79: A celestial elixir has been bestowed! The Empress of Yaochi has awakened!
As for the other rewards like the Spirit Ascension Pill and Ultimate Imperial Weapon, those were the old rewards.
Jiang Yuan merely glanced at them and paid them little mind.
Although Ultimate Imperial Weapons were precious, he was not lacking them now.
However, this Haotian Pagoda specialized in defense,
which would be slightly easier to use than the reincarnation plate,
but not by much.
"The most crucial thing is this!"
Finally, his offspring would directly Awaken the Innate Dao Embryo Saint Body!
This was what surprised him the most.
The Innate Dao Embryo Saint Body!
That was one of the Supreme Saint Bodies, even rarer than the Chaos Sword Body or the Creation Green Lotus Saint Body!
It was naturally aligned with the Great Dao,
Cultivating with it was as easy as drinking water!
Jiang Yuan looked at Qin Mengyao, who was still sound asleep beside him, and couldn't help but lean down and kiss her.
"Mmm..."
Seemingly sensing Jiang Yuan's movement,
Qin Mengyao's long eyelashes fluttered a few times, and she slowly opened her eyes.
In those clear eyes,
there was still a hint of confusion and lethargy from her first intimate experience.
Thinking of her cold and aloof demeanor when facing outsiders,
and her current lazy appearance,
the strong contrasting cuteness that formed
made Jiang Yuan's heart burn with passion once more.
"Hu... Husband..."
When she saw Jiang Yuan so close,
Qin Mengyao's pretty face instantly flushed red.
She subconsciously wanted to pull the blanket up and cover herself.
However, Jiang Yuan held the blanket down.
"Awake?"
Jiang Yuan looked at her shy appearance.
"Are you uncomfortable anywhere?"
"N-no..."
Qin Mengyao leaned into his embrace, her voice as faint as a mosquito.
"That's good."
Jiang Yuan nodded in satisfaction.
"Speaking of which, Wife, did you know that my Jiang Family, being an Imperial Clan, actually possesses the method of Ascension?"
Qin Mengyao looked at him strangely.
"It's dawn now." Jiang Yuan looked outside and smiled slightly.
"What do we Cultivators strive for?"
"Isn't it Ascension to prove the Dao?"
"Perfect. Your husband will show you what 'Ascension in Broad Daylight to the Immortal Realm' means, and then you will truly know yourself."
...After a round of demonstration.
Jiang Yuan walked out of the Dao Sound Pavilion feeling refreshed.
Qin Mengyao understood,
what the Innate Fertility Saint Body was.
It was truly terrifying.
Just as Qin Mengyao lay resting on the bed, stretching her limbs and recovering her energy,
her eyes noticed a large full-length mirror by the bedside,
in front of which sat a crystal clear jade bottle.
This jade bottle,
definitely hadn't been there when she lay down last night!
Qin Mengyao endured the soreness in her body,
and retrieved the jade bottle.
Her beautiful eyes widened, and she subconsciously covered her mouth, exclaiming in surprise.
"Spirit Ascension Pill!"
...Jiang Yuan hummed a little tune, feeling great.
He did not conceal his aura,
so everyone he met along the way—the maids and guards—
felt the aura of his 7th Realm cultivation, and they all looked as if they had seen a ghost.
They were all dumbfounded, frozen in place.
"D-did I see that right? His Highness the Imperial Son... he... he reached the 7th Realm?!"
"Wasn't he only in the 6th Realm yesterday? How did he Breakthrough to the 7th Realm just by sleeping?!"
"Oh my heavens! This... this Cultivation speed is too terrifying!"
"As expected of the number one on the prodigy list! His Highness the Imperial Son is mighty!"
"His Highness the Imperial Son is mighty!"
"His Highness the Imperial Son is mighty!"
For a time, the entire Emperors Son Palace completely erupted in excitement due to Jiang Yuan's cultivation Breakthrough.
"Hahaha."
"Reward them."
Jiang Yuan waved his hand, scattering Spirit Stones everywhere.
The Emperors Son Palace was utterly ecstatic.
"Congratulations to His Highness the Imperial Son!"
"Congratulations to His Highness the Imperial Son!"
...Meanwhile,
at the Yaochi Holy Land, hundreds of millions of miles away,
the scene was entirely different.
The Yaochi Holy Master and a group of Elders were gathered in the Holy Land's Ancestral Hall,
their expressions agitated and faces filled with fervor as they looked at the center of the Ancestral Hall,
at the statue of the Yaochi Empress, which sometimes slept and sometimes revived.
At this moment,
this Divine Statue of the Yaochi Empress, without any warning,
burst forth with dazzling seven-colored divine light!
A vast, ancient, supreme will, seemingly from the Immortal Realm, slowly Awakened from within the statue!
"It's... the Empress! The Empress has manifested!"
The Yaochi Holy Master trembled with excitement, leading all the Elders to kneel down together, their voices choking up.
"Respectfully welcoming the Empress's Imperial Presence!"
From the seven-colored divine light emerged a beautiful, indistinct figure of peerless grace.
She quietly floated in mid-air,
the Emperors Might subtly emanating from her body caused the entire Yaochi Holy Land to tremble.
She was the supreme existence who proved the Dao and became an Emperor hundreds of thousands of years ago in the Yaochi Holy Land—the Yaochi Empress!
She was also the Revered Master of the current Jade Pool Saintess.
"How many years has it been..."
An ethereal, pleasant, yet slightly ancient voice echoed deep within everyone's Souls.
"This Emperor... has finally waited for this day."
When the Yaochi Holy Master heard this voice, she was so excited that she immediately knelt down,
having witnessed the might of the Jiang Family Great Emperor,
she was utterly envious of the prestige of a Great Emperor!
"Is my Yaochi Holy Land finally going to produce another Innate Dao Embryo Saint Body?"
"What!?"
The Yaochi Holy Master and the Elders all exchanged bewildered glances.
The Yaochi Holy Land has an Innate Dao Embryo Saint Body?
Why didn't we know?
"You all don't know?"
The Yaochi Empress's voice carried a hint of surprise.
She calculated briefly with her fingers, and the expression on her face became slightly strange.
"So it's Mengyao."
"What? It's the Saintess?!"
"That can't be! It's only been this long!"
Everyone spoke at once,
but the Yaochi Empress didn't care.
With just a flick of her finger, she calculated most of the recent events.
Of course, because Jiang Yuan was the Jiang Family Imperial Son,
a Bearer of Great Luck, protected by a Great Emperor, and possessing an Ultimate Imperial Weapon, etc.,
even the Yaochi Empress couldn't calculate,
so regarding the sudden emergence of Jiang Family Imperial Son Jiang Yuan,
the premature descent of the heaven and earth golden ranking,
the terrifying strength displayed by the Jiang Family,
and... Qin Mengyao being chosen by Jiang Yuan,
and becoming his Imperial Son Consort.
All of this was told by the Holy Revered Master.
Upon hearing that Qin Mengyao had already become Jiang Yuan's woman,
the peerlessly beautiful figure clearly paused,
her full chest slightly rising and falling,
seemingly even the Empress was shocked.
The air in the entire Ancestral Hall,
seemed to solidify at this moment.
The Yaochi Holy Master and the Elders were all terrified, trembling and not daring to breathe loudly.
They were afraid the Empress would become angry because of this.
After all, Qin Mengyao was her designated Successor of the Next Generation, the future hope of the Yaochi Holy Land.
Now, she had become another man's woman. This... However, what surprised everyone was.
After a brief silence,
the Yaochi Empress's chest quickly calmed down.
Not only did she not get angry,
but she also let out a light laugh of unknown meaning.
"Hehe... Innate Fertility Saint Body... Jiang Family... Hengyu..."
"Interesting."
Her voice betrayed no emotion, yet it made the Yaochi Holy Master and the others even more terrified.
"Em... Empress, then Mengyao..."
the Yaochi Holy Master asked cautiously.
"No matter."
The Yaochi Empress's voice returned to calmness,
"Misfortune is what fortune leans on; fortune is where misfortune hides. This matter may not be a bad thing for Mengyao."
"That young man from the Jiang Family carries great Luck and is the Son of Destiny of this Golden Great Era. For Mengyao to become his Dao Companion is also conforming to the Mandate of Heaven."
"What's more..."
The Yaochi Empress paused, a hint of playfulness entering her voice,
"The fact that this Emperor could Awaken from slumber is largely thanks to him."
What?!
The Yaochi Holy Master and the Elders were all stunned.
The Empress's Awakening had something to do with the Jiang Family Imperial Son?
How could that be!
"Mengyao's Dao Embryo and this Emperor's Dao Embryo are fundamentally of the Same Origin, although their final paths might differ."
the Yaochi Empress explained,
"When she combined with that young man from the Jiang Family, the Yin and Yang Intertwined and the Great Dao Resonated. This not only provided unprecedented nourishment and evolution to her own Dao Embryo but also, through this connection, fed a portion of the Great Dao of Creation's aura back to this Emperor."
"It was precisely this aura of the Great Dao of Creation that woke this Emperor's Remnant Soul, which had been dormant for hundreds of thousands of years."
Hearing this explanation, everyone was astonished.
They never dreamed,
that there was such a Convoluted and Bizarre Karma involved.
"Issue this Emperor's Imperial Decree."
The Yaochi Empress's voice became majestic,
"From today onward, my Yaochi Holy Land shall formally establish an Ally with the Jiang Family!"
"Furthermore, send all the resources we received from the Undying Sea to the Jiang Family Imperial Son Palace. Say that they are... this Emperor's Dowry for Mengyao."
After everyone was stunned for a moment,
the Yaochi Holy Master was the first to react, bowing deeply.
"Yes! We obey the Empress's Imperial Decree!"