Eternal Temptation: Awakening Sinful Desires

"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.

Arianna moved towards him and placed her hand above his head, sending her spiritual sense into his mind to remove the dizziness and nausea he was feeling before speaking with a gentle voice, "Ufufu~ I guess I went too far this time."

Then looking at Rias, who was staring at her with a confused look on her face, Arianna spoke to her, "It doesn't matter if you can read those books or not. No one needs any cultivation techniques to cultivate the Emperor Realm as long as they have a strong comprehension ability and can sense Laws."

"Laws?" Rias asked her in a confused voice.

"Grandma means the Laws of Nature," Asher answered her question as he looked at his grandmother. "Right?"

Arianna smiled at him, "Yes. But there is a lot more to it than that. The reason why most people get stuck at the King Realm is because of their lack of understanding of these laws. It's not that they need powerful cultivation techniques or something like that. They simply fail to grasp the fundamental principles behind them. They don't think about why they possess a certain element affinity or why they are able to cultivate using that element."

After taking a pause, she continued, "You see, my dear grandson and Rias Claymore... When someone reaches the Peak Stage of the King Realm, they become aware of many things that were previously hidden from their eyes due to their weak cultivation base. And this awareness helps them comprehend these laws better. And once you delve deeper into your elements' mysteries, you will start to understand them without needing any help from cultivation techniques. Then once you understand your elements' Laws, it becomes possible for you to advance beyond the King Realm."

"That's where the stage, the Emperor Realm, comes as you will be able to command the laws and make the element bend according to your will." Arianna said as she waved her hand and made some black flames dance around her fingers that looked more threatening than anything.

"Then what about those Heaven Grade Cultivation Techniques that can take someone to the Emperor Realm?" Asher asked her with a curious look on his face.

Arianna shrugged her shoulder, "Those techniques only guide the cultivators in the right direction so they can start understanding the laws of nature. It doesn't mean that you need them to step into the Emperor Realm."

"Then why did those people who knew about this didn't tell anyone?" Rias asked after remaining quiet for some time.

"Even if everyone knew about it, only those with strong comprehension abilities will be able to step into the Emperor Realm, or else they would get stuck in the same place as all those who didn't know about it." Arianna replied in a nonchalant tone.

"Not everyone has such capabilities, so what is the point of telling them? Moreover, you need to cultivate in a special place with a high amount of elemental energy present in it to grasp its law. Such places are dangerous beyond imagination, making even those who know about the future cultivation path get cold feet."

"Then where can we find such places?" Asher asked her since this was one of the most crucial questions he wanted to know. After all, Aria and others needed to go to such places if they wished to break through to the Emperor Realm.

Arianna pointed at the cultivation chambers building. "The Mystic Starry Realm has them already. Though it seems to be sealed for some reason... But I can still feel some Laws leaking through the seal. So the only question remains, When will those seals get opened?"

"I guess it's because of my low cultivation realm. I can feel that when I break through to the Transcendent Realms, the seal on those cultivation chambers will vanish and make it possible to cultivate there without any problem." Asher said after confirming the details from the Astral Nexus Core orb.

Then, after thinking for a second, he asked her another question that had been bothering him for some time now. "How long did it take you to reach the Emperor Realm?"

"Around five hundred years. It's the time it took me to understand the basic laws connected with the dark element. Though the cause of it being the lack of a suitable place to cultivate with a high concentration of dark energy." Arianna replied before letting out a laugh. "The only reason I can step into the Emperor Realm is because the Twilight Mist Sect has a special place that contains a higher concentration of dark elemental energy, making me able to understand laws much better."

"The Rift?" Asher asked when he realized she meant the Rift present in the sect's territory.

"Indeed," Arianna nodded her head. "And a certain someone asked his beautiful maid to destroy that place because his elder sister was stuck there. You know, I had to put in a lot of effort to make that place sealed again. So be thankful to me, or many innocent disciples would have died."

"Wait... Was it really that dangerous?" Asher asked in disbelief. He never thought such a thing would have happened. After all, he only thought of that place as something annoying since his sister was stuck in there. "Why didn't you tell anyone how dangerous it was?"

"Why didn't you ask if it was dangerous or not before destroying that place?" Arianna fired back at him while looking into his eyes.

After hearing her reply, Asher's mouth twitched. He didn't know what to say because he didn't think about it before making Nadia destroy that place. He thought that everything would end after that place was destroyed, and there wouldn't be any consequences for it.

But now he realized how foolish he was. That place wasn't something minor.

Looking at his reaction, Arianna let out a sigh before placing her hand on Asher's shoulder and said, "You can't predict everything, so it is better to think before doing something instead of going with the flow and not caring about the consequences of your actions. When your cultivation reaches higher realms, any simple action from you can endanger the lives of millions of people."

"Okay. But let's stop this topic for now. You didn't come here to teach me a lesson. There must be another reason." Asher said in an indifferent tone.

Even though he wanted to change the subject, he made a note to himself about what she said. After all, her experience had taught her such lessons, and she wanted to make sure that he would never repeat those mistakes.

Arianna nodded her head and said, "Indeed. We should head to the mansion where everyone is present and then talk there."

After saying so, Arianna moved towards the exit of the library. Seeing her move, Asher sighed and stood up before following after his grandmother with Rias trailing behind him.

Soon, they reached his mansion.

As soon as they entered, Arianna saw all the girls who had gotten the soul mark sitting in the living room of the mansion, talking about something, but when they looked at her and Asher, they stopped talking and stood up.