Once upon a time, this memory was Empress Li’s most unwilling scar to touch.

Shortly after Empress Li and Ye Chengtian were married, at that time, Ye Chengtian was not yet the Crown Prince of Great Zhou, just a frustrated and powerless Prince.

One day, Ye Chengtian, under the pretext of taking her on an outing, brought her to face Hei Yao.

What happened next was as Ye Beiming already knew; Empress Li suffered through the most humiliating nights and days of her life.

"Then why? Are you saying what Nanny Qing said was false?" Ye Beiming wondered.

Nanny Qing was the old palace maid who had taken care of Ye Beiming’s daily life since he was a child, and also Empress Li’s maid-in-waiting.

Everything Ye Beiming knew about Emperor Ye, Hei Yao, and Empress Li from those days was told to him by Nanny Qing.

"She didn’t lie, it’s just that I was too scared back then and didn’t tell her the whole truth. Hei Yao took me to the Kirin King Tomb and humiliated me in every way, and he wanted to take me back to the Bahuang Continent. I would rather die than go with a man I didn’t love, so I swore to resist with my life. That day, when his subordinates came looking for him, I tried to escape but ended up getting lost unknowingly," Empress Li narrated slowly.

Empress Li didn’t know that Hei Yao had set up a Magic Array outside the Kirin King Tomb to prevent her from escaping, leaving her unable to find a way out no matter how she tried.

When Empress Li was in utter despair and about to commit suicide, a voice came to her ears.

"Woman, if you are not afraid to die, how about making a deal with me?"

The voice came from an unknown source, and luckily Empress Li was bold enough not to faint from fright at that moment.

"Who... Who are you?" Empress Li asked, terrified.

"Who I am is not important. What you need to know is that I can help you. I can save you, and I know you are utterly resentful of those two men. I have a way to help you get revenge on them," the voice said with a kind of magical power, making Empress Li involuntarily listen closely.

Even though Empress Li knew that this voice could break through Hei Yao’s power to infiltrate the Kirin King Tomb, indicating he was not a normal person either.

"How can you help me?" At that moment, Empress Li had only one thought, which was revenge. She wanted revenge on Hei Yao and Ye Chengtian!

"That depends on you. What kind of end do you want them to meet?" The voice was proud and arrogant, as if, in its eyes, there was nothing in the world it couldn’t accomplish.

Empress Li Qingcheng was doubtful.

If this terrifying voice promised to deal with the then yet-to-mature Ye Chengtian, she could somewhat believe it.

But if this shadow claimed to deal with Hei Yao too, Li Qingcheng found it hard to believe.

With Hei Yao’s power and the backing of the Bahuang Tribe, few could match him on the continent at that time.

This person, all alone, was so confident.

Yet somehow, Li Qingcheng chose to believe that person’s words.

Because at that time, she had already fallen into despair, unable to find help anywhere else. Only this mysterious voice could help her.

Thinking of this, Li Qingcheng’s heart began to harden little by little.

Before these events, Li Qingcheng was still a young woman with dreams of love, but after such a humiliating experience, her heart had turned cold.

She longed to kill those two men with her own hands.

The mysterious voice seemed to know everything about Li Qingcheng.

"I want Ye Chengtian to die a horrible death!" Li Qingcheng’s face was filled with nothing but hatred.

"And what about the Clan Leader of the Hei Qilin Tribe?" The voice lingered around Li Qingcheng’s ears like a poisonous snake.

"I want Hei Yao to wish for death!" Li Qingcheng sobbed uncontrollably, filled with hatred.

"I can fulfill both your desires for you, but before I help you fulfill them, you must agree to one condition. I need to borrow your womb for a while."

"What do you mean by that?" Empress Li’s voice carried a hint of fear.

"It’s simple. I need to borrow your body to become human. After I become a human, I will avenge you. Both Hei Yao and Ye Chengtian will be dealt with as you wish," the deep, cold voice spoke, giving Li Qingcheng a sudden urge to run away.

However, the hatred toward Hei Yao and Ye Chengtian in her heart always prevailed.

"Just this one condition? Then why did you choose me?" Li Qingcheng instinctively glanced at her flat abdomen.

If it were just borrowing a womb, this mysterious voice could have found many suitable candidates.

"Not everyone can withstand the capacity of my soul. You’re a woman of strong will, and your status fits my requirements. I’ll be honest with you, over the ten months of gestation, I’ll gradually absorb nutrients from your body, weakening you day by day. After you give birth to me, you’ll only have at most six years to live," the cold voice, like a chilling wind from Hell, made Empress Li shudder involuntarily.

Living only six years, but she would be avenged?

Death, to Li Qingcheng at that time, meant little, as hatred had surpassed everything else.

Her body already defiled, and if she could use it to create someone who inspired fear in all Great Zhou and the Hei Qilin Clan...

"Fine, I agree," Li Qingcheng’s voice fell.

Before she could react, she saw a light flash toward her.

She only felt a stab of intense pain in her abdomen, and then she lost consciousness.

"When I woke up, the voice was gone. At that time, I thought it was just a dream, and soon forgot about it. Later, when Hei Yao forced me back to the Bahuang Continent, I threatened suicide, and with no other choice, Hei Yao sent me back to Great Zhou. It was about two months later when I found out I was pregnant."

Upon learning of Li Qingcheng’s pregnancy, Ye Chengtian was both angry and resentful, always thinking the child was Hei Yao’s.

But Li Qingcheng knew very well that the child couldn’t be Hei Yao’s because she had secretly taken an elixir to prevent pregnancy at that time.

The pregnancy of the baby in her womb coincided exactly with the night she heard that strange voice.

Recalling what the voice said about avenging her against Ye Chengtian and Hei Yao, Li Qingcheng was both terrified and astonished.

It wasn’t until Ye Beiming was born that Li Qingcheng finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He was a very adorable child, but the only regret was that, for reasons unknown, Ye Beiming was born blind.

"So, I am the voice you encountered in the Kirin King Tomb? I’m merely something of unknown origin, born after borrowing your womb?" Ye Beiming’s heart sank deeper as he listened.

Does he even know who he is?

If what Empress Li said was true, then all he had done all these years was for what purpose?