Just then, a spatial ripple occurred, and Zhao Ling's figure appeared.
Looking at his three beloved wives playing with the little toddlers in the courtyard, Zhao Ling felt a sense of bewilderment.
He clearly felt like he had only spent a few days in the God Realm and the eighteen realms within his dantian.
Yet, five years had actually passed in the outside world, and even the little lives in Yin'er, Rou'er, and Long'er's wombs had been born one after another.
This feeling was truly peculiar. Zhao Ling sighed and said to the three women, "Yin'er, Long'er, Rou'er, your husband has returned…"
The three beloved wives, who were coaxing the little toddlers, heard the suddenly appearing voice that was so familiar to their bones, and felt a sense of unreality.
Ah Yin turned her head to look at Liu Erlong and Xiao Rou, tentatively asking, "Did I just hear our husband's voice? Am I hallucinating because I miss him too much?"
"I also felt like I heard our husband's voice just now. Perhaps we really miss him too much?"
Liu Erlong nodded in agreement, also complaining about Zhao Ling's flirtatious nature.
Xiao Rou pondered for a moment, then shook her head. "It shouldn't be the case, right? Among our many sisters, who isn't a beautiful woman?"
"Putting aside others, just look at Sister Na'er. Her beauty, her temperament, who in the Douluo Continent can surpass her?"
"But… before our husband left Heaven Dou City, he hadn't been able to win over Sister Na'er."
"Who knows if he's been sulking because of this, and that's why he hasn't been willing to come back?"
Liu Erlong pouted discontentedly and sighed heavily.
"Ah, I feel like compared to Sister Na'er, all of us sisters seem insignificant."
"Our husband hasn't come back to see us sisters for five years just because he didn't get her. Hmph, scumbag."
Zhao Ling's lips twitched violently as he listened to Liu Erlong's complaint.
This girl really thought of him as that kind of super scumbag. He raised his hand and patted Liu Erlong's fragrant shoulder.
"Good heavens, Long'er, so that's how you see your husband? You're really something…"
Hearing this voice and feeling the pat on her shoulder, Liu Erlong was also greatly startled, and the child she was holding flew up.
Fortunately, that child, like her other sisters, could fly from birth.
Then, she flew in the air herself, complaining unhappily to Liu Erlong, "Mom, why did you throw me?
If I couldn't fly, what if I fell to my death? Wouldn't I have died unjustly?"
Then, the little infant flew in front of Zhao Ling, carefully sized him up, and asked, "Are you Lan'er's father?"
Zhao Ling smiled and nodded, then hugged the little infant flying in front of him, gently comforting her.
"Yes, I am your sisters' father. I'm sorry, due to some circumstances, I came back late and couldn't be here to see you when you were born."
"Your mother is a bit rash. Did she scare you just now? I apologize to you on her behalf."
"It's okay, anyway, I could fly as soon as I was born, so I'm not afraid of falling."
The little infant looked at Zhao Ling with her beautiful big eyes, then smiled happily.
"Wow, Daddy is really so good-looking. No wonder so many mothers like Daddy…"
At this moment, the little infants in Ah Yin and Xiao Rou's arms saw their father return and began to struggle restlessly in their mothers' arms, calling out.
"Daddy, Daddy, I want Daddy…"
Ah Yin and Xiao Rou were also helpless and let go of the children in their arms.
Then, two more little toddlers flew in front of Zhao Ling, calling out.
"Sister (Little Sister) Lan'er, don't keep clinging to Daddy. We want Daddy to hold us too."
"No way, you guys wait a bit longer. I want my super handsome Daddy to hold me a bit longer."
Zhao Lan was simply unwilling to leave Zhao Ling's embrace.
So the other two little toddlers could only fly onto Zhao Ling's shoulders and lie there, the two sisters puffing out their cheeks as they looked at Zhao Lan clinging to Zhao Ling.
Ah Yin, Liu Erlong, and Xiao Rou had now finally confirmed Zhao Ling's return and came to his side.
"Husband, you're finally back. We thought you were sulking and wouldn't come back because Sister Na'er didn't give you a chance?"
Liu Erlong pouted discontentedly, complaining to Zhao Ling.
"That's right, husband, why did you leave for so long this time? It made us sisters worry about your safety."
Ah Yin also nodded, secretly grumbling in her heart. In the past, her husband often wrote in his diary.
But in the last five years, her husband hadn't written a single diary entry.
This made it impossible for them sisters to confirm whether their husband was still alive through his diary.
"Husband, in the future, you're not allowed to just leave for several years at a time, making us sisters feel so uneasy…"
Xiao Rou also nodded heavily. For her, she had experienced enough days of worrying about her loved ones.
In the past, it was Xiao Wu's father, and now it was Zhao Ling. She really didn't want to live such anxious days anymore.
"You three silly girls, in the current state of the Douluo Continent, who can pose a life-threatening danger to your husband?" Zhao Ling replied to the three women with a smile.
"Your husband just thought that Ping'an, that little rascal, was too naughty, so I planned to take that girl Yan'er to deal with him for a while."
"I thought I'd take advantage of that time to simply perfect the eighteen realms within my dantian, so I had Dong'er prepare a room for me to cultivate in seclusion."
"Then I went to the God Realm to absorb a lot of heaven and earth essence, and also drew the excess heaven and earth essence from this Douluo mortal realm to perfect the eighteen realms."
Zhao Ling sighed heavily and continued, adding, "I myself felt like I only spent a few days at most in the God Realm and the eighteen realms."
"But who would have thought that when I finished perfecting the eighteen realms to a certain extent, the result was five years later? I was completely dumbfounded at the time."
Zhao Ling wore an exaggerated expression on his face.
"Do you know, as soon as I came out of the secluded room, I encountered a six-year-old boy hugging my leg and calling me father?
He even cried and asked me if I knew how he had spent these five years. I was completely stunned at the time."
The three women couldn't help but burst into laughter as they listened to Zhao Ling's vivid performance.
They couldn't help but feel sorry for that little rascal Zhao Ping'an.
Five years of being dealt with by his older sister… perhaps this period would be a lifelong nightmare for that child?
"So that's how it is. Then… husband, can all of us sisters now become gods in your eighteen realms?"
Ah Yin thought of this question immediately. For them, who had long since reached the Titled Douluo or even Limit Douluo level, becoming gods now was the top priority.
Only by becoming gods could they walk with their husband forever. How could they not care?