Chapter 131: Heaven's Mandate Offers No Mercy

A Family of Hopeless Romantics, Except for the Evil Little Junior Brother

Li Xuanxiao quickly realized that things seemed to be slipping out of his control.

What exactly... was Bai Ling carrying!?

The once calm world suddenly changed—storm clouds surged, the earth trembled!

A howling gale swept in, nearly blinding anyone caught in it.

Black clouds rolled like ink, surging and converging into a vast oppressive sky.

Thunderclouds roiled within, flashing violently to illuminate the land below.

Then came an earth-shattering crack of thunder, as if to rip the land asunder.

Li Xuanxiao recalled the time he endured his own Golden Core thunder tribulation.

That too had been perilous, but compared to the current terrifying spectacle, it was far less intense.

The lightning then had been formidable, but nowhere near as terrifying as this—the scale and energy of this scene had been magnified manyfold.

Bai Ling had given up on life, grief deeper than death itself!

In that instant, Li Xuanxiao's eyes widened as he stared intently at the golden Dao resonance slowly flowing forth.

That mysterious, dazzling light seemed almost alive, meandering through the air like a dream.

And yet, this beautiful sight sent a violent jolt through Li Xuanxiao's heart.

Because he could clearly feel that with the outflow of that golden Dao resonance—

A powerful force surged in like a raging hurricane, rushing straight into his body.

This sudden impact triggered all the deep insights about the Dao he had long buried.

Thoughts and inspirations that were once vague and elusive now erupted like a powder keg.

Countless chaotic thoughts collided wildly in his mind, like a fierce storm ravaging his once calm Dao Heart.

Every thought was like a sharp sword, relentlessly slicing through the defenses of his soul.

Faced with this overwhelming assault, Li Xuanxiao dared not relax for a second.

If he couldn’t stabilize his Dao Heart in time, the consequences would be unimaginable.

He was left with only two choices: either ride the surge and comprehend the Dao, making a great leap forward—

Or be utterly broken, losing the Dao Heart he’d worked so hard to build, reduced to an ordinary man.

Moments later, Li Xuanxiao opened his eyes again.

Good thing I’m one level above!!!

But in the next instant, Li Xuanxiao was stunned.

He looked at the baby emerging from the golden light.

The baby was wrapped entirely in a golden, flowing liquid—like a protective membrane.

Its Dao body was flawless and translucent, as though carved from pure glazed crystal.

Its blood carried fragments of laws, and each pulse of blood triggered subtle spatial tremors, as if the entire world could feel the shock from its bloodline.

Upon its bones floated innate Dao markings—ancient runes etched into its very frame.

These runes shifted and evolved as the child grew, foretelling unimaginable future potential.

That tiny heart beat like the rhythm of the Great Dao—strong and steady.

Every beat sent invisible ripples radiating outward.

That heartbeat seemed capable of piercing the veil of time and space, resonating with some force in the cosmos.........

Li Xuanxiao took a deep breath, his hands trembling.

An innate Dao Fetus... only found in texts.

Ten years!!

No wonder—it took ten years to be born.

Bai Ling wept bitterly.

The innate Dao Fetus, according to legend—

No one with that constitution had ever lived to adulthood.

There were no exceptions!!!

Because no power in the world would allow such a being to exist.

They would either covet it for themselves, or destroy it in the cradle.

Moreover, an innate Dao Fetus couldn’t be hidden. Once born, even Mount Shushan might not be able to protect it.

Li Xuanxiao felt a lump rise in his throat.

Bai Ling felt her life force draining—her child was absorbing her vitality.

She didn’t care.

She had already given up on life.

The moment Yan Zidong betrayed her.

But now her child... her child might be dying along with her!

“Do you think good people really never get rewarded?”

Bai Ling asked Li Xuanxiao, nearly in despair.

She remembered her father who died, her family slaughtered.

The common folk who had lived because of their grain—when her family was massacred, they turned savage, looting everything.

Years later, when she returned to her homeland, she could still hear people cursing her father, saying he deserved to die.

But her father... their family hadn’t needed to die.

They could’ve survived the chaos.

But her father couldn’t bear to see suffering in the world—his compassion destroyed their home and lives.

He taught her to be kind, and she had lived her life by that principle.

But what had she gained from it?

The betrayal of her lover. Now, she was about to die—and her child too.

He hadn’t even called her "mother" yet. Would he remember her.....

An innate Dao Fetus—how could he possibly survive?

With Bai Ling’s deep resentment, the innate Dao Fetus grew even more intense!!

If it didn’t mature, fine.

But if it ever grew up—it could destroy the heavens and earth.

Li Xuanxiao was speechless.

Bai Ling pleaded, “Can I ask you one thing? The innate Dao Fetus has just been born—it hasn’t stabilized yet.

Please take his Dao bones, break apart his Dao body.

Anything, just... let him live.

Send him to some ordinary family. Let him live a safe, peaceful life.”

Since records began, no innate Dao Fetus had ever survived to adulthood.

Innate Dao bones—far too tempting!!

The fetus hadn’t fully formed yet—this was a once-in-ten-thousand-years chance.

At this moment, extracting the bones—even pulling out the law fragments from its blood—was possible.

Back then, the Buddhist Sumeru Holy Land spent tens of thousands of years preparing to raise a Dao Fetus, using the Starry Heaven Grand Formation to conceal it from fate.

But in the end, the Dao Fetus backfired—draining the Holy Land’s spiritual veins, erasing it from history.

Later, the Nether River Ancestor tried to refine a Dao Fetus using the Sea of Blood Reincarnation Formation, but was obliterated by the energy unleashed when the fetus awakened........

And now—such a chance stood right before Li Xuanxiao.

If others found out, they’d be driven mad with envy.

Li Xuanxiao glanced at Bai Ling.

“What about you? Carrying an innate Dao Fetus has already defied fate. After death, your soul will scatter—you won’t even get a chance at reincarnation.

You’ve lived a hard life, always doing good, helping countless others.

And this is how it ends? Don’t you think it’s tragic?”

“Maybe that’s fate.” Bai Ling smiled bitterly. “I accept it. This is just my life. I only hope you’ll save my child—let him be ordinary.”

Li Xuanxiao paused in thought. “I’ve never believed that good people get rewarded—but I don’t believe in fate either!

I just can’t stand seeing the kind-hearted destroyed, while those who bring suffering live in peace.”

Bai Ling forced a smile. “That’s the way of the world... good people never get good endings...”

“If heaven won’t protect them, then Mount Shushan will seize a thread of fate for them!!!”

With that, Li Xuanxiao pointed his sword-finger at the innate Dao Fetus.

“Rumble rumble.....”