Terror, Utter Terror

Three days later.

In a magnificent room, Dai Tian lay peacefully on a bed.

His face was rosy now, with no trace of the wretched state he had been in three days earlier.

Yet his tightly furrowed brow and head of white hair made him a pitiful sight.

Beside him sat a beautiful woman in a splendid red robe trimmed all over with gold. A gold-and-jade phoenix crown rested on her head, magnificent and regal.

She gently rubbed Dai Tian's brow, her eyes full of affection. Soon, that affection vanished, replaced by an eerie smile.

"My dear child, your talent truly exceeded my expectations. Dai Yutian seems to adore you. He made you crown prince and even brought me out of that sunless Cold Palace. I'm so grateful you helped me reach this position. In return, when the Star Luo Empire falls, I'll allow you to keep living by my side..."

The woman murmured to herself.

She was none other than Dai Tian's birth mother, the Blood Sect's last holy maiden—Fan Caiyun.

Thanks to Dai Tian, Dai Yutian had released her from the Cold Palace and given her a position second only to the empress.

If the current empress had not belonged to the Netherworld Clan, Fan Caiyun would probably have become empress herself.

Despite her lofty position, her words were enough to make anyone's hair stand on end. She intended to destroy the Star Luo Empire.

Fortunately, no one else was there. Otherwise, her shocking declaration would have made their jaws drop.

As for Dai Tian, he could hear nothing from the outside world.

His consciousness was immersed in a murky gray world.

Dai Tian wandered across the land in a daze, taking one arduous step after another. He did not know where he was going or where the