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

A whirlwind, carrying with it the rich immortal energy emanating from the top-grade spiritual vein, raged across the sky above Abandoned Star Island.

Ao Lin looked down at Jiang Yining, who was inside the light barrier, expecting her to kneel down in gratitude. In his eyes, the terrifying wealth of ten top-grade spiritual veins, coupled with his supreme power as the Demon Realm's sovereign, meant that no woman in the world could refuse such a gift.

However, time passed by, one breath at a time.

Jiang Yining simply stood there quietly, her purple-gold eyes like a bottomless ancient well, showing no excitement, no ecstasy, not even a ripple of emotion.

When Ao Lin saw that she did not agree immediately, a hint of violent anger flashed in his dark golden vertical pupils, which were originally full of lewdness and smugness.

"What? You think it's not enough?"

He suddenly put his hands behind his back, and the pressure of his Heavenly Monarch Realm surged again, causing the air beneath his feet to produce a series of ear-piercing sonic booms.

"My patience is limited." Ao Lin arrogantly raised his chin, his voice like the pronouncement of death. "If you dare to refuse, I will immediately order the Demon Realm to completely sever all of your Jiang family's trade routes in the black market! So that your Abandoned Star Island won't even earn a single low-grade star essence stone!"

He took a sudden step forward, his eyes gleaming with a chillingly wild light. "Not only that, I will personally tear apart this tattered array of yours! I will forcibly abduct you back to my palace in the Dragon Palace, so you can witness firsthand what the unparalleled domineering tradition of the dragon race truly is!"

Upon hearing this, the air in front of Jiang Yining instantly exploded.

"court death!"

Gu Qinghan's usually aloof and restrained eyes instantly became bloodshot. He completely lost control. The pure Yang fire of Haotian within him surged forth without reservation, and the terrifying heat directly melted and collapsed the incredibly hard black jade bricks beneath his feet, turning them into a pool of crimson lava.

"A mere worm dares to lay a finger on my woman!" Yu Luofeng let out a shrill, inhuman screech. His eerie face twisted to the extreme, and the ghostly aura of a half-saint level surged wildly in reverse. He was actually preparing without hesitation to sacrifice his half-saint essence, ready to fight this high and mighty Dragon Emperor to the death.

In the shadows, Su Chenzhou's burly body suddenly arched, the ancient star fire within him, which had just been repaired, was about to erupt like a volcano, and his dark golden eyes were filled with a frenzied killing intent that wanted to devour anyone.

The three male leads are prepared to risk everything to protect her.

Just at this critical moment, when the primal powers of the three male protagonists were about to blast into the air.

"Get out of my way!"

Jiang Yining let out a cold snort.

Immediately afterwards, a vast amount of wood-elemental vitality belonging to the Profound Light Realm, like an invisible giant net, instantly spread out from her body. This power precisely and domineeringly transformed into three invisible shackles, firmly suppressing the surging spiritual power within Gu Qinghan, Yu Luofeng, and Su Chenzhou.

"Anyone who dares to make a move will never be allowed to set foot in the palace again!"

Jiang Yining's divine sense, carrying an unquestionable ironclad order, was like a bucket of ice water, pouring it hard on the nerves of the three who were about to lose control, forcibly suppressing all their attack actions.

After doing all this, Jiang Yining slowly raised her head and looked at Ao Lin in mid-air again.

The moment she looked up, her entire demeanor underwent a dramatic change.

A thin layer of mist appeared naturally and perfectly in those originally clear and sharp purple-gold eyes. Her eyes were slightly red, making her look so helpless.

She gently bit her full, bright red lower lip, her long, fair neck trembling slightly like a startled swan. She nervously clasped her hands together in front of her chest, a defensive gesture that, ironically, accentuated the fullness of her breasts, creating a breathtaking and arousing perfect curve.

That extreme vulnerability—forced to submit to absolute power, yet with a hint of stubbornness and resentment in her eyes—is like the most potent aphrodisiac.

This scene was witnessed by Ao Lin without reservation.

"boom!"

Ao Lin felt as if a string of reason in his mind had snapped completely. The most primal desire for conquest that belonged to male demon beasts in his heart was ignited to the extreme by Jiang Yining's pitiful appearance, and all the dragon blood in his body was rushing wildly to one place.

He glanced at Gu Qinghan and the others, who were being forcibly suppressed by Jiang Yining and looked frustrated but dared not retaliate, and then looked at the breathtakingly beautiful empress who was showing weakness to him.

"Hahahaha!"

Ao Lin let out a wild, arrogant laugh. He naturally assumed that it was his unparalleled power and terrifying martial prowess at the Heavenly Monarch Realm that had completely subdued this proud and arrogant woman and given him complete control of the situation.

Unbeknownst to them, beneath Jiang Yining's hands clasped in front of her chest, her fingertips were making a tactical gesture at an extremely concealed angle towards the lifeless mechanical puppet Mo Xie behind her—a gesture only they could understand.

Ao Lin was now blinded by the thrill of being conquered. In order to fully demonstrate the Dragon Emperor's unparalleled wealth in front of this peerless beauty, he waved his hand again.

"You want money, huh? I have plenty!"

"Boom!"

The void collapsed once more. A full twenty dazzling, top-grade spiritual veins, accompanied by mountains of high-level demon cores radiating terrifying energy fluctuations, crashed down like a torrential downpour into the courtyard in front of the main hall.

The dazzling light illuminated the entire Abandoned Star Island, leaving not a single shadow.

Looking at this terrifying resource, enough to easily buy a super sect in the middle realm, a cunning glint flashed quickly in the depths of Jiang Yining's lowered eyes.

With such low intelligence, they dare to show off on Star Island?

She subtly stirred her divine sense. Behind her, Mo Xie's eyes flashed red, and her mechanical arm silently extended. In a blind spot of the formation, completely unnoticed by Ao Lin, the massive amount of top-grade spiritual veins and high-level demon cores were being frantically stored into the Jiang family's top-grade storage rings by Mo Xie through a hidden spatial formation.

The Jiang family, through the hands of this idiotic Dragon Emperor, instantly amassed an unimaginable fortune.

Seeing that all the resources had been collected, Jiang Yining let out a long sigh.

This sigh, with its twists and turns, conveyed a poignant sense of resignation and compromise after being driven to the brink of despair.

She turned around and gently but firmly pushed away Gu Qinghan, who was standing in front of her with bloodshot eyes.

"Ning'er..." Gu Qinghan's voice was hoarse, and the Chunyang Sword trembled wildly in his hand.

Jiang Yining ignored him. She walked lightly, like a floating duckweed drifting with the current, slowly stepping out of the indestructible purple-gold defensive light shield.

She lowered her eyes, her long eyelashes casting a shadow on her fair cheeks, and spoke softly in an extremely delicate voice:

"As long as Your Majesty the Dragon Emperor keeps your promise... I am willing to go to the Dragon Palace with Your Majesty."

Going with the flow, it's a perfect solution.

Seeing this, Ao Lin, who was in mid-air, felt his pride and joy reach their peak.

"Good! That's a smart woman!"

He flashed forward as if teleporting, closing in instantly. Laughing wildly, he stretched out his strong arms and grabbed Jiang Yining's incredibly slender waist, which was so delicate it was almost impossible to grasp.

The moment they made contact, the exquisite sensation made Ao Lin let out a satisfied sigh.

Below, Gu Qinghan, Yu Luofeng, and Su Chenzhou watched Ao Lin touch Jiang Yining, their eyes filled with a palpable killing intent that seemed to tear the world apart.

Amidst the murderous gazes of the male protagonists, who seemed ready to devour him alive, Ao Lin laughed arrogantly.

The true dragon aura surrounding him exploded, transforming into an extremely dazzling, blinding golden light that tore through the sky above Abandoned Star Island, carrying Jiang Yining and instantly disappearing into the vast horizon.