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

Abandoned Star Island, the most notorious lawless place on the edge of the Canglan Realm.

But before heading to Abandoned Star Island, Su Chenzhou's dilapidated ancient ship veered off course and plunged into another hidden crevice beneath Gray Bone Mound.

"Where is this?" Jiang Yining stood at the bow of the ship, looking at the underground complex that was flashing with an eerie green light, her brows furrowed slightly.

"The Well Without Lights." Su Chenzhou sheathed the iron ruler back into his back, his tone indifferent. "To get to Abandoned Star Island, we need to cross a storm zone, and the ship's supplies are running low. Besides, I have an old debt to settle here."

The ancient boat silently docked. Su Chenzhou turned his head, his deep gaze falling on Jiang Yining, a calculating smile playing on his lips.

"There's no such thing as a free lunch," he said, with a touch of lazy roguishness. "Later, you'll put on a show to divert the black market overseer's attention from me. As long as you muddy the waters, I guarantee I'll escort you the entire way to Abandoned Star Island, and no one will be able to harm a hair on your head."

Jiang Yining met his gaze and sneered, "Fine. But how we act is up to me."

The moment the two stepped into the Unlit Well, a pungent smell of medicine and blood assaulted their nostrils. The black market here was even more chaotic than the main street of Greybone Harbor, filled with masked drug dealers, scavenging spies, and Protoss spies lurking in the shadows.

Just as Su Chenzhou was about to direct Jiang Yining to cause trouble at a specific pharmacy, Jiang Yining suddenly stopped.

She took the initiative, her fingertips flying across the mechanical puppet Mo Xie. Several purple-gold runes were injected, and the originally metallic Mo Xie instantly transformed into a maid with a high belly, pale face, and about to give birth, amidst a distorted light and shadow.

Su Chenzhou's eyes lit up: "You know the art of disguise?"

Jiang Yining ignored him. She took out the "Crimson Blood Dragon Sunflower" that Gu Qinghan had left her in her storage ring.

With a flick of her palm, she forcibly refined the precious spiritual herb in just a few breaths, dividing it into three pills that emitted a rich, exotic fragrance. She deliberately mixed a trace of the residual star spirit energy absorbed by the Myriad Spirit Divine Wood into the pills.

Three fake pregnancy-preserving pills, it's hard to tell the real ones from the fakes!

Wearing a mask, Jiang Yining deliberately lowered her voice, making it sound anxious and distressed. She slammed a fake pregnancy-preserving pill onto the most conspicuous auction table in the center of the black market.

"A large sum of money is offered for a midwife! My wife is pregnant with a breech child and is about to give birth! Whoever can ensure the safe delivery of my mistress and servant will receive these three top-grade protective pills, plus 100,000 high-grade star crystals!"

That shout was like a spark thrown into a calm pan of oil.

The entire No-Lights Well black market fell silent for a second, and then it completely erupted into chaos!

"Conceiving a different child?! Isn't that the target for the Protoss race's bounty of ten thousand high-grade star crystals?!"

"Bullshit! Judging by the quality of those pills, they're definitely prey for top-tier powers! They're trying to steal people!"

"That pregnant woman is mine!"

The Protoss spies, thinking they had found the real culprit, rushed toward Mo Xie, who was disguised as a maid, with bloodshot eyes; the scavenging spies, for the sake of the 100,000 star crystals and the astronomical bounty, drew their weapons and began to clear the area; while the greedy drug dealers stared intently at the fake pregnancy-stabilizing pills in Jiang Yining's hand, swarming over like sharks smelling blood.

The three factions instantly became suspicious of each other, each believing the other wanted to monopolize the profits. The sounds of clashing swords and exploding spells echoed throughout the underground black market, as Jiang Yining single-handedly shattered order with just three fake medicines!

Su Chenzhou stood in the shadows, looking at the chaotic situation, and couldn't help but twitch his lips.

He only asked her to put on a show to distract the guards, but this woman completely turned the place upside down!

But he moved swiftly, his figure weaving through the chaotic crowd like a ghost. With each swing of his iron ruler, a black market guard chasing debts fell. As he finished them off, he casually stole their storage bags, a sight that made Jiang Yining, watching from a distance, secretly sneer.

"Search them! Detain them all! Don't let a single one escape!" the Protoss sentry commander roared in exasperation, beginning to block the entrances and exits.

"This is troublesome." Su Chenzhou had just slit the throat of the last guard when he flashed to Jiang Yining's side, grabbing her wrist. "Let's go!"

Using the explosion created by Mo Xie as cover, the two plunged into an abandoned clothing shop.

The footsteps outside grew louder and louder; the Protoss search party was kicking down doors from house to house.

The clothing shop was completely empty, except for an extremely narrow display case.

"Go in!"

Without saying a word, Su Chenzhou stuffed Jiang Yining into the wardrobe, squeezed in himself, and pulled the wardrobe door shut behind him.

The space in the cabinet was so cramped that it couldn't even accommodate two adults. Su Chenzhou was forced to brace himself against the cabinet wall behind Jiang Yining's head with one hand, using his body to create just enough space for her to breathe.

In the darkness, their bodies were pressed tightly together.

Jiang Yining could even feel Su Chenzhou's hard chest rising and falling with his breath, rubbing against her clothes. The man's body temperature was scorching hot, carrying a faint smell of blood and sandalwood, enveloping her completely.

Footsteps outside kicked open the door of the clothing store with a "bang".

Su Chenzhou's breathing instantly became heavier, his breath spraying directly onto Jiang Yining's forehead.

"Hold your breath." Jiang Yining didn't hold back, grabbing his collar and pulling it down sharply, forcing him to lower his head.

The tips of their noses were now less than half an inch apart.

Su Chenzhou's extremely dark eyes flashed with a dangerous light in the darkness. He stared at the pair of red lips so close to his own, his Adam's apple bobbing involuntarily. Neither of them looked away first. The two of them remained in this extremely ambiguous and tense position, their temperatures clashing in the narrow cabinet.

Until the search team outside left, grumbling and cursing.

Jiang Yining loosened his collar first, pushed him away with a cold face, and slipped out of the closet.

In the chaos just now, she casually picked up a bloodstained secret order from the body of a Protoss informant who had been killed by Su Chenzhou.

She issued the secret command, and her pupils suddenly contracted.

The document clearly stated the Protoss High Priest's latest decree: not to capture alive, but to "bring back the mother after separating her from the fetus."

Cesarean section to remove the baby!

Jiang Yining gripped the secret order tightly, her knuckles turning white. For the first time, she realized with such clarity and depth that the closer she got to her due date, the more brutal the Protoss's hunt for her would become. They didn't care about her life or death; all they cared about was that spirit fetus that had devoured countless sources of essence!

"What are you looking at?" Su Chenzhou walked over, glanced at the secret order, and his eyes instantly turned cold.

"It's nothing." Purple flames rose from Jiang Yining's palm, burning the secret order to ashes. "Let's go to Abandoned Star Island."

At the same time they left the well without lights.

In front of the broken bridge at Grey Bone Wharf.

Gu Qinghan, dressed in white, stood amidst the ice shards and blood. His cold gaze swept over the devastated ruins, finally settling on the deep trenches on the bridge piers, etched with black bone and coin marks.

"Black Bone Money... Broken Star Voyage Contract..."

Gu Qinghan's eyes blazed with fury, the Nine Nether Ice Flame sword in his hand emitting a series of dragon roars. He had misjudged the situation, completely convinced that the black-robed male cultivator who had suddenly appeared was the mastermind behind the abduction of Jiang Yining amidst the chaos!

"Dare to touch my people!" Gu Qinghan's pure Yang true fire exploded, completely incinerating the black mist dozens of feet around him. "No matter where you flee to, I will tear you to pieces!"

Meanwhile, on the other side, they took a shortcut along the Ghost Road to approach the void of Abandoned Star Island.

Yu Luofeng was blocked from his path by hundreds of former officials of the Ghost Realm. These traitors formed a massive ghost formation, attempting to completely annihilate the former half-saint ghost king.

"The throne has changed hands! Yu Luofeng, you have no way to escape today!" the rebel leader shouted wildly.

"fly?"

Yu Luofeng lowered his head, looking at the slightly warm Ghost Queen's mark on his collarbone. It was the aura left by Jiang Yining, who was moving towards Abandoned Star Island.

Yu Luofeng raised his head, his dark golden eyes filled with bloodthirsty fervor. He took out two Ghost General Tokens, representing the highest authority in the Ghost Realm, from his robes.

"Snap!"

He crushed the two Ghost General tokens to pieces on the spot!

A terrifying semi-saint's pressure poured out like a flood bursting its banks. Yu Luofeng transformed into an Asura, his giant skeletal hand tearing through the void. He was prepared to engage in a fierce and swift battle to seize the time to see Jiang Yining.