"All right! I'll accept the position of Immortal Emperor."
Liu Changxu drew a deep breath, then slowly nodded under his wives' eager gazes.
"Husband, who do you intend to make Immortal Empress?"
Zhao Qi'er approached with graceful steps and tilted her head up slightly, her sparkling eyes fixed on Liu Changxu. Curiosity shone in her gaze, along with a barely concealed trace of longing.
"Well..."
At her words, the smile froze on Liu Changxu's face. He looked up at his wives and their ardent gazes, and his head began to ache.
Still, he was quick-witted. After a brief moment of bewilderment, he soon regained his composure. He lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then looked up with a renewed smile and spoke gently to the women:
"Once I become Immortal Emperor, I will certainly appoint you all as immortal consorts. As for the position of Immortal Empress, I have no intention of appointing anyone just yet. Only when one of you advances to the Tribulation Transcendence Realm will I name her Immortal Empress."
Hearing this, Su Jinxiu knitted her willow-leaf brows and protested:
"Husband, isn't that requirement far too harsh? It seems I'm destined never to become Immortal Empress."
She knew perfectly well that without her husband's wholehearted support, she could never have attained her current cultivation. With her aptitude, even advancing to the Body Integration Realm would entail enormous risks. Her chances of reaching the still higher Tribulation Transcendence Realm were exceedingly slim.
In truth, although Su Jinxiu had already reached great perfection in Void Refinement, she remained undecided about advancing to the Body Integration Realm. She knew that if she attempted the breakthrough, she would most likely perish beneath the tribulation lightning. Hadn't her senior sister Qin Yulian died in just such a lightning tribulation not