Tushan Youyao chattered non-stop, the excitement on her little face impossible to hide.
Gu Changyuan listened while nodding, his eyes full of smiles.
Just as they were talking, a figure slowly descended from the top floor.
Tushan Youyao, dressed in purple, walked gracefully to Gu Changyuan and bowed slightly:
"Master."
Gu Changyuan nodded and asked:
"How has the aftermath of the Ten Thousand Demon Alliance been these past few days?"
Tushan Youyao reported truthfully:
"To prevent accidents, except for Caiyou and me staying behind to guard, the rest of the junior brothers and sisters took the elders directly to the remaining strongholds and wiped out the remnants of the Ten Thousand Demon Alliance."
She paused and added:
"Now the Ten Thousand Demon Alliance has been completely removed from the Demon Realm, and the resources and territories under its jurisdiction are being taken over in an orderly manner."
Gu Changyuan nodded slightly, a trace of satisfaction flashing in his eyes:
"Well, not bad. Without the hindrance of the Ten Thousand Demon Alliance, the development of the Heavenly Demon Pavilion can be much smoother."
After speaking, he looked down at Gu Xing'er, who was looking up at him eagerly beside him, and then looked at Tushan Youyao:
"I came today to pick up Xing'er and take her to the Heavenly Human Holy Land. Your Senior Sister Xu hasn't returned yet. When the matters there are settled, I'll come back and sit for a while."
Tushan Youyao nodded gently:
"Mhm."
Gu Changyuan squatted down and opened his arms to Gu Xing'er.
The little girl didn't say a word, spread her short legs, and ran over "da da da", plunging headlong into his arms.
Having not seen him for a long time, the little girl was a bit clingy, grabbing his lapel tightly with her small hands and burying her little face in his shoulder, refusing to let go.
Gu Changyuan smiled and picked her up, then looked at Tushan Hanyan.
The little guy was standing aside, watching Gu Xing'er being picked up.
Gu Changyuan thought for a moment, turned his head, and looked at Tushan Youyao:
"How about I take Xiaoyan to the Heavenly Human Holy Land to play? She probably hasn't been to the Human Realm yet."
Now that there were teleportation arrays, as long as he was there, traveling between the three places was just a matter of an instant. It was a good opportunity to take this girl to the Human Realm to see the world.
Hearing the words "Heavenly Human Holy Land", Tushan Hanyan's ears instantly perked up.
Then hearing "take Xiaoyan to play"——
She was like someone whose acupoints had been tapped, stunned for a moment.
Then——
"!!!"
Those eyes instantly lit up astonishingly.
She turned her head abruptly, looked at her master, her small fists clenched tightly, her body leaning forward slightly, and even on tiptoes.
If that little tail had a physical form, it would definitely be wagging like a wind and fire wheel right now.
But she forced herself not to pounce over, just looking at Tushan Youyao pitifully with those sparkling eyes, waiting for her reply.
Tushan Youyao couldn't help but laugh out loud looking at her disciple's appearance.
She raised her hand and gently rubbed Tushan Hanyan's head:
"Of course you can. As long as Xiaoyan wants to go."
"Thank you, Master!!!"
Tushan Hanyan instantly jumped up! That jump was so high, and after landing, she spun around three times in place.
Gu Changyuan and Tushan Youyao looked at each other and couldn't help smiling.
"Alright, since that's the case, we'll head over first."
Gu Changyuan, holding Gu Xing'er, stretched out his other hand and rubbed the top of Tushan Hanyan's head.
"Xiaoyan, come here, Grandmaster will take you away."
Tushan Hanyan immediately trotted to his side and tightly grabbed the corner of his clothes. Xiaobai lightly jumped onto Tushan Hanyan's shoulder and lay down obediently.
Gu Changyuan waved his big hand, and a spiritual light flashed around him. Taking Gu Xing'er, Tushan Hanyan, and Xiaobai on her shoulder, they instantly disappeared from the room. The next second, they had returned to the Heavenly Human Holy Land.
"Master!"
Seeing Gu Changyuan return, the disciples in the hall immediately stood up and bowed in unison to welcome him.
Their gazes then curiously turned to the two little girls beside him, as well as the little white fox on Tushan Hanyan's shoulder.
They naturally all knew Tushan Hanyan - Tushan Youyao's direct disciple.
The frequency of cooperation between the Heavenly Human Holy Land and the Heavenly Demon Pavilion was higher than that with the Heavenly Demon Sect, and the disciples of the two sides were very familiar with each other.
These disciples had all been to the Heavenly Demon Pavilion, and Tushan Hanyan had met them all, getting familiar with several martial uncles present.
As for Gu Xing'er, apart from Lin Jingyu who had just returned not long ago, the other disciples also knew of her existence.
Tushan Hanyan first properly bowed to all the martial uncles present, and then Gu Changyuan briefly introduced Gu Xing'er's background to Lin Jingyu.
After the introduction, Gu Changyuan looked down at Tushan Hanyan, who was looking around and full of curiosity about everything, and then looked at Gu Xing'er in his arms.
Since he brought this little guy out to play, naturally someone had to take care of her.
His gaze swept over the disciples and finally landed on Bai Ling'er.
"Ling'er."
Bai Ling'er looked up and blinked.
"You take them to stroll around the Holy Land."
Gu Changyuan said, among these disciples, Bai Ling'er should be the best at taking care of children.
"Alright! Master, don't worry, leave it to me!"
She stepped forward, took Gu Xing'er from Gu Changyuan's hands, then held Tushan Hanyan's small hand, and blinked at the two little guys:
"Let's go, sister will take you to see nice things!"
......
Time came to the next day.
In the residence on Tianyuan Mountain, Gu Changyuan was chatting with a group of disciples.
"Whoosh!"
A stream of light pierced through the air, passed through the barrier of the Heavenly Human Holy Land, and entered the Holy Land.
Gu Changyuan naturally sensed this aura. He grabbed with his right hand, and a flying letter was caught in front of him.
The flying letter had Xu Mengyao's aura, so Gu Changyuan knew it was sent by his ninth disciple.
Gu Changyuan raised his eyebrows slightly, his divine sense probed into the flying letter, and swept over its contents.
Then——
"Ah?"
His smile instantly froze, and he was completely stunned.
"What do you mean, gave birth?!"
What the hell?!
There was no news of pregnancy at all, how did it directly jump to having a baby?!
And it's——twins?!
Gu Changyuan looked bewildered, his mouth opened and closed, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.
He widened his eyes, looked at the disciples beside him who were also curious, and then handed the flying letter over.
Ye Qingxue took the flying letter and swept it with her divine sense.
Then, a rare crack appeared on her usually cold and indifferent face.
"......?"
She blinked and scanned it again.
Confirming she hadn't misread.
Qin Yu leaned over, and after reading it, directly swore:
"Holy crap?! That's incredible!"
Fang Yuwei pushed him away, and after reading it herself, she was also stunned.
Yue Lingxi, Yun Tianhe, Xiao Yi, Han Feng... one by one, their expressions changed from curiosity to shock, and then from shock to sluggishness.
Xu Mengyao only went to the Central Continent a month ago.
At that time, she bounced away from the Holy Land, where was there any sign of pregnancy?
As a result, just as she was preparing to set off back to the Heavenly Human Holy Land, she suddenly felt the spiritual energy in her body riot, and then——she was about to give birth!
The child was her husband Zhuge Sijue's.
It's just...
With so many Half-Immortals present, not a single one noticed she was already pregnant!
Even she herself didn't notice anything.
Gu Changyuan rubbed his forehead, took a deep breath, and tried hard to digest this sudden news.
It was probably related to Mengyao's physique.
During pregnancy, that Dao Body might have automatically formed an Ice Heart Guard around the embryo.
That layer of Ice Heart not only protected the fetus, but it also perfectly concealed any leakage of aura.
It kept Xu Mengyao from even noticing the changes in her own body, all while providing the babies with ample protection during her daily shenanigans.
Judging from this, there was a high probability that these two little grand-disciples would also possess an ice-attribute constitution.

and couldn't return to the real world. Finally, I gave up and decided to go with the flow, only to discover that writing a diary could make me stronger. Since no one could read it, Su Luo wrote freely, daring to pen anything and everything. Female Lead #1: "Not bad. This diary helped me steal all the protagonist's opportunities. I just want to get stronger." Female Lead #2: "I don’t care about reaching the peak of the cultivation world. Right now, I just want to enjoy the chaos." Female Lead #3: "What? Everyone around me is a spy? I’m the Joker Demon Lord?" ... It’s so strange. Why is the plot completely off track, yet the ending remains the same? Are you all just messing with me?!

transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”

rowess are unmatched, commanding a million-strong army! Yet, the Emperor wants to depose him for the sake of a false prince? Hold on, are you throwing me into some female-oriented romance plot? How can I tolerate this? With a grand wave of his hand—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! Slander the Emperor? Very well, all of you shall die! ... The False Prince: "Although I am not the biological son, Father and Mother love me more. The throne should be mine!" The Female Lead: "Qin Xiao, you are the Emperor, and I am a commoner. If you wish to marry me, you must abdicate. Otherwise, you will never have me!" The Empress: "After we divorce, you must give me half the empire!" The Transmigrator Consort: "You worthless Emperor, why should I kneel to you? All men are equal—I advise you to be kind!" The Great General: "The enemy general is my childhood sweetheart. For her sake, I willingly abandon the frontier defenses!" The Retired Emperor: "Although Yu'er was adopted, I prefer him. Qin Xiao, you should abdicate and let him become Emperor!" ... Very well! So this is how you want to play? Facing this twisted world of female-oriented tropes, Qin Xiao grins and raises his hand to unleash—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! I am the Emperor. Why would I bother reasoning with you? Seal the gates! Leave none alive!

ose... to cooperate with the protagonist! Shen Yuan: I have a system! Protagonist: What? System: Holy crap, you're just spilling it out like that? Shen Yuan: Let's team up, we'll split the system rewards! Protagonist: Fifty-fifty split? Shen Yuan: No way! Protagonist: What!? I'm the one getting beaten up, and I don't get half? Shen Yuan: Forty-sixty split, I get forty, you get sixty! Protagonist: Deal! Big brother, come on, hit me! As long as it doesn't kill me, beat me like you mean it! Shen Yuan: Don't worry... I will definitely protect all of you! No one but me can lay a finger on you! Guard our Heaven's Chosen Ones! I'm the only one allowed to bully them!