Su Ye did not go looking for Liu Qianqian directly today. He planned to return to his territory and properly digest what he had learned.
Back in his territory, Su Ye lay on the grass with his head resting on Lilith's plump, fair thighs. Breathing in her delicate fragrance, he closed his eyes and reflected on the history of inheritance he had witnessed.
The Empire had lost the Previous Epoch, and being besieged had been one reason.
Another reason was that the Empire had stopped treating people like people.
The Empire of the Previous Epoch had been far too overbearing—a colossal force spanning countless heavens, with myriad races submitting beneath its feet.
Near the end of that epoch,
an unimaginable upheaval had erupted within the Empire. The major factions began fighting among themselves, and that had also been one of the reasons for the Empire's eventual defeat.
The greatest difference between the Empire and the West was still that same old saying:
Are kings, marquises, generals, and ministers born to their stations?!!!?
Those people in the West did not share that mindset, but the Empire did. So, once someone in the Empire acquired enough power,
ambition would begin to grow, giving rise to things that should not exist. It was unavoidable, even if you did not want it.
The people beneath you would still push you upward. That was certain.
So that's also the main reason the Empire has been so well-behaved this epoch? Su Ye could not help thinking.
During the Previous Epoch, the Empire had spanned the heavens, its influence spread throughout the Heavens and Myriad Worlds. It could be said that it had strutted across every race without restraint.
Yet in the end, it had died to internal strife!!
Did seven Genesis-level beings really think they could