Huang Li remained quiet for a few moments, clearly trying to remember the events of that day, as he then took a deep breath and finally continued to speak. However, his anger was still palpable even to him.
"Your mother was, of course, distraught when your father left, but it seems he had somehow convinced your mother to stay strong for you, and so that is exactly what she did. However, tragedy always loves company."
Huang Shi, who had been quietly listening to this story all this time, suddenly clenched his fist under the table, his fingernails almost drawing blood.
"I don't know how they did it, but somehow the True Dragon Ancestral Sect had found out about your impending birth and claimed that a 'child of disaster' would be born in the Azure Dragon Sect. However, since they didn't know which woman it was that this so-called child of disaster would be coming from, they did something unthinkable!"
Huang Li was finally unable to calm his emotions; his eyes seemed to spit fire as he slammed his fist on the table.
"Those bastards! That day, they went from house to house, checking every woman who was on the verge of pregnancy and, regardless if they were the so-called mother of the child of disaster, killed each and every one of them! They even convinced Huang Dao to agree to their request and had the disciplinary hall do their bidding for them to speed up the process. And so, I had to try my best and hide your mother to the best of my ability!"
When Huang Shi heard this, his expression suddenly turned pale as he felt dizzy from anger.
What? How could they do something like that? Even if I was this so-called child of disaster, isn't this too cruel?
Or is this how the world of cultivation really works?
When you give mortals the power of gods, they will act devils!
Huang Shi was barely able to contain his rage as he struggled to breathe. He then looked towards his grandfather and spoke with gritted teeth.
"What happened next? What happened to my mother?"
It was at this point that all of the anger suddenly disappeared from his grandfather's face as his expression turned incredibly bleak, and sadness clouded his features.
"Your mother—to ensure your survival—forcefully delayed your birth. She used a secret technique to make it seem like she wasn't pregnant and used all of her remaining life force to revert your state from an unborn infant back into a fetus. This allowed her to escape the prosecution of the True Dragon Ancestral Sect, but it led to her lifespan being reduced to only a year at most!"
When Huang Shi heard these words, he almost passed out. In fact, in all of his two lives thus far, he had never been this angry and sad; his emotions had never been in this much turmoil.
FUCK! IS THIS THE WORLD OF CULTIVATION?! THE STRONG EAT THE WEAK!!
Huang Li, on the other hand, continued to speak, his voice becoming more and more sullen as tears fell from his eyes.
"Your mother, however, was a smart woman. She knew that even with all of the risks she took, it still wasn't enough to ensure your survival. And so, she had the idea to seduce Huang Dao and convince him to take her as his concubine—to make it seem like the child she had with your father was his child instead!"
The moment Huang Shi heard this, his expression paled as blood dripped from his clenched fists. In fact, he was gritting his teeth so hard that blood had also started to drip from his mouth.
"Wh-what happened next?"
Seeing the expression on his grandson's face, Huang Li knew that he was in pain; however, he still chose to continue telling this story.
"I don't know how your mother did it, but her plans worked. She had successfully seduced Huang Dao and made him take her as his concubine. Your mother even convinced her sister, your stepmother, to join her as well to make sure that when she died, you would still grow up to have a mother. What happened next is simple enough to figure out: your mother gave birth to you with Huang Dao thinking that you were his own son. However, just a few months after you were born, your mother died while still holding you in her arms."
Huang Shi finally couldn't hold his emotions back anymore as he screamed in agony.
"AHHHHHHHHH, FUCK!!"
BOOM!
A powerful golden flame suddenly erupted from his body, threatening to burn the entire room. In fact, the flames he released this time were so powerful that they had long surpassed the limits of the Elementary Profound Realm and had reached the Nascent Profound Realm.
True Dragon Ancestral Sect!! Azure Dragon Sect!! Good, Good, Good.
You dare do this to my mother?! YOU DARE FORCE HER TO DIE!!
I SWEAR ON MY NAME!
I WILL PURGE THIS AZURE DRAGON SECT OF ITS FILTH AND I WILL BURN THE TRUE DRAGON ANCESTRAL SECT TO THE GROUND!!
IF I DO NOT DO THIS!! I WILL NO LONGER BE CALLED HUANG SHI!
Seeing his beloved grandson lose control of his emotions like this made Huang Li tremble. His eyes turned sad before tears fell from them.
"I'm sorry, Shi'er... your grandpa was too weak. I couldn't do anything for your mother. All I could do was to make sure that her plan was successful and that her sacrifice wasn't in vain. I'm sorry."
Seeing the expression of agony on his grandfather's face, Huang Shi quickly shook his head as he tried his best to calm his emotions and spoke softly.
"Don't worry, grandfather. I won't blame you. In fact, I would never blame you. If it wasn't for you being by my mother's side, she would never have been able to survive after my father left, and me and my stepmother would never have been able to live as free as we do now. I will always be eternally grateful to you!"