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n“What about you?” Maximus turned to Luke.

n“Dad, how can girls be more beautiful than machines? They can’t even rotate 360 degrees,” Luke muttered and even joked a little.

nAs time passed, he became more and more obsessed with machines.

nInstead of admiring the smooth and warm skin of a female.

nHe preferred touching the rough and cold surface of a machine while sleeping.

n“Another hopeless brat…” Maximus sighed again.

n“And you?” Maximus turned to Neo, who still hadn’t made progress with Aria.

n“Huh? What about me, Dad?” Neo didn’t know how to answer.

n“What about Aria?”

n“Why haven’t you gotten married yet?”

n“Will you let the girl wait for you?” Maximus asked one by one.

nBehind Aria, who was listening, was a bit embarrassed.

nOver the decades, her relationship with Neo was like a knife and butter— inseparable.

nHowever, Aria didn’t know if Neo was made of rock or something.

nShe was even ready to fight her family if Neo proposed marriage.

nWho knew that Neo was like a mute who only knew how to sleep?

n“This, Dad-” Neo tried to think of a reason.

n“What? Are you even a man?!”

n“Uh, I forgot?” Neo shook his head and reasoned.

n“You even forgot such a thing?” Maximus nearly facepalmed at such a reason.

n“Hmm, there are too many things to do every day that I forgot.”

nHearing this, Aria just rolled her eyes.

nI believe you’re a ghost!

nShe was with Neo almost every day, how could she not know how lazy Neo was?

n“Alright, don’t reason any longer, propose quickly!” Maximus waved his hand.

n“As ordered, Father!” Neo nodded resolutely and turned toward Aria.

n“Stupid brother, you can’t be that straightforward; you need to be romantic.” Max quickly knocked his head.

n“Oh? Romantic?” Neo looked at his brother dazedly.

n“That’s right, like a surprise or something; at least you need to be prepared.” Max guided like a sage.

nMeanwhile, Aria, who was already preparing to agree to Neo, was dumbfounded again.

nWhat the heck?

nWhat surprise do you need?

nIf not for a bit of decency, she would already drag Neo to her house.

nMaximus, who was watching the whole ordeal, just sighed.

nIf not for scaring Aria, he would have already tied their marriage on the stop.

n“By the way, husband, are you staying this time, or are you still going to leave?” Isabella asked.

nAlthough they didn’t know how Maximus returned, it certainly wasn’t on the right path.

nOtherwise, they would meet in the Arcane continent instead of the Moonlight Empire.

n“I won’t leave until I go to the Abyss Domain,” Maximus said resolutely.

n“Is that real, husband?” they asked with excitement.

nHis children also looked at him with anticipation.

n“It’s real,” Maximus said confidently.

nHe was confident that he could make his family advance to Tier 7 whenever he wanted.

nOriginally, they only had his stored mana that they used in their training.

nWith it, it was possible to reach Tier 7 within a hundred years.

nHowever, that was too slow.

nMaximus could only stay here for a few decades at most.

nOtherwise, his disappearance within the abyss would cause problems.

nAs for the solution to quickly advance to Tier 7, it’s simple: Crystal Merits.

nIf it can be used to quickly advance from Tier 7 to Tier 8, then it can also do so from Tier 6 to Tier 7.

nIn the past, there was such a method because no one has ever brought back Crystal Merits to the Etherium realm.

nAll of it would be converted into strength once it reached the Etherium realm.

nThe reason for this was that all the Crystal Merits they got were converted by the Etherium realm’s World Will.

nIt had already been marked by the Etherium realm’s World Will.

nNaturally, it can track and use the Crystal Merits at its disposal.

nAs for why the Etherium realm World Will immediately converted Crystal Merits into strength, Maximus didn’t know.

nPerhaps it was too lazy and didn’t bother to convert them one by one.

nAs for the Crystal Merits in Maximus’s hands, they were all independently converted by him.

nNaturally, Maximus can use them however he likes.

nSoon after explaining the magic of Crystal Merits to his family, they couldn’t help but be shocked.

n“Is there really such a thing?”

n“Dad, you’re awesome!”

n“I wonder how many Crystal Merits we will use to advance.”

n“It should be a lot; we have Dad’s cheating cultivation skill and special physique to fill in.”

nThe family chattered as they talked about the Crystal Merits while feeling excited.

nAfter all, if there’s a shortcut to strength without any drawback, who wouldn’t be excited?

n“Husband, how many Crystal Merits do you have?” Rose asked.

nSuddenly, they remembered that their Husband

/Father didn’t tell them how many Crystal Merits he had.

nAfter staying in the abyss for a few decades.

nEven with their Husband

/Father’s strength, he should only have a few billion crystal merits with him.

nAfter all, their Husband

/Father also has needs and needed to spend money everywhere.

n“How about you just try and see how many you need?” Maximus smiled.

nWhat a joke; all his expenses were bartered using the items he bought from the Myriad World Mall.

nHow can he spend his hard-earned money like that?

nOf course, he had to spend the money of other people.

nBy now, there are over 10,000 trillion Crystal Merits in his storage dimension.

nNot only can they strengthen his family, but he can also strengthen his confidants and army.

n“Are you ready?” Maximus asked.

n“We are ready, Husband!”

n“We are ready, Dad!”

nMaximus just nodded and spread his domain.

nTaking out mountains of Crystal Merits, he moved his hand and began to dissolve them.

nControlling the energy, it began to enter their bodies, strengthening their elemental pathways based on the route of the ‘Origin’ cultivation manual.

nLooking at his wives, children, grandchildren, and in-laws quietly absorbing the energy, he sighed.

n“This will take a little longer…” Maximus muttered helplessly due to his rashness.

nHe estimated that it would take them a few months before they could fully advance to Tier 7.

nHe had just returned, and yet he already started to work them up.

nFortunately, there were still Skye and his two grandchildren, Martin and Maya.

n“Come here to Grandpa,” Maximus waved toward the two.

nMartin was only a few days old.

nMaya, on the other hand, was only over 7 years old.

nThey were too young to have such advanced strength.

nAlthough there would be no drawback to using Crystal Merits.

nIt would deprive them of exploring and experiencing by themselves.

n“What happened to them, Grandpa?” Maya asked cutely as she held Martin in her arms.

n“They were training,” Maximus explained, taking Martin into his lap.

n“Oh, training…” Maya pouted.

nAmong the group, she was the only one still attending school.

nThe youngest before her; Silvan, Asha, and Lila had long graduated.

n“You don’t like training?” Maximus asked.

n“No, I like training, but it’s boring to train alone,” Maya sighed like an adult.

n“What’s wrong? Did your classmates bully you?”

n“How could they bully me? My mother would be the first to disagree,” Maya said proudly.

n“Oh? Your mother is so fierce?”

n“My mother is not the only fierce one. Father, uncles, aunties, and even my grandmothers are so fierce.”action

n“Anyone that dares to bully us would be beaten without being able to fight back.”

n“So f-fierce!” Martin, who was sitting, laughed and repeated with a giggle.

n“Hehe, little cousin, you will know when you grow old,” Maya said with a little sadness.

n“So you had no friends?” Maximus concluded.

n“Yes, no one dared to be friends with me, and I don’t want to be friends with them either; they are too weak.”

nlightsnοvεl “My uncles are lucky; they can have super-talented aunties in their grade.”

n“Now I can only train alone, with fear from my classmates and admiration from the teachers.”

n“You’re really unlucky,” Maximus nodded in understanding.

nSuppressing the whole generation, who can understand this loneliness?

n“Don’t worry, little Maya, you’ll get used to it one day,” Skye chimed in.

nAs the most talented being in almost every generation, Skye was fully qualified to say this.

n“Are you my grandmother?” Maya asked doubtfully.

n“That’s right, I’m your grandmother, Skye,” Skye said proudly.

n“So you’re Grandmother Skye!” Maya said with adoration in her eyes.

nShe had long heard of this grandmother of hers— the fierce Amazonian of Beast Continent, the most talented beside her grandfather, a training and battle maniac, etc.

nMaya grew up listening to her grandmother’s legends.

n“Hehe, come here, my cute granddaughter!” Skye waved her hands and took Maya in her lap.

n“Now, can you tell us about the events that happened while we were away?” Skye asked.

n“Gladly,” Maya said as her eyes lit up.

n“Let’s talk about, Sister Lila.”

n“Sister Lila’s beauty can destroy a country and cause chaos wherever she goes.”

n“According to my father, over a decade ago, Sister Lila caused havoc in the academy.”

n“What happened?” Skye asked in anticipation.

n“It started with Sister Lila being bored and seeing that a lot of pursuers were around her buzzing like flies.”

n“What do you think Sister Lila did next?”

n“What is it?” Maximus asked with a frown.

n“Hehe, Sister Lila didn’t directly reject or deny anyone.”

n“She directly set a ring for them to fight.”

n“Sister Lila said that anyone who can stay in the ring for a year can take her on a date.”

n“That brat!” Maximus gritted his teeth.

n“What happened afterward?” Skye asked as if watching a drama.

n“Naturally, a whole line of people came into the ring.”

n“On the first day, there were over a hundred thousand who fought in the ring, hoping to take the chance.”

n“Unfortunately, until now, there hasn’t been even one person who can stay in the ring for a day.”

n“How is that possible?”

n“There are so many strong and talented people in the institute.”

n“Is there no one strong enough attracted to your cousin?” Skye asked doubtfully.

n“Hehe, Grandmother, there are indeed a lot of strong contenders.”

n“Unfortunately, my uncles beat them all into submission before they can even go into the ring.”

n“Hahaha, what an ingenious method,” Skye laughed.

n“It’s indeed my son…” Maximus thought proudly.

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