“Daddy, daddy, daddy…”
The Primordial Continent.
East Province.
In the Chaotic Ancient Mountains lay a valley.
A pair of three-year-old Dragon-Phoenix twins were tumbling and playing on the grass.
Their doll-like, exquisitely delicate faces were full of different smiles.
The one laughing was the older sister, Chen Ziyuan; the one wearing a wry smile was the younger brother, Chen Zihao.
The urgent cries for Daddy broke the silence, and the handsome man swaying in a rocking chair opened his eyes.
Just as he saw the little boy about to throw himself into his arms, Chen Junye vanished from where he stood, rocking chair and all.
“Daddy?” Chen Zihao looked around and found Daddy up in a big tree.
He raised his head and complained bitterly, “Daddy, sister bullied me again…”
His two little fists were clenched tightly as he secretly hated his own uselessness.
It was one thing that he had failed to beat his sister in the womb, but after lying low for three whole years, he discovered that his sister was still the one in charge!
Chen Junye’s expression turned serious as he lectured, “Hao’er, you have to handle your own matters. Calling for Daddy won’t help…”
The moment he finished speaking, a little girl came chasing after them.
“Little brother! Take this!” Chen Ziyuan was determined to solidify her position as the sister!
Seeing that terrifying fist the size of a pigeon egg barreling toward him, Chen Zihao silently recited: Three years east of the river, three years west of the river!
In three years, sister definitely won’t be my match!
“Sister… I was wrong…”
Whoosh.
Chen Ziyuan came to a sudden stop.
She flicked Chen Zihao’s forehead with her little hand.
Her big eyes widened. “Wrong about what?”
Chen Zihao said aggrievedly, “I… I shouldn’t have wanted to be my sister’s brother.”
“That’s more like it.” Chen Ziyuan rubbed Chen Zihao’s head in satisfaction.
Then she leaned close to Chen Zihao’s ear and whispered, “If you want a little sister, you have to ask Daddy…”
“Ohhh~” Chen Zihao showed an expression of sudden enlightenment. That was a good idea. If he couldn’t beat his sister and become the brother, then Daddy could have another child.
His eyes lit up. “Sister is so smart~”
“Of course.” Chen Ziyuan put her hands on her hips.
“But sister, can Daddy have a little sister all by himself?”
“Of course he can! Our Daddy is amazing!”
“Then that’s great! Our Daddy can do anything!”
The two little ones looked completely awestruck.
Chen Junye watched this scene and was speechless. Sure enough, Hao’er had never suffered a beating for nothing.
“In the blink of an eye they’ve already grown this big, full of energy and vitality all day long…” He then smiled. This was not something a father should interfere with.
As for himself, he had once been an Immortal Emperor of the Immortal Realm, but an accident had turned him into a mortal and dropped him onto this Primordial Continent, which was how everything he had now came to be…
Thinking about fate, it really was miraculous.
The past was like smoke; it was already over, so there was no need to mention it. How could anything be more relaxing than raising children now…
“Daddy, can you and the stone give us a little sister?” At some point, Chen Zihao had already pulled Chen Ziyuan over to his side and was standing in front of him, head raised as he spoke.
His face was full of excitement, his big eyes brimming with anticipation.
Chen Ziyuan also tilted her head and pleaded, “Daddy, hurry up and give Xiao Hao a little sister, otherwise Xiao Hao always wants to treat me like the little sister.”
Chen Junye’s face darkened.
“Yuan’er, Hao’er, Daddy can’t…” He had to admit defeat on this matter.
You can’t have a child without a mother.
Chen Zihao was a little confused. “Huh? Didn’t Daddy say we popped out of a crack in a rock? The rock is our mother, so why can’t you?”
“That’s right, Daddy. You’re all-powerful, so you absolutely can’t admit defeat! Hurry up and have a little sister with the stone… okay?” Chen Ziyuan puffed out her cheeks.
Pfft. Have a child with a stone? That gave Chen Junye a headache.
The pit he dug himself would ultimately bury him.
Faced with the pleas of his leaky little cotton-padded jackets, how could an old father possibly refuse cruelly?
Then he thought about it… after all, he was a promising young man from Blue Star, so raising children should be easy enough.
He said solemnly, “Of course that can’t stump Daddy! But it needs time…”
He looked back and forth at the two little faces. “If Yuan’er and Hao’er are willing to step on Daddy’s back, maybe Daddy really can give birth to a little sister…”
“That’s great! Daddy can have a little sister!”
“Yay! Daddy is amazing. We knew Daddy could do it!”
Chen Zihao and Chen Ziyuan jumped up in excitement.
Then each of them grabbed one of Chen Junye’s hands and tugged with all their strength, their little faces straining as they tried to drag him away.
“Daddy, lie down quickly~”
“We’ll step on your back!”
Seeing his children so eager to help, how could Chen Junye possibly disappoint them?
With a smile, he lay down in the grass.
“Yuan’er, Hao’er, be gentle…”
“Don’t worry, Daddy! Leave it to us!” The two little ones finished speaking, took off their shoes, and hopped onto Chen Junye’s back.
Step. Step. Step.
They hoped Daddy would give them a little sister.
Every so often, they would ask, “Daddy, does it feel good?”
“Of course it feels good.” Chen Junye obediently closed his eyes and rested for a while.
Being a stay-at-home dad was not easy, and raising two children was even harder. He deserved to enjoy himself first.
He only hoped his wife wouldn’t come back and chase him with a knife.
However, it would still take some time before he formally told the two children that they had not popped out of a crack in a rock.
Feeling the pressure of the four little feet, Chen Junye thought instead of their beautiful mother.
“By now I’m much stronger than I was back then, and that is all thanks to my wife’s immortal body power…”
“It’s about time to return to the Immortal Realm…”
He still had karmic ties in the Immortal Realm, and it was those ties that had turned him into a mortal.
Although it had been painful at the time, thinking that it had led him to meet his wife and have such an adorable pair of Dragon-Phoenix twins made him feel especially content.
It was as if it could heal the humiliating past he could not bear to recall, and soften every wound.
“Sister, step on the waist, step on the waist~”
“Xiao Hao, step on the shoulders, step on the shoulders.”
Chen Ziyuan and Chen Zihao busied themselves in a daze, tireless and focused.
Chen Junye skillfully dissolved all the boundless energy that should have belonged to children their age.
Lazily shifting his body, Chen Junye suddenly remembered something.
He smiled and said, “Yuan’er, Hao’er…”
“Don’t rush us, Daddy. We’re working hard.”
“Right.”
“I’m not rushing you. Daddy wants to tell you something…”
“Huh? What does Daddy want to tell us?”
“Hurry up and say it. After you’re done, we’ll keep stepping.”
Chen Junye said, “Actually, you’re both very powerful, far stronger than you are now. It’s just that Daddy has sealed your cultivation…”