Not too long after Jian Shen finished transferring all the Spiritual Points into his own token, his body began shining and a force which he couldn't reject or push back pulled him away.
Soon, his entire body disappeared from this world and appeared in the Divine Realm the next time he opened his eyes.
Looking around himself at the bustling scene which reminded him of the day he first entered the separate world, Jian Shen almost doubted himself of whether or not he actually went inside the world and did everything he said he did.
Luckily, this was only a thought he had in jest m
"Papa!"
"Yanyu."
Even though he still didn't have any fatherly feeling towards the little girl, Jian Shen did pity the girl whom he felt that he saw himself in.
Having lost not just one but both of her parents at such a young age, how could she not remind of his past helpless self?
Thinking so, Jian Shen showed a kind smile and patted the girl who was hugging his neck making her rub her head harder against his neck.
"I missed you so much, papa!"
Smiling a little, Jian Shen was about to say something when Lifen began walking towards him.
"Husband."
Not saying anything else, the white-haired fox actually hugged Jian Shen with Yanyu in the middle of them.
Seeing this, everyone thought that they were looking at the happy and peaceful scene of a severed family finally reuniting after going against all odds.
In fact, some of the young girls whose imagination was quite big and vivid immediately came up with many touching stories regarding how these three of them were forced away due to which they began letting out a few silent tears.
Unfortunately, not everyone shared this opinion.
Especially not Jian Shen's other women who felt themselves being threatened when they looked at how peaceful their man looked while hugging Lifen and Yanyu as if they were his wife and child.
"Ugh!"
Letting out loud fake coughs and effectively separating Lifen, the women chose to not create a scene in public and just glared at Jian Shen as if to say they'd definitely not forget about what happened.
By the time all of this was happening, all of the remaining competitions had come outside the separate world and we're eagerly waiting along their respective clans to see the final ranking.
Though like always they were sure that the top four positions would be shared by the four clans and no one would manage to obtain two spots, they were indeed curious to see which clan secured which spot.
However, one of the clan's didn't share this opinion and was instead filled with immense hatred and gloominess.
Having heard what the women spared by Jian Shen had told him, Dong Xiu was sure that everyone who hadn't come back along with the women were already dead.
And now that no one else was arriving, he could only accept the cold reality.
Glaring at Jian Shen with overflowing killed Intent since among those who died was his own son who was a genius that managed to reach the Spirit Beast Manifestation Realm at such a young age,
"I'LL KILL YOU!!!"
Roaring out loud, Dong Xiu didn't hold back anything and rushed straight towards Jian Shen wanting to cut him down.
Seeing this, Jian Shen snorted but didn't show too much of an expression.
After all, he had long since known that this was bound the happen.
Therefore, he was calmly about to set the reluctant Yanyu on the ground and pull his swords out, when Lifen stopped him and said, "You should relax, husband. I'll take care of him."
Smiling brightly towards Jian Shen, Lifen gave him a quick peck on the lips before exploding with her own aura which quickly drowned out Dong Xiu's pressure.
Turning into a huge Nine-Tailed Fox that had sparkly white fur, Lifen was now a towering existence whose physical body itself resembled that of a vast mountain.
Raising its front paw, the huge fox despite not having actually started training its physical strength smashed down towards the blood-seeking Dong Xiu.
Boom!
Moving so fast, Lifen slammed Dong Xiu into the ground so deep that a huge Shockwave was sent in all directions which caused everyone to use their powers to not be affected by it.
At the same time, they finally realised why all of this was happening.
Almost 90% of the contestants who represented the Dong Clan were nowhere to be found!
This could only mean that all of them were dead and at the same time they realised that maybe the top four ranks weren't going to be shared among the four clans this time.
"I... Managed... To... Meet... Him.... After.... So.... Long.... So... Don't... Get... In... The.. WAYYYYY!!!"
Slamming down her paw and striking Dong Xiu even deeper inside the ground until all that was visible was a massive crater in the shape of her paw, Lifen with a poof turned back into her human form and gracefully walked behind Jian Shen showing no signs that she was the same huge fox who mercilessly almost killed Dong Xiu.
Looking towards Lifen in surprise since even he himself didn't expect her to be so violent, Jian Shen saw her blush a little and turn away showing intention to explain herself.
"Mama missed papa so much that she kept on screaming your name every night."
Whispering the truth behind Lifen behaving like this into Jian Shen's ears, Yanyu made Lifen blush even more and finally once again turned into her fox form to hide her embarrassment.
This time though it wasn't the colossal terror-inducing fox and rather a cute little fox which sat on Jian Shen's shoulder and began rubbing its head against his neck.
"Ummm... We'll now start counting the Spiritual Points and announce the result."