Sect and Clan

Ning Fa flew impatiently back to Cloud Show Peak, heading straight for the subsidiary peak where Cheng Susu resided.

Outside the cave abode, amid a beautiful bed of flowers, Cheng Susu—dressed in a plain gown and carrying a large belly—was slowly walking among the blossoms with Cheng Ziyi supporting her.

Cheng Susu's picturesque face was filled with maternal tenderness as her slender hand gently stroked her stomach.

At that moment, the two women sensed something and turned around.

The instant Cheng Susu saw Ning Fa, tears welled up in her eyes, and she tried to rush toward him.

Ning Fa hurried forward and gently caught her.

"Dear husband, you've finally returned..." Cheng Susu sobbed through tears like pear blossoms drenched in rain, tightly hugging his waist.

"Sorry, I came back too late," Ning Fa said with emotion.

Cheng Ziyi, clad in a purple palace gown and strikingly beautiful, watched the two with deep gratification, though a trace of complicated emotion flashed through her eyes.

The group returned to the cave abode.

Ouyang Qinghe and Meng Ruoqi were there as well, and both women were naturally overjoyed to see Ning Fa.

Yun Ying, meanwhile, had encountered a bottleneck in her cultivation and had gone traveling.

Ning Fa pressed his ear to Cheng Susu's belly just as the child inside kicked.

Feeling that powerful kick, Ning Fa burst into hearty laughter.

Cheng Susu, too, wore a loving smile.

"Dear husband, fortunately you returned in time. Our child is finally about to be born."

Ning Fa nodded, yet he could not help thinking of the earlier celestial phenomenon and Hermit Tianyi's words.

A trace of gravity flashed through his eyes. This child of his was likely far from ordinary.

Setting everything else aside, Cheng Susu had been carrying this child for nearly nine