The Corruption Dragon God: Lust System Chapter 855 - Child of destiny

The moment Rouxi was expelled from the mind world and appeared in Qingyi's pavilion, all the girls emerged with her.

Even those who were far from the temple noticed the anomaly and didn't hesitate to leave.

Every one of them wore a tense expression, but none compared to Qingyi's.

He turned to Rouxi. Feiyan had already laid her on the bed, while Celestia washed her hands, sleeves rolled up, preparing for the birth.

Qingyi crossed the room in a few strides and knelt at the bedside, taking her hand between his.

"Everything will be all right, my love…" he said with a sweet smile.

"I know it will…" Rouxi managed to return it, even as pain contorted her face. Her fingers tightened weakly around his.

Even for a Stellar Sovereign, her water breaking was no pleasant experience.

In the next moment, Qingyi's eyes—which had overflowed with tenderness only a moment before—filled with rage.

He gently released Rouxi's hand and stood. Without a word, he stepped out into the courtyard of their mansion and raised his gaze to the heavens.

Until a short while ago, those heavens had been blue, the sun hanging high in a sky created by the artificial atmosphere of the Celestial Orthodox Martial Alliance.

Now, those same skies had sunk into darkness.

Black clouds swallowed everything, a sea of lightning hammering down without pause, testing the strength of the Celestial Orthodox Martial Alliance's arrays.

Each strike made the firmament tremble. Thunder rolled in deafening waves, and the smell of ozone soaked the air.

Then, without warning, the arrays shut down.

Qingyi sensed the exact moment the auras of more than seventy Celestial Emperors erupted, all of them rushing toward his pavilion.

None of them reached him. The heavens had already moved, establishing a barrier that stretched for tens of kilometers around Qingyi.

The Celestial Emperors could only hover outside, staring at that invisible dome with clenched fists.

"T-the Celestial Court…" one of them stammered, his voice trembling as he watched a point of light emerge from that sea of darkness.

That wasn't a Celestial Tribulation! That was the descent of a General of the Celestial Court!

"That means a Child of Destiny is about to be born… but how?" another Celestial Emperor murmured, his eyes falling upon Qingyi's solitary figure in the courtyard.

Children of Destiny.

No one knew much about them.

The moment one was born, the Celestial Court immediately took the child away. The Court itself was a mysterious group, one that descended only once every few hundred thousand years.

Many said they came from a higher plane. Others claimed they were merely representatives of the heavens themselves, ensuring the world's balance.

It was said that the Children of Destiny possessed such extraordinary talent that, whenever one was born, a General had to descend personally to fetch her and ensure she was properly nurtured.

For most families, having a Celestial General descend for a child was an immense honour. The Court often showered these families with gifts capable of producing dozens of Celestial Emperors.

Three of the five most powerful families and sects in the Celestial Realm owed their power to the gifts bestowed at the birth of a Child of Destiny.

Qingyi, of course, knew nothing of this. And even if he had, it would have made little difference.

The expression on his face was nothing but the purest fury.

Pigs courting death, endless pigs!

"How were you able to force Rouxi out of the mind world, you dog?" Qingyi's voice echoed, deep and laden with rage.

Of course, he already knew the answer.

Mind worlds were, after all, governed by the heavens.

They were created beneath the heavens and existed only with their permission.

The heavens were far from holding absolute authority over mind worlds, but they still possessed certain minimal capabilities.

Forcing Rouxi out of the mind world had likely come at an extremely high cost. It wasn't the sort of thing the heavens would do routinely.

"WHAT GIVES YOU THE COURAGE?!"

Qingyi wasn't even a Celestial Emperor, but his roar carried enough power to make even Tianjin flinch slightly.

His murderous intent engulfed the entire Orthodox Martial Alliance.

"Courage… huh?"

The moment Qingyi spoke, a voice replied.

It was young, beautiful, and soft as the fluttering of a heron's wings.

To many there, it was the noblest voice they had ever heard in their entire lives.

Some of the Celestial Emperors lowered their heads without even realizing it.

"Do you know who you're speaking to? Inferior."

The heavens suddenly parted, an explosion of light bursting forth from within the sea of black clouds.

The light—white and sacred—fell upon Qingyi like a divine bolt of lightning illuminating a demon.

And from within it, surrounded by dark clouds, a figure emerged.

That figure's cultivation was unfathomable, yet it had been suppressed to the same level as Qingyi's.

It was a young man, clad in battle robes that shifted between white and blue.

His hands were clasped elegantly behind his back, his face bearing boundless arrogance, his tied-back black hair fluttering in the wind.

"I am Qing Xuanyu, the Seventeenth Celestial General of the Celestial Court, Eternal Representative of the Celestial Heavens. Long Qingyi, your crimes against the heavens are beyond compare, but your child is a Child of Destiny, worthy of being adopted by the Celestial Court." Xuanyu's eyes fell upon the pavilion behind Qingyi.

"Hand her over willingly, and I will merely cripple your cultivation. Perhaps I will even bring you to a fair trial, where you may be accepted into our order and have your crimes forgiven. With your talent, that is not impossible.

"Now, make way. The Celestial Court will oversee the child's birth."

In the next moment, a notification from the System reached Qingyi.

[I don't know much about the Land of the True Gods, but I am familiar with the Celestial Court.

They are the power that controls the ascent from the Celestial Heavens to the Land of the True Gods, a force that usurped the heavens of that region after the death of Tianjin's great-grandfather.

They are likely the ones holding that old bear's daughter captive, and they are the ones I fear. When you reach the Realm of the Celestial Emperor and I can no longer hide from them, they will—]

"No… They'll all die."

Qingyi cut off the System's worried voice.

His own was calm and low.

"For all of them...

...

...

Death."