The Hehuan Sect cultivates alchemy; my senior sister helps me refine alchemy throughout the world.

Shen Yifei looked closely at the golden light and saw it clearly this time.

A little girl with two pigtails on her head floated in the golden light. She wore a golden dress and her arms and legs were as white and tender as lotus roots, but she put on an old-fashioned demeanor.

"What are you looking at!" Jinbao said, hands on his hips, hovering in mid-air. "Never seen such a handsome ancestor before?"

"Ancestor..." Shen Yifei coughed lightly and tentatively asked, "Then should I call you...Grandma?"

"You have no manners. Calling you 'ancestor' is too kind of you." Jinbao snorted and put his short hands behind his back.

"When Wan Shuo refined me, it took him eighty-one days, burning off a layer of his own Five Elements Divine Fire to create me. Do you know how old I am this year, my ancestor?"

Shen Yifei shook his head.

"Ten thousand years!" Jinbao held up a delicate little finger. "Ten thousand years! You're calling me 'ancestor,' isn't that a fair deal?"

Shen Yifei's lips twitched, thinking to himself, "This kid is quite the braggart! Ten thousand years, that's how many years? How many years has Wan Shuo lived?"

However, he didn't expose it and continued to adopt a humble attitude.

"Then... Ancestor, would you be willing to come with me?"

"Go with you?" Jinbao sized him up. "With your physique and cultivation level? You're not worthy!"

Shen Yifei was looked down upon by a little girl, and he felt a little embarrassed.

"Ancestor, I won't hide it from you. Although I'm only at the early stage of the Tribulation Transcending realm right now, I still have talent to have gone from zero to the Tribulation Transcending realm in just a few years. And you see..."

He pointed at Ye Ling, "This is Ye Ling, the Demon Clan's War God, my wife. You sensed the power of our combined strength just now, didn't you? That's the complete power of the Five Elements. You said Wan Shuo waited tens of thousands of years to find me, what does that mean? It means I'm the one destined for you!"

"A destined person?" Jinbao tilted his little head, his two tufts of hair swaying back and forth. "Do you know that that worm named Huoxin also wants to take me away?"

Shen Yifei's heart skipped a beat. "Has Huoxin been here?"

"He's been here," Jinbao said, scoffing. "That kid pretended to set up a restriction on the fire vein, saying he'd take me back to the Immortal Realm to enjoy life. Bah! Did he think I couldn't see through his little scheme? He wanted to refine me to replenish his Myriad Spirit Blood Essence!"

Hearing Jinbao's words, Shen Yifei felt a chill of fear. Fortunately, Huoxin hadn't managed to take the Golden Essence; otherwise, the Demon Clan's territory would have been wiped out, with even the last bit of its vitality gone.

"Then why did you reject the temptations of the heart, Ancestor?"

"He's ugly!" Jinbao said decisively. "Do you think I'm someone you can just take away? Wan Shuo was incredibly handsome back then, more beautiful than a woman. I felt good just looking at his face every day. That Huo Xin, on the other hand, has a face full of wrinkles, is dark and thin, like a withered old man. I find him repulsive!"

Shen Yifei touched his face, feeling a little more confident.

Jinbao continued, "Besides, that brat Huoxin is all talk and no action. He says nice things like 'I'll take you to the immortal realm to enjoy wealth and luxury,' but what he really wants is to refine me into his tonic. Do you think I've lived for tens of thousands of years for nothing?"

Shen Yifei gave a thumbs up, "Our ancestors were wise!"

"Nonsense!" Jinbao said, pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back. "But...you little rascal..."

She tilted her head, carefully examined Shen Yifei, and then looked at Ye Ling.

"Your wife is quite good, a demon war goddess, one in a million, and her aura is clean. You, kid, may be a bit weak, but at least you're not ugly, so it'll do."

Shen Yifei seemed somewhat reassured by Jinbao's tone and quickly said with a forced smile, "Grandpa, then you..."

"Don't rush," Jinbao waved his little hand. "I have a condition."

"Please speak!"

"I can go with you, but your body is too weak to bear my power. If I burst you, I'll have to find a new host, which will be a hassle."

"So what do you mean?"

Jinbao pointed at Yeling, "I want to split myself in two. One half will be inside you, and the other half will be inside her. You two were originally a pair, and your five elements are interconnected. This way, I can live more comfortably, and you two can also obtain a portion of my power. How about it? Are you willing?"

Upon hearing this, Shen Yifei exclaimed, "This is wonderful! The golden essence is split in two, and both of them can benefit. This is even better than I expected!"

"I'm willing! Of course I'm willing!" Shen Yifei nodded frantically, afraid that this little devil would change his mind.

Ye Ling nodded in agreement. In her opinion, splitting the golden essence in two would strengthen herself without overwhelming Shen Yifei, making it the safest method at the moment.

Seeing that they both agreed, Jinbao said, "Don't be too happy yet. This kind of soul-splitting and body-entering work isn't something that can be done just because you both agree. Your souls must be completely merged and inseparable before I can split two parts and put them in. If you two aren't of one mind, even the slightest gap will get me stuck halfway."

"My goodness, what does it mean that you're stuck halfway?"

Jinbao, with his hands behind his back, said, "What do you mean? It means that if you two are not of one mind, my golden energy will get stuck between your souls, leaving you in a dilemma. At that time, you will both suffer. At best, your cultivation will regress; at worst, your souls will be damaged, turning you into two idiots."

"Two idiots?" Shen Yifei swallowed hard. "Can we both be idiots together?"

"Sure," Jinbao chuckled, "They're a perfect match, one silly and one clumsy, a perfect pair."

Shen Yifei said confidently, "Don't worry, my dear. My wife and I are of one mind. There won't be any problems."

Jinbao sized them up. "Let me make this clear first: I'm going to use my divine sense to probe your consciousness and figure out your true intentions bit by bit. If I discover that either of you is harboring any ulterior motives, don't blame me for being impolite."

"Okay, okay, feel free to touch, touch anywhere you want!"

Jinbao snorted, "That sounds like something a slut would say, with your wife standing right here."

Shen Yifei adopted a posture of being ready to die.

"Let's begin."

Without further ado, Jinbao transformed into a ray of golden light and entered the space between the two.

Shen Yifei felt a warm current surge from between his eyebrows, flowing along his meridians and into the depths of his consciousness. The feeling was strange, as if an invisible little hand was gently caressing every corner of his soul.

Ye Ling also clearly sensed the same abnormality; her brows furrowed slightly, but she remained silent.

As Jinbao probed, he muttered to himself, "Hmm...not bad. Your souls are a bit weak, but your foundations are solid...and your auras blend quite well. Looks like you've been combining your powers quite often..."

She deliberately dragged out the word "combination".

Jinbao continued to probe deeper and deeper.

Shen Yifei's soul was completely enveloped by that warm feeling, as if it were being gently held by a hand, then released, then held again.

"Hmm... there's a hurdle here..." Jinbao suddenly spoke up, "Although your souls are merging quite well, they haven't reached the point of being completely inseparable. Can you go a step further?"

Shen Yifei and Ye Ling exchanged a glance. They both understood what Jinbao meant by "one layer deeper." It required the two of them to let go of their last bit of defense and allow their souls to completely merge, becoming one with each other.

"Wife, is it okay?" Shen Yifei asked.

Ye Ling was silent for a moment, then nodded gently.