Asteria was dumbfounded by my words but started seriously thinking over the theory "…..you mean to say that the reason why
Though she was despe rate to have a child due to her maternal instincts but harming others for it would hurt her conscience.
I smiled and said "You are forgetting that the child has me as it's father no matter how overbearing or complex your bloodline and cultivation art is nothing can overwhelm a child of cosmos's creation. It's affinity with stars is already only a league below mine. Fate itself will protect him. If I am not wrong it would have atleast three spiritual roots of three different heavenly attributes it's talent would surpass that of mine when I was given birth by the stars. As for how it can cultivate on instinct…..it's because it will already be comic level existence upon birth, not a mortal.....and cosmic entities have it in their instincts to cultivate and harvest the mysterious energies of cosmos."
Mei and Asteria were both dumbfounded by my revelation.
Existence level of a being is very important to it. All beings are born as mortals unless in some unusual cases. Being born with existence as high as a cosmos is still unprecedented. Even void monsters aren't born with this high of existence. The child's talent for cultivation could be said to be almost the same as Asteria's.
That in itself is very scary.
Asteria is probably the most talented individual after me in this entire cosmos. Not even Mei is as talented as her.
But the reason behind that is still that Asteria gave up her chance to ever to become mother by ascending to become the highest order of species in cosmos - Star Spirit Race.
Though unintentionally.
Mei smiled and spoke after a long time ".....so doesn't this mean that Asteria can be real mother of the child too?"
Asteria nodded with tears in her eyes too " Yes! Thank you Yuan!"
I took her into my embrace and said while patting her hair "I already had you in my mind from the beginning teacher. This is the only natural method we can use to have a child without doing something unethical."
Her eyes widened as she asked "You mean to say there is other way we can have child?"
I smiled and said "This is the least unorthodox method, all others are barbaric and unethical but...…the still work. heh."
Her eyes narrowed as she said "It's good to go with the least unorthodox....child birth should be a beautiful moment not a experiment or research."
I scratched my head as I said "Yes yes."
"But Mei still has to use
Asteria glared at me as she said "I knew it! There is nothing not unorthodox about anything you do!"
Mei asked "But why would something like this bring tribulation?.....many others also use external methods to nourish the child while in womb…..why is this special?"
Asteria also fell into contemplation because of her words and asked me after a while "...what Mei said is true. Why are you so sure that the tribulation will come?"
My eyes flashed with a cold light as I asked her "What do you think is the reason that star spirit race can't reproduce and multiply?"
Asteria froze for a bit as she started thinking about it seiously "…..isn't that the price we have to pay in order to ascend to becoming divine beings?"
"hahahahahaha...….what use is becoming a divine being if you are lonely for an eternity just letting your primal instincts eating away your soul and mind?....the reason star spirit race or divine beings in general can't copulate is that while ascending they undergo Cosmic Will's obstruction causing your true vitality to be impotent which is something that decides your death or life. True Vitality is the integral part of someone's existence it's depletion means straight death. Even I don't dare to try changing it. And true vitality is only shared with your partner or lover during coitus when you reproduce which cause the combination of them to make a new being. Cosmos doesn't want the divine beings to multiply exponentially in order to maintain 'balance'...….how laughable."
Asteria's eyes flashed with anger as she said "I knew it that it has something to do with it! I felt some changes occur to my soul after ascension but couldn't pinpoint it so I gave up. It was actually my true vitality which got tampered with!"
I sighed and said "You were too young to compete with cosmos's will at an intellectual level.....even I got tricked by that bastard many times when I was young."
I got my lifespan sealed, emotions forcefully supressed, star affinity forcefully decreased and fate hampered Cosmos.
Cosmos could be said to be my greatest and only enemy that I truly hate.
Waner who was sitting in the background was scared stiff by our words.
"Y-you....just what in the heaven's names did you go through after leaving Anatatos?" he asked while stuttering.
I looked at him and noticed that I forgot his existence just now "Dude I was always getting shady shit done under your eyes…..you just noticed right now…..hahahahahaha"
Asteria amd Mei smiled hearing my words and started laighing too.
He sighed and said "I know you were mysterious or something like that but your easygoing temperament really fooled me."
I looked at him with a complex emotion on my face and said "I really am an easygoing person man....but world just doesn't leave me alone. What can I do?"
"I am not someone who takes humiliation lying down."
That's true. My inner proud self who is the child of a star doesn't allow it.
Even if it's the cosmos. No one is allowed to play with me.
Mei giggled and said "Stop spouting edgy stuff. You sound like some vengeful character from a novel."
Ahem. Only my wife is allowed to do so.