Chapter 42: Daughter Mingyue

"Don't rush, put on clothes first before going out." Yu Wei's voice came from inside the room.

"The clothes we prepared are too small..." Qiu Ye's anxious voice also sounded.

Bang!

The entire door flew up, and a naked toddler with disheveled hair came running out. Ji Ning and the others could tell at a glance that the toddler was a girl. Her skin was so tender it seemed ready to drip with water, and her eyes were full of spirit. On her forehead was a divine flame pattern.

Around the girl, flames swirled, making her look like a fire spirit child.

"Bang~~~" The girl joyfully chased the flying door and kicked it again, shattering the wooden door, revealing her excitement. Her gaze swept over Ji Ning, Mu Zishuo, Ji Liuzhen, the Whitewater Marsh, and the others, and she said in a crisp voice: "Which of you is my father?"

Ji Ning, Mu Zishuo, Uncle Bai, and the others all stared blankly.

It took a while before they reacted.

"My heavens." Mu Zishuo blinked. "This, this is just born?"

"Legend says the children of immortals and demons are extraordinary. This is my first time seeing it with my own eyes, and it's too..." Ji Liuzhen was also stunned.

"Ning'er and Yu Wei's child?" The Whitewater Marsh was also dazed. "Ning'er was so well-behaved, and Yu Wei so understanding, how did they produce such a girl..."

Ji Ning's Dao heart was formidable, and he was the first to recover. He smiled and said: "You can't run around naked like this. You have to wear clothes outside, or you'll cause a laughingstock. Hmm... your body seems like that of a three-year-old child. Your mother and the others didn't prepare clothes this big. And ordinary clothes can't withstand the flames you naturally control." Ji Ning pointed from afar.

Whoosh.

Threads of flame and water intertwined, swirling around the girl's body, quickly forming a set of red child's bellyband, very cute.

"Are you my father?" The girl stared at Ji Ning.

Being stared at by his daughter, Ji Ning felt very satisfied. Mainly because his daughter was too adorable, as if she were the darling of heaven and earth, born so spirited and intelligent.

"Yes." Ji Ning nodded with a smile.

"He is your father." At that moment, Yu Wei and Qiu Ye also came out of the room. Their expressions were also interesting, especially Yu Wei's, which was complex. Clearly, the child being born so big, able to talk, run, and control flames was a bit unexpected. Although children of immortals and demons are somewhat special, most are born as infants.

"I heard you talking outside when I was in mother's belly, and I knew my father was called Ji Ning. Are you Ji Ning?" The girl bit her finger and looked at Ji Ning.

"Yes, I am Ji Ning." Ji Ning nodded.

"Your child pays respects to Father." The girl immediately knelt on both knees with a thud and kowtowed.

"Father, Mother." The girl looked at Ji Ning and Yu Wei excitedly. "Have you chosen a name for me?"

Ji Ning and Yu Wei exchanged a glance. This daughter was beyond their expectations, but neither was ordinary. Ji Ning smiled: "Senior apprentice-sister, about the naming, you said earlier that you would do it."

Yu Wei nodded lightly: "Since it's a girl, let's call her Mingyue."

"Mingyue?" Ji Ning was startled.

Back then...

At the Immortal Destiny Convention, Ji Ning had made a name for himself. And in the 'Mingyue Landscape Painting' of that convention, he and his senior apprentice-sister had pledged their love and become Dao companions.

"From today on, you are called Ji Mingyue." Ji Ning said to the girl in the flames.

"Ji Mingyue? Ji Mingyue? Haha, Ji Mingyue, Ji Mingyue..." The girl ran joyfully around the courtyard, shouting her name over and over, extremely excited.

Xiao Qing approached and whispered: "Master, your daughter seems wilder than many boys. Just born and already this crazy. I dare not think about the future."

Ji Ning smiled and nodded: "We'll have to discipline her properly later."

...

His daughter 'Mingyue' was incredibly gifted. At birth, she possessed a divine demon body comparable to the Zifu level and could control flames. This was actually quite normal. True heaven-and-earth-born divine demons are at least at the Xiantian level, and those born in chaos are even Chaos Celestial Gods or Chaos True Gods!

For example, the nine sons of the Ancestral Dragon were all born at the Celestial God level.

In ancient times, immortals and demons often had children.

For instance, the founder of the Shaoyin clan, 'Shaoyin Chou', was the child of a Shaoyin clan member and a divine demon, hence very ugly. Many divine beasts... were the result of ancient powerful divine demons mating with demonic beasts. Demonic beasts containing divine demon blood were called 'divine beasts'. The purer the bloodline, the stronger they were.

Ji Ning and Yu Wei were both human in essence, so their child naturally looked human.

Moreover, Ji Ning was relatively weak, so his child was born at the Zifu divine demon body level, with no achievement in Qi Refining, which she would have to cultivate on her own.

Any divine demon...

Even the lofty True Gods, if they want to cultivate Qi Refining, must start from scratch. For example, Patriarch Chi Ming and Patriarch Bodhi were born as Chaos True Gods, then gradually cultivated Qi Refining, reaching the 'Daolu Patriarch' level in Qi Refining.

"Father, Father, carry me on your back."

"Father is the best."

Ji Ning carried his daughter on his back and strolled around Mingxin Island. Although Mingxin Island had been moved into the 'Purple Cloud Pearl' world, nothing had changed.

...

"Father, divine demon body training is so boring. Let's do Qi Refining instead."

"Mingyue, want to taste your mother's whip?"

"Bad Father, so mean."

...

Faced with his adorable daughter, Ji Ning couldn't bring himself to be a 'strict father'. But Yu Wei could be ruthless. She would take a whip and, whenever their daughter misbehaved, 'teach her a lesson', making little Mingyue a bit afraid of her mother. She could be cheeky with Ji Ning, but in front of Yu Wei, she was obedient and well-behaved.

"There's no need to be so strict." Ji Ning had spoken to Yu Wei alone. "Our daughter is still young. You can see she's very talented, but she's like a blank slate. We need to teach her slowly. Don't rush."

"We're in the midst of a great calamity. How can we slack off?" Yu Wei shook her head.

...

"Perform the 'Fire Cloud Sword Sixteen Forms' your father taught you." Yu Wei held a willow branch. Although it was just an ordinary willow branch, it was protected by a layer of Celestial Immortal power. When Yu Wei got angry, she would grab Mingyue and spank her little bottom, making Mingyue cry loudly.

As a Celestial Immortal, the spanking hurt but wouldn't harm Mingyue.

"Yes." Mingyue's eyes were a bit red, and her lips pouted as if she were about to cry.

"Hmm?" Yu Wei frowned.

Mingyue, frightened, immediately grabbed a sword and began practicing the sword technique. It was a set of sword techniques created by Ji Ning, best for foundation building. The sixteen forms were divided into two volumes: one fierce and one gentle, encompassing the 'Way of Fire'.

Ji Ning stood by, watching with a smile. Mingyue glanced at him pitifully and muttered to herself: "Bad Father, bullying me together with her."

"Her potential is truly remarkable. After only three days of cultivation, her Qi Refining has broken through to the Xiantian realm." Ji Ning marveled. "And I've taught her several sword techniques. It seems her talent is highest in the Fire element, while her aptitude for Metal, Wood, Water, and Earth is far inferior. Senior apprentice-sister is called the Fire Rainbow Immortal, but she also has high insight in Water. And I have high talent in all Five Elements. How is my daughter so skewed?"

In the Five Elements, her talent in the other four was at the level of an ordinary cultivator.

But her talent in Fire was monstrous.

Ji Ning and Yu Wei weren't surprised. Both were highly talented. Yu Wei had become a Celestial Immortal, so her talent was certainly good. Ji Ning's second soul was already a Pure Yang True Immortal, let alone him. Their daughter being talented only in Fire was nothing special.

...

"Rumble~~~"

The heavens rumbled continuously, dark clouds covered the earth, and the two massive cities, the Eight Dragons Cloud City and the Wujian City, still hung in midair.

"Mo Zhu." A thought traversed the void.

"Chi Ming." Another thought responded.

"You Wujian Sect are really willing to go that far, refining a Daolord puppet. For this realm war, is it worth it? Even if you win, even if you occupy the entire Chi Ming Realm, we can counterattack and take it back later." Chi Ming Patriarch's thought was filled with immense anger.

"Oh, your Nuwa Camp's intelligence is indeed well-informed." Mo Zhu Daolord said. Just now, he had received the Daolord puppet.

Who would have thought the Nuwa Camp would know immediately.

Mo Zhu Daolord had no choice. If not for their absolute advantage in 'puppetry' and 'intelligence', the Wujian Sect couldn't compete with the Nuwa Camp. After all, from ancient times to the present, the Nuwa Camp had always been the orthodox of the Three Realms. The Dao Sect, Buddhist Sect, and even the ancient imperial clan were all part of the Nuwa Camp.

The Nuwa Camp was filled with powerful experts, including many top-tier great beings. The most powerful Three Sovereigns of ancient humanity, the leaders of the Dao and Buddhist sects, and some beings born from chaos...

Thus, the Nuwa Camp's methods were also astonishing.

In terms of intelligence gathering, the Nuwa Camp was only inferior to the King of the Wujian Sect, who was fused with the Heavenly Dao. Refining a Daolord puppet, mobilizing 1.8 million Celestial Immortals, and using countless materials—such a large operation was already known to the Nuwa Camp. After all, although they couldn't invade the 'Ten Thousand Demon Realm', the Nuwa Camp had never stopped infiltrating and investigating.

"Mo Zhu, you also know that although this realm war is important, the struggle for qi fortune has just begun. You're being a bit too crazy in my Chi Ming Realm." Chi Ming Patriarch was very dissatisfied.

How vast are the Three Realms?

So far, only a few realm wars have taken place. The struggle for qi fortune has just started. Using a Daolord puppet at the very beginning—if the Nuwa Camp wants to win, they'll have to deploy powerful forces to counter it. If every realm war is played like this, even True Gods and Daolords would feel the pain. The cost is too great, exceeding the tolerance of both sides.

After all, there are only so many treasures in the Three Realms, and the Wujian Sect's materials are limited. Wu Xiao only refined one Daolord puppet, which prompted the 'Ten Thousand Demon Lord' to personally inquire. It was only because Wu Xiao had a special status that the Ten Thousand Demon Lord didn't pursue the matter.

"This time, our Wujian Sect will definitely win." Mo Zhu Daolord said. "Since you know about the Daolord puppet... then think of a way to deal with it."