In the lower realm, the Jian Family had dwindled down to a single line of descent by the very end. In order to leave the lower realm, Jian's mother had even been forced to abandon her true love, all so she could bear a bloodline that might escape this place.
Jiandan could well imagine that leaving the lower realm for the cultivation world had long been an obsession for the Jian Family. Yet her mother, Jian Rou, seemed to know the hidden truth behind it all. By entering into an unhappy marriage, she managed to flee Jingdu—that place rife with right and wrong—and left the Jian Family far behind.
She wanted Jiandan to grow up in a relatively clean environment, free from the heavy burden of family expectations. That was precisely why Jiandan had suffered at her father's hands in her past life.
Chapter 560