Chapter 78: A Forty-Thousand-Year-Old Maiden Becomes a Mother

Chapter 78: A Forty-Thousand-Year-Old Maiden Becomes a Mother

The towering Kunlun Mountains gleamed in the rosy light of dawn.

Shaohua, reborn once more, felt her vital blood qi surge. Fortunately, the Immortal Bell and Cloud Pavilion restrained her, or she would have shaken the entire world.

Even so, the mere glimmer of light that reflected from the pavilion suffused the entire planet with a crimson glow, a divine spectacle that inspired awe and reverence.

"Fourth incarnation."

A clear, melodious female voice drifted softly, almost like a murmur or a gentle chant, as beautiful as celestial music. Even a celestial maiden descending to earth would have paled in comparison.

On that ethereal face, long, curled lashes fluttered gently as a pair of mesmerizing eyes slowly opened, revealing scenes of creation and destruction, as if the cosmos itself were reflected in their depths.

Shaohua stood up, her graceful and slender figure fully revealed. Her legs were long and elegant, her waist slender, her skin as smooth as jade, and her lustrous black hair cascaded over her shoulders and back.

Her beauty was unparalleled, breathtaking!

She did not stand atop the heavens, looking down upon the vast earth and all its creatures. Instead, she stood quietly on a mountain peak, gazing at the surrounding peaks.

For she had experienced it all, seen the world, and found peace in her heart.

"Ten thousand years, the Great Dao Suppression is almost over. Who will become the emperor here?"

After a long while, Shaohua reined in all her energy, her lips parting slightly as she asked herself.

Will this world follow its original path?

Perhaps it will, but some things have already changed.

With a single step, she arrived at the Immortal Ascension Site. In the Immortal Pool, there were two Immortal Sources, one small and the other not much larger.

A faint smile appeared on Shaohua's face as she gently lifted her little brother, the Imperial Void Emperor, and her young mother, examining them closely and etching this moment into her memory.

Then her gaze shifted to the coffin made from the Primordial Tree of Life, which lay beside them. She casually opened it and kicked the Immortal Source inside to pieces.

"Good, no mistakes."

She nodded, then proceeded to extract the Holy Spirit Stone Embryo buried within the Immortal Source.

Her father's transformation into a Holy Spirit was now complete; he no longer needed these external aids. From now on, time would take its course.

Shaohua reconfigured the Kunlun Grand Formation, placing her father in the Immortal Pool to continue his transformation. She then used her great powers, employing the methods of "Eternal" and "Being", to awaken her father's dormant consciousness.

After tens of thousands of years, father and daughter finally met again.

"I'm not dead?" Wuning was stunned; that sliver of consciousness had almost dispersed.

Though he knew his daughter had risked her life to save him and that his body and soul had undergone an incredible transformation, he had been subconsciously cooperating all along.

Still, when he learned the truth, Wuning was speechless.

Reverting to a Holy Spirit, transforming from the mundane to the divine, and being nurtured by the cosmos to return after a million years—what an astonishing achievement, and he had achieved it while lying there?

Shaohua gave her father an exasperated look.

He might have been lying there comfortably, but she had suffered greatly.

She had risked her life, and it had taken her four different Holy Spirits to study and perfect the process, costing her countless time and effort.

With the subtle connection between father and daughter and a bit of luck, she had managed to succeed by a stroke of fortune.

Even with her current experience, Shaohua wouldn't dare to guarantee success if she had to do it again.

Wuning was moved to tears, and even the sun seemed to shine brighter, the ocean to surge, in response to his emotions.

Shaohua raised an eyebrow and couldn't help but support her forehead, slapping away the strange vision that appeared. Then, using an incredible method, she extracted a strand of the two little ones' consciousness from the Immortal Source.

"This is my Inner Realm. I'll take you to see Mother and Little Brother."

The space and time shifted, as if returning to the courtyard that existed even before the Jade Pond Holy Land was established, to those beautiful times of the past.

Everything seemed like a dream, yet it was all so real.

"Big Sister!" Little Wushi opened his drowsy eyes, his face lighting up. He ran towards his tall and graceful older sister with little legs going tap-tap-tap.

Shaohua reached out to embrace the little one, her smile growing wider.

On the side, the old father stared blankly, looking down at the little girl who barely reached his waist. His lips twitched, and his eyes widened in shock.

Wait, what happened to my big wife?

"You big oaf!" Western Sovereign placed her hands on her hips, rolling her eyes coquettishly.

Just because she got a bit smaller, he can't recognize her anymore?

Western Sovereign was clearly displeased, but her eyes soon softened with longing. She opened her arms and looked up, saying, "Hug me."

"Oh, oh." Wuning rubbed the back of his head. If he didn't react now, he'd be a real oaf. He quickly extended his arms, and the couple embraced tightly.

The scene looked a bit strange, but that was beside the point.

Shaohua quietly captured this moment using the Inner Realm's imprint.

The family of four had a brief reunion, but sadly, all good things must come to an end.

"We will meet again, for a true reunion!" Shaohua opened her eyes, her expression gradually returning to calm.

For her, this was a dream that must be realized.

"Let me see how it's developing." She composed herself and turned to examine the Nine-Aperture Divine Stone she had found.

Over the past ten thousand years, the Nine-Aperture Divine Stone had mostly been placed in her grand hall, listening to the Dao's teachings and bathing in its essence, becoming even more divine.

Born from the chaos and nurtured by nature, the Nine-Aperture Divine Stone could transform into a Great Holy Spirit when it reached perfection.

After she obtained it, she first purified and transformed it, then added the essence of Immortal Gold to enhance its foundation. She also provided it with two Holy Spirit Ancestral Artifacts as companions, making it impossible to imagine how powerful it would become upon its emergence.

"It's developing well." Shaohua smiled and patted the divine stone, noticing the female spirit embryo inside—now more accurately called an Immortal Embryo—resembling a young woman in her prime, radiating with Immortal Light.

Though it hadn't fully transformed into a flesh and blood form, its extraordinary beauty was already taking shape, almost rivaling her own.

The Nine-Aperture Divine Stone trembled lightly, emitting a joyful hum. The Immortal Embryo inside, still with closed eyes, seemed to want to open them but couldn't.

Its nascent consciousness emitted a low, depressed mood, like a newborn creature, weak and helpless.

"Alright, alright, don't be in a hurry. You're still young, and we'll meet in the future." Shaohua comforted it.

She knew the child was looking for her, a sense of dependence and familiarity that seemed innate, stirring a slight flutter in her own heart.

This feeling was strange. For some reason, she had the illusion of being a mother.

Shaohua's brows suddenly twitched, and she carefully examined the Nine-Aperture Divine Stone from top to bottom, inside and out. She was startled to realize that the Immortal Embryo inside had somehow come to resemble her.

She froze on the spot.

(End of Chapter)

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