Today's second update: Chapter 2962! 2/4!
"Master." Yanran's voice carried an indescribable complexity, as if she were confirming an absurd fact. "Did I really... have to 'die'?"
She had never expected that the first news she received after successfully breaking through would be...
That she was dead!
Xu Kun's gaze was calm as water, yet it carried a depth that seemed to see through everything. "Of course. Only if you 'fell' could the Cat Race completely sever ties with the Huang Clan, and only then would your master, Yun Yun, have sufficient reason to make that decision to cut off all relations."
"But..." Yanran unconsciously pursed her lips, her fingers twisting the hem of her clothes as she stood at a loss.
"No buts." Xu Kun's tone was gentle but left no room for doubt. "Now that you have successfully entered the Emperor realm, two paths lie before you. The first is to return to the Cat Race in glory as a meritorious hero and assist your master in handling the clan's affairs. After everything the Cat Race has gone through, it has secured its footing on the Myriad Races Battlefield. Most of the threats at the bottom of the B-tier Sequence have been cleared away. In this War of the Myriad Races, the Cat Race can more or less withdraw with success."
As Xu Kun's words fell, Yanran's heart jolted, and a powerful feeling of resistance rose within her.
Return to the Cat Race?
Return to that familiar place, yet one filled with restraints?
Be dragged once more into endless wrangling with those shortsighted elders who knew only how to fight for power and profit?
Day after day, smile and maneuver around the Tiger Fiend Race above her, while soothing and governing the common folk below?
That was