"Mother, weren't we talking about Emperor Weapons? How did we get onto this subject? The Primordial Goddess? Who's that?"
Chen Mu had no recollection of the Primordial Goddess, nor any image of her in his mind.
"Since you refuse to inherit my imperial throne, you must at least choose between starting a family and establishing a career, mustn't you? I'm still hoping to hold a grandchild soon." Qin Xuanji voiced her true thoughts.
"If you want grandchildren, my sister could..."
"Hmm?!"
Before Chen Mu could finish, Chen Juexin silenced him with a fierce glare.
I can't afford to provoke her.
He knew Chen Juexin was wholly devoted to her career and had no interest whatsoever in starting a family.
Fortunately, Chen Juexin spoke up just then. "Mother, there's something you don't know. Little Mu has actually already found his cultivation partner."
"What? Mu'er, you already have a cultivation partner? Whose daughter is she? What's her background? Is she trustworthy?" Qin Xuanji fired off several questions in succession, unusually flustered and excited.
"Come to think of it, I haven't properly asked about Qingcheng's origins either. I only know she comes from the Sky Sword Sect and is their Saintess." Only after Qin Xuanji brought it up did Chen Juexin realize this.
"The Sky Sword Sect? How influential are they in this world?" Qin Xuanji pressed Chen Juexin.
"They're only a small sect. After the Chen Family rose from a sect to a Sacred Land, they pledged allegiance to us. They've been loyal to the core," Chen Juexin explained.
"..." Qin Xuanji fell silent.
In her eyes, anyone worthy of her son had to at least be a Goddess of the Immortal Palace, a world-shocking prodigy painstakingly raised by the undisputed overlord of a world, or a prodigious Female Emperor who ruled