Ye Mengyao felt deeply anxious.
The conflicting emotions of wanting to compete for affection yet being unable to swallow her pride left her utterly frustrated.
"Yao Yao-jie, you... you wouldn’t actually be thinking of having a baby with Jiang Che, would you?"
After Jiang Yunli left, Yu Wan'er covered her mouth in shock.
As Ye Mengyao’s closest confidante, she had an uncanny ability to read her thoughts.
"Wan'er, even if I wanted to... I doubt Jiang Che would agree!" Ye Mengyao lowered her gaze.
Yu Wan'er widened her eyes—how could someone as sharp as her not see through Ye Mengyao’s intentions?
"Yao Yao-jie, this is a Pandora’s box you must never open! Shen Yu-jie is an exception... If you get pregnant too, Qiaoqiao-jie will definitely pester Jiang Che for a baby, and Bai Jie and the others will line up waiting..."
"With Jiang Che’s Siberian-grade stud stamina, in just three years... the entire Dragon Palace would be crawling with kids!"
Yu Wan'er’s face twisted in horror.
She was still a kid herself—she didn’t want to be called "auntie" by a horde of toddlers!
Just then, a low, amused voice drifted from behind her.
"Who did you just call a Siberian stud?"
Yu Wan'er: "!!!"
The girl spun around, horrified to find Jiang Che standing right behind her!
"Ah!!! When—when did you get here?"
Yu Wan'er was terrified.
"J-Jiang Che! I was just joking, hehe..." She forced a stiff smile.
She knew Jiang Che’s temper all too well—getting caught gossiping about him never ended well.
Though Yu Wan'er’s cultivation had toughened her up, if Jiang Che decided to focus all his... energy on her, the consequences would still be terrifying.
"Heh..."
Jiang Che smirked and walked past her without another word.
There’d be plenty of time to deal with this brat later.
Standing before Ye Mengyao, he sighed softly and pulled her into his arms without speaking.
Sometimes, he really had to admit—he was a scumbag.
"Jiang Che... Aunt Jiang came by earlier. She said... she wants Wan'er to have a baby with you."
Snuggled in his embrace, Ye Mengyao felt instantly safer, nuzzling against his chest like an affectionate kitten.
Yu Wan'er: "???"
Excuse me? How is this my problem?!
She shot Ye Mengyao a glare. Lately, the once-naive young miss had developed a sly streak, inching toward full-blown schemer territory.
"Haha, Yao Yao, it’s you who wants a baby, isn’t it?" Jiang Che laughed.
Ye Mengyao blushed and lowered her head.
"Wan'er isn’t wrong, though. Now’s not the time for kids—imagine a house full of toddlers. It’d be a nightmare."
His words dimmed the light in Ye Mengyao’s eyes.
[So... no baby after all.]
[I need to get stronger. Only then can I stand proudly by his side.]
She refused to be just another pretty face in Jiang Che’s life. Many of the women around him outshone her—even Bai Qiangwei, once unremarkable, had awakened a Divine Melody Saint Body.
"Heh..."
Jiang Che saw right through her thoughts. He didn’t even need his divine hearing—her mind was an open book.
Once I’m powerful enough, I’ll give each of them a celestial physique.
......
Three days later, Jiang Che climbed out of bed.
"The Great Sun Saint Body is no joke—this physique is insane."
He stretched, his bare torso revealing perfectly sculpted muscles.
"Right, almost forgot the main thing!"
He was here to see Shen Yu.
Shen Yu was five months pregnant now. Time to shower her with every rare tonic imaginable.
Jiang Hong’s Azure Dragon Ring was packed with treasures—perfect for refining the fetus.
Sure, the baby had started as just a means to win Shen Yu over, but it was still his flesh and blood.
"Damn these distractions!"
Jiang Che sighed. Hard to blame himself, though—Ye Mengyao had been very eager to improve their relationship.
...
Deep within the Dragon Palace, a serene young woman stood before a massive table cluttered with bizarre instruments.
So engrossed in her research, she didn’t notice Jiang Che’s approach.
"Little Yu'er, what’s all this?"
Jiang Che’s eye twitched at the sight.
We’re in an era of spiritual revival, and you’re still playing scientist?!
Shen Yu set down her tools and adjusted her glasses upon noticing him.
Her expression remained ice-cold, as if Jiang Che were a stranger—though the slight swell of her belly added a touch of maternal softness.
The contrast between her detached rationality and budding motherhood was striking.
"I’m studying the conversion between spiritual energy, mass, and conventional energy. After dismantling the spirit stones and arrays you gave me, I discovered a new type of field generated by qi..."
Jiang Che: "..."
You’re actually serious about this?!
He was speechless. Shen Yu was on another level.
At this rate, she’ll invent a planet-destroying cannon by next week.
"Enough research for now. I brought materials to temper the baby’s body—our child can’t fall behind from day one."
He produced a trove of treasures, including things like True Dragon hatchling blood—items defying heaven itself.
"Tempering the baby..."
Shen Yu blinked. Was Jiang Che offering these priceless resources... for the baby’s sake?
She glanced down at her belly.
For the first time, her unshakable calm wavered, a faint ripple of emotion—and something suspiciously like jealousy—stirring within.
"Wait, Shen Yu—you’re five months along, right?"
"Mn. Precisely 158 days and 13 hours."
Jiang Che: "???"
Since when do people track pregnancy to the hour?!
Shen Yu added matter-of-factly, "It’s simple math. We only had intercourse once that month. I calculated based on fertilization and implantation timelines."
Jiang Che: "......"
Never argue with Shen Yu. She’ll logic you to death.
"Fine, fine, my head hurts just listening. I’ve prepared marrow-cleansing treasures. You do want our baby to have a head start, don’t you?"
Shen Yu: "..."
"Chemicals could disrupt embryonic development. They’re unsafe."
"These aren’t drugs—they’re heavenly treasures! I asked my system!" Jiang Che was on the verge of losing it to her relentless rationality.
Shen Yu: "......"
lities. One day, Qi Yuan was buying groceries when he unfortunately came face-to-face with a monster. Just when he thought he was going to die on the spot, he suddenly heard the monster's thoughts... "This aura, he's definitely not an ordinary master!" "So terrifying, so terrifying." "A fight with my back against the wall, I can't take it anymore." Qi Yuan: Ah, no one told me that my awakened ability isn't telepathy, but rather the stronger my enemies imagine me to be, the stronger I truly become. PS: Zhou Hai in the first chapter is not the protagonist.
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
iaobai: "Councilor Dad, front me some funds. I want to hire ten thousand professional miners for a project!" [Five-Star Mission Issued: Capture the leader of the Blood Heaven Pirate Gang, who is on the run in the Radiant Star Sector. It is said the gang has over a hundred members. Proceed with caution.] Lu Xiaobai: "Councilor Dad, lend me the family's hundred-thousand-strong Lu Army!" [Seven-Star Mission Issued: Subdue a juvenile Void Dragon Beast.] Lu Xiaobai: "Councilor Dad, I'm taking your tamed Void Dragon Beast King out for a family reunion!" I said, System, don't you have any slightly more challenging missions? You're just not up to par! [Nine-Star Mission Issued: Become the Human Councilor.] Lu Xiaobai: "Dad, there's a small matter I'd like to discuss with you..."
