Among the Merfolk, the Golden Mermen are revered above all. The female who bears a Golden Merman grants her consort the throne and secures her own place as Queen. In my past life, as a lowly red carp, I married into the Merfolk royalty and, against all odds, gave birth to a Golden Merman. Yet, after my husband ascended to the throne, he ripped out my very core essence. My own son then fed my true form to the piranhas. All because my sister awakened her dormant bloodline, transforming into a noble White Serpent Dragon. My husband looked down on me with disdain. “If I didn’t possess the Golden Merman’s bloodline, how could you possibly have given birth to such a talented Golden Merman? You have no right to be the Merfolk Queen!” My son, even more contemptuous, spat, “I refuse to acknowledge you as my mother! I utterly despise you. Lyra is incredibly gentle and has even ascended to a White Serpent Dragon. If she were my mother, she would never force me to do things I don’t want to!” When I opened my eyes again, I was back on the day of the Merfolk royal selection. Kaelen, my husband from the previous life, eagerly chose my sister as his consort. My son, Caspian, was also reborn as Lyra’s child, just as he wished. But this time, Caspian was reborn as a black carp.
When I was reborn, Kaelen had already taken Lyra’s hand, declaring his intention to make her his consort. Everyone watched, utterly stunned, but I merely let out a sigh of relief. I looked up to see Lyra gazing at Kaelen with an incredulous, lovestruck expression. Kaelen, however, only gave me a smug, triumphant look. That’s when I realized: he had been reborn too. The Carp Clan was the weakest in the entire East Sea. So, even though I was the legitimate princess of the Carp Clan, Lyra and I were always looked down upon by the Merfolk simply because we were carps. King Theron had ten sons. The year Lyra and I entered the palace for the royal selection, five of the princes were choosing their consorts. Lyra and I were sent to the Merfolk royal palace. Aside from us, all the other women belonged to higher-ranking clans. After the princes made their choices, only Lyra and I remained. Just as I was thinking I could finally go home, the Tenth Prince, Kaelen, chose me. Kaelen’s true form was a common black carp, the Merman King’s illegitimate son. His status among the princes was far from high. After he chose me, we were quickly married. Five months into our marriage, the Tenth Prince actually transformed into a merman. Later, I became pregnant and gave birth to a Golden Merman, named Caspian. A carp transforms into a merman after five centuries, and a merman must endure another millennium to ascend to a Golden Merman. However, not every carp can become a merman, and not every merman can transform into a Golden Merman. On Caspian’s hundredth birthday, Kaelen himself also transformed into a Golden Merman. After examining both their destinies, the Shaman declared that they would ascend to godhood in just two millennia, not five. King Theron was overjoyed. He abdicated early, making Kaelen the new Merman King, and I smoothly became the Merfolk Queen. But the first thing the father and son did after Kaelen ascended to the throne was to kill me! They believed that I, a red carp, was a stain on their father-son glory. They thought Lyra, who later transformed into a merman, was more befitting of their status. If Kaelen had chosen Lyra back then, Caspian’s tail wouldn’t have had that large red birthmark. They tricked me into drinking poisoned wine. Kaelen used a blade to slice open my chest, ripping out and crushing my core essence. After I reverted to my true form, they plucked out my scales one by one to make a red scale robe for Lyra. My son then chopped up my true form and fed it to the piranhas in the sea. The腥味 of the piranhas in my nose still made me shiver involuntarily. King Theron was not satisfied with Kaelen’s choice. “Kaelen, if you must choose someone from the Carp Clan, why not choose the red carp?” Not just King Theron, everyone felt that if Kaelen were to choose a carp as his consort, no one was more suitable than me. My mother had been the Queen of the Carp Clan, while Lyra’s mother was merely my mother’s attendant. Back then, Lyra’s mother had taken advantage of my mother’s pregnancy to sneak into my father’s bed. In terms of looks, status, or spiritual power, Lyra simply couldn’t compare. Yet, Kaelen stood firm in his choice. He knelt before King Theron. “Father, my heart belongs solely to Lyra. I don’t believe I’m fated to be with anyone else.” At these words, Lyra’s face instantly flushed crimson. Though she was a carp princess, her mother’s humble status and her own form as a white carp often led to her being scorned. Even if Kaelen’s true form was a common black carp, he was still the Merman King’s son. Marrying into the Merfolk royalty was a significant leap in status for her. Moreover, Kaelen had rejected me and chosen her in front of everyone. Thinking of this, Lyra cast a triumphant glance my way. King Theron didn’t truly value his illegitimate son and mostly tolerated him. Since Kaelen was so resolute in his choice, King Theron agreed to the marriage. At that moment, only I remained in the great hall, unchosen. King Theron spoke, “Elara, since no one has chosen you, you may return to the Carp Clan.” “Father!” No sooner had King Theron finished speaking than Kaelen knelt again. “Your son visited the ancient merman in the Abyssal Grotto yesterday. Though he is five thousand years old and his body is not what it once was, he is still a member of our Merfolk clan. I’ve heard Elara is blessed with good fortune for her partner. Perhaps she could marry him, so as not to disappoint the Carp Clan’s expectations.”
The ancient merman Kaelen spoke of was the “beggar” of the Merfolk. He had no children and no family, yet had lived for five millennia, residing solely in the Abyssal Grotto. They said his body was in such poor condition that he couldn’t leave the Grotto, barely able to even acquire food. In my previous life, it was Lyra who was married to the ancient merman. But on the very night she was wed, he died. The ancient merman should have passed away from old age, but the Shaman declared that Lyra not only cursed her husband but also brought harm to the Merfolk. In a fit of rage, King Theron ordered Lyra to be sealed in the Abyssal Grotto, never to emerge. Yet, after Lyra was sealed, a White Serpent Dragon burst forth from the Grotto. This White Serpent Dragon circled the royal palace twice before descending and transforming into human form. Someone cautiously observed her. And discovered it was Lyra! To become a true dragon, one must ascend to godhood. And a Serpent Dragon is the lowest tier of dragon. Legend said that a small attendant from the Celestial Dragon Palace was punished and sent to the mortal realm to undergo trials. If she encountered great peril, she would transform into a White Serpent Dragon. So, wasn’t this my sister? Suddenly, Lyra became the most celebrated figure in the East Sea. King Theron even built a separate palace just for her and gifted her a Luminous Pearl of the East Sea. King Theron actually believed Kaelen’s absurd claims and directly betrothed me to the ancient merman. I feared the Carp Clan would suffer because of me, so I dared not defy him. Thus, after three days of preparation, I was forcibly dressed in a wedding gown and wed to the ancient merman. After the ceremony, Kaelen, with his arm around Lyra’s waist, approached me. “Congratulations, Elara. If it weren’t for me, you’d still be a lowly carp. Though this ancient merman is frail, he’ll surely treat you well.” The ancient merman was on his last legs, unable to even sit up. In my previous life, he had died on this very day. He died, and Kaelen didn’t even pin the crime of “husband-cursing” on me. That would have been his great mercy. I shot him a cold glance, replying without hesitation, “Indeed. Though he’s frail and old, his true form is that of a genuine merman.” At these words, Kaelen’s face instantly darkened. His true form was a common black carp, and he detested it when anyone brought up his original form. “Elara, don’t be ungrateful. You’ve barely married into the Merfolk, and you’re already putting on airs.” “What if he’s a merman? In his barely clinging-to-life state, he won’t last much longer.” “A merman’s consort who fails to bear children can be flayed and dismembered!” Lyra, standing beside him, also mocked me: “Sister, you’ve overshadowed me for four centuries. Now, the tables have turned, haven’t they?” “Whose fault is it that you didn’t win the Tenth Prince’s favor? The Tenth Prince will be five hundred years old soon and will quickly transform into a merman.” “You’d best pray that old merman dies slowly, just long enough to see me and the Tenth Prince get married.” I scoffed. Kaelen still dreamed of transforming into a merman? He truly believed his successful transformation in the past was due to his own destiny. In reality, the true reason was the bloodline within me. Before I left, my mother had revealed her secret to me. Her ancestors included the youngest daughter of the East Sea Dragon King. That princess had descended to the mortal realm for trials, leaving behind many descendants. Thus, I too carried dragon blood within me. Through our intimate moments with a male, both we and our partners could elevate our cultivation, and I could transfer my dragon blood to him. And the children I bore could inherit their mother’s dragon blood, being born with far greater cultivation than other children. That was why, in the previous life, Kaelen was able to successfully transform into a merman and quickly ascend to a Golden Merman. And Caspian was born a Golden Merman, possessing cultivation levels others could only dream of. I personally raised that child, teaching him to read, how to cultivate, and how to fight. Yet, in the end, he used the methods I taught him to brutally slice open my true form and chop it into pieces. “You, a mere red carp, how dare you claim to be my mother, Caspian? I am a Golden Merman! My mother should naturally be more noble, just like Lyra.” Kaelen and Caspian both believed Lyra was a White Serpent Dragon. But only I knew. Lyra was no Serpent Dragon at all. She hadn’t truly transformed. Her mother, my mother’s attendant, had secretly practiced forbidden arts from my mother, simply causing onlookers to experience illusions. Thinking of this, I closed my eyes. I had intended to tell them, father and son, the secret of my dragon blood. But before I could, they brutally murdered me. Since they believed I was lowly and unworthy of them. Then I would simply watch how Kaelen, without my dragon blood, would ever transform into a merman. After the ceremony, I was sent into the Abyssal Grotto. It was pitch black inside. They threw me down and quickly left. Groping through the darkness, I faintly saw the ancient merman in a glimmer of light.
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