The path to immortality through martial arts begins with being forced into marriage!

Cui Yi lowered his head, looking at the fluffy little head in his arms, feeling the tight embrace around his waist.

He raised his hand and gently placed it on Tang'er's head, ruffling her two adorable little buns.

"Silly girl."

Xu Yunyan then walked closer.

Unlike Tang'er, she didn't rush forward; instead, she stood three steps away, quietly watching Cui Yi.

She looked at Cui Yi's injuries and the undisguised heartache in his eyes.

"You're back?"

Looking at her slightly protruding belly, Cui Yi felt a surge of indescribable emotions.

"I'm back."

Xu Yunyan nodded.

She didn't press him about what he had been through outside, didn't ask why he hadn't come back sooner, and didn't complain that he had made her wait so long.

She simply stepped forward, raised her hand, and gently stroked his face.

"She has already told me about His Majesty's matter."

"She's very good, both to us and to you. For a woman to do this much is already quite remarkable."

"You...aren't angry?"

Xu Yunyan suddenly smiled: "Why would I be angry? Yi'er is so capable of getting such a powerful woman to have your child, I'm overjoyed."

"Now you have both a son and a daughter, which is a good thing."

"Even if something happens to me in the future, I will have done right by the ancestors of the Cui family."

"Pah, pah, pah, stop talking nonsense."

After offering Xu Yunyan a few words of comfort, Cui Yi frowned and looked towards the delivery room where cries of pain were constantly coming from.

She didn't have much affection for Xiao Yuli, but the child was his after all, so it would be a lie to say she wasn't nervous.

Xu Yunyan, being quite sensible, didn't hesitate for long before her gaze was fixed on the door of the delivery room.

"Wow--"

Suddenly, a clear and loud cry pierced through the heavy palace walls, and everyone outside the door trembled at the same time!

Tang'er was the first to jump up, clapping her hands excitedly: "It's born! It's born!"

The delivery room door opened, and the midwife came out beaming with joy to announce the good news: "Gentlemen, you can all rest assured, His Majesty has given birth! It's a little prince! Mother and child are safe and sound!"

Just as everyone breathed a sigh of relief, Cui Yi's body suddenly stiffened!

An indescribable power surged within him, like an ancient beast that had slumbered for millennia, suddenly awakening!

The pagoda that resided deep within his sea of ​​consciousness trembled violently at that moment!

On the tower, countless mysterious runes lit up simultaneously, their golden light illuminating the entire sea of ​​consciousness!

"Host has given birth to offspring!"

"Offspring's aptitude: Innate Daoist bones, bestowed with imperial mandate!"

"Bloodline purity: Top-tier!"

"According to the rules of the Floating Pagoda, the host will receive a lifespan bonus for giving birth to offspring!"

"Reward calculation in progress—"

Basic reward: 500 years of lifespan.

"Offspring's aptitude bonus: Innate Dao Bone, an additional 300 years!"

"Bonus for Offspring: With the Emperor's mandate, destined to become the future emperor, an additional 500 years of reward!"

Total reward: 1,300 years of lifespan!

"Rewards are being distributed, please wait..."

boom!!!

An indescribable surge of vitality, like a flood bursting its banks, rushed wildly into Cui Yi's body!

The vitality was far greater than ever before, and it was the purest life force ever!

Clearly, this is a gift from the laws of nature to the propagation of offspring!

Cui Yi's aura surged wildly like a runaway volcano in that instant!

At this moment, all of Cui Yi's lifespan was burning wildly!

It wasn't that he deliberately set himself on fire; rather, the pagoda was helping him burn.

Because the internal energy within him had reached a critical point!

A critical point that can no longer be suppressed!

He had suppressed his peak Foundation Establishment for far too long.

He had spent far too long refining the fake pill with its eight Dao patterns.

At that moment, under the impact of that immense vitality, the barrier shattered with a deafening roar!

Within his dantian, the fake dantian covered with eight Dao patterns suddenly burst forth with dazzling golden light!

The golden light was so intense that it pierced through his body and soared straight into the heavens!

boom!!!

A golden beam of light shot into the sky from the palace, and the beam was three zhang thick!

......

In the capital city, countless people looked up at the same time!

"That's...the direction of the Imperial Palace!"

"Someone has broken through! This aura is that of the Golden Core Realm!"

"No! How could an ordinary Golden Core cultivator break through with such power?! Who is it?!"

The Nascent Soul Ancestor, who had been in seclusion for a hundred years deep within the palace, suddenly opened his eyes!

For the first time, a flicker of shock flashed in those cloudy eyes: "This is..."

"A Golden Core with ten Dao patterns?!"

"How is this possible?!"

......

After a long time, the golden pillar of light finally dissipated slowly, and Cui Yi's aura gradually calmed down.

Cui Yi quickly looked inward at his dantian, where a golden core floated quietly.

It was no longer the irregular fake pill from before, but a perfectly round and flawless golden pill!

What is most striking are the mysterious patterns on the surface of the golden core.

One, two...

Ten in total!

Ten Dao patterns were evenly distributed on the surface of the golden core, each slowly rotating and emitting a faint golden light!

Cui Yi looked at the ten slowly rotating Dao patterns on the golden pill, and a slight smile slowly appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Without the worry of Dao patterns, I will no longer need to deliberately suppress my breakthroughs in the future!

Breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm is just around the corner!

But now, Cui Yi wasn't too caught up in the joy of breaking through his cultivation level; instead, he darted into the delivery room.

The midwife was about to stop him when Yun Yi stopped her.

As Xiao Yuli's confidant, Yun Yi also knew that the young prince was Cui Yi's child. Why were they meddling in the father-son meeting?

The delivery room was still filled with a faint smell of blood. Xiao Yuli lay on the couch, her face pale and covered in sweat, but a tired but satisfied smile was on her lips.

She was holding a tiny swaddled baby in her arms.

Inside the swaddling clothes was a wrinkled little thing, eyes closed, tiny fists clenched, fast asleep.

Cui Yi walked over and squatted down beside her bed. Looking at her wrinkled little face, his eyes suddenly stung with tears.

"Like you."

"How does it resemble me?"

"The nose is similar, the mouth is similar, everything about it is similar."

Xiao Yuli gently poked his cheek: "You're lying through your teeth."

"So wrinkled, like a little old man, how does he resemble me?"

Cui Yi did not refute.

He just looked at that little thing, at that little life that carried his blood.

Just then, Xu Yunyan stepped forward.

She looked at Xiao Yuli on the couch and gave a slight bow.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty."

Xiao Yuli looked at her, a complex emotion flashing in her eyes.

"you……"

Xu Yunyan raised her head, her eyes clear.

"I am truly happy for His Majesty."

Xiao Yuli was silent for a moment. Then she smiled.

"Thanks."

Tang'er also came over and tiptoed to look into the swaddling clothes.

"Wow, it's so small..."

She paused for a moment after speaking, seemingly thinking of an adjective, before muttering softly, "Like a little mouse..."

Cui Yi's face darkened, and he quickly pulled Tang'er away.

"You brat, if you can't speak properly, then shut up."

Tang'er stuck out her tongue and hid behind Xu Yunyan.

Looking at Xu Yunyan's gentle smile and Tang'er's playful appearance, Xiao Yuli suddenly felt that these people weren't so hard to accept after all.

"Have I taken good care of them both?"

Cui Yi nodded repeatedly: "Not bad, not bad at all."

Xiao Yuli snorted.

"Then how will you thank me?"

Cui Yi thought for a moment, then pulled Xu Yunyan and Tang'er to his side and placed their hands together amidst the puzzled gazes of the crowd.

"From now on, I will protect you!"