Chapter 323

Chapter 323: Confused, Am I Going to Be a Dad?

Xiao Yang woke up groggily after being pinned down by Nie Ruhua’s aggressive advances.

However, beside him was a stunningly beautiful fairy.

Where was Nie Ruhua?

What on earth was happening?

Xiao Yang was utterly flabbergasted.

Wasn’t he just knocked over by Nie Ruhua? This goddess-like woman was definitely not the scruffy, bearded Nie Ruhua!

At this moment, Xiao Yang felt an overwhelming surge of spiritual energy. Although he was still at the Half Saint realm, his divine soul had amplified several times.

With the Futian Sword Technique, mastering the spirit to control the sword at thirty-three realms, his sword path had surprisingly broken through to the sixth realm.

As he concentrated, a powerful mental force erupted from his mind’s sea, instantly manifesting faint, illusory sword shadows in the void.

Under the influence of his mental energy, everything could be transformed into sharp sword qi—a strand of hair, a grain of sand, a speck of dust, even the invisible wind and intangible air could become his swords.

He had touched the sword path realm where all things in heaven and earth could be his blade.

“What a mysterious sword path insight.”

The fairy beside him sensed Xiao Yang’s sword qi, and her beautiful eyes lit up instantly.

“Who exactly are you?!”

Xiao Yang suddenly leaped out of bed, quickly dressed, and pointed his sword finger directly at the woman in front of him.

A shadow of a sword flickered atop his finger.

A fierce wave of sword qi radiated from him, filling every inch of the surrounding space.

The woman felt as if countless invisible sword tips were aimed at her.

Should the other party move, the intangible sword qi surrounding her would instantly pierce her skin.

“Feng Xuan, if you don’t get out here right now, I’ll flatten your hideout! Let’s see where you can run,” came an enraged voice from the Sect Holy Daughter.

“The Immortal Gate’s long-distance transmission technique?” The mysterious woman smirked, a hint of amusement on her lips.

“Who are you, and why are you here?” Xiao Yang stared at the mysterious woman, his voice low and serious.

“Who am I?” The mysterious woman looked at Xiao Yang with a teasing smile.

“Huh?” As Xiao Yang stared into her eyes, a sense of déjà vu washed over him.

Something felt off, but he couldn’t quite put his finger on it.

“What, we just fought all day and now you don’t recognize me?”

The mysterious woman lazily lounged back, her dreamy eyes fixed on Xiao Yang.

When their gazes met, Xiao Yang felt a sudden emptiness in his chest, as if he might fall into an abyss; her eyes were so mesmerizing, he nearly lost himself.

He shook off the sensation and averted his gaze quickly.

“Huh?” The mysterious woman seemed taken aback.

Her alluring soul-capturing technique had actually failed?

“You are Nie Ruhua?” Xiao Yang couldn’t believe his eyes as he looked at the captivating woman before him, who almost ensnared his soul.

The prettier the woman, the more dangerous she was.

“Nie Ruhua no longer exists in this world…” The mysterious woman slowly rose, her form veiled in gossamer, her flawless skin glowing beneath it.

“Only I, Feng Xuan…”

She glanced at Xiao Yang with a glimmer of amusement in her eyes.

“Feng Xuan?” Xiao Yang was utterly bewildered.

She was Nie Ruhua?

That scruffy Nie Ruhua?

Impossible!

Nie Ruhua was tall, bearded, looking just like a man.

The woman in front of him was graceful and breathtakingly beautiful, radiating an irresistible charm with every smile.

This woman was not like the Sect Holy Daughter; she had both an air of seduction and a hint of innocence.

Especially those two enchanting eyes, capable of drawing anyone in.

She was a captivating little sprite, yet exuded a delicate vulnerability that provoked a protective instinct.

Xiao Yang was genuinely stunned.

Was there really a secret art in this world that could completely transform a person into someone else?

“Surprised? Unexpected? Happy?” Feng Xuan looked at Xiao Yang, her gaze holding an elusive emotion.

This man had taken her virginity!

She had once been captured by the Immortal Gate.

The sect’s old man had personally sealed her with nine spiritual marks.

Her brothers had desperately helped her break eight of them, allowing her to escape from the Immortal Gate.

But they had perished at the hands of that old man, drained of their life forces.

Thinking of this, Feng Xuan’s eyes reddened.

She had an unyielding grudge against the Immortal Gate.

The last seal on her could only be broken with external help.

Xiao Yang possessed the Chaos Holy Body and had the power of creation within him. They could cultivate together, and she could use the Phoenix Clan’s rebirth technique to undergo a complete transformation and break the ninth seal.

“…”

Xiao Yang stared at Feng Xuan, swallowing hard.

This was too incredible.

The manly Nie Ruhua had somehow turned into a celestial beauty.

It felt like a dream, everything happening was just too surreal.

“Boom…”

At that moment, a great tremor shook the ground, and the entire underground space cracked with fissures.

Countless formations flared into existence, preventing the lake’s basin from collapsing.

“Nice job, Jiang Yaoguang, are you really going to break my house?” Feng Xuan exclaimed before transforming into a fiery phoenix and soaring skyward.

“Boom!”

She smashed through the protective barrier above and burst forth.

“This…”

Xiao Yang was at a loss.

This was the bottom of Thunder Marsh Lake.

He watched as water gushed in from the hole Feng Xuan had created.

With no other choice, he unleashed his sword light and shot upward, pushing back the flooding water from the gaping hole.

At this moment, Thunder Marsh Lake erupted in turmoil.

On the small island at the center of the lake, the Sect Holy Daughter, Jiang Yaoguang, made her move.

With a single palm strike, she blew apart a tower.

Even though the buildings here had formation protection, they couldn’t withstand her power.

“Boom!”

Just then, a fiery phoenix shot out from the lake, rising into the sky.

The world changed around it, obscuring the sun and moon.

A resonant phoenix cry echoed through the heavens.

High above, the phoenix spread its wings, its divine flames cascading outward, enveloping the sky in a fiery red glow, as if the void itself was igniting.

Terrifying heatwaves radiated far and wide, evaporating the moisture in the air.

The Sect Holy Daughter looked up at the fiery phoenix overhead.

It was as if a divine sun had emerged.

The terrifying aura swept through the realm.

“This is bad…”

The Sect Holy Daughter’s expression changed.

With such might, Feng Xuan must have broken the ninth seal and regained her power.

This was the last remaining phoenix in the world.

It took the Immortal Gate’s strongest to capture this fiery creature.

Now that Feng Xuan had regained her power, she might not be able to handle it.

“Jiang Yaoguang, I’ve had a taste of your man, and I must say, very good, haha…”

Feng Xuan laughed triumphantly from above.

“You…”

The Sect Holy Daughter was both shocked and furious, her feelings complex.

At that moment, a streak of sword light shot up from the lake.

Xiao Yang appeared on the water’s surface.

“This…”

Xiao Yang looked up at the firestorm that was the phoenix above.

Was this really the phoenix from legends?

He was just overpowered by a phoenix?

Xiao Yang’s feelings were mixed.

At that moment, a massive claw descended from the sky towards the Sect Holy Daughter.

“Jiang Yaoguang, today I will capture you and show you what it’s like to be sealed!” Feng Xuan’s frigid voice echoed from above.

She had a personal vendetta against the Immortal Gate.

The old man from the Immortal Gate had slaughtered the dragon and phoenix families, annihilating both.

Her brothers had died tragically at the hands of that old man.

Now, Feng Xuan had grown powerful to a degree that even she found shocking.

Had her time with Xiao Yang really boosted her power?

The Sect Holy Daughter could only raise her palm to counter.

“Boom!”

With a muffled thud, the Sect Holy Daughter was smashed into the ground.

The claw, wreathed in divine flames, came crashing down, pinning the Sect Holy Daughter in place.

“This…”

Xiao Yang was utterly dumbfounded.

The transformed Feng Xuan was so powerful?

Even if he broke through to the Sacred Martial Realm and became a Sword Saint, he felt he would still be like an ant before her.

Feng Xuan was too strong.

With such cultivation and combat ability, she could definitely rival the earthbound immortals of legend.

“Jiang Yaoguang, weren’t you all high and mighty before? Now look at you, trampled underfoot! And your man is mine now, haha…”

Feng Xuan laughed loudly.

“Damn it!”

Pinned to the ground, Jiang Yaoguang desperately worked her mysterious skill to shake off the crushing claw.

But it was useless.

“Let her go!”

Xiao Yang pointed his sword and swung, aiming at the claw pressing down on Jiang Yaoguang.

“Clang!”

The sound of metal clashing rang out as his sword light shattered against the claw.

“Are you that worried about your child’s mother?” Feng Xuan’s voice resounded from above.

“What do you mean?” Xiao Yang was utterly confused.

What was Feng Xuan talking about?

Child’s mother?

At that moment, Xiao Yang noticed Jiang Yaoguang, pressed into the dirt, with a noticeably rounded belly—she was pregnant!

“This…”

Xiao Yang was incredulous. The Sect Holy Daughter was with child.

Without a doubt, Jiang Yaoguang’s baby was his.

He never expected that after their moment together, she would be pregnant.

He was going to be a dad?!

Xiao Yang felt a mix of shock and joy.

In his previous life, he had no idea of his own origins, believing that Xiao Zhenshan and his wife were his real parents.

However, they had never treated him well since he was young.

He had never experienced parental love.

Now, with his second chance at life, he understood why Xiao Zhenshan and his wife had treated him so poorly—because he wasn’t their biological son.

At present, he was an orphan who didn’t even know who his parents were.

He certainly didn’t want his own child to end up as an orphan too.

“Don’t worry, you helped me break the seal and restored my powers, I won’t harm your child, but I won’t spare anyone from the Immortal Gate.” Feng Xuan’s voice rang from above.

Just as Feng Xuan was about to seal Jiang Yaoguang’s powers, an absorbing force suddenly arose from the Sect Holy Daughter’s abdomen, steadily drawing in the surrounding spiritual energy.

“What…”

Feng Xuan’s expression shifted.

She felt her own spiritual energy being forcibly taken.

“What? Protecting your mother before you’re even born?” Feng Xuan’s incredulous voice came from above.

In the next moment, a surge of immense power erupted from Jiang Yaoguang, directly shaking off the claw holding her down.

“Hmph!”

Feng Xuan descended, her formidable presence sweeping down from the heavens.

“Boom…”

The ground trembled, and reality felt as if it would shatter.

Xiao Yang felt as though a colossal weight had slammed onto him, nearly crushing him to the ground.

The Sect Holy Daughter was the first to be forced down, sprawling on the ground.

“Before me, even earthbound immortals must kneel!” Feng Xuan proclaimed with overwhelming authority.