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

With the revival of the demonic veins, everything in the demonic territory gradually began to improve.

Centered on the Demon Palace, the Demon Vein spreads its branches throughout the entire Demon Realm.

Under Hongxiu's care, the old demon king's health gradually improved.

On this day, the old man insisted that Hongxiu help him wander around the Demon Palace, and Shen Yifei followed behind the two of them.

As you wander around, you arrive at the small courtyard where Youlan used to live.

The yard had been abandoned for hundreds of years, and the weeds had grown up to waist-high.

The old demon king stood at the courtyard gate, his thin, bony hands trembling for a long time. "When Lan'er was little, she used to fight in this courtyard. When she was six, she pinned a young prince of the Jiaolong clan who came to visit into a water vat, almost drowning him. His parents came to our door, and I compensated them with a spirit stone mine."

Shen Yifei stood to the side, watching the glimmer of light in the old man's eyes when he mentioned his daughter, and felt a tightness in his chest.

"Grandpa, my mother..."

"Lan'er has a tragic life." The old demon king waved his hand, stopping him from continuing. "After that bastard Huoxin invaded my mind, I lived in a daze for hundreds of years, unable to even remember what I did. I only know that Lan'er ran away, and later I heard from Hongxiu that she married a human cultivator and had a son. At that time, Huoxin was holding my life in his hands..."

As he spoke, he turned to look at Shen Yifei, his eyes filled with tears, "Yifei, your mother has always been wild, but she's not reckless. Since she dared to go looking for Wan Shuo's remains alone, she must have had her reasons."

Shen Yifei didn't reply. He squatted down, reached out and pushed aside the waist-high weeds, revealing a bluestone slab half-buried in the soil.

A line of crooked, small characters was carved along the edge of the stone slab; the strokes were childish and clearly the work of a child:

"Once the orchid is here, no one can catch me."

Shen Yifei looked at the line of text, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously curled up.

To be able to write such arrogant words, his mother must be quite a handful.

Shen Yifei looked at the old devil king: "Grandpa, regarding the Wan Shuo ruins you mentioned, did my mother leave any message or clues before she passed away?"

The old demon king shook his head: "She told Hongxiu some things, but not me. Lan'er, that girl, has always been resourceful since she was little."

Shen Yifei looked at Hongxiu.

Hongxiu whispered, "Young master, before the princess left, she only said one thing to me: 'Hongxiu, if I don't come back, you look after my son for me.' I didn't understand what she meant at the time, but I understood later... The princess had already planned to leave back then."

Shen Yifei felt a pang of sadness upon hearing this.

He didn't know what his mother was feeling when she said those words. He only knew that when she left those words, she must have been prepared not to come back.

"Young Master..." Hongxiu saw his expression and gently tugged at his sleeve. "The princess is very lucky; she will definitely be alright."

"Grandpa, once I've sorted things out with the demons, I'll go find my mother. No matter where she is, I'll bring her back."

That evening, Shen Yifei called Liu Mengli out.

"Mengli, you said before that the power of reincarnation can trace cause and effect. I want to know where my mother is now. Can you find out?"

Liu Mengli sat opposite Shen Yifei and thought seriously for a moment: "Master, your grandfather's soul is recovering quite well now, and the causal thread should be able to be reconnected. However, I must make it clear in advance that tracing such things can only show the general direction, not the specific location. If there are any restrictions that conceal the secrets of heaven in the place where your mother is, then it will be even more difficult."

"Being able to see the general direction is fine," Shen Yifei said. "It's better than being completely in the dark."

Liu Mengli nodded, closed her eyes, and formed a strange hand seal. A faint golden halo appeared between her brows and slowly spread outwards.

After a while, Liu Mengli opened her eyes, a strange expression on her face.

"How is it?" Shen Yifei asked quickly.

"Master, I've found it." Liu Mengli took a deep breath. "Your mother's aura... is in the east."

"East?" Shen Yifei was taken aback. "The demon territory is in the west, the human territory is in the east, and further east is the East Sea... My mother went to the East Sea?"

Liu Mengli shook her head: "It's not in the East Sea, it's farther than the East Sea. Master, do you know that this world... isn't just the cultivation world?"

Shen Yifei's heart skipped a beat: "You mean, another realm?"

"Yes." Liu Mengli nodded. "I saw from the old demon king's causal threads that your mother traveled eastward, passing through the overseas islands, and disappeared in a place called 'Falling Star Sea.' That place is said to be called 'Boundary Gate,' a passage to other realms."

"Falling Star Sea..." Shen Yifei muttered twice, "Where is that? I've never heard of it before?"

"It's normal that you haven't heard of it," Liu Mengli said. "That place is at the end of the East Sea, usually hidden by an array, so ordinary cultivators can't find it at all. But your mother... found it."

Shen Yifei asked, "Then which realm did my mother go to?"

Liu Mengli closed her eyes again to sense it: "I can't see the specifics, but the aura points to... a realm called 'Lingxu'. Lingxu was the territory of Wan Shuo, the Five Elements Demon God in ancient times. After Wan Shuo fell, that realm sank into the void and became an independent realm."

After listening, Shen Yifei realized that his mother hadn't gone to any ruins, but rather to Wan Shuo's lost realm, the Spirit Ruins.

"Spirit Ruins... Boundary Gate... Falling Star Sea..." Shen Yifei muttered these place names, his brows furrowed. "Mengli, how do we get into that Boundary Gate you mentioned?"

"The boundary gate was personally set up by Wan Shuo back then. It can sever the void, and ordinary cultivators can't even touch it. However..."

Liu Mengli blinked. "Master, you possess Wan Shuo's Five Elements inheritance, so the gate to the realm will definitely recognize you as its master. When you arrive at Falling Star Sea, you might be able to open the gate directly."

In the days that followed, Shen Yifei appeased the various forces of the Demon Clan while pondering how to reach the Falling Star Sea.

Ever since Zhan Lie was defeated by Shen Yifei and received guidance from Ye Ling, he has treated Shen Yifei like his own ancestor.

If Shen Yifei says go east, he'll never go west. If Shen Yifei says beat a dog, he'll never chase a chicken. This made Shen Yifei wonder if this guy was also under some kind of spell.

The news of the restoration of the demonic veins spread throughout the entire demonic territory, and the tribal leaders who were originally observing rushed to Demon Abyss City to pledge their loyalty.

Shen Yifei didn't hold back. He disciplined those who needed to be disciplined and rewarded those who deserved it. After a series of actions, the entire Demon Clan was completely subdued by him.

That evening, Shen Yifei sat in the small courtyard where Youlan had lived, clutching the bluestone slab in his hand, looking at it again and again.

"Youlan has been here, and no one can catch me." He murmured, a smile playing on his lips. "Mother, you've gone to the Spirit Ruins."

He sat in the courtyard all night, and at dawn, he made a decision.

With the old demon king and Zhan Lie overseeing things on the demon side, and Gu Yunyan and Luo Qinghe managing things on Cangwu Mountain, he can't just stay cooped up here forever.

He has to go to Falling Star Sea.