92: Arrangements are in place, but a storm is brewing.

Over the next few days, the entire Chu Family was immersed in an unprecedented state of busyness and excitement.

With Chu He, a Soul Transformation Stage powerhouse, personally taking action, the Family's relocation proceeded exceptionally smoothly.

The Scripture Pavilion, the treasury, the Pill Refining Room, the Artifact Refining Room... these structures, which held the Chu Family's Foundations, were uprooted by Chu He using great magical power and directly moved into the world of the sea of fire on the Fifth Layer of the Heaven-Reaching Pagoda, repositioned around the phoenix tree divine tree according to plan.

The female Family members, including Lin Waner and Su Qingxue, as well as all the children like Chu Tian and Chu Yuning, officially moved into the pagoda.

Beneath the phoenix tree divine tree, rows of exquisite courtyards rose from the ground, becoming the new core residential area of the Chu Family.

Entering this novel world for the first time, the children went completely wild with joy.

Chu Tian chased after the Azure Phoenix, running freely across the vast plains of the sea of fire.

The two "Devil Kings," Chu Batian and Chu Lingxi, treated the incredibly hard fire-attribute rocks beneath the phoenix tree divine tree as toys—one smashing them with fists and the other burning them with Phoenix Flame, playing to their hearts' content. Only in a place like this could they release their natural instincts without worrying about causing destruction.

The little ones, Chu Yuning and Chu Ce, were settled into the massive bird's nest of the phoenix tree divine tree. There, the Daoist charm was naturally formed and the Spiritual Qi was concentrated to the extreme; for infants born with Innate Dao Bodies like them, it was the best environment for growth.

Seeing the children so happy in their new home, happy smiles also radiated from the faces of Qing'er, Lin Waner, and the others.

"Husband, this place is truly wonderful," Qing'er said with heartfelt emotion, leaning against Chu He's shoulder as she watched the children playing in the distance.

"As long as you like it," Chu He said, wrapping his arm around her waist, his heart filled with tranquility.

He knew this was only the beginning.

After settling his Family, Chu He began the next step of his plan.

Inside the study, Chu He handed the "nine-aperture exquisite heart"—which emitted a seven-colored glow and had been obtained from the Great Yan Imperial Palace treasury—to Su Qingxue.

"Qingxue, this is the most critical core material for the City Protecting Grand Array," Chu He said. "With this, plus these auxiliary Materials I found for you within the Heaven-Reaching Pagoda, you should be confident in completing the array within three months, right?"

As he spoke, he took out over a dozen more Heaven And Earth Treasures, each flashing with various colors and capable of causing a sensation in the outside world.

Looking at the "nine-aperture exquisite heart" and those legendary Materials before her, Su Qingxue's breathing became somewhat rapid.

She had been obsessed with the Dao of Arrays her whole life and had never imagined that one day she would be able to use such top-tier Materials to set up the super array of her dreams.

"Rest assured, Husband!" Su Qingxue's beautiful eyes sparkled with excitement and confidence. "With these Materials, let alone three months, give me two months and I can complete a 'Great Array of Celestial Body Shifting' capable of withstanding the onslaught of a Nascent Soul Late Stage Cultivator!"

"Good!" Chu He nodded with satisfaction. "I leave this matter entirely to you. Whatever resources you need, speak directly to Waner; spare no expense."

Then, he looked toward Lin Waner.

"Waner, the Family business must expand as quickly as possible. Not just the Great Yan Dynasty, but the entire Eastern Region, and even the Central Province, Southern Border, Western Desert, and Northern Desolation—I want to see the banners of our Chu Family Pill Hall everywhere."

"I need massive amounts of intelligence and inexhaustible resources. Especially information on geniuses with special Physiques or Bloodlines; that is the top priority."

Lin Waner immediately understood Chu He's meaning.

Her husband was planning to scout more "seeds" for the Family.

"Rest assured, Husband. The Foundation of our Pill Hall is already laid, and with a unique pill like the life creation pill, expansion won't be a problem. It's just..." Lin Waner said with some hesitation, "our high-end combat power is still too low. Once we step out of the Eastern Region and face those truly top-tier forces, I'm afraid..."

"You don't need to worry about that." Chu He smiled and flicked his finger, sending a Jade Slip flying toward Lin Waner.

"Inside this are some things I've prepared for you. It includes some improved Pill Formulas, a set of Cultivation Techniques that can be practiced up to the Soul Transformation Stage, and several defensive Divine Abilities."

"Additionally, I will leave you one Early Soul Transformation Stage Puppet and ten Nascent Soul Stage Puppets. With them, your safety in any location is guaranteed."

Lin Waner took the Jade Slip and swept her Divine Sense inside, instantly stunned by the vast ocean of information within.

If any one of those Pill Formulas were to leak out, it would be enough to make Alchemists across the entire continent go mad.

And those Soul Transformation Stage Cultivation Techniques and Divine Abilities were even more priceless treasures!

As for the Soul Transformation Stage Puppet... Lin Waner no longer knew what to say.

Just how many trump cards did her husband have?

"Thank you, Husband." Lin Waner's heart was filled with sweetness and gratitude.

After making arrangements for Su Qingxue and Lin Waner, Chu He's gaze fell upon the newly entered Zhao Linger.

He had always remembered the System's prompt regarding the "chaos dao fetus."

The [bloodline furnace] function could melt his own "Primordial Dragon God Bloodline" with his daughter Chu Yuning's "Innate Dao Body" Bloodline. The next generation of offspring would have a ninety percent probability of merging the advantages of both Bloodlines, and a ten percent probability of producing a "chaos dao fetus" Bloodline mutation.

And the key to success was the need for a woman with a "Supreme Yin Body" to serve as the mother.

Zhao Linger, standing before him, was the perfect candidate.

Feeling Chu He's highly aggressive gaze, Zhao Linger's fair face turned red, her heart raced like a deer's, and she nervously lowered her head.

"Linger," Chu He's voice was gentle yet carried an irresistible magic, "you possess the Supreme Yin Body, making you a one-in-ten-thousand cultivation Genius. However, the Imperial Family's Cultivation Techniques have stifled your talent."

"From today onward, you shall follow me in cultivation. I have here a copy of the 'Supreme Yin Scripture,' a supreme method that points directly to the Origin of the Great Dao, which is most suitable for your Physique."

As Chu He spoke, he handed her a Jade Slip containing the Cultivation Technique.

Zhao Linger took it, overwhelmed by the favor; she could feel how much Chu He valued her.

"Additionally..." Chu He's tone shifted, and a meaningful smile curled at the corners of his mouth, "for the future of the Family, I may need you to... bear an offspring for me."

"Ah?" Hearing this, Zhao Linger's face instantly turned so red it looked like it might bleed. Her head buzzed, and her heart throbbed wildly.

Although she knew this day would come sooner or later when she married Chu He, she hadn't expected it to come so quickly, and for Chu He to mention it personally.

Did this mean her husband... thought highly of her?

For a moment, Zhao Linger felt both shy and secretly delighted.

"This concubine... will follow all of Husband's arrangements," she said in a voice as soft as a mosquito's buzz.

Seeing Zhao Linger's bashful appearance, Chu He smiled inwardly.

Everything was within his plan.

The future of the Family was bright.

However, he did not know that a catastrophic crisis originating from beyond the realm had already quietly locked onto them.

Just as Chu He was planning a grand blueprint for the Family.

In the sky above the Chu Family Mansion in Chu City.

A spatial node that no one could detect suddenly pulsed with an imperceptible ripple.

Immediately after, a wisp of black Qi, even thinner than a strand of hair, seeped out from the ripple.

This wisp of black Qi shared the same Origin as the one that had previously dissipated from the bottom of the giant crater in the Central Province, but its aura was even colder and more evil.

As if it possessed a life of its own, it paused slightly in the air, seemingly identifying a direction.

In the next instant, it transformed into a streak of light invisible to the naked eye, silently descending toward the ruins of the Chu Family's backyard—the place that had just been moved in its entirety, leaving only a massive Foundation pit.

Its target seemed to be the most fundamental "root" left by the Chu Family in this place.

It was the Family Luck that had taken root here for hundreds of years, connected to the Earth Veins.

An invisible erosion targeting the Chu Family's Foundation was about to begin.