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

Within the isolated space, time seems to stand still like an hourglass, flowing silently.

Two more months have passed.

Behind that craggy rock in the desolate mountain, Yan Hua's figure appeared, her bloodshot eyes fixed on the simple cave below, as agitated as a ferocious beast trapped in a cage.

She paced back and forth, crushing the black soil beneath her skirt.

She is waiting.

Once Lie Yuan's bloodline has fully crossed the threshold of the Demon Ancestor, then it will be her turn.

For the past two months, she has been like a dutiful prison guard, monitoring day and night, watching Lie Yuan's aura grow stronger day by day, and the pressure of his pure bloodline has reached a point that makes her heart pound.

Just a little bit more, just one step away from the goal!

But right at this crucial juncture, the two people below suddenly stopped!

For two whole days, the cave gate remained tightly closed, and there was no further movement.

"Creak—"

The heavy stone door was finally pushed open from the inside.

Lie Yuan yawned, stretched, and walked out of the cave.

She exuded an air of languid satisfaction, as if she had just eaten and drunk her fill. Beneath her dark red light armor, her skin was translucent, radiating a visible luster. Her vigorous, furnace-like energy stirred the surrounding still air, creating ripples.

Yan Hua's breath hitched.

The hint of joy that had just surfaced in her eyes was quickly extinguished.

Still a little short!

Although Lie Yuan's bloodline power was already so strong that it was almost overflowing, it was still separated from the true Demon Ancestor level by a thin layer of paper!

"go back!"

Yan Hua could no longer restrain herself. She moved swiftly, appearing like a ghost in front of Lie Yuan.

Lie Yuan was startled by this sudden action. After seeing who it was, she pouted and rolled her eyes in annoyance: "Hey, Miss, can't a person rest? Looking at how impatient you are, anyone who didn't know better would think you were protecting me outside."

This sarcastic tone instantly ignited Yan Hua's powder keg.

"Go back when I tell you to! Stop dawdling here!" Yan Hua growled in a low voice, pointing her one arm at the cave dwelling. "Immediately! Right now! Push your bloodline to the Demon Ancestor level!"

"There's no use in being anxious," Lie Yuan picked at her ear, looking completely nonchalant. "It all depends on Young Master Lin..."

"cough."

Just then, a slightly weak cough drifted from inside the cave.

Lin Yuan's voice sounded somewhat tired: "Young Miss, you have to eat one bite at a time and walk one step at a time. Lie Yuan's bloodline has reached its limit. Such frequent arduous training will only reduce its effectiveness."

"Most importantly," Lin Yuan changed the subject, "there are bottlenecks in any breakthrough. This is a Demon Ancestor-level bloodline, a qualitative transformation, and this final step is the bottleneck within a bottleneck. Overcoming it won't be done overnight."

Yan Hua was stunned, and blurted out, "There's a bottleneck to this too?!"

"Of course." Lin Yuan's tone was very confident. "If we're lucky, we might find an opportunity in three to five days and succeed in one fell swoop. If we're unlucky... it's not impossible that we'll be stuck in the same place for three to five years, or even thirty to fifty years."

Thirty or fifty years?!

boom!

These words struck Yan Hua's heart like a heavy hammer.

She waited for over two months, each day feeling like she was being fried in oil. Finally, it seemed like it was almost over, but now she's being told there's a bottleneck? And it all depends on luck?!

She felt like she was going crazy.

Lin Yuan seemed to be able to see through people's hearts, and his voice rang out again: "I know Miss Yanhua is in a hurry, but please don't rush."

"How can I not be anxious?!" Yan Hua almost screamed.

There was a moment of silence inside the cave.

"If we can't wait, then we shouldn't wait."

Lin Yuan's voice returned to calm, carrying a strange allure, "The final step in inheriting the Demon Ancestor's bloodline truly requires painstaking effort. How about... we do it together?"

Yan Hua's breath hitched abruptly.

Both sides together?

Her heart began to race uncontrollably, her blood surged, and her cheeks burned.

She gritted her teeth and, almost without hesitation, her figure blurred into a blur as she plunged directly into the dark cave.

The cave was dimly lit. Lin Yuan was sitting cross-legged on a stone bed, his face slightly pale, looking completely drained.

Yan Hua stared intently at him, about to speak.

Lin Yuan preemptively waved his hand, refusing, "Miss Yanhua, it's not that I'm unwilling to help you. It's just that you may not know that my divine technique is extremely dependent on the recipient's own cultivation level."

"What do you mean?" Yan Hua frowned.

"It means that the higher your cultivation level and the more solid your foundation, the faster your bloodline will improve, and the better the effect will be." Lin Yuan looked directly into her eyes, his tone extremely sincere. "In this way, when you break through the bottleneck of the Demon Ancestor's bloodline in the future, it will be much easier for you than for others."

He looked Yan Hua up and down, then shook his head slightly: "I can sense that you've been deliberately suppressing your cultivation level. You've probably been stuck at the late stage of the Void Refinement realm for a long time, haven't you?"

Yan Hua's heart skipped a beat.

She suppressed her cultivation level precisely to solidify her foundation and prepare for breaking through the Integration Stage in one fell swoop in the future, or even touching the elusive threshold of the Dao Integration Stage!

This is her biggest secret, and the source of her arrogance.

Lin Yuan continued, "If you can release your suppression now and break through to the Integration Stage directly, then come back to me... tsk tsk, perhaps you can possess the true blood of the Primordial Heavenly Demon before Lie Yuan!"

Blood of the Primordial Demon!

These words, like a demonic whisper, sent chills down Yan Hua's spine.

Yes! Father's plan is for her to wait for Lie Yuan to succeed, but what if Lie Yuan really gets stuck at a bottleneck for decades? Wouldn't she have wasted this god-given opportunity?

If I could get there first...

At that time, possessing the bloodline of the progenitor, breaking through to the Dao Integration Realm will be a sure thing! Forget about fathers and aunts, the entire Demon Realm will submit at my feet!

She glanced at the faintly visible dark red talisman between Lin Yuan's eyebrows.

The Soul Refining Blood Seal is still there, and this kid's life or death is in his own hands. He dares not play any tricks.

Having figured all this out, the anxiety and jealousy in Yan Hua's eyes vanished, replaced by an almost manic resolve.

She looked deeply at Lin Yuan, as if trying to etch his appearance into her very bones.

"I'll come back in three days!"

Before she finished speaking, she turned and left without the slightest hesitation, leaving behind only a silhouette filled with ruthlessness and ambition.

Until Yan Hua's aura completely disappeared outside the cave.

"Shhh."

Lin Yuan raised a finger, his face no longer showing any weakness, but instead a playful smile.

He slowly raised his head and looked at the void above the cave, as if he could penetrate this small world and see the endless black sea outside.

"rest assured."

"Pigs, of course, are fattened up before they're slaughtered."