At this, Nie Yun paused, his eyes seemingly inadvertently glancing at Miss Wen's abdomen before he continued, "Everyone knows that the growth of a fetus is the process of nurturing new life, filled with boundless life force. Though this process is arduous, it can perfectly dissolve Corpse Qi and turn it into that of an ordinary person!"
"The Corpse King chose precisely this process!"
"Of course, before that, it first had to condense its body into a Corpse Fetus, gathering all the Corpse Qi in its body into a single mass! This was why Young Master Hao Qian saw Illusion Woman appear pregnant. She was not actually pregnant—she was condensing a Corpse Fetus!"
"Once the Corpse Fetus had successfully condensed, even the Corpse King had to vanish. To avoid arousing suspicion, she staged her death. In truth, by then, she had already planted the Corpse Fetus within Young Master Hao Qian's body!"
"Then, on their wedding night, while Young Master Hao Qian's mind was in turmoil, she controlled his thoughts and raped Miss Wen. The Corpse Fetus then smoothly entered her body and successfully survived. That was why Miss Wen's belly had grown larger and larger, as though she were pregnant!"
"Corpse Fetus... So what I carried wasn't a child, but... a Corpse King?"
Upon hearing this, Miss Wen's face turned pale.
"That's right, it was the Corpse King! This thing is cruel and terrifying. In order to be born sooner, it constantly drained your life force. That was why your health worsened and worsened after your pregnancy, until you finally stopped breathing... Of course, your cessation of breath was also false! It was an illusion deliberately created by the Corpse King in order to be born!"
"Although the Corpse King is powerful, after entering a mother's body and washing