Cross and Ying'er looked at the curtain of darkness, shutting in the Northern Region. Cross was confused, why was there a darkness curtain here? Were they really in that dire straights? He shrugged and flew into the Northern Divine Region.
Cross looked at the gloomy world he seemed to have walked into, he clicked his tongue and said "What a dump!" a woman appeared in front of him saying "You can say that again." Cross looked at the woman and said "Eh?" he waved and the black haze around her disappeared as Cross added "You know, it's very rude not showing yourself. Even though I can see you anyway..."
The woman was revealed and Ying'er said "Chi Wuyao!" Cross held Chi Wuyao's chin as he said "Oh? The Devil Empress? You are very pretty." he was being honest, she was very beautiful. Chi Wuyao smiled seductively saying "Thank you~" Cross sneered "You're little charms won't work on me. Try again and the entire Northern Region will disappear for real, want to test me?"
Chi Wuyao froze and Cross continued "Especially from a virgin like you. Now tell me, what is your little soul doing in Mu Xuanyin's body?" Chi Wuyao said "You knew?!" Cross clicked his tongue and pushed her chin away as he said "How could I not? Do I look stupid to you?"
Chi Wuyao said "What are you doing here then, Mr. Devil?" Cross rolled his eyes and said "Make sure you little oppressed people don't start a war for no reason. All the God Emperors are dead, of course I came to thin the herd."
Chi Wuyao was truly surprised this time and said "You killed them all!!?" Cross said "If not? Just shut up and bring me around, I'll kill the competition and you will rule the 'Devils' if you go overboard, I'll just kill you too. Isn't peace nice? At least you won't have to live in this dump anymore."
Chi Wuyao said "But why?" Cross sighed and said "If I can take care of everything at once and sit back relaxing, fishing, reading, and hugging my little girl after without worry some moron decides to start a war for no reason, I'll have less of a headache, no? I can kill everyone if I want, I'm only doing this because I'm pretty sure Mo E was a huge cunt and accused the Devils of being evil because they used Darkness energy."
He stopped and waved his hand in the air shouting "Bah! Why am I explaining myself to you!? Start moving before I make you my second maid!" Qianye Ying'er shook her head and Chi Wuyao felt her mouth twitch but still obediently showed him around.
They came to a place with constant winds. Cross picked up an evil god seed and flicked it into the sky, shooting it off into the distance. It eventually smacked Yun Che in the head, who ate it right after.
Cross flew around the Northern Region, eliminating God Emperor level characters who would not submit. He threw the problems to Chi Wuyao and then left the Northern Region, smashing the barrier apart and freeing them with Chi Wuyao's promise that they won't act up. She tasked her shadows to take care of things as she flew away on a mission.
Cross ignored her and flew back to the Flame God Realm. He landed in the flaming abyss and saw the Vermillion bird again. Cross snapped his fingers saying "Hurry up and reform your body! We have a deal." The Vermillion Bird was aggrieved and said "I crossed my fingers!" Cross clicked his tongue and said "Such a shameless bird! What happened to honor and integrity between bird and elf?"
The Vermillion Bird shouted "What Honor and Integrity!" Cross sighed and said "Come on, seriously, let's go. I have things to do." the Vermillion Bird snorted and Cross threw a bunch of medicinal Herbs with a ton of Purple Veined Divine Crystal, Netherworld Udumbara Flowers, Divine Master Cores, and a ball of Divine Water of Absolute Beginning.
A while later
The Vermillion Bird was reformed! Cross nodded and threw her in the inner world saying "Let's go, no time for your big return speech!" The Vermillion Bird was aggrieved but went into the inner world obediently.
Cross rolled his eyes and flashed back to the Eternal Heaven Realm, it was completely deserted. Cross threw Ying'er on his shoulder and walked into his inner world. He was immediately assaulted by a Primordial aura and air.
Qianye Ying'er looked around saying "Wow! Is this the God Realm of Absolute Beginning?" Cross looked around and said "Was. It's my inner world now." Ying'er was stunned, Cross slapped her ass saying "Pay attention!" Ying'er pouted and Cross ignored her as he walked to the Castle in the distance.
He would check out the changes later, he had a few things to do first.
He entered the castle and Jasmine, Luna, and Feng Xue'er were sitting at a table. Cross walked over and said "Caizhi? The kids?" Jasmine said "Caizhi is taking care of Lily right now, Zephyr and Pandora are exploring."
Cross held out Qianye Ying'er by her collar, she gave them a toothy grin and waved. Cross felt his mouth twitch upwards and Jasmine seethed at the sight of her. Luna and Feng Xue'er were looking at Ying'er silently.
After Qianye Ying'er, it was their turn to be punished. They were not looking forward to it at all.
Cross said "Jasmine, you decide what to do with her." Jasmine sneered and said "I assume you have a suggestion?" Cross shrugged and said "Kill her, don't kill her, keep her as a slave, maid, cripple her and throw her to a group of rapists, I couldn't care less." he threw Qianye Ying'er to the ground at Jasmine's feet and walked away saying "You two follow me."
Luna and Feng Xue'er trembled before following him, Jasmine looked down at Qianye Ying'er, who still had a smile on her face. Jasmine said with a sneer "Look at that, the untouchable goddess feel in love with someone who won't even touch her with a 10 foot pole. Isn't that ironic?"
Qianye Ying'er didn't reply and Jasmine kicked her away saying "Death is too good for you. You'll be my slave for the rest of your life!" Qianye Ying'er hid a smile from Jasmine, who kicked her again right in the face.
Cross was sitting on a chair in another room, he laid Luna over his legs and spanked her really hard. She was used to the playful spanks, this one had to be different. Luna shed tears as Cross said "Do you know what you did wrong?" Luna nodded and Cross spanked her again with his eyes closed, just hearing the sounds of his slap and her tears hitting ground made his heart twist in pain.
He steeled himself and spanked her one more time before grabbing Feng Xue'er and doing the same. He couldn't handle it, these were his beloved wives. He loved them more than himself! He really couldn't bear to hurt them.
He let them go and said "This is your punishment." as he took out a knife and stabbed himself, Luna and Feng Xue'er paled and started crying, tending to his wound.
Cross pushed them back saying "This is what it felt like when you left." as he stabbed himself again, Luna knelt and cried "Please stop! You're hurting yourself!" Feng Xue'er was already crying profusely.
Cross threw the knife away, opened his eyes and hugged the two, saying softly "If you leave again... I'll... I'll... I'll hurt myself even more!" Luna and Feng Xue'er before hugged him and nodded frantically, dripping tears on him.
Cross' body healed and he hugged the two in silence, happy that they were okay and safe.
A while later
Cross came back with the other two to see Jasmine kicking Qianye Ying'er over and over again. Cross sat down and just watched, finally Jasmine finished and said "Make her a slave!" Cross was startled and said "Uhh... Okay? What kind of slave?"
Jasmine gave him a dangerous look and said "What does that mean?" Cross said "Well, do you want a mindless slave that only follows orders? A sex slave? A slave that keeps their personality but has no choice to listen? A slave that is barely free? There's a lot of options here, babe."
Jasmine was silent for a few moments before saying "Ahh, you decide." Cross tapped on Qianye Ying'er's forehead and made the slave contract, branding her as his slave for life. Though this slave contract was relatively free, she was basically a maid, the only binding thing was if she even thinks or harming anyone in Cross' family, she will experience unimaginable pain.
There were several other things that caused pain but the short of it is that she was now a maid and she was never getting out of it. Other than that, the rest of Ying'er was normal. She wasn't mind controlled to think of any of them as god. It was basically just her being hired.
Cross handed her a black and white maid outfit and said "Wear this." Ying'er giggled and said sweetly "Yes, Master~" The girls all glared at her and Cross just smiled, not caring at all. She was extremely smart and useful, it would be a waste to kill her! Plus...
He smirked to himself and thought 'She could kill my boredom easily! Hehehehe' he fantasized in his mind, him and Ying'er... playing chess.
...
What a boring guy!
He was strangely excited at the thought and almost dragged her off to play right away! The girls all looked at him strangely, all feeling he was thinking strange things.
Cross coughed and said "Let's go exploring shall we?" the girls became happy and the group left.
They traveled around the inner world. It was endless. The inner world underwent a massive transformation! The Castle area had grown and beasts roamed on the outskirts, subconsciously avoiding the central area where the Castle was. The outer area was filled with mountains, forests, lakes, everything!
Quite literally, his inner Realm had absorbed the God Realm of Absolute Beginning! Levi's lake had turned into an ocean made up of Absolute Beginning Water! On top of the water were tons of water based plants, and the greenhouse had been removed.
All the plants, herbs, elixirs, fruit trees, and spirit medicine was in a designated area in the massive central area! It was a giant farm with extremely fresh soil that bursted with vitality! There was also a subtle Time formation where the garden was that slowly aged the plants passively.
The castle itself expanded to twice the size and the dens for his beasts had become much bigger. Not only that but all the treasure that was in the God Realm of Absolute Beginning was placed in a vault that was under the castle.
It looked like a Gringotts Vault but the Inside was gigantic! There were shelves and shelves stocked with treasures places neatly, there were even little signs detailing what the treasures were! It was endless!
In the far north, the Abyss of Nothingness, silently rotated, minding it's own business. The energy inside the world was 100x more pure than before and the beasts were much happier. The Vermillion Bird took residency on a massive Tree in the central area, making a nest for herself. She was much happier now. At least she could move around and leave that damn cave!
Cross was extremely satisfied with the new changes.
After seeing everything, he brought out a table and chairs to the outside world and destroyed the walls of the Eternal Heaven Palace, making it an open space before setting up the table with two chairs and a chessboard.
He dragged Ying'er out and forced her to play chess with him.
The days passed like this, occasionally playing with his kids, sleeping with his wives every night, and playing Chess with Ying'er as he waited for the kiddos to leave the Eternal Heaven Pearl Space. Good news! Feng Xue'er got pregnant! Yay!
It was to be expected, Cross slept with them every night. Some nights they didn't even sleep! But most of the time he was quietly playing chess and silently going over his new body wondering what the next step was, while comprehending the Void Step.
Time slowly trickled by just like this