The Empress who became a tool

After the commotion caused by Yao Wu, Su Ming hurriedly recalled the heaven-reaching pagoda, then took Uncle Meng and Qu Xiangyang back to the Three Saints Sect.

As for the two Grand Elders, they strongly insisted on remaining here.

After all, once Su Ming withdrew the heaven-reaching pagoda, Wolf Howl Cliff once again became an entrance and exit to the Northern Territory.

"Tsk, I just finished praising the young Sect Master, why did he run off so quickly? My disciple is clearly not bad-looking..."

"If Miao Yun finds out, she will definitely ignore you for a while." Ye Guicang couldn't help but tease.

"What do you know? Looking across the entire Qianyuan Continent, can you find a junior more outstanding than the young Sect Master? I am doing this for Miao Yun's future!"

Watching the other party argue his case so vehemently, Ye Guicang shook his head helplessly.

"I truly have no reason to refute you on that."

"Let's not talk about that. Now is the time for us to guard the passes well and slowly devour the Northern Territory."

While Su Ming was in seclusion, Yao Wu and Ye Guicang had already contacted various factions, including Jixia Academy.

Next, they would guard every pass that allowed access to the Northern Territory to ensure the encirclement and suppression of the Demonic Path proceeded smoothly.

It was precisely because they had finished discussing this matter that Yao Wu had gone to seek support from Su Ming.

With the support of the Half-step Void Realm battle spirit puppet, once the encirclement was completely formed, the entire Northern Territory Demonic Path would be wiped out in one fell swoop.

Relying on the terrifying speed of the heaven-reaching pagoda, by the time Yao Wu and the others were still finalizing the details of the encirclement, Su Ming had already returned to the Three Saints Sect.

Upon seeing Su Ming return, Grand Elder Zhang Mu sought him out immediately.

"Sect Master, is that Jiang Wang truly dead?"

Two days had passed since the incident, and news of Jiang Wang's death had already spread throughout the entire Righteous Path.

At the same time, Yao Wu and the others had preserved Jiang Wang's corpse and arranged his remains, making it convenient for this Demonic Path corpse to be paraded across the entire Qianyuan Continent.

"With the Young Lord taking action, it was naturally a simple matter." Qu Xiangyang replied on Su Ming's behalf.

Hearing the answer, Zhang Mu clenched his fists excitedly, hot tears streaming from his eyes.

"Well died! Well died! It's a pity I couldn't be there in person..." His tone was filled with regret.

"Elder Zhang, with me at the Three Saints Sect now, you are free to act as you please." Su Ming suddenly spoke.

Zhang Mu's tone trembled slightly: "Sect Master, what do you mean..."

Su Ming just smiled without saying much, but the latter had already flown out of the Three Saints Sect, heading straight for Wolf Howl Cliff.

After the other party left, Su Ming had Qu Xiangyang handle the various affairs of the Three Saints Sect, while he and Uncle Meng returned to Chenyang Peak.

The Time Acceleration Formation was still running, and Luo Ningshuang was still in a state of cultivation.

The resources left behind by Su Ming when he departed had been completely consumed by Luo Ningshuang, yet her cultivation base had not increased at all, remaining at the Longevity Realm.

Given Luo Ningshuang's talent, it was impossible for her to have been cultivating in the Time Acceleration Formation for over two months and still be standing still.

This could only mean one thing: she had been feeding her own cultivation back into the jade pool heavenly lock to repair the Jade Pool Empress's remnant soul.

"I'd like to see what good things the Jade Pool Empress can offer up this time..."

However, inside the Time Acceleration Formation at this moment, the Jade Pool Empress was questioning her existence within the jade pool heavenly lock.

Because she had witnessed something that exceeded her understanding.

"Impossible, has the Heavenly Fate actually collapsed completely? How could the Heavenly Fate collapse... Even if it's just the Heavenly Fate of a Small World, it shouldn't be able to collapse..."

In the Jade Pool Empress's impression, Heavenly Fate was an existence that could not be defied.

Once it began to spur the script, everyone was just a fixed chess piece on this script.

As her memories continuously recovered, her perception of the outside world grew stronger.

Therefore, she could see that Su Ming was a person of negation, born locked by the Heavenly Fate.

Although his parents gave birth to Su Ming, in the Jade Pool Empress's view, Su Ming's death was merely a matter of time.

Yet the other party had refreshed her understanding time and time again.

As her memories continuously recovered, the Jade Pool Empress understood the inevitable connection between herself and Luo Ningshuang.

Her remnant soul had resided within the jade pool heavenly lock for thousands of years, just to wait for Luo Ningshuang.

Even the reason she had been ambushed back then and managed to preserve her remnant soul was because of this.

She was once also in the Heavenly Dao Realm, but under the arrangements of the Heavenly Fate, she was still powerless.

She was destined to become Luo Ningshuang's guide, her mentor whom she would treat with mutual respect in the future.

However, Su Ming, with his own strength, had directly severed the connection between Luo Ningshuang and the Heavenly Fate.

The abundant Opportunity and talent brought by the Heavenly Fate still remained with Luo Ningshuang, but the Heavenly Fate could no longer control her.

And the relationship imposed by the Heavenly Fate was thus declared broken.

In Luo Ningshuang's view, the Jade Pool Empress had completely been reduced to a tool.

"The surname Su... Could he be a descendant of that Su Family?"

The Jade Pool Empress thought of the Su Family in the Outer Void.

The Su Family that had detached from the original world, entered the Outer Void, and became a powerful force.

It was said that the Su Family had once fought against the Heavenly Fate and achieved victory.

But that was just a rumor, and no one believed it at all.

But now, the collapsed Heavenly Fate of this world, combined with Su Ming's identical surname, made her begin to suspect that this rumor was very likely true.

The Jade Pool Empress began to actively absorb spiritual power, attempting to recall more details about the Su Family.

But this aroused Luo Ningshuang's dissatisfaction.

Previously, relying on the powerful effects of the Time Acceleration Formation and her own talent, she had quickly completed the cultivation of the first layer of the Jade Pool Golden Canon.

For the subsequent content, she had no choice but to feed spiritual power back to the Jade Pool Empress, allowing her to recover more memories so she could teach her the subsequent content of the Jade Pool Golden Canon.

For this, she had consumed all the resources Su Ming had given her, finally allowing the Jade Pool Empress to recover more memories.

And Luo Ningshuang had also obtained what she wanted from her.

But being willing to share spiritual power with you before did not mean you could demand it now.

Thus, Luo Ningshuang instinctively sealed the jade pool heavenly lock to prevent the Jade Pool Empress from continuing to steal the spiritual power she had cultivated so hard.

This made the Jade Pool Empress extremely anxious.

"Ningshuang! Let's talk this over! Give me some more spiritual power to restore my remnant soul, and I can tell you what kind of status your fiancé has in the Outer Void!"

However, how could Luo Ningshuang, who had already sealed the jade pool heavenly lock, hear the Empress's pleas?

The once high-and-mighty Empress was now more miserable than a prisoner.

She was completely controlled by Luo Ningshuang, a tool tasked solely with spitting out the Cultivation Technique she needed.