Titan King: Ascension of the Giant

Void Passage. Sophia gazed at Orion without saying a word.

Sophia felt uneasy—she couldn't quite see through Orion.

A newly advanced Legendary-level powerhouse, who could already construct a territory…

Those four arrow towers standing along the Blackstone City outer walls were undeniable proof.

In the previous battle, those four arrow towers had fired relentlessly, dealing terrifying damage to the Dark Creatures. Anything struck from above or below by their bolts walked away severely injured.

Sophia, who'd been hiding among the Dark Creatures through a will projection, took all this in with keen eyes.

That wasn't even the biggest concern. What truly made her wary was the fact that Orion, who kept his eyes shut, very likely had enough power to kill her.

It was obvious that Orion already posed a mortal threat to Sophia.

Although this was merely her own speculation, at her level of strength, intuition was often more reliable than what one could directly observe.

"Orion," Sophia said softly, "ignoring the whole invasion issue, if you're willing, I'd truly love to bear your child."

Sophia's tone was gentle, sounding utterly sincere.

A lord who can build a territory will, if nothing goes wrong, one day ascend to become an Arch Lord.

In other words, Orion's offspring would definitely have a formidable bloodline. Having a child of powerful lineage was essential to Sophia's butterfly race. Plus, raising a descendant connected to Orion would give her people a backup plan in another world.

All of those ideas formed in Sophia's mind in the blink of an eye.

However, on the other end of the passage, Orion still had his eyes closed, utterly ignoring her offer.

"What a single-minded male," Sophia mused to herself.

Although she was thinking all this, she wasn't about to give up.

Whoosh!

In the next moment, a shimmering phantom detached itself from Sophia's body and descended through the passage.

At the same time, Orion also reacted. Thunder rumbled, and transcendent power erupted around him.

"Orion, I really mean it this time," Sophia coaxed.

"This here is my dream avatar, linked directly to my mind. All you have to do is say [yes], and I'll have sex with you right here. I'll carry your child!"

Sophia's dream avatar stepped out of the passage. During its descent, it was repeatedly struck by bolts of lightning, leaving its clothing torn to tatters in a rather sorry state.

Strangely enough, the more shredded her outfit became, the more intriguing she looked.

"Orion, welcome to the borderline between reality and illusion!"

The moment her dream avatar uttered those words, it burst like a soap bubble.

Instantly, Orion was forcibly dragged back into a dreamscape once again.

It was a pink dream, and Sophia was completely nude, steadily closing in on Orion. Orion, meanwhile, found himself lying halfway in a hot spring, unable to move at all.

"Dear Orion," Sophia purred, "I'm more than willing to be proactive… to be completely genuine for you."

With that, she spread her legs, positioned her vagina against Orion's cock, and lowered herself onto him.

That dream went on for two hours, while only three minutes elapsed in the real world.

When the dream shattered, Orion opened his eyes, looking deeply disturbed.

On Sophia's side of the passage, she was still naked, and from her expression it was obvious she'd just experienced a mind-blowing round of sex.

During those brief three minutes, Sophia had brought a new wave of Dark Creatures through the passage—among them were two Alpha-level beasts.

"My strong Orion, if your subordinates are tough enough to handle them, consider them a gift from me!"

With those words, Sophia vanished from the other end of the passage.

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Emerald Dream Realm, Phoenix Butterfly Ridge.

Phoenix Butterfly Ridge was gorgeous—like a fairyland, brimming with towering ancient trees. Countless butterflies lived among the leaves, and this place was Sophia's territory.

Suddenly, Sophia appeared there. She was still riding that post-climax high from the recent session and lightly pressed one hand against her lower abdomen.

"Orion's bloodline is so incredibly potent," she murmured.

"My belly feels like it's on fire. I wonder if, once I transform into my human form, I can successfully bear my first child!"

To conceive a child with Orion, Sophia had forced herself to produce a dream avatar.

After successfully descending through the passage, she'd used her natural mastery of the dream realm to temporarily pin Orion down, then had sex with him.

To suppress Orion in a dream where he couldn't fight back had cost Sophia dearly.

First, she had poured all her transcendent power into restraining him. This meant that in the dream, she herself had zero offensive capability.

Second, summoning a dream avatar by force caused her strength to drop from peak Legendary-level down to lower Legendary-level.

Once someone makes it to Legendary, they typically go through four stages: lower, middle, upper, and peak. For Sophia to climb back up to peak Legendary-level, she'd have to invest years of effort and countless resources.

Even so, she felt it had been worth it.

Part of it was Orion's potential; more important, she needed to secure an escape route for her people.

Sophia was all too aware that a divine war was raging between the Emerald Dream Realm and Titanion Realm.

Two realms at war meant eventually one side would fall, and in that event, any living being from the losing realm would likely meet a terrible fate.

Orion from the Titanion realm was one of Sophia's backup plans. The whole ordeal might look ridiculous, even absurd. But she went through with it anyway.

"A leader who cares that deeply about his people's survival is unlikely to abandon his own offspring, right?" Sophia whispered.
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She freely acknowledged that relying on Orion was a gamble, but at least it was a fallback.

Sophia had invaded Titanion Realm multiple times—she knew that, fierce as that world's competition might be, it was still preferable to the raw brutality of the Emerald Dream Realm. You could see that clearly from the fact that so many Dark Creatures in the Emerald Dream Realm were basically mindless beasts.

In truth, Sophia didn't feel demeaned at all; if anything, she was proud of herself. In her eyes, she had provided her people a lifeline.

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Void Passage. Orion stood in silence, staring at the empty darkness on the far side of the passage, his thoughts swirling too deep to fathom.

That feeling of being pinned down, unable to move even an inch inside the dream, still rattled him. At least, until the dream shattered, Sophia never showed the slightest intent to harm or kill him. If anything, she'd been downright "gentle" through the whole act.

"What was she really after…?"

The dream had collapsed, and Sophia disappeared from the passage. From Orion's vantage point, he honestly couldn't piece together her motives or what she hoped to gain.