290: Chapter 290 System's Chain Explosion: An Incredibly Satisfying Settlement

On the ice-jade soft couch, Xiao Yu's rapid breathing had completely stabilized.

This Dan Tower wildcat, who was usually so strong-willed, was now like an insecure porcelain doll, tightly clutching one of Xu Chen's fingers as she fell into a deep, sweet dream.

Beside Xiao Yu, in a fireproof cradle, the newly born myriad fire twins were heartlessly blowing bubbles of crimson-gold flames, sleeping soundly.

Xu Chen sat quietly on the edge of the bed, maintaining his hand-holding posture without moving. On the surface, this Young Master of the Imperial Clan was affectionately watching over his lovely wife, but in reality, his entire mind had already been completely swallowed by an unprecedented "System Earthquake" within his Sea of Consciousness.

The silent panel that usually emitted a faint blue cold light had now transformed into a blinding blood-red sun.

Countless complex and profound Great Dao runes were frantically flowing, deconstructing, and reorganizing at the edges of the panel.

A series of mechanical notification sounds exploded in quick succession deep within Xu Chen's mind, like Nine Heavens divine thunder.

【Ding!】

【Double Mythic-grade Physique stacking judgment successful!】

【Epic achievement reached: Four new additions in a single day!】

【Hidden Karma bond (Life and Destruction) triggered. Great Dao Luck extraction complete. Critical hit multiplier maxed out!】

【Reward settlement officially issued—】

Boom.

As this line of bold blood-red text froze, a light that made Xu Chen's Soul tremble erupted within the System space. The first reward, carrying an extremely dense aura of Life Origin, dropped directly into Xu Chen's System inventory.

【Congratulations to the Host for obtaining: Creation Divine Liquid (Ten Drops)!】

【Note: This is the Primordial Water of Life condensed when the world first opened and before all things were born. A single drop down the throat can bring the dead back to life, regrow flesh on bones, and reshape all flawed Physiques and Divine Soul damage in the world, ignoring any Realm barriers or Heavenly Dao backlash.】

Looking at the ten droplets emitting nine-colored radiance floating quietly in the System space, Xu Chen's pupils contracted imperceptibly.

Good stuff! This was a peerless treasure that couldn't even be found in the Xu Family's core treasury.

In Xu Chen's mind, the image of that slender figure immediately appeared—the one in the flying boat's luxury cabin who, after bathing and burning incense, knelt before her zither with her eyes covered.

The blind girl zitherist, Gong Yu. That silly girl who was willing to give up everything for him, even setting aside life and death.

Xu Chen calculated silently to himself.

With these ten drops of Creation Divine Liquid, let alone curing Gong Yu's eyes, even making her already clear Zither Heart undergo another transformation and sublimation would be more than enough. Xu Chen always kept his word; he had promised to let that girl see the light again, and now he finally had the perfect bargaining chip.

Before Xu Chen could recover from the surprise of the Creation Divine Liquid, the System's second heavy-hitting bombshell followed immediately, crashing down.

【Congratulations to the Host for obtaining: Nine Heavens and Ten Lands Void Crossing Formation Plate (Full Set)!】

【Note: Smelted from Ancient Space Divine Iron and Void Behemoth cores. Ignores planar barriers and Void turbulence. The Host only needs to imprint Divine Soul coordinates in two locations to instantly establish an extremely stable cross-domain passage capable of accommodating a million-strong army passing through simultaneously.】

Xu Chen's breath caught, and his heart pounded uncontrollably.

This was like being given a top-quality jade pillow just as he was getting drowsy.

During this accidental displacement to the Eastern Desolation via the underground palace teleportation array, although he had flourished there—not only taking over the Myriad Treasures Tower but also conveniently winning over the Great Xia Dynasty's Wu Mingkong Mingkong and Princess Wu Weiyang—

—a stone had always been hanging in his heart.

Those two lovely wives of the Great Xia Dynasty were now carrying his flesh and blood, with only Mo Han of the Shadow Kill—who excelled at assassination but was poor at direct protection—staying behind to guard them. Although the Eastern Desolation was remote, it would ultimately be a hidden danger if targeted by some blind Holy Lands.

He was originally having a headache over how to use those Divine Stones from the Xu Family treasury to spend time and effort building a cross-domain teleportation array.

Now it was fine; the System had directly given him a finished set. As long as he found a place with good Feng Shui and slapped down this Formation Plate, he could return to the Eastern Desolation at any time and comfortably bring his Great Xia Dynasty harem to the Central State to enjoy life.

However, this Formation Plate, which was enough to make even a Great Emperor envious, was merely a transition in this chain of explosions.

What truly made Xu Chen experience what "becoming rich overnight" and "God-tier tycoon dimensional reduction strike" meant were the two blinding golden lights that followed.

【Congratulations to the Host for obtaining: extreme dao imperial weapon · Heaven-Slaying Sword!】

【Congratulations to the Host for obtaining: extreme dao imperial weapon · World-Suppressing Bell!】

【Note: Both emperor artifacts have had the Karma imprints of previous Great Emperors completely erased. The Host can directly perform blood recognition without the need for nurturing to exert 100% of their ultimate power! The Heaven-Slaying Sword focuses on offense, its edge capable of severing star rivers; the World-Suppressing Bell focuses on defense, its chime able to suppress the universe for eternity.】

Two flawless extreme dao imperial weapons!

Xu Chen looked at the sword and bell in the System space. That ultimate pressure belonging to the Great Emperor level, even across the System panel, made his throat feel dry.

One for offense and one for defense—a perfect match.

An uncontrollable, wild smile curled at the corners of Xu Chen's mouth.

With these two emperor artifacts by his side, combined with his Hongmeng Creation Origin Body, he could walk sideways through this vast Star Domain of the Central State. If anyone displeased him, he could simply manifest the World-Suppressing Bell to smash them into a daze, then use the Heaven-Slaying Sword to uproot their Sect.

On the System panel, the final line of blood-red text representing the ultimate settlement slowly emerged, accompanied by a dull boom.

【Ultimate Settlement: Massive pure cultivation feedback. Infusion countdown: Three, two...】

The moment he saw these words...

The smile on Xu Chen's face froze completely, and the hairs all over his body stood on end.

He remembered clearly that every time he fathered a child with a high-scoring female lead, the cultivation feedback from the System was enormous. Not to mention this time, it was four new additions in a single day—an epic stacking of double Mythic-grade Physiques!

Once this cultivation burst forth in the delivery room, let alone the weakened Xiao Yu, even the two newly born myriad fire twins beside her would be crushed into meat paste by this violent energy ripple!

"Damn it, System, pick a better place!"

Xu Chen cursed inwardly.

Only one second left on the countdown.

Without any hesitation, Xu Chen condensed a wisp of extremely gentle spiritual energy at his fingertip and tapped Xiao Yu's sleep acupoint with lightning speed, ensuring she wouldn't be startled awake by the coming commotion.

Immediately after, he withdrew his finger from Xiao Yu's grasp as if getting an electric shock, then pulled up the snow-silk quilt to cover the mother and her three children tightly.

The moment he finished doing all this.

A massive, incredibly pure cultivation Origin that defied description, like an overturned heavenly river bursting its banks, was born directly from the void and crashed brutally into Xu Chen's limbs and bones!

Boom.

Xu Chen felt as if his Dantian was about to be burst open directly.

Those incredibly tough Saint Meridians, under this overwhelming infusion of cultivation, instantly expanded to their limit, and a layer of faint purple-gold blood vessels even appeared on the surface.

His body temperature soared in an instant, his skin turning red like a branding iron.

A terrifying pressure belonging to the Saint Peak, even faintly touching a higher level, was about to break out of control from within his body.

"Lock down!"

Xu Chen gritted his teeth hard, pushing his Hongmeng Creation Origin Body to its limit. The purple-gold Origin within his body transformed into countless heavy shackles, forcibly suppressing that violent energy trying to break out of his body within his flesh and bones.

The veins on his forehead bulged, and cold sweat dripped from his jawline onto the bluestone floor, making a soft sound.

He couldn't have a Breakthrough here.

He absolutely could not release his aura here.

Xu Chen held his breath, not even daring to step firmly for fear of cracking the floor tiles and disturbing Xiao Yu on the bed.

Like a living volcano ready to erupt at any moment, he moved out of the delivery room door with stiff and repressed steps, one by one.

Creak.

The carved wooden door was gently closed behind him.

The moment he stepped out of the room, the slightly cool early morning breeze brushed against Xu Chen's handsome face, which had become somewhat distorted due to his endurance.

He stood in the center of the flower sea in the Imperial Palace's backyard, which had just been washed by the phenomenon, and looked up at the azure sky above.

The cultivation within his body, which was being bitterly suppressed by the Hongmeng Origin, had reached a critical threshold.

That Realm barrier which had troubled countless Prodigies for a lifetime felt, in his perception, like a thin sheet of window paper—a gentle poke would shatter it completely.