"This Soul Realm is indeed a bit different."
An hour later, Li Xuan slowly opened his eyes. Feeling the change in his soul, a hint of joy flashed in Li Xuan's eyes.
"Young Master, you've only just begun. Don't celebrate too early," the Heavenly Dao Brush immediately said.
Li Xuan's expression stiffened, and he then asked, "This improvement of the soul seems to have completed a stage. Shall I continue like this for the next part?"
The Heavenly Dao Brush replied, "If Young Master wishes for your soul to break through, then you must temper your soul. In this Soul Realm, it is quite convenient and can save a lot of trouble."
"Soul tempering?" Li Xuan looked at the Heavenly Dao Brush with some confusion.
"Hmm, it's similar to soul departure, then randomly entering a time-space zone to experience some events," the Heavenly Dao Brush explained after thinking for a moment.
"How do I do it?" Li Xuan nodded with some understanding and then looked at the Heavenly Dao Brush.
The Heavenly Dao Brush felt a bit speechless and then drew a stroke in the starry sky.
The next moment, a time-space node appeared.
"Young Master, these are the time-space nodes of this Soul Realm. Your soul can enter them," the Heavenly Dao Brush said.
Li Xuan nodded, took one last look at the row of time-space nodes, and his gaze shifted as his soul instantly merged into one of them.
"What the heck, Young Master, did you choose the lowest-level time-space?" As Li Xuan's soul disappeared, the Heavenly Dao Brush's voice immediately sounded.
Cang Ling Tower: "..."
Earth, 2022.
Hang City, the largest provincial capital in China.
"Li Xuan, take my shoes to the balcony to dry. You bamboo pole, what use are you besides being tall? You don't even have this much common sense. How did Wan'er fall for you?" In a high-end residential area, a thunderous roar erupted.
The next moment, a man about 1.8 meters tall expressionlessly walked to the shoe cabinet, picked up two pairs of shoes, and headed towards the balcony.
"Truly useless!" The plump middle-aged woman glanced dismissively as she watched Li Xuan stand on the balcony in a daze, staring outside after putting the shoes out to dry.
"Speak a little softer. He's Wan'er's husband, after all. You yell in the morning, you yell at noon, and you're never done," a middle-aged man watching television said with apparent impatience, lowering his legs and looking at the middle-aged woman.
"Oh. You're playing the good guy now? Li Mingqi, I'm just yelling. If you have the guts, say another word to me!" The middle-aged woman immediately put her hands on her hips and yelled at the middle-aged man.
"Fine, fine, I can't argue with you. Do as you please," Li Mingqi immediately retracted his gaze and turned back to the television, clearly unwilling to continue arguing with the middle-aged woman.
"Li Xuan, you good-for-nothing, does it take this long to dry a pair of shoes? Hurry up and go wash the dishes. Do you expect me to do it!" The middle-aged woman's gaze shifted to Li Xuan, who was still standing on the balcony, and she immediately started cursing at him.
Li Xuan sighed slightly at the sound and then turned and walked into the kitchen.
"I never thought I'd live like this for thirty years. If Xiao Bi and Xiao Ta knew I became a live-in son-in-law, they'd probably laugh themselves to death." Li Xuan was washing dishes when his eyes suddenly lit up, and his expression became bright.
Li Xuan was indeed Li Xuan, whose soul had separated from the Soul Realm for tempering.
Just now, Li Xuan had regained his memories.
And after seeing everything he had done, even with a heart as firm as rock, Li Xuan couldn't help but want to laugh.
The dignified peak expert of the Hejie realm had actually become a live-in son-in-law, and had even been a doormat in this house for a full five years.
After regaining his memories, Li Xuan also recalled everything about his soul coming to this Earth.
After his soul separated, Li Xuan entered the time-space node and arrived at this place called Earth. Originally, Li Xuan planned to temper his soul for a while, but unexpectedly, he was guided by a mysterious force, which caused Li Xuan to be born into a farming family.
A major earthquake in 2008 took the lives of both Li Xuan's parents. From then on, Li Xuan became an orphan.
Fortunately, China attached great importance to disaster relief. Orphans like Li Xuan received care, and Li Xuan successfully graduated with the help of China.
After graduation, Li Xuan came to Hang City alone to work hard. But without a background and no connections, Li Xuan, even with a bachelor's degree, could not find a job that could support himself. As a last resort, Li Xuan had to work as a retainer in a bar.
Li Wan'er was a rich young lady Li Xuan met at the bar.
That night, if Li Xuan hadn't immediately realized that Li Wan'er, who was being helped out, had been drugged, he probably wouldn't have gotten involved with such a rich young lady.
After Li Xuan pulled Li Wan'er away from the four men, he naturally lost his job. Fortunately, when she woke up the next day, Li Wan'er, having learned the whole story, took the initiative to visit Li Xuan to thank him.
She even found Li Xuan a job as a company employee.
Li Xuan originally thought that everything was blessed by heaven. Even when he went to treat Li Wan'er to a meal after receiving his first month's salary, Li Xuan was ambushed and beaten in an alley.
Li Xuan still clearly remembered those people; they were the same four who had drugged Li Wan'er back then.
When he saw Li Wan'er again, she threw a contract at Li Xuan. Li Xuan opened it, confused, and saw it was a marriage agreement.
After reading the entire content, Li Xuan realized that the contract only required Li Xuan to pretend to be married to Li Wan'er. The compensation was as high as five hundred thousand.
For a beautiful woman like Li Wan'er, an ordinary person like Li Xuan was naturally tempted. Moreover, after receiving Li Wan'er's promise to help find the attackers, Li Xuan immediately agreed.
He thought everything would be very simple, but Li Xuan underestimated how the city people viewed someone like him from the countryside, especially someone without parents or a background. Everything Li Xuan encountered could be described as being treated as inferior.
Li Mingqi was Li Wan'er's father.
And the middle-aged woman who had been yelling at Li Xuan earlier was Li Wan'er's mother, Jiang Xiuying.
"It's taking this long to wash a bowl, what use are you, you good-for-nothing? Hurry up and go buy groceries. Wan'er's classmates are coming for dinner tonight. If you delay, I'll kick you out immediately!"
Just as Li Xuan was reminiscing about the past thirty years, Jiang Xiuying's voice suddenly boomed like thunder. Li Xuan smiled slightly at the sound, then put down the washed bowl and walked out the door.
"What's wrong with this kid today? He's still smiling after I yelled at him? Li Mingqi, could this kid have gone crazy?" As Li Xuan left, Jiang Xiuying looked at Li Mingqi in a daze.
"You, you should restrain yourself a little. The neighbors are all around, how can you let Wan'er hold her head high like this?" Li Mingqi said after looking up at Jiang Xiuying and sighing.
Jiang Xiuying stomped her foot and said, "Restrain what! I'm going to yell! If he can't stand it, he can get a divorce from Wan'er."
"I don't believe Wan'er really likes this kid. They've been married for five years, and you see him doing chores at home every day. What kind of future does he have? Do you plan to let your daughter spend the rest of her life with someone like this!"
"But the marriage is already done, what can you do? Wan'er privately got the marriage certificate with him back then, can you not acknowledge it? It's just that they've been married for five years and she hasn't gotten pregnant. That's a bit strange. Could it be that this kid is infertile?" Li Mingqi sighed and said somewhat puzzled.
"It's better that there are no children! I'm telling you, Wan'er's university classmate Zhuo Xian is coming to our house tonight. Zhuo Xian has already told me that as long as Wan'er is willing to divorce that good-for-nothing, Zhuo Xian will marry Wan'er. Tonight, you must cooperate with me. Do you understand!" Jiang Xiuying snorted coldly and then looked at Li Mingqi with a warning expression.
Li Mingqi immediately sat up straight and said in shock, "Zhuo Xian? Is he the young master of the Zhuo family in Hang City? This... If that Zhuo Xian is really willing to marry Wan'er, I agree to your request."