What Empress Shui thought would be an easy task turned out to be quite challenging once she actually undertook it. Just as Hou Niao had told her on Hell Star, she excelled in talisman studies but lacked understanding of the complexities of the human heart, which was her shortcoming.
In the Cultivation World, this might not be too significant, as there were many lofty individuals focused on cultivation who paid little attention to worldly matters. However, if she were to preside over a succession dispute in the Mortal World, the difference would be too great.
Intrigue, darkness, shamelessness, despicable acts, alliances, betrayal, framing, using all means necessary without limits—historically, no power struggle in the human world surpassed that for the throne.
