This might have been the biggest piece of gossip in the Crimson King Civilization—if that civilization still existed.
Old Zhao took a moment to digest it, then frowned. "Divine Princess, are you saying the Crimson King knew nothing about this? That's impossible. The Crimson King was a powerhouse capable of shaking the Empire back then... Could he really have been that slow to catch on?"
"Do you really think the Empire from ten thousand years ago was as powerful as it is now?" Divine Princess said calmly. "Compared with the Empire Emperor of ten thousand years ago, who is stronger—the current Empire Emperor or the one from back then?"
Zhao Huai'an froze for a moment.
Divine Princess said calmly, "Even the so-called tiers you speak of are merely a process of accumulating energy until it undergoes a qualitative change. Ten thousand years ago, both the Empire and the Crimson Civilization were still at a rather primitive stage, whether in productivity or individual military power. At that time, even your Alliance—aside from a few cultivators—was far inferior. Most of humanity was still in the agricultural age."
"Fine. Even if our understanding of the powerhouses from ten thousand years ago carries a bit of mythical color... how did you learn about this? The Crimson King's successor surely wouldn't have gone around proclaiming it, right?" Zhao Huai'an asked curiously.
"At first, I didn't know who Anuchit's father was." Divine Princess recalled, "After Anuchit was born, he inherited more of his mother's dominant genes. But when I later used the Purifying Vial to adjust Anuchit, I discovered gene fragments completely different from Urnam's. After I questioned her, Inanna finally told me the truth and hoped I would keep it secret for her."
"Inanna?"
"The true successor of the Crimson King." Divine Princess thought for