Really Became a Father

After the rift in the void disappeared, Song Zhong once again swung the dagger in his hand, wanting to tear open the void again.

Yet after the Immortal Qi within his body entered the dagger, no Spatial Power surged from it. His Immortal Qi even covered the dagger, flowed around it once, then flowed back.

"No, it can't be used anymore?" Song Zhong looked at the dagger in his hand, utterly speechless. "That Tentacle Clan cultivator used it once, and I used it once. That's only twice. Fine, I'll try again tomorrow."

Yet when the next day came, he discovered that the dagger still could not be used.

At the same time, outside the Human Great Thousand World, the Ancestors of the Five Great Other Clans had already vanished. After all, they were the Ancestors of their respective clans; they could not possibly remain outside the Human Race forever.

However, there was certainly a Five Great Other Clans expert stationed outside the Human Race at this moment, and at the very least, they were a Forget Dao Realm expert.

Song Zhong did not concern himself with the situation outside. If they wanted to keep watch, then let them watch. He continued studying that dagger.

Only after ten days did the dagger become usable again. Even then, it could only be used twice a day.

Although it was only twice, each time he used the dagger, he could sense that Spatial Power. It was also beneficial to his cultivation of Spatial Power.

Lord of Cherished Flowers even deliberately released some Demonic Beasts for Lord Wutian and Lord Zhengyi to fight.

Gradually, quite a few Immortal Kings of the Human Race also flew over. Though none of them alone could contend against Demonic Beasts in the Immortal Emperor Realm, if one was not enough, then there would be ten; if ten were not enough, then there would be twenty.

They too wished to break through once more.

Song Zhong had been killing outside for so long and had slain so many cultivators that he did not even know how many resources he had obtained. Most of those resources were useful to him, but there were still some that were of little use to him, and he simply took them out.

Of course, he gave even more resources to the Piaomiao Sect and the current Hundred Peaks Sect—to his parents, his sworn elder sister, and his Dao companion, Wu Qingqing.

Wu Qingqing had finally met Lord of Cherished Flowers. Yet perhaps because Lord of Cherished Flowers had previously acted to save the Human Race, Wu Qingqing did not throw any tantrums.

Well, it was not as though she had no reaction at all.

Song Zhong had not gotten a proper night's sleep for several nights. Wu Qingqing launched nightly raids on him every day.

However, Wu Qingqing only harassed him for half a year before she could no longer do so, because she became pregnant.

In the blink of an eye, another ten months passed.

Human Race, Piaomiao Sect.

Outside a room, Song Zhong anxiously paced back and forth across a lawn planted with all kinds of vegetation.

He usually lived at the Hundred Peaks Sect, but Wu Qingqing was about to give birth, so she had naturally returned to her family home, the Piaomiao Sect.

As for the flowers and plants around them, Lord of Cherished Flowers had planted them all, saying that they were good for pregnant women and newborns alike.

He had not been this nervous in a very long time.

But now, he was about to become a father.

In both his previous life and this one, he had never been a father.

Within the courtyard, Song Zhong's father, mother, and sworn elder sister were likewise anxiously staring at the tightly shut door.

Even all the higher-ups of the Piaomiao Sect, including experts such as Piaomiao Immortal King and Glacial Immortal King, had gathered here and were also watching the door.

Suddenly, delight appeared on Song Zhong's face. He sensed a new aura coming from within the room.

At the same time, a clear, resounding infant's cry rang out.

Then the midwife's voice sounded from inside the room.

"Congratulations, Immortal! Congratulations, Immortal! She's born! Mother and daughter are both safe—it's a little Immortal maiden!"

As her words fell, the door opened, and the midwife ran out.

Although Wu Qingqing was a cultivator, and her cultivation realm was extremely high, the Piaomiao Sect had still hired midwives for her delivery.

The instant the door opened, Song Zhong had already rushed into the room. He immediately looked toward Wu Qingqing, whose face was slightly pale. Giving birth greatly depleted one's vital energy, and cultivators were no exception.

Yet Wu Qingqing did not look at him at all. She was staring instead at the daughter lying beside her.

Song Zhong followed her gaze to the child. The moment he saw her, his brow furrowed.

"No, this is my daughter? This... why is she so wrinkled?"

Song Zhong was completely dumbfounded. He could not be called devastatingly handsome, but he definitely was not ugly. As for his wife, there was even less need to mention her beauty. Why was their daughter a little ugly?

"Immortal, newborn children are all like this." Another midwife at the side hurriedly explained, "After some time, once she gradually fills out, she'll be fine.

"Immortal, your child will definitely be beautiful. Immortal, I'll take the child to bathe..."

"Oh, oh, so that's how it is." Only then did Song Zhong understand. He hurriedly stepped aside to let the midwife take the child for a bath. Song Zhong's mother, who had rushed into the room after him, immediately followed, even proactively taking the child from the midwife's arms.

At this moment, Glacial Immortal King, Piaomiao Immortal King, Star Thunder Immortal King, and the others also entered the room one after another.

Glacial Immortal King was the first to react and called to a disciple nearby, "Give them a reward."

The disciple beside her immediately took out the silver that had long been prepared and brought it before the several midwives.

In ordinary wealthy households, if both mother and child were safe, the midwife would receive a reward.

The Piaomiao Sect was even less short of money.

Yet when the midwives saw the silver ingots before them, they waved their hands and repeatedly said, "Immortals, we do not want any reward."

"That's right, Immortals, we don't want it. We know that it was that Immortal who saved our Human Race time and again. That Immortal is the hero of our Human Race. We cannot accept that Immortal's money."

"Right. It is our honor to deliver the Immortal's wife's child. Seeing that the Immortal has an heir makes us just as happy. We cannot accept reward money."

"Yes. If we went back and others learned that we took the Immortal's money, they would point at our spines and curse us."

They could accept anyone else's money, but they would absolutely never accept this Immortal's money.

There was even a statue of this Immortal in their village!

And it was not just their village. Statues of Song Zhong were now worshipped in many places throughout the Human Race.

"This is celebratory money. You must accept it."

"That's right, you must accept celebratory money."

"Not only must you accept the celebratory money, but you must also come to our hundred-day banquet later."

Song Zhong knew that children had hundred-day banquets. At first, he had not planned to make a grand affair of it, but although he did not want to hold one, the current experts of the Human Race all came rushing over upon hearing the news. More and more came, until the hundred-day banquet was nearly turned into a hundred-day grand ceremony.

He had also chosen a name for his daughter: Song Yunhe.

Because his daughter lacked wood among the Five Elements.

Just one day after the hundred-day banquet ended, Song Zhong opened his Universe Ring, and a figure appeared at the edge of the Human Great Thousand World.