Jiang Cixin was still unaware of what was happening.
But within the womb, a magnificent panorama was already unfolding in Jiang Wang's sea of consciousness—this was the ancient sage's inheritance obtained from fusing with the Primordial Sacred Body!
By the banks of the river of time, an emperor possessing the Primordial Sacred Body stood beneath the heavens like an eternal, undying deity.
Jiang Wang felt as if beneath that emperor's feet lay a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, built from countless valiant souls. Each of these souls radiated terrifying auras!
There were Saints, there were Quasi-Emperors, and even the remains of Heavenly Emperors!
Yet even these mighty beings, nearly immortal and indestructible throughout the world, had been reduced to mere steps beneath the feet of the Primordial Emperor!
All things submitted; he alone dominated the ages!
Waves of shock and awe surged within Jiang Wang's heart.
And at that very moment!
The emperor who presided over this world turned his head to look back. His gaze pierced through endless ages and landed directly on Jiang Wang's face.
Jiang Wang felt a momentary daze. Then, incredibly, the emperor's figure rapidly retreated until it was right before his eyes, close enough to touch.
And then, it merged completely with his body!
From that moment onward, Jiang Wang felt as if the entire world around him had changed!
His spiritual perception had magnified countless times. Threads of golden, warm currents surged through his limbs and bones, remaking his innate talent. Even within the womb, the process of marrow washing and meridian cleansing had begun!
Simultaneously, it seemed as if countless vortexes had appeared in the void, greedily devouring the world's spiritual energy and channeling it directly into Jiang Cixin's lower abdomen.
"How strange. Could my child truly be cultivating in the womb? But wasn't he born congenitally deficient?"
Jiang Cixin was secretly astonished but made no sound.
Her beautiful eyes, filled with affection, gazed at her belly. She gently stroked it and sensed again. The spiritual essence she had been sending over hadn't diminished at all; instead, there was spiritual energy being returned to her body!
"Could it be that you, little one, also know your mother is useless, forcing you to start cultivating even in the womb?"
Jiang Cixin murmured self-deprecatingly, a wave of self-blame and guilt welling up inside her.
She didn't know that this was merely a normal phenomenon of Jiang Wang's cultivation.
The Primordial Sacred Body was too terrifying; its slightest movement often gave rise to heavenly visions.
This was just an appetizer.
Jiang Wang, for his part, could truly feel the immense power of the Primordial Sacred Body's cultivation speed. It was simply incomparable to before the fusion.
Through the system, he learned that in this world's power hierarchy, the early stages were known as the Lower Three Realms. Generally, before reaching adulthood, the prodigies of major clans competed within these three realms.
They were, respectively: Blood Moving, Cave Heaven, and Divine Transformation.
Each realm was further divided into ten levels.
If one could reach the Cave Heaven realm before adulthood, they could be considered a genius. If one could reach Divine Transformation by the time they reached adulthood, they were rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns!
As for breaking through Divine Transformation before adulthood and achieving the Venerable realm—even if only the first level of Venerable—that was a prodigy among prodigies!
Generally speaking, only descendants of major clans born with innate Divine Meridians, Divine Bodies, and the like were born with inherent spiritual essence and the strength of the first or second level of the Blood Moving realm. Only then would they have the potential to reach the Venerable realm by adulthood!
For instance, Luo Zhantian, the Young Clan Leader of the Luo Clan, had been born at the first level of the Blood Moving realm and became a first-level Venerable at eighteen!
Now, his principal wife Mo Yun's child was also born with a Divine Body. This child might also be born at the Blood Moving realm and have a chance to reach the Venerable realm before adulthood.
But now...
Jiang Wang, absorbed in his own cultivation, was discovering that these worldly concepts didn't really apply to him.
[Name: Jiang Wang]
[Innate Talent: Primordial Sacred Body] (Red)
[Status: Discarded Son of the Luo Clan] (Concubine-born)
[Realm: Blood Moving Realm, First Level!]
In less than the time it takes to burn half an incense stick, Jiang Wang's cultivation had already reached the first level of the Blood Moving realm.
And yet, it seemed there were still over three months until his birth?
He continued cultivating. Vast and boundless spiritual energy poured into his body like a baptism, as if he were receiving divine enlightenment.
[Blood Moving Realm, Second Level!]
[Blood Moving Realm, Third Level!]
[Blood Moving Realm, Fourth Level!]
[...]
Jiang Wang was immersed in the joy of rapidly growing stronger. He knew that the means to defy fate and change his life were now in his own hands!
Over three months, he was eager to see just what realm he could achieve by the time he left his mother's womb!
And by the time he reached adulthood, what level could he attain!
...
Jiang Cixin did not make a fuss about Jiang Wang's activities. She simply sensed that the little one was indeed cultivating, and her mood improved considerably.
The Tianma carriage rode the clouds and mist. That evening, it stopped before the gates of the Jiang Clan.
Jiang Cixin, with Xiaolan, flew into the Jiang Clan's territory and arrived at the main hall, where she saw two familiar figures.
A man and a woman—they were her elder brother, Jiang Lixin, and his wife, Bai Qianqian. Bai Qianqian held a young child in her arms.
This was Jiang Cixin's one-year-old nephew.
"Elder Brother, Sister-in-law, I'm back." Jiang Cixin greeted them.
Earlier, when the Luo Clan couldn't accept the child in her womb, she had already informed the Jiang Clan that this day might come.
So now, seeing her, and seeing her prominent belly, her brother and his wife immediately understood what had happened.
"Little Sister, come over and sit. The journey must have been tiring. Don't risk a miscarriage." Jiang Lixin helped her over.
Then, he too let out a sigh.
The Luo Clan was powerful. His own sister being driven back to her family—such a humiliation—but as the Young Clan Leader of the Jiang Clan, he dared not say a word.
For now, all he could do was take good care of his sister.
"Elder Brother, I'm fine." Jiang Cixin thanked him.
But at that moment, his wife, Bai Qianqian, rolled her eyes.
"I advised you not to go, but you wouldn't listen. You were so eager to marry that Young Clan Leader of the Luo Clan. Now they won't let you have your child, and you regret it, so you come crawling back to your family?"
"They're stingy, that Luo Clan. They won't let you share the resources meant for the legitimate son from their alliance with the Mo Clan, so you come back to your family for a second helping?"
Jiang Cixin listened, head bowed, saying nothing.
She had never wanted any resources. Her child was originally born with ordinary aptitude. She only hoped her child could be an ordinary person, simply live.
But now that she was back, her sister-in-law was the matriarch of the household. A scolding was only to be expected.
Jiang Lixin, however, spoke up angrily: "How can you talk like that? This is my own sister!"
"Would our Jiang Clan ever lack a bit of cultivation resources for my nephew?"
Bai Qianqian said no more. She just gave him a disgruntled glare and carried the child to the back of the hall.
"Little Sister, don't mind her. Your sister-in-law has always been this sharp-tongued."
"It's fine, Elder Brother." Jiang Cixin smiled.
Actually, she knew Bai Qianqian well.
This woman, born of the Bai Clan, had always had a sharp tongue but a soft heart. Her words could be harsh, but her intentions weren't bad at all.
That evening.
Jiang Cixin learned that her parents, for her sake, had gone to the Medicine God Valley to invite a Medical Dao Immortal Emperor and were still on their way.
She settled into a side hall to rest. Just as she was about to sleep, a servant arrived with a bowl of precious Essence-Replenishing Pill soup.
"This was sent by the Young Madam. She had it simmered for two hours. She said that Miss, being weak now, needs to take supplements when you can, and not to try and save the Young Master's money."
Hearing that it was her sister-in-law Bai Qianqian's covert care, Jiang Cixin couldn't help but smile, a warmth spreading through her heart.
If she calculated the time, her sister-in-law must have ordered this soup prepared right after she left the main hall... It seemed Bai Qianqian's soft heart beneath her hard words really hadn't changed.
At that moment, Jiang Wang in her womb also paused his cultivation for a bit.
Ever since entering the Jiang Clan, he had perked up his ears, listening. He had expected scenes of his mother being bullied, which he would memorize.
But unexpectedly, the atmosphere in the Jiang Clan was clearly far warmer than he had imagined!
His aunt seemed a bit fierce, but it wasn't real ferocity. They were all people who wanted what was best for his mother.
This was so much better than the Luo Clan, where the father didn't love him and the ancestors didn't care!
The only pity was that the Jiang Clan wasn't truly powerful in the Primordial Immortal Domain at the moment...
Now.
Seeing his mother drink the Essence-Replenishing Pill soup, and noticing she was still trying to channel it all to him, Jiang Wang no longer needed it. Instead, he reversed the flow, using the energy to nourish her body.
To heal the damaged spiritual essence she had lost back then, the hidden injuries she bore.
Hearing his mother's startled gasp, Jiang Wang smiled faintly. After doing this, he would resume his cultivation.
And at that moment!
Two urgent figures suddenly flew to the side hall from outside the door, accompanied by their concerned voices!
"Daughter! Your father and mother are back!"
"Your father has even invited the Miracle Sage from the Medicine God Valley for you. Quick, let the Sage take your pulse and examine the child in your womb, and see if there's any possibility of repairing his innate talent!"