Akane's mind went completely blank.
Her mouth opened and closed silently as the implications crashed over her in waves that made her previous emotional turmoil seem like gentle raindrops.
She wanted to argue, to dismiss such a vulgar claim as impossible nonsense. But the pieces were falling into place with horrifying logic.
An emperor who had achieved such unprecedented heights of power at impossible speed, yet instead of ascending to higher realms as cultivation demanded, had chosen to remain in the lower dimension. Marrying multiple women, gathering them around him like trophies.
It only made sense if his words were true. If his cultivation method required exactly what he was describing.
She watched in stunned silence as Tianlong supported Yu Xiang toward the door, their figures growing smaller with each step that carried them away from her.
