Synopsis

The chapter focuses on a flashback where the protagonist's father recounts his past love affair with a woman from the powerful Shen family, their forced secrecy, and the painful consequences when their relationship was discovered. It reveals that the protagonist's mother was pregnant and escaped to marry the protagonist's father secretly, leading to the protagonist's birth. The father warns the protagonist not to challenge the Shen family before he's strong enough, but the chapter concludes with the protagonist setting a course for a conflict with an opposing faction and with his own plans to confront the Shen family.