Lan Yun trembled all over, wracked with pain and disbelief.
All along, Lan Yun had taken pride in her elder brother, Lan Zancheng.
She had worked to catch up to him, taking him as her goal and throwing herself wholeheartedly into cultivation.
Even after the Infinite Sea fell, Lan Yun had not given up on herself.
She firmly believed that her brother would return to save her.
Yet now...
She had learned that her brother was already dead.
"That isn't true. It can't be true." Lan Yun looked anxiously at her father, Lan Xiong, and pleaded, "Father, he's lying, isn't he? My brother is fine. Something just delayed him, so he hasn't come."
"Yun..." Lan Xiong's face twisted in pain, and he hesitated to speak.
At that sight, how could Lan Yun fail to understand? She froze where she stood as though struck by lightning, silent tears streaming down her cheeks.
Around them, the many True Gods of the Infinite Sea watched the scene in sorrow. They had witnessed Lan Zancheng's death with their own eyes.
Only Lan Yun had been kept in the dark.
They all knew how close Lan Yun and Lan Zancheng had been, so they had concealed the truth all this time. Lan Xiong had even done everything he could to conceal Lan Yun's identity.
Even the Bloodshadow Commander had not discovered Lan Yun.
But as time passed and Lan Xiong's cultivation and strength continued to decline, he could no longer conceal her. Only then had the Bloodshadow Commander discovered her.
"What a pure soul. What a beauty." As the Bloodshadow Commander looked at the pitiful Lan Yun, his eyes lit up, revealing greed and bloodlust.
This was a first!
Since occupying the Infinite Sea, the Bloodshadow Commander had never felt such an urge toward a