289: Chapter 289 Auspicious Dragon and Phoenix (Part 2): Xiao Yu's Twin Origins of Myriad Fires

The space Laws around Xu Chen vibrated violently as he turned into an afterimage, directly crashing through the red-hot Red Sandalwood door of the delivery room on the right.

Even with Xu Chen's current Saint Realm cultivation, the moment he stepped over the threshold, he still felt a wave of scorching heat hitting him in the face. The interior of the delivery room was like an ignited volcanic furnace.

The air was filled with dense fire-attribute Spiritual Qi. This was because Xiao Yu, in her extreme weakness while struggling to give birth, had lost control, causing the Three Thousand Blazing Flames—her innate essence flame—to go slightly out of control.

The Saint-rank Array Runes on the walls, used to stabilize the space, were melting and disintegrating at a visible rate under the high temperature of this essence flame.

A few maids with weaker cultivation had even been forced into the corners by the heatwave, their sweat evaporating into white mist as soon as it appeared. Only a few midwives at the Half-Saint Realm still guarded the bedside, circulating their spiritual power to hold on bitterly.

On the large soft couch carved from Ten-thousand-year Ice Jade...

Two infants wrapped in crimson-gold flames lay there side by side.

They were not wrapped in swaddling clothes like ordinary babies, as common fabric simply could not withstand the temperature of their bodies.

These two balls of flame were not Xiao Yu's Three Thousand Blazing Flames, but a mutated and sublimated mythical Physique formed by the combination of Xu Chen's Hongmeng Body and their mother's essence flame—the [Source of Ten Thousand Flames]!

Two miniature fire spirit phantoms, a dragon and a phoenix, were circling the little ones happily, letting out crisp cries and even greedily devouring the surrounding rampaging aura of the Three Thousand Blazing Flames, as if it were just their first snack after birth.

Seeing these two little ones safe and sound, even waving their tiny fists and playing with the flames, Xu Chen's heart finally settled.

medicine god twins, myriad fire twins!

Within a single day, the Xu Family had added four children, and all of them were Dragon and Phoenix Twins with mythical Physiques! Such Heaven-Defying Luck was enough to make all the overlord forces in the Central Continent go mad with envy.

"Young... Young Lord..."

The head Midwife called out in a raspy voice when she saw Xu Chen enter, as if seeing a savior.

Xu Chen didn't waste words.

The Hongmeng Creation Origin Body within him instantly operated to its limit, and a Purple-Gold Divine Radiance, more ancient and domineering than any essence flame, swept out from his body, instantly covering the entire delivery room.

This Hongmeng Origin was like a reversed heavenly river, forcefully washing away the rampaging Spiritual Qi of the Three Thousand Blazing Flames.

In less than three breaths, the terrifying high temperature in the delivery room, enough to melt Dao Gold, was suppressed by Xu Chen with absolute strength. The air became cool again, and the crumbling array runes stopped melting.

"You all may leave now."

Xu Chen waved his hand, dismissing the exhausted midwives and maids.

Then, he strode to the bedside.

On the bed, Xiao Yu was slumped weakly against the ice jade pillow like a ragdoll.

This tsundere little wildcat, who usually walked tall in the Dan Tower and dared to set people on fire at the slightest disagreement, was now in an unprecedented state of disarray. Her fiery red hair was soaked with sweat and stuck messily to her cheeks. Her lips were pale and cracked, and even her breathing had become intermittent.

But even though she was weak to the extreme...

When she saw Xu Chen walking over, a glimmer of stubbornness and defiance still flashed in her eyes, which were somewhat unfocused due to exhaustion.

"You... what are you doing here..."

Xiao Yu bit her pale lips, her voice as thin as a thread, yet she was still stubborn: "Don't think... just because I gave birth... I'll be like that woman Liu Hanyan... and be completely submissive to you..."

Instead of being angry, a soft look of indulgence appeared in Xu Chen's eyes.

He didn't go to pick up the two infants still playing with fire but sat directly on the edge of the bed. He reached out his long, powerful arms and domineeringly yet carefully pulled the sweat-drenched, stubborn woman, along with the quilt, into his broad embrace.

"Yes, yes, you are the most amazing."

Xu Chen lowered his head, his chin resting gently on the top of Xiao Yu's head, which was still radiating heat.

"You are the little wildcat of the Dan Tower, a tough character who can even subdue the Three Thousand Blazing Flames. How would I dare to expect you to be submissive?"

Xu Chen's voice was deep and magnetic, carrying a magic that could soothe all pain.

As he embraced her, a wave of gentle and pure Primordial Qi flowed from his large palm against her back, slowly injecting into her nearly depleted Dantian, carefully nourishing the Meridians damaged by her forced activation of her essence flame.

Feeling that familiar, intoxicatingly domineering aura and the warmth inside her like rain after a long drought...

Xiao Yu's body, which had wanted to struggle a bit, instantly went soft.

All her pretenses and tsundere attitude completely collapsed in the arms of this man she could rely on for a lifetime.

"Bastard..."

Xiao Yu buried her face deep into Xu Chen's chest, her tears bursting out without warning, instantly soaking Xu Chen's spotless Gold-threaded Python Robe.

"I just... I really thought I wouldn't be able to suppress that fire just now..."

She sobbed, her hands tightly clutching the lapel of Xu Chen's chest as if grabbing onto her last lifeline: "I was so scared... I was so scared I'd never see you again..."

Listening to the vulnerable, tearful confession of the woman in his arms...

Xu Chen's heart suddenly throbbed with pain.

He tightened his arms forcefully, as if to rub her into his very bones and blood.

"Don't talk such nonsense."

Xu Chen turned his head slightly and gave a heavy kiss to Xiao Yu's tear-stained and sweat-drenched cheek.

"With your husband here, no fire in this world can harm you. Even if the King of Heaven himself comes, he would have to step over my corpse."

Xu Chen's tone carried an arrogance and dominance that stood above all Daos. But to Xiao Yu's ears, these words were a hundred times more beautiful than any love song in the world.

"You are the greatest hero."

Xu Chen gently wiped away the tears from the corners of Xiao Yu's eyes with his thumb, his gaze turning to the two infants born from the Source of Ten Thousand Flames.

"Not only did you give birth to two Sources of Ten Thousand Flames for me, but you even brought along the Heavenly Dao's Lightning Tribulation."

Hearing Xu Chen praise her as the greatest hero and specifically mention the commotion she had caused...

A smug blush finally appeared on Xiao Yu's pale cheeks.

"Of course... how could the children I, Xiao Yu, gave birth to be worse than Liu Hanyan's..."

Although she was still comparing, the hostile tone of the past was gone, replaced only by the pride of a new mother.

Xu Chen smiled and shook his head, not exposing her.

He reached out his hands and carefully picked up the two little ones, who were covered in crimson-gold flames.

Miraculously, when these two divine fetuses with the Source of Ten Thousand Flames touched Xu Chen's palms covered in Hongmeng Origin, the flames on their bodies actually retracted obediently, revealing their delicate, jade-like little faces.

"The boy looks like me; with those arrogant eyes, he'll definitely be a Devil King in the future. The girl looks like you; when she grows up, she'll also be a fiery little wildcat."

Holding the children, Xu Chen leaned in close to Xiao Yu.

Looking at her son and daughter, the sharpness in Xiao Yu's eyes completely turned into a pool of spring water. She reached out a finger and gently teased the little ones' noses.

"Husband, give them names."

Xu Chen looked at the dawn light breaking outside the window and pondered for a moment.

"This Source of Ten Thousand Flames is the purest destruction and rebirth in heaven and earth. The boy shall be named Xu Yan; may he be like the blazing sun and fierce fire, burning away all the world's falsehoods. The girl shall be named Xu Linger; may she be as agile as a fire spirit, eternal through Nirvana."

"Xu Yan... Xu Linger..."

Xiao Yu softly repeated the two names, a satisfied smile curving her lips.

After struggling all night, wandering on the edge of life and death, and even facing the danger of her essence flame backfiring, Xiao Yu now felt an unprecedented wave of exhaustion wash over her in Xu Chen's warm embrace while hearing her children's names.

"I'm so tired..."

Xiao Yu murmured, her eyelids beginning to droop.

"Sleep, I'll be here with you."

Xu Chen placed the babies back onto the ice jade soft couch and pulled over a Snow Silkworm Silk Quilt, carefully covering Xiao Yu.

He sat by the bedside just like that, one hand tightly grasped in Xiao Yu's palm, while the other continuously channeled Hongmeng Origin to nourish her Meridians.

Just as Xiao Yu's steady and long breathing gradually filled the delivery room...

Deep within Xu Chen's mind...

The System panel, which had remained silent, suddenly erupted with an unprecedented piercing red light.

Immediately after, a series of mechanical notification sounds, as if they were going to burst his Sea of Consciousness, began to flood the screen!

[Ding!]

[Congratulations to the Host! Successfully sired mythical offspring (medicine god twins) with the Wood Spirit Body (Liu Hanyan)!]

[Congratulations to the Host! Successfully sired mythical offspring (myriad fire twins) with the Essence Flame Host (Xiao Yu)!]

[Detected that the Host has achieved the epic achievements: "Four Children Added in a Single Day" and "Double Dragon and Phoenix Twins"!]

[Hidden Karma bond triggered (The Twin Prides of the Dan Tower: Life and Destruction)!]

[Extracting Great Dao Luck frantically...]

[Double stacked critical strike rewards, calculating—!]