Having the genes of a demon king, I never intended to be a kept man.

"I see......"

He pondered deeply in the night.

So, from now on, the entire Black Abyss Secret Realm will become a true demon realm!

According to the rankings in the game data, among the various races on the entire map of all races, the Gods rank first and the Demons rank second.

The human race is ranked only 93rd.

Ye Ge smiled faintly.

When the Demon Tree matures, it will give birth to a massive army of demons with pure ancient bloodlines...

Even if the empire is determined to destroy the Ye family, what is there to fear?

......

Moon Palace.

The Palace Mistress's Bedchamber.

Leng Yuening sat blankly on her bed in her palace.

Xi'er was a child she had watched grow up since she was little. She had always been obedient and well-behaved, and had always regarded her as the most trusted elder, never talking back to her...

Although their relationship was that of master and apprentice, it was even stronger than that of mother and daughter!

But why has Xi'er become so rebellious after studying at the Southern War Academy for less than half a year?

He even refuted her so bluntly!

"Could it be that Lan Mi, that woman, said something bad about me to Xi'er, or instilled some strange ideas in her?"

Leng Yuening grinned, revealing a small tiger tooth, and clenched her fist in annoyance.

wrong......

Last week, before Xi'er took the assessment, she had just returned to Yue Ning Palace.

At that time, Xi'er still seemed perfectly normal.

It only became like this after the assessment!

Leng Yue Ning narrowed her eyes slightly.

In addition, Xi'er's attitude suddenly changed so strangely, and she was speaking up for the young master of the Ye family at every turn...

Could it be that the Ye family brat has bewitched Xi'er?

"That wretched brat from the Ye family!"

"If I find out you've taught Xi'er any disreputable things, I'll never let you off easily!"

Leng Yuening picked up a pillow from the bed and placed it on her lap. She raised her two small, pink fists and, gritting her teeth, pounded the pillow repeatedly, as if venting her anger by using it as a weapon...

"Knock knock knock!"

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

"Palace Master, are you there?"

It was Elder Sun's voice.

“!” Leng Yuening immediately adjusted her posture and expression, smoothed her hair, and said calmly, “Come in.”

Squeak...

An elder woman walked in from outside.

"Palace Master, are you in a bad mood today?" Elder Sun looked at Leng Yuening's cold and beautiful face with a puzzled expression. "I think I heard you talking to someone outside just now?"

Leng Yue Ning: "......"

"How could that be? I am the only one in this room. Who else could I be talking to? You must have misheard."

Leng Yuening said in a very serious tone.

"But......"

"No buts, you misheard!"

"Oh, yes, yes, yes..."

Elder Sun looked somewhat bewildered.

Could it be that she misheard?

Leng Yuening glanced at her: "What is it? Speak."

Upon hearing this, Elder Sun immediately said, "It is like this. Do you remember that two years ago, I led some disciples from the sect to the border region of the empire for training? We also eliminated many demons and rescued many civilians who were suffering from the demonic invasion."

"At that time, there was a demonic calamity there. Tens of thousands of demons destroyed all the villages in that area, and all the land had been contaminated by the poison of dark energy."

Leng Yuening nodded.

She knew about this too.

But why is Elder Sun bringing this up now?

"Let me be frank," Elder Sun said. "Back then, we discovered an amazing child there—a little girl who looked about four or five years old. She seemed to have a very special healing ability. She emanated a green holy light, and wherever she went, all the rotten land that had been corroded by dark toxins was restored to its original state in that instant!"

Leng Yuening's eyes suddenly changed: "You mean... Life Bathing Spirit?"

That's a rare bloodline talent left over from ancient times!

I can't believe it's still happening now??

"Yes." Elder Sun nodded: "But that little girl doesn't seem to have truly awakened her bloodline yet, nor has she truly learned to use this talent. The effect of the Life Bath only lasted for a dozen seconds before it ended. However, it was in those few seconds that she saved her brother's life."

"Where is this little girl now?" Leng Yuening asked immediately.

"I didn't have a chance to save her then," Elder Sun said with a hint of apology. "I'm sorry, Palace Master... the sheer number of demons was overwhelming. If I had chosen to take my disciples to save her, we might have had to sacrifice the lives of many other people. Besides, I wasn't sure if that little girl's talent was the Life Spirit Infusion, so..."

Leng Yue Ning immediately fell silent.

"Never mind, your choice wasn't wrong, you don't need to apologize to me."

Leng Yuening glanced at her: "Then why are you telling me this now?"

"That's how it is," Elder Sun said. "After the demonic tide receded, I led people back to search, but the little girl was gone. I thought she had been eaten by those demons, so I didn't mention it to you again."

"But just a few days ago, when the Black Abyss Secret Realm opened, I happened to be exploring the area near the entrance of the secret realm when I suddenly sensed that trace of the Spirit Bathing Qi from back then."

Leng Yue Ning frowned: "Are you serious? You're not mistaken, are you?"

“There’s absolutely no mistake. I have a deep impression of what happened back then. After all, it was an ancient bloodline, and such a bloodline is extremely rare. The probability of duplicates is very low.” Elder Sun nodded. “I was just about to go in and take a look, but the entrance to the Black Abyss Secret Realm suddenly closed unexpectedly.”

"Later I heard that Ye Ge, the young master of the Ye family, seemed to have rescued many prisoners and slaves imprisoned and enslaved by the demons in the secret realm. Among them were quite a few human children. I wondered if the child from back then was one of them."

"So, I went back to the border area from back then and found someone who survived the demonic tide and lived in the same village as that little girl. I found out some of the child's identity information and learned her name."

Elder Sun said, "Her name is Ye Zi."