"As long as it not related to what you just asked, I'm willing to help you with anything you want."
Nodding her head, Yang Ruiya seemed to be hesitating, most likely because she felt that her request would be too much, but in the end she blurted it out with naked hope in her eyes.
"Take me to the Dao Realm with you and help me set up the Thunder Sword Pavilion there."
Listening to this, Jian Shen couldn't understand what about this request made the woman hesitate so much.
Wasn't it just taking her with him and helping her set up her force?
Such a favour was not even worth mentioning when he would receive a fragment of the Myriad God Sword.
"That's it?"
"Yes.... Wait, no! There's one more thing…"
Realising that Jian Shen found her favour very easy to fulfil, Yang Ruiya decided to ask him for something more, but not so much that he'd get angry.
"I also want you to protect me and help the Thunder Sword Pavilion until it grows strong enough to defend itself."
"Hmmmm... "
From a little from hearing those words since the trouble involved in the second request was the same as asking him to establish a force and make it string, Jian Shen caused Yang Ruiya to feel nervous and think that maybe she went overboard.
Luckily, in the end Jian Shen nodded his head and said, "Fine. I can take you to the Dao Realm with me and help you set up the Thunder Sword Pavillion up there. But since you want me to help protect it until it grows strong, I cannot promise to do it at any time soon."
Sighing in relief since her heart felt like it would burst out when Jian Shen used the word 'but', Yang Ruiya's happiness had no bounds.
So what if she had to wait for some time? The woman didn't even mind waiting for a few hundred or maybe even some thousand years or so to fulfil the dream of the Thunder Sword Pavilion's ancestors whose dream had been to establish themselves in the Dao Realm.
This was also one of the reasons she came here and wanted to marry Jian Shen.
After all, once she managed to get pregnant with his son, putting aside how a dragon's son would grow to become another dragon, Yang Ruiya hoped to fulfil the dream which had been passed down from each Pavillion Master to the next one and make him establish the Thunder Sword Pavilion in the Dao Realm.
But now that Jian Shen himself agreed to help her do it, there was nothing which could make Yang Ruiya disappointed.
Due to this, she instantly got up and respectfully handed the Divine Kun Peng Sword to Jian Shen while deeply bowing to show how much she valued this favour.
"Stay here for the next few weeks, I'll take you with me when I'm going to ascend."
Nodding her head, Yang Ruiya left with Luli whom Jian Shen ordered to show her an empty room to stay.
As for how Jian Shen planned on taking her with him, Yang Ruiya despite having a lot of concerns and questions didn't ask him anything since she didn't want him to think that she was a bother and change his decision.
Holding into the sword, Jian Shen let Qingyu do her job and absorb the Divine Kun Peng Sword which caused one more animal image near the hilt of the Myriad God Sword to turn colourful and vibrant.
"Only three more."
Muttering to himself, Jian Shen couldn't wait for the day when the Myriad God Sword would be completely recovered and let Qingyu stay materialised all the time.
When that happened, he wouldn't feel guilty regarding spending so much time with Juewang who could materialise into her human form at will.
With such thoughts, Jian Shen fused his sixth split soul with the Divine Kun Peng's spirit and started making preparations to leave the Divine Realm.
...
The next few weeks went by in a flash for Jian Shen who didn't really have anything he needed to do in the Divine Realm.
In fact, the only reason he hadn't already ascended was to travel back to the Ice Phoenix Empire and let Xifeng meat her daughter for one last time.
After all, once she went to the Dao Realm, neither of them thought had any hope in being able to meet ever again.
This was because even though Jian Shen had given Lei Luli the special spatial token which would let her ask for his help whenever she was in danger and open a spatial path to her regardless of which Realm each of them was in, Lei Luli never planned on using it unless she was in actual danger.
Regardless, now that Xifeng felt satisfied and was happy that Jian Shen came all this way to let her meet her daughter one last time before they left, there was literally nothing that Jian Shen had to do in the Divine Realm.
Due to this, after sending Xifeng inside the World Crest where all of his other women including Yang Ruiya was at, Jian Shen looked towards the sky with fierce determination as he planned to ascend and enter the Dao Realm.