“Oh, you think this is too much?” Wynton chuckled darkly. “To be honest, if my sister hadn’t taken a liking to you, you’d have perished in the River of Time.”

James stayed silent.

“You can do anything for the myriad realms, can’t you?” With a mocking tone, Wynton continued, “Now all you have to do is hold a wedding with my sister, and you can save them all.

“You win their respect and admiration. You’ll be lauded as a paragon of virtue—a savior. Plus, you get a beautiful woman in the process too. It’s a big win, don’t you think?”

Wynton sneered. “Though the Yin governor might feel this is unfair, she has always looked at the bigger picture. She even exposed herself to Demeter’s harm and reincarnated eighty-one times just to pass the Leere Tribulation. Even her main self was cleaved in two—”

“You have a deal,” James blurted out.

The answer stunned Wynton; he hadn’t seen that coming. He could not believe James would agree so quickly. ‘Were all his actions up till now a fraud? He kil