"Experienced?"

Hearing that word, Lunara's brows curved slightly, her expression turning ugly. For a moment, she seemed to struggle with herself. Then she took a long breath, as if tearing open a scar that had been sealed for countless years.

"In that case," she said slowly, "I will tell you everything. But what you hear tonight must stay in your stomach. You are not allowed to tell anyone."

When Ethan heard this, his gaze sharpened faintly.

"Don't worry," he replied calmly. "What happens between you and me will not be known to a third person."

He paused, then added, "And don't conceal any details. If you do, it will affect my judgment of the blood contract in your body."

"Good."

Lunara nodded. Her breathing gradually steadied, but her eyes grew distant, filled with an indescribable sadness.

"When I first became aware of the world," she said softly, "I was still inside an egg."

"My consciousness was blank. I had no memories, no thoughts. Only one sentence echoed again and again in my mind."

Her voice lowered.

"Stay alive."

"I don't know how much time passed. My perception grew stronger, my strength slowly accumulated, and I began to show signs of breaking out of the shell. But at that moment… someone appeared."

Ethan's eyes narrowed slightly. "From the Palace of the Four Cycles?"

"Yes," Lunara replied without hesitation.

"That person was the current Chief Palace Master of the Palace of the Four Cycles. The clan leader of the Golden Phoenix clan. And… my so-called master."

"He discovered me before I could break my shell and brought me back to the Golden Phoenix clan. Using secret methods, he learned my true origin."

She clenched her fingers.

"I am the Black Phoenix. One of the Eight Strange and Ferocious Beasts."

"In order to control me," Lunara continued, her voice growing colder, "Valerius, the head of the Golden Phoenix Clan, used a secret art to suppress my bloodline power. Then he used the Blood Contract Technique to bind my soul."

Ethan's expression remained calm, but a trace of killing intent flickered deep within his eyes.

"Because my cultivation path is different from ordinary demon clans," Lunara said bitterly.

"In addition to normal cultivation, my race grows stronger by fighting and devouring the demon essence and blood of other demon beasts."

"So after Valerius trained me into a Demon Lord, he would periodically extract and devour my demon essence and blood."

"This," she said, laughing hollowly, "is why my cultivation progressed so slowly."

Her voice grew sharper.

"Valerius also obtained an ancient furnace method from somewhere. He restricted my freedom completely. I am not allowed to leave a hundred-mile radius of Blue-Wave City without his permission. I am not allowed to find a Dao companion."

"If I disobey even slightly, he activates the blood contract, burns my soul, and tortures me until I wish for death."

Her hands trembled.

"He forced me to maintain a perfect body, forbidding any essence from leaking. He wants to wait until my cultivation reaches perfection, then use that ancient furnace method and refine me as furnace nourishment to open his imperial path."

Ethan's fingers slowly curled.

"When he steps into the Emperor Realm," Lunara continued, her eyes turning red, "he wants to take me as his woman and force me to bear heirs with imperial blood."

Her words became a snarl.

"To delay that day, I deliberately slowed my cultivation. Even now, I have not stepped into the Ultimate Demon Lord realm."

"But that old dog is getting impatient," she hissed.

"He ordered me to break through during this Training Trial. If I fail, he will torture me with every method imaginable until I beg for death."

She laughed bitterly.

"On the surface, I am the Saintess of the Palace of the Four Cycles. In reality… I am worse than a dog."

"I am Valerius's slave."

Her emotions finally exploded.

Countless nights, she said, she had thought of abandoning cultivation altogether and dying just to prevent Valerius from walking the imperial path. But every time she imagined his face, she forced herself to endure.

"I want to live," Lunara roared, demonic energy surging violently around her.

"I want to become stronger. I want to escape his grasp and tear him into pieces!"

"And not just him," she continued, her voice filled with hatred.

"The entire Golden Phoenix clan. The entire Palace of the Four Cycles. All of them must die!"

As her voice fell, her demonic energy suddenly changed.

Cold.

Twisted.

Filled with resentment.

Ethan's expression changed instantly.

"Inner demon!"

Without hesitation, he raised his hand.

"Seal!"

Gray-blue flames surged forth, condensing into chains that bound Lunara's limbs and neck. The space around them was sealed completely, preventing any disturbance from leaking out.

Lunara suddenly threw back her head and roared.

Ethan appeared before her in an instant, pressing two fingers between her brows.

The thirteen-layered golden soul tower manifested, a white lightning thunder dragon coiling around it. Majestic yet gentle soul power poured out like a tide.

"Great Mercy Requiem."

Ethan silently recited the incantation.

Golden light flooded the room, transforming into streams of radiant characters that flowed through the air like sacred scripture.

Lunara was bathed in that light.

The blood-red in her eyes slowly faded. A gentle voice echoed within her consciousness, like a mother humming softly to lull a child to sleep.

Warmth.

Peace.

The raging hatred and fury receded little by little.

After several breaths, Ethan withdrew his hand. The flame chains dissipated, and the room returned to silence.

Lunara shuddered, as if waking from a nightmare, then spat out a mouthful of blood.

"What… happened to me?" she asked hoarsely, wiping the blood from her lips.

"Your resentment toward Valerius gave birth to inner demons," Ethan replied calmly.

"Just now, they nearly devoured your consciousness."

"If inner demons erupt at my realm," Lunara said in shock, "even an Ultimate Supreme would struggle to suppress them. How did you do it?"

"You don't need to know," Ethan replied lightly.

"Just remember this—what I used to suppress your inner demons today can also be used to break the blood contract."

"Break… the blood contract…"

Lunara closed her eyes and looked inward.

Within her Sea of Consciousness, her soul floated like a transparent phantom. But now, it was wrapped in countless bloody lines.

The dense lines were intertwined, forming patterns like ancient writings.

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