Chapter 316 315: What Exactly is Their Identity?

"Shameless bastard!"

On the third floor of the Northern Wilderness Sword Mansion, in the Void Inheritance Land above the Nine-Layered Inheritance Tower, Nangong Tianling roared at Yang Xiao. Her face flushed with shame, she struck out at him with her palm.

Even though she had succumbed to a Demon Thought, being in such close contact with a strange man—even if he was her lady's child—left Nangong Tianling utterly mortified and indignant.

Especially after the Demon Thought had taken root, all her senses had become more extreme, more acute.

So, although Yang Xiao had only held her in a simple embrace, intending merely to restrain her, in her consciousness it transformed into him having indecent designs on her.

Instantly, she branded Yang Xiao in her mind as a lewd and shameless lecher.

This only made Nangong Tianling, who already wanted to kill him, even more desperate to do so.

She raised her hand and struck.

She lunged at Yang Xiao with vicious killing intent.

However, since Yang Xiao had made his move, how could he have been completely unprepared?

'What I feared most was that you would resist the moment I grabbed you and blast me to death. If that had happened, it would have been a real tragedy for me. But thankfully, you didn't.'

In contrast to Nangong Tianling's fury, Yang Xiao breathed a sigh of relief.

The most dangerous part of his plan was the exact moment he grabbed Nangong Tianling.

At that moment, Yang Xiao had absolutely no power to resist.

With his current, puny body, he couldn't possibly withstand even a casual blow from Nangong Tianling. The only reason Yang Xiao dared to act was his hope that she would be stunned for just a moment.

Just a moment.

That's all he needed.

But he never expected the result to be so surprisingly good.

After he grabbed her, Nangong Tianling wasn't just stunned; she was completely frozen.

She didn't resist at all.

And he was able to bring her here.

Though she had finally reacted just now, Yang Xiao had already let her go the moment they entered this space.

Therefore, it would be much harder for her palm strike to hit him now.

As the Palm Seal flew toward him, Yang Xiao simply let out a sharp cry, "Time Lock Chain!"

Instantly, countless transparent chains shot out from the void, completely dismantling Nangong Tianling's attack and binding her tightly.

One of the thickest chains wrapped directly around her waist, hoisting her high into the air.

This left Nangong Tianling completely immobilized.

No matter how fiercely her Demon Thought burned, no matter how strong her Divine Power, it was all useless now.

Seeing this, even Yang Xiao himself couldn't help but feel incredibly satisfied.

He said, rather pleased with himself, "So what if you're a True God? Inside this space, I am the master! Forget about you, who've just barely entered the True God Realm—even a weak Divine King couldn't touch me in here!"

For the first time, Yang Xiao felt that this Northern Wilderness Divine King fellow was actually quite reliable.

He had placed numerous restrictions on him.

He couldn't take any inheritances below the Divine King level.

He had to use vast resources to cultivate the geniuses of the Celestial Cloud Region.

He even had to protect the region from invasion by the Immortal Dao.

It had truly made things difficult for him.

But this time...

The performance of this mysterious inheritance space during his clash with Nangong Tianling had given him a huge, pleasant surprise.

The resentment in Yang Xiao's heart vanished.

But while he was feeling smug and free of resentment, Nangong Tianling, possessed by the Demon Thought and growing more agitated by the second, was absolutely seething.

"Damn you! How dare you treat me like this! How could the young miss have a son like you!"

"That's right, I understand now! You're his child—the child of that heartless man! It has to be his filthy bloodline that made you so shameless!"

Even under the influence of the Demon Thought, Nangong Tianling still revered her young miss as a goddess, treating her as her own faith.

Therefore, in her eyes, all of Yang Xiao's vile traits were because of that heartless man, not her young miss.

'A heartless man? My father?'

However, her words plunged Yang Xiao into suspicion.

In fact, ever since he'd sensed that his mother in this life was likely an extraordinary figure, he had harbored some doubts.

The appearance of Nangong Tianling, in particular, had deepened the suspicions in Yang Xiao's heart.

This True God Level woman before him repeatedly called his mother 'young miss'.

In that case, she must be some sort of attendant to his mother in this life.

For an attendant to possess True God Level strength, even if she had just broken through, was absolutely extraordinary.

'After all, in my second life, even as the Flame Emperor's son, I only had True God Level guards. As for servants… How could a True God be willing to become a mere servant? Only Demigods who had exhausted their potential would debase themselves to become slaves for others.'

'Of course, this isn't to say that servants in the True God Realm don't exist.'

'They do.'

'Quite a few, in fact.'

'But these individuals were usually people with extraordinary aptitude but ordinary backgrounds who were raised from childhood to be their master's servants.'

'They would grow up together.'

'Among them, anyone who could mature into a True God would possess absolutely extraordinary aptitude, at least on par with an Ultimate-grade Treasure Body.'

'And for someone to have a genius with an Ultimate-grade Treasure Body as their servant…'

'...then my own mother…'

'...must have an extremely high status.' Connecting this with the Starburst Skill, a Cultivation Technique that was possibly a Great Emperor's Direct Inheritance, a guess began to form in Yang Xiao's mind.

'My mother is probably from the Direct Lineage of a Great Emperor.'

'But that raised a question.'

'Why would such a noble woman fall for a man as hopelessly ordinary as Yang Zhentian?'

'And then there was myself.'

'My body in this life clearly had its Origin Essence Qi withered, as if my Origin had been stolen.'

'If my mother was truly so noble, how could she allow someone to do this to her own child?'

'There were too many suspicious points.'

And Nangong Tianling's unintentional mention of a "heartless man" sparked endless speculation in Yang Xiao's mind.

'Could it be... that my father is not my biological father?'

The moment this thought arose, Yang Xiao felt that everything suddenly seemed to make sense.

At the same time, he grew even more curious.

'What is the truth behind my birth in this life?'

'A mother from a Great Emperor's Direct Lineage.'

'The man Nangong Tianling called heartless, who is suspected to be my real father.'

'Who were they, really?'