this is soo gooddd but also sad :((
SPOILER:
from what i understood on the raws, i dont think the ml was the reincarnation of the prev emperor but he does dream of the past and on the process came to yearn the mc (that was how he became aware of him) doing everything just to have a chance of encounter. also, the mc did love the ml and even thought of no longer ascending but then something happened that made him lose his trust to the ml. long story short, he found the talisman done by the prev emperor who locked him, on their bedchamber and confronted the ml if he's him (the ml told the mc he is aware of the prev emperor since he saw him and mc on his dreams ever since). also the orb which was the mc's power was swallowed i think by the prev emperor? and that's why most of the royal descendants die young since they can't contain the power. as for the ending, i dont know if the mc did ascend, but the ml did die :(( while the mc grieved for his death. there are 2 side stories, 1st the ml was reincarnated as a fox looking for a companion and mc was traveling the world and came aware of rumors of a fox causing ruckus. the mc was begged for help which he agreed and encountered the ml. anw, they lived for a month bec the fox proposed it and he was only looking for companion because of loneliness. after a month, the mc left the ml alone in the mountain. the 2nd ss was the mc encountering a child which i believed is the ml's reincarnation and blessing him a happy life and leaving again (not sure if he did ascend). both sidestories were bittersweet and more on yearning i think
ps. i think the fox ml was a reincarnation too but im not really sure since it was not pertained if it was canon to the main story
ugh idk both of them (fl and ml) are infuriating. i just find it ironic how the fl kept saying one thing and doing the opposite. as the story progress, i also felt like it was partly the fl’s fault why she keeps hurting because of her own one-sided expectations whereas the ml was oblivious to anything. i can even understand his indifference since they weren’t even a thing lol and didn’t know she was his mate, whereas, the fl has her own truth that the ml doesn’t accept her as a mate. in the end, both of them were just dumb in communicating yup. and girl, must i say how annoying the ml can be and his obsessive complex?? i’m even more surprised how they even worked out
the only interesting character i read here is actually the supposed to be fake empress. not gonna lie, but she has more depth and complexity compared to the fl lol
the more i read this, the more i'm convinced that enoch is a loser or ijdk. ik ur traumatized by magicians bec of ur brother, but being written as someone saintly good but having no qualms on killing a child?? he's so blindly devoted by what he believes that i just see him dumb. what i hate most about someone is having no conviction and a backbone in what they hold dear. someone had it worst and still became the bigger person, and i know we should not base who has it worse but i just can't with the hypocrisy with how he is portrayed.
good lord, it's my first time shipping a woman with another woman but, in all aspect, there's no doubt that calla is a man than he is and will ever be. lapis is too much of a queen to be entangled with someone like HIM. if it's really a straight ship then even hector is 100x better than that emo of a man. better yet i'm fine with anyone aslong as it's not him. that creature of a manchild didn't score dude like heal urself first.
god, as much as i love ameri as a character, she really have no chemistry with iruma. peakclara would have been better and even azz is tolerable ugh
wow….. this was a beautifully written piece of garbage lol. no amount of plot twist could redeem it. more like plot holes after plot holes