Chapter 421: Chapter 360: Lost City

Sang Luo closed her eyes, her emotions slowly stabilizing. “Take me back. I want to go see the children.”

Quan Jin knew the two Little Angels were staying at the Phoenix Palace, so she took her there.

After Fei Yuan learned what had happened, he didn’t know what to say either.

He had found out about the situation in the Holy Palace a few days ago but hadn’t dared to tell her.

Seeing their worried expressions, Sang Luo forced a smile. “Don’t worry about me. I’m fine. Since Minos has already prepared an escape route, there’s nothing else I can do to help.”

Fei Yuan pressed his lips together and said, “Everyone has their own fate. This was his own choice. Luo’er, you… you don’t have to trap yourself in this. He possesses the Time Talent, so he understood his own destiny better than anyone. A fate that even he couldn’t change is one that no one else has the power to reverse.”

Quan Jin was more rational and detached. “Minos sent the children to you to tell you not to waste any more effort. Focus your energy on the children. Now that he’s gone, the Holy Domain is bound to change. We must quickly groom one of these two children to become a Crown Prince who can shoulder the responsibility. I’ll help in any way I can.”

“Yes, I know. Thank you both for your concern.” Sang Luo managed a faint smile. “I’m going to see the children.”

Fei Yuan gently stroked her hair. “Go on.”

Once Sang Luo had gone to the side hall, the two exchanged a look and sighed.

The connection between a parent and their offspring isn’t nearly as close or detailed as a Soul Mark. As long as their father wasn’t dead, the two Little Angels wouldn’t be able to sense much.

The two little ones were still on the bed, playing with their toys.

Sang Luo stood at the door, sighing inwardly as she watched the two young children. ’How could I bear to let them take on the heavy responsibility of a Crown Prince?’

“Mommy, why are your eyes red?” Little Apple noticed Sang Luo’s pale face and her red, slightly swollen eyes, which looked as if she had been crying. The corners of his own eyes immediately drooped, and he looked like he was about to cry too.

Sang Luo quickly composed herself and walked over with a smile, pinching his chubby little cheek. “Mommy’s fine. A little bug just flew into my eye.”

Little Rose tilted her head to look at her, blinked, and held out her small, fair, chubby arms. “Mommy, hold me~”

Sang Luo picked her up and kissed her cheek, her mood improving considerably. “Are you having fun here with Uncle Phoenix?”

Little Rose nodded. “Yes! Uncle Phoenix is really nice to us. He made us lots of yummy food and fun things, and two Little Phoenix big siblings are playing with us.” She lowered her head, looking a little down. “I just wish Daddy was here too.”

Little Apple also said, “Mommy, I miss Daddy. When is Daddy coming to take us home?”

A shadow passed over Sang Luo’s eyes. She looked at her two children and asked, “Can you sense where Daddy is right now?”

Her Soul Mark with Minos had been erased, but the bond between the children and him, as their father, was deeply ingrained from birth—a connection that couldn’t be erased by any other means and would last until death.

Little Apple closed his eyes and concentrated. When he opened them again, he touched his head in surprise. “I can feel Daddy, but he’s so far away… He’s not in the Holy Palace…”

…

“Luo’er, what would you and the children like to eat? I’ll have the kitchen prepare it.”

Fei Yuan walked in with a freshly brewed cup of hot tea, only to find the hall empty. She was gone, and so were the children.

He placed the cup on the table and sighed. “I knew she would leave.”

’It’s not the first time she’s done something like this.’

’She even took the children with her this time.’

Quan Jin followed him in. “She went to the Demon Realm.”

“That’s your territory. Watch over her and the children. Don’t let anything happen to them.”

“Mm.”

…

「Void Demon Realm, First Realm.」

This was Sang Luo’s first time in this place.

Years ago, she had lived in the Demon Palace for a few months but had only dared to wander around the Second Realm, never venturing into the territory of the One City Domain. The Demonic Qi here was truly dense and oppressive, almost suffocating her.

The two Little Angels were even more repulsed by the Demonic Qi. A sharp, golden radiance emanated from their bodies, dispelling all the Demonic Qi in their path and clearing a bright passage.

Sang Luo moved the two Little Angels into her personal space and found a secluded pool.

Just like the deep pool she had found in the backyard of the Demon Lord Mansion back then, the water inside was black. But this pool was so vast and boundless it couldn’t be called a pool anymore; it was a deep, abyssal lake.

’This lake must be the source,’ she guessed.

Sang Luo drew closer. Her spiritual power couldn’t probe downward, making it impossible to see how deep the lake was. A faint, dark aura from beneath the water seemed to connect to another world.

Little Apple had said that the last trace of Minos’s presence was here.

Little Rose guessed, ’Mommy, do you think there’s a Gate at the bottom of this lake?’

Sang Luo nodded. ’I was thinking the same thing. Otherwise, there’s no way to explain how your father disappeared here.’

’But why would Daddy come to such a weird place? I hate the air here. It smells so bad, boo-hoo… It makes my whole body feel yucky. Little Rose wants to take a bath and scrub all this smelly stuff off… Mommy, when are we leaving?’

’We’ll leave as soon as we find your father.’

Hearing her child’s words, Sang Luo’s heart ached. Angels loathed Demonic Qi; even the slightest touch would make them feel filthy and disgusted… ’Minos must have been in so much pain all this time.’ Yet he had hidden it so well that she hadn’t noticed a single clue.

Sang Luo enveloped herself in a soft ball of Angel Divine Light and entered the pool.

The deeper she went, the stronger the resistance became.

The radiance dimmed.

Even her Angel Divine Power was barely holding on…

She never reached the bottom of the pool. Midway down, she was pulled into a vortex and sucked into another place.

THUD!

She landed hard on a wide street.

Her butt hurt so much she grimaced as she climbed up from the ground. She dusted herself off and cast a Healing Technique.

The street before her was empty, and the Demonic Qi was extremely dense, somewhere between the levels of the Second Realm and the First Realm.

There was no sun or moon in the sky.

The seal on the sun and moon in the Void Demon Realm had been broken long ago, but not here…

’Where is this? Am I still in the Void Demon Realm?’

The shop doors along the street were tightly shut, and there were few pedestrians. Half a day passed, and Sang Luo only saw three or four passersby, all of them dressed in heavy black cloaks and robes, their faces hidden behind strange, varied masks, their identities a complete mystery.

It was impossible to tell day from night.

A heavy bell tolled, its sound echoing in all directions.

Rows of dim red lanterns lit up along the desolate, dilapidated street, creating an indescribably eerie atmosphere. Shops opened their doors in unison, and some vendors set up stalls along the roadside.

More and more pedestrians appeared on the street, though it was unclear where they had come from.

The air filled with the fiery cries of vendors, shouts, and the buzz of conversation.

It was bustling and prosperous, like two different worlds.

A plump, beautiful female dressed in silk and satin strolled by, fanning herself with a decorative fan. When she caught sight of Sang Luo, her narrow eyes lit up, and she hurried over with a wide grin. “My, oh my! What a fresh and lovely young lady! I’ve lived for hundreds of years, and this is the first time I’ve ever seen such a beautiful darling!”

Sang Luo turned to look at her. “And you are?”

“I’m Lady Pig of the Tongbei Inn.” The plump woman’s shrewd eyes scanned her up and down, her fan hiding the corner of her lips. “Judging by your clothes and bearing, you don’t seem to be from our Lost City. You must be a newcomer, yes?”

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