Chapter 1697: He Empress Tianwei

"What?"

"The Demon Realm?"

"Father... do not send me to the Demon Realm... I do not want to go, the Demon Realm is too terrifying!"

"I am afraid..."

He Tianzhi revealed a terrified expression.

He Pingsheng, however, looked at him indifferently, saying nothing.

After a full three breaths, he said, "Are you certain you will not go?"

"Fine... not going is also fine, then you shall continue to stay here!"

"I am leaving!"

He Pingsheng turned around, feigning that he was about to leave.

At this moment, He Tianzhi finally could not hold it together; he flopped down onto his knees and said, "Father, do not be angry, I am willing to obey Father's arrangements!"

He Pingsheng sneered and turned his head: "I am not angry; you may choose to remain in the Profound Demon Heaven Ruins!"

One could squeeze awkwardness out of the air.

The awkwardness lasted for a few breaths, then He Pingsheng said, "In the Immortal Realm, I have relatives and acquaintances; if you were to lose control again and want to strike, absorbing someone you shouldn't touch, I would have no way to keep you then!"

"The Demon Realm is different; I am not familiar with anyone there!"

"Even if you absorb someone, you only stain yourself with karma; your father will not be affected!"

"Therefore, I want you to go to the Demon Realm to travel and cultivate!"

He Tianzhi took a deep breath: "Father, rest assured, this child has already turned over a new leaf!"

He Pingsheng said: "Whether you have turned over a new leaf, you may ask yourself; there is no need to be hypocritical here with me!"

"He Tianzhi..."

"Heaven and Earth have their own karma; each person has their own destiny!"

"Your fate and your fortune will not change because of my interference!"

"What is meant to come will come; it is useless for me to stop it!"

"So, I have thought it through!"

"This seat asks you one last time: are you willing to stay in the Heaven Ruins, or are you willing to go to the Demon Realm?"

"Choose one of the two!"

He Pingsheng stared at He Tianzhi.

He Tianzhi was like a child seen through by an adult, lowering his head as he said, "This child wishes to go to the Demon Realm!"

"Good!" He Pingsheng nodded: "I shall satisfy you!"

"Let us go!"

He pulled He Tianzhi's hand, and with a 'whoosh', they flew before that massive white vortex; after a few breaths, they walked out from the vortex and arrived in the Demon Realm.

Looking after entering, this Demon Realm was actually not much different from the Immortal Realm.

"Go!"

"Cultivate diligently!"

"When you have fused the eight lightning orders on your body, come find me again; I will prepare the final one for you!"

Having said this, He Pingsheng turned and left directly, diving back into the black vortex.

A few breaths later, he returned to the Profound Demon Heaven Ruins.

The days that followed were quiet.

He Pingsheng took Seeing Qiao Huizhu and continued to live on that nameless star.

He Pingsheng opened an elixir shop in the city; when he had nothing to do, he would refine elixirs and sell medicine.

During this period, he also suffered some difficulties from immortals, but for He Pingsheng, these were all easily handled.

Three thousand six hundred years later, Seeing Qiao Huizhu finally gave birth to a boy as she had wished.

The boy was named He Empress Tianwei.

"I do not expect this child to have great fortune or roots; if he can cultivate to a Great Luo Golden Immortal and stay by our side for a lifetime, that is enough!"

"Actually, even if he cannot cultivate to a Great Luo Golden Immortal, there is no need to fear!"

"Give him a Tai Xuan Immortal Apricot, and raising him to a Great Luo Golden Immortal will suffice!"

What Seeing Qiao Huizhu said was the truth.

Having seen countless heaven-gifted geniuses over these years, she did not want her child to become a heaven-gifted genius!

"Indeed!" He Pingsheng also followed up: "Heaven-gifted geniuses are all born... it is impossible for them to come according to our wishes!"

"People say: wife, wealth, child, rank, and longevity—the five blessings are hard to fully possess!"

"In this life of mine, I have the other four; it seems I am destined to have a deficiency in the 'child' category."

"Since it is a deficiency, I would rather he be most deficient in talent, rather than anything else!"

Following this, He Pingsheng did not cultivate, but continued to live on this ordinary star.

The child grew day by day!

He cultivated step-by-step, starting from the Human Immortal Stage, all the way through Earth Immortal, Heaven Immortal, Profound Immortal...

Eleven thousand years later, he cultivated to the first layer of Golden Immortal.

After reaching Golden Immortal, his fortune was reshaped, and he obtained an eighth-tier fortune.

Compared to the previous He Tianzhi, He Empress Tianwei's fortune was not top-tier, but looking at the entire Immortal Realm, it was still a top-tier existence.

With this kind of fortune, if no accidents occurred, there would be no problem cultivating to the Dao Origin realm in the future.

He could even touch the peak of Dao Origin.

Although Seeing Qiao Huizhu had always hoped her child would be more ordinary, when the child truly revealed an eighth-tier fortune, she was happier than anyone else.

"You have an eighth-tier fortune!" He Pingsheng said privately to Seeing Qiao Huizhu; "I have a ninth-tier..."

"So, the child born to the two of us cannot be too bad!"

Seeing Qiao Huizhu said in shock: "Are you not sixth-tier?"

He Pingsheng laughed heartily: "Heaven helped me hide three tiers... actually... not only me, but Wang Dun and Han Houzhi are also ninth-tier fortune!"

"Those who possess ninth-tier fortune, barring accidents, can all step into the Primordial Origin realm!"

Speaking of this, Seeing Qiao Huizhu looked worried again, saying: "Husband... that Han Houzhi, I do not know what realm he has cultivated to now; I am worried about him... how about I take our son back to the Immortal Realm, and you cultivate diligently!"

He Pingsheng laughed heartily again: "No need to rush, no need to rush... he cannot reach Primordial Origin... Hahaha..."

"However, speaking of returning to the Immortal Realm, it is indeed time!"

"Empress Tianwei has lived here for ten thousand years; his character is honest and pure, but this is not good!"

"I must also let him witness the sinister nature of the human heart!"

"Return to the Immortal Realm; once you arrive, arrange for him to work at the Tai Xu Men, and he will naturally understand!"

Seeing Qiao Huizhu opened her mouth wide in surprise: "Ah? Han Houzhi... how can he not cultivate to Primordial Origin?"

Her focus was still there.

He Pingsheng waved his hand: "You do not need to worry about this; he definitely cannot reach it!"

"Prepare yourself; in a while, I will send you back to the Immortal Realm!"

A few days later, He Pingsheng took Seeing Qiao Huizhu and He Empress Tianwei back to the Tai Xu Men.

Wen Buwan naturally came over immediately to ask about her son, He Tianzhi.

He Pingsheng told her half-truthfully that he had sent He Tianzhi to the Demon Realm to cultivate.

"You do not need to worry!" He Pingsheng comforted Wen Buwan: "Tianzhi is very well... he will return!"

"After entering the Demon Realm, I gave him many Immortal Talismans for self-defense!"

"He will not die, rest assured!"

"Perhaps in another hundred thousand years, when he comes to your side, he will already be a Great Dao Lord?"

Wen Buwan looked sorrowful: "It will take a hundred thousand years..."

Just at this moment, Xin Baobao walked over: "Disciple pays respects to Master!"

He Pingsheng nodded with a smile.

Xin Baobao added: "It just so happens that old friends have come; would you like to go see them?"

"Old friends?" He Pingsheng was full of doubt: "Where did old friends come from?"

Xin Baobao said: "Those heaven-gifted geniuses from the Golden Feather Assembly back then!"