All Realms and Worlds: The Lost Home

Time slips away, little by little.

The candlelight still flickered. Inside the bedroom, Di Qiu's breathing gradually became steady, the paleness on his face faded somewhat, and the dragon aura around him gradually returned to normal.

After an unknown amount of time, Di Qiu slowly opened his eyes.

Her eyes were still somewhat dazed, and her mind was blank. It took a while before she gradually regained her senses. The pain of childbirth and the joy of giving birth to her child gradually welled up in her heart.

"My child...my child..." Di Qiu murmured softly, her voice weak but filled with urgency. She struggled to sit up, wanting to see her child.

"Chieftain, you're awake!" A young earth dragon who was guarding the side rushed forward upon seeing this, his face full of joy. He quickly helped Di Qiu up, "You're finally awake! You've been asleep for a whole day and night, and we were all so worried about you."

Di Qiu leaned back on the soft couch, catching her breath. Her eyes scanned the room anxiously as she asked urgently, "Where is my child? Where is Jiang Chen? I need to see my child! I need to see Jiang Chen!"

Upon hearing Di Qiu's question, the young earth dragon's expression instantly became somewhat unnatural. His eyes darted around, and he hesitated and stammered, unable to utter a single word for a long time.

"What's wrong?" Di Qiu's brows furrowed instantly, a sense of foreboding rising in her heart. "Tell me, where is my child? Where is Jiang Chen?"

The young earth dragon continued to stammer, his eyes darting away, not daring to meet Di Qiu's gaze. He said weakly, "Clan...Clan Chief, you've just woken up and are still very weak. Please rest well. The child and Young Master Jiang...they...they're alright."

"Nothing wrong?" Di Qiu's tone instantly turned cold, a sharp glint flashing in his eyes. "If nothing wrong, why are you stammering? Why won't you look me in the eye?"

She knew her people too well; if they were truly alright, they would never be like this.

Something must have happened! And it's related to Jiang Chen and her child!

Di Qiu's ominous premonition grew stronger. Ignoring her weakness, she struggled to get out of bed, her voice urgent and icy: "Quickly, take me to see them! I want to see my child! I want to see Jiang Chen!"

"Clan leader, you're not fully recovered yet! You can't get out of bed!" The young earth dragon quickly stopped Di Qiu, urgently advising, "You've just given birth, and your vital energy is depleted. If you force yourself to get out of bed, you'll damage your foundation!"

"I can't what?!" Di Qiu suddenly looked up, a flash of rage in his eyes, his tone icy and chilling. "Now you think I don't have any say in this? I told you to take me to see them, don't you understand?"

As Di Qiu questioned her, an invisible pressure instantly erupted from her body!

Although she had just given birth and exhausted her primordial power, she was, after all, the patriarch of the Earth Dragon Clan, with pure true dragon blood flowing through her veins. Even a trace of her aura was far beyond what an ordinary Earth Dragon could withstand.

The young earth dragon was instantly crushed by this oppressive force. His legs went weak, and he collapsed to his knees with a thud. He trembled all over, his face turned pale, and he even had difficulty breathing, unable to utter a single word.

Moreover, the pressure that Di Qiu unleashed spread throughout the entire Earth Dragon Ancestral Land. The ground of the ancestral land trembled slightly, and visible ripples appeared in the air. Fine cracks began to appear on the surrounding rocks.

The Earth Dragon Clan members who were on duty in various parts of the ancestral land felt this terrifying pressure and trembled all over, their faces filled with fear. They hurriedly rushed towards the direction of the bedroom.

The elders who were waiting for news in the ancestral council hall instantly felt Di Qiu's rage and oppressive aura. Their expressions changed, and they knew something was wrong. They quickly got up and rushed towards the bedroom.

They knew that Di Qiu had already sensed something was wrong, and if they didn't arrive soon, something terrible might happen.

Soon, several elders arrived at the bedroom.

Seeing the young earth dragon kneeling on the ground, trembling all over, and seeing Di Qiu with a cold face and exuding a terrifying pressure, the elders' expressions became extremely solemn.

"Chieftain, please calm down, please calm down!" an elder rushed forward, speaking urgently. "You've just woken up and are still very weak. Please don't get angry, lest you damage your health!"

The other elders echoed their sentiments, urgently urging, "Yes, clan leader, please calm down. Let's talk things out slowly. Please don't harm your health!"

Di Qiu's gaze swept coldly over the elders, his tone urgent and icy: "Enough nonsense! I'm asking you, where is Jiang Chen? Where are my children? Where are they?"

Her voice carried an irresistible authority, and the pressure surged again. Cracks began to appear on the walls of the entire bedroom, and the candlelight flickered violently, as if it would go out at any moment.

The elders were tense and pale under Di Qiu's oppressive aura. They looked at each other and saw helplessness and guilt in each other's eyes.

They knew they could no longer hide it and had no choice but to tell that cruel lie, as agreed with Jiang Chen.

After a moment of silence, the elder who had spoken with Jiang Chen earlier slowly stepped forward, bowed his head, and said in a heavy and labored voice, "Clan leader... Jiang Chen... Jiang Chen has defected."

"He took you and his offspring and fled back to his homeland. His... his goal has always been to have children with you, then bring those children back to his homeland to use the bloodline of the Earth Dragon Clan to enhance his own power!"

He defected?

Use her?

Di Qiu was shocked. Her expression froze instantly, and the urgency and rage in her eyes were replaced by disbelief. She stared at the elder, as if she couldn't believe her ears.

"You...what did you say?" Di Qiu's voice trembled slightly, filled with disbelief. "Jiang Chen defected? He used me? That's impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

She knew Jiang Chen well. He was gentle, kind, and genuinely cared for her. How could he possibly take advantage of her? How could he possibly take their child and flee to another place?

This must be fake! The elders must be lying to her!

"Clan leader, I'm telling the truth," the elder said, still bowing his head, his voice heavy. "We're not lying to you. Jiang Chen... he really did defect. Before he left, he left a letter, saying it was for you."

"Impossible!" Di Qiu roared, and the pressure within his body instantly exploded to its limit, sweeping towards the elder like a raging storm!

The elder, already struggling to breathe under Di Qiu's oppressive aura, was now subjected to Di Qiu's extreme pressure, causing him excruciating pain all over his body. With a "thud," he was pinned to the ground, unable to move, and a trickle of blood escaped from the corner of his mouth.

Di Qiu walked step by step to the elder, looking down at him with icy eyes and a tone full of rage and accusation. Each word struck the elder's heart like a thunderclap: "You! Say! It! Again!"

The elder struggled to raise his head, his face deathly pale, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth. His eyes were filled with pain and guilt, yet he still managed to say, as agreed, with difficulty, "Jiang...Jiang Chen...defected..."

No sooner had he finished speaking than the elder could no longer withstand Di Qiu's oppressive aura. His vision went black, and he fainted.

As he lost consciousness, the letter he had been clutching tightly in his hand fell to the ground with a "thud".

Di Qiu's gaze was fixed on the letter on the ground. Her whole body trembled, and her eyes were filled with pain and disbelief. She slowly bent down and picked up the letter.

On the envelope was Jiang Chen's familiar handwriting, each stroke exuding a familiar gentleness, but at this moment, it seemed particularly glaring to Di Qiu.

Her fingers trembled slightly as she used all her strength to tear open the envelope and take out the letter inside.

On the letter, Jiang Chen's handwriting was still neat, but the contents were like sharp knives, piercing Di Qiu's heart and shattering it.

"Dichiu, by the time you read this letter, I will have already returned to my hometown with our child."

"I'm sorry, I deceived you. I approached you and stayed with you not because I loved you, but because of your true dragon bloodline. I wanted to have an offspring with the bloodline of the earth dragon so that I could use it to enhance my own strength and restore the glory of my family."

"I know I'm cruel, I know you love me, but I have no choice, I have to do this."

"Forget me. Be a good chieftain of your earth dragon clan, live a good life, don't look for me again, and don't worry about our child anymore. From now on, we owe each other nothing and have nothing to do with each other anymore."

"—Jiang Chen"

Every word, every sentence, was like a sharp knife, piercing Di Qiu's heart and shattering all her expectations and deep affection.

She remembered how she had broken the racial barrier, defied her instincts, and gone against the heavens for Jiang Chen; she remembered the excruciating pain of childbirth; she remembered her boundless anticipation for this child; she remembered Jiang Chen's usual gentleness and thoughtfulness...

It turns out, it was all a lie!

It turns out that all of Jiang Chen's tenderness and affection for her were just a facade!

It turns out that from beginning to end, she was just a tool for Jiang Chen to obtain bloodlines!

Immense pain and rage instantly overwhelmed Di Qiu, causing her to tremble, her face to turn ashen, and the light in her eyes to turn icy and violent.

"Jiang! Chen!!!!!!!!!"