52: The Immortal Slaughtering Formation Diagram has been upgraded.

Chu He carried the newborn Chu Ce and strode into the delivery room.

The room was filled with a faint scent of blood and a peculiar fragrance. Su Qingxue reclined against the headboard, her hair wet with sweat; though her face was pale, her cool eyes were full of the tenderness and joy of a new mother.

"Husband."

Seeing Chu He enter, Su Qingxue's voice carried a hint of weakness, yet it was sweet to the core.

"You've worked hard, Qingxue."

Chu He placed the child beside her, leaned down to kiss her forehead gently, and then held her hand, slowly channeling a stream of pure and gentle Nascent Soul magic power into her.

Su Qingxue felt a warm current spread through her body. The exhaustion and depletion from childbirth recovered at a visible rate; within moments, her complexion turned rosy once more.

Feeling the vast, sea-like power within Chu He, her beautiful eyes sparkled. "Husband, you... you've broken through?"

"Yes, thanks to our son, I've fortunately taken that step." Chu He nodded with a smile, his tone relaxed, as if breaking through to the Nascent Soul was as simple as drinking water.

Hearing this, Su Qingxue looked at the tiny infant beside her, her eyes filled with pride.

She knew her husband was no ordinary man, and her child was a Qilin son rarely seen in ages.

Just then, the infant Chu Ce, who had just been placed on the bed, suddenly reached out his tender little hand and began waving it unconsciously in the air.

His fingers were clearly so small and soft, yet with every wave, his fingertips seemed to pull at some fundamental truth of heaven and earth.

Faint golden threads emerged, intertwined, and outlined at his fingertips... In the blink of an eye, a miniature Formation composed of dozens of runes actually floated in mid-air above his little hand!

Though the Formation was only the size of a palm, its structure was complex and radiant, emitting a faint, sharp aura.

"This... this is..."

Su Qingxue and Su Mo, who had just walked in, gasped in unison at the sight, their eyes nearly popping out of their heads.

"A... born Formation Master! No, a Son of the Dao of Formations!"

Su Mo, the former Fourth-Rank Array Master, was so excited his beard was trembling. Pointing at the miniature Formation, he shouted incoherently, "This is a simplified version of the Third-Rank Killing Array, the 'Golden Spears and Sword Rain Array'! I've studied it all my life and still can't do it so effortlessly, yet he... a newborn baby, actually..."

Chu He was also amazed. As expected of the SSS-Rank Innate Killing Array Dao Fetus, this talent was practically etched into his DNA.

He smiled and calmed his excited father-in-law, while his mind sank into the System to take stock of this explosive harvest.

A thousand years of cultivation allowed him to soar to the heavens in a single bound, stepping into the Early Nascent Soul Stage.

2,000 points of family fortune value allowed the Chu Family's Destiny Golden Dragon to fully recover from its previous depletion. Its size surged again, reaching a staggering three hundred zhang. It coiled above Chu City, radiant with golden light and majestic in its power.

The total family fortune value also reached a terrifying 3,195 points!

What Chu He cared about most, however, were the other two rewards.

With a thought, a simple and tattered animal-hide scroll appeared in his sea of Divine Sense.

The immortal slaying formation diagram (Incomplete Manual)!

Just looking at these five ancient characters, Chu He felt a supreme killing intent that seemed capable of slashing down the sun, moon, and stars, and slaughtering gods and Buddhas. It caused his Early Nascent Soul Stage Divine Soul to feel bursts of stinging pain.

According to the System's description, this was a fragment of the number one killing Formation diagram of antiquity. Although it contained less than one percent of the complete diagram, if the Materials could be completed and it was laid out by someone with the Innate Killing Array Dao Fetus, it would be enough to threaten a Soul Transformation Stage powerhouse!

"Threaten Soul Transformation..."

Chu He's heart pounded. This was simply the ultimate nuclear weapon tailored for his son, Chu Ce!

With this, the Chu Family would have the true confidence to suppress everything for the next hundred years!

Finally, there were the new functions unlocked after the System upgrade.

[bloodline furnace (Rank 1)]

[Function Description: The Host can consume a certain amount of family fortune value to designate the Bloodlines of two Family members (Host himself, wives/concubines, offspring) for Fusion.]

[After Fusion, the Host's next offspring will have a very high probability of inheriting and merging the advantages of both Bloodline types, and a small probability of Bloodline mutation, giving birth to a brand new and powerful Bloodline!]

[Note: The higher the furnace Rank, the higher the success rate and the greater the probability of mutation. At the current Rank, each Fusion consumes 500 points of Family fortune.]

After reading the description, Chu He's breathing became heavy.

This function was simply Heaven-Defying!

This meant he could artificially and purposefully "design" descendants with specific talents!

For example, if he fused Lin Waner's "Yimu Body" and Su Qingxue's "Exquisite Array Heart," wouldn't his next child potentially be an all-around Genius proficient in both Alchemy and Formations?

Or, if he fused his own "Primordial Dragon God Bloodline" with his daughter Chu Yuning's "Innate Dao Body"... Chu He didn't dare think further. What kind of terrifying existence would that offspring be?

This "bloodline furnace" directly elevated the concept of "Many Children, Many Blessings" from simple quantity and random quality to the strategic height of human intervention and customized elites!

Chu He took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the excitement in his heart.

He knew that both the "immortal slaying formation diagram" and the "bloodline furnace" heralded infinite possibilities for the Chu Family's future.

But at the same time, he understood that the tallest tree in the forest is the first to be destroyed by the wind.

What the Chu Family possessed now was enough to drive any power to madness.

The news of his Breakthrough to the Nascent Soul would likely spread throughout the Great Yan Dynasty before long.

A greater storm was already brewing.

He must turn Chu City into a true iron bastion as soon as possible!