Li Qiye didn’t turn back and chuckled: “She’s doing well and is very happy. Like father, like daughter, she is just as great as you so you should feel proud.” He left with that.

He didn’t tell her the truth because he spent everything to sever her bloodline back then so that she could fly away, far from Heaven Spirit to the edge of the worlds!

Alas, she still chose to return in the end, back to her home. After a full circle, she eventually came back to the beginning. This might not be the result True Martial wanted but Li Qiye still respected her choice. 

After all, she had many paths to take including one that would make her an emperor. Nevertheless, she still came back because she loved this land and her father. Thus,...