The Supreme Soldier King of the Lady CEO

Have to say, Philip’s arrangement is just too perfect, the preparations way too thorough.

Even Jack couldn’t find the slightest fault with it anymore.

"I agree with Philip’s view!"

"Mm, I agree too!"

"If the Divine Country gains another Martial Saint–level powerhouse, we’ll have an endless advantage when facing the Huaxia Ancient Martial Realm. I agree as well!"

"I agree!"

"Agree..."

For a while, the various Dukes all raised their hands to vote, supporting Philip’s decision!

Jack also had no choice but to raise his hand to show his agreement.

"Jack, you’d better behave yourself for a while. Stop doing that bullshit ’obeying in public, defying in private’ act. Ye Huan’s life must be kept. If you dare make another move on Ye Huan and violate the resolution passed by the Round Table Meeting, I guarantee I’ll let you and your Jack family understand what real pain is!"

As they were leaving, Hermes stood up, half his body leaning across the round table, his twisted face thrust right up to Jack’s as he flung out these words in a tone dripping with menace!

With that, Hermes snorted angrily, flung his sleeve hard, and turned to leave!

The other Dukes, although they didn’t issue a final ultimatum and threat to Jack like Hermes did, still cast him extremely dissatisfied looks as they walked out.

Honestly, they also felt they’d been offended.

Jack’s act of ordering the Evil Martial Sacred Land to move against Ye Huan this time was really way out of line!

This was enough to show that Jack simply didn’t take the last Round Table Meeting seriously at all!

Most importantly, it would’ve been one thing if Jack ordering the Evil Martial Sacred Land to act had succeeded—but he actually failed!

This caused the organization they had planted in the Endless Deep Mountains—one the castle had spent countless funds and effort to nurture—to lose over half its people, with devastating casualties!

And the masters of the four great halls of the Evil Martial Sacred Land, along with a whole bunch of senior members of the Six Gates, almost exposed some of the Ancient Martial Clans that had been successfully infiltrated by the Evil Martial Sacred Land, nearly causing a catastrophe!

If the Evil Qilin hadn’t intervened in time, the consequences would’ve been unimaginable!

The grand layout the castle had spent a thousand years arranging could very well have collapsed in an instant!

Those Dukes who’d always had a decent relationship with Jack usually were very clear on matters of principle—what Jack did this time was just too excessive, as if he didn’t take any of the other Dukes into account at all. That was the greatest of all taboos!

With the King not yet revived, the castle side was already at a disadvantage when facing the Huaxia Ancient Martial Realm. If people’s hearts weren’t united, or if someone acted arbitrarily, ignoring the other Dukes’ commands and sabotaging their unity, the castle would fall into an extremely dangerous situation!

This was a mistake none of the Ducal families could tolerate!

So even those Dukes who usually had a good relationship with Jack all snorted coldly as they left, each of them clearly expressing serious dissatisfaction with Jack!

This left Jack extremely irritated. After everyone else had gone, he let out a low roar and slammed his fist onto the crystal round table, his expression turning gritted and ferocious!

"Fuck— I’m doing this for the castle’s good too, what right do you have to treat me like this!"

"Is Philip’s plan really that flawless?!"

"I don’t buy it!"

"I’ve read countless Huaxia web novels, and I deeply understand just how badass a guy like Ye Huan is—someone like a novel’s main character! You really think a figure on that level is so easy to trap, so easy to get played to death by you? I don’t buy it!"

Jack’s face was full of grief and indignation, feeling like he’d suffered heaven’s greatest injustice.

At the same time, he also felt that people like Hermes were basically insects.

Working with insects like that, how the hell were they supposed to pull off the Divine Country’s revival plan!

Fuck!

And on top of that, the castle had a Round Table Meeting like this, massively restricting the freedom of action of each Duke and each family!

"What do I do, what the hell am I supposed to do to remove this enormous threat Ye Huan for the King? How am I supposed to wreck Philip’s plan!" Jack clenched his fists unwillingly, his heart completely wrapped in endless grief and pain!

He felt miserable as hell!

...

"Boss, thank you."

"Those bastards Ye Haoming and the others are dead, and the four Hall Masters of the Evil Martial Sacred Land are dead too."

"I’ve finally avenged my parents."

Late at night, in an inn in Wuya Town.

Ye Bingning curled up in Ye Huan’s broad chest, speaking in a soft, coquettish voice.

"This is what I should’ve done. But your parents’ deaths really were too wrongful."

"Besides, there’s something I still haven’t managed to get out of Ye Haoming’s mouth."

Ye Huan pondered for a moment, then said, "You’ve got a highly pure Phoenix Maiden bloodline of the Hundred Clans in your body. Since your father’s family has always lived within the Six Gates and there was never anyone in your ancestry who married a wife from one of the top hundred Ancient Martial Clans, then the Phoenix Maiden bloodline in you must come from your mother. Your mother definitely came from one of the top hundred Ancient Martial Clans."

"Boss, actually, back when you first said I had a Phoenix Maiden bloodline, I already had the same guess as you. I also thought my mother must be from one of the top hundred Ancient Martial Clans. But when I thought it over carefully, my mother’s name was Xia He, and there is no ’Xia’ surname among the Hundred Clans. That’s what I find really strange." Ye Bingning pursed her lips as she spoke, confusion written all over her face.

"Ye Haoming was your father’s blood brother; he definitely knew something. But he’s dead now, and we can’t get anything out of him anymore."

"However, there are three possibilities for now."

"First, your mother’s marriage to your father was never approved by the family behind her. But she insisted on marrying your father, so she was expelled from the clan and stripped of her surname, forced to change her surname to ’Xia’."

"Second, your mother’s marriage to your father was opposed by the family behind her. She secretly escaped from the clan, hid her identity, and married your father, living with him."

"Third, your mother’s original surname really was Xia, but her father or mother—or someone in her ancestors’ generation—was a member of the Hundred Clans. The bloodline passed down and just happened to resurface in your generation, so you obtained the Phoenix Maiden bloodline."

"All these possibilities exist. It’s just that right now we’re completely in the dark and can’t figure out your origins."

Ye Huan pinched his chin. After carefully thinking it through, he laid out all his guesses and told them to Ye Bingning.

Ye Bingning smiled and said, "There really are a lot of possibilities, but it doesn’t matter. I don’t care which family of the Hundred Clans I actually come from."

"I have no way of knowing what reason my mother had to be with my father either, but that’s all in the past. As long as she can rest in peace in heaven, that’s enough."

"As long as I can stay with you, Boss, I’m happy. I don’t care about anything else."

Ye Bingning gave a sweet smile.

Ye Huan also smiled. Indeed, there was no need to dig too deeply into Ye Bingning’s background.

Just go with the flow.

As long as the Phoenix Maiden bloodline could bring benefits to Ye Bingning, it didn’t really matter which family’s Phoenix Maiden bloodline it was.

"Bing Ning, you sleep first. I’m going to cultivate a bit more." Ye Huan soothed Ye Bingning, then made to get up from the big bed.

Ye Bingning looked at Ye Huan, who had moved to the side of the bed and was posing in a strange stance like a golden rooster standing on one leg, her face full of doubt. "Boss, you’re still cultivating this late? You’ve already been cultivating all afternoon. Didn’t you say most of the extremely yang qi you consumed has already been restored?"

"It’s been replenished, but I still feel like something’s a bit off."