Zhao Lichen was a notoriously cruel and brutal emperor, rumoured to have no emotions such as sympathy or empathy in his heart. It was as if his conscience had been swallowed up by a black hole. He did not hesitate to kill women, the elderly, children and even babies if they stood in the way of his goals. Many neighbouring kingdoms feared Lichen. He only wanted absolute and eternal power. That is why he travelled the world in search of the eternal ice lotus spirit, which was said to have the ability to prolong life and grant eternal life. He spent 10 years searching and finally found it. Since the spirit had not yet bloomed, Lichen took it and brought it back to his castle. He cared for it and fed it regularly, even giving it his own blood and mana so that the spirit would bloom quickly.

After a long wait, the time for the spirit to blossom or be born had arrived, but when Lichen reached the hall where the ice lotus that had once been budding had now blossomed and withered, there was no trace of the spirit. This enraged Lichen, and without a second thought, he immediately flew through the night sky in search of his lotus spirit.

Finally, he saw a group of bandits carrying a small child, no, it was a spirit baby and a lotus spirit. His eyes darkened. He immediately plunged at breakneck speed to the ground, approaching the bandits.

"This spirit baby will fetch a high price if we sell it! Eat this magic crystal and we will auction you off at a high price—"

Before he could finish, the bandit's head was already lying on the ground and the spirit had also fallen to the ground.

"You filthy bastards, how dare you touch my property."

Lichen was furious, and the bandits became wary of Lichen's arrival.

Meanwhile, the spirit, which looked like a 5-year-old child, crawled on the ground trying to reach the magic crystal. Lichen picked her up and carried her in his arms. When he was about to eat the crystal, the man quickly swatted it away, causing the crystal to fall. The baby spirit immediately began to wail.

"Don't eat that disgusting thing. I have something better."

He took another magic crystal, but one with a higher purity, from his pocket.