It was a long time before Evan Chu and Lin Ruoxi finally stopped fighting. Lin Ruoxi had gained a lot from this session; although she hadn’t broken through her current realm, the Stellar Power within her body had grown much stronger.
Afterward, Evan Chu used Watershift to cleanse both of their bodies, then left the secret chamber. It was already night by then. Lin Ruoxi returned to her own room, filled with anticipation for the upcoming trip to the Netherworld.
This time, Selena Yale and Dream Empress weren’t in the room. They’d instinctively left Evan Chu to Serena Dream and Lynne Nie, and the two women hadn’t refused—after all, they were now Evan Chu’s women, and serving him at night was only natural.
"Linfeng, I want to have a child for you too. Seeing Sister Selena and Dream Empress with kids makes me really envious," Serena Dream said to Evan Chu at that moment.
Evan Chu glanced at the former top Saintess of Azure Tide Ruins. Thinking of how shy she usually was, yet now she could muster the courage to say something like this, he couldn’t help but feel moved.
"Having a child isn’t something you can just wish for. If I weren’t leaving Frostbane Sect, maybe I could make your wish come true, but tonight’s our only chance—I really can’t promise anything," Evan Chu replied.
Serena Dream’s face was flushed. "Linfeng, a woman knows her own body best—we know when we’re likely to conceive. After tonight, I’m eighty percent sure I’ll get pregnant. So you’d better love me well and give me a wonderful night."
"Linfeng, I want to have your child too. My cycle is about the same as Serena’s, so if we both get pregnant, it’d be around the same time. Actually, we were both clean last time—we just purposely left you with Dream Empress and the others. If you count the days, these two are the best chance we’ve got, so don’t let us down!" Lynne Nie chimed in.
Evan Chu could only agree, albeit reluctantly. Serena Dream possessed the Gold Yin Constitution—her terrifying yin-cold energy had nearly killed him once. Lynne Nie, on the other hand, was just an ordinary martial artist. He decided to fuse Serena’s Gold Yin energy within himself first, then channel it into Lynne Nie so she could reap even greater benefits.
Even though they didn’t have any Netherviolet Orchids right now and couldn’t break through, if they managed to obtain one, they might instantly reach the second or even third layer of the Saint Martial Realm. That was exactly Evan Chu’s situation—if he got one, he might even leap straight to the fifth layer.
Everything went according to Evan Chu’s plan. The two women were stripped bare by him, and although they both felt embarrassed, once Evan got moving, it was as if he forgot all about it—their voices grew louder and louder.
Evan Chu was careful with their bodies. After channeling Serena Dream’s Gold Yin energy into Lynne Nie, he released his life essence at top speed. Even so, it took nearly two hours before he finally stopped, and the two women on the bed were already fast asleep from exhaustion.
The next morning, Evan Chu got up early. Seeing the two women still sleeping soundly, he smiled to himself, "Maybe when I come back from the Netherworld, there’ll be someone else calling me ‘Dad.’ I’m not sure I’ll ever get used to that!"
When he stepped out of his room, Roxanne Lin, Soaring Feather Young Lord Ethan Fenn, and Ryan Ouyang were all waiting outside. Joan He was there too—she needed to report on sect affairs to Evan Chu. Even with Selena Yale and the others helping out, some things still required Evan’s final decision.
Evan Chu handed all those issues over to Joan He. As long as it was for the good of the sect, she could act boldly and not worry about expenses.
This time, Evan Chu kept his departure low-key—he only told Roxanne Lin, Ethan Fenn, and Ryan Ouyang in the secret chamber. Then, in a flash, the four of them quietly left Frostbane Sect and flew toward Cloudcrest Mountain in Sacred Sword Sect territory.
"Linfeng, are we really just leaving like this? Won’t Sister Selena and the others be mad?" Roxanne Lin asked at that moment.
"I doubt it. We’re about to reach Cloudcrest Mountain, so everyone needs to be careful!" Evan Chu replied.
The four of them flew through the air. At first, they didn’t feel anything unusual, but the closer they got to Cloudcrest Mountain, the greater the pressure became. By rights, their flight altitude should have let them land directly on the mountaintop, but now they were forced to lower their altitude.
Evan Chu, for his part, didn’t feel much. The pressure was strong, but it couldn’t hurt him. The other three weren’t so lucky—they were soon drenched in sweat, and only felt better after dropping several hundred meters in altitude.
Everyone was shocked by this strange phenomenon. In the end, they had to lower their altitude again, and only when they reached about halfway up the mountain did the pressure finally disappear.
Evan Chu didn’t feel much himself, but from the expressions and sweat on the other three, it was clear how terrifying the pressure was. They were all awakened Saint Beast inheritors, incredibly powerful in their own right, yet even their physiques couldn’t withstand the oppressive force in the air. No wonder Venerable Solus had warned that this place was dangerous.
If he hadn’t broken through to the Sixth Layer of the Starforge Body, he might have been drenched in sweat just like them. But the entrance to the Divine Battlefield was above Cloudcrest Mountain’s peak, and with this overwhelming pressure, Evan Chu wondered how he could possibly get up there.
Once they reached the mountainside, the four looked around. Mist swirled everywhere, and looking up, they couldn’t see how tall Cloudcrest Mountain really was. But now, with no pressure on their bodies, a refreshing mountain breeze immediately made them feel comfortable.
Looking down, all they could see were thick, lush trees faintly visible through the clouds—nothing else at all. There was no path up Cloudcrest Mountain, and climbing it would be extremely difficult. In the past, they could have just flown straight to the top, but now that was completely impossible.
Evan Chu glanced at the other three and said, "Here’s what I’ll do: I’ll fly up first and check things out. With my defensive power, I should be fine. Since there’s so much pressure here, it must be related to the clouds above—maybe if I break through them, the pressure will disappear, and then we can enter the Divine Battlefield."
"Linfeng, be careful! This isn’t a joke—if it doesn’t work, come back quickly and we’ll figure out another way," Roxanne Lin said anxiously.
"Just wait here for me. Don’t worry—I’ll be fine!" With that, Evan Chu shot upward, not too quickly, worried that if a sudden, overwhelming force struck, he wouldn’t be able to withstand it.
Cloudcrest Mountain seemed endless. Even at his speed, Evan Chu flew for nearly half a stick of incense and still hadn’t reached the summit. Something was off—despite gaining altitude, the pressure barely increased, almost as if someone was controlling it.