Before she could protest or defend herself, he lifted up from his position and sealed her lips with his own, the force of his kiss pushing her backward until she fell onto the soft mattress beneath them.

The kiss was fierce, possessive, claiming her mouth like a conqueror claiming territory. His tongue invaded her mouth with aggressive passion while his hands gripped her thighs, spreading them wide as he positioned himself between her legs.

"Mmph~! Mmmhh~!" Her muffled protests or pleas - she couldn't tell which - vibrated against his lips as he ground his hard cock against her through the thin fabric of her undergarments.

The friction was maddening, his thick shaft sliding along her slit, the heat of him burning through the silk barriers between them. Her robe had bunched up around her ribs, leaving her mostly bare beneath him as he claimed her mouth with ruthless intensity.

When they finally separated, both gasping for air, she tried to speak.

"I wasn't being ambitious, I-"

"Fine then," he interrupted, his voice rough with desire and determination. "I will give you all the power you want. But you better receive all of it, you hear me?"

His crimson-gold eyes burned into hers with an intensity that made her soul tremble.

"You have to be greedy more than you are now. Greedier than you ever thought possible. I want you to take everything I give you and demand more. Can you do that for me?"

Yu Xiang stared up at him, her violet eyes reflecting a storm of emotions - hope, fear, desire, and something deeper that she was afraid to name.

Here was her chance. Her opportunity to transcend the limitations of her cursed physique and claim a place beside him.

All she had to do was embrace her ambitions completely. Become the greedy, power-hungry woman he was challenging her to be.

Her lips curved into a slow, predatory smile as her true nature finally emerged without shame or pretense.

"Yes," she breathed, her voice carrying all the dangerous ambition he'd always seen lurking beneath her surface. "I want it all."

[DING!]

[Major Achievement Unlocked: "Heroine's Complete Surrender"]

[Target has accepted role as power-hungry cultivation partner]

[Massive Reward: +5,000 Harem Points]

[New Ability Unlocked: Dual Cultivation Enhancement]

[Solution to her Physique: Host need Divine Bloodline to reverse hers]

'Hm?' He looked toward the screen that materialized before his eyes, a knowing smirk playing at his lips as he absorbed the information.

As he had expected, the system would give him a solution - and that solution was for him to awaken his divine bloodline.

Naturally, to awaken a divine bloodline or obtain it, he needed to become stronger than he was presently.

To become stronger, he needed to cultivate with someone more powerful than him - someone who was none other than the woman for whom he harbored doubts in his mind.

Once he claimed her and dual cultivated to become stronger, then he would be able to get his divine bloodline unsealed, the one he had inherited from Ying Jia.

And once that happened, he would be able to make Yu Xiang's cultivation rise.

Technically, everything was interconnected - a perfect web of ambition and necessity.

So now the question remained.

He turned toward her, their bodies still intimately pressed together, and spoke with calculated precision. "There is a way, but you need to help me clear my doubts. What do you think about that woman?"

She blinked, her violet eyes focusing despite the haze of arousal clouding her thoughts. "You mean Akane?"

He nodded.

She looked at him for a moment, studying his expression with newfound clarity. "So you are not the man she loves?"

He chuckled, the sound rumbling through his chest where it pressed against her. "Of course I am."

Looking down at her, he said, "Let's take a seat."

He sat up on the bed, pulling her with him.

Yet instead of positioning her beside him for conversation, his grip shifted unexpectedly, yanking her forward so that she lost balance and fell face-first toward his lap, her face landing dangerously close to his still-hard cock.

He chuckled at her startled expression. "I was about to talk to you and you want to do that? You pervert."

The comment made her cheeks burn with embarrassment and indignation.

Her eyes couldn't help but focus on the deep red head of his cock throbbing mere inches from her face, glistening with the evidence of their previous activities.

She quickly lifted her head, looking toward him with flustered protest. "No!"

But she felt his hand settle on her head, fingers threading through her dark hair as he slowly guided her back down, relaxing against the headboard of the bed with casual dominance.

"Please me, Xiang," he said, his voice carrying both command and coaxing. "Aren't you greedy?"

She blinked, looking down to see his cock right before her, which she instinctively held with both hands.

It was still so thick - like a cucumber - and the weight of it in her palms made her gulp nervously.

"I'll... what should I do?" she asked hesitantly.

He looked down at her with raised eyebrows. "You don't know?"

She shook her head, causing him to sigh as he gently pulled her back up into his arms.

Hugging her against his chest, he said, "Forget that. It seems you need to understand such things visually first."

His arms tightened around her as he returned to the original topic. "So now tell me - should I care about my morals if getting that woman could make me stronger than I am right now?"

He paused, then added the crucial detail. "And that woman could solve your problem too."

Hearing that, she blinked and muttered under her breath, processing his words.

It was as if all her previous doubts and moral reservations suddenly vanished like morning mist.

"Get her."

He chuckled, observing her rapid mental shift. "Aren't you being greedy?"

She blinked again, then voiced a practical concern. "But isn't that woman alone here? What if she gets fooled by some other man like she did with you? Shouldn't we have her instead?"

Tianlong's eyes widened in genuine surprise. "Wait, are you being serious right now? How can you talk about destroying someone's life?"

But Yu Xiang's foundation had shifted completely, her true ambitious nature now fully awakened and crystallized around this opportunity for power and healing.

She said matter-of-factly, "What does it matter? She will never get a man like you anyway. Just make her obsessed with you. Change the flow of her love from her husband to you. That's all you have to do."

He raised an eyebrow, studying her transformed demeanor. "Aren't you cruel?"

Looking back at him with unwavering determination, she replied, "You were the one who told me to be frank and greedy. So I am being greedy."

He couldn't help but chuckle at her logic, pressing her head against his chest while his hand moved to rub along her side, fingers trailing over the soft curve of her breast.

"You know what?" he said, enjoying how perfectly soft she felt in his arms. "I think you're right. I should be a good husband by listening to my wife, shouldn't I?"

She flinched at his words, lifting her head abruptly. "What?"

He raised an eyebrow with mock confusion. "Come on, you know, right? I've decided to marry you."

She blinked in shock, but he continued before she could respond.

"Though not here. When we go to the upper realm, we'll marry there. We'll hold a big ceremony there. Will that be good?"

Her lips trembled as overwhelming emotion crashed over her, and she nodded vigorously enough to make him chuckle.

"But you must not try to monopolize me, you ambitious woman," he added with gentle warning.

She blinked, feeling as though he could see straight through her deepest desires and schemes.

She quickly shook her head in denial, then asked in a small voice, "But I can be your favorite, right?"

The innocent yet calculating question made him kiss her forehead tenderly.

"You all are my favorites," he said warmly. "What are you even saying? A man of culture never judges his women... just their body."

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