Yang Qi had finally succeeded, and his carefully laid plans were playing out perfectly.

Mu Renwang and Su Xin were so incredibly powerful that if Yang Qi hadn’t gained valuable experience from stealing the Mahātmā Jade from the Shepherd, he would never have succeeded. Nor would he have succeeded if they hadn’t used the Heart-Linking Hex on him. And were it not for the Royal Palace of Assassins trying to take out the Will Manifestation Heaven Sect, the purrling would never have revealed its ability and Yang Qi would never have gained further enlightenment of the Purrfect God Art. In that case, he would also have failed.

Another factor was that the imperial couple had left Mu Yexi behind to watch over Yang Qi, giving him the perfect hostage.

And if the imperial couple hadn’t revealed their eighteen godpower seeds to him, Yang Qi would have had no choice but to go along with their plan to manipulate him.

There were a host of factors that had all played out perfectly in his favor.

In the end, it was the imperial couple’s conniving and overbearing attitude, and their insistence on...