Lanling said, "Rest assured, you are a smart person. I won't try to persuade you of anything, because it would be pointless."
Lan Sisi said, "They say a night of love equates to a hundred days of grace. Can I share some thoughts with you, my love?"
"Certainly," Lanling replied.
Lan Sisi said, "Let me make a hypothesis: If you choose not to become the Dragon Emperor—alright, to put it more plainly—if you choose not to be kept by the Dragon Temple, what would happen?"
"I'd be reduced to ashes, as the armies of the Motuo Empire march south, destroying my Flame Demon Empire," Lanling said. "I would fall into the darkest of fates."
