[ Congratulations! Your physical and mental connection with Seraphina Dawnlight Is now 100% ]

[ Rewards Gained: Light Affinity +300%, 10 months of regular cultivation, Dragon Phoenix Union Art (Ancient), Grandmaster Weapon Craftsmanship (Skill) ]

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Exhausted and spent, Vahn and Seraphina finally collapsed, sleeping soundly and cuddling closely to each other. The dangerous world outside the spatial barrier faded away as they found a moment of profound peace. Their faces spoke of serenity and absolute contentment.

​However—

​Their rest was abruptly shattered by a sound that seemed to defy all logic and physics in the Secret Realm: a cute child's voice.

​"Mummy! Papa!"

​Vahn and Seraphina snapped awake instantly. As their vision focused, they saw a small, beautiful baby, no more than two years old, sleeping peacefully between them. The baby was giggling, its tiny hands playing innocently with Seraphina's bare breasts, which had been exposed beneath the rumpled sheets.

​"Hey, they're mine!" Vahn shouted instinctively and protectively, immediately reaching out and hastily pulling Seraphina's robes up to cover her.

​The baby, who had shimmering golden hair reminiscent of Seraphina's own light aura, made an immediate pouty face.

​"Papa is so mean. Papa doesn't love Eterna."

​Stupefied, Vahn and Seraphina scrambled off the bed, hastily putting on their robes and clothes. Seraphina, despite her shock, moved with mechanical precision, gathering the blood-stained bedsheet into her spatial ring to keep it as a precious memento of their precious first time.

Only then Vahn and Seraphina turned their full attention to the little girl. The small cotton bundle of shimmering golden hair and bright eyes was undeniably cute and innocent.

She eerily resembled Seraphina a lot.

​"Who are you, sweetie? Why are you calling us mummy and papa?" Seraphina asked, her voice soft and patient, despite her confusion.

​Vahn just watched with deeply furrowed brows. He, too, was struggling to comprehend the appearance of the child.

​The little girl jumped onto Seraphina's lap, giggling happily. "Hehehe... You're Mommy, he's my Papa! I am your daughter, Eterna!"

​Vahn and Seraphina were speechless. They had just completed the union moments ago; how could they possibly have a two-year-old daughter already? Something was fundamentally and ridiculously wrong.

​"What's going on?" Vahn shouted out loud, his rage overcoming his shock. "Hey, you perverted Dragon, what have you done?"

​With his shout, the entire spatial isolation, including the temporary nuptial chamber, violently collapsed. They were instantly back on the mountain precipice, facing the colossal, hardened face of the Sky Dragon.

​As soon as the Dragon saw the little girl nestled in Seraphina's arms, it also froze, its massive eyes blinking rapidly in confusion.

​"Come on, out with it already, you oversized lizard! What have you done this time? Why is this girl calling herself our daughter?" Vahn demanded in forceful tone.

​The Dragon, clearly baffled, stammered out its answer. "This... this isn't supposed to be like this! The Rite of Phoenix Nirvana... she should have only been rebirthed to her prime Phoenix form. But somehow, the Eternal Phoenix is now born as your two's daughter! She shares your own bloodline and carries the same looks as the Saintess!"

​"What do you mean?" Vahn echoed, still desperately trying to deny the ridiculous reality.

​"There's nothing difficult to understand," the Dragon stated with finality. "You two have a daughter now. You'll have to raise her properly. Once she fully regains her Phoenix memory and power, only then can I take her away."

​Seraphina was equally stunned, her eyes wide as she looked down at the giggling, powerful child in her arms.

"This... this is my daughter?"

Eterna bobbed her little head up and down with enthusiasm. "Yes, Mummy. I am your daughter," she said, puffing out her cheeks in a charming display of certainty.

​Seraphina's heart softened instantly. Though their relationship had started with complications and conspiracy, she couldn't deny the immediate, powerful blood connection she felt to the little girl.

​Meanwhile, Vahn frowned deeply. "This has to be some ridiculous joke!" he muttered, rubbing his temples in disbelief.

​"Sometimes, things don't go as they were meant to be, young man," the colossal blue Dragon stated, its voice rumbling with ancient wisdom. "You can't deny the blood she shares with you. You will have to accept it."

​Eterna looked up at Vahn with huge, watery eyes. "Papa, do you not like Eterna? Sniff, sniff..."

​She immediately started crying, looking genuinely heartbroken.

​"Aww, please don't cry, sweetie," Seraphina cooed, pulling the child closer. "We both like you. Your papa does too."

​"Really?" Eterna muttered, peeking over Seraphina's shoulder and looking directly at her father for confirmation.

​Seraphina then glared at Vahn, a silent but firm command in her eyes that demanded no further rejection from him.

​Vahn sighed helplessly. How had he become a father? He was just seventeen years old (though mentally thirty-seven). Under Seraphina's firm gaze, he couldn't say no.

​"Yes, Eterna," Vahn conceded, his voice grudging but final. "From today, you're our daughter, for better or worse."

​Eterna shrieked with delight and, with surprising agility, jumped from her mother's arms onto her father's neck, grabbing him like a little koala.

​"Papa, Papa, Eterna is really happy! Here's your reward, muah..."

​She planted a wet, innocent kiss directly on his right cheek.

Vahn touched his cheek, stunned. He was annoyed by the sudden clinginess, but all annoyance instantly melted away when he received that sincere, innocent kiss from Eterna.

​"Mama, Mama, come closer. You can kiss Papa too!" Eterna announced proudly, attempting to pull Seraphina closer.

Seraphina laughed, delighted by Eterna's antics, and came closer to Vahn. Eterna, in turn, jumped down from Vahn's neck and instantly took hold of both their hands, linking the small family together.

​"Mama, Papa, we're now a family!" she declared simply, her golden eyes shining.

​Her simple declaration made Vahn's heart skip a beat. He gazed into Seraphina's eyes and saw only pure acceptance, confirming their new, bizarre reality. Still, he couldn't help but doubt his own dark destiny.

​"A family, huh?" Vahn murmured, a cynical shadow crossing his face. "I wonder how long it will last." Yet, the sight of Eterna's small hand in his brought a fierce, unshakeable resolution. "But still, since she shares my blood, I will always protect her, even if she forgets us one day."

​With that determination set, Vahn was ready to move to the main topic: the Divine Treasury.

​But before he could take a step, a devastating sound pierced the air.

​SCREEECH!

​A world-shaking, piercing screech echoed from the north, a sound of immense power and chaotic elemental energy. It was a challenge to the established order of the Secret Realm.

​The Sky Dragon's massive eyes narrowed instantly. An Emperor-Level Beast had been challenged in its territory; its response could not be cowardly.

​"ROARRRRRRR!"

​His retort was a deep, ferocious, primal roar that violently shook the very foundations of the Secret Realm, momentarily silencing the panicked Stone Monkeys and even Vahn's cynical thoughts.

The battle of Emperors was inevitable.

RUMBLE! RUMBLE! RUMBLE! RUMBLE!

​The screech from the north wasn't the only challenge. The ground began to shake with terrifying, rhythmic force, not just from one direction, but from six distinct directions.

​From their long slumber, Six Colossal Guardian Beasts rose to kill the Sky Dragon Emperor.

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