Pregnant Cultivator, Doted by Big Boss

Other than her high-profile first appearance, Jocelyn Grant hadn’t been seen since.

’Heh.’ Celeste Grant only needed a moment’s thought to figure it out. ’She wants to hide in the shadows and play a little game of cat and mouse.’

’Cat and mouse?’

’She wants to hide and be the cat? But shouldn’t she ask for my opinion on whether I want to be the mouse?’

’So, Jocelyn Grant wants to keep me in the dark, completely unaware of her existence. She’ll wait until I’m struggling to survive, until she can trample me into the mire, and only then will she reveal herself to gloat. She probably wants to see the shock and disbelief in my eyes. That would bring her great satisfaction.’

Celeste could see right through her petty little schemes. ’Too bad for her I already know. I won’t give her the chance to execute her plan.’

’Honestly, if Jocelyn Grant had truly hidden in the shadows from the very beginning after changing her identity, without being so ostentatious... and then found a chance to strike when I was alone... tsk, tsk... I really might have been shocked by her appearance. I might have even died at her hands.’

’But now?’

’If one of us has to die, it’s definitely going to be her, not me.’

After learning of Jocelyn Grant’s existence, Celeste Grant had disciples of the Demonic Domain secretly monitor their movements. Jocelyn thought she had everything under control, but in reality, Celeste was the one pulling the strings.

「A few days later.」

News about Jocelyn Grant started trickling in from the Immortal Domain.

By now, she knew Celeste Grant was in the Demonic Domain. She also knew that after ascending, Celeste had a change of heart toward that Demon from the Lower Realm. Not only that, but Celeste had shacked up with the Sovereign Lord of the Demonic Domain and was now his wife. She’d even heard the two of them now had a child.

At this thought, Jocelyn Grant cursed inwardly. ’How shameless. She used to mock me for having so many men. But isn’t she just as fickle? The moment she ascended, she couldn’t wait to find another man. Ha! That Javier Sinclair in the Lower Realm must have been blind to fall for a venomous woman like Celeste Grant. Serves him right for being cuckolded. I really want to see Javier Sinclair’s face when he ascends and finds the woman of his dreams has become someone else’s wife. I wonder if he’ll die from sheer rage.’

Just imagining that scene filled her with immense excitement.

In her excitement, she cursed again. ’Shameless hussy, all she knows is how to seduce men. She showed her true colors the moment she reached the Upper Realm. At least I was genuinely in love with Brother Young and the others. Not like her, who’s only after a man’s status.’

Jocelyn Grant was far too arrogant.

Hailing from Empyria, she considered her cultivation profound, so much so that she looked down on everyone else. Because of this, she hadn’t bothered to specifically investigate the identity of the Demonic Domain’s Sovereign Lord. She only knew he had a high cultivation level and was the ruler of the Demonic Domain.

She’d heard that the Sovereign Lord of the Demonic Domain was over ten thousand years old, so in Jocelyn Grant’s mind, he must be a decrepit old man with white hair and wrinkled skin—a bloodthirsty Demon at that.

’After all, at his age, no matter how high his cultivation is, how young can he possibly look? He can’t still look like he’s in his twenties. To the Celestria of the Nine Heavens in Empyria, both the Immortal and Demonic Realms are just another Lower Realm, only slightly higher in rank than the Cultivation World below. So even if the cultivation in this world is strong, how strong can it really be?’

So, as she pictured Celeste Grant lying beside a decrepit old man, she couldn’t help but burst out laughing. "HAHAHA! Celeste Grant, you’ve finally gotten what you deserve! This is karma, sweet karma!" ’Celeste Grant made me suffer so much and even killed the ones I loved. I remember every last bit of it. So whatever suffering she endures, she has it coming.’

’So this time, I absolutely will not show any mercy.’

Just as Jocelyn Grant let out a cold laugh...

...she saw Eve Warren approaching.

"Jocelyn..."

The moment Eve Warren spoke.

Jocelyn Grant’s brow furrowed slightly.

"I told you not to call me that anymore."

Realizing her daughter was just looking out for her, thinking of her safety, Eve Warren nodded hastily. "Jocelyn, don’t be angry. I understand. I won’t make that mistake again." ’Yes! My Jocelyn is doing this for me. She’s a princess of the Golden Crow Clan now. If I keep calling myself her mother, her current parents would surely never let me go.’

This thought moved her to tears. ’Jocelyn is so kind. She truly is my daughter; she inherited this personality from me. It’s just a shame that with Jocelyn’s current status, we can’t be mother and daughter anymore. But that’s okay. As long as my daughter is alive, that’s all that matters. As long as Jocelyn still has a place for her mother in her heart, that’s enough.’

’Jocelyn.’

’This time, Mother will always stand by your side and protect you.’

Thinking this, she asked, "What is it you need, Jocelyn?"

Jocelyn Grant glanced at her.

A thought occurred to her, and she couldn’t help but ask, "What do you know about the Sovereign Lord of the Demonic Domain?"

Before Eve Warren could speak, she waved her hand dismissively. "Never mind, it’s not important. I’ve heard he’s ferocious and bloodthirsty. He must be some cranky, decrepit old man."

Eve Warren froze, her jaw nearly hitting the floor.

"A decrepit old man? Who?"

’The Sovereign Lord of the Demonic Domain? He has nothing to do with being a decrepit old man! That Demon might have a bad reputation, but his face... he’s widely acknowledged across the Immortal and Demonic Realms as being exceptionally handsome. He was blessed with good looks.’

Snapping back to her senses, she quickly said, "The Sovereign Lord of the Demonic Domain is no decrepit old man. On the contrary, he’s very young. And it’s said that he is exceedingly handsome."

As soon as she finished speaking...

...Jocelyn Grant cut her off, unwilling to hear any more.

Annoyance welled up inside her.

Resentment.

’How could this be?’

’The man Celeste Grant found... shouldn’t he be a cranky Demon? A decrepit old man who’s lived for over ten thousand years? How could he possibly be young?’

But this was Eve Warren, her mother from the Lower Realm. She wouldn’t lie to her. The thought made her heart fill with injustice.

’Celeste Grant doesn’t deserve anything good. She should be rotting in the mud. She had Javier Sinclair protecting her in the Lower Realm. Now that she’s ascended here, she has another man protecting her? On what grounds?’

"The Sovereign Lord of the Demonic Domain."

Although she didn’t know what kind of person he was, Jocelyn Grant changed her mind at that moment.

An idea began to form in her mind.

’Celeste Grant killed Brother Young and Brother Hawthorne. She deserves to die. She’s the reason I’m forever parted from them.’ Thinking of Liam Yardley and the others brought a pang of sorrow to Jocelyn Grant’s heart.

They were dead.

Annihilated without a trace, their Divine Souls utterly destroyed! Not even a shred of them was left for her to remember.

She had to avenge Brother Young and the others.

With that thought, she devised a new way to get back at Celeste Grant. She would steal her current man, and then... mercilessly discard and kill him.