Some birds could never be caged.
Not even if they were allowed to roam freely indoors...
Some people were destined never to bow to another.
Yi Tian had heard countless stories from the history of his previous life: "Are kings, nobles, generals, and ministers born to their stations?" "I could take his place!" There were far too many to count.
So when he first met the little boy-Nidhogg's soul form-Yi Tian had already sensed it...
He was that kind of person.
The kind of being who would never truly submit, whose pride was carved into his bones.
It was not the arrogance people usually associated with egomaniacs.
Rather, it was a pride that declared, "I alone reign supreme," running through his very blood.
Such a being would either die or one day become a king or emperor and rule over all.
That feeling grew even stronger after Nidhogg recovered his original body.
It was just before Nidhogg took his revenge.
Yi Tian had sensed it clearly-Nidhogg wanted to kill him!
Nidhogg wanted to eliminate anything that might control him.
But he had been rational, too.
He had no confidence at all that he could kill Yi Tian, so he temporarily abandoned the idea and acted as though nothing had happened.
When Alice asked whether Yi Tian had known all along that Nidhogg would betray him, Yi Tian wanted to say that he had not only known about the coming betrayal, but had even known that Nidhogg wanted to kill him.
Even before the life divine core was born, when they met on the Yagu Continent and Nidhogg proposed his plan to Yi Tian, his original intention had been to use Yi Tian against his enemies while seizing the life divine core for himself.
But after Yi Tian saw through him,