Many children, many blessings: Stealing the offspring of powerful figures to cultivate immortality.

The three people on the city wall turned pale instantly upon hearing the news.

"Ningning!"

Without a second thought, Chu Jinglan and Bai Ze turned and rushed down to the city walls.

Ji Lingxiao followed closely behind.

As soon as they left, a huge gap appeared in the defenses of the city wall.

Seizing the opportunity, Ye Wuhen shouted sharply, "All troops, attack! Break through the city gates for me!"

The army surged toward the city gate like a tidal wave.

Meanwhile, Chu Jinglan, Bai Ze, and Ji Lingxiao had already returned to the Chu residence.

When they saw the figure in the courtyard, her clothes stained with blood, yet still standing with a knife in hand, like a blood-soaked female warrior, everyone's eyes turned red.

"court death!!"

Bai Ze roared and charged into the battle like a tiger descending a mountain.

Ji Lingxiao and Chu Jinglan also joined the battle.

The arrival of three top experts instantly reversed the course of the battle.

Those assassins were like vegetables cut into melons in their hands.

At this moment, a figure in dark black, exuding overwhelming killing intent, walked step by step into the broken mansion gate.

Taking advantage of the chaos, Ye Wuhen stormed into the Chu residence.

"Empress, come to my side!" Ye Wuhen had only one goal.

"Get out of here!"

Chu Jinglan, Ji Lingxiao, and Bai Ze acted simultaneously to stop him.

The world's most powerful experts engaged in a chaotic battle within the small courtyard of the Chu residence.

Ye Wuhen was frantically trying to snatch people away.

The other three, however, were each harboring their own selfish motives while trying to stop him.

Chu Jinglan wanted to protect Jiang Yining behind him.

Bai Ze, however, wanted to take advantage of the chaos to take Jiang Yining away and get her away from this place of trouble.

They were all vying for the title of "who can take Jiang Yining away".

As a result, the three of them not only failed to cooperate, but also sabotaged each other's moves due to jealousy and suspicion.

Chu Jinglan forced Ye Wuhen back with a sword strike, and was about to pull Jiang Yining away when Ji Lingxiao's fan swept his wrist.

Bai Ze slashed at Ye Wuhen with his sword, but found that Chu Jinglan blocked the point he had predicted, almost injuring him by mistake.

The defenses were riddled with holes.

In the chaos, no one noticed that Liu Xueru was hiding behind the artificial hill, glaring venomously at Jiang Yining, who was surrounded by the crowd.

"You bitch! It's all your fault! Why are you all fawning over her?!" she muttered under her breath.

"Did you let the assassin in?"

A cold voice sounded behind her.

Liu Xueru was startled and turned around to see that it was Chu Sikong!

He had appeared behind her without her noticing, his glassy eyes looking particularly eerie in the dim light.

"You...you heard that?" Liu Xueru was terrified. Without thinking, she pulled out a poisoned hidden arrow from her sleeve and aimed it at Chu Sikong.

He must be killed to silence him!

"Be careful!"

Just as Liu Xueru pressed the trigger, a figure suddenly rushed over and blocked Chu Sikong's path.

"puff--"

The hidden arrow, which was meant to pierce Chu Sikong's heart, instead sank deep into her chest without any resistance.

Time seemed to have been paused at that moment.

All the sounds of fighting, shouting, and clashing weapons came to an abrupt halt in that instant.

Jiang Yining's body went limp and collapsed.

Chu Sikong caught her, and those glassy eyes that always carried a sickly and calculating look were now filled with boundless panic and emptiness.

"Sister-in-law... Sister-in-law..."

His voice was trembling uncontrollably.

Blood gushed from Jiang Yining's chest, quickly staining her plain white clothes and Chu Sikong's moon-white brocade robe.

It's like one enchanting red plum blossom after another blooming in the snow.

"Nene!!"

Chu Jinglan was the first to react.

He let out a heart-wrenching roar and scrambled over.

He reached out to touch her, but dared not, and could only stand futilely in mid-air, watching helplessly as the warm blood stained his fingertips.

"puff--"

A mouthful of blood gushed from his mouth and spilled onto the ground.

Chu Sikong held Jiang Yining in his arms, his face, which always carried a hint of a smile, was now twisted like a vengeful ghost.

He pressed one hand tightly against Jiang Yining's wound, trying to stop the life that was constantly gushing out.

"Don't be afraid... Sister-in-law, don't be afraid... I have medicine... I have lots of medicine..."

He shakily pulled out various bottles and jars from his pocket, and without caring what they were, stuffed them into her mouth and poured them onto her wound.

But it was no use; the blood seemed to flow endlessly.

Jiang Yining lay in his arms, her face ashen.

She struggled to raise her hand, wanting to touch Chu Sikong's face.

"Don't...don't cry..."

She opened her mouth, and blood spilled from the corner of her mouth, causing her to cough violently.

"Sikong...live...live on..."

Her gaze passed over Chu Sikong and landed on the men surrounding them.

Chu Jinglan knelt on the ground, unable to cry out anymore, only vomiting blood.

Blood tears streamed from Ji Lingxiao's eyes, and he looked like a broken jade sculpture.

Bai Ze was going berserk. He grabbed his knife and charged at Liu Xueru behind the artificial hill, hacking the woman, who was still screaming in terror, into mincemeat.

And Ye Wuhen, that arrogant tyrant.

He knelt on the ground, wanting to take her hand, but not daring to touch it.

"Why save him..." Ye Wuhen murmured to himself, "Why...why would he rather die...than come with me?"

Looking at her gradually unfocused pupils.

Two lines of bloody tears slowly flowed down from his always cold and indifferent eyes.

His hand holding the sword was trembling violently.

The sword that had never deviated even slightly was now slipping from his grasp.

He went to great lengths, even launching a war, just to win her back.

Then, a sudden change occurred.

Jiang Yining's body began to emit soft white light.

Starting from the fingertips, they transformed into countless fluttering points of light, like fireflies on a summer night, slowly rising into the air.

"No...don't..."

Chu Sikong tried to grasp those points of light, but only managed to grab onto nothingness.

"Nene!!"

Chu Jinglan watched helplessly as his wife's body turned to ashes before his eyes. He coughed up another mouthful of blood and collapsed to the ground.

Bai Ze knelt on the ground, gazing intently at the starlight dancing in the sky, reaching out as if to embrace the last vestiges of warmth.

"No! Don't go! Give her back to me!!"

Ye Wuhen frantically tried to grab the points of light, but found nothing.

"Click—"

A crisp sound, like the shattering of a mirror, rang out in the sky.

A huge crack stretched across the sky, like a hideous scar.

Then came the second, the third...

The whole world began to crumble like shattered glass.

The earth trembled, the palace collapsed, and the sky peeled away.

This illusory world, constructed from the "Map of Mountains and Rivers," finally succumbed to the extreme grief unleashed by these top experts and was utterly destroyed.

Darkness surged in from all directions, engulfing everything.

"Ningning..."

Before darkness engulfs everything.

Chu Jinglan's last, mournful cry echoed in the void for a long time.

"Don't leave me...please..."