The distance wasn’t too great. Li Xiang activated his Earth Escape Technique, his body enveloped in an earthen-yellow glow, and carried Chiba Yuki and the Twin Gouyu back to the hot spring inn.

Due to the Great White-Bone Snake’s attack, many parts of the hot spring inn, especially the grounds, were severely damaged. Some of the buildings had also collapsed, but since they were wooden structures, they would be relatively quick to repair.

Three young female attendants and two middle-aged kitchen helpers saw Li Xiang emerge from the ground holding their boss lady and the two girls, their jaws dropping in shock. They knew their boss lady was formidable, but they never imagined that the real boss behind the scenes was even more powerful.

Their usually fierce boss lady was now as gentle as a kitten in the boss’s arms.

’And was Li Xiang the boss? Was there even any doubt? Absolutely. One hundred percent.’

Chiba Yuki eased herself out of Li Xiang’s arms and reassured her employees. Although she was injured, she could still manage.

Li Xiang didn’t want to reveal his Chinese identity, so after a moment’s thought, he took out a Creation Lotus, turned away, and discreetly swallowed it. It melted the moment it entered his mouth. Then, in flawless Japanese, he also said a few words, telling the five employees not to panic and that if they continued to work diligently, Chiba Yuki would reward them well.

Chiba Yuki and the Twin Gouyu were stunned. How could their Master—their Godfather—suddenly speak such perfect Japanese? How long had it even been? ’Right,’ they thought, ’he’s just that brilliant. He learns so fast.’ Their admiration for him grew even deeper.

Ever since Li Xiang had left last time, Chiba Yuki had been diligently teaching her two daughters Chinese every day. But the girls were still young, and their progress was slow. To this day, they could only speak simple Chinese sentences of no more than five words.

What they didn’t know was that this was one of the marvelous functions of the Three-Phase Divine Seal.

The Three-Phase Divine Seal, a Tier Twenty-Six Saint Tier Item Li Xiang had obtained in India, had a Brahma Attribute called "Creation Lotus." It could generate three Spiritual Power Lotuses each day. Consuming one granted 24 hours of fluency in any language.

These Spiritual Power Lotuses could be stockpiled, and Li Xiang had already saved up a great many. In the future, whether he went abroad or even to another planet, he wouldn’t have to worry about communication barriers.

Besides, after using them enough and speaking the languages enough, he was bound to actually learn them.

Once the reassurances were over, Chiba Yuki told the employees to go back and rest easy. Their dormitory was in a corner of the property and hadn’t been damaged.

The most severely damaged area was Chiba Yuki’s bedroom.

This was a hot spring inn, so there were plenty of rooms to spare. Everyone settled into other rooms to rest.

Li Xiang gave Chiba Yuki some Spirit Dew Rain and Spiritual Medicine. The Spirit Dew Rain was for healing her injuries, while the Spiritual Medicine was for her Cultivation and to restore her depleted Spiritual Power.

Li Xiang gave her a generous amount of Spiritual Medicine, so Chiba Yuki secretly set some aside, planning to give it to her two daughters later.

Unexpectedly, Li Xiang then took out a few Spirit Fruits and gave one to both Chiba Asatsuyu and Chiba Yukigiri. The two cherubic girls’ faces lit up with smiles, and they began eating with gusto.

"Thank you, Master," Chiba Yuki said, moved.

"Thank you, Godfather," the Twin Gouyu said in unison.

Since Chiba Yuki was severely injured and no longer had Aoi Monshou, Li Xiang worried something unexpected might happen, so he stood guard in the room.

Asatsuyu and Yukigiri were worried about their mother and didn’t want to leave either. After such a major incident, they couldn’t sleep. Besides, they were energized from eating the Spirit Fruits.

Li Xiang had rushed over from his hometown far away and fought consecutive battles. He had been pulled into a mysterious space by the Eight-headed Remnant Soul, where he had initially been at a disadvantage, taking several hits and being assaulted by poisonous fog and smoke. Although he had leveled up afterward, he was still mentally and physically exhausted. So, he took this opportunity to restore his Spiritual Power.

He took several large gulps of Spirit Wine and began his Cultivation.

To his surprise, the Eight-headed Remnant Soul’s methods were truly formidable. The poisonous fog and smoke directly targeted his Divine Soul, clinging to it like a stubborn plague, and he found it surprisingly difficult to expel them now.

He estimated it would take at least three to five hours to cleanse it completely.

"Godfather, I can help you," the cherubic little Asatsuyu said, sidling up to him with her childish voice.

Li Xiang paused, asking curiously, "You’re so little, how can you help me? What can you do?"

Blinking her gem-like black eyes, Asatsuyu said, "I can feel a lot of lingering fire energy inside you, Godfather. You seem very troubled by it, but that fire energy is very attractive to me. It’s like a tonic, so I think I can absorb it."

"Oh?" Li Xiang was instantly intrigued. He quickly beckoned her over. "Then give it a try."

Chiba Asatsuyu then climbed onto Li Xiang’s back and hugged him tightly. Since they were resting in the room, Li Xiang had naturally already taken off his Armor.

Then, Li Xiang felt a strange suction force coming from the little girl. Although the force was weak, the fire energy was unable to resist it, actively leaving Li Xiang’s body and gathering inside Chiba Asatsuyu.

When Li Xiang probed Chiba Asatsuyu’s body with his Spiritual Power, he could feel the fire energy merging with the Spiritual Power inside her. It then circulated through her body, slowly being converted into her own Fire Attribute Spiritual Power.

The Spiritual Power within Chiba Asatsuyu grew rapidly. He estimated that it wouldn’t be long before she could condense her first Spiritual Power Vortex and become a Tier One Transcendent.

Li Xiang was secretly amazed.

He knew that this "fire energy" originated from the eight volcanoes deep underground, refined and unleashed by the Eight-headed Remnant Soul. It was tyrannical and fierce; even he found it quite troublesome. Yet Chiba Asatsuyu was consuming it as if it were sweet dew. It could only be said that all things in creation have their counters, and there were profound mysteries at play.

At the same time, a strange transformation occurred.

The other little girl, Chiba Yukigiri, began to tremble lightly as ice pellets formed on her body. In no time, a visible layer of white frost covered her.

Li Xiang couldn’t help but frown and look toward Chiba Yuki.

Chiba Yuki quickly explained, "Asatsuyu and Yukigiri are twins. They’ve had a peculiar trait since they were little—they can ’share their senses.’ One is of the Fire Attribute, and the other is of the Ice Attribute."

Li Xiang immediately understood. Asatsuyu was absorbing the fire energy from his body and converting it into her own Spiritual Power. This fire energy was too tyrannical and fierce, and because the Twin Gouyu "shared their senses" and were interconnected, Yukigiri felt the scorching heat and discomfort.

So, at her young age, she had instinctively circulated the meager Spiritual Power in her body, drawing in cold energy from the outside world to counteract the heat.

It was snowing heavily outside, and the cold was biting. Being so young, she had "lost control."

The Twin Gouyu’s situation was unique, different from Luo Feifei and Lei Xiaohui. Although Luo Feifei was of the Water Attribute, which gave rise to her Ice Element abilities, and Lei Xiaohui was of the Fire Attribute, they were two separate individuals. They had no "connection," and their Spiritual Power was gentler and purer, not as tyrannical and extreme as the Twin Gouyu’s.

The Twin Gouyu were "interconnected" and "shared senses," which was equivalent to a single person cultivating both ice and fire energy simultaneously. That was why this situation had occurred.

As their mother, Chiba Yuki was naturally distressed. She stopped her own healing and Cultivation, came over, and held Yukigiri in her arms, intending to use her own body heat and Spiritual Power to help her resolve the issue.

Chiba Asatsuyu stopped, at a loss for what to do.

Chiba Yuki said, "Keep going." It was a rare opportunity to help Li Xiang, and Chiba Yuki certainly wasn’t going to let her daughter stop. Moreover, this was a fortunate encounter for her daughter; perhaps Chiba Asatsuyu could break through to the next realm in one go.

"Are you sure you’ll be alright? If it’s too much, I can just expel it slowly on my own," Li Xiang said.

Chiba Yuki quickly replied, "It’s fine. This has happened a few times before, and I’ve always helped them resolve it."

So, Chiba Asatsuyu continued.

The fire energy was drawn from Li Xiang’s body, wisp by wisp, and converted into pure Spiritual Power.

But Chiba Yuki was secretly struggling. She had forgotten one thing: the previous times, she hadn’t been injured, Aoi Monshou had been present, and her twin daughters’ Cultivation had been much shallower.

But now, both twins had eaten the Spirit Fruits from Li Xiang, and Chiba Asatsuyu had also been nourished by the "fire energy" from his body, bringing her a large step closer to condensing a Spiritual Power Vortex.

Once she condensed a Spiritual Power Vortex, her true strength would surpass that of the currently injured Chiba Yuki, who had also lost Aoi Monshou.

However, Chiba Yuki didn’t call a halt. Instead, she gritted her teeth and persevered. ’This is my daughter’s opportunity; Asatsuyu is about to break through!’

Just as she had expected, as the last wisp of fire energy was absorbed by Chiba Asatsuyu, the little five-year-old girl let out a soft cry, like a phoenix chick breaking from its shell. A crimson Gouyu mark appeared beneath her collarbone. Her Spiritual Power Vortex was formed, and a Lifebound Superpower Rune named "Molten Heart Flame" was born alongside it, bobbing up and down within the vortex.

At the same time, Yukigiri trembled in sync. Ice Crystals instantly spread from her fingertips to her entire body, and even her mother, who was holding her, was frozen to the point of shivering, covered in shards of ice.

Worried about her mother and sister, Chiba Asatsuyu rushed over to help. She hastily formed a hand seal, and Fire Attribute Spiritual Power surged from her body, intending to melt the Ice Crystals on her mother and sister’s skin. However, the moment it touched the ice, it erupted into a cloud of steam.

Ice and fire were incompatible.

Chiba Asatsuyu was only five years old, after all. Overwhelmed and helpless, she could only turn to Li Xiang for help. "Godfather, please help Momma and my sister."

The little girl was on the verge of tears.

"Don’t be afraid. I’ll help you guide it." Li Xiang wrapped his left arm around the scorching-hot Chiba Asatsuyu and his right arm around the ice-covered Chiba Yuki and Yukigiri.

Asatsuyu was very smart and immediately understood her godfather’s intention: his body could act as a Yin-Yang Medium to balance the two energies.

She had always idolized her godfather and knew he could handle it. So, she quickly channeled her Fire Attribute Spiritual Power into Li Xiang’s body, and a miraculous scene unfolded.

Li Xiang possessed the Earth Attribute. Like the vast earth that carries all things with great virtue, it could accommodate anything. Moreover, his meridians were exceptionally wide and vast, like the great Yangtze River. The Ice and Fire Spiritual Power from Chiba Asatsuyu and Chiba Yukigiri circulated and merged within Li Xiang’s channels, forming a brilliant, "temporary" Spiritual Power Vortex between the three of them—no, the four of them.

When the vortex dissipated, flames flickered at the ends of Asatsuyu’s hair, and ice flowers bloomed in Yukigiri’s eyes. Half of a complementary Gouyu mark appeared on each of their necks. One was crimson and was named "Red Sun Gouyu"; the other was a deep blue and was named "Xuan Yin Gouyu." They shared senses and the flow of Spiritual Power, like the yin and yang fish of a Tai Chi symbol.

And Li Xiang was the dot in the center of the Tai Chi diagram.

Not only did Chiba Yukigiri return to normal, but she also broke through at the same time, stepping into the ranks of a Tier One Transcendent. A Lifebound Superpower Rune named "Frost Soul Crystal" was born within her, bobbing up and down in her new Spiritual Power Vortex.

The two girls had already been on the verge of a breakthrough. With this new opportunity, advancing was only a matter of course.

As their mother, Chiba Yuki was extremely gratified.

Li Xiang was also extremely gratified. The mother and her two daughters were truly heaven-sent geniuses. He felt like he had struck gold.