If this phase does not exist, the child will not know how to love others. If it does, before they learn to love others, they first love their parents.
As a slave master, the Platinum King, their clan might have discovered this phenomenon early on.
He snatched Andasu away from her biological parents in order to sever her connection with her clan and establish that connection with himself before sending her back to the clan.
If she realizes the truth and can still bear to harm herself, then eliminate her, and wait for the next chosen one.
If she can't bear to do it, then his plan has successfully entered the next stage.
The Platinum King's desire wasn't just to have her; he wasn't lacking women. What he lacked was a Yunxiang race girl whose body and mind belonged entirely to him.
