Divine Emperor of Death

"Maybe I found another way to open the letter...?"

Davis pursed his lips, smiling suspiciously.

Alexi Ethren looked at his reaction, blinking thrice before he closed his eyes entirely. Then, finally, he raised his head and sucked in a deep breath of cold air through his teeth, his chest heaving in trepidation before he calmed down, heaving a sigh.

"I doubted if you became an Emperor Grade Formation Master to easily enter this space by unraveling it... but I now understand... It is even more absurd. You're undoubtedly a Soul King who finds weak spots in the formation easily with your mighty soul sense..."

Alexi Ethren's body trembled as he lowered his head and looked at his so-called friend who left him in the dust. He wiped off the invisible sweat from his forehead and wryly smiled.

"Are you sure that you are not heaven's chosen child?"

"Anything but that..." Davis smilingly uttered.

Alexi Ethren wryly smiled, almost couldn't help but feel jealous of his talent, "I can only imagine how little of a boon was ancestor Garvin Woller's help was to you..."

"Not at all..." Davis shook his head, "I lacked a teacher, blindly going in the path of Soul Forging Cultivation, but old man Garvin took me or imprisoned me for three years before he let me out, reasonably hammering so much knowledge of Soul Forging Cultivation into my mind. So although I lost three years of my life, my comprehension would've lacked a solid foundation, making my Soul Forging Cultivation flawed even if I had the resources to climb up to this stage."

'So that's why he refuses to acknowledge ancestor Garvin as his master or teacher...'

Alexi Ethren found this doubtful, but it became clear when Davis mentioned three years of imprisonment. He felt a bit overwhelmed as a Soul King was gracing him with his presence, but nevertheless, he took out the three scrolls his ancestor mentioned to him and gave them to Davis.

Davis swiped them all into his spatial ring in one move and smiled, "You would do well to remember your ancestor's words as I would do to honor his death."

"Indeed... I never cared for my ancestor in the beginning, but the more things I used from his spatial ring, the more gratitude I felt towards him and you for delivering it without being greedy for it. With the way you are now, you can probably even break the Blood Soul Contract, no?"

"Maybe..."

Davis grinned while Alexi Ethren shook his head.

"Sigh, on one side, I just want to live my life, and on the other, I felt compelled to reciprocate the karma I have incurred. I really won't blame you if you decide to go your own way, Davis. You are not part of the Woller Family that you don't need to have a burden like th-"

"What?" Davis appeared amused, "The Emperor Sword Sect? They're nothing but a bunch of vegetables, waiting on the chopping board for me to slice them into pieces..."

"Davis, don't underestimate them." Alexi Ethren shook his head, his expression becoming solemn, "They have terrifying sword arts that struck fear into the hearts of many that not even Four Great Righteous Sects would try to match them in a sword battle. They would dominate most battles and even win against Body Tempering Cultivation Powerhouses of equal level. Their wills are extraordinary, capable of matching the tenacity of a Soul Forging Cultivator."

"Furthermore, it is said that the sect's ultimate defensive formation is a tomb of Emperor Grade Swords that slices and dices even the High-Level Ninth Stage Powerhouses. I don't know for sure as I have just starting to focus on them, so..."

"I understand..." Davis's expression became solemn, "They're not vegetables but struggling fish on a chopping board, right?"

Alexi Ethren's brows twitched. He felt that they were not on the same page, but recalling that Davis was rather enigmatic for the current him, he pursed and opened his lips.

"Perhaps..."

Davis curbed his laughter and told his true opinion, "Don't worry. I'll get them in a few decades while you just enjoy the process of creating a Woller Family."

"Jeez... You're going too far with your jokes..."

"Haha!"

Davis laughed, causing Alexi Ethren to smile as well before his head turned, looking at the person who was approaching from the inside. His eyes lit up, but he began to inwardly panic.

Davis's eyes also lit up as he saw the beautiful figure walking towards them.

It was none other than Arianna Woller. However, she held a baby in her arms, looking extremely happy to see him.

"Davis, I didn't expect to see you~ You've become strong but have you been fine?" Her melodious voice echoed with a tinge of worry.

"I've been fine..." Davis smilingly nodded before he looked at the year-old baby curiously looking at him.

"Damn, Alexi... Who's daughter is that...? She's so cute...!"

"Iona's..."

"Mine..."

Two different answers came from Alexi Ethren and Arianna Woller, causing all of them to freeze.

Davis's smile had practically frozen like an ice statue. He blinked the next second, gulping before he asked.

"Is that a joke...?'

His voice resounded out while they remained silent as if they had no words to offer, looking guilty and caught.

"Tell me that it's a joke..."

Davis pursed his lips, and hearing no answer as they lightly avoided his gaze, he couldn't help but take a deep breath as he let it out.

"Damn, Alexi...! You made love to your own mother and impregnated her...!?"

Alexi Ethren's expression went crimson as he clenched his teeth, "What else can I do!? I saw her as a woman before I knew that she was my mother! She was the master I adored and loved! How could I bear to give her to another man...!?"

"That is... I was trying to look for a new life, but he got jealous and came hard at me before I was unable to stop his advances..." Arianna Woller awkwardly spoke as she bit her lips.

Even she, who had tons of experience, was shaking at this moment.

Davis sighed.

He didn't know what to say as he shut his lips, looking around before his eyes fell on the baby, noticing its health.

The baby looked normal, even pretty, with the looks of her parents. No deformities could be seen, making him understand that humans here had truly perfect genes sustained and shaped by the heaven and earth energy. Inbreeding didn't cause deformation but improved the bloodline.

It was truly like what some people in the medieval world of Earth imagined it to be but caused him a headache because of some moral values he held from the modern world.

Nevertheless, when he thought about how blood here held immense energy, powerful enough to kill people, he understood that the cultivation world was different.

He shook his head, trying to look past it before he uttered.

"Well, I read stories of incest before, finding it amusing, but now, for the first time in real life, I've seen a mother and son have an extremely intimate relationship...!"

"What if I said that this is normal in the extreme southeast part of the Dual Lotus Manor Territory? The fathers would impregnate their own daughters there while the daughters also love their fathers and vice versa with mother and sons... Would you change your mind then?"

Arianna Woller bit her lips again, feeling hopeful that her benefactor doesn't look at her with a disgusted gaze.

There were only an extreme few people she cared about, and all of them were here.

"Our friendship is on the verge of crumbling already, isn't it?"

Alexi Ethren wryly smiled. He could see that Davis was not a person who would entertain this kind of relationship and look down upon it.

Davis came out of his reverie before he shook his head.

"Don't get me wrong. What you two do personally is none of my business, and their culture is also none of my business. Unless you do something truly evil, I won't look down on you two. Our friendship isn't in danger either, so you two can relax."

"Davis..."

Alexi Ethren felt like a huge burden had been dropped off his shoulders, while Arianna Woller reacted the same. She cared about Davis's opinion. This youth had brought her out of insanity, but she felt like she had fallen into it again.

However, even if Davis said no to them, she felt that she would've still done the same.

When her son looked at her as if she was a woman and not a mother after some time, no matter how she tried to say no to him with direct gestures, he wouldn't listen, and in the end, it turned into one like this with her having no choice but to accept their relationship has become one of lovers.

Nevertheless, contrary to what she thought, she was happier than she was before, with her son giving constant praises and love, not looking at her past. On that note, she felt grateful to her son because if it were another man, she would be scorned and mistreated if there were ever a dispute.

She had felt like she had fallen so low, became insane, but only after a few months into the relationship did she know that she was healing slowly, the mental scars in her mind fading away whenever her son made love with her.

With her mind, heart, body, and soul filled with her son, she eventually got pregnant and gave birth to his daughter as Iona Ethren did, and his wives knew of their relationship too. However, while Iona Ethren didn't seem to bother as she made love with her own son for the sake of revenge, Hyacinth was initially disgusted before she accepted them.

At this point, all was going well, and she just cared about her benefactor's opinion being negative, but he said that he didn't bother, making her heave a burden out of her heart.

"So, I got you to hide Jackson Lars and Hadian's family." Davis changed the topic, "Are they safe?"

"Of course, they are safe." Alexi Ethren responded, "In fact, I gave them fake identities, letting them live a good life."

"Good..."

Davis nodded in satisfaction. He was a bit worried about those folks he left here, but it seems like they were good enough to live their lives by themselves without being chased by the noisy Tripartite Alliance!