In the room, Xi Wuqing held the infant carefully in her hands, her eyes crinkling into slits with a smile.
The wrinkles on her face seemed to dance with joy, overflowing with delight.
"Hehehe... this little one is so handsome, with thick brows and big eyes!"
"And so well-behaved too—just born and not making a fuss at all."
She cradled Jiang Yuqiong, utterly smitten, unable to stop looking him up and down.
In an instant, she had taken in every detail of Jiang Yuqiong.
"Holy crap!"
"I'm exposed!"
Jiang Yuqiong panicked, quickly stretching out his two little hands to cover his private parts.
What a joke!
He'd just come out of the womb, still stark naked.
And being held in Grandmother Xi's arms, with her staring at him so intently.
If she kept looking, his reputation in this life would be ruined!
He felt utterly embarrassed, his little face flushing red in an instant.
His tiny hands clung desperately to cover the critical area.
How humiliating!
Seeing his reaction, Xi Wuqing's laughter grew even more cheerful.
"Oh? The little guy's blushing?"
"Hahaha... you're so small and already know how to be shy?"
Xi Wuqing laughed heartily, surprised.
This little thing even knew to cover himself with his hands.
Wasn't that just too astonishing?
"Grandmother Xi, let me see the little one."
Su Qingshuang sat up straight on the bed, reaching out her hands.
Her expression was unusually weary at that moment.
The little one's birth had drained a significant amount of her primal energy.
But when Su Qingshuang took Jiang Yuqiong into her arms, that exhaustion transformed into profound satisfaction and happiness.
"Little thing, let Mommy take a good look at you."
Su Qingshuang spoke softly, gazing at Jiang Yuqiong with tender affection.
At the same time, Jiang Yuqiong was sizing her up.
"Wow, my mom is so beautiful!"
His little mouth formed a round shape.
Even having seen countless online beauties in his past life, none of them could hold a candle to his mother—not even half as stunning!
She didn't seem like a mortal woman but more like an immortal descended from the heavens.
Especially those watery eyes, filled with such love that they melted Jiang Yuqiong's heart, stirring a deep warmth within him.
This woman was his mother in this life!
"Mom... Mom..."
At this point, Jiang Yuqiong's vocal cords weren't fully developed.
When he opened his mouth, he could only produce a few simple syllables.
He waved his arms and legs, seeking his mother's embrace.
Su Qingshuang's gaze softened even more, holding the little one close, reluctant to let go even slightly.
Even Xi Wuqing, standing nearby, watched with kind eyes, unwilling to interrupt.
But after a moment, the old woman spoke up to remind her.
"Little Qingshuang, outside, Wu Xu and the others can't hold on much longer."
"Hand the little one to me for now, and focus on regulating your energy."
The situation outside was within both of their perceptions.
The battle was raging fiercely, and that Quasi-Emperor from the Eternal Blood Prison was steadily advancing, nearing the doorstep.
Jiang Wu Xu and the others were fighting desperately, soaked in blood, but they couldn't slow him down!
Against a Quasi-Emperor, even several Saint Ancestors couldn't stand in his way!
Hearing Xi Wuqing's words, Su Qingshuang's expression grew serious.
Her little one had just been born, a time that should have been filled with family joy.
But who could've predicted that the Eternal Blood Prison would storm in at this moment!
This was a life-or-death struggle!
Whoever could endure would emerge as the ultimate victor!
"Grandmother, I'll trouble you."
"Just give me the time of one incense stick!"
Su Qingshuang gently handed Jiang Yuqiong from her arms to Grandmother Xi.
Then, she prepared to circulate her energy to recover her strength.
There wasn't enough time to return to her peak condition.
The battle outside was too urgent—Saint Ancestors were falling, perishing one after another.
Su Qingshuang could only make a brief adjustment before heading out to fight.
"Sigh..."
Grandmother Xi let out a soft sigh.
With a formidable enemy at hand, if Su Qingshuang were to join the battle, she'd likely need to burn her primal energy to resolve today's crisis.
But doing so would come at an unimaginable cost.
Grandmother Xi didn't even dare to think about such an outcome.
She lowered her head, looking at the infant in her arms.
Her cloudy eyes were filled with endless sorrow and感慨.
If anything happened to Su Qingshuang or Jiang Wu Xu today...
What would become of this little one?
"Let's hope we can get through this trial safely!"
Grandmother Xi murmured in a barely audible voice.
On the bed, Su Qingshuang cast a reluctant glance at Jiang Yuqiong.
Then she gently closed her eyes, preparing to begin her energy regulation.
But in the next moment, a look of immense shock appeared on her exquisite face.
At the same time, a wondrous, boundless energy surged within her, melting like ice and snow.
This energy spread rapidly, filling her entire body in an instant!
Then, Su Qingshuang felt her primal energy restoring at an unimaginable speed!
In just a fleeting moment, she was back at her peak!
"This is..."
Su Qingshuang's eyes widened, her voice trembling with astonishment.
She had no idea where this power had come from.
It seemed to have appeared out of nowhere!
Yet the result was utterly staggering!
The depletion from the past few months, combined with the primal energy taken by her child's birth, had been fully replenished in the blink of an eye!
At this moment, her inner energy surged like a galaxy of stars, shimmering with cosmic shifts and the resonance of the Great Dao!
Such a potent effect was simply too unbelievable!
Across the entire Desolate Realm, no spiritual plant or elixir could possibly possess such divine efficacy!
"Little Qingshuang, you..."
It wasn't just Su Qingshuang herself.
Grandmother Xi, holding Jiang Yuqiong and just wrapping him in swaddling clothes, was also stunned.
She clearly sensed the immense change in Su Qingshuang!
The overwhelming majesty of a Heavenly Emperor permeated everything.
Standing nearby, Grandmother Xi couldn't help but tremble!
Clearly, Su Qingshuang had returned to her full strength!
At this moment, she possessed the complete combat power of a Heavenly Emperor!
"Where did that power come from?"
"Could it be..."
Su Qingshuang pondered for a long time.
But she couldn't pinpoint the exact source of that energy.
Soon, her gaze shifted sharply, landing on Jiang Yuqiong in Grandmother Xi's arms.
At that moment, the little one turned his head, grinning at her.
"Yuqiong, could it really be because of you?"
The thought deepened the shock in Su Qingshuang's heart.
Beyond Jiang Yuqiong, she couldn't think of any other possibility.
Reflecting on everything that had happened over the past half-year,
This little one had shown extraordinary feats since he began cultivating in the womb.
A companion divine bone, two peerless techniques, creating a new extreme bone-tempering realm, awakening thunder martial veins, achieving divine abilities with only the Heavenly Astral realm cultivation...
Each event, one after another, was jaw-dropping.
All these occurrences stacked together made it impossible not to attribute all the miraculous phenomena to him.
"Little one, it seems you really are Mommy's lucky star."
Su Qingshuang smiled warmly, reaching out to pat his little bottom.
She was almost certain that the changes in her body were inextricably linked to her little one!
Su Qingshuang didn't intend to dig deeper.
But Grandmother Xi, standing nearby, was utterly bewildered.
"Little Qingshuang, what's going on?"
Xi Wuqing asked in confusion.
She was genuinely lost now.
Little Qingshuang had just given birth and should have been extremely weak, needing time to recover.
And indeed, moments ago, she had been frail, her cultivation barely able to muster half its strength.
But now, how had she suddenly returned to her peak?
Facing Grandmother Xi's puzzlement, Su Qingshuang only shook her head.
"Grandmother, I'll explain later. Please look after Yuqiong for me first."
She slowly stepped down from the bed.
In an instant, Su Qingshuang seemed transformed!
From a loving mother, she became a towering figure capable of grasping the sun and moon, plucking stars from the sky!
A terrifying aura burst forth from her!
This aura was vast as the sea, deep as the abyss, surrounded by the cycles of the Great Dao and the annihilation of laws!
At a glance, Su Qingshuang was like a divine demon from the nine heavens descending to the mortal world, suppressing all!
"I'm going out to deal with the Eternal Blood Prison!"
"Since they dared invade my Xuanshuang Grotto-Heaven, they must have already prepared to meet their end!"
Su Qingshuang's gaze was sharp, as if divine flames danced within her eyes.
But before she could act, a deafening "BOOM!" rang out!
A heaven-shaking sword light instantly demolished the small courtyard, reducing it to nothingness!