The imperial guide's blood splattered all over Tianming's body. She was still smiling as her blank gaze was focused on the sovereign, but her pulse was gone. His hostage was now a corpse, and Sovereign Xi no longer had any weaknesses.

Tianming was rather shocked and couldn't figure it out. Based on how deep their relationship was, the imperial guide should be just as important to the sovereign as Feiling was to him. So why would Sovereign Xi kill the imperial guide herself right after he stated his terms? Tianming couldn't imagine himself doing the same to Feiling.

It appeared that his boundaries and limits were completely different from Sovereign Xi's....