Bloodline!

Zhou Hao is ultimately more reliable than Cao Rong.

Not only did he promise to choose a suitable master for the two children, at least a celestial being, but he also gave Cao Rong a gourd of the ' Tiger-Dragon Nourishing Pill ' that Celestial Master Zhang had just refined, so that he could use it to help the children build their foundation.

"Great kindness needs no words of thanks," Cao Rong said, holding the wine jug. "Everything is in the wine."

"Don't thank me." Zhou Hao smiled and downed the wine in one gulp.

Although it was just ordinary wine, not as potent as celestial brew, and practically indistinguishable from water to him, what he was drinking now was far more than just wine.

"Yang Yun reminded me to be careful with my words before she came." Seeing that the matter of their children was settled, Cao Rong felt that Zhou Hao was still the same as before, and his words were full of emotion. "Actually, I was also a little nervous before, worried that you, Brother Zhou Hao, would change too much."

He knew that his old brother's current strength and status far surpassed that of any mortal emperor.

Even mortal emperors are said to be "like walking on thin ice," let alone Zhou Hao, who is now the Heavenly Emperor of the Heavenly Realm.

"Of course there will be changes," Zhou Hao shook his head, "But if I were to act any differently in front of you old friends, I'd truly be all alone."

With his current strength, if he doesn't restrain his aura, even a Celestial Immortal would be affected. Those below the Celestial Immortal level with weak Dao hearts would even be unable to speak coherently.

Therefore, when interacting with Cao Rong, Tie Feng, and others, Zhou Hao always concealed his aura.

"I haven't been cultivating for very long now, and I still have friends and clansmen around, which allows me to experience the warmth of human life. But if I wait until 100,000 or 1 million years later, when all my relatives and friends have passed away, I will become like those true immortals and gods who often go into seclusion for tens of thousands of years, my humanity fading away, leaving only the pursuit of immortality..." Zhou Hao sighed inwardly.

"Brother Zhou Hao," Cao Rong said in a low voice, "You see how much both fairies love children, haven't you tried to have one too?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Hao also turned to look.

That's right.

Liu Yu and Yun Yuchan were teasing the infant in Yang Yun's arms with the magical fruit and lingzhi.

Cao Heng looks two or three years old, but he is actually only one and a half years old. He is extremely cute with his chubby face. He was teased by the two girls and broke free from his mother's arms to run around. He was not unfamiliar with the two girls and called them "Auntie" in a childish voice, reaching out to grab some fruit.

"Have a child?" Zhou Hao was somewhat tempted by this.

I died young in my previous life and was incapable of understanding matters of the heart.

After arriving in the Great Xia World, although I have a deep bond with the Iron Ox Tribe, we are not blood relatives after all.

I can't spend my whole life cultivating Daoism and leave no trace of my bloodline.

Thinking back on all these years, I've worked hard, but Liu Yu's belly hasn't shown any signs of pregnancy. There's nothing I can do about it; it can't be rushed.

After all, the stronger a cultivator is, the more difficult it is for them to have children, unlike ordinary people who, as long as they are physically strong, can easily have one child a year.

"We really need to make plans regarding bloodlines as soon as possible," Zhou Hao thought to himself. "Otherwise, once I overcome the Heavenly God Tribulation and achieve the body of a Heavenly God, it will be even more difficult to have children again."

He knew that among the top powerhouses in the Three Realms, there were even examples of Pure Yang True Immortal who had offspring, such as the Jade Emperor in the Heavenly Court, who had given birth to seven princesses with his Daoist partner over the years, known as the Seven Fairy Maidens.

However, very few of the gods have children.

Unless you cast a wide net like the dragons...

That evening.

Zhou Hao and Yun Yuchan shared a bed.

"Chan'er," Zhou Hao said, looking at the beautiful woman beside him, "I'll teach you some cultivation techniques."

"Cultivation techniques?" Yun Yuchan, puzzled. "Didn't Senior Brother say he would take us to Jade Pool to become disciples in a few days?"

"The cultivation technique I'm passing on to you won't be taught by your master in the future... It will only be useful when the two of us are together," Zhou Hao coaxed. "Don't let your soul resist."

A divine sense transmitted several techniques for couples to cultivate together, nourish life, and conceive.

"What is this?" Yun Yuchan blushed and shyly buried her head in Zhou Hao.

"I want a child," Zhou Hao whispered in her ear, and then began to gently undress Yun Yuchan.

"It's also a way to practice martial arts, yes, that's right, this is for practicing martial arts!"

The next day, Zhou Hao did the same thing again, and he and Liu Yu practiced their skills all night long.

The newly built Dao Treasury Hall contains countless cultivation techniques and secret arts, and naturally, it also has no shortage of dual cultivation techniques from both Buddhism and Daoism.

Whether it was luck, divine favor, or the wondrous nature of the dual cultivation technique, Yun Yuchan gave birth to good news in just over a month, and a few days later, Liu Yu also became pregnant.

Meanwhile, the Perching Dragon Gorge Limitless Palace Gorge also gained widespread fame in the Heavenly Realm as the Withered Bone True Lord and the Poison Dragon Venerable spread the word.

First, the number of cultivators coming to Medicine King Ridge to collect herbs increased daily. Then, Perching Dragon Gorge was indeed as rumored, showing signs of becoming a new overlord.

In particular, this newly appointed Heavenly Emperor treats all races equally, regardless of whether they are human, demon, asura, or god. As long as they are not guilty of heinous crimes, he is supported by Taibai Venus, the Four Great Celestial Masters, the three great demon kings Heat-Avoiding, Dust-Avoiding, Cold-Avoiding, as well as several Pure Yang True Immortal immortals. He is a force to be reckoned with in the Three Realms.

Those independent cultivators without powerful backers were immediately tempted and joined in droves.

In just two months, more than 300 Celestial Immortals joined, and thousands more Void Earth Immortal of the Void Return Loose Immortal.

These newly joined celestial immortals, Earth Immortal Loose Immortal, and wandering immortals, along with their disciples and even clans and sects, gathered together, numbering in the millions.

"Have the withered bones and the poisonous dragon still failed to recruit any True Immortals or Celestial Gods?" Zhou Hao looked at the jade slip in his hand, which contained background information on the group of Celestial Immortals and Immortals who had recently joined.

"Even the most ordinary True Immortals and Celestial Gods are leaders of a force in the Heavenly Realm. Persuading them to surrender won't be easy," Taibai Venus replied.

These days, Yu Lin Tianxian is in seclusion studying the innate restrictions in the Cosmos Diagram, while Iron Drum True Immortal, Sacred Sound True Immortal, and Celestial Master Sa are busy organizing the various mountain peaks and caves in the Coiling Dragon Ridge Mountains and Vast Mountains. All sorts of miscellaneous tasks have fallen on his shoulders.

Fortunately, with the help of a group of immortal disciples from the Mysterious Heaven Sect, and by recruiting a group of disciples from the Li Clan clan to assist him, he was able to straighten out the increasingly powerful Limitless Palace lineage both inside and out.

"Mm." Zhou Hao nodded.

Currently, the number of cultivators and soldiers under his command is nearly 700,000. Of these, 400,000 are stationed in key locations within the two major mountain ranges, while another 300,000 are deployed in the north, bordering the North Sea, to guard against a counterattack from the Asura Demon Cult.

After all, he had occupied the Asura Demon Cult's stronghold in the Eastern Victory Divine Continent, killed the White Wondrous Demoness, and caused the Patriarch Styx to suffer a minor loss, losing one of his avatars.

This is also the main reason why his true form has remained in Perching Dragon Gorge and has never left.

But after two months, even the matter of procreation had yielded results, and the Asura Demon Cult had not made any move, so Zhou Hao decided not to wait any longer.

Otherwise, it wouldn't be quite right to wait until Liu Yu and Yun Yuchan start showing their pregnancies before going to Jade Pool to become disciples.

"I'll trouble you with this, Senior Brother. I'll take Yu'er and Chan'er to Jade Pool, and then go to Kunlun Mountain to see Master. If you need anything, you can go to Yueying Peak to find my Second Primordial Spirit." Zhou Hao made up his mind and began to arrange things after his departure.

He placed Yueying Peak right next to the Medicine King Ridge mountain range, and planted the Saha Treasure Tree natal treasure of his Second Primordial Spirit, in the soil and rocks of Medicine King Ridge, which was transformed from the Nine Heavens Resting Soil, just like planting a tree.

Those soil and stones contain endless vitality and earth-based energy, which have miraculous effects on immortal herbs and spiritual medicines, and also greatly benefit his Saha Treasure Tree.

The Saha Treasure Tree absorbed the flesh and blood of the Chaos Alien obtained from the Earth Ruins Realm, and was nurtured by earth-elemental energy here. Now it has long surpassed the level of immortal-grade magic treasures and reached the level of pure yang magic treasures.

In Zhou Hao's view, if the Saha Treasure Tree makes another breakthrough in the future, it is not impossible for it to reach the level of an innate spiritual treasure.

"Rest assured, Your Majesty," Taibai Venus readily agreed.

As the two were talking, Zhou Hao saw a golden wild goose land at the mouth of the canyon, revealing an old man riding an old yellow ox.

The old man didn't rush into Perching Dragon Gorge; he just sat on the back of the Old Niu Old Niu and let it carry him toward Medicine King Ridge.

Along the way, they encountered many demon soldiers and divine generals, as well as groups of young boys and girls carrying flower baskets. These days, they had seen many cultivators coming to gather herbs, and they knew that those who could pass through the canyon's magic array must not be sinful people. Therefore, no one paid any attention to him, and the old man leisurely looked around.

Zhou Hao told Taibai Venus to go about his business, while he himself rose up, a cloud of auspiciousness appearing beneath his feet, and headed towards the old man riding the ox.

While still in the air, he smiled and spoke from afar, "Immortal, instead of enjoying your Xiaoyao in your Northern Kuru Continent, how come you have time to come to my Perching Dragon Gorge?"

The old man riding the ox was none other than the ' Northern Land Immortal Elder ' with whom we had previously dined at the Heavenly Brilliance Hall the Immortal Fate Assembly.

This Northern Land Immortal Elder is extremely famous in the Three Realms. He is a top-level Pure Yang True Immortal. Because his cultivation cave is not in the prosperous Buddhist and Daoist Western Ox-Heaven Continent or Eastern Victory Divine Continent, nor in the prosperous human race Southern Jambu Continent, but in the Northern Kuru Continent where great demons and evil spirits roam, he is called the ' Northern Land Immortal Elder '.

Aside from secluded cultivation, he would only attend lectures given by powerful figures and had not joined any of their ranks.

Therefore, despite his great strength, he was merely a leisurely True Immortal.

It was said that some powerful figures wanted to take him as a disciple, but this Northern Land Immortal Elder was very ambitious and only wanted to become a disciple of the two leaders of Buddhism and Daoism.

However, apart from accepting some disciples with extraordinary backgrounds as their true disciples in ancient times, the Rulai and the Three Pure Ones never accepted any more disciples after that.

It was only because Zhou Hao was discovered and raised by the Sanqing Ones in a small world when he was young, and because he had a natural chaotic restriction, that the Sanqing accepted him as their last disciple.

Otherwise, how could ordinary people possibly catch the eye of the Three Pure Ones?

When the Northern Land Immortal Elder saw that Zhou Hao had come to see him in person as soon as he entered Perching Dragon Gorge, he hurriedly dismounted from the Old Niu's back, bowed, and said, "This old man greets the Emperor."

"We're old acquaintances, so you can address me as 'fellow Daoist' in private," Zhou Hao returned the greeting with a smile. "Immortal, are you here to gather herbs, or do you have something to discuss with me?"

When they parted ways at the Heavenly Brilliance Hall after the Immortal Fate Assembly, several Pure Yang True Immortal reserved cave dwelling locations for Zhou Hao and invited him to reunite in the Heavenly Realm.

However, Zhou Hao, having taken over the position of Ziwei Heavenly Emperor, was busy developing his power and had not yet had the time to visit him.

Speaking of which, among the several true immortals and gods in the Heavenly Brilliance Hall back then, only the Northern Land Immortal Elder and the Crimson Pole True Lord were idle and did not rely on any powerful figures.

He was planning to visit these two free spirits after arranging his Daoist partner and sect, and after meeting his master at Kunlun Mountain, to see if there was any possibility of winning them over.

Who would have thought that the Northern Land Immortal Elder would come on his own?

"To my shame," the Northern Land Immortal Elder shook his head, "This old man has come to seek an audience with the Emperor, hoping to find a place to avoid disaster."

It turns out that in the Northern Kuru Continent, although there are many giant demons and gods who have lived from ancient times to the present, they are all wild and monstrous creatures. However, the Northern Land Immortal Elder is an ancient true immortal who has been cultivating in the Northern Kuru Continent since the formation of the Heavenly Realm. He has never liked fighting and only closes his door to cultivate alone, which is quite peaceful.

However, recently, one of his disciples got into a dispute with a subordinate of a newly risen True Immortal Demon over a few spiritual herbs.

That true immortal demon was ruthless; regardless of familiarity or wrongdoing, he directly attacked, taking the disciple of the Northern Land Immortal Elder to refine his demonic arts, condemning him to eternal damnation.

The poor Northern Land Immortal Elder only had two or three disciples, and only his most valued youngest disciple stayed by his side to serve him.

Now that his beloved disciple has died tragically, unable even to be reincarnated, how could he possibly bear it?

He immediately stormed over to settle the score.

This honest man may seem harmless at first glance, but when he loses his temper, he can be ruthless and merciless when it comes to killing.

The Northern Land Immortal Elder turned the demon palace of the True Immortal Demon upside down, annihilated all of the demon disciples, and killed the True Immortal Demon's clone before he could finally vent his anger.

Who would have thought that this true immortal demon was actually a disciple of Patriarch Kunpeng, one of the Four Ancestors of Source River? He had just been cultivating his magic in the Northern Darkness Sea and was not well-known in the Three Realms, which is why few people knew about him.

Now that his clone has been killed by the Northern Land Immortal Elder, and his newly established foundation has been destroyed, the two sides have become mortal enemies.

"That Patriarch Kunpeng is in seclusion most of the year and rarely leaves the Beiming. He wouldn't dare to bully me, but his disciples are too powerful," the Northern Land Immortal Elder said bitterly. "That villain even enlisted the help of Patriarch Kunpeng's successor, the ' Nine-Headed Celestial God,' and gathered several fellow disciples to retaliate. I, an old man, am powerless to fight alone, so I had no choice but to abandon my legacy and come to the Emperor for refuge."

"This is truly heaven's help," Zhou Hao thought to himself with great emotion.

My luck has been really good lately, and everything is going smoothly.

Before we could even recruit them, the Northern Land Immortal Elder came to us on his own initiative.

Although taking in the Northern Land Immortal Elder would inevitably involve him in the karma of the disciples of the Patriarch Kunpeng.

But if one wants to establish a great cause and achieve something, there's no reason to only gain advantages without suffering losses.

Besides, he had already offended the Patriarch Styx. Given the relationship between the Four Ancestors of Source River, even if he didn't provoke them, they would inevitably try to deal with him in secret.

Rather than doing that, it would be better to openly accept the adversaries who have a grudge against them.

Anyway, having too many lice doesn't make you itch, and having too much debt doesn't make you worry.

Moreover, given the current situation, the powerful beings of the Three Realms are recruiting True Immortals and Celestial Gods to replenish their strength and prepare for the calamity.

Even if he doesn't take in the Northern Land Immortal Elder, he can still find a place to stay and receive protection from a powerful being.

Since he chose to come and seek refuge with me first, he must have considered that it's better to be a big fish in a small pond than a small fish in a big pond.

If I were to take in the Northern Land Immortal Elder, it would also allow the Three Realms to know of my magnanimity.

If this attracts more true immortals and gods to join us, then we will naturally profit.

"I am overjoyed that you have come, Immortal Elder," Zhou Hao said with a smile. "I have been bestowed the title of 'Great Emperor of the Purple Void of the North Pole of the Central Heaven,' and there are many vacancies among the positions of the righteous gods under my command. Therefore, you, Immortal Elder, will serve as the 'True Lord of the Water Virtue of the Northern Star,' one of the Five True Lords of Qi."

"As for the conflict between the Immortal Elder and the disciples of the Patriarch Kunpeng, you may fight one-on-one, but if they try to bully the weak with numbers, I will naturally not stand idly by."

Northern Land Immortal Elder is powerful enough and is an ancient true immortal who took the initiative to join him, he cannot be given a real position like the Withered Bone True Lord and other true immortals who betrayed him at the last minute, and are only given empty promises.

These Five Qi True Lords, also known as the Five Virtue Star Lords, hold a position among the celestial officials of the Heavenly Court that is no less important than that of the Four Saint True Lords who command troops, such as Marshal Tianpeng.

"Thank you, Your Emperor." The Northern Land Immortal Elder was extremely grateful to Zhou Hao for directly bestowing upon him a divine position, making him a righteous god of the Heavenly Court and able to enjoy Heavenly Court offerings.

"My Limitless Palace has just set up its formation, and it's like a snowball rolling downhill, getting bigger and bigger. With the help of the Immortal Elder, we should be able to solve this urgent problem." Zhou Hao led the Northern Land Immortal Elder back to the Limitless Palace, and then summoned Taibai Venus to discuss the division of labor between the two of them.

Taibai Venus was overjoyed to learn that the Northern Land Immortal Elder had joined the fold and had been bestowed the title of Water Virtue True Lord by Zhou Hao.

He was in charge of both domestic and military affairs, and wanted to bring his region back on track. There were countless complicated matters to attend to, so the Northern Land Immortal Elder shared the burden and immediately assigned some urgent tasks to him.

After the two Pure Yang True Immortal went about their business, Zhou Hao sat alone in the palace, lost in thought.

"We still need a dedicated intelligence-gathering force under our command," Zhou Hao thought to himself.

The clash between the Northern Land Immortal Elder and the disciples of Kunpeng was a battle between true immortals and celestial beings. Had the Northern Land Immortal Elder not come to inform him, he would have been completely unaware of it.

Such delayed information channels may have serious consequences during future catastrophes.

"When the Great Xia Dynasty was first established, Yu Lin and the others helped the Xia Emperor build the Yinglong Guard. If he can achieve True Immortal status this time, and break through using the Heaven and Earth Great Dao, he could repeat what he did back then in the Heavenly Realm..."

Several more days passed quickly.

Seeing that the Northern Land Immortal Elder and Taibai Venus were working together efficiently and handling all matters, Zhou Hao summoned Liu Yu and Yun Yuchan. He didn't set up the ceremonial procession of the Heavenly Emperor, but instead shrunk the Eight Views Imperial Carriage to the size of an ordinary celestial chariot, had nine golden dragons pull it, and left Perching Dragon Gorge, heading towards the ' Cloud Sea Realm ' high in the sky.

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