This was an extremely dangerous signal for Eva.
She could not wait any longer.
The power and resources Qian Renxue had promised her were indeed tempting, but they could not be delivered anytime soon.
She was supposed to wait until the Spirit Hall Empire unified the continent before reaping the rewards?
What a joke. Who knew how long that would take? By then, the other fairy-tale characters might have already ascended to their Divine Seats, while she was still down here in the mortal world playing queen. How could that possibly do?
So Eva chose the simplest and most effective method: stirring up trouble in chaotic times and manipulating power.
War was the best catalyst for Reputation Points. Winning a battle, wiping out a Spirit Hall army, incorporating a group of former Heaven Dou soldiers—every victory would spread her name across the continent, and her Reputation Points would soar.
With enough Reputation Points, she could find an opportunity to become a god through the system.
In truth, that was exactly what Eva had done. As early as the day Qian Renxue publicly announced in court that the Heaven Dou Empire would merge with Spirit Hall, Eva had already made preparations on two fronts.
On one hand, she continued playing the virtuous and dignified queen. On the other, she secretly sent some trusted aides and private soldiers out of Heaven Dou City ahead of time, stationing them in secret in the Northern Frontier.
Those people had lain low in secret for months, waiting only for her command.
When word of Eva leaving Heaven Dou City reached the Northern Frontier, the pieces she had arranged in advance swiftly began moving. Her identity—as the late emperor's queen and Snow White's mother—naturally carried an aura of legitimacy.
In the leaderless chaos, the exiled former