Lin Jiuyuan weighed his words, then said steadily, "On the surface, the Spirit Wilderness Realm's top powers are the Eight Great Houses and the Demon Sect. In reality, plenty of other powers are no weaker than us.
There are quite a few powers out in the sea region, too.
Have you heard of the Heavenly Punishment Clan?"
Tang Yan answered, "According to the records, they cultivate quickly and possess exceptional talent, but their entire clan suffers from the Heavenly Punishment Curse. Every three months, they endure torment that makes death preferable to life.
The Holy Light of Other Ruins Divine Mountain can suppress these curses.
Does the Heavenly Punishment Clan have something to do with my mother?"
Lin Jiuyuan nodded. "Yes. Your mother is Zhong Jinxiu, the Eldest Miss of the Heavenly Punishment Clan!
The Otherworld Ruins Saint Son had admired your mother for a long time. He sent betrothal gifts to your lineage, hoping to marry her.
But your mother vanished from the Spirit Wilderness Realm.
Later, they discovered that she had fled to the Northern Spirit Realm, married, and had a child. The Otherworld Ruins and the Heavenly Punishment Clan were furious and dragged your mother back from the Lower Plane.
To quell the Otherworld Ruins' anger, the Heavenly Punishment Clan imprisoned Zhong Jinxiu on Heavenly Punishment Mountain, never to leave for all eternity.
Because of your mother, the Heavenly Punishment Clan also paid an even greater price to regain the Holy Light's suppression of their curse."
Tang Yan felt a little as though he were dreaming.
The Eldest Miss of the Heavenly Punishment Clan? To think Mother had such an extraordinary background.
The Otherworld Ruins was no benign place, either.
Books recorded that in ancient times, countless offspring were born of unions between the Human Clan and