Shen Yuanfang stared at Dongfang Sheng for a long time.
At last, he sighed too.
Yes, Fei Zhuoran had offered too much.
Dongfang Sheng had reached Peak Eighth Heaven. His gifts were beyond question.
Yet he had been stuck at that bottleneck for far too long.
Over the years, he had spent nearly all the Merit Points he earned defending the Secret Realm Army on resources for Realm-Breaking.
Even so, he had failed to break through to Ninth Heaven.
Part of it was that Dongfang Sheng lacked that last bit of Talent and luck. But he had also lost an eye in battle years ago.
With part of his body missing, he could never achieve true perfection.
That was why people said anyone who had lost a limb would never become a King.
As the years passed and his Qi and Blood gradually began to decline, Dongfang Sheng grew anxious.
So when Fei Zhuoran came to him this time and offered to help him undergo a Mecha transformation using Feng Ying's Highest Technology, making his body whole so he could break through to Ninth Heaven...
Dongfang Sheng was tempted.
The Mecha transformation would prevent him from ever becoming a King, but breaking through from Eighth Heaven to Ninth Heaven had become an obsession.
If he could break through, he would gladly pay any price.
Besides, the transformation would make him stronger in battle.
The Demon Race had grown increasingly restless over the years, while Star Beast uprisings in the Secret Realms had become more frequent.
And because the Magic Capital lay near the coast, it constantly faced powerful beasts emerging from the sea.
Even with his Peak Eighth Heaven strength, Dongfang Sheng felt mounting pressure as commander of the Modu Secret Realm Army.
Only by growing stronger could he protect