Sheng Cheon sat there, staring out the window at the moon.
The room was well-furnished—it was in the royal house of Leventha.
There he sat, in his true form.
Freya stood beside him, asking questions—her curiosity at its peak.
Who really was this Sheng Cheon?
Was he the man they called Master, Alex Agniverta to the world, or the Sheng Cheon who fought gods…
The one who had killed hundreds of thousands in the Dragon Kingdom, mercilessly, in front of its king?
And now… he had become Leon Agniverta, ruler of Leventha.
"Master, why didn't you kill that man? Why did you just capture Leon Agniverta?"
Sheng Cheon scoffed.
"You don't need to know.
Tell me, where were you and Orochi when I spoke to that man?"
Freya nodded.
"Master, we couldn't hear the conversation. We were on your shoulder."
"Yes, you were close. So close… yet couldn't hear anything.
So, what do you understand from that, Freya?"
Freya shook her head.
"I don't know, Master. Please enlighten me."
"Haah… because those weren't words you were meant to hear."
Freya nodded, then sat beside Sheng Cheon.
"Master, can I ask you one more question?"
Sheng Cheon nodded.
"Master… you fooled everyone. The king of dragons, all the clan heads—everyone who was present.
But when you have the power to rule through strength…
Why did you go through all the scheming?"
Sheng Cheon laughed.
"You don't understand, Freya. You still have the mind of a child.
Let me enlighten you."
"I'm not powerful right now. There are people above me.
And as for ruling… I don't want to.
Ruling is such a boring thing to pursue.
Rather than ruling over a bunch of insignificant lives, I would choose a life full of loneliness."
And with that, Freya's questions came to a full stop.
Alex's thoughts invoked
Now I just have to cultivate for an hour or two to break through into the Nascent Soul Realm.
Moon, my friend, has not fully recovered.
He is currently at Rank 4, but he can be cultivated to Rank 8.
I'm currently at the middle-end of the Golden Realm and about to step into the Nascent Realm.
It's still insignificant.
I haven't even used my core martial art once in this life,
and I don't plan to until I reach the Nascent Realm.
Even then, I'll only be able to use the first stage of it.
My Qi has increased—so has my lifespan.
Once I break through, I'll be able to live a thousand years,
as long as I don't get injured in battle and my dantian stays intact.
With no Qi loss, I'm around 70% immune to all disease or illness.
And at the Nascent Realm, that will increase further.
Right now, I can use around 100 martial arts techniques—
but they're mostly low-grade, so they're of no use.
I can only use one high-tier martial art right now.
After breaking through,
I'll be able to use the first stage of my core martial art
and two more high-tier techniques.
Moon is still at Rank 4.
I'll have to keep feeding him souls.
And then…
I must take the Dao Steps.
The Dao is the path of a cultivator.
I'll choose my Dao when I break through and meet the Chancellor.
I'll get answers to my questions.
But the main thing is—
after choosing a Dao… comes the Dao Steps.
I am right now in mortal cultivation.
To ascend into immortal cultivation,
every cultivator must take 50,000 Dao Steps inside the Death Space.
Many die in the process.
But I've already experienced that.
In my past life, I stepped halfway into immortal cultivation.
My Dao was Immortality.
My Dao Steps were 110,000.
But this time…
I'll go far beyond that.
Alex muttered,
"Freya, watch the door. I'll be meditating for a while."
With that, he changed his appearance once again—
into Leon Agniverta.