Chapter 172: Huatian Du Gives Birth! But Who's the Father?

Huatian Du gazed up at the towering Kunpeng, his eyes filled with disbelief and pleading, as if begging the Kunpeng to give him a negative answer, to tell him that the one who would miscarry was not him.

However.

The cruel reality dealt him a fatal blow.

Seeing the Kunpeng's eyes shift, it gazed at Huatian Du's belly, as if seeing through everything, and chuckled: "Little lady, you're pregnant, probably just these past couple of days; it's normal that you don't know yourself."

Boom—

Huatian Du felt as if struck by five thunderbolts, the words "pregnant" exploding repeatedly in his mind, a relentless roar; all color drained from his face, his lips trembled wildly, anguish, humiliation, regret, anger, resentment—countless complex emotions intertwined in an instant, coalescing into a mass that spread through his body, draining all his strength, and he collapsed onto the ground, sitting heavily.

Having been refined into a bodily form by Chen Zheng, castrated by Yanshui, and then humiliated in succession by Simang Chong and Young Master Chunan, he never broke down, always clinging to a sliver of hope.

As long as he returns to the Feather Ascension Sect, he can stand again.

But now, upon hearing this calamity, he truly collapsed, unable to rise again, unable to awaken from this nightmare.

"Stand up!"

Meng Shaobai's eyes lit up with joy; he stowed the Heavenly Painted Halberd into his storage bag, took a few steps to Huatian Du, reached out with both hands, grabbed his left and right shoulders, helped him up, and demanded face‑to‑face: "Whose seed is in your belly? Tell me the truth!"

Huatian Du, however, turned a deaf ear; his face was ashen, his gaze unfocused, as if he had lost the ability to think or speak.

Meng Shaobai's expression darkened, and he spat out a vicious voice: "If you won't talk, I'll lock you in a dog cage and let the Heavenly Devils here torment you day and night, leaving you unable to live or die."

These words seemed to touch a taboo of Huatian Du's; his eyes instantly turned blood‑red, and he struggled wildly as if gone mad.

With his feeble cultivation at the Rou Shen Di Shi Chong stage, how could he possibly break free from Meng Shaobai?

It was just a waste of effort.

"Will you speak or not? Speak or not!"

Meng Shaobai's face grew terrifyingly grim; with one hand he tore Huatian Du's ragged clothes to shreds, and with the other he shoved him backward several zhang onto the Star Emperor Dragon Bed.

Then a sinister gleam appeared in his eyes as he stepped step by step toward the Star Emperor Dragon Bed.

"You..."

Seeing Meng Shaobai about to pounce, Huatian Du's whole body shook violently, his limbs flailed, his expression twisted into extreme ferocity, and he screamed hysterically: "I can't tell, I really can't tell!"

After taking over Fang Qingwei's body, he had subsequently endured Simang Chong and Young Master Chunan in quick succession; how could he know whose seed he carried?

Meng Shaobai has been asking over and over here— isn't that too much for a strong person?

"Crazy?"

Seeing Huatian Du's mad appearance, Meng Shaobai furrowed his brows and halted his steps.

His eyes flickered as he stared at Huatian Du, pondering a moment; he seemed to have guessed the truth, muttering to himself: "The seed in her belly must be Chen Zheng's, and after Chen Zheng ruthlessly abandoned her, that's why she lost her sanity."

He had been questioning this woman nonstop just to find out whether the seed in her belly was Chen Zheng's.

Now it seems likely to be so.

As long as it's Chen Zheng's seed, that's fine.

Chen Zheng is too heaven‑defying; even if he achieves the Longevity Secret Realm, I doubt I have full confidence to run him through with the Heavenly Painted Halberd.

But if I control this woman, upon returning to the Feather Ascension Sect I can use her as leverage to threaten him and force his compliance— then things become much simpler.

But a new problem has arisen.

Since Chen Zheng could abandon this woman after a brief fling, he must be a heartless, unfaithful scoundrel.

Threatening with her might not be very effective.

If instead I threaten Chen Zheng with the child in her belly, the effect might be better.

But she has only been pregnant a few days; giving birth will still require at least ten months.

Ten months— by then even the yellow flowers will have wilted.

How then can I threaten Chen Zheng?

Upon thinking this, Meng Shaobai furrowed his brows.

"Father knows son best," the Kunpeng seemed to sense Meng Shaobai's thought, chuckling: "Shaobai, you want to use the child in her belly to threaten your great enemy Chen Zheng, right? I, as father, am at the Longevity Fourth Layer Cosmic Light Realm; I can activate temporal rules to alter the flow of time in a small area. Within ten days she will be able to give birth."

Meng Shaobai was overjoyed and could not wait: "Father, please quickly employ the temporal rules to help her induce labor!"

"Good."

The Kunpeng doted on Meng Shaobai immensely, naturally refusing none; he pointed a finger at the still‑thrashing Huatian Du.

Entrance of the Star Cluster Sect.

Chen Zheng had read the complete records of myriad worlds; according to the information about the Star Cluster Sect contained therein, he instantly recognized the identity of the person who flew in, standing atop lotus‑shaped white clouds, gazing at him with angry eyes.

That person was the foremost true‑transmission disciple of the Star Cluster Sect, named Xing Mie Xie, whose cultivation had reached the Divine Ability Tenth Layer Heaven‑Defying Fate‑Changing Realm; though slightly inferior to Huatian Du and Yanshui and the like, he still ranked seventh on the Longevity Candidate List.

Standing beside Xing Mie Xie were one woman and four men, all leading figures among the Star Cluster Sect's true‑transmission disciples, each with cultivation at the Divine Ability Seventh Layer or higher; adding the Seventh Senior Brother Wu Zixu, who had been blown away by a single slap from Chen Zheng in the Five Elements Place, the Star Cluster Sect has seven great true‑transmissions, more than the former Feather Ascension Sect.

In fact, the total number of true‑transmission disciples of the Star Cluster Sect is also large— three to four hundred— several times that of the Feather Ascension Sect's true‑transmission disciples; from this one can see that the two sects differ greatly in their efforts to cultivate disciples.

However, Chen Zheng had just arrived at the Star Cluster Sect and hadn't even entered the gate when Xing Mie Xie, together with the other five great true‑transmissions, rushed to this place; judging by their attitude, they seemed to be looking for trouble with him.

Chen Zheng, however, recalled that Wu Zixu, whom he had once blown away, and Xing Mie Xie and the others were on good terms; they formed a faction dissatisfied with the young sect master Yun Yunbao, and had the backing of many elders, seeking to contend with Yun Yunbao for the future sect leadership of the Star Cluster Sect.

It appears these people came, nine times out of ten, either to help Wu Zixu regain face from that day, or to warn him not to meddle as an outsider aiding Yun Yunbao in the struggle for the Star Cluster Sect's future sect leadership.

That must be the case.

Chen Zheng felt absolutely certain in his heart.

He prepared to wait for Xing Mie Xie and the others to fly over, then without a word strike them all away with a few slaps, so they wouldn't come up chattering and wasting his time with long‑winded talk.

But to his surprise, before Xing Mie Xie even reached him, he waved a hand angrily and shouted: "Bring Wu Zixu, who has offended Senior Brother Chen, forward, make him kneel, and have him kowtow to confess his guilt to Senior Brother Chen!"

(End of Chapter)