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Chapter 172
update icon Updated at 2025/6/7 1:10:12

Iris sat on the edge of the bed, beginning to reminisce.

According to Chaos, when he first met Night White, Night White was still an infant lying in a basket. Whether this was true or not, Iris did not know, but she chose to believe it was true.

Under the protection of Chaos, the infant gradually grew up. When he reached the age of five, Chaos no longer sheltered him and let him fend for himself. Night White survived by scavenging for garbage.

Whenever Night White would pass out, Chaos would manipulate his body to ward off danger. Day after day, year after year, until one evening he stole Lilya's bag.

Lilya, being the Queen of the Blood, Night White, at that time, was just a human child with no background. Not only did Night White steal Lilya's bag, but he also stabbed her in the back.

During the three years spent with Lilya, she knew that anyone who dared to offend her would be ripped to shreds. But Lilya did not kill Night White, perhaps because there were people around and she didn't want trouble, or maybe she saw Night White as a plaything.

Later, Lilya sent Li Xi to retrieve her belongings. Even though Night White had acted offensively, she didn't kill him. Instead, Lilya generously gave Night White a blue crystal card.

Later, Night White encountered Lilya again in the rented room, most likely with the intention of killing him. After all, Night White not only stole from the Queen of the Blood but also injured her. Lilya would not easily spare him.

Night White unleashed the black flame, and with the fiery phoenix created by the condensed flames, disregarded Lilya's defenses and injured her hand. This fiery phoenix couldn't even be considered a magical move. Perhaps it was this unique flame that allowed Night White to survive.

Lilya became interested in Night White. She had two choices.

First, she could make Night White her progeny, the only way to keep him by her side.

Second, she could kill Night White, preventing him from appearing in the eyes of the high-ranking humans. If Night White were to attract their attention, he would be heavily trained, which would not be good news for the blood clan.

Now it seemed that Lilya chose the first option. She gave Night White the initial embrace, making him Lilya's daughter.

Likewise, Night White had two choices.

First, be obedient and become Lilya's dutiful daughter.

Second, refuse Lilya and ultimately be killed by his former comrades.

Although Night White resisted at first, he eventually became Lilya's obedient daughter.

Lilya treated Iris exceptionally well too. She would go to great lengths to provide Iris with the resources needed for cultivation as a daughter. She even had her aunt teach Iris swordsmanship and body techniques, treating Iris as her heir.

As for Iris's underdeveloped Blood Wing, it was entirely her own fault. She insisted on staying in a human school, missing the best time for the Blood Wing to grow. Even if there were remedies, Lilya would not help Iris. Ultimately, it was a lesson for Iris for not obeying.

Lilya also mentioned that the education and resources in the blood clan were hundreds of times better than those in human schools. Iris, at that time, didn't take it seriously and insisted on opposing Lilya. As a result, Iris's Blood Wing did not develop properly. The main responsibility lay with Iris, not Lilya.

This was Lilya's consistent style of education: obey her well and receive her love; if not, bear all the consequences and she wouldn't help you fix them.

Afterwards, Iris became more obedient and stopped doing anything rebellious. When everything fell into place, who wouldn't be pleased? Perhaps only Chaos.

Iris no longer needed Chaos because Lilya would pave the way for her future. Although Iris was not born from Lilya's womb, the initial embrace made their blood connected, and this was an unchangeable fact.

During the three years of their relationship, Iris gradually accepted Lilya and saw her as a mother figure. She no longer held hatred in her eyes but instead felt admiration and fondness.With Grandma being murdered, all the evidence at the scene points to Iris. Who would have wanted to see such a situation? Iris pondered and eventually came up with a guess: Chaos. Only by inciting Iris against Lilia, could Chaos achieve this effect. Chaos could then hypocritically help Iris, making her dependent and manipulated by him. And Grandma became the sacrifice, her sacrifice not only caused the rupture of the mother-daughter relationship between Iris and Lilia, but also caused the separation of Iris and Lilia themselves. Chaos quietly pushed everything behind the scenes, and Iris became his pawn. Iris was getting calmer and more rational at this moment, the more calm she became, the more she understood Chaos' motives. Chaos should use her to resurrect himself and continue to complete his so-called grand ambition.

At that time, if Iris hadn't grabbed the bag, perhaps she would have been deceived into the abyss by Chaos, completely becoming his tool and then replaced by him. In this sense, Lilia could be considered her savior. Iris looked up at the ceiling and sighed, "Is there still a way to turn back? Even if she threatens to capture Lilia alive, slaughter her subjects in front of her, destroy her empire, perhaps she already hates herself."

Unless Iris can prove her innocence and show that Grandma's death had nothing to do with her, but this is simply impossible. Chaos is too good at playing dead, and Lilia would not believe in the existence of Chaos. Moreover, all the evidence points to Iris. "Well, forget it, these are just my guesses. Unless I can prove that Chaos is the killer of Grandma, my guesses won't be valid. But currently, Chaos can only manipulate my body when I'm unconscious or when I agree to hand over control of my body to him. But how did Chaos keep himself alive during my infancy? Is it because the self-consciousness of infants is weaker? Or is there another killer?" Many questions lingered in Iris' mind, she felt she had grasped some clues, but they were still blurry. Only Chaos was the key figure. Anyway, Iris understood one thing - Chaos wanted to replace her to achieve his own grand goal. Now the lock was already on her, and the moment she got the key could be the moment she would be replaced. Iris trembled in her heart. Unless there was a separation technique to separate Chaos from her, but where would that technique come from? Even if they had the separation technique to remove Chaos from her body, it might provoke Weeping Willow. The Weeping Willow might kill Iris, after all, she was the one who killed their leader. The ignorant angels would also hunt Iris, they would not believe that the Demon King would kill themselves. The vampires would also hunt Iris, after all, Iris killed her grandmother. The humans would also hunt Iris, as she was a walking blue crystal card. When a four-party force hunted her down, where could Iris run? What if Chaos couldn't regain his power and the powerful beings from the Wilderness attacked? Who could stop them? Lilia? Order? Some human warrior? Or the Beast Tribe? Moreover, the whereabouts of Order are unknown, the combat power of angels and demons in the Primordial Era is drastically different. Iris knew Lilia well, Lilia would never step up for the sake of the world's people. Even if she was willing, how could one country deal with a whole continent? Humans may be brave, but divided into three countries, they would fight against each other and no one would gain an advantage. Even if they won, it would only be a narrow victory. The Orcs? Just a group of savage animals, worshiping power, indulging in killing, cruel and without morals. They might even ally with the Wilderness. The only ones who could compare to the vampires were the Elves, but they were almost exterminated by the vampires, and some young and beautiful Elves had become slaves. If the local forces could not repel the Weeping Willow, in the end, Iris would still die, only her death would be faster or slower. But Iris didn't want to die, if she expelled Chaos, she would be killed by the attacking people from the Wilderness. If she didn't expel him, Chaos would regain his power and she would be replaced. And this secret could only rot in her heart, she couldn't reveal a trace in front of them, maybe Chaos would forcefully occupy her body, and by then she would be dead. A panic rose in Iris' heart, she had the urge to cry. All of this was like a haze enveloping Iris' mind, oppressing her uncomfortably. Thinking again and again, no matter what she did, in the end, she was doomed to die. Unless Iris relied solely on the lock and the Demon Generals to repel the people from the Wilderness, and then defeated the angels to survive.The battle between angels and demons is almost a case of injuring the enemy by 8,000 while suffering a loss of 800. If I resist the chaos first, I am afraid that when it is over, the angels will stab me from behind. They will not let me go easily.

This is truly a dilemma!

Iris is filled with conflict and agony in her heart. She doesn't know what to do.

"Take it one step at a time!"

She thinks to herself, then lies down on the bed to rest. Now, the only thing Iris can do is to get a good night's sleep and make a decision when her mind is clear and refreshed.