The emperor made the infant believed that he was her father.
As years passed by, the emperor got frightened by the speed of the child's cultivation.
At the age of five, she was already at the Form Splitting stage that can be considered strong, and at the age of 10, She was already at the Hollow Spirit Stage and was about to achieve a breakthrough. At that time, he also came to know that she was still a mortal despite having cultivation.
since even reaching the Qi gathering Stage, the lifespan of the cultivator can be increased to 120 years. And it will increase the higher the stage they reach. their strength will obviously increase and can even use some martial technique.
But the little girl despite having cultivation was no different than a normal person without cultivation.
She may have high cultivation and a huge amount of qi inside her, but she could not use it. It's as if something is preventing her from using her cultivation so, besides her cultivation and qi that was useless to her, her eyes are the only unique part of her that distinguishes her from a normal person.
And since the emperor can't use her power, controlling her would be useless so he resorts to absorbing.
He doesn't care about who will he offend in the higher realm by absorbing the child for many reasons, such as he still has his talisman and can escape to a lower realm and he also has a disguise technique which also came from the treasure that his ancestor dug.
But mostly the reason was, he still gambled his life. Since he knows that his state can never be healed and his life span can only increase if he achieves a breakthrough, he also knows deep inside that the limit of cultivation in Lyaslea. And at most, if a miracle happens and he was able to heal, he can only become a peak powerhouse without being able to ascend so he chooses to offend higher realm cultivators since he will die no matter what he chooses. He doesn't care even if Lyaslea was implicated if he angered the higher realm cultivator. He just chooses the path where he may die faster but will have a higher chance of ascending.
Of course, it was only his pessimistic thinking. If other people think for his case they will choose not to offend a higher realm cultivator but since the emperor himself was greedy he chooses death, not knowing how useless his attempts are.
He also stores the child's blood essence and a part of the child's soul into a Life Pearl and it will continue to beat like a real heart as long as the child is alive.
He will stay patient until the child reaches the stage before she transcends to a level of cultivation surpassing the peak cultivation known in the Lyaslea which even the emperor doesn't know.
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It has been a full day since Leyla started absorbing the essence of the silver branch.
An hour more and Leyla was finished absorbing the essence and returned the silver branch to the man.
"Thank you so much lord Sword Emperor." Leyla's astral body glowed signifying her gratitude to the man.
"No problem. I will have to go back this tomorrow to meet your new master so accompany me to go somewhere for now " the man said to Leyla.
"As you wish" Leyla bowed again and followed the man as he took a ship from his storage ring.
"If you want to ask, just ask anything you want as I said I will not eat you" the man smiled at her and added 'yet' in his mind.
"How is her highness situation right now?" Leyla asks right after the ship flies.
"Knowing lord Sword Emperor, you would not adopt her as your daughter and will leave it to someone who gets her, and will even create some disturbance for her." Leyla was truly worried about the princess but because she doesn't know what realm she was brought into, she instead chooses to avenge her master since she knows that her master would not leave her daughter without a plan or protection.
"Yes currently, She is the princess of this empire who rules the entire continent, The De la Roux Empire. and her acting father wants to absorb her so he can ascend to a higher realm. As for her daily life, she was always the target of assassination almost every week since I spread the rumors about her high amount of qi. Her love life was full of shit that annoys her. Many young nobles want her and even resort to kidnapping without thinking of the consequences, of course, no one will succeed. her life as a princess was all about making hard decisions for the empire and she was also forced to become the strategist in wars." the man said after recalling what the princess's life was.
"..." Leyla was dumbfounded and as the man kept speaking she glowed so brightly indicating her fury.
Leyla knows what kind of man the Sword Emperor is as he was always with her master before the war that took the life of her master and destroyed her physical body.
He was the type of man who will not spoil his family. Especially his wives, he doesn't want his woman to be a flower that will break with a single raging wind. He wants them to be strong.
Of course, he will still spoil them but not to the point of making them rely on him for every little thing.
'but isn't it too much?!' Leyla suppresses her urge to punch the man knowing that she will only give him a reason to eat her.
"What is with that look? of course I helped her a lot. If I did not, she would have died even before the general who took her was able to bring her for the emperor. It was not just the people who wanted her huge amount of qi. Magical Beast also wants them since they have natural sensitive senses on treasures and qi." The man explained after he saw the anger on Leyla.
"I just want everyone important to me to have not just strength but also the ability to utilize them." The man said but hidden deep within his eyes was sadness as he was reminded of some of the past glory he once had and his 9 wives that he spoils so much.
Leyla could not find a reason that she can use as she knew that every reason she came up with, he can still refute all of it.
"I know she still doesn't know who she is but does she know you and your circumstance?" Leyla asks after suppressing her urge to snap at him, not noticing that she speaks to him casually little by little.
"She doesn't know. She said she will wait until I can tell her who I really am and She was also the only person who can guess that I don't belong in this world." the man chuckled.
Leyla nodded but she was surprised at how the Sword Emperor seems to enjoy talking about her new master.
"Then where are we going?" Leyla asks after flying for 2 hours.
"On another continent." the man replied.
"There was a lonely woman there that was neglected by her husband and her daughter needs a little guidance." the man smiled.
'I knew it! I should not have asked' Leyla thought to herself.
After another hour, they reach their destination.
They landed on a barren mountain and flew until an empire could be seen.
"We will start traveling by foot as only the peak level cultivators here can fly," the man said while descending from the sky.
When they enter the Royal capital of Marvicke, that rules the Lilium Continent, she can hear all type of rumors and secret talk around.
Even if Leyla doesn't have a physical body, she can still hear all the sounds in Lyaslea if she really wants to listen to them. She plans to gather information about this planet on her own.
She then started to listen to the conversations but all she can hear within the capital was the secret talk of people about the empress and her daughter
The people were talking about a man who fucked the wife of the emperor of Marvicke was the same man who slapped the princess.
'It was alright if he slapped the princess but to f*ck the empress, unforgivable!'
'Even if he raped the princess I would only laugh but the thought of the kind Empress being defiled by a commoner! Tsk! I will kill that bastard!'
'I heard that man just walked into the chamber of the Empress and raped her.'
'That is detestable! I was thankful when I learned that a man slapped the princess but when I learned what he did with the empress, I wanted to kill him and burn him to ashes!'
Leyla looked at the Sword Emperor as she had a feeling of what is already going on.
"I did not rape the empress. She came to me because she was lonely and sexually frustrated for 18 years since her daughter was born." the man chuckled as if he could read what is on Leyla's mind.
She then realized that the Sword Emperor did not use his real name since using his real name will cause him trouble and the pursuit of many Demi-Gods. especially since it is the famous name of the Sword Emperor.
"What is the name that you use here lord Sword Emperor?" Leyla asked while listening to the secret conversation in the area.
'Do you know the name of that man?'
'That fucking bastard deserves to be burned in hell for what he did to the empress!'
'I will find him and slaughter his entire family!'
'I only just heard it among the nobles'
'His name is... '
At the same time, the man smiled and opened his mouth to speak.
"I am…"
"'Lucifer'"