"The Heavenly River in which our Ancestral Martial Starfield resides is called the Sacred Light Heavenly River."
"In truth, this Heavenly River was originally called the Ancestral Martial Heavenly River. The reason it was renamed the Sacred Light Heavenly River is because the Sacred Light Clan now rules over it."
"As the ruler of a Heavenly River, the Sacred Light Clan possesses both the right and the strength to rename it."
Chu Feng committed the name "Sacred Light Clan" to memory.
After all, this was the ruling power of an entire Heavenly River.
And in the vast expanse of the starry sky, there were only nine Heavenly Rivers in total. One could well imagine how terrifying a power the Sacred Light Clan must be to serve as the ruler of one of them.
"I told you before that the place where your mother resides is not the Ancestral Martial Starfield, but another starfield. You surely remember that."
"But in truth, the distance between you and your mother is far greater than the distance between starfields. It is the distance between entire Heavenly Rivers."
"The Heavenly River we reside in is called the Sacred Light Heavenly River."
"The Heavenly River where your mother resides is called the Seven Realms Heavenly River."
"Furthermore, the power your mother belongs to is called the Seven Realms Sacred Temple."
"The Seven Realms Sacred Temple?" Upon hearing this, Chu Feng's gaze shifted, and immediately the Queen's voice rang out as well.
"Chu Feng, the Sacred Light Clan rules over the Sacred Light Heavenly River, and your mother's power is called the Seven Realms Sacred Temple. Does that mean your mother's power is the ruler of the Seven Realms Heavenly River?" the Queen asked.
"That's very likely," Chu Feng said.
And as Chu Feng and the Queen exchanged their speculations, the voice from the formation left by Chu Feng's father continued to echo.
"Feng'er, I trust that by now, you already have your suspicions."
"As you've guessed, the power your mother belongs to is extraordinarily powerful—so powerful that it has already come to rule over that Heavenly River."
"But among Heavenly Rivers, there are differences in strength. The Seven Realms Heavenly River where your mother resides is stronger than our Sacred Light Heavenly River."
"In short, the Seven Realms Sacred Temple where your mother dwells is more powerful than the strongest power in our Sacred Light Heavenly River—the Sacred Light Clan."
"I imagine by now you are very curious about what kind of power your mother's organization truly is, to have grown so formidable."
"The truth is, it has everything to do with the noble formation talent that flows through your veins."
"The Seven Realms Sacred Temple gathers the most powerful Spirit World Masters across the entire vast Martial Cultivation World. Virtually every powerful Spirit World Master congregates there. It is a holy land for Spirit World Masters—which is precisely why it bears the name Seven Realms Sacred Temple."
"The Seven Realms Sacred Temple was established after the ancient era and has endured for tens of thousands of years. By now it has become something akin to a race, rather than a mere organization."
"To preserve the purest and most outstanding Spirit World Master bloodline, the Seven Realms Sacred Temple enforces a single rule."
"That rule is as follows: members of the Seven Realms Sacred Temple may only marry others from within the Seven Realms Sacred Temple. The bloodline must not be passed outside. Should it be passed outside, it constitutes a grave crime."
"And I was not a member of the Seven Realms Sacred Temple. Thus, by being with your mother and giving birth to you, your mother committed a grave crime."
"As for you and me—we were sentenced to death."
"Sentenced to death?"
At those words, Chu Feng's expression changed dramatically, his emotions growing agitated as rage churned within him.
He finally understood why his father had reacted the way he had back then.
And Chu Feng seemed to understand at last why his father and his mother had not been able to stay together.