He wanted to see whether Shen Hai, already fallen into demonic corruption, could follow the route he had laid out for him and deliver a huge surprise!
"Since I'm not Dao Ancestor Hongjun's son, then whose son am I?"
Shen Hai immediately fixed his blazing gaze on his mother and pressed her impatiently for an answer.
"You are not Shen Shan's son. He knew that clearly from the very beginning, before I married him. It was never a secret."
Zhang Yan's tone was exceptionally calm and composed.
"But you have grown up now, and the subject has already turned to your identity. I feel it is necessary to tell you about the events of the past."
Zhang Yan then revealed Shen Hai's background.
Zhang Yan had originally been the daughter of a distinguished family, with a childhood sweetheart and a fiancé from an equally prominent household.
Unexpectedly, however, disaster struck her fiancé's family, and the entire household was executed.
Zhang Yan had originally wanted to marry him at once, calmly face death alongside her fiancé, and journey together to the underworld.
But if she did that, her fiancé's family would be completely cut off, with no bloodline left to carry on their inheritance.
Zhang Yan's parents had always been on excellent terms with her fiancé's parents. Their families had been friends for generations!
They all hoped that Zhang Yan could preserve her fiancé's family line. Before the other family was executed, they had Zhang Yan become pregnant in secret!
On the surface, Zhang Yan's family had already severed ties with her fiancé's family and canceled the engagement, appearing to have no further connection with them.
In this way, Zhang Yan successfully became pregnant with her fiancé's child. She then married Shen Shan, Shen Hai's nominal father.
Shen Shan had originally