306: Chapter 306 A Garden Full of Splendor: A Prosperous Era of Family Harmony, and the Sound of Shattering Deep Within the Boundary Wall!

The night was like water, and the rolling suspended divine mountains of the Di Prefecture were now brightly lit.

The Xu Family main hall sat at the highest point where the dragon veins converged, with nine golden dragon-coiled pillars reaching into the clouds. At the top of the hall, a vast Star Map was engraved with a supreme Formation, continuously shedding soft starlight.

On both sides of the hall, twelve Auspicious Beasts cast in pure gold spat out Immortal Springs, turning into a lingering spiritual mist that made the entire hall look like an ancient immortal palace.

A grand Family banquet was being held solemnly amidst this full court of fragrance.

On the hundred-zhang-long white jade table, rare delicacies that Mortals wouldn't even dare to imagine the names of were laid out.

Ten-thousand-year Snow Spirit Vermilion Fruits emitting an enticing fragrance, Pure-blood True Dragon Bone Soup simmered for forty-nine days, and Dao-enlightening Immortal Brew stored in Mutton-fat Jade Bottles that could extend life and maintain youth. Every dish flowed with a rich aura of the Great Dao's Origin.

Xu Chen sat at the head of the table in the highest position, wearing his black python robe, exuding the majesty of the Young Master of the Imperial Clan ruling over the world.

He leaned slightly back against the chair, picked up a cup of immortal brew, and leisurely scanned the entire hall, taking in the beautiful picture of this prosperous Family harmony.

In the first seat on the left, the primary wife Su Qingge wore a dignified and elegant Phoenix-patterned Long Dress, fully displaying the poise of the main wife.

She was smiling and talking in low tones with Ji Wushuang beside her.

Further down, the atmosphere of the banquet became a bit more lively with a sense of competing for beauty.

Long Aoxue held a white jade wine cup, her long hair fluttering slightly, her vertical pupils glancing sideways at Feng Jiuyou opposite her.

Feng Jiuyou didn't back down at all, wearing a crimson dress like a burning Phoenix. These two top-tier prodigies with top-level Dragon and Phoenix Bloodlines loved to compete secretly in their daily lives, even comparing who could drink more, yet they both tactfully switched to tender smiles the moment Xu Chen's gaze swept over them.

The three peerless fairies, Jiang Liuli, Ye Qingwu, and Nangong Waner, were like a refreshing scenery.

Nangong Waner carefully wiped the sweat from Great Treasure's forehead as he ran around, while Jiang Liuli and Ye Qingwu smiled gracefully on the side, occasionally handing peeled immortal fruits to the sisters around them.

The Great Xia Beauties, Wu Mingkong and Princess Wu Weiyang, along with Mo Han, who had just confirmed she was pregnant with the shadow saint fetus, were specially protected at a seat with the gentlest Spiritual Qi.

Although Wu Mingkong had a baby bump, she still exuded the efficiency of an empress. She was quietly asking Hanyan and Xiao Yu, the two Beauties of the Dan Tower, about precautions for prenatal care.

Hanyan and Xiao Yu each held a pair of exquisitely carved Dragon and Phoenix Twins. The four little ones instinctively emitted nine-colored pill clouds and ten thousand fire phantoms, their babbling laughter echoing clearly in the spiritual mist, making the hearts of the surrounding maidservants melt.

In the seats on the right, even during a Family banquet, Shang Qingdai still wore those gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of her nose, playing with an abacus while discussing the next marketing plan for the Xu Family's Youth-Preserving Pill with Hua Jieyu.

Luo Hongyi and Bai Ningbing, who had been fighting tooth and nail just a few days ago, had seen their relationship undergo a world-shaking change after that night of Yin and Yang harmony.

Luo Hongyi drained the strong wine in her cup and casually stuffed a spiritual fruit into Bai Ningbing's mouth. Bai Ningbing glared at her with a face as cold as frost but didn't spit out the fruit, an imperceptible blush appearing on her cold face.

In the corner, Gong Yu's eyes were clear, like a pool of autumn water. She sat kneeling before a zither table, her fingers flying as a soothing and melodious immortal tune flowed through the hall, bringing the harmonious atmosphere to its peak.

"My dear wives, drink this cup to the full."

Hearing the voice of the head of the Family, all conversation in the hall instantly ceased. Over a dozen peerless beauties raised their jade cups in unison, their shimmering eyes all converging on the man at the highest point.

"May my Xu Family prosper for ten thousand generations, with Luck like a dragon."

The immortal brew entered their throats, turning into a surging warm current. The entire Xu Family main hall was immersed in an intoxicating tranquility of peaceful years.

After three rounds of wine, the night grew deeper.

The Family banquet concluded in a harmonious atmosphere. The women left with their children, leaving the quiet night to Xu Chen and Su Qingge.

At the peak of the Xu Family's main mountain, the Star Observation Platform.

This magnificent high platform, carved from a single piece of Extraterrestrial Meteorite, seemed as if one could pluck the stars from the Nine Heavens with a reach of the hand. The night wind blew gently, carrying away the residual smell of wine from the hall, but it could not disperse the deep affection between the two that had endured through the years.

Xu Chen stood by the white jade railing, pulling Su Qingge's soft, delicate body into his arms from behind.

Su Qingge leaned her head against Xu Chen's broad and solid shoulder, her deep, beautiful eyes gazing at the continuous, brilliantly lit Xu Family divine mountains below.

"Husband," Su Qingge's voice was soft and melodious, with a hint of drunkenness and contentment, "just now at the banquet, watching everyone laughing and talking, seeing Great Treasure and the others running around... for a moment, I felt that if time could just stop at this moment, how wonderful it would be."

Xu Chen tightened his arm around her slender waist, his chin lightly resting on her hair, greedily sniffing that familiar fragrance.

"This is just the beginning."

Xu Chen's tone was calm, yet it contained the unshakable will of a Saint King.

"As long as I am here, there will be no end to the Xu Family's prosperity. Every one of you, including our children, will stand undefeated in this era of great conflict. Nothing can break this peace."

Su Qingge looked up and planted a deep kiss on that peerlessly handsome face.

The stars filled the sky, and the reflections of the two overlapped on the jade floor of the Star Observation Platform, as if they could be frozen there until the end of time.

At the very moment this serenity and beauty reached its peak.

The Spiritual Qi between heaven and earth came to a complete standstill without any warning.

Not just the Spiritual Qi, but even the spatial Laws operating around the Star Observation Platform let out a tooth-aching grinding sound at this instant.

It was as if a pair of invisible hands, so massive they were beyond imagination, reached out from the endless abyss of the starry sky and forcefully choked the throat of this Universe.

Crack.

A dull cracking sound came from the deepest part of the vast firmament.

The sound wasn't loud; Cultivators below the Saint Realm couldn't even detect it. However, it carried a Soul-penetrating deterrent force, arrogantly tearing open the layers of cages set by the Heavenly Dao.

The smile on Xu Chen's face vanished instantly.

His tall frame erupted with the tangible pressure of a Saint King, and his purple-gold Grandmist blood qi soared into the sky, firmly shielding Su Qingge behind him.

Divine light flickered wildly in his deep black eyes, turning into two tangible beams of light that pierced the sky, pointing directly at the huge crack that had appeared out of nowhere in the depths of the starry sky.

At the same time.

Deep within Xu Chen's Sea of Consciousness, the System panel—which was usually silent and only lit up with a faint blue light when giving rewards—exploded with a blinding, blood-red light without warning.

The entire Sea of Consciousness was illuminated in a crimson hue.

Lines of large characters, carrying an absolute sense of crisis and pressure, rapidly refreshed on the light screen.

[Cross-realm Radar warning triggered.]

[Warning: Detected that the Lower Realm's Planar Barrier has been forcibly torn open.]

[Target locked: Lower Realm Ascendant.]

[Luck Rank: Maximum Limit.]

[Identity Determination: Daughter of Destiny.]

Looking at the coordinate indicator flashing with blood-red light in his mind, Xu Chen's blood qi completely boiled after a brief moment of shock.

Lower Realm Ascension.

Daughter of Destiny.

Such shocking and massive Luck was simply unheard of.

Xu Chen stood at the edge of the Star Observation Platform with his hands behind his back, letting the violent night wind whip his black python robe.

Behind him, Su Qingge sensed the dramatic change in her husband's aura and stepped forward to grasp his large hand.

"Husband, what has happened?"

Xu Chen gripped that soft, boneless hand back, the corners of his mouth slowly curling into an arc that was three parts wicked and seven parts domineering.

He had originally thought that after completely consolidating the Family's foundation, he would face a long and boring period of secluded cultivation. He hadn't expected that an ultimate prey, carrying heaven-shaking Luck, would actually crash through the Boundary Wall and deliver itself to his doorstep.

Xu Chen looked up at the starry sky, which was churning violently.

"Qingge, it seems my peaceful days are over," Xu Chen chuckled, his eyes sharp as knives as he stared at the expanding void crack. "An extremely rare wild cat has broken into our territory."