The Quantum Path to Immortality

Chapter 121: A Century of Anticipation Part 2: Kaelen's Ascension


As the pregnancy progressed through its second half-century, another remarkable development occurred. Kaelen herself began advancing rapidly, her cultivation base strengthening at a pace that would have seemed impossible without the unique circumstances of her pregnancy.

The combination of factors was perfect for breakthrough:

The constant influx of high-quality resources Elias provided The Perpetual Ascension Technique creating an ever-strengthening foundation The upgraded Entropy Singularity Core generating massive amounts of refined energy The feedback loop with their daughter, whose own cultivation enhanced her mother's

By year seventy, Kaelen broke through to the peak of the Multiversal Realm.

The breakthrough was gentler than most such ascensions—instead of the violent rupture of reality that usually accompanied such advancement, it was more like reality itself simply acknowledged that she had always belonged at this level.

Elias was there when it happened, of course. He had calculated the optimal breakthrough window and ensured that every possible variable was controlled and optimized.

"How do you feel?" he asked as the energy settled around her new form.

Kaelen opened her eyes, and they blazed with the light of cosmic comprehension. "I feel... complete. Like I was operating at half capacity before and didn't even realize it."

"Your Reality Law comprehension has jumped to 94%," Elias observed, reading the energy signatures. "Impressive. Most newly peaked ascended Multiversal Beings start at 70-84%."

"I had a good teacher," she said with a smile, placing her hand over his on her belly. "Both of us did."

Inside the womb, their daughter's awareness pulsed with contentment, basking in the feeling of her mother's ascension. She was learning, even now, absorbing the experience of breakthrough, storing it away for when she would need such knowledge.

By year ninety, Kaelen's Laws had reached near perfection. Her primary Law of Life had achieved 100% comprehension, while her secondary Laws of Growth and Vitality had both exceeded 90%. She had become, in her own right, one of the more formidable Multiversal Beings in existence.

"You've surpassed me in Life Law comprehension," Elias noted one day, reviewing her progress. "My focus on other domains has left that particular Law at only 67%." {AN: This is impossible but take it like that.}

"Should I be proud that I've exceeded the great Elias Vance in something?" Kaelen teased.

"You should be proud regardless. Your achievement is remarkable." He paused, then added with unusual softness, "I'm proud of you."

Kaelen felt tears spring to her eyes—not from sadness, but from the sheer emotional weight of this moment. Elias, who had achieved perfection in so many areas, who had ascended to heights that terrified the multiverse, was proud of her.

As year one hundred approached, everyone could feel that the birth was imminent. The child's power had stabilized at the peak of Universe God level—the highest realm before Multiversal ascension. Any further advancement would require her to be born and experience reality directly rather than through the filtered lens of the womb.

Dr. Vex, who had monitored the entire pregnancy with increasing fascination and terror, made her final preparations.

"I've assembled the finest medical team in the multiverse," she reported. "Obstetric specialists from seventeen different civilizations, each an expert in high-level cultivator births. I've also hired the top childcare practitioners—nannies who have raised the children of Universe Gods and know how to handle beings of immense innate power."

"Good," Elias said, though his tone suggested he considered all of this merely insurance against the unlikely. "I will be present throughout the delivery. If any complications arise—"

"Elias," Dr. Vex interrupted gently, "I understand your concern, but you need to trust the process. This child has been cultivating for a century. Her body is stronger than most adult cultivators. The delivery will likely be the least dangerous part of this entire journey."

But Elias couldn't shake his unease. For all his perfect calculations and optimized preparations, this was the one variable he couldn't fully control. The moment when his daughter would transition from the safety of the womb to the chaos of external reality.

He spent those final weeks in a state of restless vigilance, checking and rechecking every system, every contingency plan, every possible outcome. His Quantum Divine Processor ran constant simulations, modeling every conceivable scenario.

Kaelen, watching him pace their chambers for the thousandth time, finally took his hand and pulled him down to sit beside her.

"She'll be fine," Kaelen said softly. "She's our daughter. She's been preparing for this moment her entire existence. And she has you as her father—the most powerful being in the multiverse who loves her with terrifying intensity. What could possibly go wrong?"

Elias wanted to list the 4,328 things that could go wrong, each with detailed probability analyses and contingency responses. But instead, he just held Kaelen's hand and let himself feel the life growing within her—their miracle, their daughter, their perfect achievement.

"You're right," he finally said. "She'll be fine."

Three days later, Kaelen's water broke, and reality itself held its breath.

The birthing chamber existed in its own pocket dimension, carefully crafted by Elias to provide the perfect environment for the delivery. The space was vast yet intimate, with walls that displayed the gentle light of distant stars and air that thrummed with concentrated spiritual energy.

Dr. Vex had transformed the chamber into a medical facility that would have made any Universe-level hospital jealous. Advanced monitoring arrays lined every surface, tracking not just physical vitals but spiritual energy flows, Law fluctuations, and even probability matrices to predict and prevent complications before they could manifest.

The assembled medical team—seventeen specialists from across the multiverse—stood ready, though most of them wore expressions of barely concealed terror. They had been briefed on their patient: Kaelen Vance, newly ascended Multiversal Being, wife of Elias Vance, carrying a child who was already at Universe God level while still in the womb.

"I still can't believe we're doing this," muttered one of the specialists, a crystalline being named Thex'ilor who had delivered over ten thousand children of powerful cultivators. "This goes against every principle of obstetric medicine. The child should be in stasis, the mother should be in a protective array, and we should be performing a controlled extraction over the course of weeks."

"Lord Vance was very clear," Dr. Vex replied calmly. "Natural birth only. No artificial interventions unless absolutely necessary."

"The baby is a Universe God!" another specialist hissed. "If she decides she doesn't want to be born, she could probably just refuse to come out!"

As if in response to that comment, a wave of energy pulsed through the chamber—not threatening, but distinctly amused. The child could hear them and found their concerns entertaining.

Elias stood beside Kaelen's bed, his hand holding hers with a gentleness that seemed impossible from someone who could erase beings from existence with a thought. His expression was carefully neutral, but those who knew him well could see the tension in his posture, the way his Quantum Divine Processor was working at near-maximum capacity to monitor every variable.

"Contractions are beginning," one of the monitoring specialists announced. "Energy signature is stable. Spiritual channels are clear. All indicators are optimal."

"I can feel her," Kaelen said, her voice breathless with a mixture of pain and joy. "She's excited. She wants to meet us."

Inside her womb, their daughter had indeed decided it was time. For one hundred years, she had been preparing, learning, growing. She had built her foundation, constructed her Dantian, achieved Universe God level cultivation, and learned countless lessons from her father's teachings. Now, finally, it was time to enter the world properly.

The delivery progressed with surprising smoothness. Kaelen's Multiversal-level body was more than capable of handling the physical strain, while her perfected Life Law ensured that every aspect of the birth proceeded optimally.

But Elias remained vigilant, his consciousness extended throughout the chamber, ready to intervene at the slightest sign of complication. His hand glowed with subtle silver light—Reality Law held ready but unused, a precaution he refused to dismiss despite all evidence that it was unnecessary.

"Crowning," Dr. Vex announced, her voice steady despite the awesome power readings emanating from the birth canal. "Everyone maintain positions. Prepare for emergence."

The moment stretched, becoming eternal. Elias felt his entire existence narrow to this single point in space-time, this singular moment of becoming.

And then, with a sound like reality itself sighing in relief, their daughter was born.

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