The Past of Mother

After listening to Ethan, Mei Hua and Mai, the Primordial Rank Treasure, finally understood why someone as powerful as him would come to the Lower Plane. It did not aid his cultivation; on the contrary, it hindered his progress. Unbeknownst to others, Ethan is system less, and, unlike others, his cultivation base increased by leaps and bounds in two months; if they had known that, they would not have been so impressed.

However, Aria's condition was not the same as Mei Hua's, and she was genuinely shocked to meet her supposedly dead sister's child.

"Where is Aura? Is she alright? How has her life been?" questioned Aria one after another, but a sudden voice stopped her.

"Shut up and answer my question first," shouted Ethan, his black eyes staring at Aria, making her snap out of her daze. Mei remained silent, refraining from retorting after Ethan shouted at her mother. She observed his emotionless expression and her mother's guilt-ridden face.

"I am sorry, Aura. I am sorry," Aria repeated, crying. Suddenly, a voice resounded in the room, bringing a pressure that not even Aria, at peak Sky Immortal, could bear, and she was paralyzed.

"I said tell me her past, not your guilt," said Ethan, releasing his Qi pressure on Aria. Mei decided to intervene after Ethan's outburst.

"Calm down, Ethan, let's sit and talk. Mother, control yourself and answer his question," Mei said with a commanding voice.

After listening to her daughter, Aria composed herself and sat on the sofa opposite to Ethan, who continued to stare at her without blinking.

"Haah," Aria breathed and calmed herself down. She looked into Ethan's eyes and began speaking.

"It was two decades earlier that a Royal Prince from the Royal Court descended to this world because he heard from his ancestors about a hidden legacy in this realm," Aria spoke, reminiscing about her past.

"Dragon Empire was the place they arrived, and our Empire decided to serve them with good hospitality to earn favor. At that time, I was engaged to the emperor since my father is one of the strongest ancestors of the Dragon Empire. My talent shocked everyone, and they speculated that I had the ability to reach Immortal Tribulation and survive heavenly judgment," Aria continued.

"On the contrary, my little sister Aura was different. She couldn't cultivate, but neither my father nor I mistreated her. My father always tried to be respectful toward her."

"He later informed me that Aura was not my sister; he found her in front of our house radiating mystical energy so strong that even my father, a Sky Immortal, was forced to bow down."

"He speculated that she was an incarnation of a divine being from the Highest Plane."

"As she grew up, her beauty surpassed anyone, hailed as the most beautiful woman in the whole continent. She was beautiful, but her calming presence was the reason that enhanced her beauty further and she was called as goddess in Cental continent."

"Great beauty can cause disasters, and the same happened to her."

"The Royal Prince of the Royal Court was smitten by her beauty and asked her to become his one and only wife. He even vowed to the heavens that if she became his wife, he would only love her."

"But my sister turned him down."

"Due to her response, some elders and ancestors were dissatisfied and tried to force her to marry the Royal Prince. My father objected, and he was killed by the Royal Prince's guards. I was captured by them, and they threatened to destroy the Dragon Empire if Aura's location was not revealed," Aria said, gritting her teeth.

"To protect me and the Dragon Empire, Mei Xing, who also helped us to hide my sister, revealed her location," Aria said, tears in her eyes.

"After that Royal Prince's guard went to specified location to capture her, the guards found nothing when they went there. They searched the surroundings and concluded that she ran in the direction of the Illusion Forest, home to an Immortal Venerable Dragon."

When none of the pursuers returned, they sent a team, and they found that all of them were killed by the dragon.

"We thought that Aura was also killed by the dragon," Aria said with a sad voice.

Later, that dragon was killed by the Royal Prince.

"We thought that the Royal Prince would destroy our empire, but the next day, they returned to the Upper Plane," Aria said, confusion evident on her face.

"We thought that Aura had died and created a graveyard for her."

Later, she married Mei Xing after his persuasion because she was disappointed with him for letting her sister's location be exposed. Aria finished telling the story, and tears fell from her eyes.

Mei Hua looked at her with a complicated expression. She didn't believe it was her mother's or father's fault. The fault lay in their weakness. As an empress in her previous life, she understood her mother's and father's actions. However, she also understood that no one is entirely right or wrong in the world of cultivation.

She was also worried about her lover, fearing he would lash out and try to kill her father, but his response startled her.

"I see protecting yourself by sacrificing is a good choice, and I won't blame you," said Ethan, smiling. But his next words petrified Aria and Mei.

"But the woman you sacrificed, you bastards, was my mother. For this action, I will not forgive Dragon Empire," said Ethan, releasing boundless suppression.

"Dragon Empire will cease to exist," a voice echoed throughout the Central Continent, and a suppressing aura was released, forcing most of the population to their knees.

(*Author Note: - Our MC is villain so expect his loved one he will be cruel and merciless to everyone and will not back down to raze whole Universe without any second chance)