The Man in Blue Robes fell silent for a moment before saying, "Before your mother was killed, I spent that period in slumber, trying to break through to Devil Lord."
"If I had known she would later be brought to the Demon Realm and meet such an end, I would never have entered seclusion."
Across from him, Luan Feng wore a mocking expression. "Then what about the hundred years since you woke from seclusion? Don't tell me you're like that fellow Demon King Jiang and couldn't even recognize your own bloodline?"
"Those are all just excuses. You simply didn't want to offend those Demon Kings or throw the Demon King's Hall into chaos!"
"Do you know how many Demon Kings tormented Mother back then? Because she was known as the greatest beauty on the Peerless Continent, they all wanted to snatch her away to bolster their own prestige. In the end, Mother was dismembered. Every last one of them deserves to die!"
Hatred etched into his very bones filled Luan Feng's eyes. His earliest memories went back unusually far, and he had witnessed all his mother's struggles back then. That was why he was also filled with hatred for the biological father before him.
If his father had truly been as shamelessly cowardly as Demon King Jiang, Luan Feng might have felt a little better. After all, he would only have needed to take revenge.
But the devil before him was hailed throughout the Demon Realm as the pinnacle of strength, an existence who towered over every Demon King. His power was unfathomable.
All of this could clearly have been avoided. If the man before him had merely spoken a single word, his mother could have gained a moment to breathe. Perhaps she would long since have returned to the