Xiao Man glanced back at Xiao Jun Yan, her eyes full of apology, and gritted her teeth, "I'm sorry, Tian Ze."
Xiao Man crushed the stone in her hand. The stone shattered, flying into Lei Tian Ze's body. Lei Tian Ze seemed oblivious, his eyes fixed on one target: kill Xiao Jun Yan. However, as the fragments entered his body, his body moved beyond his control, rendering him immobile.
Xiao Man had never imagined that the methods she used to deal with demon kings would one day be used on Lei Tian Ze. She had always owed him. When he was Wen Mo Han, she owed him a great deal. Later, when he was Lei Tian Ze, she still owed him, and she could never repay it.
The dagger in her hand pierced Lei Tian Ze's heart. A tear of blood slid from the corner of her eye. Xiao Man didn't have time to mourn. The chains of spatial-temporal law instantly seized the immobilized Lei Tian Ze and dragged him away, disappearing from sight.
Xiao Man struck back, shattering the chains of spatial-temporal law that attacked her, and charged straight for Xiao Jun Yan.
However, before she could get close, she was bound by the chains of spatial-temporal law, making it impossible for her to move. The power of lightning flowed through the chains into her body, causing her unbearable pain.
"Yan'er..."
"Mother!" Xiao Jun Yan desperately smashed at the barrier, trying to break free. But he was just an ordinary mortal, unable to break the barrier Xiao Man had set up.
Xiao Man exerted all her strength, breaking free from the chains of spatial-temporal law. Something flew from her hand and struck the barrier, causing it to vanish instantly.
"Mother!" Xiao Jun Yan sprinted towards Xiao Man. Xiao Man, resisting the spatial-temporal law with all her might, finally saw her son. She just wanted to hug him.
"Xiao Man, you dare to resist again? You, at the peak of the Divine Transformation realm, forcibly tore open a lower dimension, a grave offense. You then led multiple powerful beings into the lower continent, disrupting its balance. Now you stubbornly resist, truly showing no regard for the Heavenly Dao!"
"Is the Heavenly Dao something that makes fathers and sons kill each other, and husbands and wives kill each other?" Xiao Man asked angrily. "If the Heavenly Dao is such a heartless Heavenly Dao, then I will overturn it!"
"Presumptuous!"
A bolt of heavenly lightning struck Xiao Man from the sky. She let out a scream and was dragged by the chains of spatial-temporal law. In a short while, Xiao Man regained her senses and continued to resist the spatial-temporal law.
"Xiao Man, do you want to destroy this continent?" the voice of the Heavenly Dao echoed from the sky. "Your own cultivation is too much for Cang Xuan to bear. Yet, you forcefully entered Yong'an with such profound cultivation. Do you know that your actions are destroying the Yong'an Continent?"
Xiao Man instantly stopped resisting, her expression one of disbelief.
"Because of your appearance, the spatial-temporal laws of Yong'an Continent are in chaos. The longer you stay here, the greater the danger of collapse. Do you want to watch those you love die due to your wilfulness?"
Xiao Man looked at Xiao Jun Yan, who was rushing towards her, her eyes filled with tears. In the end, she could not embrace him.
"Yan'er."
"Mother!" Xiao Jun Yan caught up, but his speed was no match for the spatial-temporal law. Once Xiao Man ceased her resistance, she was quickly dragged away by the chains and disappeared. Xiao Jun Yan pursued, but could not even touch the hem of Xiao Man's clothes.
"Old Prime Minister!" As everyone watched this scene in stunned silence, Wen Xiang suddenly collapsed. That was indeed his son. How cruel was the Heavenly Dao to make him experience the grief of a parent outliving their child once more!
When the Old Prime Minister woke up, Xiao Jun Yan was by his bedside. Su Dan Novel Network
"Grandpa, you're awake."
"Your Majesty." The Old Prime Minister sat up, his gaze falling on the Lady Wen beside him. Suppressing the grief in his heart, he beckoned to his wife, "Why have you come to the palace?"
"You fainted, how could I not come to the palace to see you?" The Old Madam helped the Old Prime Minister. "I heard there were assassins in the palace today, very fierce. Are you injured?"
The Old Prime Minister's heart ached, but he forced a smile. "I'm not injured, I'm just old and was scared. You must have been scared too."
"Indeed. I heard you fainted in the palace and thought you were injured." The Old Madam patted her chest. "Fortunately, Your Majesty kept reassuring me that everything was fine. I heard the Empress has returned, and even the Emperor Yu is here. Why don't I see them?"
The Old Prime Minister opened his mouth, but could not speak. The tears he had held back for so long finally could not be contained.
"Old man, what's wrong? Did something happen to the Empress?"
Xiao Jun Yan also turned his face away. His mother had tried her best to hug him, but the Heavenly Dao forbade it. As her son, he could only watch as she was struck by lightning and dragged away, utterly helpless.
"Grandpa, what is the Heavenly Dao?" Xiao Jun Yan asked, wiping tears from his face with his sleeve.
The Old Prime Minister leaned back against the cushion, a bitter smile on his face. "The Heavenly Dao is something we ordinary people can never touch."
"Why did the Heavenly Dao take my mother away? Why doesn't the Heavenly Dao allow mother and son to reunite?"
The Old Madam was surprised. "The Empress was taken away?"
"My mother just wanted to come back and reunite with me, and the Heavenly Dao wants to punish her, strike her with heavenly lightning. Why? What did she do wrong?" Xiao Jun Yan asked repeatedly. He used to revere the Heavenly Dao, believing that Heaven brought peace and allowed people to eat. But all of this was built upon the separation of his mother and son!
The Old Prime Minister patted Xiao Jun Yan's shoulder. "Your Majesty, the Empress is not wrong, and the Heavenly Dao is not wrong either. The Empress no longer belongs here, so she cannot return. You saw the world-destroying power of those people. Any one of them could overturn our world, and we have no ability to resist."
"Grandpa, do you mean that I should pretend not to know that my mother is suffering?" Xiao Jun Yan asked, shocked. "My mother was struck by heavenly lightning in front of me and dragged away by the Heavenly Dao. You want me to act as if I didn't see it?"
"Your Majesty, we are powerless!" The Old Prime Minister cried uncontrollably. His Majesty had experienced the separation from his mother, while he had once again watched his own son die!
"Grandpa, the Heavenly Dao wants us father and son to kill each other, and my parents to kill each other. Do you also want your grandson to turn a blind eye?" Xiao Jun Yan choked with sobs. "That is your biological son, my own father!"
The Old Madam took Xiao Jun Yan's arm. "Your Majesty, what are you saying? My son passed away long ago. He died twenty years ago."
Xiao Jun Yan paused. In his haste, he had forgotten to conceal this from the Old Madam. He quickly looked at the Old Prime Minister, who shook his head.
The Old Madam dared not trouble Xiao Jun Yan and immediately asked Wen Xiang, "Tell me, what exactly happened?"
"This child is referring to his father, Nangong Yu."
"Yes, yes, he's talking about my father!"
"Old man, don't lie to me. Your Majesty is talking about his biological father, my Han'er is his biological father, Nangong Yu is not!" The Old Madam was agitated, shaking the Old Prime Minister's arm. "Old man, speak up! What happened?"