Kirin opened her eyes again, and she was greeted by the sight of the familiar blue sky and clear water. She could feel the cool seawater beneath her body.
This was her world, and all things in this world were cheering for her, welcoming the return of the Child of Destiny of the Sea Mountains Range.
"Phew … Is this really not a dream?"
The Qilin flipped its huge body over and lay comfortably in the ice-cold seawater, enjoying the slight prickling sensation from the star fragments to its heart's content.
She loved this world the most.
Even though she had left this world in her dreams and seen the scenery of the outside world, as well as learned about the boundless expanse of the starry sky, she still loved the Sea Mountains Range the most. She loved this world that belonged to her.
She loved the air, the seawater, and the sky here.
Hence, she wanted to make this world a better place and not be so boring.
She was willing to pay any price for this.
No matter how wonderful the outside world was, it was still the outside world, and it wasn't something that belonged to her.
Perhaps one day, she would also be able to walk out of this world in a dignified manner. She would be able to walk out of this extremely isolated yet extremely active world, but that would only be after the world had become perfect and everything had reached its ideal state.
She was the Child of Destiny of this world, and she was going to nurture the four Holy Beasts that would protect this world.
Blue Dragon, White Tiger, ZhuQue, and Xuanwu; she had already thought of the names of her four daughters. They were going to be the daughters that she was the most proud of, and they were going to be the protectors of the Sea Mountains Range.
They were going to be perfect and blessed by heaven and earth just like her.
They were going to protect the Sea Mountains Range and make this world a more beautiful place with her.
Just the thought of her four daughters protecting the Sea Mountains Range and changing the future of the Sea Mountains Range with her was enough to make her heart race. Those would definitely be the happiest days of her life.
Hence, there was no need to be afraid or nervous, right?
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"Princess, will it be very painful when you're pregnant?"
Kirin had traveled a great distance to return from the border of the Sea Mountains Range, and she looked at her close friend and teacher with a nervous expression on her face.
After returning from the sea of falling star fragments, she had looked through a large amount of information, almost looking through the reproduction methods of the major races, and obtained some unsettling results.
As it turned out, even the incredibly powerful primordial races faced great risks when giving birth to new life, let alone a weak race like the human race.
Taking the human race under her rule in the Zhu Hai Mountain Range as an example, out of every ten pregnant women, one would die from dystocia. Moreover, it was said that before they could conceive a child, they had to go through a great tribulation called "first night".
"It hurts, it hurts like hell!"
"I lost a lot of blood. Men don't know how to be considerate at all."
"That's right. He's a beast in heat!"
From what Kirin had gathered about the "first night" of the human race, almost all of them were negative comments, which made her quite nervous.
"Why would you ask something like that?" Princess Shen Meng looked at Kirin in confusion.
"I'm just curious … just curious …" Kirin almost didn't dare to look at her teacher's face, because she would probably be welcoming her "first night" in the near future.
"If it's the first time, it will more or less hurt, but it depends on your body. You don't have to worry too much."
"You can endure it for a while … but you probably won't …" Princess Shen Meng's expression was a little strange, as if she had sensed something.
"No … I definitely don't have a first night partner …" Kirin ran away without looking back, afraid that his teacher and close friend would see his face.
How could the princess see his red apple-like appearance? She would definitely laugh at him.
"Is this … puberty?"
Princess Shen Meng shook her head, clearly not knowing what kind of agreement Kirin had made with someone, and what kind of determination he had.
Kirin ran all the way from Kunlun to the end of the world, which was where the star fragments fell.
"Alright, if it's just a little pain, it should be fine!"
"Come on, for my cute daughter, for the peace of the world!"
"Kirin, you can do it, you can definitely achieve your goal."
"I don't want to be alone anymore!"
"Even if it's really painful, I have to grit my teeth and endure it. Come on!"
After thinking about it for a few years, Kirin finally straightened his back, and his golden scales shone brightly. Then, he laid down on the star fragments again.
"Qi Hai, I'm coming!" With an indomitable determination, Qilin once again forced himself to enter dreamland.
The giant white whale arrived as promised, but this time, there was an additional figure on top of it.
He was right in front of Kirin, but he looked deeper than the sky and wider than the sea.
He had the shadow of the Heavenly Law Embodiment Technique, which was a towering giant that could lift the sky and the earth.
The giant white whale's shadow swam in his shadow, and the reflection chased after the sun and the moon. From time to time, it would shuttle through the strange worlds that Kirin had seen before.
Even though the figure was still a little hazy, any living creature could instinctively sense the wisdom that had experienced millions of years, and the vicissitudes of the power of countless great daos.
Countless feathers extended from the corners of his robes, and five-colored light intertwined, as if the entire world had been embroidered on his snow-white robes.
This was the transcendent being that had transcended the distance between dream and reality, the first immortal of the Seas Mountain Range, the Seven Seas Immortal.
"Sorry to keep you waiting. It took me a lot of time to get here." The Seven Seas Immortal extended his hand, and smiled at Kirin, who was still in a daze.
"You're here …" Qilin stammered. She had clearly spent several years to make up her mind, but when the real immortal stood in front of her, her heart still failed to live up to her expectations and began to beat wildly.
She didn't know why, but after she made up her mind to get pregnant and give birth, she suddenly didn't know how to face the figure that was about to make her pregnant.
He was an immortal, an existence that had transcended the Seas Mountain Range. His status was definitely worthy of her, the ruler of the Seas Mountain Range.
However, why, why was she so nervous? It was just a bit of pain. She was a Qilin, the heaven's chosen one of the mountains and seas. Even if he was an immortal, she should still be on equal footing with him.
This was her home field, her territory!
"So, are you ready, Kirin?"
Qilin. "The Immortal looked kindly at the restless Qilin, waiting for her reply.
"Right now, right here?" Kirin was shocked, and her face flushed. She almost couldn't look at the immortal in front of her.
"Mhm, this place is pretty good."