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

Ao Lin stared intently at his outstretched right palm.

That faint golden dragon aura, so weak it would be extinguished by a gust of wind, swayed in his vision.

A supreme being of the demon realm at the peak of the Heavenly Monarch Realm, who has lived for tens of thousands of years, possesses a vast and profound inner strength. How could he possibly exhaust it all on a single woman? This is simply illogical!

A hint of fear mixed with horrifying suspicion instantly crept into Ao Lin's dark golden vertical pupils. He abruptly raised his head, his gaze like a knife shooting towards Jiang Yining, who was leaning against the bed.

Something's wrong with this woman!

At this critical moment!

Jiang Yining keenly sensed the changes in Ao Lin's aura. She gave Ao Lin no time to think.

"ah--"

A pitiful, delicate scream suddenly echoed throughout the palace.

Jiang Yining clutched her flat stomach tightly with both hands, her once rosy cheeks instantly turning deathly pale. She felt as if all her bones had been drained, curling up in agony in the soft silk quilt, cold sweat pouring down her forehead like it was free.

"It hurts... Your Majesty... My stomach hurts so much..."

She was barely breathing, each breath feeling like an excruciating torture. Her watery eyes held a deep fear of death as she stared intently at Ao Lin.

A loud "buzz" went off in Ao Lin's head.

All thoughts of the true dragon's source being depleted, all doubts and fears, were thrown to the winds when they saw Jiang Yining on the verge of death!

His bulging, chauvinistic heart clenched instantly, and panic completely replaced his doubts.

"Ning'er! What's wrong with you!"

Ao Lin roared and pounced on the bedside, his powerful body trembling slightly. He grabbed Jiang Yining's slender wrist, and without hesitation, his powerful true essence at the Heavenly Monarch Realm level plunged into her body.

The true essence rushed rapidly along the meridians towards Jiang Yining's dantian.

next second.

Ao Lin was completely frozen in place, as if struck by lightning!

In his perception, deep within Jiang Yining's dantian, in the center of that dense, unyielding water-based spatial law, there was actually a faint yet extremely pure true dragon bloodline embryonic breath!

The tiny fetal breath was thumping and thumping.

That is the bloodline of Ao Lin! It is the dragon offspring that the most noble true dragon clan in the demon realm has longed for for countless epochs!

The true dragon clan has difficulty reproducing. Ao Lin has dominated the demon realm for so many years and has countless beauties in his harem, but none of them have ever been able to conceive his offspring.

And now, it actually exists!

"The Dragon Heir...it's the Dragon Heir!"

Ao Lin felt his blood rushing backward, his chest heaving violently, and the bloodshot veins in his eyes spreading wildly.

He suddenly stood up, spread his arms, and a terrifying, ecstatic joy that shook the entire Canglan Realm erupted from his body.

"Hahahahaha!"

Ao Lin roared to the sky, and the sound waves transformed into tangible golden ripples, directly shattering all the priceless glass lamps in the palace.

"I have an empress! The demon realm has an heir!"

He acted as if he were insane, turned around, and with the utmost care as if handling a rare treasure, tightly embraced the pale-faced Jiang Yining.

Ao Lin's eyes actually glowed red with excitement, and his domineering and awe-inspiring presence transformed into fervent tenderness.

"Ning'er! You have rendered an immense service! You are my greatest hero!"

Ao Lin stared intently at Jiang Yining and swore resolutely, "Don't worry, as long as I'm here, I will never let you and your child suffer the slightest grievance! I will bring all the finest natural treasures and rarest spiritual herbs in the entire universe for you and your child to squander! Anyone who dares to utter a single word of dissent will have their entire family executed!"

This roar, imbued with the laws of the Heavenly Monarch Realm, was undisguised and spread throughout the entire Deep Sea Dragon Palace like a thunderclap from a clear sky!

However, it only took half an incense stick's time.

The news that the Dragon Emperor had an heir spread like wildfire throughout the upper echelons of the demon realm.

Outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

The Grand Elder, accompanied by more than a dozen high-ranking members of the Dragon Clan, stumbled and staggered to the entrance of the palace.

Their beards trembled, their faces filled with disbelief, shock, and urgency.

"Your Majesty! This old minister humbly requests an audience! The matter of the dragon heir concerns the fate of the demon realm. I beg Your Majesty to allow this old minister to personally examine and verify it!" The Grand Elder knelt on the cold jade steps and shouted loudly.

"Bang--!"

His response was a terrifying, overwhelming pressure that swept away everything in its path!

The two dark gold doors of the palace, each weighing tens of thousands of kilograms, didn't even budge. A surge of true dragon energy belonging to the peak of the Heavenly Monarch Realm swept out directly from the crack in the door!

"puff!"

The Grand Elder and more than a dozen high-ranking members were like fallen leaves in a gale, directly blasted dozens of feet away by this force, crashing heavily into the white marble pillars in the square, and spitting out a mouthful of blood on the spot.

"Are you all blind?! Verify? Are you questioning my bloodline?!"

Ao Lin's voice, filled with brutal killing intent, rolled out from inside the palace.

"From this day forward, Jiang Yining shall be the most honored being in the Dragon Palace! Her status shall be equal to mine! Anyone who sees her shall see me! Anyone who dares to utter even the slightest doubt shall have their dragon tendons ripped out by my own hand!"

The entire room fell silent!

The elders, who had been beaten until they vomited blood, lay on the ground, exchanging bewildered glances, not daring to even breathe. They could see that the Dragon Emperor had completely gone mad.

Inside the palace.

Jiang Yining leaned softly against Ao Lin's broad shoulder, a few glistening tears clinging to her long eyelashes.

She clutched her stomach, breathing softly, "Your Majesty... please don't be angry... it's my body that's failing me. This dragon fetus's bloodline is far too domineering; my mere mortal body simply cannot withstand the spiritual energy it absorbs every day..."

Jiang Yining raised her misty eyes and looked at Ao Lin with a pitiful expression.

"If there isn't a large amount of spiritual energy to soothe the fetus, my belly... I'm afraid I might miscarry at any moment. Your Majesty, I really can't hold on any longer."

When Ao Lin heard the words "miscarriage," his eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

He grabbed Jiang Yining's hand and shouted urgently, "How much spiritual energy do you need? Tell me! I'll send someone to get it right away!"

Jiang Yining weakly closed her eyes and uttered a single sentence.

"Every day, one hundred top-grade spiritual veins need to be sent into the palace to be transformed into spiritual liquid for the fetus to absorb. If even one is missing, the fetus will become restless and agitated."

These words were spoken.

In the main hall outside the palace, the Grand Elder, who had just gotten up, heard everything clearly.

"One hundred top-grade spiritual veins every day?!"

The elder's eyes widened in shock, as if he had been struck by lightning. He no longer cared about the proper etiquette between ruler and subject, and knelt on the ground, weeping and wailing.

"Your Majesty, you mustn't! Absolutely not! The supreme spiritual veins are the lifeblood of the Dragon Clan in suppressing the sea eye at the bottom of the ocean! That woman demands a hundred veins every day—she's digging up the ancestral graves of our demon race! The national treasury simply cannot withstand such terrifying extravagance! Your Majesty, please reconsider!"

The elder's cries were extremely mournful and echoed across the empty square.

Inside the palace.

Hearing the wailing outside, Jiang Yining's eyes instantly reddened, and tears streamed down her face like a broken string of pearls.

She bit her lower lip hard, pretending to break free from Ao Lin's embrace, and raised her hand to slap her flat stomach.

"The Grand Elder is right, a hundred top-grade spiritual veins are far too precious! I am but a human woman, my life is worthless, how can I burden the entire dragon clan?"

Jiang Yining cried her heart out, "Since the Dragon Clan cannot tolerate my child and me, then I will simply use my true energy to abort this child myself, and end it all!"

"You dare!"

Upon seeing this, Ao Lin was terrified.

He grabbed Jiang Yining's wrist tightly, locking her in his arms, his heart pounding so hard it felt like it would burst out of his chest.

His offspring! The offspring he had waited for for ten thousand years, and someone dared to stop him!

Ao Lin's eyes instantly turned incredibly ferocious, and a world-destroying rage surged straight to the top of his head.

"What a bunch of old geezers! They even dare to mistreat my imperial heir!"

Without hesitation, Ao Lin raised his right hand and clenched his fist tightly!

"Snap!"

Through the heavy palace doors, the jade slip of protest that the Grand Elder had just presented with both hands was crushed into powder by Ao Lin in mid-air!

"Issue the Emperor's supreme decree!"

Ao Lin's furious roar shattered the clouds in the sky.

"Immediately open the highest seal on the core treasury! All golden-armored guards are to supply the palace with an unlimited supply of top-grade spiritual veins! Anyone who dares to obstruct the delivery of spiritual veins will have their entire clan executed on the spot! Get to work!"