Eternal Temptation: Awakening Sinful Desires

Arianna spoke with an air of nonchalance and a hint of amusement in her voice. Then she turned her gaze back towards Asher as a playful smile formed on her crimson lips.

"As for you, young man..." She began as she reached out to ruffle his hair again. "I have come here to tell you something important."

Asher wasn't surprised hearing that, as he knew how his grandmother was; if it wasn't something significant, she would have never shown up unless someone asked her for help with something or there was a special occasion. He didn't know where she always went off to when she left, but he knew she always did everything for a reason.

So seeing the way his grandma looked at him, Asher knew she wasn't here to joke around or play games with him. It must be because of something serious that happened somewhere or something that would happen that was connected to him.

Still, he decided to ask her instead of assuming things. "What is it?"

However, before answering him, Arianna asked him, "Don't you want to take your Grandma to the secret realm before talking about this serious topic?" She asked with a mischievous grin on her beautiful visage.

Asher knew what she meant by that. She wanted to go inside the Mystic Starry Realm. After all, she had witnessed them coming from a different portal and knew about that realm. Not to mention, she may have also seen Scarlet come and go like that before Rias and he came.

But Asher didn't take Arianna to the Mystic Starry Realm right away; instead, he told her about the soul mark and how he wanted to give her one so she could come and go from that realm whenever she wanted.

Arianna smiled when he told her that. So without wasting any more time, Asher placed a soul mark on Arianna, making her bound to the Astral Nexus Core Orb, and then took her to the Mystic Starry Realm with Rias.

Inside the Mystic Starry Realm, Asher showed everything to his grandmother. From training areas to the cultivation chambers, and even showed her the Mystic Starry Realm's library, where all those who had gotten soul marks by Asher could come and read all the cultivation books present there without getting disturbed by anything.

Arianna, on the other hand, didn't act surprised when she saw many complete Heaven Grade Cultivation Techniques inside the library.

However, this made Rias wonder if the Supreme Elder had already cultivated such a technique, and that was the reason why she wasn't surprised by them. She also noted to herself that maybe there existed cultivation techniques of Heaven Grade in the outside world but were hidden by the senior cultivators from the eyes of others.

Yet, as if reading her mind, Arianna spoke with a hint of amusement in her voice, "There is no need to think too much about this, girl. There aren't any complete Heaven Grade Cultivation Techniques outside of the Mystic Starry Realm."

"Then... Why didn't you look surprised to see these?" Rias asked her curiously.

Arianna let out a light chuckle at her words, then answered with a smirk on her face. "It's because I already know how to cultivate the last stage of the Transcending Realm, the Emperor Realm, and cultivation techniques like that are no longer useful for me."

"How? Mom said that without complete Heaven Grade Cultivation Techniques, it will be impossible for anyone to step into the Emperor realm." Asher asked, confused by what she had told him.

It didn't make any sense to him. How could she know about the final stages of the Transcending Realm if there was nothing about them in the cultivation books present in the outside world?

It was the main reason behind the cause of so many experts getting stuck at the peak of the King Realm. No matter how strong and talented they were, they would get stuck there because they lacked proper cultivation techniques for it.

"Who told you that you needed cultivation techniques to advance?" Arianna asked him with a smirk on her face. "This is where all the sects and clans are wrong. There is no need for complete cultivation techniques to step into the Emperor Realm."

"How can that be possible? Without proper techniques, how will you understand what you are trying to achieve?" Rias asked her in a confused voice.

"Didn't you read the complete Heaven Grade Cultivation Techniques here? You should have found your answer if you did so," Arianna answered her question with another question as she pointed towards the shelves filled with cultivation books inside the library.

Rias shook her head, "No. There seems to be some kind of restriction that doesn't allow us to read that part unless one reaches the Peak Stage of the King Realm."

Arianna raised an eyebrow at her before nodding her head. "Indeed. But my cute grandson should be able to read them."

Hearing her words, Asher moved towards the shelf where the Heaven Grade Cultivation Techniques were kept and grabbed one of them before flipping through its pages until he reached the Emperor Realm part.

But when he started to read, his vision got blurry, making him dizzy and nauseous. He closed the book again as soon as this happened and took deep breaths to calm himself down.

"What happened?" Rias asked him in a worried tone as she saw his complexion getting pale. "Is everything alright?"

"I felt sick for a second. It looks like I am not qualified to read them yet." Asher said before looking at his grandmother with accusing eyes.

When Arianna saw Asher looking at her like that, she shrugged her shoulders, saying, "I just wanted to see your reaction, my dear grandson. And you shouldn't have believed me so easily."

"Come on, Grandma! If I have to be suspicious of even my own family, then who can I trust?" Asher said, letting out a sigh before sitting down on a chair while massaging his forehead to ease the slight pain he was still feeling.