“Get out! All of you!” Liu Ruyan roared, a murderous intent twisting her beautiful features, a rage unlike any they had ever seen. This time, it was a complete, utter failure!
The men scrambled up from the floor, hastily adjusting their robes before fleeing Liu Ruyan’s Spirit Peak. “What’s wrong with Lady Ruyan?” one whispered, trembling. “I’ve never seen her so furious!” another muttered, rubbing his sore jaw. “Damn it! What a waste of an opportunity! I staked all my life’s treasures just for a chance to spend a night with Lady Ruyan!” They grumbled and cursed as they vanished from the peak.
Inside the cave, Liu Ruyan’s thoughts stirred, and her robes gracefully draped themselves over her exquisite, curvaceous form. Her expression turned grim. “White Robe Supreme! Since you force my hand, I have no choice but to take this desperate gamble!”
She had always held a multi-layered scheme in reserve. The Sixth Prince of the Shenwu Empire in the First Star Ring, Yun Zeng, was utterly infatuated with her. The Shenwu Empire—that was a truly formidable power in the First Star Ring! Compared to them, the Charm Sect was utterly insignificant.
Liu Ruyan gazed out at the distant Star River, where the First Star Ring shimmered with incomparable divine radiance, dazzling and brilliant. “I’ve walked this path from the Tai Chu Realm, treading on thin ice every step of the way,” she murmured to herself. “Can I truly reach the other shore?”
The First Star Ring—it was the very pinnacle of the Fallen Star Sea! In the past, she had relied on Dao Yi to become the paramount figure of the Tai Chu Realm. After entering the Fallen Star Sea, she had leveraged countless men, ultimately rising to become an Elder of the Charm Sect. But she was still only a Star Venerate Realm cultivator! She was so tired! The world shouldn’t condemn her for using her body to climb. After all, besides her Primordial Yin Body, what else did she have? What else was she? She had always pursued the Dao; what was wrong with that? The fault wasn’t hers; it was the Fallen Star Sea’s!
As these thoughts churned, an ancient jade slip appeared in Liu Ruyan’s hand. She imprinted a wisp of her divine sense into it, and soon, several lines of Ancient Characters materialized, accompanied by the voice of Yun Zeng, the Sixth Prince of the Shenwu Empire.
“My dearest Ruyan, to see your words is to see you.” Yun Zeng’s voice, thick with longing, echoed from the jade slip. “While you bloom in the Charm Sect of the Second Star Ring, a whirlwind of flowers, I yearn for you in the Shenwu Empire, my Starry Sky Power surging with my desire. If you decide, tell me. I want your Primordial Yin Body! I have even made a decision that goes against my ancestors—I want you. The troops stationed on the borders of this First Star Ring? I can give them all to you! Let us unite to achieve great things, to overturn my father’s Shenwu Empire...”
Moments later, as Liu Ruyan finished reading, the ancient jade slip spontaneously combusted, turning to ash. Read and self-destruct! The power of Rules!
Liu Ruyan’s expression grew solemn. She decided to agree to Yun Zeng’s request. She would ‘give’ him her first time, in exchange for a foothold in the First Star Ring. But she wouldn’t truly give it to him. Liu Ruyan had a cunning, multi-layered scheme. The first part: conspire with the Charm Sect to use the most potent Charm Arts in history to construct an Illusion, making Yun Zeng believe he had taken her virginity. The second part: once Yun Zeng was under the sway of her Charm Arts, she would leverage his power to threaten the Charm Sect itself, seizing their inherited power and instantly breaking through to the Myriad Phase Realm! Killing two birds with one stone! In essence, both the entire Charm Sect and Yun Zeng would be dancing in the palm of her hand!
But this plan was incredibly dangerous! If Yun Zeng ever discovered her deception, the consequences would be unimaginable! One-star Myriad Phase Realm cultivators were not to be trifled with. Thus, the entire Charm Sect would need to be mobilized to ensure her scheme’s success.
By all accounts, Yun Zeng’s status in the Fallen Star Sea was already quite high. But Liu Ruyan’s vision had soared far beyond that. If she were to truly give her ‘first time’ to anyone, she believed that only the most powerful Ancient Ancestor in the entire Fallen Star Sea would be worthy of her. No one else was a match! She viewed this problem from the perspective of the future. Everyone else would eventually be surpassed by her! How could she endure such an unequal disparity in strength and status? One day, when she became an Ancient Ancestor, wouldn’t those men merely be coveting her status and power? Match! It had to be a match! To truly earn her ‘first time,’ one had to be her equal!
Liu Ruyan fell into deep thought, meticulously planning her next moves. Yun Zeng, this man, was originally just a discarded prince of the Shenwu Empire in the First Star Ring. Suppressed and caught in the struggle for the throne, he couldn’t make a move in the Imperial Capital and was scorned by his elder brothers. Yet, he forged his own path, developing quietly in the borderlands of the Shenwu Empire. Was there truly no path to salvation? The path one sought was always beneath one’s feet! In those borderlands, Yun Zeng had actually discovered an ancient Dragon Vein from the primordial era of the Shenwu Empire. This Dragon Vein, it was said, held secrets related to the very origins of the Fallen Star Sea! Through it, Yun Zeng secretly amassed an army, attracting Myriad Phase Realm experts from across the First Star Ring. By the time the Emperor Father discovered it, Yun Zeng’s influence was already immense. Such was the importance of military power. The Shenwu Emperor’s attitude towards Yun Zeng shifted. “Old Sixth, your brothers are becoming increasingly unruly. Take a million of your father’s elite troops and deal with them!” The Crown Prince, now wary, pleaded, “Sixth Brother! Please don’t scare your elder brother with a million troops!” A minister even offered, “Your Highness, what do you think of my humble daughter?” Yun Zeng’s reply was dismissive: “Not much.”
Ever since he first met Liu Ruyan, Yun Zeng had become utterly infatuated. His ambition, once solely focused on amassing power, was curbed for the first time. Liu Ruyan, seeing through him like a blazing fire, began to play him from that moment on. In truth, deep within her heart, Liu Ruyan held Yun Zeng in utter contempt. “Yun Zeng merely had too high a starting point,” she murmured. “Born a Prince of the Shenwu Empire. If I were a child of the Shenwu Empire, those Crown Princes and Imperial Brothers would be nothing but dust! Even as a woman, I would easily suppress everyone and become the Imperial Crown Princess!”
“As for the Shenwu Empire’s ancient Dragon Vein, Yun Zeng simply stumbled upon it through sheer dumb luck. If such heaven-defying fortune had fallen to me, I would have long since stormed the Shenwu Empire and become its Empress!” She believed Yun Zeng was unworthy of such a formidable army. “When a person’s capacity doesn’t match their power, that power will inevitably flow outwards.” Liu Ruyan had always firmly believed this adage. Clearly, she intended to usurp Yun Zeng. If her plan succeeded, Yun Zeng would become her puppet! And she, in turn, would leap to become a true powerhouse of the First Star Ring!
With these thoughts, Liu Ruyan’s confidence surged back, completely erasing the memory of her recent defeat in the Tai Chu Realm. She watched the colossal sun slowly rise in the distance. “When the sun rises, forget yesterday.” Liu Ruyan stepped out of her cave, a captivating, alluring smile gracing her lips as she headed directly towards the Charm Sect Master’s abode. “Though wind and snow pressed me for years, I laugh, for they are light as cotton!” she declared, her voice echoing with newfound resolve. “The First Star Ring belongs to Liu Ruyan! The entire Fallen Star Sea belongs to Liu Ruyan!”
Inside the Charm Sect Master’s cave. Liu Ruyan cast a Sealing Restriction. She laid out her entire plan! The Sect Master was utterly stunned, frozen in place. “You have incredible audacity... This matter must never be revealed to anyone else! I will immediately summon the Old Ancestors to discuss this!”