After a brief pause, she continued, "The Ninth Prince's secret realm was the last to open. He barely awoke before facing the challenge from the four strongest among us... Father must have anticipated this."
"So, the true 'Imperial Child' with potential has already been determined," Yan Feiyu understood her meaning.
"The so-called competition among the Imperial Children is actually them challenging him, while the Demon Emperor gave the others a chance to challenge."
"Exactly," Gu Li said with a bitter smile.
"Probably fearing that kinship would hinder our competition, we siblings were separated and raised apart by Father's trusted aides soon after birth. We never met and had no idea of each other's strengths."
But from the Demon Emperor's arrangements, some things were already obvious.
