Chapter Twelve: Bai Yue Awakens Her Bloodline and Incidentally Recognizes Six Ancestral Grandfathers

Entering the Defiant Dragon Pillar, Bai Yue felt a soothing comfort wash over her body, as if a gentle breeze was caressing her and greeting her warmly. The faint purple glimmers, like scattered stars, gradually purified the mixed bloodlines within her veins.

Following her father’s instructions, Bai Yue ascended the dark purple steps and leapt into the boiling blood pool below. Within the pool, the consciousnesses of the ancestors of the Defiant Demon Dragon clan observed her daring dive, murmuring among themselves.

“Old Six, your son jumped into the pool back then, wasting a lot of blood. Looks like your granddaughter is following suit!”

“Old Four, you’re always shouting. It’s rare to have a girl among us; don’t scare my precious granddaughter!”

“Where are the manners? I’m your father; you should call me Old Four.”

“Enough bickering! The girl is about to awaken. Hurry up and work. Whether we can leave this place depends on whether her bloodline is fully activated.”

“Yes, Boss!”

After plunging into the pool, Bai Yue fell into a deep slumber, though strange voices continued to echo in her ears. Though her body slept, her consciousness remained clear, and she communicated with Liu Liu within her spiritual sea.

“Liu Liu, I keep hearing strange voices. Who are they?”

[Host, they are your ancestors—the Demon God Emperors of the Defiant Demon Dragon clan, spanning seven generations down to your father.]

[After each Demon God Emperor dies, their Crown of Legacy returns to the Defiant Dragon Pillar, carrying a fragment of their remaining consciousness.]

“But I recall that most Demon God Emperors didn’t die peacefully; they were usually killed by their successors.”

[Host, that notion was implanted by the Holy Temple Alliance. It’s not the truth!]

[Your ancestors willingly relinquished their flesh because they never crossed the threshold to godhood. Instead, they preserved their consciousness, using dragon blood to awaken the next generation’s demonic veins, aiming to cultivate a bloodline perfectly attuned to the Defiant Dragon Pillar.]

[Host, they have finally awaited you. I can now replenish my energy properly.]

Liu Liu’s voice brimmed with excitement. Before Bai Yue could fully grasp the meaning, Liu Liu pushed her out of the spiritual sea. She opened her eyes to find her body rapidly absorbing the blood from the pool.

The blood wasn’t the bright red of humans but shimmered with a faint purple hue.

A small whirlpool formed beneath Bai Yue as the blood level dropped swiftly. Between her brows, purple petals gradually took shape, eventually forming a nine-petaled purple blossom. This transformed Bai Yue’s originally delicate, pure appearance into one tinged with the enchanting allure of a demon clan woman.

“Boss, the Nine-Colored Purple Blossom! This girl truly is the prophesied Mother of Destiny.”

“Wuwu—It’s been five thousand years. We’ve finally waited long enough!”

“Second Elder, no need to weep so passionately.”

“Old Six, you speak from comfort. You’ve only been here a few hundred years; you don’t know the loneliness of guarding this broken pillar for five thousand years.”

Bai Yue raised an eyebrow, opening her eyes fully. She hadn’t expected the demon ancestors to be so lively!

“Child, can you see us?” A cold, clear voice whispered near her ear. Bai Yue turned toward the source.

A remarkably handsome figure materialized vividly, with five other strikingly beautiful young men standing beside him.

“Ah Yue, greetings to our ancestors,” Bai Yue said respectfully as she stepped out of the blood pool.

“Finally, some demonic energy can perceive us!” The Second Elder wept with joy, deeply moved.

“From bloodline sensing, I know you’re Feng Xiu’s child. I am your paternal grandfather!” Old Six stepped forward, eager to claim kinship.

What followed was an unstoppable cascade of introductions. After the ceremony, Bai Yue gained one grandfather and several great-great grandfathers—no, by lineage, many great-great-great grandfathers, and even further back.

[Host, do you wish to bring your numerous great-grandfathers out of the Defiant Dragon Pillar?]

[Liu Liu just replenished a great deal of energy and can assist you with this!]

Liu Liu suddenly spoke, reaching out to Bai Yue.

Bai Yue poked Liu Liu’s chubby face mournfully, suspicious. “You’re really this kind-hearted?”

“Who just kicked me out of the spiritual sea?”

“Would you be so eager if there were no benefits?”

[Liu Liu only acts for the host’s good. Inviting six great-grandfathers into your spiritual sea will allow me to replenish my energy while giving you six ninth-rank, ninth-level experts to assist—a win-win situation.]

Liu Liu earnestly painted a rosy picture for Bai Yue.

Bai Yue rolled her eyes silently, refusing to fall for the system’s charm.

“You mention many benefits, but not a single downside. I don’t believe replenishing your energy won’t harm the great-grandfathers.”

[Host, Liu Liu is a good system. Though still in training, it’s an awareness born of the Heavenly Dao, bound by professional ethics and principles.]

[I do require dragon souls to help uphold the Heavenly Dao’s laws, but it’s mutually beneficial. They gain recognition from the Heavenly Dao, paving their way to godhood.]

Bai Yue was baffled by Liu Liu’s cryptic words and decided to ask the great-grandfathers themselves. She invited them into her spiritual sea to speak with Liu Liu in detail.

She wasn’t sure how Liu Liu persuaded the old gentlemen, but after their discussion, the six great-grandfathers stubbornly refused to leave her spiritual sea.

Bai Yue had soaked once in the blood pool, draining all its blood. She still didn’t know if her bloodline activation had succeeded.

Looking at the empty pool, she decided to leave and report to her father about what had transpired inside the Defiant Dragon Pillar.

Of course, she worried about how to explain Liu Liu’s existence to Feng Xiu.

Seeing her troubled expression and understanding his granddaughter’s concerns, Great-Grandpa Six waved his hand confidently and declared, “Yue’er, rest assured. If that little dragon dares to ask one more question, I’ll beat him up.”

“…” Bai Yue’s lips twitched involuntarily. She hadn’t realized her father had been raised under such strict discipline.

Great-Grandpa Five smacked Great-Grandpa Six down with a single palm.

“You dare hit my beloved grandson? I think you deserve a beating more! I toiled to raise you, but you ended up severely wounded by a Reincarnation Child. Within a few years, you were done for and had to reluctantly abdicate the throne.”

“Dad, demons shouldn’t strike the face. No matter how bad I am, I’m still better than you!”

“You insisted on playing the tyrant, killing my mother, slaughtering my brother, and staging a four-dragon succession battle. Were you raising children or breeding curses?” Old Six said plaintively.

“Only after I died did I discover my birth mother was killed by the so-called stepmother who raised me. The so-called brother had no blood relation at all—a bastard who muddled the royal bloodline of the Defiant Demon Dragon clan.”

Bai Yue’s eyes widened, ears perked up, soaking in the explosive family gossip. Goodness! Were the ancestors’ scandals always this sensational?