Chapter 573
As soon as Luo Yan walked in, everyone felt like they were granted amnesty and hurriedly left the scene.
“Brother, get out! I don’t want you to see me like this!” Rosa stomped her feet in anger, her eyes misty and sparkling with tears.
Luo Yan’s heart ached. He knew his sister had been through a lot these days.
After all, with all the gossip from the outside world and the weird looks from people around, which girl wouldn’t crack under that?
The worst part was that her big belly symptoms hadn’t disappeared yet; it was a miracle she could keep her cool.
So when Luo Yan heard that Rosa was feeling down, he thought long and hard and figured he had to check on her.
“Little sister, don’t panic. How are you feeling now? Any signs of improvement?”
Luo Yan approached her and gently wiped away the tears at the corner of her eye, asking softly.
Rosa touched her big belly, and after a moment of silence, stated honestly, “I feel like it’s shrunk a tiny bit, but to go back to normal might take about a year!”
“That’s good—that’s still within acceptable limits,” Luo Yan sighed in relief.
A year or so was nothing for cultivators like them; it would pass in the blink of an eye.
But upon hearing this, Rosa immediately became unhappy.
“What do you mean ‘acceptable’? I don’t want to experience this at all! How am I supposed to go out with a belly like this?”
“You know, I initially thought that once I got back to the clan, Father and the clan elders would have a way to deal with it, but they were all clueless, driving me up the wall!”
Rosa truly felt miserable.
At first, although she was a bit panicked and embarrassed after being afflicted, she believed that once back in the clan, with the abilities of the Saint-level experts, they would surely be able to resolve this strange symptom.
However, things turned out the other way around.
Even her father and the elders couldn’t eliminate the bizarre symptom themselves!
It was as if she had to personally endure the experience until it completely disappeared.
This drove Rosa crazy. Just thinking about having to deal with her big belly, resting in this sleeping palace, with her lively personality—she felt like she was living in hell!
In her stubbornness, she even ordered the royal physician to give her medicine, but nothing worked.
Now, Rosa doubted this was a nightmare, but every time she touched her protruding belly, she realized all of it was real…
Luo Yan forced a smile, “Little sister, even if you’re reluctant, there’s nothing we can do. For now, we just have to wait it out slowly. Once you’re back to normal, I’ll definitely take you out for good food!”
Everyone knew that the Crown Prince Luo Yan was cold and ruthless to anyone else, but he would turn gentle, even doting, toward his little sister.
“Ugh, I guess it has to be that way!”
Rosa sat despondently in her chair, cradling her chin in her hands, sighing, “Why is this princess so unlucky, to run into something like this…”
Ever since she came back defeated, she stirred up quite a storm in the Nine Nether Realm. Not just the Nine Nether Ten Races, but every group belonging to Nine Nether had heard this shocking news.
After all, the plan to invade the Immortal Realm was a carefully thought-out decision by the higher-ups, deemed foolproof before proceeding.
And the North Cold Immortal Domain was the most vulnerable link!
After all, based on past intel, this cursed place didn’t even have an Immortal Emperor.
They could easily deploy a coalition of lower-tier cultivators, led by a dozen Immortal Emperor-level leaders, to take this place effortlessly!
Not to mention, this time they had the Asura Clan’s princess on their side—a prodigy skilled in both formations and talismans, with a myriad of ruthless methods.
By all accounts, there was no way anything could go wrong at this stage.
Yet, unexpected humiliation happened!
The entire Three Races United Army was wiped out in the North Cold Immortal Domain, leaving only Rosa to return alive, and she was cursed to bear a big belly from the indigenous evil arts, sparking debates in the Asura Realm.
This operation was a complete failure!
It felt like getting hit on the head!
The higher-ups lost all face!
Since then, Rosa had been living in this palace under immense pressure, feeling miserable and filled with endless regret, lamenting why she ever stepped into this muddy water.
If not for this, she wouldn’t have encountered that despicable human man!
Thinking of this, Rosa gritted her teeth in hatred, her silver teeth grinding together.
Luo Yan thought of something and pondered, “Little sister, I still don’t know about that Immortal Realm indigenous being who made you turn out like this. Could you share your experiences in the North Cold Immortal Domain with me?”
Even when faced with their father’s inquiries, Rosa had never been keen on talking about it, feeling embarrassed, and in a bad mood, she’d always dodged and made excuses.
Now, with Luo Yan asking at this critical moment, Rosa hesitated, biting her lip, before reluctantly nodding.
Luo Yan secretly breathed a sigh of relief; this way he could figure out why his sister had suffered such a terrible defeat.
You see, he had watched Rosa grow up, being fully aware of how formidable she was among the Immortal Emperors.
With proper preparation, activating a top-tier Nine-Grade Dao Formation, combined with various powerful talismans, would be enough to obliterate any Immortal Emperor-level being!
Under such circumstances, how could she lose so utterly?
Even Luo Yan found it hard to believe!
“That human indigenous guy’s name is Ye Tian Emperor,” Rosa said.
“???”
Who would have guessed that the first thing Rosa said would leave Luo Yan utterly stunned!
Holy crap!
The, the Emperor?!
At that moment, Luo Yan’s eyes showed deep shock, and his expression was one of disbelief.
The stronger and more powerful the being, the more they understood the monumental significance of the title “Emperor.”
He was a Saint-level Expert himself, but even he wouldn’t dare call himself an Emperor. Not just him—even their father was very cautious about it!
Who would have thought that a mere indigenous cultivator from the Immortal Realm, who wasn’t even a Saint-level being, would dare to call himself Emperor?
That took guts!
If he hadn’t heard it from his sister, Luo Yan would never have believed it.
How could such a person still be alive now?
That was just bizarre!
Rosa didn’t acknowledge her brother’s shock because she too had that ridiculous expression back then.
She just continued speaking.
From the slaughter of the Immortal Emperor-level leaders to her single-handedly coming to break the formation with a snap of her fingers, and finally surviving under the Immortal Destroying Symbol unscathed—every event made Luo Yan, the audience, jumpy.
Let’s not even mention slaying those lower-tier Immortal Emperor-level experts; just breaking the formation with a snap meant this person’s formation skills must reach the level of a formation sage to dismantle the World-Extinguishing Calamity Fire Formation so effortlessly.
And facing the Immortal Destroying Symbol without a scratch? That was something even top-tier experts among the Immortal Emperors would struggle to achieve!
Luo Yan knew very well that even if he was at the sixth level of the Immortal Emperor, he could survive an Immortal Destroying Symbol, but he would definitely be injured; there was no way he could be as effortless as that person!
Even if he were at the ninth level of the Immortal Emperor, he could only minimize the damage, but that level of resilience was simply impossible!
After hearing the victim’s recounting, even the usually high-and-mighty Luo Yan felt sorry for his sister, a sympathetic look washing over his face as he reached out to pat the little girl’s head, sighing,
“Little sister, you truly didn’t lose unjustly this time…”
