Chrysanthemum Douluo Gave Birth

"This matter will be handled according to the ancestor's will. Adjudicator Elder will take full responsibility for Tang San's upbringing. Everyone in Spirit Hall must cooperate fully, without the slightest negligence."

As soon as those words fell, although the Title Douluo present still had their reservations, they all bowed in acknowledgment.

The lingering authority of the ancestor, Qian Chongguang, remained. The plans he had laid during his lifetime had never contained a single flaw. No one dared defy this will.

The core meeting came to an end. Just as everyone rose to leave, the hall doors were pushed open with a knock. A young maid came rushing in, panting heavily, her face flushed red as she stumbled over her words. "My lords! G-good news! Something huge has happened! Word has come from Chrysanthemum Douluo's residence—Lord Yue Guan is about to give birth! Ghost Douluo is guarding the delivery room and sent this servant to report immediately!"

The moment those words landed, the meeting hall, which had been on the verge of dispersing, fell into deathly silence.

Only after a full three breaths did the entire hall erupt.

"What did you say?! Give birth? Have a child?!"

Falling Devil Douluo sprang up on the spot. The Coiling Dragon Staff in his hand crashed to the floor with a clang. His face was filled with the stunned disbelief of someone who had seen a ghost, as though he doubted his own ears. "Yue Guan? That Chrysanthemum Douluo, Yue Guan? Isn't he a man?! How could he give birth?!"

"Exactly! This isn't something to joke about!" Qianjun Douluo widened his eyes as well, his face full of disbelief. "Yue Guan and Gui Mei are both men. How did they end up with a child? Don't tell me cultivating a Martial Soul Fusion Skill can train someone into the wrong sex?"

Guang Ling Douluo shot straight out of his chair, his lively eyes opened wide and round as he kept muttering, "Ridiculous! Completely ridiculous! They disappeared for several days, and I thought they were carrying out some secret mission. They were actually off having a child?!"

The Title Douluo, all nearly a century old, began talking over one another, their faces filled with shock and bewilderment. Even Golden Crocodile Douluo, usually so composed, furrowed his brow. Clearly, this fantastical news had left even him unable to recover.

Seeing the crowd descend into chaos, a rare hint of helpless amusement appeared on Bibi Dong's cool face. She raised a hand to quiet them, then slowly explained, "It's a long story. It began three years ago, while the ancestor was still alive."

"Three years ago, Elder Yue Guan found an immortal-grade Union Immortal Ganoderma by chance while carrying out a mission. This Immortal Ganoderma was especially unique. It possessed both pure yang and pure yin effects. For those with compatible Martial Soul Fusion Skill attributes, it could fully activate its medicinal power, complete the yin-yang compatibility between both parties, and allow the Martial Soul Fusion Skill's power to break past its limit."

"Yue Guan's Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum was an ultimate-yang martial soul, while Gui Mei's Ghost martial soul was an ultimate-yin martial soul. They were the best possible match for this Immortal Ganoderma. However, both possessed male bodies, and their yin and yang could never achieve perfect union. This was the root cause of why their Martial Soul Fusion Skill had made so little progress over the years. After seeing the Immortal Ganoderma back then, the ancestor nodded and said it could resolve their bottleneck."

Bibi Dong paused, then continued as she looked at the still-stunned crowd. "After the two took the Immortal Ganoderma together, its medicinal power erupted completely. In order to achieve the ultimate complementary balance of yin and yang, it directly corrected the mismatch between Yue Guan's soul and body—his soul had always leaned toward yin, conflicting with his male body and pure-yang martial soul. The Immortal Ganoderma directly reversed the yin and yang of his body, turning him into a woman and perfectly complementing Gui Mei."

"From then on, their yin and yang became completely compatible. The power of their Polar Static Domain more than doubled, and after over sixty years together, they no longer needed to hide their feelings. Naturally, they became a couple. Later, Yue Guan discovered he was pregnant. But the two had always kept a low profile and feared causing unnecessary complications, so they never announced it publicly. Even we only learned of it a few days ago."

After she finished speaking, the meeting hall once again fell silent.

Everyone looked at one another, unable to say a word for a long while.

They had seen countless immortal herbs capable of increasing cultivation or healing grievous wounds, but they had never imagined that such a miraculous treasure existed—one that could directly reverse a person's physical sex in order to complete a Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Yet upon thinking it over, it also seemed perfectly reasonable. Everyone in Spirit Hall knew that Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo were inseparable, sharing life and death for decades. Their tacit understanding ran far deeper than that of ordinary married couples. Now that their yin and yang had harmonized, becoming partners was indeed a happy ending.

"Come on, come on! Let's hurry over and take a look!" Guang Ling Douluo was the first to recover. Grabbing his Guang Ling Divine Bow, he charged for the door. "I've lived this long and never seen what Gui Mei looks like as a father! And I have to see Yue Guan's child too. The child must be as beautiful as him!"

Falling Devil and Qianjun joined in the commotion, surging outside in a swarm. Even Golden Crocodile Douluo, who had always been mature and steady, could not suppress his curiosity. He shook his head and followed after them.

Meanwhile, Chrysanthemum-Moon Mansion on the western side of Spirit Hall had long since become a mess, though the chaos carried a tense warmth.

Gui Mei, the Ghost Douluo who was usually so shrouded in ghostly energy that strangers dared not approach, had completely lost the aura of a God Slayer. Like a headless fly, he paced back and forth outside the delivery room.

The ghostly energy around him had been completely withdrawn. His face, which was perpetually gloomy enough to make children cry, was now filled with helpless anxiety. His normally icy eyes were fixed on the tightly shut door of the delivery room, while his fingers clenched so hard they cracked and his knuckles turned white.

Who could have imagined that this Title Douluo, feared by Soul Masters across the entire continent, would have such a flustered moment, like an inexperienced young man?

"Lord Ghost Douluo, please stop pacing. You're making all of us nervous too."

A maid beside him softly advised, "Lord Chrysanthemum Douluo is at least a Rank 91 Title Douluo now. His physique far surpasses that of ordinary people, and Spirit Hall's best midwives are attending him. He'll definitely be fine."

Gui Mei's footsteps abruptly stopped. He opened his mouth as though he wanted to argue, but swallowed the words again and merely replied with a muffled, "Mm."

Yet before even two seconds had passed, he could not control himself and began pacing again. His heart pounded faster than it had when he faced three experts of the same rank trying to kill him.

He had lived a lonely and miserable life. When he was young, his martial soul mutation had left him weak, and his family despised him. After his martial soul awakened a second time, his clan regarded him as an omen of misfortune and abandoned him. He had nearly been branded an Evil Soul Master.

Everyone feared the ghostly energy around him and stayed far away. Only Yue Guan had never despised him. Yue Guan had accompanied him from his days as an unknown little Soul Master, through every struggle and hardship, until they reached the rank of Title Douluo. They had endured wind and rain together, sharing life and death for more than forty years.

In the past, he had always felt that being able to stay by Yue Guan's side for a lifetime, as brothers and partners for a lifetime, was already the greatest fulfillment imaginable.

To be honest, he had truly liked Chrysanthemum Douluo back then. He had not dared to ask for more, afraid that if he pierced that thin layer between them, they might not even be able to remain brothers.