Three days later, Xiao Se emerged from seclusion. After devouring the two Heavenly Flames, the Bone Chilling Flame and the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire, his Flame MantraCultivation TechniqueRank rose to IntermediateHeaven Rank, and his cultivation advanced to the Early StageThree-Star Dou Sheng.
When Xiao Se walked out of the seclusion chamber, Yao Chen had already departed, while Xiao Yan still remained here.
"Old Yao has returned to the Starfall Pavilion. He said that although Xiao Yan was once his disciple, he is still a member of the Xiao Family after all, so he decided to leave him for you to handle," Xiao Yi Xian explained.
"Then let him be." Xiao Se didn't pay too much mind to it. He summoned Nalan Yanran, instructing her to look after A Si, and left behind a Semi-Saint level Puppet along with a vast amount of Cultivation resources, telling them to wait here for the three women—Yun Yun, Bibi Dong, and Xiao Xue—to finish their seclusion. Meanwhile, he took the three beauties—Long Kui, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin—and used Flying Thunder God to return to the Sea King Pavilion in the Black-Corner Region.
When the terrifying aura of Xiao Se and his three companions permeated the Sea King Pavilion and even the entire Black-Corner Region, everyone in the Sea King Pavilion almost thought that the skies were turning upside down. But upon recognizing Xiao Se, their initial panic turned into ecstatic joy. After more than a year, their Alliance Leader had returned from the Central Plains, and his strength had reached an exceptionally terrifying realm.
"Greetings, Alliance Leader," Venerable Skyfire and the Fire Dragon King respectfully bowed to Xiao Se.
The Ice Dragon King also arrived. Upon seeing Xiao Se, she didn't say anything, maintaining her icy demeanor as she merely nodded slightly as a greeting.
Xiao Se didn't mind her reaction. He said to the three of them, "Thank you for guarding the Sea King Pavilion. I will fulfill what I previously promised you. Right now, I can give you two choices: the first is to receive a Fu Ling Qing Dan with nine-colored Pill Lightning, and the second is for me to refine a new body for you using a Semi-Saint level corpse. However, the price is that you must abandon your current body, which might be somewhat painful."
"Semi-Saint?" Venerable Skyfire and the Fire Dragon King exchanged glances and swallowed hard at the same time. If they really obtained a Semi-Saint body, even if they couldn't skyrocket their cultivation directly to Semi-Saint, achieving Peak Dou Zun was highly likely. Immediately, the two said in unison, "We choose the second option."
"What about you, Ice Heart?" Xiao Se looked toward the Ice Dragon King.
"Is that body male or female? What does it look like?" the Ice Dragon King asked in a cold voice.
"Uh... actually, the body is just a material; there's no need to distinguish male from female. Just like the Dou Zong bodies used for your resurrection previously, after resurrecting, you will simply revert to your original appearance," Xiao Se explained, his lips twitching slightly.
"I don't like using a man's body," the Ice Dragon King refused directly without the slightest hesitation.
"Well then, I'll refine one for you once I find a suitable female body," Xiao Se said with a helpless sigh.
Refining new bodies for the Fire Dragon King and Venerable Skyfire did not take Xiao Se much time. At his level of Soul strength and cultivation, refining bodies below Dou Sheng had become as simple as eating and drinking; only refining a Dou Sheng body would take a bit of time.
In just one day, Xiao Se had refined new bodies for the two of them, and their cultivation levels also saw varying degrees of growth. Venerable Skyfire soared directly from a One-Star Dou Zun to Peak Nine-Change Dou Zun, while the Fire Dragon King had better luck, reaching the Low-Level Semi-Saint Rank.
"You want to return to the Jia Ma Empire with me?" As Xiao Se prepared to take Long Kui and the other two women back to the Jia Ma Empire, the Ice Dragon King approached him once again.
"Now that my brother has advanced to Semi-Saint and Yao Tianhuo has soared to Peak Dou Zun, whether I stay or leave no longer matters. I plan to return to Master's side," the Ice Dragon King said.
"Alright." Xiao Se didn't refuse and took her along back to the Jia Ma Empire.
When Xiao Se returned to the Hai Meng Headquarters, the entire Jia Ma Empire instantly boiled over. Upon learning that Xiao Se was now a Dou Sheng, everyone was even more astonished. People came to visit one after another, all wishing to catch a glimpse of a Dou Sheng's grand demeanor.
Toward his old acquaintances from earlier years, Xiao Se put on no airs and received them one by one. He casually gifted Sixth or Seventh Grade Medicinal Pills—trifles to him, but precious treasures to them—leaving everyone beaming from ear to ear. Hai Bodong, who was among the earliest to follow Xiao Se, received an Eighth Grade Pill that could reshape one's Physique, enough to grant him the potential to ascend to Dou Zun.
After the guests dispersed, it was time for Xiao Se to reunite with his wives. In the main hall, only Xiao Se, Long Kui, Xiao Yi Xian, Ya Fei, Qing Lin, Gu Yun, Die, Medusa, and a little girl Xiao Se had never seen before remained.
At a glance, the girl appeared to be four or five years old, looking as exquisitely gorgeous as a Barbie doll, thoroughly captivating anyone who saw her. Her waist-length black hair hung like a cascading waterfall, and beneath her eyes—deep as stars and the moon—lay a fair and smooth face. Her loose, snow-white clothes could not conceal her slender figure. Her lips were like cherry blossoms, her expression serene like autumn waters. Finally, her cultivation had amazingly reached the Dou Zun level.
"Is this my daughter?" Xiao Se looked at Medusa, whose abdomen was flat once again, and then at the impossibly beautiful little girl. Walking up to the two of them, his face was filled with disbelief. Over a year ago when he left, Medusa clearly had no signs of giving birth. Even if she had given birth shortly after he left, at most a year had passed. She was growing far too fast.
"You don't have to acknowledge her," Medusa rolled her eyes and said coldly.
"Don't be like that, I'm just a bit surprised, that's all," Xiao Se hurriedly corrected himself.
Seeing Xiao Se's anxious look, Die smiled and explained, "Xiao Cai possesses the MedusaBloodline, which is quite special. Sister carried her for over four years before giving birth to her. After birth, she undergoes a brief period of rapid growth until she reaches the size of a child born after a normal ten-month pregnancy, after which her growth rate returns to normal. That's why Xiao Cai looks like a four or five-year-old child despite being born less than half a year ago."
Hearing this, Queen Medusa abruptly added, "Because we used the Snake-People Tribe's highest secret technique and she absorbed part of the energy from the nine-colored crystal stone I refined in the past, Xiao Cai possessed the cultivation of a novice Dou Zun at birth. That woman Yun Yun still wants my daughter to call A Si 'big brother'—fat chance! Xiao Cai should be the elder sister."
Hearing this, Xiao Se had a moment of realization while his lips couldn't help twitching. Indeed, the Queen was still the Queen; she never admitted defeat in anything. He then squatted down slightly and opened his arms a bit.
Seeing Xiao Se's gesture, Medusa gave her a gentle nudge and said softly, "Xiao Cai, this is your father. Hurry and call him Daddy."
The girl's bright eyes had been staring at Xiao Se the whole time, showing no shyness at all. Upon hearing Medusa's words, she threw herself directly into Xiao Se's arms and called out in a tender voice, "Daddy!"
"Good girl, my good daughter." Instantly, Xiao Se felt his heart melt. Lifting the girl into his arms, he casually asked, "Xiao Cai, is this the name you gave our daughter?"
"It's just a pet name; her official name will have to wait for you to choose," Queen Medusa answered, delighted to see Xiao Se fond of their daughter.
(End of Chapter)
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