all the tenderness he had left to his daughters.

"Okay..."

As she listened to her father, Lu Miaomiao didn't know what was happening. Her eyelids suddenly grew heavy, and she couldn't keep her eyes open. Gradually, she fell asleep.

Still holding Lu Miaomiao, Lu Qing'an looked up and swept his gaze over everyone present.

He had been in the Immortal Ruins for over a thousand years. He hadn't expected that this still wasn't where he belonged.

His gaze finally settled on his son and Xu Qingying.

He knew that now things had come to this, there was no turning back.

For the sake of strength and a brighter future, his wife had chosen to give him up.

That was no different from her having a change of heart.

There was no need for him to try to keep her.

The moment their marriage was dissolved, he had briefly lost sight of the path ahead. But when his two daughters had firmly decided to follow him, a road had appeared before him once more.

He would raise his two daughters well and nurture them into the strongest beings in this world!

That would be his path from now on.

He would save all his tenderness for his two daughters.

"Great Emperor Realm strength. How impressive. I hope you'll be as strong as our two daughters someday."

Looking at his wife, whose cultivation and strength had only come from receiving half of his cultivation, Lu Qing'an wore a cold expression.

But he said nothing more vicious. At that, he forcibly suppressed the resentment in his heart.

He had loved this woman. Now that things had come to this, let all their beautiful memories and all their past tenderness give them both a dignified parting.

He then turned to Lin Qingxue.

"You used all sorts of things to entice my children just now. If they weren't here, you'd already be dead."

He really had wanted to kill again just now.

He had held back only because the children were all here, and because they had always regarded Lin Qingxue as an elder, even family, as they grew up.

Hearing this, Lin Qingxue felt that strange sensation again and actually didn't dare reply!

With that said, Lu Qing'an looked at the people he was on good terms with.

They included his sister-in-law and his old friend He Hong.

"Take care of yourselves. Now that I'm leaving, I'm afraid I won't be coming back."

Finally, he looked at his son.

"Take care of yourself when I'm gone."

With that, Lu Qing'an took a deep breath, took his eldest daughter Lu Zixuan by the hand, and prepared to leave.

He Hong hurried over.

"Qing'an, I don't want to stay here either. Let's leave together!"

Lu Qing'an shook his head. "No, Elder He. I'm going to the Demon Domain."

"The Demon Domain?!" He Hong was stunned.

"I come from the Demon Domain."

Lu Qing'an no longer had any need to hide it.

"This..." He Hong knew all too well that the Immortal Ruins and the Demon Domain were like fire and water.

If someone from the Immortal Ruins went to the Demon Domain, there was a strong chance that a multitude of Demon Domain experts would hunt him down!

"Let's keep in touch by voice transmission. If you want to see me, come to the Demon Domain, and I'll send someone to meet you. All right, farewell!"

Lu Qing'an patted He Hong on the shoulder, then rose into the air.

At that moment, he no longer concealed the presence of his cultivation.

A terrifying demonic presence gathered into the luminous image of a black dragon that shook the heavens.

Roar!

The black dragon soared into the sky!

Holding his eldest daughter's hand and clutching his youngest daughter in his other arm, Lu Qing'an stood atop the black dragon's head and flew toward the distant sky.

They moved as fast as a shooting star.

Everyone present was stunned by the sight.

Every one of them stared wide-eyed.

"This is... someone from the Demon Domain!"

"And his cultivation is at the peak of the Great Emperor Realm!"

"How is he a Great Emperor expert from the Demon Domain?! He's been in our Immortal Ruins for so many years, and no one noticed!!"

With the strength of a peak Great Emperor Realm cultivation, only a dozen or so people in the Immortal Ruins could match him!!

Xu Qingying and Lin Qingxue also stared wide-eyed at the sight.

"He... he's actually a peak Great Emperor Realm expert from the Demon Domain?"

Xu Qingying murmured to herself, her heart trembling.

No wonder there had been so many strange things!

No wonder she had never noticed him approaching silently!

She... had actually been kept in the dark for so many years?!!