Xingli opened Night White's pillow and found a black wooden box underneath it. Xingli opened the wooden box and inside was a crystal clear pearl emitting a faint blue glow, which was very dazzling.

"This is The New Sea!!" Xingli exclaimed in surprise.

The New Sea can help magicians break through their cultivation levels by one hundred percent. It is extremely rare and priceless.

Only the outstanding descendants of the royal family can use such things. Xingli didn't expect Night White to give her the Starlit Studio.

"But wait... why does Night White have something like this? Although she used to be the Princess of the Blood and should have obtained abundant cultivation resources, as the royal family, the treatment of descendants is extremely high. But Night White was arrested and subjected to various punishments, so how could she still have The New Sea?" Xingli was puzzled.

"Miss, it's time for lunch," the maid called out.

"I'm coming," replied Xingli.

Xingli suppressed her thoughts and turned around to have lunch.

At the same time, Rhea was still in seclusion, cultivating in the dark. She wanted to become stronger, powerful enough to save her mother and restore the country.

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...

"Waa, waa, waa!" The sound of a crying baby echoed incessantly.

"Don't cry, Yingo! I'm here," Lilya bit her finger and let her blood drip onto Yingo's mouth.

Yingo opened her cherry-like mouth and swallowed Lilya's blood into her stomach.

Lilya sighed with relief, then bit her wrist and let her blood drop onto the corners of Yingo's mouth. Yingo opened her mouth again and drank her mother's blood.

"Waa, waa, waa..." the baby's crying continued, and Lilya furrowed her brows. It seemed that she needed to feed Yingo completely.

Lilya kept dripping blood to feed Yingo. After an hour, Yingo finally stopped crying.

"Waa, waa, waa..."

The baby's cry gradually weakened, and soon fell asleep.

"Ah~ raising a daughter is so tiring!" Lilya wiped her forehead, feeling exhausted all over.

Lilya placed Yingo on the bed and looked at her sleeping baby, showing a loving smile on her face. Lilya stood up, stretched her body, and walked out of the palace.

"Raising a child is so exhausting! How did Mother manage to raise me and my brother, especially when I was so mischievous and naughty as a child!"

Lilya savored her tea, enjoying the snowy scenery, displaying a contented look.

At night, the stars twinkled and the night grew darker. The bright moon hung in the sky, illuminating the celestial dome.

Two graceful figures slowly walked towards the castle under the moonlight.

"Greetings, Your Majesty the Queen!"

Li Xi and Xue Youyue kneeled on the ground respectfully.

"You may rise," Lilya said, sitting in her chair, holding a silver hairpin, reflecting a cold and piercing light under the moonlight.

"In these three months, have you found Iris? Or have you found any trace of her?" Lilya's tone was extremely cold, carrying a hint of murderous intent.

"Your Majesty, Lady Li Xi and I have found Princess Iris... but we haven't seen her," Li Xi reported.

"Why haven't you seen her?" Lilya interrupted Li Xi's report.

"We couldn't capture Princess Iris. If she hadn't shown mercy, both Lady Li Xi and I might not have survived..." Li Xi bowed her head and said.

"Explain the situation," Lilya commanded.

"Your Majesty, Lady Li Xi and I found Princess Iris in the Luo River Valley. She seemed to be heading towards the Sun and Moon Empire. I injured Princess Iris, and Lady Li Xi shot an arrow at her abdomen. I thought Princess Iris would pass out due to excessive blood loss, but her wounds were almost instantly healed. She regained her right arm, which was now dark red and connected to a black chain at the scapula. Three black spines also appeared on her scapula. Strangely, a city appeared behind Princess Iris, and it was populated by skeletons. The flesh of those skeletons grew visible at a staggering speed."Their skin is black, tall and strong, with pointed horns growing out of their heads, large wings, crimson eyes, and a sinister and eerie aura emanating from their bodies.

They looked like ancient demons recorded in books, shouting behind Princess Iris. I couldn't understand their language, but the oppressive feeling was strong, and both of us were forced to retreat." Li Xi described the situation in great detail, without missing a single detail.

"Ancient times, demons?" Liliya murmured.

Liliya fell into contemplation, these things were too strange, she couldn't judge.

"Since Iris let you go, did she ask you to deliver a message to me?" Liliya asked.

"Your Majesty, Princess Iris did ask us to deliver a message to you, but...but..." Li Xi hesitated, looked around, and then lowered her voice, "Princess Iris said..."

"What did she say?" Liliya raised an eyebrow.

"She said she...she will personally capture you, slaughter the entire vampire tribe, and destroy the vampire empire," Li Xi repeated her words verbatim, her tone filled with fear.

"You may leave," Liliya suppressed her anger and waved her hand, signaling Li Xi and the others to leave. The silver hairpin in her hand had already started to bend.

Li Xi and Xue Youyue glanced at each other, then immediately turned and left.

Liliya couldn't suppress her anger any longer, sweeping all the tea utensils off the table, smashing them into pieces. The teacup rolled to the corner of the wall, shattering.

Liliya sat angrily on the chair, the maid beside her dared not even breathe, let alone make a sound. Liliya clenched her fist in anger, wishing to immediately drag out that rebellious woman, tearing her apart, and annihilating her body to ashes!

"Iris, you killed my mother, and now you dare to say such ruthless words. I want to see what you're capable of - capturing me, slaughtering the entire vampire tribe," a murderous intent flashed in Liliya's beautiful eyes. The maid beside her couldn't help but shiver and quickly avoided Liliya's gaze.

"Spread the word, inform all the Shadow Guards to search the Luochuan Valley. If they can't find her, search within the boundaries of the Sun and Moon Empire. If any humans dare to obstruct, kill them on the spot. It would be best to capture Iris alive, but if not, execute her on the spot and bring back her body," Liliya said in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty, doing this...will attract suspicion from other countries. By then..." the maid reminded in a low voice.

"Are you the queen or am I the queen?!" Liliya slammed her hand on the table, and the table shattered. Splinters flew, hitting the maid's face.

"The servant deserves to die!" The maid hurriedly knelt down, bowing her head and not daring to lift it up.

"Blasphemy!" (Character appears in Chapter Seventy-Six)

Liliya spoke coldly.

Only the sound of a blade slicing through a skull was heard, and blood splattered in an instant. The maid's eyes widened, unable to close, as blood spurted out.

"Deal with her and deliver my orders to the Shadow Guards," Liliya said indifferently, looking at the corpse on the ground.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Dugu bowed and took her orders.

Liliya walked away, her figure quickly disappearing into the night. Everything seemed as if nothing had happened, as peaceful and quiet as before, as if everything that had just happened had never occurred.

Liliya sat in the Royal Library, flipping through books about ancient times.

The information about the ancient era in the books was too scarce, with just a few scattered notes and not much valuable information.

The books only described the appearance of demons and angels, with illustrations that were hand-drawn by predecessors, somewhat artistically processed.

Demons had huge wings, tall and sturdy bodies, long antennae extending from their heads, bloodthirsty red eyes, deep eye sockets, mouths open to reveal sharp fangs.

Angels had pure white wings and extremely delicate and beautiful features, but their eyes were exceptionally cold, as if sculpted from ice. The description of demons and angels' appearance was just this.

"These are all things from ancient times. Demons and angels no longer exist, or..." Suddenly, Liliya realized something. Iris had an illusions awakening, and it was highly likely that the so-called demons were deliberately created by Iris using illusions to deceive Li Xi and Xue Youyue's eyes.Afterwards, she put on a fierce appearance, made threats, and took the opportunity to escape. Iris was really good at acting. If she had not been trained by the Mark, she could have fooled anyone.

"Hiss... To be able to continue acting even on the verge of death, not bad mood," Lilia narrowed her eyes.

Then Lilia fell into deep thought again, trying to figure out how to explain Iris's right hand growing back after being shot by Xue Youyue's arrow, especially since the arrow was made by her skill and Xue Youyue specialized in shape manipulation.

Lilia herself did not possess the ability to instantly heal injuries, let alone Iris. She was still an underage vampire, unable to fully utilize the power of her bloodline, and her recovery ability was even more unlikely to compare with her own.

"Could it be because of Iris's dark red right arm? Hiss... There seems to be a black chain connected to the shoulder blade as well. Could it be... Iris is the new successor of the White Stork Dawn Knight?"

The more Lilia thought about it, the more she felt that this was possible. Otherwise, how could Iris have such exaggerated recovery ability? It was almost impossible for someone to grow their hand back. Perhaps the black chain indeed had that ability, and vampires knew very little about it.

If that was the case, it would make sense.

"This rebellious girl went to become a Dawn Knight among humans... After all, she has the ability to transform and with her convincing acting skills, it's not difficult to fool the successor of the Dawn Knight!" Lilia scoffed.

"I want to know who the hunter is! Who is the prey!"