Liam Leshan’s Mother

"Lord Noctis, could you please find another Phoenix clansman?" Lily Bai said. "I'll figure out a way to get her out."

Lord Noctis nodded and went to find a Phoenix clansman.

To their surprise, the Phoenix clansman was Mia Quinn.

Mia Quinn bounced in, all excited, but froze for a moment when she saw Lily Bai and Bobby Bai.

"Saint Maiden Mia," Lily Bai greeted her politely.

Bobby Bai followed suit and greeted her as well.

"What are you two doing here?" Mia Quinn asked. "Wait—why are you together?"

"Here's what happened..." Lily Bai explained the situation to her. "Now, I'm going in to lure her out of the array, and then I'll need your help to check her bloodline!"

Mia Quinn frowned. "Your cultivation might not be stronger than hers! How are you going to get her out of the array?"

Lily Bai grinned, "Easy. Just wait here, I'll be right back."

With that, she slipped inside.

Darren Xuan's mother really was still living here, all alone without even a single immortal servant.

Lily Bai turned invisible and approached her, opening her Heaven's Eye to take a look.

What she saw left Lily Bai utterly stunned.

Her true form wasn't just some high immortal.

She was actually a member of the Vermilion Divine Clan.

The Vermilion Divine Clan isn't exactly a glorious divine family.

Two hundred thousand years ago, they used a forbidden grand array to force a Divine Lord's ascension and took control of Cangwu.

Then they pinned the blame for using the forbidden array on the Phoenix Clan, nearly wiping them out.

After the Phoenix Clan returned to power, the Vermilion clan kept stirring up trouble until the Phoenix finally lost patience and drove them down to the lower realms.

So now, of Cangwu's Five Great Divine Clans, only four are left.

All these years, they've kept causing trouble—openly and in secret—becoming a constant headache for Cangwu.

Lily Bai never expected to run into a Vermilion goddess right here.

No wonder Darren Xuan's looks and talents are so extraordinary—he drove Princess Quinn Xiao absolutely crazy.

But why did she disguise herself as a high immortal and hide out on Returning Rainbow Mountain for so long?

And what's her connection to Liam Leshan?

Lily Bai dosed her with a high-grade sleeping draught, knocked her out cold, and carried her out of the Returning Rainbow Mountain array.

Then Mia Quinn cast a bloodline-tracing spell on her.

"Whoa! So many bloodlines!" Mia Quinn exclaimed.

"What kinds are there?"

"She has three bloodlines for her children—two sons and one daughter.

Her father's bloodline is still present, but her mother's is gone.

And she has a ton of relatives—all sorts, really."

"Can you tell who she is from all those bloodlines?" Lily Bai asked.

"Give me a bit more time. Let me see who her parents and children are." Mia Quinn closed her eyes, letting her spirit sense follow the bloodline threads.

About half an hour later, her spirit sense returned. Looking exhausted, she said, "I think I know who she is!"

"Who?"

"The Vermilion Clan Chief—Jenna Stormscar."

"Oh my god!" Lily Bai said to Mia Quinn, "Quick, check if Liam Leshan is her son!"

Mia Quinn replied, "I checked. Of her three children's bloodlines, one is at the Vermilion Clan's headquarters, one is Liam Leshan, and the last is blocked by some kind of array—can't trace it. I bet it's Darren Xuan, who's been missing for a century."