77: I'm about to have a baby.

"Eastern Wasteland..."

"...is already a bit too small."

His gaze seemed to pierce through the roof of the courtyard, through the clouds above Qianlong City, looking toward that more distant and mysterious...

【Central Continent Sacred Domain】!

That was the true stage of this world! That was where he would find opponents worthy of his full strength!

However.

Just as his heart was surging with excitement, beginning to plan his next itinerary, and pondering how to use the "dark chess pieces" in his hand to pave his way.

"Ding—!"

A crisp, pleasant, yet unprecedentedly urgent and excited mechanical notification sound suddenly rang out in his mind without warning!

Lin Chen's eyes instantly narrowed!

System?!

Since the last notification about the pregnancies of Su Mei and Lin Xiaoya, the System had been in a dormant state. It was like the most efficient seeder, only making a sound during the seasons of "seeding" and "harvesting."

Now, it suddenly reacted?!

Could it be...

A crazy guess that made Lin Chen's heart skip a beat instantly surfaced in his mind!

Is the season of "harvesting" here?!

Before he could think it through.

The next second!

A series of golden notifications, as dazzling as fireworks, began to flood and explode in his mind like a bursting dam!

【Ding! Detected that the host's Luck has undergone an epic leap!】

【Ding! Detected that the host has successfully gained the preliminary recognition of the Human Dao Supreme treasure—the human emperor seal! You now bear a trace of weak yet incredibly pure 'Human Dao Luck'！】

【Ding! Detected that 'Human Dao Luck' has the property of nourishing Bloodline descendants! Automatically scanning all of the host's descendants... Scan complete！】

【Ding! Detected your first descendant (Mother: Lin Xiaoya), whose Bloodline is being crazily nourished by 'Human Dao Luck'... The Bloodline Origin has begun a benign mutation in an unknown direction！】

【Ding! Mutation successful! Congratulations to the host! Your first descendant, their 【Earth Rank High Grade · Purple Cloud Spirit Body】, has successfully crossed the Heaven Rank barrier, ascending in one step, mutating and evolving into...】

"—【Human Emperor Sacred Body】 (Divine Grade)！！！"

【Ding! Descendant information updated: Expected to be born in one month！】

Boom—！！！！

The words "Divine Grade" were like a Chaos divine thunder that split the heavens and earth, fiercely striking Lin Chen's mind!

It left him completely stunned! His brain went blank for a split second!

Divine... Divine Grade?!

He wasn't dreaming, was he?!

One had to know that the highest talent previously detected by the System was only the 【Heaven Rank High Grade】 of the child in Su Mei's womb! That was already enough to make the entire Eastern Wasteland go crazy!

Above the Heaven Rank was the legendary... Divine Grade, which was rarely seen even once in ten thousand or even one hundred thousand years!

Any creature possessing a "Divine Grade" talent, provided they didn't fall midway, would have a minimum future achievement of a... Saint who could dominate an entire continent! There was even a sliver of possibility to glimpse the Supreme "Emperor Realm"! That was a true Son of Destiny!

And now...

He, Lin Chen, was actually going to have a child with "Divine Grade" talent?!

This... This is fucking too exciting, right?!

However!

This was just the beginning!

The System's notification sound had no intention of stopping at all! It seemed as if it wanted to smash all the "surprises" it had accumulated over several months onto his face at once!

【Ding! Detected your second descendant (Mother: Su Mei), whose 'gestation environment' is being severely repelled by 'Human Dao Luck'...】

【Ding! Warning! Warning! 'Human Dao Luck' represents protection, order, and light! A violent 'Daoist conflict' has occurred with the 'slaughter, Chaos, and darkness' represented by this descendant's 【Heaven Rank High Grade · Asura Demon Body】！】

【Ding! Detected that this descendant has a strong will to survive! Its Demon Body Origin is crazily devouring the maternal 'Devilish Qi' of the mother, 'Su Mei', to perform a self-saving 'counter-mutation'! It wants to fight for living space against 'Human Dao Luck'！】

【Ding! Mutation successful! Congratulations to the host! Your second descendant, their 【Heaven Rank High Grade · Asura Demon Body】, under the extreme pressure of 'Human Dao Luck', has survived death to find life, breaking and then establishing, moving to another extreme, successfully mutating and evolving into...】

"—【Nine Nether Demon Body】 (Divine Grade)！！！"

【Ding! Descendant information updated: Due to the forced devouring of the maternal Origin, the gestation process has accelerated; expected to be born in half a month！】

Another... Another Divine Grade?!

Lin Chen was completely numb!

He felt like his heart was about to jump out of his throat! The happiness came too suddenly and too violently!

One was the 【Human Emperor Sacred Body】, inheriting "Human Dao Luck," grand and Supreme! A born protector, a future leader of the Righteous Path!

The other was the 【Nine Nether Demon Body】, which, under the repulsion of "Human Dao Luck," broke and re-established itself, moving to the other extreme, extremely Yin and evil, and incomparably domineering! A born destroyer, a future Supreme of the Demonic Path!

One righteous and one evil!

One light and one dark!

His, Lin Chen's, descendants were going to Heaven-Defy!

And what truly made Lin Chen so surprised he could barely breathe was yet to come!

【Ding! Detected that the host is about to have descendants with both 'Sacred Body' and 'Demon Body' Bloodlines! 'Dragon' (Demon Body belongs to Yang, is Dragon)、'Phoenix' (Sacred Body belongs to Yin, is Phoenix) are now complete！】

【Ding! Congratulations to the host! Successfully triggered the hidden eternal-level achievement — 【Dragon and Phoenix Bringing Prosperity】！】

【Ding! The 【Dragon and Phoenix Bringing Prosperity】 exclusive super reward is being distributed！】

【Reward 1: The Bloodline purity of the 【Archaic Dragon-Elephant Art】 within the host's body is beginning to accept the ultimate baptism of 'Dragon and Phoenix Luck'！】

【Ding! Baptism successful! Your 【dragon elephant particles】 have automatically evolved into the more original and powerful... 【chaos dragon elephant particles】！】

【Reward 2: 【chaos dragon elephant particles × 50000】！】

Boom—！！！！！！

The moment the System notification ended!

A terrifying transformation, earth-shattering, instantly erupted within Lin Chen's body!

His original fifty thousand 【dragon elephant particles】, which were already strong to the extreme, were injected with a kind of more ancient, more original "Chaos" power at this moment!

Inside every particle, the phantom of the "Dragon Elephant," which was previously quite clear, began to slowly dissolve and reorganize! Eventually, it turned into a mass of wriggling "Chaos" that seemed to contain the mysteries of the beginning of the Universe!

And at the same time!

A massive, unimaginably pure Chaos energy appeared out of thin air, crazily condensing and compressing within his limbs and bones!

One!

One thousand!

Ten thousand!

Fifty thousand!

In just a few short breaths!

Fifty thousand new 【chaos dragon elephant particles】, whose power was at least ten times stronger than before, were successfully condensed and formed! They merged with the original fifty thousand evolved particles in his body!

"Roar—！！！"

A terrifying roar, as if one hundred thousand Chaos Dragon Elephants were roaring toward the sky at the same time, seemed to resound within Lin Chen's body!

His Physical Body underwent another earth-shattering, terrifying transformation at this moment!

His skin became more crystalline, and faint Chaos-colored Dao patterns flowed on it! His bones turned into a dazzling Chaos jade color, with a hardness comparable to a top-grade Dao Artifact! His blood completely turned into a viscous pale gold! Every drop contained terrifying power enough to crush a mountain!

One hundred thousand 【chaos dragon elephant particles】!

It's done!

"This... This power..."

Lin Chen slowly clenched his fists. He didn't even need to deliberately feel it; he could clearly "hear" the terrifying power surging like a starry ocean within his body!

He had a strong sense of confidence! If he were to face that Soul Transformation stage City Lord of Long Yan now! Even without using any Magic Treasure and without using any cultivation! Relying solely on this invincible Physical Body! He would be enough to fight her! Or even... stronger!

This was the super reward brought by 【Dragon and Phoenix Bringing Prosperity】!

This was the true Heaven-Defying aspect of the 【many sons, many blessings】 System!

After enjoying this huge reward that could be called "ascending in one step."

A thick tenderness and... longing uncontrollably welled up in Lin Chen's heart.

He was homesick.

He missed the gentle girl who was currently gestating the 【Human Emperor Sacred Body】 for him in the distant Purple Cloud Holy Land.

He missed the beautiful Fairy who was as cold as snow but would only reveal a hint of a young girl's demeanor in front of him.

He also missed those few confidantes who had always silently supported him from behind.

He didn't hesitate at all. He took out a special 【Jade Slip】 engraved with complex spatial formation patterns from his 【Covering Heaven Ring】. This was a Magic Treasure he had specially refined before leaving, capable of long-distance "video calls."

He injected a strand of Divine Thought into it.

Hum...

The light on the Jade Slip flashed. A moment later, a gentle female voice filled with surprise and longing came from the other side of the Jade Slip.

"...Chen Brother?!"

"Is... Is it you?! Chen Brother!"

Light gathered on the Jade Slip. Soon, a slightly blurred but still visible three-dimensional light screen slowly emerged.

The light screen reflected a beautiful, delicate face full of happiness and maternal radiance. It was Lin Xiaoya!

At this moment, she was sitting in a courtyard filled with birds and flowers, wearing loose clothes, but one could still clearly see her already high-protruding belly. Although there was a trace of fatigue from pregnancy on her face, her beautiful eyes looking at Lin Chen in the light screen were as bright as the stars in the sky! Filled with endless love, longing, and... worship!

"Chen Brother! I... I miss you so much!"

"I heard everything! You showed great Divine Might in Qianlong City! You took the championship! And... and you drove all those bad guys away!"

"You are now the only... God in the hearts of all the Senior Sisters in the entire Purple Cloud Holy Land!"

Lin Xiaoya's voice was full of pride.

And behind her, several other beautiful figures, each with their own unique beauty, also crowded over.

"Lin Chen." It was Lin Ziyan who spoke. She was still that cold-as-snow appearance. But deep within those glass-like beautiful eyes, there was a trace of... worry and tenderness that even she hadn't noticed. "...You didn't get hurt, right?"

"Hahaha! Saint, with your peerless Divine Might, how could you be hurt?!" A hearty, spirited laugh followed immediately. Xiao Qingxue's heroic and spirited face squeezed in. She looked at Lin Chen, her eyes filled with undisguised fanatical worship! "Saint! You didn't see it! Now the entire Eastern Wasteland is talking crazy about it! You have been hailed as the 'Eastern Wasteland's Eternal Number One Prodigy'! Even the mountain gate of our Purple Cloud Holy Land is about to be trampled by those young female cultivators coming to apprentice!"

"Exactly, exactly," a charming voice interjected, it was Luo Bingli who poked out half her body. She winked at Lin Chen on the light screen and said with a resentful tone: "Master~ You are glorious outside, but you have forgotten us sisters. These past few days without Master's aura, this servant has been unable to sleep at night..."

Her words instantly made Lin Xiaoya and Lin Ziyan's cheeks turn slightly red.

"Senior Sister Luo! You... What nonsense are you talking about!" Lin Xiaoya blushed and scolded lightly.

Lin Chen looked at the warm scene in the light screen, which also had a hint of a "shuraba" flavor, and couldn't help but laugh. He could feel that everyone's concern for him came from the bottom of their hearts.

His gaze finally fell on Lin Xiaoya's high-protruding belly. His eyes became unprecedentedly gentle.

"Xiaoya."

"Thank you for your hard work."

"Wait for me."

"After I finish the last things here, I will go back."

"Go back to accompany you, to accompany our... child."

Three days later.

Purple Cloud Holy Land, outside the mountain gate.

Today, the Purple Cloud Holy Land was completely different from the past.

The usual coldness and tranquility were gone, replaced by a kind of near-boiling fanaticism!

Tens of thousands of female Disciples of the Purple Cloud Holy Land wearing purple skirts were lined up from the Saint Master's Hall on the mountain peak to outside the mountain gate, a full ten miles away!

They stood spontaneously on both sides of the road, holding the most brilliant spiritual flowers, their eyes flashing with the most burning worship and anticipation!

And at the very front, under the mountain gate.

Led by Acting Sect Master Luo Xia, behind her were all the remaining Grand Elders, core Elders, and deacons in the Holy Land...

Every person of status in the entire Purple Cloud Holy Land, from the Nascent Soul True Monarch down to the Foundation Establishment deacon, none were absent!

They all stood solemnly, tidying their clothes, standing quietly here, as if waiting for a king's... inspection!

The entire Sect, from Elders to chores, all came out of the mountain gate to welcome him ten miles away!

This was the highest-spec welcoming etiquette that the Purple Cloud Holy Land had never had since its founding!

Just to welcome one person!

To welcome the one who suppressed the entire young generation of the Eastern Wasteland with his own strength!

To welcome the one who played the four top forces in the palm of his hand with unparalleled wisdom!

To welcome the one who brought unprecedented glory to the Purple Cloud Holy Land...

—Saint, Lin Chen!

"He's here!"

Someone let out an exclamation suppressed with excitement!

I saw a stream of light in the distant sky coming from afar, flying towards this side at an incredibly fast speed!

Finally, the stream of light hovered above the mountain gate.

The light dissipated.

A figure, handsome and spirited, with white clothes better than snow, slowly appeared.

It was Lin Chen!

The moment he appeared!

"Welcome back, Saint, from your triumphant return！！！"

A sound like a mountain collapsing and a tsunami roaring, uniform, and filled with endless worship and fanaticism, instantly rushed into the sky! It shook the clouds in the whole sky and caused them to surge violently!

Tens of thousands of female Disciples bowed deeply to the figure in the sky at the same time!

In their eyes, there was a light as if looking at a God!

Acting Sect Master Luo Xia, along with the Elders, also bowed slightly to Lin Chen to show respect!

"Saint, you've worked hard." Acting Sect Master Luo Xia's face was full of heartfelt relief and pride.

Lin Chen enjoyed this worship that sounded like mountains collapsing and tsunamis roaring.

He enjoyed this Supreme glory where the entire Sect was boiling for him alone!

This was "returning home in glory"!