Closing the system panel, Lin En felt calm. Five hundred years was more than enough, he wasn't in a hurry at all. It was just a matter of sooner or later.
"Cindy is already 31 and still Not married yet
, it might be time to give him a little push. And Flan, he's already 22 this year." Lin En mused over the situations of his sons. As for his daughter...
His eldest daughter, Lila, was also 29, but still single, immersed in magic. He would not force her, leaving it to fate, as childbirth is also a big issue affecting a woman's cultivation.
...
Black Stone Town, the Duke's mansion.
Family dinner.
Lin En sat at the head of the table, with Serynna to his left and his eldest son, Richie, to his right.
Years flew by like the shuttle in a weaver's loom. Twelve years later.
"Just a thin barrier left to break through."
Life is active, death is the eternal stillness.
Crisis, terror, ineffable!
Cindy had already become an eighth-level warrior. His instincts and common sense told him not to continue tempting fate, so he nodded, "Alright, dear mother!"
He really wanted to maximize his benefits, he could have married hundreds of wives and fathered countless children, but that would involve too many worries. After all, with children comes responsibility.
Gaining an initial understanding of the rules was not difficult.
The seventh day.
Is this even human language!
"Cindy, isn't it time to consider your marriage?" Lin En took a deep breath to adjust his attitude. There was no regret, only gratitude, and he even tried not to think too much about the rule of death.
The most professional midwife predicted that the due date for the birth was today.
Serynna turned her gaze to her third son, who immediately showed a bitter face, but due to the atmosphere, he had to nod reluctantly, "I'll do my best."
The other family members all showed cheerful smiles.
Standing over two meters tall, with a robust skeletal structure and a muscular outline, he held a bow and arrow. Blue flames of the soul burned in his eye sockets, creating a visually striking and intimidating effect.
His fingers gently brushed over the space ring, and a page like a silk scroll appeared before him. He read and contemplated it carefully.
He stopped mid-sentence, struggling to lift his head to meet his mother's 'kind' expression, especially the smile at the corner of her mouth, slightly upturned, as if holding infinite interpretive power.
Gradually, Lin En sensed a netherworld!
It was a world filled with deathly stillness, dark and mysterious, with countless negative emotions seemingly piled up boundlessly.
Richie had a bewildered look on his face, doubting his life choices.
Lin En could clearly feel that with just a thought, he could annihilate this ninth-level golden skeleton archer.
He examined this summoned creature...
"???"
Let's call it a creature for now!
In the pitch-black, profound depths of the ocean, where the pressure was immense, a man-made miniature cave entrance was created. The surface was covered with a semi-transparent bubble membrane. Inside, a black-haired young man sat cross-legged, his temperament gentle, and each breath he took seemed to be imbued with the rhythm of nature.
Subsequently, Lin En took this as a lesson. After cultivating the Great Prophecy to the level of a saint, he immediately stopped contemplating it to avoid accidentally achieving godhood or something of the sort.
With the realm of a god and superior affinity...
"No, women will only be a distraction..."
Suppressing a smile, Serynna looked at her second son, who was busy eating and drinking, with slightly furrowed brows and a somewhat dissatisfied tone.
Things were quite good as they were now.
At this moment, in the distant southern seas...
Lin En suddenly fell into deep thought, his sea of memories beginning to stir, unearthing fragments hidden in its deepest recesses.
After bantering with his wife for a while, Lin En instructed Serynna not to disturb him and then headed to his cultivation room.
Sudden death from overwork and exhaustion.
The expressions of everyone in the family, except for Serynna, were quite colorful.
"It's okay, let them be. Everything is predestined. How does that saying go? Right, 'A good meal is worth the wait.'"
"What caused my death in my previous life?"
The rest of the conversation involved family members.
Lin En, while eating dinner, said nonchalantly, "Nothing much, just practiced a bit of cultivation, and accidentally became a saint realm warrior."
In an instant, using death magic as a catalyst, Lin En gained a glimpse into the essence of death, officially entering the realm of death magic and even advancing a bit further.
Necromancy - Summon Skeleton!
In the dark red, infinite plains of the underworld, bones piled up like mountains and blood flowed like rivers. A wisp of soul energy intertwined with the soul fire of a towering golden skeleton, forming a contract in the depths of the netherworld.
A dimensional rift opened in the basement, leading to the realm of the undead.
Upon learning that his father had become a saint realm warrior, his first reaction was to mock him. Only with time did he realize that it was true, leaving him dumbfounded.
He was utterly unprepared for godhood, which would be impossible to conceal and would go against his plans.
Godhood was just a step away.
Moreover, in the realm of the undead, lower-level undead are subjected to the commands of higher-level ones. By subjugating a ninth-level undead, one could indirectly control an army of the undead.
Lin En gave a mental command, and the golden skeleton archer moved accordingly, not as clumsy or uncoordinated as imagined, its speed comparable to a ninth-level warrior.
The realm of the undead is eternal, providing necromancers with an endless source of troops. They can even enslave the souls of fallen enemies and allies, manipulating them like zombies to launch attacks and spread deadly plagues.
The ideal progression for Lin En was to first integrate the mysteries of the water element and become a mid-level deity. This would allow his soul to be strengthened and healed by the laws of the universe, making it safer to consider becoming a deity in a second element.
Then...
A golden luster flickered, accompanied by the sonorous steps and the chilling, creaking noise of bones moving. With his exceptional affinity for the death element and his divine realm status, Lin En's cultivation in necromancy progressed rapidly, reaching the saint level in less than half a month.
"This control feels somewhat similar to soul seeds."
In the territory of the Duke of Blackstone...
One day, two days, three days passed...
In a lavish mansion, an air of celebration prevailed as the second young master of the Lin family, Cindy Lin En's third child, was about to be born.
"Move left... right... run..."
Lin En suddenly awoke from his trance, with memories of his death surfacing in his mind.
Lin En gently swirled his wine glass, watching the deep red liquid sway. He shrugged nonchalantly and smiled, "When did you start practicing battle qi, Father? We had no idea."
...
In the realm of life and death, an endless void devoid of time and space, there was only peace and tranquility.
"Wah, wah..."
After the family dinner, the children each went their own way.
"And Fran, you need to be more proactive too!"
Lin En even felt relieved that his talents weren't at the divine level, which would
frequent ascension to godhood in a short period might not be beneficial. Sighing, Selenia admonished, "These kids, except for Richie, none of them give me peace of mind."
Her eyes roved and landed on her husband, who was leisurely sipping post-dinner wine, prompting her to chide, "As the head of the family, shouldn't you say something to urge them on?"
With a healthy and loud cry, the tenth member of the third generation of the Lin family was born, signaling mother and child were safe.
Suddenly, Lin En opened his eyes, a flicker of joy crossing his face as he checked his system panel.
[Host: Lin En] [Realm: Lower Deity] [Elemental Talent: Water - Super Divine Level, Darkness - Saint Level] [Rule Talent: Death - Saint Level, Fate - Saint Level] [System Notification: For the 'Blessing of Many Offspring', water, darkness, death, and fate talents have been upgraded by one level.] [System Notification: Rewards for 'Blessing of Many Offspring' are given for the first, tenth, and hundredth descendants of each generation.]
Seizing a fleeting opportunity, Lin En closed his eyes again, immersing himself fully in the extrapolation of the water laws.