Aether Continent, offline!
With a flash of white light, Ye Chuan's consciousness gradually returned, and he found himself already lying on his own bed.
In the rental... no, to be precise, the Myriad Worlds Apartment, as Ye Chuan pushed open his door, he noticed several people walking about in the corridor.
"Ah, Boss." Hu Li was currently carrying some things. The moment she saw Ye Chuan, she happily bounded over like a little puppy, her nine fox tails wagging continuously behind her.
"Boss, Boss, are you done with your work?"
"Am I done? I suppose not quite." Ye Chuan crossed his arms and tilted his head slightly. Then, he reached out and gave Hu Li's tails a good stroke before waving his hand, letting the red-faced little fox go about her business.
The apartment had indeed become much livelier, and it looked like there would be more and more tenants moving in in the future. After all, Ye Chuan had set up so many rooms; it would be a bit of a waste if he recruited too few tenants.
Building all those rooms cost money, after all!
"Never mind that, I'll go find Lilith first." Ye Chuan teleported directly to the door of Lilith's room. He noticed a sign hanging on her door, along with a magic circle that was slowly rotating.
[Don't look for me if you need something, and don't look for me if you don't need anything — Lilith]
At the very end, there were a few more words: [To Ye Chuan]
"Good heavens, a message left specifically for me? Do I look like someone who loves looking for trouble?" Ye Chuan sighed helplessly.
He felt he had treated Lilith well enough.
Even though he asked for more every time, as the saying goes, a drop of water in need shall be returned with a spring in deed. It was already good enough that Lilith didn't have to repay him physically.
Honestly.
"Alright, I'm leaving then. I won't bother you." Ye Chuan sighed, deciding not to disturb Lilith anymore.
Then, he pushed Lilith's door right open.
"My dear lady—"
A binding spell was immediately fired right at his face, but Ye Chuan casually swatted it away, and it vanished into thin air.
Glancing inside, Ye Chuan noticed that Lilith was not in the room.
"Hmm? So Lilith isn't here?" Ye Chuan extended his divine sense.
In an instant, it enveloped every corner of the entire planet, yet he still couldn't locate Lilith.
"She shielded her aura?" Ye Chuan knew very well that Lilith could easily do such a thing. After taking a look at the layout on her bed, he had no choice but to leave the room.
Arriving in the living room, Ye Chuan noticed there were quite a few people there too. Lan Xiaoke was playing a video game with Tian Xiaotian. Upon seeing Ye Chuan, she immediately raised her hand, "Ye Chuan, you're baaack!"
"Big boss," Tian Xiaotian also called out, though her attention remained fixated on her phone screen.
"What are you playing?" Ye Chuan glanced over and found that the two seemed to be playing a pet-catching game.
"The two of us are sparring... hehehe, the loser has to get circles drawn on their body." Lan Xiaoke giggled.
"Lan Xiaoke has already lost a few rounds," Tian Xiaotian said.
"So you suck at it but still love to play, huh?" As Ye Chuan spoke, he noticed that there didn't seem to be any circles on Lan Xiaoke's body, so he casually asked, "Where are the circles?"
Lan Xiaoke beckoned to Ye Chuan.
Ye Chuan stood behind Lan Xiaoke and looked down, only to realize that the circles had been drawn on her peaks.
"Why would you draw them there?"
"Doesn't this make it look like I lost a little less?" Lan Xiaoke said as if it were the most natural thing in the world.
"..." Ye Chuan suddenly didn't know where to even begin roasting her. But since Lan Xiaoke put it that way, he couldn't be bothered to make a fuss about it.
Remembering his original purpose, Ye Chuan asked the girls if they had seen Lilith.
"Lilith? Nope," Lan Xiaoke said.
"Big boss, I saw her go out," Tian Xiaotian said instead.
"I see..."
She really did go out. If that was the case, he truly had no way of finding out where this girl was.
Even though he was an immortal, Lilith's existence seemed to be on a slightly higher level.
Transcendent tier?
To this day, Ye Chuan still didn't know what the transcendent tier actually meant.
Anyway, it was simply more awesome than the tenth tier.
"Do you want to play together?" Lan Xiaoke patted the spot next to her.
"Sure." Ye Chuan took out his phone and straightforwardly lay his head down on Lan Xiaoke's fleshy thighs. He looked up, only to find that his view of the ceiling was completely blocked.
"Hmm..." Ye Chuan also opened the game. However, because he didn't play many games, he sent a message to Wang Yanran.
Before long, she sent over the login details for a max-level account with all the pets in dazzling chromatic colors.
"Alright, I'm ready," Ye Chuan said. "Come on, let's spar."
"Bring it on!"
However, to prevent Lan Xiaoke from peeking, Ye Chuan directly covered himself with Lan Xiaoke's clothes.
"I can't even see anyway," Lan Xiaoke muttered. She really did suck at the game but loved playing it.
In the end, the sparring session concluded with several tally marks drawn on Lan Xiaoke's thighs.
"Alright, let's take a break." Ye Chuan set his phone aside. Just as he was about to go out for a walk, a blinding purple light suddenly flashed before his eyes.
Soon, a purple-haired, twin-tailed loli slowly descended in front of him.
Her eyelashes fluttered slightly as she slowly opened her eyes, holding several bags of snacks and drinks in her hands.
The moment she met Ye Chuan's gaze, Lilith tilted her head up slightly. "What?"
"I haven't done anything, have I?" Ye Chuan shrugged.
"Hmph, just looking at your eyes, I know you're brewing up some bad idea." Lilith scoffed coldly, then opened up a fair, clean palm.
"Whatever, I'm in a good mood today, so I'll help you out. Anyone else wouldn't get this chance."
Hearing Lilith say that, Ye Chuan immediately pulled her into a corner and smiled. "I want to travel through time."
That single sentence caused Lilith's face to instantly drop.
"I have told you many, many times, you cannot touch time magic." Lilith seemed a bit angry. "Aren't you afraid of not being able to come back? Do you think your spatial traversal abilities are that amazing?"
"Let me tell you, once you encounter a turbulent flow, you will never be able to return to this anchor point!"
Perhaps feeling that Ye Chuan was being a bit too stubborn, Lilith even angrily reached out and rapped him on the head.
It didn't hurt at all, though.
"It's not that I want time magic." Ye Chuan briefly explained the purpose of the time authority from the Aether Continent.
"A Demon King's authority?" Hearing this, Lilith seemed to ponder for quite a while. "A Demon King... Which space-time is this Demon King from? Are they really that powerful?"
"What's wrong?"
Lilith twirled her finger in circles, seemingly thinking for a moment before she spoke, "If we go by your idea, it can indeed be done, but you are missing one thing."
"What is it?"
"An anchor point."

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