I was born a god, the son of the Demon Lord.

An eerie stillness.

Shen Jiuyuan and Xu Yuan exchanged a glance. Could it be?

"Crunch—"

Xu Yuan strode forward and pushed open the door.

Two little dumplings stood behind the door, their height barely reaching an adult's knees.

Xu Nanyi was caught red-handed. She rubbed her skirt with her chubby little hands, looked to her mother on the left, and to her father on the right.

"Father, Mother~"

With a sweet, childlike voice, she was very well-behaved.

Shen Xizhou hid behind his sister, his two little hands tightly gripping Xu Nanyi's sleeve, peeking out half his head and calling out as well.

Shen Jiuyuan's gaze passed over the two little radish heads and went straight to the large bed in the room.

The bed was empty.

Both eggs are gone.

The little phoenix and the little black dragon have also disappeared.

His gaze snapped back, fixed intently on the two three-year-old human cubs in front of him.

The gaze traveled upwards from Shen Xizhou's round face, finally settling on the two jet-black fleshy horns atop the boy's head. Dense wisps of pure demonic energy emanated from the dragon horns.

Shen Jiuyuan gasped, "You...you two, you've already transformed?"

Xu Nanyi nodded confidently.

"yes."

Shen Xizhou nodded his little head, just like his older sister.

"yes."

A deathly silence fell over the scene.

Xu Yuan was completely dumbfounded. She was a dignified demon lord who had seen at least eight or ten thousand genius cubs.

But what about the demon race that, just three days after birth, doesn't need its elders to expend half of their cultivation to guide it, and perfectly transforms into human form solely based on instinct?

Unheard of!

Even ancient bloodlines require at least three months of nurturing.

Shen Jiuyuan's mind was buzzing.

This monstrous talent was born from him!

My gaze involuntarily drifted to the little girl in the red dress with a phoenix tail flower mark between her eyebrows.

Little Phoenix.

If the Demon Realm had this prodigy, its fortune for the next ten thousand years would be secure.

We absolutely cannot let this girl fall into the hands of the demon race!

If Xu Yuan really isn't willing to give it, then I might as well go all the way and take both kids away!

Buy one get one free, he's not losing out!

Xu Yuan keenly sensed Shen Jiuyuan's intention, shielding the two little dumplings behind her with a wary expression.

"What are you trying to do? I'm warning you, don't get any funny ideas."

The atmosphere became tense once again.

Shen Xizhou hid behind Xu Nanyi, still tightly gripping Xu Nanyi's sleeve.

"I...I want to stay with my older sister forever."

Xu Nanyi glanced down at the little black dragon. Although her little brother was a bit slow, they had at least shared life and death in the egg.

not to mention……

Xu Nanyi raised her head and glanced at Shen Jiuyuan.

Back when she was still in the egg, this Demon Lord father had been determined to smash her head against the volcanic rock wall, and she had kept that debt in her little notebook.

You want to take me back to the Demon Realm? It's not that simple!

Xu Nanyi immediately switched to acting mode, and tears welled up in her eyes.

She stretched out her chubby little hands and grabbed the hems of Xu Yuan and Shen Jiuyuan's clothes, one on each side.

The little head was tilted back, and the little mouth was pouting.

"Mother, Father, are you arguing?"

The voice was filled with a deep sob, it was as pitiful as could be.

Shen Jiuyuan's heart softened suddenly. This was his little daughter, whom he had carried for five months and given birth to at the cost of his cultivation.

Seeing my daughter's face, which looked like she was about to burst into tears...

What if this leaves a psychological scar on my daughter, and she doesn't recognize me as her father anymore?

He coughed lightly, then immediately squatted down, placed his hands on Xu Nanyi's shoulders, and forced a stiff but loving smile.

"No, little girl... how could Daddy and Mommy be arguing? We were just... discussing something, yes, discussing something."

As he spoke, Shen Jiuyuan immediately transmitted his voice into Xu Yuan's mind.

"Please cooperate... Don't leave the children with the trauma of parental discord! Whatever the grudges, keep the kids calm first!"

Xu Yuan grew up in the demon clan. Although she was raised by her clan members, it was good for the children to grow up in a harmonious family atmosphere with their parents.

She immediately squatted down and hugged the two little dumplings into her arms.

"Yes, yes, Mother and Father are discussing...some serious matters."

Xu Nanyi sniffled, her eyes red-rimmed.

"Really……"

The two adults were completely captivated by the girl's pitiful expression.

Shen Jiuyuan and Xu Yuan reached out their hands simultaneously.

Their hands met in mid-air and clasped together stiffly.

They secretly exerted all their strength, gripping each other's hands tightly, while outwardly pretending to be inseparable.

Shen Jiuyuan gritted his teeth, his smile growing even brighter, and turned to look at Xu Yuan.

"Why would Father and Mother quarrel? You agree, right, A-Yuan?"

He squeezed out a few words through gritted teeth.

"Yeah... A-Yuan."

Shen Xizhou peeked out and looked at his parents' trembling hands clasped together, and the loving smiles on their faces that seemed to want to devour each other alive.

Good heavens! My parents are so scary.

……

Over the next few days, Xu Yuan and Shen Jiuyuan turned the palace into a battlefield over the custody of the two little ones.

The two of them still retained some rationality and deliberately avoided the two children.

The night before, in the bamboo forest behind the palace.

Shen Jiuyuan unleashed his demonic energy, and his entire body burst into crimson flames.

"That egg was laid by me, it must come back to the Demon Realm with me!"

"Don't even dream about it! This is the Demon Realm, my territory! Both of them are mine!"

Xu Yuan slapped his hand away.

Just as the two were about to draw their swords to decide who owned it, there was a rustling sound from the bushes.

Xu Nanyi emerged from the bushes with pinpoint accuracy, still holding Shen Xizhou in her hand. The two little ones stood between them, looking up at them with their big, watery eyes.

"Are Father and Mother admiring the moon in the bamboo forest?" Xu Nanyi blinked.

This completely extinguished the tense atmosphere between the two.

The next morning.

Xu Yuan and Shen Jiuyuan hid on the roof of the palace.

They even set up a special array to isolate and detect them.

They had barely exchanged a few words when the roof tiles beneath their feet were lifted, and Xu Nanyi poked her head out of the hole.

"Mommy, is the view up here beautiful?" she asked pitifully.

For several days in a row, no matter how many places they changed or how well they hid, this little devil always managed to pinpoint the location of their argument and appear at just the right moment.

Shen Jiuyuan even suspected that the girl had placed some kind of tracking curse on him.

This matter dragged on until noon on the fifth day.

Suddenly, a gust of cold wind swept up outside the palace, and the barrier around the main gate was violently smashed open by external force.

A small piece of the demon horn on Shen's lens broke off. "Your Majesty! Something terrible has happened!"

"Things are in complete chaos over in the Demon Realm!"

Shen Jiuyuan was facing off against Xu Yuan while holding a teacup when his wrist suddenly stopped, causing the teacup to slam heavily onto the table, spilling a few drops of tea.

"Speak," he uttered, a single word that sent chills down his spine.

"Those families that were once subordinates of the former Demon Lord... I don't know where they heard the rumors from."

"They're spreading rumors everywhere that you're seriously injured, your cultivation has plummeted, and you're not in seclusion in the Demon Realm at all! They've gathered 100,000 demon soldiers. They've been causing trouble in front of the Demon Palace for days now."

"They're clamoring to attack the Demon Palace and pull you off your position!"