As for Yan Lingji's son, Qin Yan, he was being held by the older Kitten, Zhu Zhuyun, who had already turned six and whose budding chest had begun to take shape.
Zhu Zhuyun was now far stronger than she had been in the original story.
She had awakened her Martial Soul half a year ago.
Although her aptitude was not especially outstanding, she had cultivated since childhood. The moment she awakened her Martial Soul, she possessed Innate Full Soul Power.
She had then refined an Immortal Herb from the Icefire Yin Yang Well—the "Diamond Jade Parrot," catalyzed through Yan Fei's wood-element Yin-Yang Arts.
Now, at only six and a half years old, she was already a Level-Eighteen Soul Master. Becoming a Soul Grandmaster before turning seven was practically guaranteed.
And the price for that...
Was brainwashing.
No, more accurately, guidance.
She had been made to deeply understand the injustice of fate and the cruelty of the Star Luo Empire.
By now, she had clearly been molded into exactly what Qin Xuan wanted.
She wholeheartedly wanted to grow stronger, rescue the unborn Kitten in her mother's womb from misery—don't ask how she knew the gender; Qin told her—and then crush the Star Luo Imperial Family, change that injustice, and become the master of her own fate.
Finally, she wanted to repay the Lord Qin Xuan she admired most deeply.
He was the one who had her teacher rescue her from that sea of suffering.
That was also why Qin Xuan had never hidden his identity from her whenever he came and went from the Soul Master Guild Headquarters.
Tap, tap.
The sound of high heels scraping across the floor rang out. The doors of Rakshasa Hall were pushed open, and Yan Lingji walked in from outside.
"You bad man, when did