Gebados Planar Prison.
A faintly illusory blossom of the Netherworld Flower enveloped a man and a woman within its petals.
Time passed slowly before the Aethereal flower finally dissipated, revealing two figures, their clothing slightly disheveled.
Sadius was holding Lina in his arms.
For a long moment, he didn't know what to say.
The two of them had been completely controlled by the strange power of the Netherworld Flower, forced to fulfill the most primal union of their lives.
Of course, it wasn't that the flower had consciousness—it merely stirred and amplified the most instinctual desires within Sadius and Lina.
Lina, resting motionless in Sadius' embrace, didn't know how to face what had just happened.
No one had forced anyone. Both of them had been overtaken by instinct, nothing more.
During that fusion, Lina's spiritual energy had actually broken through to the Saint-level, and she was now a Saint-rank necromancer magus.
In the end, it was Sadius who finally broke the silence.
"Lina…I'm sorry."
Sadius still felt the need to apologize.
"Teacher, it isn't your fault. I'm also responsible." Lina's voice was soft, almost a whisper.
"Can you…allow me to take responsibility for this?"
Lina hesitated. Sadius was her teacher.
Though in the Yulan Continent there was no taboo against teacher-student relationships…Sadius already had a wife and a son.
And that son was much older than Lina herself.
Lina couldn't accept being with a man who already had a family.
Even if that man was one of the most powerful Deity-level experts in the Yulan Continent, she still found it difficult to accept.
Lina remained silent, but the next thing Sadius said made it impossible to stay silent.
"Lina, I can feel it…there's already my bloodline within your body. It's faint, but I can sense it."
It hadn't been long at all since the two of them had been together. Normally, it was impossible for Lina to become pregnant so soon.
But the Netherworld Flower's pollen existed precisely for the purpose of life continuation. Its effect ensured that the two who inhaled it would complete the act of life's inheritance in a single union.
Thus, after their joining, their bloodlines immediately fused.
In other words—just once, and Lina was pregnant.
It was only because Sadius' bloodline was so unique that he could already sense the existence of this inherited bloodline.
That bloodline was weak… yet undeniably firm.
Lina's eyes widened with disbelief.
Naturally, she trusted Sadius' words—after all, he was a powerful Deity-level existence.
Surprise flickered across her face, but in the end, she accepted it.
Everything was already clear.
Silently, Lina leaned against Sadius' chest.
The next day, Sadius took Lina back to the Yulan Continent.
The first thing he did was use divine sense to send a message to Beirut.
"Uncle, do you know what those red motes of light released by the Netherworld Flower were?"
He didn't believe Beirut wouldn't know what had happened in the Planar Prison.
Beirut chuckled through divine sense:
"Hahaha, Sadius, congratulations. That was the pollen of the Netherworld Flower. Normally, it only appears when the flower blooms and withers."
"Uncle, don't tease me. Can you tell me in detail about this pollen?"
"The Netherworld Flower is an extremely rare plant-type Divine Beast of the Nether Realm. Among ordinary Divine Beasts, it's already considered top-tier. Back in the day, I tossed one into the Planar Prison. Later, Leylin killed it, leaving its plant body behind. It remains preserved in the prison to this day.
The Netherworld Flower blooms for a thousand years, withers for a thousand years, then blooms again for a thousand years.
Its pollen is similar to the Netherfruit of the Nether Realm, but its effects are much weaker. However, it has a unique property: those who inhale the pollen of the same Netherworld Flower will have their most primal desires awakened, inducing the inheritance of life itself. Divine Beasts who tend to have trouble having heirs often search for treasures such as these."
Sadius was speechless. The property of this pollen was absurd. Did it not even care if the man and woman were compatible in size or race?
"Uncle… but the flower was already dead. How could it still release pollen?"
"Before that Deity-level Netherworld Flower was killed by Leylin, it was already in its millennial blooming period. Before dying, it gathered all its divine power to protect the pollen of its main body, hoping that through the pollen it could pass on its lineage.
You had Lina refine it into a necromantic spell of the Death Laws. Normally, nothing would have happened. But your divine sense probing triggered the Netherworld Flower's instinctive mechanism. The last remaining pollen instinctively entered your souls… and then everything else followed."
Sadius fell silent.
In the Coiling Dragon universe, all sorts of strange creatures existed. Truly, there was no ability too strange.
"You, brat… you should think carefully about how you're going to explain this to the one waiting at home."
Sadius let out a quiet sigh. This was something he could never hide from Reyna.
He first arranged for Lina to stay in the palace within the Fog Valley, then the next day he traveled alone to Pouant City.
Ever since Luoshen became the new emperor of the Pouant Empire, Reyna had moved into Sadius' palace residence.
When Reyna saw Sadius return, she had specially prepared a delicious meal for him.
Looking at Reyna, Sadius felt warmth. All these years, she had always stayed by his side.
But now… he didn't know how to tell her about Lina.
"My lord, what's wrong? You've been absentminded."
Reyna still addressed Sadius as "my lord." She still saw herself as the little maid who had once sworn an oath to him.
Sadius pulled the petite, lovely Reyna into his arms.
"Little Reyna, I love you. But… I've done something that wronged you."
Reyna immediately guessed what it was. Tears welled slowly in her eyes.
"My lord… please, don't abandon me…"
She buried her head into Sadius' chest, her voice choked with emotion.
Why did Reyna think he would abandon her?
Sadius hurried to comfort her.
Then he explained everything from beginning to end.
"My lord, weren't you always hoping that Lina and Hogg would end up together? How could this—"
…
Reyna knew Sadius had previously tried to bring Lina and Hogg together, though she didn't know why.
"They didn't have feelings for each other. So I stopped pushing them."
In the end, Reyna still accepted it.
After all… Lina was already pregnant.
"My lord… I also want another child."
Reyna gazed at Sadius with deep affection.
Sadius gently kissed her.
But Sadius being able to conceive a child with Lina was only because of the Netherworld Flower's pollen.
For Reyna to bear a child now would be difficult.
His bloodline level was now that of a super Divine Beast. Passing on his lineage was extremely hard.
If he truly wanted another child, he'd have to find another living Netherworld Flower.
A few days later, Sadius still let the two women meet.
Whether in the Infernal Realm or the Yulan Plane, while most people still practiced monogamy, there were indeed those who had multiple partners...normally it's unscrupulous folks like Odin and Atkins but in Sadius' case he accidentally became the villain playing the hero.
Sigh…
Originally, Sadius wanted only to spend his life with Reyna alone. But now, he had to take responsibility.
As for Lina, most of her thoughts were still focused on cultivation.
She hadn't really thought much about who she'd end up with in the future.
Now that she was with Sadius, she was satisfied. She had felt his warmth, and naturally, her heart had been moved.
But their feelings would still need time to truly grow.
Looking at the two women, who looked almost like sisters, Sadius found himself thinking about one thing.
Would the child he had with Lina… be Linley?
It was highly possible. After all, Sadius still carried the Azure Dragon bloodline within him.
Even if it was just his divine clone, it was still the same as his true body.
But to know for sure, they'd have to wait until the child was born and test his elemental affinities—whether they were earth and wind dual-affinity, with mid-level fire affinity…
If that really was the case, wouldn't he then truly… become Linley's father?!