One day later.
Ian Song rushed at full speed and arrived at a city tens of millions of li away from Greenvine City.
Without another word, he immediately took over the City Lord’s Mansion.
Following the same pattern, he first announced in the city that the Immortalization Pool would be free, then sent people to the subordinate villages to spread the word.
This city had a population even larger than Greenvine.
Just within the city alone, there were over four hundred thousand ascenders who had not yet condensed an immortal body.
As for the native immortal clans, they were extremely displeased. In their eyes, ascenders were lowly peasants—how could they be allowed to condense immortal bodies for free?
So, some idiots actually ran to the Immortalization Pool and tried to block the ascenders from entering.
In response to this,
Ian Song directly gave the order to kill.
In an instant, those idiots were slaughtered by several Golden Immortals who appeared out of nowhere.
This incident completely intimidated the native immortal clan forces in the city.
Eight days later, more than five hundred thousand ascenders condensed immortal bodies. Then, Ian Song led his people away once again.
In the following months,
The Ascender Alliance opened Immortalization Pools in a total of thirteen cities, allowing over six million ascenders to condense immortal bodies for free.
As a result, the Ascender Alliance’s name had already spread throughout more than three thousand Barbarian Cities.
As for the ascenders in other cities who had not yet condensed immortal bodies, they all eagerly hoped for the Ascender Alliance to come to their city, so they could enter the Immortalization Pool for free.
However, this approach by the Ascender Alliance also enraged the native immortal clans of the Eight Immortal Domains, Thirty-Six Cave-Heavens, and Seventy-Two Blessed Lands.
So, they sent out teams of Profound Immortals to patrol among the three thousand Barbarian Cities, searching for any sign of the Ascender Alliance.
But the people of the Ascender Alliance seemed to vanish into thin air; after days of searching, not even a single clue was found.
After a harmonious family dinner,
the other women left for various reasons, leaving only Chloe Snow and Shelly Song behind.
That time, the other women conspired to get him drunk. Though he ended up sleeping with Chloe and Shelly in a haze, he still couldn't get past the psychological hurdle, so he hadn't touched either of them since.
So, seeing the two girls left alone with him, he couldn't help but feel a headache coming on.
"Brother, do you not like us?"
After a moment of silence, Shelly Song looked up at Ian Song and asked.
"Not at all—I've always liked you both!" Ian Song replied.
"If you like us, then why haven't you ever touched us?" Shelly said, feeling deeply wronged.
Ian Song sighed helplessly.
"Honestly, I've always treated you as my little sisters," he admitted.
Shelly Song sneered, "Brother, since you treat us as your little sisters, does that mean we can marry other men in the future?"
"Uh...?"
Ian Song was tongue-tied. Truthfully, he'd never considered Shelly or Chloe marrying other men, but for some reason, the thought made him extremely uncomfortable.
Besides, they were already his women in fact, so he couldn't possibly allow them to marry anyone else.
Shelly pressed on, "You're speechless, aren't you? As long as you agree to let us marry, we'll treat you as nothing but a pure older brother from now on!"
"I...!"
Ian opened his mouth, but no matter what, he couldn't bring himself to say the words "I agree."
Seeing this, Shelly Song smiled triumphantly, then boldly climbed onto him, straddling his legs. Facing him, she breathed softly and teased, "Brother, don't you think forbidden love between 'siblings' is exciting?"
"Whoa! Shelly, when did you get so naughty?"
Ian hadn't expected Shelly to say something like that, but he couldn't deny that he felt a surge of restlessness inside.
"Brother!"
With a soft moan, Shelly wrapped her arms around Ian's neck and kissed him.
"Shelly, we can't do this!"
Ian Song pulled away.
Shelly Song mocked, "You say we can't, but you already did everything with us that night. Unless you agree to let us marry, we won't stop pestering you!"
"Do you really want to get married that badly?"
For some reason, Ian felt a surge of irritation.
Shelly Song said coldly, "You don't want us, so how could we shamelessly stay by your side?"
"You're my little sister—why can't you stay with me?"
"But I don't want to be your little sister! And we're not even related by blood!" Shelly Song shouted at him.
"Just give me a little more time, please?"
Ian said miserably.
"No! You have to choose right now—either agree to let us marry, or accept us as your women!" Shelly Song refused to back down.
Faced with Shelly's relentless pressure, Ian felt deeply conflicted.
"Forget it, I won't force you! Chloe, let's go!"
Suddenly, Shelly jumped off Ian, grabbed the panicked Chloe, and started heading for the door. But as she turned, a single tear slid from her eye.
Seeing this, Ian's heart ached. He called out in a low voice, "Stop right there!"
"What right do you have to make us stop?" Shelly Song glared at him coldly.
"Because I'm your brother!"
"But I'll only listen to my man!"
With that, Shelly started walking toward the door again.
For some reason, Ian felt that if he let Shelly leave tonight, there would be a rift between them that could never be healed.