A Gauntlet of Heavenly Tribulations

"I have nothing to do with him," Ji Shuangshuang said, a dark line across her forehead.

"Oh, oh, if you have nothing to do with him, then you have nothing to do with him." Ji Ziyan covered her mouth and laughed. "Anyway, my greatest wish in this life is to see you marry a good husband and live a safe, peaceful life." She thought to herself, If you have nothing to do with him, why did you steal someone else's wife?

"Mother, you really misunderstood." Ji Shuangshuang was at a loss for words. "Just use your Eye of All Spirits to look at this woman, and you'll understand."

Ji Ziyan was startled. Sure enough, she invoked her Eye of All Spirits and swept it over Ding Wanyan, who was unconscious. Her gaze filled with astonishment. "This human woman is pregnant? And it's a... Celestial Spirit girl? Such a rich aura of Chaos Origin... This fetus's aptitude must be extraordinary."

"See? That's exactly why I brought her back." Ji Shuangshuang sighed. "There were many powerful people at the scene. I was afraid of delaying your important business, so I used the Great Void Shifting Jade Talisman to force my way back. But this brat wouldn't let it go. He chased after me and fought me desperately."

Ji Ziyan looked at Lei Dong, lying in the pit and surrounded by dense Cloud of Tribulation, with some sympathy. "That brat is a man of loyalty and devotion. It was so dangerous, yet he still dared to chase after you. He wasn't shredded by the spatial tunnel, which shows he has both remarkable luck and skill. What a pity. What a pity indeed."

"He's just a mere human. What's there to pity?" Ji Shuangshuang pouted, unconcerned. But in truth, she admired this mere human,