Henceforth, half of all that man's wealth would belong to her. If he had ten trillion, she would have five trillion; if he had one trillion, she would have five hundred billion... In black and white, clear and detailed.
The law was in effect, immutable.
That was his marriage Alipay for her—from now on, with this Imperial Sword in hand, even if she acted with impunity, even if she was willful and reckless, even if her demeanor was detestable—he was utterly helpless.
In other words, he could no longer balance her.
To what extent must a man reach to be willing to stake everything like this?
No, it's not staking everything — in fact, he simply doesn't care about this wealth.
In reality, no matter how wealthy he is, the money he can actually use personally constitutes at most thirty percent. The rest is inevitably spent by all kinds of people.
