Villain : I reincarnated as a Prince! Shouldn't I have a Harem?

"It was about two years ago..."

"I was an origin realm cultivator with only a white tiger as my bond beast.

I wanted to join the Beast King sect of the Zhuji tribe.

To enter, I needed to first enslave a tiger-type beast in the forest on my own to pass their test.

Hence, I came into this forest to defeat and enslave a Steel Claw tiger.

At first, my bond beast was easily defeated by the Steel claw tiger and we had to flee, however, after a few tries, I understood its attack patterns and was ready to defeat it.

I went to the same place where the Steel claw tiger had made its territory, however, it was nowhere to be found.

I went around searching for it, however, upon not being able to find it, I decided to return and come back tomorrow.

It was then that the space around me suddenly distorted and I was teleported to an inheritance site.

At first, I didn't know where I was.

It was dark and I could only see a path in front of me as if I was in a cave.

I decided it was better to walk the path instead of just standing around so I began to take small steps with caution while keeping my guard up.

I was afraid yet I kept on moving and soon saw a light ahead.

Upon reaching that light, I found myself in a huge chamber with a huge black stone in the center that was rectangular.

It had instructions inscribed on it which I began to read:

'Descendant of mine, if you are reading this then that means you are my chosen successor.'

'This is my inheritance ground where you will receive my inheritance.'

'First, if you have a bond beast, you need to kill it and become free of bonds to receive my inheritance.'

'If you don't wish to kill it, then you have the option to refuse my inheritance in which case, someone else will be chosen as my successor.'

'To refuse, just yell 'I refuse your inheritance' and you will be teleported back'

'If you accept and kill your bond beast, then you just need to place your hand on this rock after becoming free of bonds. The next instructions will appear then'"

"What? Kill your bond beast? That will harm even your foundation and could even threaten your life. Moreover, a bond beast is like family to a cultivator. How can someone kill their own family?"

Fanrong couldn't help but express her condemnation of such a condition to receive the inheritance.

"I was also of the same opinion as you at first, however, when I read the name at the bottom of the rock, I no longer hesitated," Ashen informed of his choice calmly as if it was obvious.

"What? Whose name can make you kill your own bond beast?" Fanrong was a bit frustrated yet curious.

"Beast Sovereign Zhuji Xilain!" Ashen slowly muttered the name as both Fanrong and Loyan had their eyes widened in disbelief.

"What? Beast Sovereign? The Second Disciple of the Eternal Great Sovereign? The founder of our Zhuji Tribe? That Beast Sovereign Zhuji Xilain??"

Fanrong couldn't believe Ashen's words. Zhuji Xilain lived long ago and if he had left any inheritance, why wasn't it found until now?

And why by someone like Huan Tian?

If anyone should have found it, it should've been someone from the Zhuji main royal family like herself.

This didn't make sense to her.

"Should I continue?" Ashen asked, interrupting their thoughts and emotions.

They both nodded, wanting to know the full story and about the inheritance Ashen received.

"So I made the obvious choice and killed my bond beast.

I took some damage and coughed up blood, but since I was only an origin realm cultivator at that time, killing my bond beast didn't injure me severely.

I waited for some days to recover before trying to accept the inheritance.

I had to be cautious since there could be another inheritance test for me waiting ahead.

When I was recovered enough, I placed my hand on the inheritance stone and suddenly I felt some kind of energy entering my body before returning to the stone.

Soon, more inscriptions began to appear on the rock as I read them:

'My Inheritance has four things.'

'First, My Beast Sovereign Skill. It lets you control your spirit beasts without your spirit and you can enslave any number of beasts you desire.'

'Second, my attainment in the enslavement path which will help you advance through realms quickly and create your own skills.'

'Third, an Enslavement transforming qi pill which will let you absorb a high amount of qi to advance through realms at a quick pace.'

'Lastly, A token containing my secret skill that will enslave a beast of a similar realm as you just by activating it. This will allow you to gain a bond beast to defeat other beasts and enslave them'

'And finally, as a bonus, my status. Since you are my successor, that makes you of a higher status than the royal family of the Zhuji tribe. How you make use of this status is up to you.'"

"Ah, so that's why you didn't greet me even upon finding out about my identity as the princess," Fanrong exclaimed, connecting the dots from Ashen's words.

Ashen simply nodded as he continued his fake origin story:

"I received this inheritance from the Beast Sovereign and cultivated in that room for two years, only coming out after reaching the King Realm.

It wasn't easy to absorb the pill or the attainment and the amount was so big. I felt that most of it was wasted.

After coming out, I first enslaved the Steel Claw tiger king with the token of the Beast sovereign. With his help, I went on to enslave the other tiger kings over the past few days."

"So this is the reason why I haven't heard about you despite being a King realm expert. This does answer all the questions I had about you. Moreover, with a legendary pill and the attainment of the founder of enslavement path, it's no wonder that you are a King realm expert at only 39. If even with the Beast Sovereign's inheritance you weren't able to become a king realm cultivator, that would be more suspicious."

Fanrong nodded, unable to find anything suspicious about Ashen anymore. Anything she thought of pointing out was answered by this story.

Moreover, if something didn't make sense, just the name of Beast Sovereign was enough to make sense of it.

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(A/N - Thanks for reading. ^..^)