By the time Yihao finally understood the true meaning of harmony and introduced all five elements in his inner world, he had already reached the peak of the Enlightened Core. In mere weeks, the hot-headed brute had shown tremendous progress, proving that he was a monstrous talent.
In all her years of cultivation, Liu Guiya had never seen anyone make this much progress without going through books. The only exceptions understood the value of truth only when they survived hell. Yihao appeared not to be tainted by darkness, but his strong inner world told her otherwise.
Naturally, the first thing he demanded was food. A copious amount of it, even if he was an extreme yang cultivator who had reached the level where he technically did not need to eat. Strangely enough, Yihao ate an entire month's worth of her palace budget but did not seem to feel satisfied.
"Not enough," he told her. "It's not enough. Why am I still starving when I'm no longer parched?"
