*** Outside the Ethereal City, in the depths of a dense jungle.
A young couple were engaged in a very exciting and vigorous exercise. Although they had tried to keep their noise down, it still carried far and wide. Thirty metres away, a very handsome teenager, who looked like a sixteen or seventeen year old mortal, was blowing bubbles out of boredom. Bubble after bubble emerged from his palms. They spun gently in the air like crystal balls.
Half an hour later, the moaning from the depths of the jungle grew louder. The young man knitted his brows, frowned, shook his head and sighed. After another ten minutes, the moaning had stopped altogether, but the activity in the area seemed to be increasing. There was no sign that it would stop any time soon.
"Little Wood, are you finished yet?" the handsome teenager could not be more bored. He called out, "Father must be worried that we've not arrived yet. Can you hurry up and finish?"
"Right away! Immediately!" replied the young man, and he increased the frequency of his action. He turned the long unconscious beauty around, pressed her against the tree and continued his expedition.
After a long, long time, a thin, tall, muscular and equally handsome teenager slowly emerged from the jungle with a satisfied look on his face, holding up his trousers. He looked at Han Shui, who was condensing water vapour bubbles, and asked with a smile, "Creating life is such a pleasant pastime. Why do you have no interest in this practice of love?"
"You've been 'creating life' the whole time, but have you actually created any life?" Han Shui rolled his eyes. The spinning water bubbles suddenly flew towards Han Mu and turned into a large pool of water. It poured down on Han Mu, washing away all the scent on his body.
"No. I've actually been wondering about this. I really need to ask Father about this. Why is it that a good kid like me, who is full of life, has failed to create life all this time?" Han Mu smiled mischievously and said, "But maybe you can. Why don't you try? This woman is pretty good and she is still unconscious. Carpe diem!"
Han Shui immediately made a disgusted face and replied, "Eww filthy!"
"Hahaha. Alright, let's continue our journey. I haven't seen dad for a long time and I really miss him!" said Han Mu laughing. He knew that Han Shui was disgusted by such activities. He tossed his dripping wet hair and started walking towards Ethereal City with a grin on his face.
"Wait, what about the lady?" Han Shui knitted his brows and said, "You've done this to nine different ladies, and I'm only counting the ones you met on your way here. You always leave them alone after you have made them faint. Don't you have the slightest sense of responsibility?"
"This is called a hookup, casual sex. You are not expected to make a commitment. What responsibility do you mean?" Han Mu shrugged his shoulders and said, "We were only together for physical pleasure, no strings attached! There are no fussy norms or rules that we are expected to follow. Don't be so outdated and pedantic!"
"Fine. Let's get on with it," Han Shui replied. He had a headache and was afraid the lady would bother them and not let go when she woke up. "Little Wood, this will be the last time I'm keeping watch for you. The noise you make is terrible!"
"What a prude!" Han Mu retorted, "Why have you not inherited this excellent and admirable trait from our father? Look at him, he would have fun wherever he went. What a wonderful and unrestrained life he's living! I have learnt everything from our father. Why are you so slow to learn?"
Han Shui forced a smile and shook his head. He did not try to argue, for even if Han Mu was exaggerating, there was some truth in it.
.....
Half a day later, Han Mu and Han Shui had walked out of the jungle and into a small fort near the Ethereal City.
Shortly after they entered the fort, a young lady standing in front of a gymnasium suddenly screamed madly, "Han Mu! You bastard! I finally found you!"
Two other young ladies not far away were alerted by this scream. They immediately glared at Han Mu and shouted, "Han Mu! Don't run away now! Didn't you promise to always be by my side? How dare you disappear while I was sleeping! You didn't even leave me a message!"
The three ladies came from three different powers. One was from a small family clan, one ran a small business, and another was a Divine Guard squad leader from a city. After the shouting, the three noticed each other and suddenly realised that they weren't the only ones who had fornicated with Han Mu.
The anger that had been brewing inside them all this time erupted. The three young and beautiful ladies became abnormally angry and charged at Han Mu like tigresses. They wanted to take out their anger on Han Mu.
Han Mu grimaced and hurriedly said to Han Shui, "Little Water, hurry and run! This place is dangerous!"
Han Mu turned on his heels and started running as if he was very afraid of being caught by the ladies. As he ran, he shouted, "Cici, Mimi, Annie, do you have to be so serious? We are all just fooling around. Being so clingy isn't part of the game! Mimi, didn't you say a few days ago that I was your only love? How can you be so cruel to me now?"
"Han Mu! I'll kill you!" the beauty called Mimi charged at him. She sent out imprecise bursts of radiation, causing collateral damage to the innocent gods who had just entered the fortress.
"Little water! Run! Don't get caught!" shouted Han Mu as he fled, weaving through the crowd. He seemed very practised at it, and managed to disappear in no time.
The handsome face of Han Shui was filled with helplessness. He discovered that he couldn't run nearly as fast as Han Mu. Moments after trying to frantically flee, he found himself surrounded by the three ladies. Han Shui was feeling quite annoyed that he had to suffer such an ordeal every once in a while. He thought, When I see Father, I must tell him about this. This fella is getting out of hand!
"Ladies, I have nothing to do with him. Why are you surrounding me?" said Han Shui in a forced smile as he tried to distance himself from Han Mu.
"Why would he ask you to run if you have nothing to do with him? Also, you wouldn't be running from us!" shouted the beauty called Mimi. "You won't be going anywhere until Han Mu shows himself!"
"It has nothing to do with me!" Han Shui hastily explained, "I only got acquainted with him while I'm traveling here. I'm not close to him at all. There's no point in catching me just because you couldn't get him!"
"I don't care! Han Mu has promised to marry me! If you bring him back to me, I will let you go. Otherwise, you're not going anywhere!" said the lady called Annie. She gestured and ordered, "Surround him! A group of divine guards immediately began to approach Han Shui menacingly.
"Bitch, who are you? Why should Han Mu marry you? Know your place!"
"He said I'm the only one he loves. You all get lost! Don't be so shameless as to steal my man!"
"Shameless? You are the shameless one! He is mine!"
Before Han Shui could make any further explanation, the three ladies began a fierce shouting match in the middle of the street. It seemed likely that it would escalate into a fight to the death over Han Mu.
"Ahem... Stop fighting! Listen to me!" shouted Han Shui as he mentally cursed Han Mu. Then, when the three ladies all turned their eyes on Han Shui at the same time, he put on a straight face and said, "He said those words not only to the three of you, but to many, many more ladies. Stop being foolish. He doesn't care about any of you!"
"Friend, I don't care if you have anything to do with him or not, but you are going nowhere!" a well-built middle-aged man with a face filled with knife scars joined the party. He stood beside the beauty called Mimi and said, "Since he had deflowered my daughter, then he must betroth my daughter! I don't care who he is, but he must take responsibility for his actions! Otherwise, not just him, but even you will be out of luck!"
The scar-faced middle-aged man possessed Early-stage Highgod strength. He cultivated in the energy of fire. He seemed to be repressing his anger and he had considered himself kind for not immediately killing Han Shui!
Goddammit you wretched Han Mu, what do you want me to do now?! Han Shui could not be more vexed. He was trapped by three different powerful forces. He racked his brain on how to escape.
"Apprehend him!" the middle-aged man gestured and instructed his men to capture Han Shui.
""Don't touch him, he's mine!" shouted the woman called Annie.
Then, suddenly, a three-way fight broke out. They were fighting openly in the street for Han Shui. The three ladies fought each other, cursing each other loudly for being shameless bitches. The entrance to the fort suddenly turned into a scene of upheaval. All the nearby gods were stunned by what they saw.
"Who is this Han Mu? Three beauties openly fighting over him in public - what a legend! Damn it, I'd die to have half his luck with women!"
"I've heard of him. He's from the Life Dominion. They say he sleeps around wherever he goes. He is a notorious womaniser. Countless beauties have been ruined by him."
"Damn it, why is that person in Ethereal City? Everyone better keep an eye on your girlfriend and don't let that bastard steal her!"
"How could the Life Dominion produce such a scum? Sigh, the world really is becoming more and more degenerate. I'm surprised he hasn't been murdered by a woman yet."
"This guy has his eye on every beauty in the world and claims to do so with the holy goal of creating life. Hell, against all reason, there are whores out there who are willing to be deceived by him. I really wonder how that boy did it!"
"You fat fuck, who did you call a whore?! I'll call you a whore!" Mimi, who was in the middle of a battle, suddenly aimed her crosshairs at the standing fat guy and bombarded him with fierce ray attacks.
.....
"Little Water! Little Water! Run!" the sneaky Han Mu shouted softly from a corner of a gymnasium at the height of the chaos. All the trees in the area seemed to have come alive. The branches began to wave through the crowd like a big broom, making the scene even more chaotic.
Han Shui reacted immediately. Without anyone noticing, he quickly flew into the crowd and fled under the cover of the large trees. Once Han Shui and Han Mu were reunited, the two of them did not dare to stay inside the fort for another second. They immediately left the fort and headed for Ethereal City.