It was easy for someone like Zhang Lie, who boasted a great deal of power and strength and had two lifetimes' worth of experience, to be a good monarch.

He was easily able to command his populace, and he had the strength to back up those commands. On the other hand, Zhang Hanxiang was different. She had grown up under Zhang Lie's protection, and he knew far more about commanding others than she did.

Furthermore, because she was so sheltered, she could be rather naive and knew quite little about some parts of the world, which would make it easy for others to take advantage of her. She was also a fair bit weaker than Zhang Lie.

Even if Zhang Lie were to raise Zhang Hanxiang's gene fragments to the peak of the second realm, allowed her to imbibe...