Even though nearly everyone present was a God Emperor or close to it, a chill ran down their spines upon hearing the news.
The Western Divine Region alone had six king realms with over 800 Divine Masters. Add the Southern Divine Region's four king realms to that, and the number shot past 1100. That was a force capable of obliterating anything in existence.
They didn't doubt Xia Qingyue's words. The Moon God Realm was well known across the God Realm for its intelligence network. In both speed and accuracy, it matched or even surpassed the Dragon God Realm.
Mu Xuanyin, Luo Guxie, Jasmine, Mu Bingyun, the Phoenix, the Golden Crow, and the others all stared at Yun Wuji with varying degrees of concern.
Although no one said it outright, the reason the Dragon God Realm had gathered such a massive force could only be to destroy someone or something. And the most likely target… was them.
"You don't need to worry. We already considered this possibility," Yun Wuji said calmly as he glanced at Chi Wuyao. "Isn't that the whole reason we went through the trouble of subduing the Yama Realm and Burning Moon Realm?"
"Indeed, but still, I didn't expect the worst-case scenario to actually happen," Chi Wuyao replied, narrowing her seductive eyes. She turned to Hua Jin and asked, "What did you find in the Heavenly Mystery Realm?"
As a precaution, Chi Wuyao had sent Hua Jin, a level ten Divine Master, to spy on the Heavenly Mystery Realm. That alone showed how much importance she placed on them.
"The Heavenly Mystery Realm is still open to outsiders, but the three Heavenly Mystery Elders have been missing for months now. It seems they stopped receiving guests after meeting the previous Moon God Emperor," Hua Jin replied seriously. "After digging deeper, I discovered that the three elders left the realm without informing any of their disciples."
"Little darling, what's the plan? Are we going through with it, or should we change course?" Chi Wuyao nodded at Hua Jin, then looked toward Yun Wuji.
They were just about to launch their plan and strike both the Brahma Monarch and Eternal Heaven God Realms at once. But if the Dragon God Realm intercepted them midway, even with their newfound strength, things could get ugly fast.
Yun Wuji remained standing with his eyes closed, using his frightening genius to piece things together. Why did that Simp Monarch suddenly decide to attack them? And why was he throwing everything he had into crushing them?
Within minutes, he ran through countless possibilities in his mind. After tossing out the improbable ones, only one remained. The three elders had likely shown him a vision of the future or maybe the past, and in that vision, Yun Wuji was with Shen Xi.
If there was one thing that could drive Simp Bai to madness, it would be Shen Xi!
There's that scene in the novel where he literally kissed the ground she walked on, sniffed the dirt she stepped in while weeping. He would burn the world for her, and if any man dared lay a hand on her, he'd stop at nothing to crush him!
"We will proceed as planned," Yun Wuji opened his eyes and said calmly, "No matter what happens, I have a way to deal with it."
Without considering that his subordinates were actually very strong and had a high chance of winning even if the Southern and Western Divine Regions showed up, he still had a trump card to use against them if they lost.
"Even if the Dragon Monarch marched his forces a few days ago, assuming no delays, it would still take several days to mobilize the Western Divine Region and even longer to reach the Southern Divine Region. By the time they arrive, at least twenty days will have passed." Qianye Ying'er nodded in approval of Yun Wuji's decision, her golden eyes narrowing as she added, "By then, the Eternal Heaven God Realm and Brahma Monarch God Realm will already be ashes."
"You're wrong. It would take far less time to reach us," Chi Wuyao said, shaking her head at Qianye Ying'er's optimistic view. "The Dragon God Realm has many secrets and trump cards. Wuji already figured out they possess something that lets them reach anywhere in the God Realm extremely quickly."
"The World Dragon City."
Back in the ancient Era of the Gods, the Heretic God built two profound ships and imbued them with the divine power of the World Piercer. The first was called the Spirit World of Heaven and Earth, and the second was called the World Dragon City.
The Spirit World of Heaven and Earth is Yun Wuji's Primordial Profound Ark. It can instantly teleport anywhere in the world, as long as there's enough energy.
The World Dragon City, on the other hand, is the ship that the Heretic God gifted to the Dragon God Race. It can compress space and shrink the distance between two points. It doesn't jump through space, but it still transcends the concept of 'speed'. So even if they are traveling from the Western Region to the Eastern Region, it will only take four to five hours.
Long before they began their plans, Yun Wuji had told Chi Wuyao everything he knew about the King Realms across the three regions, the Brahma Soul Ashes, the Star Ashes, the Eternal Heaven's Kalachakra Ark Cannon, as well as the Dragon God Realm's World Dragon City and the five Venerable Withered Dragons. He used the excuse of "deducing" to explain how he obtained this information.
"It doesn't matter. Whether they come early or late, we will proceed as planned," Yun Wuji said without a hint of concern. He then turned to Chi Wuyao and said, "Gather the others. We set off right now." With that, he walked toward the hall's door.
His women might feel some apprehension toward the 1100 Divine Masters gathered, but he didn't. Aside from his trump cards, his Dragon Soul and Dragon Might were the ultimate bane of all dragons. Even the Dragon Gods would be weakened by at least thirty percent.
"Hmm?" Just as he took the first step, the soul crystal in the Sky Poison Pearl stirred. Yun Wuji pulled it out and activated it.
"Wuji," the ethereally beautiful face of Shen Xi appeared before him, her dreamy voice calling his name.
"Shen Xi? Why did you suddenly call?" Yun Wuji asked, confused. Shen Xi usually did not talk much to anyone, even himself. Truthfully, his relationship with her was much less deep than with his other women. For one, they spent far less time together. And two, Shen Xi had lived for a very long time, millions of years. Her heart and feelings were hard to move. Take Long Bai for example. He had been simping for over 300,000 years and still could not get the tiniest reaction from her.
Of course, Yun Wuji had absolute confidence in winning her heart because, after all, he had already gotten her body.
"I have something important to tell you," Shen Xi's calm face turned serious as she spoke.
"If it is about Long Bai's recent movements, we already—" Yun Wuji thought she was warning him about Long Bai. However, Shen Xi's surprised expression made him stop as she shook her head and said, "No, it is something else."
"Wuji, I am pregnant," Shen Xi said, touching her flat stomach. Her voice softened, becoming much gentler.
The moment those words fell, everyone in the hall froze. The atmosphere grew heavy as all the women present stared at the soul crystal with wide eyes.
Crack!
The floor and walls of the hall began to crack under the terrifying pressure released by the combined might of the women.
"...What? I must have heard wrong. Can you say that again?" Yun Wuji's mind went completely blank.
"I am pregnant with your child," Shen Xi spoke slowly.
Rumble!
The entire hall shook under the immense pressure. Cracks spread across the walls like spider webs, and the sharp sound of bones cracking from clenched fists filled the air.
"I am going to have... a mistake... I mean... a child! I am going to become a father," Yun Wuji whispered in a daze. "Is it a boy or a girl?"
Although he had already readied himself when he promised Luo Guxie to have a child with her, he was still astounded and shocked when the news of becoming a father hit him out of the blue, especially at this exact moment.
"It's a girl," Shen Xi answered, a soft, gentle smile spreading across her face.
"A girl, a girl is good. Whether it's a boy or a girl, all is good, all is good," Yun Wuji spoke as he reached out and touched the crystal, as if trying to feel the child in her stomach.
"But how? How did you become pregnant so suddenly?" Yun Wuji asked. Aside from his first time with Chu Yuechan, he never bothered with contraception because he knew well that with his Dragon God bloodline, it was extremely difficult to impregnate any woman. He had shot literal liters of spunk inside his women, drowning their wombs with his baby seed, yet none of them had ever gotten pregnant.
"Each dragon, be it male or female, has a 100% chance of getting pregnant the first time they lose their virgin yin or virgin yang," Shen Xi replied calmly to his question. "I don't want my child to grow up without a father. Wuji, take care of yourself and come back soon. I... we will be waiting for you."
After that, her image faded, and the crystal fell to the ground.
Yun Wuji stood frozen, still struggling to accept the new reality. He was going to be a father, a freaking father! Sure, it would take years before his daughter was born, but he was going to be a father!
A father!
Crack!
"Wuji, don't you have anything to say to us?" A sudden hand gripped his shoulder and Luo Guxie's cold voice snapped him back to reality.
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