At the Four Symbols Divine Sect's headquarters, atop Rosy Glow Peak.
After returning to the sect, Gu Chenfeng did not announce his arrival with great fanfare.
He notified only his Granduncle Master Mo Nancang, his second sister Gu Qingxuan, and core figures such as the sect's peak masters and hall masters.
When everyone arrived at Rosy Glow Peak, they saw Gu Chenfeng holding a sleeping little girl in his arms, his expression gentle, looking every bit the doting dad.
Everyone froze.
Granduncle Master Mo Nancang hurried to Gu Chenfeng's side and lowered his voice.
"Xiao Feng, this... this is far too sudden.
"Is she Elder Si of Star Luo Hall's, Miss Shangguan of the Supreme Dao Sect's, or Miss Su of the Heavenly Sound Sect's?"
His second sister Gu Qingxuan also leaned closer, eager for gossip.
"What an adorable little thing. Xiao Feng, you even have a child now! Why didn't you tell your second sister sooner about something this important? I could have informed Grandfather and the others."
"..."
Gu Chenfeng was rather speechless. He had known these misunderstandings would arise.
"This is a child I picked up by the roadside."
"Picked up?"
Everyone was doubtful.
Gu Chenfeng casually made up a story, not caring whether they believed him.
He then asked about recent developments within and outside the sect.
Only then did their expressions turn solemn. Xie Guhong, the master of Famous Sword Peak, reported, "Sect Master, all demon caverns within our Four Symbols Divine Sect's territory have now been suppressed. Everything is stable."
After a pause, he added, "The only unusual development occurred several days ago at the Human and Demon Races Borderlands.
"The Abyss Ruins there emitted abnormal fluctuations, shaking the land for hundreds of miles around.
"But experts from both races' alliances have carried out