No one could truly understand Xia Qin's pain. She had suffered no less than Xia Shang himself.

Xia Qin had been born into one of the Xia family’s branch families and had also demonstrated incredible talent from a young age. She had quickly caught the attention of Shenwu's Sky. However, due to everything that had happened with Progenitor Chen, the Xia family was extremely wary of talented individuals from branch families. For this reason, Xia Qin had been constantly suppressed. This had continued until the day Progenitor Chen personally appeared and exposed her full potential. He had then accepted her as his own disciple and showcased her talent to everyone.

From that point forward, the Xia family’s direct line was no longer able to suppress her without decisively killing her. This was the choice that Progenitor Chen had forced upon the Xia family: either kill Xia Qing or allow her to grow up and become the next Progenitor Chen.

The Xia family had not had the courage to kill Xia Qin, as she had been regarded as Progenitor Chen's disciple, and they had feared his retaliation. However, if they did not kill Xia Qin, then another talented descendant of a branch family would rise to power, which terrified the Xia family’s direct line.

Ultimately, Shenwu's Sky had invested all its resources into nurturing the woman and had then given her the choice of either them or Progenitor Chen. She had chosen Shenwu's...