YukinoJen

is it just me or did the recent chapters from a different book?

I think it was foreshadowed earlier that Youyi is not their biological child. But yeah, ending was too rushed. There's a lot of loose ends.

Well, you also have to take into consideration the cultural aspect of it. From what I gather, its an eastern culture thing, so that means several countries shared this practice of gender boundaries. There are actually several cultures that don't practice affectionate familial relationships and tend to lean more on the idea of tough love as a means to show their affection.

Well, can't say its truly about Decratic revival. But for me, it seems like its about the first Serafim's re-awakening. The hall of the 5 swords represents the supposed 5 knights meant to protect her, but it was also mentioned that Na split her power and bestowed into the 5 swords. This was the common knowledge, but not many knew that she created the 6th sword and Iris herself mentioned the 6th sword unconsciously when the Lu fought off Cyan and her father. The white lights refer to the magic that Iris possess to either heal or comfort the living and the dead, while the dark smoke can refer to Lu. The last sculpture can refer to a merging of the 2 powers since Iris is pregnant and Cane is entangled with Lu, therefore, creating something that balances both light and dark since it was hinted at that the one Ania carried is the supposed Decratic revival and it needed time to feed and grow to take charge. But those are my theories for now since I'm waiting another day to get fast pass to read more chapters.

It definitely seems promising. However, there seems to be some confusing timelines that needs to be reviewed. I look forward to see how this story will progress.