What does my ancestor's pregnancy have to do with me, a mere servant?

An isolated space, atop a desolate mountain.

The dark red sky was oppressive and somber, and the surrounding area was rough, cracked black soil, devoid of any life.

Half a month has passed in the blink of an eye since Lin Yuan was abducted and brought here.

Behind a huge rock halfway up the mountain, the space rippled like water.

Yan Hua suddenly opened her eyes, her eyes bloodshot and filled with undisguised shock.

She looked down at her left arm.

Her severed arm appeared to have healed, but the Dao-unifying principles contained in Ye Jia's attack were gnawing at her meridians.

Even with her profound medical knowledge, it would take her at least several years to fully recover from this injury.

"On what grounds?"

Yan Hua gritted her teeth, her gaze fixed on the simple cave dwelling below.

With a low rumble, the heavy stone door of the cave was pushed open from the inside.

Lie Yuan strode out.

The Lie Yuan before him bore no resemblance to her previous state of near death and utter ruin. Beneath the tattered, dark red light armor she wore, her skin radiated a warm yet powerful glow. The previously chaotic demonic energy was now as pure as rivers flowing into the sea, reaching an outrageously refined level.

What terrified Yan Hua the most was the automatically circulating energy of heaven and earth around Lie Yuan.

The bottleneck of the late stage of Void Refinement has been forcibly broken open by this powerful bloodline force!

"impossible……"

At this rate, Lie Yuan will be able to reach the Fusion stage in five years!

As a high-ranking royal princess, possessing extraordinary talent and having expended countless resources, she has only barely reached the threshold of the Integration Realm. Meanwhile, that lowly guard below her, simply because he took advantage of that human boy, has undergone a complete transformation in just half a month!

The immense sense of loss transformed into boundless jealousy, scorching Yan Hua's reason.

Yan Hua licked her chapped lips, her gaze passing over Lie Yuan and fixed on the dark cave entrance.

Charge down.

He kicked Lie Yuan away and took that human boy for himself!

As long as I can get him, all my injuries and bottlenecks are a joke!

The demonic energy around Yan Hua surged violently out of control, and her right foot took a sudden half step forward, crushing a black stone.

But just as she was about to appear, she abruptly stopped herself.

The imposing figure of his father, Yan Lie, as tall as an iron tower, and the terrifying pressure of his peak Integration Realm cultivation, felt like a bucket of ice water being poured over his head.

"I can't rush things. That old guy has a violent temper. If I make decisions on my own and ruin things for him, I'll be in big trouble." Yan Hua gasped for breath, forcibly swallowing back her impulse.

"Go talk to my father first, and if necessary, ask him to let me try."

Having made up her mind, Yan Hua looked away without looking any further, her figure transforming into a faint crimson light and disappearing from the spot.

Until the feeling of being spied on dissipated.

Outside the cave, Lie Yuan finally relaxed completely, stretching lazily with extreme comfort. Her bones cracked and popped like popping beans.

Lin Yuan, with his hands in his pockets, slowly emerged from the shadows with leisurely steps, exuding a lazy air as if he had just woken up.

For the past two weeks, my life has been very regular. Without fail, five times a day.

Although each transaction only amounts to 300,000, its advantage lies in its stability and sustainability.

"This job is so good, even the donkeys in the production team would be tempted to offer it a cigarette," Lin Yuan thought to himself.

Although the points provided by Lie Yuan are negligible compared to those of Ye Jia, a top-tier cultivator at the Dao Integration Realm, they still amount to over 20 million over these fifteen days.

"You seem to be in a good mood." Lie Yuan turned around and looked at Lin Yuan's composed demeanor, but her brows furrowed even more.

She looked down at her hands, which were brimming with terrifying power, and said without joy, "But I can't be happy. At the current rate... in two months at most, I will touch the threshold of the Demon Ancestor level bloodline."

Lie Yuan suddenly looked up, staring into Lin Yuan's eyes: "Don't forget Yan Lie's plan! Once I reach that point, that's when he'll activate the grand formation and drain all my life essence. That will be my death!"

Seeing Lie Yuan's anxious appearance, Lin Yuan turned his head and casually glanced at the boulder where Yan Hua had just hidden, then waved to Lie Yuan.

Lie Yuan approached with a mixture of suspicion and disbelief.

Lin Yuan lowered his voice, speaking steadily and decisively: "Don't worry. That young lady hiding in the shadows is practically grinding her teeth in rage."

"What do you mean? You want to lure Yan Hua into this? That's too risky! If Yan Hua makes a move, Yan Lie will definitely see through it. If we anger that old monster, we won't even have a chance to fight back!"

"If things really get out of control, we can just walk away."

Looking at the human in front of her, whose cultivation was only at the Nascent Soul stage, yet who dared to manipulate a peak Integration stage expert, Lie Yuan felt a strange chill rise in her heart.

She nodded vigorously: "I understand. I'll do everything you say."

at the same time.

Thousands of miles away, in a massive cavern deep underground.

The pungent smell of blood was so strong it was almost unbearable. Yan Lie, his upper body bare and muscular, was holding a white bone pen as tall as a person, carving runes that emitted a ghastly, eerie light onto the dark rock wall.

"father!"

Yan Lie's voice echoed in the cave like muffled thunder: "So rash. Speak, what is it?"

"Lie Yuan's injuries have healed!" Yan Hua rushed to her father's side, her voice urgent and trembling. "Her bloodline improvement is frantic! I just saw it with my own eyes; she's only a hair's breadth away from the Integration Realm, and she'll definitely break through within five years!"

Yan Hua grabbed her collar, pointing to her still powerless left arm, her eyes reddening: "Why?! I, as royalty, have to rely on time to heal my injuries. That human boy's opportunities are too heaven-defying. If I were to go now..."

"Shut up!"

boom!

Yan Lie suddenly turned around, slamming the bone pen heavily onto the ground. A terrifying, overwhelming pressure crashed down.

Yan Hua was struck as if by lightning, and was so shocked that she staggered back more than ten steps. She felt a sweet taste in her throat, and a trace of black blood spilled from the corner of her mouth.

"Shortsighted fool." Yan Lie stared coldly at his daughter, his eyes devoid of any pity. "That's the only resource we can control right now. We know nothing about that kid's bottom line or whether his techniques have any hidden dangers. Sending Lie Yuan to scout ahead is the safest course of action. If you rashly go up now and damage your own royal foundation, all my thousands of years of hard work will be wasted!"

Yan Hua bit her lip tightly, unwilling to refute, "But..."

"No buts." Yan Lie's tone softened slightly as he turned and pointed to the cavern already covered with runes. "Do you see this Myriad Spirits Blood Array? Your father is almost finished."

"Wait another two months. As long as Lie Yuan crosses the threshold of the Demon Ancestor's bloodline, I will immediately activate this formation to completely refine him! As long as I can use this to break through the shackles of the Fusion Realm and enter the Dao Integration Realm, what does this little bit of waiting matter?"

Yan Lie strode up to Yan Hua and patted her shoulder: "When I go into seclusion, that boy will be your exclusive cultivation furnace. At that time, this little world will be under my control, and no one can take it away. Are you still afraid that you won't become a Dao Integration Grandmaster?"

Yan Hua's heart felt as if it were being fried in a pan of oil. For a cultivator, three months is but a blink of an eye, but after witnessing that terrifying shortcut that allows one to progress by leaps and bounds in a day, every day felt like an eternity.

"Daughter...will heed Father's teachings." Yan Hua lowered her head deeply, concealing the barely suppressed madness and agitation in her eyes.

"Go back to your position." Yan Lie waved his hand. "Keep a close eye on them. Report any suspicious activity immediately."

Yan Hua turned around and quickly left the cave.

The footsteps faded into the distance in the narrow underground passage until they disappeared completely.

The cave returned to its deathly silence.

Yan Lie stood there, listening to the wind whistling through the passage, the stern fatherly expression on his face gradually fading. He looked down at the bone pen in his hand, stained with the stench of beast blood, and shook his head helplessly.

"Too little self-control. No wonder he'll never amount to anything."