The mont Shen Tang teleported over, she witnessed the scene of matricide.
Her face turned ashen, and she shouted sharply, "Stop it!"
At the sa ti, she quickly gathered all her spiritual power to attack, directing it straight at "Jia Lan"!
The young man hadn’t expected Shen Tang to suddenly appear, and a trace of panic flashed in his eyes, soon replaced by an icy chill. "You’re awake, what a surprise."
As a mber of the Royal Family with top-tier spiritual power, he should have been able to put soone into eternal sleep, yet he couldn’t even control a female.
The young man effortlessly broke through her attack, but unexpectedly, several sharp earth spikes suddenly erged from the ground under his feet! Instinctively, he retreated a few steps, consequently releasing Jialouluo.
Seizing the opportunity, Shen Tang quickly embraced the seriously injured Jialouluo and retreated to a safe area.
Furiously glaring at the young man across from her, Shen Tang trembled with anger and questioned coldly, "You’re not Ah Lan, why are you doing this?"
The young man knew that since his identity had been exposed, there was no longer any point in hiding it; the two of them were destined to have a falling out.
Gazing at the female’s angrily flushed face, an inexplicable emotion surged within him, causing his chest to inexplicably tighten.
Realizing this emotional change, the young man frowned coldly, looking even more unpleasant.
Damn it, the remnants of that waste still linger in his body!
If he had known, he would have just killed her that night to prevent trouble!
His deep blue eyes flickered with a demonic purple-red, no longer needing to feign gentleness, revealing his true sinister and rebellious nature. "I intended to hide it forever, but it seems you’ve discovered... what bad luck."
His deep voice carried a seductive note, "Tangtang, you really shouldn’t have appeared today; I’ve been wholeheartedly playing that waste."
"Why not let continue the act and be the Jia Lan in your heart?"
Shen Tang trembled all over as she listened, her eyes reddening, "What exactly have you done with Ah Lan?!"
"He’s gone."
"...Gone?"
"Or rather, dead."
"Impossible!" Shen Tang imdiately denied it. She refused to believe Jia Lan would disappear; he must still be around.
The young man smirked slightly, "What’s impossible? That waste was too weak; I devoured him."
"What was so good about that waste? From now on, I am your Ah Lan."
His profound gaze fixed on Shen Tang, his voice carrying displeasure, "Am I not better? I am stronger than him and possess all his mories, able to perform flawlessly... At least, even you didn’t notice, right?"
"Get out! I don’t want to hear it! You’ll never be him! What exactly are you?!" Shen Tang roared hysterically.
The young man quietly looked at her, his gaze briefly sweeping over the seriously injured, blood-spitting Jialouluo. After a cold glance, he withdrew his gaze and briefly uttered, "Liu Ye."
Liu Ye—the na he gave himself.
Upon hearing this, Jialouluo felt a chill spreading through her entire being.
He abandoned his maternal surna, signifying a formal break and severance of the mother-son relationship.
Shen Tang naturally understood the significance, feeling indescribably complex. Despite being two personalities born from the sa body, Jia Lan and Liu Ye gave people completely different impressions, entirely unlike the sa person.
Coldly, she said, "You’ve been disguising yourself these past few days just to obtain the edict and assassinate Jialouluo, to rightfully ascend as the heir."
"Correct," Liu Ye admitted generously.
He should have acted sooner; the only thing he feared was the High Priest—the only power in the entire sea area that could barely restrain him.
Fortunately, the High Priest had now departed, and he had obtained the official edict, so there was no need to hide anymore.
As long as Jialouluo was killed, he could assu control and beco the master of the sea area.
The young man’s imposing aura suddenly spread, raising his hand to form chains that broke through the air and wrapped toward the two, "Since you’ve discovered, neither of you can escape!"
Shen Tang was prepared, instantly activating the system’s teleportation function, disappearing with Jialouluo from the spot.
Liu Ye’s attack hit nothing.
He fixed his deep gaze in the direction where the two had vanished, clucking his tongue lightly, "That move again."
...
Miles away, in a remote, tranquil sea area.
Although there were so high-level sea beasts here, it was a relatively safe place, rarely visited by Beastn.
Shen Tang brought Jialouluo to this trench as a temporary resting point.
Jialouluo was severely injured, her heart directly pierced, blood gushing out, soaking most of her clothes, barely holding on to life.
Shen Tang helped her to sit against a rock, gathering a pure, warm light green glow in her palm and applying it to the gaping wound on her left chest, carefully healing and closing the wound.
Although Jialouluo’s life was spared, her heart’s Crystal Core was damaged, significantly reducing her power, and she would no longer be able to firmly hold the Sea Emperor’s position.
Though Liu Ye hadn’t killed her, his plan had succeeded.
The future Sea Emperor would only be him.
"Thank you, Xiao Tang...cough, cough...you are my savior. If you hadn’t co tonight, I fear..." Jialouluo’s emotions were intensely complicated, yet she only felt endless gratitude when she looked at Shen Tang.
Looking at the woman’s pale yet still stunningly elegant face, it was the first ti Shen Tang had seen the always proud and cold Sea Emperor show such a desolate expression, making her heart clench tightly.
But she still wore a smile, holding Jialouluo’s hand and gently reassuring her, "Your Majesty, you’re being too kind. You are Ah Lan’s mother and my mother too, it was my duty."
"How did Lan’er... turn out this way..." ntioning the matter, Jialouluo couldn’t suppress her sorrow.
Even when suffering humiliation during the last palace upheaval, she had never shown such sadness.
Finally, Jialouluo could no longer hold back her emotions and covered her face, crying. Beautiful dark blue eyes shed crystalline tears, each falling like pearls, scattering on the ground.
She didn’t understand why he had done such a thing.
Was it resentnt towards her for what happened back then?
Jialouluo knew it was her fault; she shouldn’t have thrown the just-born child into the Cold Palace, ignoring him, just to spite Lunus.
Although the Cold Palace consorts and princes didn’t live in luxury, they had basic survival guarantees. But Jia Lan, being just an infant at the ti, without a Beast Father to care for him, bore the stigma of a "bastard" and faced deliberate difficulties from Sivall and other consorts... She had never intervened or even rembered she had a son.
It was foreseeable that Jia Lan received none of the so-called survival guarantees during those three years in the Cold Palace. It was unimaginable what he had gone through—surviving was a miracle.
Jialouluo later realized how foolish and immature she had been in her youth, and she had been trying to make up for it with Jia Lan all these years.
She had thought he had long forgotten those past events.
Little did she know it had all changed suddenly.
Seeing Jialouluo’s desolate and grieving form, Shen Tang parted her lips, deciding to reveal the truth.
Although it was a secret of the Priest Clan, as Jia Lan’s mother, Jialouluo had the right to know the truth.
"Your Majesty, to be accurate, that person is your son, but he’s not the Jia Lan you know; he’s another personality of Jia Lan..." Shen Tang revealed the Priest Clan’s secret entirely.
Jialouluo’s expression shifted from confusion to shock, finally settling into calmness, sighing softly as if relieved, "So that’s how it is, no wonder Lunus seed so strange at the ti, like two people, making him unreadable to ..."
Speaking of the High Priest.
Shen Tang quickly took out the golden Sea Shell given by the High Priest, wanting to inform him about Jia Lan, only to notice golden patterns appearing on the shell.
This was an oral decree sent by the High Priest.
However, she had been unconscious for a few days, unable to receive it promptly.
Hurriedly, Shen Tang opened the Sea Shell to hear what the High Priest had said.
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