287: Chapter 287 A Shocking Phenomenon: Nine-Colored Crimson Clouds and Ten Thousand Flames Burning the Sky

Those four crisp and loud cries of the infants seemed to contain some ancient and mysterious Dao mantras, penetrating through layers of palace walls and rippling across the entire sky of the Xu Family.

At the exact moment the cries subsided.

The Heaven and Earth phenomenon shrouding the sky above the Imperial Palace's backyard reached its most complete eruption.

On the left side of the horizon, the Nine-Colored Pill Clouds that were still churning and brewing suddenly expanded outward.

The Pill Clouds transformed into a sky-obscuring Nine-Colored Immortal Lotus, slowly blooming in the Void Realm. On every lotus petal, Wood Spirit Dao Patterns representing the ultimate vitality flowed.

A dense fragrance, so thick it almost became tangible, swept in all directions like a tidal wave.

Wherever this fragrance passed, withered trees on the Ninety-Nine Floating Divine Mountains of the Xu Family returned to life in spring, and countless rare Spirit Medicines that had long stopped growing began to sprout and head.

Even those Family elders whose blood and Qi had dried up due to years of secluded cultivation felt their depleted vitality being nourished upon smelling this pill fragrance, and a long-lost flush appeared on their originally pale faces.

Meanwhile, the sky on the right completely transformed into a kingdom of fire where destruction and rebirth intertwined.

The crimson-gold Origin of Ten Thousand Fires broke through the constraints of the clouds, turning into a vast sea of fire above the Nine Heavens. In the center of the sea of fire, two ten-thousand-foot-tall phantoms of a Dragon and a Phoenix, condensed from pure exotic fire, were circling and dancing with their heads and tails meeting.

Every time they flapped their wings, they left behind pitch-black cracks in the Void Realm that could not heal for a long time. The terrifying high temperature, enough to burn mountains and boil seas, caused the air over the Xu Family's main island to become distorted and boiling.

One on the left and one on the right, one of vitality and one of destruction.

Two completely different yet equally supreme Origin forces formed a magnificent scroll above the Xu Family that was worthy of being recorded in history.

Along with the birth of these two mythic-grade Physiques, the surrounding Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi seemed to receive some irresistible summons.

It began as a mere breeze, but quickly evolved into a Spiritual Qi storm that swept through heaven and earth.

The Spiritual Qi of more than half of the Central State was frantically pouring into the backyard of the Xu Family's Imperial Palace at a speed that could be described as terrifying.

A massive Spiritual Qi vortex, visible to the naked eye, even appeared in the Void Realm; at the center of the vortex were the two delivery rooms where Liu Hanyan and Xiao Yu were located.

These four newly born infants were like bottomless pits that could never be filled, greedily swallowing all the creations of heaven and earth.

"Not good! The divine fetuses have just descended, and the required Spiritual Qi is too immense. The surrounding space is about to be unable to withstand the pulling force of this backflow!"

Standing at the edge of the courtyard, the Grand Elder looked at the nearly violent Spiritual Qi vortex in the sky, a layer of cold sweat breaking out on his forehead.

If this Spiritual Qi storm were allowed to continue raging, let alone these two delivery rooms, the entire backyard of the Imperial Palace would probably be torn to shreds by the violent spatial turbulence.

Xu Changsheng, the head of the Xu Family who had been standing in the center of the courtyard with his hands behind his back, had a sharp light burst from his eyes.

This Ancient Great Emperor suddenly stomped his foot, and an imperial prestige that suppressed all ages soared into the sky.

"Pass down my decree: fully activate the Great Emperor Clan-Protecting Formation! Forcibly filter and purify the incoming Spiritual Qi; do not let a single trace of mixed Qi disturb my grandchildren!"

Along with Xu Changsheng's command.

The Imperial Pulse beneath the Xu Family, which had slept for countless eons, roared to life.

Radiant golden formation lines spread from the base of the Ninety-Nine Divine Mountains, like a massive golden net covering the sky, firmly sealing the entire Xu Family territory within.

The violent Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi pouring in was forcibly broken up and purified the moment it touched this golden net, turning into the gentlest Spiritual Qi rain that fell into the backyard like spring rain.

The Grand Elder and the others had just breathed a sigh of relief.

Above their heads in the sky, another change occurred.

In the central area where the Nine-Colored Pill Clouds and the Origin of Ten Thousand Fires converged, the originally clear sky darkened at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Rolling black clouds spread across the sky like ink, and within the heavy tribulation clouds, purple-black destructive lightning faintly flickered and moved.

A cold, ruthless pressure representing the will of heaven and earth firmly locked onto the two delivery rooms below.

These two divine fetuses, born with the Medicine God Physique and the Source of Ten Thousand Fires, had talents and potential that had already touched the bottom line of this world's Heavenly Dao.

The Heavenly Dao rules began to operate spontaneously, attempting to bring down a Lightning Tribulation to wipe out these two Heaven-Defying anomalies in their cradles.

"It's the Heavenly Punishment Lightning Tribulation..."

Ji Wushuang looked at the black tribulation clouds pressing lower and lower in the sky, a flash of Evil Qi appearing in her eyes. Just as she was about to take action, a powerful hand pressed down on her shoulder.

"Mother, leave this to me."

Xu Chen's voice was low and calm, yet it carried an unquestionable dominance.

He slightly raised his head, his deep black eyes staring directly at the rolling thunder in the sky, his gaze filled with cold frost.

His women had just given birth to his Bloodline for him, and their bodies were at their weakest. At this time, let alone a mere Heavenly Dao Lightning Tribulation, even if a true god of the Nine Heavens descended, he would kill them all the same.

Xu Chen took a step forward.

As this step landed, the space around him rippled. Like a teleportation, he directly passed through the Spiritual Qi vortex above the delivery rooms and stood firmly beneath that black mass of tribulation clouds.

His black python robe fluttered in the gale.

With his body alone, Xu Chen stood between the Heavenly Dao Lightning Tribulation and the two delivery rooms, like an insurmountable chasm.

Boom.

As if sensing Xu Chen's provocation, a furious roar erupted from the thick tribulation clouds. A bucket-thick purple-black lightning bolt tore through the Void Realm, carrying an aura of total destruction, and struck down toward the crown of Xu Chen's head.

"Begone."

Xu Chen's thin lips parted, uttering only a single word.

A purple-gold divine light that stood above all Daos and seemed capable of reshaping the rules of heaven and earth erupted from within Xu Chen's body.

The aggressive purple-black lightning, the moment it touched this layer of purple-gold divine light, was like snow falling into boiling lava; it was completely dissolved and disintegrated without even making a sound.

Not only that.

Xu Chen held his hands in a circle before his chest, and the Hongmeng Origin transformed into a massive Purple-Gold Taiji Diagram, slowly spreading out beneath his feet.

From one side of the Taiji diagram, countless purple-gold threads extended, precisely connecting into that Nine-Colored Pill Cloud.

On the other side, gentle waves spread out, covering that violent crimson-gold sea of fire.

"Hanyan, Xiao Yu, focus your minds and guard the one; absorb the Origin Qi I am passing to you."

Xu Chen's voice resonated through the Hongmeng Threads, sounding directly in the minds of his two wives who had just finished giving birth.

Standing in the Void Realm, he was not only using his Physical Body to resist the Heavenly Dao Lightning Tribulation, but was also performing three tasks at once.

He continuously funneled the purest, most inclusive life Origin from the Hongmeng Creation Body into the two delivery rooms.

Under the soothing and harmonizing influence of this Hongmeng Origin.

Liu Hanyan's Meridians, which were nearly exhausted from forcibly activating her Wood Spirit Body, began to recover rapidly. Meanwhile, the Origin of Ten Thousand Fires within Xiao Yu's body, which was on the verge of losing control due to childbirth, was forcibly suppressed back into her Dantian by this power, becoming docile once again.

The tribulation clouds in the sky were still rolling unwillingly, as if brewing an even more terrifying second wave of lightning punishment.

Xu Chen frowned slightly, a flash of impatience in his eyes.

He was in a hurry to go in and see his wives and children; he had no time to waste here with a bunch of broken clouds.

"I gave you an inch, and you really think you're the Dominator?"

Xu Chen snorted coldly and slowly raised his right hand.

In his palm, pure Law of Space and Hongmeng Origin intertwined and fused, transforming into an ancient and unadorned purple-gold longsword.

"Break."

Xu Chen turned his wrist, and with a sword strike from bottom to top, he slashed diagonally toward the thick tribulation clouds.

This sword strike seemed to slice through a piece of fragile white paper.

The black tribulation cloud that covered tens of thousands of miles and represented the will of the Heavenly Dao was split in half by this ordinary-looking sword strike.

The Hongmeng power of destruction contained within the Sword Qi frantically strangled along the rift.

In less than three breaths.

The Heavenly Dao tribulation cloud that terrified countless Cultivators was strangled to pieces, eventually turning into pure Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi that fed back into the Void Realm below.

The Lightning Tribulation dissipated.

The sky regained its clarity.

The two massive phenomena representing the Nine-Colored Pill Clouds and the Origin of Ten Thousand Fires, having lost the suppression of the Lightning Tribulation and been organized by the Hongmeng Origin, also began to slowly retract.

Ultimately, all the phenomena and light poured back into the two delivery rooms below, sinking into the bodies of the two newly born little lives.

In the air inside and outside the courtyard, only a refreshing fragrance and some residual heat remained.

Watching this scene, Xu Chen's tense nerves finally relaxed completely.

He dispersed the purple-gold longsword in his hand, slowly descended from the Void Realm, and stood firmly on the bluestone floor of the courtyard.

Listening to those two vigorous, harmonious cries of the infants from the delivery rooms.

On Xu Chen's cold and handsome face, a heartfelt and gentle smile finally bloomed.

Stepping out with his long legs, he strode toward the delivery room on the left that was heavily protected by a Wood Spirit Formation.

There, he had his gentle-as-water wife and his newly born flesh and blood.

The action of pushing open the carved wooden door was extremely gentle, as if he were afraid of disturbing the weakened beauty inside.

Amidst the soft creak of the door hinges, a thick scent of medicinal fragrance intertwined with the smell of blood wafted toward him.

Xu Chen crossed the threshold, his gaze instantly locking onto the woman on the bed who was pale yet smiling with immense satisfaction.