317: Chapter 317 The Exclusive God-Level Gift Pack for Stay-at-Home Dads

A deep blue translucent light screen shimmered faintly in the night.

Xu Chen stood on the white jade steps of the long corridor, his gaze scanning the flickering text upon it. He did not claim the rewards immediately, instead turning to glance at the tightly shut doors of the delivery room behind him.

From inside the room, the faint sounds of midwives moving with light steps could be heard; his two exhausted wives had already fallen into a deep sleep. Two steady, long breaths, interlaced with the occasional weak murmurs of infants, felt exceptionally peaceful in the quiet night.

Xu Chen beckoned with his hand.

Several Xu Family Shadow Guards hidden in the darkness emerged like ghosts, kneeling on one knee.

“Guard this place well. Not even a single fly is allowed inside,” Xu Chen commanded in a low voice.

The Shadow Guards nodded silently, their figures merging back into the surrounding shadows, surrounding the entire delivery room so tightly that not even a drop of water could leak through.

Having arranged everything properly, Xu Chen strode with his long legs along the starlit corridor toward his side hall. Tonight, he needed an absolutely quiet environment to properly digest the grand gift brought by these twin offspring.

Pushing open the carved wooden doors of the side hall, the room was filled with the scent of sandalwood incense that calmed the mind.

Xu Chen walked to a large red sandalwood chair and sat down, resting his chin on one hand as his thoughts flickered.

The light screen floating deep in his mind immediately began to refresh rapidly.

【Settlement Complete】

【Host has achieved special achievement: Dragon and Phoenix Bringing Prosperity】

【Detected that offspring possess two top-tier Physiques: Pure-Blood True Dragon and Nine Nether Divine Phoenix, and the intersection of Yin and Yang has triggered the Laws of Heaven and Earth, activating a rare Critical Hit mechanism!】

【Congratulations to the Host for obtaining Divine Ability: Heavenly Dao Divine Pupils】

【Congratulations to the Host for obtaining resources: 100,000 units of top-grade divine source】

【Cultivation feedback has been automatically channeled into the Host's Dantian; Saint King Realm foundation deepened】

Looking at this series of rewards scrolling across the screen, a sharp light ignited in Xu Chen's deep eyes.

The hardships of these ten months of pregnancy have finally seen a return. As soon as the two little ones hit the ground, they delivered a weighty meeting gift to their father.

A mysterious energy, so vast it was suffocating, appeared out of thin air deep within his Sea of Consciousness.

This energy did not circulate through any Meridians, instead transforming directly into two scalding torrents that crashed arrogantly into his eyes.

Xu Chen abruptly closed his eyes, his hands tightly gripping the armrests of the grand chair.

The red sandalwood armrests emitted a crisp cracking sound under the pressure of his fingers. The temperature coming from his eyeballs grew higher and higher, as if two balls of fire were burning fiercely in his pupils, and as if countless tiny carving knives were etching intricate ancient runes onto his optic nerves.

This transformation brought no pain; instead, it carried a sense of liberation, like a butterfly emerging from its cocoon.

After the time it takes for half an incense stick to burn, that scorching sensation finally receded like a tide.

Xu Chen slowly opened his eyes.

No piercing golden light lit up within the side hall; everything seemed normal. Xu Chen walked to a full-length bronze mirror nearby and examined himself in the reflection.

Deep within his pupils, an extra circle of fine, intricate golden Formation markings had appeared. These markings moved slowly like living things, rotating with his breath, exuding a supreme majesty capable of piercing through all illusions in the world.

This was the Heavenly Dao Divine Pupils.

With a thought, Xu Chen activated the Laws within his eyes.

The world before him underwent a world-shaking transformation in an instant.

The thick walls of the side hall became translucent in his vision. He clearly saw threads of Spiritual Qi flowing inside the walls in intricate patterns; these threads intertwined to form the basic defensive Formation of this Xu Family side hall.

The Formation nodes and energy centers that originally required a massive amount of Divine Thought to carefully perceive and deduce were now as dazzling as fireflies in the night sky in Xu Chen's eyes.

He could even see several minor points of Spiritual Qi stagnation within the Formation at a single glance. If he wished, a casual strike on those stagnant points would cause this Formation—strong enough to withstand a Saint's attack—to instantly collapse.

Not only that, Xu Chen looked up, his gaze penetrating the roof of the side hall to look at the night sky outside.

Above the entire Xu Family estate, a thick layer of golden Luck was shrouded.

He clearly saw that in the direction of the delivery room, there were two newborn Luck signatures in the forms of a Dragon and Phoenix, continuously nourishing that massive Luck Golden Dragon of the Xu Family that spiraled among the clouds.

“Able to see through the illusions of Formations, and perceive the Karma of Luck.”

Xu Chen deactivated the Divine Ability, and the golden Formation markings in his eyes faded into the darkness. He rubbed his chin with satisfaction.

With these Heavenly Dao Divine Pupils, as he walked the Upper Realm in the future, whether it be the labyrinthine Formations of ancient ruins or assassins hidden in the Void Realm, they would all be as if non-existent before him. This dimension-reducing intelligence-gathering capability undoubtedly made his hidden trump cards even more unfathomable.

After testing the divine pupils, Xu Chen shifted his attention to the second reward.

top-grade divine source, 100,000 units.

Divine source was the hard currency used by Upper Realm Cultivators for trade and cultivation. For an ordinary Holy Land or Sect, unearthing even a single unit of Low Grade divine source would be enough to make the Disciples celebrate for days.

Yet a piece of top-grade divine source, even the size of a fingernail, contained enough pure Spiritual Qi to allow a Half-Saint expert to skip a hundred years of bitter cultivation and directly break through a Bottleneck.

Strategic resources of this level were usually only held within the core treasuries of Ancient Imperial Clans and Everlasting Families.

The System’s gift was 100,000 units right off the bat.

Xu Chen opened his right hand, and a flash of light appeared in his palm.

A fist-sized crystal, translucent and amber-colored throughout, appeared in his hand. The interior of the crystal seemed to encapsulate a flowing river of stars, emitting a soft yet extremely powerful surge of Spiritual Qi.

Just by holding this piece of top-grade divine source in his hand, the concentration of Spiritual Qi within the side hall soared at a visible rate. Even the few ornamental spiritual plants placed in the corners grew rapidly under the nourishment of this aura, sprouting tender green leaves.

Xu Chen tightened his palm and circulated the Hongmeng Creation Art.

A wisp of crystal-clear Origin Qi was drawn out from the divine source, flowing through his arm and into his entire body.

It was like sweet rain after a long drought.

His Dantian, which had just undergone a significant depletion, was instantly filled by this pure energy. The cultivation barrier that had been resting at the Saint King Realm became even more solid and heavy under the washing of this energy.

Xu Chen let out a comfortable sigh.

These 100,000 units of top-grade divine source could not only make his own cultivation speed advance by leaps and bounds, but they could also serve as a powerful boost to the Family's foundation. If used to train Shadow Guards and death soldiers, the Xu Family's overall strength would see a blowout explosion in a short period.

Xu Chen returned the top-grade divine source to the System space, leaned back, and crossed his legs on the red sandalwood desk.

“Others fight until they are bloodied and near death in Secret Realms just to snatch a bit of cultivation resources.”

Xu Chen picked up the spiritual tea on the table that had already grown somewhat cold, took a shallow sip, and the corners of his mouth curled into a smile that was thirty percent proud and seventy percent insightful.

“I only need to lie at home, flirting with my wives and having a few children, to obtain the trump cards and resources that others couldn't earn in several lifetimes.”

Xu Chen set the teacup down and rested his hands behind his head, looking at the ceiling carved with patterns of Auspicious Beasts.

“The ancients did not deceive me; making babies is truly the primary productive force.”

The night grew deeper, and the sound of the night watchman's clapper drifted from afar.