Jealousy.

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Rising from the pool and gently disconnecting from his wife, Tian Xing first spoke to Tsunade, "My vanilla, just let me know if you can't hold on any longer, okay?"

Lying down on the bathroom floor and spreading her legs wide, Tsunade smiled at her master and replied, "Of course, master. I will tell you when I can't bear the emotional pain anymore."

Nodding, Tian Xing then engaged in a rough session with her to release her pent-up jealousy. After a couple of hours, while tugging her smooth blonde hair, he finished inside his wife, who clung to him throughout the ordeal. For the second session, he made sure her throat was sore, as she was just a mortal unable to handle the sword of a cultivator.

Once again, he finished inside his wife, not wanting Tsunade to feel loved. Even though he knew she found this rough session enjoyable—because, according to her, it was very, very mild—Tian Xing continued with it. He did this only to make his intent clear: to show her that his wife was his alone at that current moment, given the intense jealousy he felt from just a single kiss alone.

"Husband, are you finished with her? Okay then, now it's my turn," Rita said.

Shaking his head, not wanting anything rough to happen to his wife, Tian Xing watched as she took his sword into her mouth, matching the rough rhythm he had used with Tsunade. Still unwilling to hurt her, he allowed Rita to guide his hands to grab her hair, just as he had done with the blonde. He remained silent, allowing Rita to lead the rough session, as there was nothing in him that desired such advances at the moment.

Releasing her husband's sword, Rita looked at Tian Xing with a hurt expression and said, "My love, I beg you, treat me like one of your toys in moments like these. I don't want you to lower your ego one bit just because of my feelings. So please, symphony?"

After wrestling with complicated emotions for a while, Tian Xing nodded and repeated what he had done to Tsunade, but even harder this time. He also slapped her face, feeling conflicted because he knew it was out of selfish desire, unlike her earlier discipline. He didn't stop there; he left red marks on her thighs, hips, and back, all stinging with pain. When he was ready to release his Yang Essence, he chose Tsunade instead of his wife and instructed her to clean her mouth thoroughly before kissing Tsunade with such intensity, to make his wife feel jealous as well.

But seeing Rita become excited rather than heartbroken—her body twitching from time to time—Tian Xing turned away from Tsunade. Looking at his wife, he asked curiously, "Do you enjoy this kind of rough treatment?"

Cleaning her mouth with her Water Dao, Rita crawled toward her husband, kissing him passionately until they were both breathless. Breaking away, she replied, "Of course, husband. I prefer being dominated in the first place. If I didn't like it, I probably wouldn't have allowed you to have a harem in the first place, love."

Nodding, Tian Xing turned toward his three beloveds and the two servants currently cooking for him: Tifa Lockhart and Aerith Gainsborough, disciples of Mai Shiranui. Raising his voice, he addressed them, "You heard her—my love likes to be dominated. But I don't like that idea one bit. Just thinking that some of you might try to do such things to my wife makes me want to kill you all! So if you don't let me be the one to do these extreme things, remember that she can only be dominated by me! Do you all understand?!"

"Yes, master."

Kissing her husband because she liked his over-the-top reaction, Margarita told him, rolling her eyes, "My symphony, oh my symphony. Trust me on this, will you?"

Seeing his confusion, she jogged his memory, "Remember the previous world where we lived on the mountain, when there was only Nadine? And remember when she and I talked about how you don't need constant supervision because you can tell who wants to exploit you?"

Noticing her husband's understanding, Rita continued, "So just as I trust you, trust me on this. I won't allow myself to be exploited or manipulated, my love. Falling that low would be a blockhead thing to do. Preference is different from character, my symphony. So trust me, okay?"

Despite the uncomfortable feeling of paranoid thoughts creeping in, Tian Xing finally nodded after a long pause, knowing he must fully trust his wife since their devotion to each other was intertwined. After feeling her rub his chest up and down—the thing he loved most because it quickly calmed him—he asked, "Aside from my vanilla here, who else do you trust not to exploit your preferences? I need to make accurate judgments."

Connected in body this time to her husband, Rita answered with a sigh, "Not many—only three people. My soulmate Tsunade here, your flower Curie there, and from your side, your dagger Yelena."

Stunned, he looked at Wanda, who had already regained her composure and was looking at him and Rita with embarrassment. Tian Xing asked, "Not her?"

Waving Wanda closer, Rita pinched both of her cheeks to present her to her husband. Turning to Tian Xing, she explained, "This friend of mine, love, would do anything to always be with you. So even if it meant getting rid of me to have more time with you, she wouldn't hesitate to express that desire. And it's become more apparent now that we've descended."

Stunned by his second favorite's odd expression, Tian Xing asked, "So?"

Shaking her head and pushing Wanda's face to play with her lips, Rita replied, "But all in all, she is still my best friend. Besides, I enjoy playing with her in this game of attracting your attention. So, just let the ladies do their thing, husband. There's no need for you to worry about it."

Looking at his arcane aesthetic that was now dominated by his wife, Tian Xing just played with her mystical wonder, knowing that at the end of the day, she likely wouldn't do anything drastic. Nodding to his wife, he continued, "What about the other one?"

"Unlike your dagger, Yelena, who loves us both equally and would give up her life without hesitation, Lanfear believes she would be better suited to lead the pavilion alongside you. She understands that, in terms of Dao, if not for my husband's personal guidance in teaching Tian Ming Dao, I would be left only with Water Dao, which is not very powerful. So, for her, it's purely about benefit and power, not about our mutual commitment of love."

"As for Ying Yue…"

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