He had just been reborn when he was imprisoned by his nemesis, the Empress?

Jiang Xuange looked at the child's features, which were exactly the same as Xu Yi's.

He felt a rush of blood to his head, and his hand holding the sword began to tremble uncontrollably.

Jiang Xuange stared intently at Su Qingluan, his thin lips biting until they turned white.

"I'm going to kill you...no, I'm going to kill both of you!"

Jiang Xuange's voice trembled, the veins on her wrist gripping the longsword bulged, and her usually gentle eyes were now shrouded in ferocity.

Su Qingluan didn't even lift her eyelids; she lowered her head and gently nuzzled the cheek of the person in her arms.

His fingertips casually traced the "baby's" face, a mocking smile playing on his lips.

"Huh? You really want to do this?"

She looked up, her phoenix eyes filled with mockery.

"Then guess what? If Xu Yi saw his own flesh and blood die at your hands, would he hate you?"

"This can't possibly be his child!"

Jiang Xuange retorted sharply, her chest heaving violently, her dignified demeanor completely collapsing.

"You must have used some kind of crooked magic to create this!!!"

Her voice was choked with sobs, and her usual dignified and intellectual demeanor was completely gone.

"Sister Jiang, calm down..."

Siyun rubbed her forehead beside her.

Upon hearing this, Su Qingluan couldn't help but chuckle softly. Her laughter was crisp and tinged with mockery, which only fueled Jiang Xuange's anger.

"Pfft, do you really need to deceive yourself?"

She raised her hand and gently stroked the little "baby's" eyebrows and eyes in her arms. The movement of her fingertips was incredibly gentle, but her tone was piercingly hurtful.

"The facts are right before your eyes. Can't your eyes, cultivated for so many years, tell whether I used magic or not?"

Su Qingluan deliberately pushed the child closer to Jiang Xuange, her red lips curving slightly.

"Look at those eyebrows, those eyes, that nose—what part of it doesn't resemble Xu Yi?"

She paused, her voice carrying a hint of deliberate provocation.

"Quickly, quickly, kill us, mother and son, so that Xu Yi will hate you for the rest of his life."

"I will remember this for all eternity: you killed his child with your own hands."

"You deserve to die! You deserve to die! You deserve to die!"

Jiang Xuange was completely enraged. She swung her sword fiercely, and a sharp sword aura slashed towards Su Qingluan.

Su Qingluan didn't even lift her eyelids, but simply turned slightly to the side.

The sword energy grazed her skirt and struck the ancient building wall behind her, instantly creating a huge crater.

Su Qingluan lowered her head and gently patted the sleeping "baby" in her arms, her tone still languid.

"Tsk, such a temper, aren't you afraid of scaring the child?"

"I'm going to kill you all..."

Jiang Xuange's voice was trembling with tears, but her eyes were filled with determination.

"Even if Xu Yi hates me, I absolutely will not allow him to have a child with another woman!"

As soon as she finished speaking, she raised her hand and gestured towards the void. An ancient seven-stringed zither slowly floated in front of her, its body shimmering with a faint spiritual light.

Jiang Xuange suddenly raised his hand, his fingertips landing on the strings, and plucked them hard!

Zheng—

A sharp note from the zither pierced the air, like an invisible blade, heading straight for Su Qingluan.

Wherever the music passed, space itself distorted.

Seeing this, Su Qingluan simply raised her hand, a faint spiritual power gathering at her pale fingertips, and casually waved it.

The seemingly powerful zither music vanished instantly.

The hatred on Jiang Xuange's face was replaced by shock.

"Ninth level of the Supreme Realm?"

How is that possible!

When I last saw Su Qingluan, she was only at the sixth level of the Supreme Realm. How long has it been?

How could he become so much stronger in such a short time!

Is this woman even human?

Su Qingluan looked at the shocked Jiang Xuange with amusement in her eyes.

"Oh dear, is Sister Jiang scared?"

As she spoke, her gaze slowly shifted to Siyun beside her, scrutinizing her from head to toe, a mischievous smile playing on her lips.

"And you little dwarf, the way you stare with your eyes wide open is just too cute, like a mouse."

"You're the rat!"

Siyun's cheeks flushed red with anger.

"Afraid?"

Jiang Xuange was like a firecracker that had been lit; her fingertips plucked the strings rapidly, and one note after another attacked Su Qingluan.

Do you think I'm afraid?

Bang bang bang bang!

Seeing this, Siyun no longer hesitated. She raised her hand and summoned a small dagger, which shimmered with a ghostly blue light.

She gripped the dagger and lunged at Su Qingluan's side, attempting to coordinate with Jiang Xuange's attack.

Even with a child in her arms, Su Qingluan was still at a disadvantage, and after exchanging blows for a long time, neither of them managed to hurt her.

Su Qingluan seized the opportunity to kick Siyun away, looking at Jiang Xuange with a very relaxed expression.

"You guys are really heartless."

She looked down at the "baby" in her arms, then looked up at Jiang Xuange.

"To hit a two-year-old child so hard, tsk tsk."

She shook her head, her phoenix eyes filled with mockery.

"Sister Jiang, was your previous gentle, dignified, and elegant demeanor all an act?"

"Stop being sarcastic!"

Jiang Xuange trembled with rage, her hair disheveled, and her face as pale as paper.

"If I appeared before you holding Xu Yi's child, you'd probably want to destroy the whole world!"

Upon hearing this, Su Qingluan couldn't help but chuckle softly. She lowered her head and gently stroked the cheek of the "baby" in her arms, a hint of tenderness flashing in her eyes.

He immediately reverted to his arrogant demeanor, looked up at Jiang Xuange, and spoke in a nonchalant tone.

"But that's just a hypothetical situation~"

She deliberately dragged out her tone.

"The reality is, I am standing before you holding Yangyang, and you can only stand here helplessly and hysterically."

"You...you forced me to do this!"

Jiang Xuange's eyes were bloodshot. He reached into his storage ring and pulled out a small cauldron the size of his palm.

The small cauldron was entirely black, with a faint green glow. Its body was engraved with ferocious beast patterns, exuding a sinister aura.

Upon seeing the small cauldron, Su Qingluan's smile faded slightly, a hint of surprise flashing in her eyes, and her tone became somewhat serious.

"This is......"

"Go to hell!"

Jiang Xuange's eyes turned bloodshot, and he suddenly threw the small cauldron at Su Qingluan.

The moment the small cauldron left his hand, its light intensified, and it grew a hundred times larger.

With its mouth facing downwards, the cauldron, carrying an aura of devouring the heavens and earth, slammed fiercely towards Su Qingluan.

Damn it... I didn't have time to dodge!

Su Qingluan's expression changed; she hadn't expected Jiang Xuange to have such a trump card.

Without a second thought, she immediately turned around and held the "baby" tightly in her arms, while a huge phoenix phantom appeared behind her.

The phantom of the phoenix spread its wings and cried out, uttering a clear cry that resounded through the sky.

Golden flames engulfed its body as it attempted to withstand the Soul-Locking Cauldron's attack.

Boom...

The Soul-Locking Cauldron slammed down on the phoenix phantom, and the phoenix let out a mournful scream.

Su Qingluan was so shocked that her blood surged, a trickle of blood spilled from the corner of her mouth, and she staggered, but she still held tightly to the person in her arms.

[Ding... Host may be in mortal danger. All negative status effects have been forcibly removed, and you have been granted invincibility for one minute...]

The next second, the "baby" in Su Qingluan's arms was surrounded by a faint golden light, and its small body began to slowly grow larger.

The baby's face gradually faded, slowly transforming into Xu Yi's appearance.