I reign supreme in the Western fantasy world for eternity.

Ji Tian took a fruit from Lilith's hand, tasted it, and then praised it:

"It is indeed very sweet."

Hmm? That shouldn't be the case. They're clearly fruits from the same tree. Could it be that mine wasn't ripe?

Lilith, refusing to believe it, snatched the half-eaten wild fruit back from Ji Tian's hand and stuffed it into her mouth.

The sour taste exploded on her tongue instantly, her face scrunched up, and after finally swallowing it, she stomped her foot angrily.

"You lied to me, it was clearly sour!"

Ji Tian answered without changing his expression:

"You let me lie to you occasionally last time."

Lilith wasn't annoyed at all; instead, she smiled and said:

"Oh, I see. But speaking of which, did we just have an indirect kiss?"

Ji Tian: "?"

The days passed slowly amidst these playful squabbles, and Lilith's trap finally took effect one morning.

When she went to check as usual, she saw a gray-black wild boar stuck at the bottom of the pit, emitting a low growl, its four hooves futilely pawing at the earthen wall.

Overjoyed, she almost jumped for joy and turned to run towards Ji Tian's wooden house.

"Ji Tian! Ji Tian! I caught a wild boar! Alive! And a big one!"

Ji Tian was meditating in the room when he heard this and looked up at her panting appearance:

"Take me to see it."

She led him to the edge of the trap, where a large wild boar with thick, stiff bristles and protruding tusks was struggling desperately at the bottom of the pit.

Lilith stood with her hands on her hips, her face radiating undisguised pride:

"How was it? I dug the trap all by myself! I dug it just last week! And I caught them today!"

After showing off, Lilith suddenly realized that she had never dealt with such large prey before, but asking Ji Tian for advice would inevitably bring their relationship back to the master-disciple mode.

After a moment's thought, Lilith had a sudden inspiration and said:

"How about you help me process my prey?"

"Is this your wish?"

"No, this is being affectionate."

Lilith leaned closer, clasped her hands together, tilted her head back to look at him, her purple eyes glistening with moisture, and her voice soft and sweet:

"Hey, you're the best!"

Ji Tian's eyelids twitched; the other person's tone seemed familiar: "Did you learn that from Alice?"

Lilith blinked and chuckled.

It was indeed learned from Senior Sister Alice. She said this trick worked especially well for Master, as he could get a reduced sentence every time he made a mistake by acting cute! But it was only half as effective on Second Senior Sister.

Sure enough, Ji Tian jumped into the pit and swiftly dealt with the wild boar.

He handled his prey cleanly, skinning, bleeding, and butchering it all in one smooth motion.

Lilith squatted down beside him and watched intently, writing down all his tips on handling pigs, vowing to do it herself in the future.

From that day on, Lilith began to treat hunting as a real part of her daily life.

Every evening she would check the traps to see if she had caught anything. Sometimes she would bring back a few rabbits, sometimes a deer, and occasionally she would return empty-handed, comforting herself with words like "I won't kill anything today."

Ji Tian had reminded her several times that with her current cultivation level, she had long since achieved the state of abstinence from grains and no longer needed to hunt for survival.

Lilith simply shook her head: "I know, but I want to try how ordinary people live, like you said about 'transforming into the mortal realm.' Why don't you give it a try?"

Since he had nothing better to do, Ji Tian couldn't refuse to follow the process of becoming stronger as described by the sages in online novels. He also temporarily sealed his authority and power, suppressing his cultivation to the level of a mortal.

To Ji Tian's surprise, this small world actually had four seasons, with cold and heat, just like his hometown in his memory.

By the end of autumn, they had stockpiled enough dried meat and firewood to last through the winter.

The wind in the forest grew stronger, the sky darkened earlier and earlier, the temperature plummeted, and the first snow fell silently one morning, turning the entire mountain forest into a vast expanse of white.

Winter came, and the weather turned freezing cold. Lilith came even more often, saying she was just visiting. Then she would sit by the heated kang in his room, wrapped in a thick animal skin blanket, holding a cup of hot tea in her hands.

One day, as she looked around the house, she finally couldn't help but ask:

"Why is your room so shabby? The buildings in the sect are all so beautiful, how come yours is only 'livable'?"

Ji Tian was repairing a broken wooden shovel and didn't even look up when he heard this:

"Because the sect wasn't built by me alone."

Lilith became interested: "Who built that?"

"I provided the inspiration, Ophelia was in charge of the design, and the three of us—Shirley, her, and I—worked on the construction."

"Oh, so there are things you're not good at too..."

"It's not surprising that I'm not good at many things."

Lilith thought for a long time when she returned to her cabin that night.

She used to think that Ji Tian was omnipotent, capable of everything and knowledgeable about everything, but now she found that he would also admit "I am not good at", and would sit by the fire on a snowy day to repair an old wooden shovel, and would occasionally let her talk nonsense because he was too lazy to move.

She suddenly felt that this version of Ji Tian was more captivating than the "perfect" Ji Tian.

One late night in the middle of winter, the snow fell exceptionally heavily, blanketing the entire mountain forest in a white mist.

Lilith stayed in Ji Tian's cabin for a long time, only realizing how late it was when she had to refill the teapot several times.

She stood up to leave, but when she opened the door, she saw that the snow was already above her knees. The snow along the edge of the door frame was pushed aside and quickly closed up again, completely blocking her only way out.

"Ji Tian, ​​I can't go back." She stood at the door, turned around, and looked at him with a hopeful expression.

Ji Tian, ​​wearing an overcoat, walked over and tested the door, discovering that the snow was indeed too deep.

He was about to push her away forcefully when Lilith grabbed his arm, and he felt a soft, warm touch through the fabric:

"Your room looks quite big. I'll stay here tonight, just like before."

After all, when they first met, Lilith and Ji Tian had rested under the same roof for a period of time. Lilith slept while Ji Tian meditated, so there was nothing wrong with that.

But now that he has suppressed his cultivation to the level of a mortal, he also needs a normal routine.

He pointed to the kang (a heated brick bed) on the inside: "You sleep on the kang, I'll sleep on the floor."

Lilith nodded obediently, took off the heavy animal skin coat, revealing the linen undershirt she had worn for most of the winter.

These clothes were all made for her by Ji Tian.

The movement of her turning around created a very slight rustling sound of fabric. She looked at Ji Tian expectantly, only to find that he had already closed his eyes and was preparing to rest.

Lilith suddenly felt a little embarrassed, realizing she had been presumptuous, and cleared her throat:

"Aren't you afraid I'll ambush you in the middle of the night?"

Ji Tian didn't open his eyes: "You can try."

Wow, really? Then I won't be polite!

Lilith thought to herself, crept closer, and launched a surprise attack when she was very close.

In his mortal state, Ji Tian only felt a warm sensation coming from the side. He opened his eyes and looked down to see the top of that silver-white hair resting against his shoulder.

With a sigh, Ji Tian said helplessly:

"Lilith, you're getting bolder and bolder."