After I stopped trying, a rich woman trained me into a demon emperor.

Zhou Ran stopped in his tracks, the white bone pen floating in front of his palm.

The pen tip, dipped in his blood, wrote words in mid-air.

"What Xu Youwei saw was not the return of the Moon Emperor."

The words in blood pressed down.

The silver eye in Xu Youwei's palm twitched violently.

It failed to close this time.

Black and gold lines pierced into her palm bones, pinning that silver eye beneath her skin.

Xu Youwei's eyes were a mix of silver and black, and she leaned forward half a step before Qin San reached out to support her.

She saw it.

The old building has been demolished.

The corridor receded.

The maternal and child health hospital from 27 years ago lay before her.

2:13 AM.

The entire hospital lost power.

The emergency lights are not working.

In delivery room number three, the doctors and nurses remained where they were, still holding instruments in their hands, their sleeves stained with blood.

On the delivery bed, a woman was covered in blood, her face obscured by shadows cast by the overhead light.

Beside the delivery bed, there were the shadows of two babies.

It was a physical being with red skin, its cries so weak they were almost broken.

Another translucent, moon-white, glowing object lay on the chest of a real baby.

The two heartbeats overlapped.

boom.

boom.

boom.

Xu Youwei felt a tightness in her throat.

"I saw it."

At the other end of the bone fragment, Lin Qingxue spoke up: "I saw it too."

The manor's basement.

Lin Qingxue sat cross-legged in the center of the formation.

The eyes are half-opened between the eyebrows.

There was no darkness before her eyes.

She was also standing in that delivery room.

She saw the baby crying softly, saw the pale shadow lying on the baby's chest, and heard a second heartbeat enter her own veins.

That's her.

It is also a lingering dream under the moon.

Lin Qingxue's fingernails dug into her palm.

Li Zhiyao stayed by her side and raised her hand to press down on her shoulder.

"Stay calm."

Lin Qingxue whispered, "I am not her."

Li Zhiyao didn't try to comfort her; she simply replied, "Then stand firm and let her hear you."

Lin Qingxue closed her eyes.

"Zhou Ran".

A voice came from the bone fragment: "I'm here."

"Continue the investigation."

She paused for a moment, then said, "Don't look back at me."

Zhou Ran clenched his fist.

He was the one who should have said that.

She spoke first.

Outside the delivery room.

Zhou Ran had already gone up to the third floor.

The red light is just ahead.

An old wooden sign hangs outside the No. 3 delivery room, its edges blackened and the characters faded.

Bluish-white blood seeped from the crack in the door.

Qin San raised his foot to kick the door.

Zhou Ran raised his hand to stop him.

"Don't touch the door."

The Great Wilderness Black Blade was drawn.

The blade pressed down.

The delivery room door split open in the middle.

There was no delivery room behind the door.

That's where the northwest corner of Jiangcheng is revealed.

The streetlights on the three streets outside the hospital went out at the same time, and the ground sank three inches.

An urgent report came from outside the building: "Demon Emperor! The outer space has shifted! Ordinary people have been evacuated, and the northwest district is being dragged towards the void!"

The Moon Emperor made his move.

Taking advantage of Lin Qingxue's mental distress, she transformed the maternal and child hospital into a fetal gateway, prematurely taking away a corner of Jiangcheng.

Zhou Ran stepped into the delivery room.

Thirty-six life nails were nailed to the ceiling.

Each nail was connected to a gray thread.

An empty baby basket sits on the delivery bed in the middle.

The basket contained half a severed umbilical cord.

One end of the umbilical cord extends into the void, while the other end is embedded in the ground.

The baby's cries came from the basket, one after another, thin and high-pitched.

Xu Youwei followed in, her silver eyes turning towards the ground.

"The Lord is nailed down below."

Zhou Ran nodded.

"Break the secondary nail first."

The Great Wilderness Black Blade slashes horizontally.

With the first cut, all six life-giving nails broke.

The old building swayed.

With the second cut, all twelve nails came off.

A muffled sob came from inside the wall.

With the third cut, all eighteen nails shattered.

The street outside the building, which had shifted slightly, paused for a moment.

Qin San rushed to the window.

On the street, an empty bus hangs suspended in mid-air, its wheels still turning.

The three demon dukes attacked simultaneously, their demonic energy transforming into heavy chains that pressed the entire street back to its original position.

Zhou Ran did not look out the window.

The fourth strike landed.

All thirty-six life-giving nails broke off.

The floor of the delivery room cracked.

A dark green master nail rose from the crack.

It is arm-length, and its nail is engraved with modern symbols and ancient patterns.

Li Zhiyao glanced at the bone fragments.

"Modern craftsmanship, ancient principles at its core."

Chen Ya's message popped up: "Found it."

"Twenty-seven years ago, the doctor who delivered the baby was taken over by a foundation. The foundation changed hands several times, and the actual controller was surnamed Webber."

Zhou Ran looked at the main nail.

A surname is also engraved on the end of the nail.

Weber.

Marcus Weber.

That madman in the Heavenly Corpse Heart Laboratory who attempted to use technology to seize the divine body.

Zhou Ran chuckled softly, but the smile was faint.

"Shenghui really does serve this dish as a family tradition."

The main pin lights up.

The metallic recordings left behind after Marcus's death emanated from the nail.

"Record Number: Return to the Birth Plan, Phase One"

"Target: The Eye of the Present World"

Collaborator: The Moon Emperor's Regret

"Execution principle: Avoid the Heavenly Dao of Blue Star."

Xu Youwei's face turned pale.

"Were they waiting for Lin Qingxue twenty-seven years ago?"

Zhou Ran said, "Not only that."

He raised his knife.

"They are also waiting for the key holder to dismantle it here."

The blade fell.

The master nail cracked.

Another recording burst out of the crack.

This time it was Marcus himself who said it.

He spoke in a light tone, showing a finished product to the person who came next.

"If anyone hears this recording, it means the re-entry test failed, or the embryo was dismantled prematurely."

"It doesn't matter."

"The Moon Emperor granted me a divine position."

She said that what makes ordinary people interesting is that they always look back.

The recording paused for a moment.

The red light in the delivery room started flashing.

Marcus laughed.

"The Key Holder".

"The key is only ready the moment you turn around."

No one spoke in the delivery room.

After the main nail shattered, the green life force turned into ash and fell around the birthing bed.

The uterine sphincter is not fully closed.

It was pasted on the ground floor of the old building for women and children, emitting gray light from the void.

Zhou Ran stood in front of the crack.

Marcus's words still echoed in my ears.

The key is only ready the moment you turn around.

Qin San frowned.

"What do you mean?"

In the bone fragment, Li Zhiyao said, "When he said 'turn back,' he meant the return of the three powers."

Xu Youwei looked at Zhou Ran.

"The power of heart, hand, and eye?"

Zhou Ran nodded.

"The Moon Emperor has been waiting for me to obtain the three powers."

He sheathed the Taihuang Black Blade.

"The three authorities can shut down the door, but they can also reverse the order."

Li Zhiyao took over the conversation.

"As long as the three-power anchor point is reversed, she can turn the closing order into a welcoming order."

Qin San gripped the hilt of the knife.

"So, the more he cares about someone, the more likely that person is to be used by the Moon Emperor to change his decrees?"

Zhou Ran looked at the old baby basket.

"right."

"She wanted me to write the wrong command."

Through the bone fragments, Lin Qingxue spoke: "Come back."

Zhou Ran did not agree immediately.

Lin Qingxue continued, "I won't try to stop you. Come back and tell me in person where you're going."

The red light in the delivery room was completely turned off.

Outside the building, the Demon Grand Duke reported: "Demon Emperor, the outer perimeter is stable. The remnant of the birth canal has been contained."

Zhou Ran said, "Seale the building."

"Yes."

The three dukes attacked simultaneously.

The demonic energy condensed into black chains, binding the entire old building housing women and children.