In the previous timeline, Anastasia once told me that many years ago, she was bitten by the Dunkelviper during a particularly treacherous mission in the Frostglimmer Mountains. It is a creature of nightmares—a long, shadowy serpent with dark, obsidian scales that shimmer faintly with an eerie blue hue. This venomous snake is feared throughout the land, its venom so deadly that a single drop can kill even the mightiest wyvern in mere moments, leaving behind nothing but a lifeless, frozen husk.
Fortunately, due to Anastasia's high cultivation level, she survived the ordeal. But the baby inside her womb did not.
It was a miscarriage.
And not only that—the event left Anastasia barren, unable to bear any more children for the rest of her life. Needless to say, it caused her great distress. It was one of the reasons she often cried alone in the dark, without anyone knowing.
