The devil's deal.

ected cultivators who had dedicated their lives to the Celestial Cultivation Clan, their influence extending far beyond their immediate b

plomatic mission to the neighboring Shadow Realm, betrayed by political rivals who had carefully orchestrated their demise. The detai

e revealed nothing, but his eyes gleamed with an unspoken complexity. Where others might have shown

ang's voice was measured, devoid of emotional war

by a consuming grief that threatened to shatter his carefully constructed composure. Memories flooded his min

with genuine sorrow. Unlike many arranged marriages, their connection had always been rooted in mutual resp

culated among the junior cultivators - speculations about succession, political maneuvering,

midating. "Your parents were exceptional cultivators," he said, his tone

ressure, expectation, and an unspoken challenge. The clan's eyes were upon

ith his parents' warmth, now felt like a mausoleum of memories. Scrolls of ancient

g the oppressive silence. "Kai," she sp

oth of them understood the unspoken reality - in the ruthless world

was secondary to the clan's larger machinations. The young prince realized, with a gro

strategic elimination that would reshape the delicate power dynamics of the Celestial Cultivation C

understood that his life would never be the same. The path ahead was shrouded in uncertainty, lined with pote

his shoulders - a burden that would either eleva