♂,
There was not much of a ripple in my heart. After all, choosing a successor to a great world was not something just any Tom, Dick, or Harry could do. Possessing a suitable sword physique meant having limitless room for growth.???
"Looking elsewhere... Is that why you later became the successor?" I guessed.
"Mm. After searching through all their collateral branches, my father finally thought of what happened between him and my mother back then. He returned to the borderlands to look for us, but unfortunately, my mother died from the harsh environment of the Great Wilderness, leaving me still living in that abandoned land." Li Nianjun appeared calm as she spoke, but the sorrow in her eyes could not be completely concealed.
I felt sorry for her. No wonder this young girl had such unfathomably deep eyes despite her tender age. I reached out and patted her shoulder. "I never imagined you had gone through so much. But isn't everything better now? You became the successor."
"Heh, I never wanted to become the successor in the first place. I hate my father's heartlessness. If I hadn't possessed the Ancient Immortal Sword Physique, how could that heartless hypocrite of a man have remembered us? Now that I've become the successor, if I can one day become an Immortal Venerable as well, I'll definitely cast him into the Abyssal Depths and make him live in agony for all eternity!" Li Nianjun suddenly sneered.
I felt a chill in my heart. It seemed that among the three successors, only the prince of the Demon Race was still somewhat normal. The personalities of the other two had become twisted to one degree or another.
"You'll become the successor... But a little punishment will be enough. You don't need to be so extreme."