"Mom!" Lin Chen rushed forward a few steps and threw himself into his mother's arms.

His mother was overjoyed and cried, holding Lin Chen tightly: "You child, you haven't come to see me for so long."

Lin Chen felt a wave of guilt in his heart; it wasn't that he didn't want to, but rather he dared not.

On Lin Chen's path of growth over the years, he had countless enemies. If they discovered his mother's whereabouts, it would surely put her in danger.

Now that Lin Chen had advanced to the demigod realm, he could walk across the Earth plane without worry.

"Auntie, you and Lin Chen chat first, we'll make dumplings." Xue Ying said obediently.

"Hmm, good, good!" his mother happily nodded.

Lin Chen pulled his mother's hand and sat by the window.

His mother smiled: "Fortunately, these girls accompany me every day, so I don't feel lonely."

Lin Chen nodded: "Hehe, how do you like the daughters-in-law I found for you?"

His mother said worriedly: "Chen'er, these girls are good kids; you can't let them down!"

"Don't worry, I know my limits. I will treat them well." Lin Chen said with a smile as he looked at the girls around the table making dumplings, chatting and laughing.

"Mom, I still don't have any news of Dad, but rest assure, I will find him," Lin Chen said guiltily.

It's been several years since his father was taken away.

Over the years, Lin Chen had used all sorts of connections to find his father's whereabouts, but for some reason, his father seemed to have vanished without a trace.

This was also a source of guilt Lin Chen felt towards his mother.

"It's okay, you've done your best, and now your sister is doing well too. She joined Xue Ying's company right after graduation and is now a vice president," his mother said with a smile.

Lin Chen nodded, of course he knew, that his sister had just graduated and had grown so quickly, surely due to Xue Ying's careful nurturing. Among these girls, Lin Chen felt the most indebted to Xue Ying.

She had been quietly contributing to him all along and had never asked for anything in return.

Although he was the chairman of Star Group, it was Xue Ying who had pushed it little by little to become the most influential business group in China.

The dumplings were ready, and the whole family enjoyed them warmly and chatted merrily.

The feeling was so cozy that Lin Chen even hoped to live like this every day in the future.

At night, Lin Chen and Xue Ying were once again entwined, but much to Lin Chen's speechlessness, just after reaching satisfaction, Xue Ying took the initiative to call it to an end and even pushed him out of the room.

Her reasoning made Lin Chen not know whether to laugh or cry, as she asked him to seek out the other girls.

Xue Ying was a smart girl; she knew that Lin Chen had more than just her around, and more than just her missed him, so she pushed Lin Chen out of the room.

For three days, Lin Chen rested in the villa and could almost say he was ensconced in a nest of happiness.

Xue Ying, Qin Lan, Anna, An Xiaodi, and Tang Bao'er served Lin Chen so well that he barely wanted to leave this tender comfort.

However, Lin Chen never forgot his mission. On the night of the third day, Lin Chen kissed the already sleeping Xue Ying beside his pillow and silently left the Capital City.

At Nether Village, Lin Chen looked at the pitch-black entrance with a bit of solemnity in his eyes.

Back then, Wu Feng walked into the unknown world from here, and there's no knowing how he is doing now.

"Master, you must think this through. Only your Soul Body can enter The Peaceful Realms, and entering there, unless you can become the supreme existence, leaving The Peaceful Realms is harder than ascending to heaven," Xiao Shuai said solemnly.

Lin Chen took a deep breath: "I've thought it through. No matter how dangerous the road ahead is, I won't give up as long as there's a sliver of a chance."

"Alright, Master, this black hole is a formation leading to The Peaceful Realms. I've already activated the formation for you; you can go in now," Xiao Shuai said solemnly.

Lin Chen nodded, his physical body hid in the Tianyan space, and his soul stepped into the dark vortex.

The Peaceful Realms is the borderline between the human and ghost worlds; this area is chaotic due to lack of management.

Some super-strong individuals who didn't want to enter the ghost world after death stayed in The Peaceful Realms.

Moreover, the realm is teeming with beasts, extremely dangerous. Once devoured by these beasts, one would dissipate and cease to reincarnate.

As soon as Lin Chen set foot on the black land of The Peaceful Realms, sounds of shouting and killing erupted ahead.

Lin Chen looked in the direction of the sound and saw a sea of blood at the foot of the mountain, with hundreds of people surrounded by beasts.

As the battle continued, people were constantly swallowed by beasts, their souls scattering.

"Master, that's how The Peaceful Realms is. People here must constantly slay beasts and offer their souls to the Nether King to stay; otherwise, they will be thrown directly into the ghost world," Xiao Shuai said.

"I see, no wonder these people are fighting those beasts so desperately," Lin Chen nodded.

"I don't know what Wu Feng's cultivation is now, I hope he's still alive." Lin Chen worriedly said, watching the bloody scene below.

"Don't worry, this is a world where the strong are respected; with Wu Feng's temperament, he should manage to survive here." Xiao Shuai said.

"It seems the people below are about to lose. Let me help them and also see the power of beasts in The Peaceful Realms," Lin Chen said, leaping off the cliff.

These beasts' strength is only equivalent to the high stage of the Cloud Sea Realm, so facing them, Lin Chen was like slicing through ripe melons and vegetables.

With every move, a beast would be killed by Lin Chen.

Moreover, Lin Chen discovered that each time a beast was killed, beast spirits would emerge, and Lin Chen activated the soul-reaping eye to absorb those spirits into his body.

In this world, only by absorbing the souls of beasts can one enhance their power; this is the law of The Peaceful Realms.

With Lin Chen's involvement, the tide of battle suddenly shifted, and soon the fight was over. The humans, who were nearly wiped out, won a great victory, with most beasts killed except for a few that escaped.

However, the humans suffered heavy losses, with only forty or fifty of the original hundreds remaining alive.

In this battle, Lin Chen absorbed the souls of more than two hundred beast spirits and noticeably felt his spiritual power becoming stronger than before.

As the battle ended, a burly middle-aged man walked over with gratitude: "My name is Hong Ling; I'm a captain of the Demon Sealing Squad. Thank you, senior. If not for you, we would have perished here today."

Lin Chen nodded: "It was nothing. How did you get trapped by the beasts?"

Hong Ling had a glint of anger in his eyes: "We were just hunting a few dozen beasts, but didn't expect those guys from Hei Feng Ridge to deliberately lure over a hundred beasts."

"I see!" Lin Chen nodded, it seems this realm indeed hides danger at every corner.