Published: March 8, 2025
The beautiful woman in white looked at Zixie Qing with a complex expression, but remained silent.
"Do you have any other requests?" the demon empress asked.
Zixie Qing replied, "After the crown prince awakens, I ask the demon empress to send me back to my old residence in Jiangnan."
The demon empress frowned. "This was already part of the agreement. I’m asking you for any other requests."
"Other than that, I have no other demands," Zixie Qing lowered her eyes.
"Good!" The demon empress gritted her teeth and spat out a sentence: "If that's the case, then you can die in Jiangnan!"
With a flash, her figure disappeared from the grand hall, and her voice echoed in the distance: "Tomorrow morning, save my son; tomorrow morning, you will go to the soul separation platform!"
The beautiful woman in white stood for a moment and said softly, "You shouldn’t refuse the demon empress's kindness."
Zixie Qing quietly murmured, "If I owe today, I won’t be able to repay it."
"I hope you won’t regret today’s decision," the beautiful woman in white sighed deeply. "Where is that man now?"
Zixie Qing bit her lip and said, "He...his cultivation level is still insufficient to come here."
The beautiful woman in white was taken aback, looking at her deeply, and sighed, "You are so reckless."
Zixie Qing smiled quietly, "I’m not reckless. Through this matter, I am cutting off all my retreat paths."
The beautiful woman in white was surprised again and laughed lightly, "So it is. Zixie Qing, once you reach Jiangnan, perhaps I will come to visit."
Zixie Qing smiled, "You are always welcome."
The beautiful woman in white smiled faintly, and suddenly a white mist rose under her feet, lifting her entire body and floating away.
Zixie Qing stood quietly, a soft smile appearing at the corners of her mouth.
The next morning.
Zixie Qing was meditating in the courtyard, feeling something; the demon empress's voice came faintly, "Go to the back hall, the crown prince's inner palace. Everything is ready."
…
When Zixie Qing came out of the inner palace, her face was pale. The demon empress sighed slightly, "Your loss is too great... My son is fine now, but if you go to the soul separation platform now, there’s only one way to die. Wait until the afternoon."
Zixie Qing replied, "Understood."
Returning to her temporary residence, she took out a purple pill from her bosom. A hint of gentleness appeared in her eyes as she swallowed it.
It was the Super Version of the Ninefold Pill that Chu Yang had refined for her.
It was only now that she could take it to restore some energy. Once she entered the soul separation platform, she absolutely could not take any medicine. The purpose of going was to disperse her power; if she had to recover, it would lose its meaning.
…
The demon empress's patience was noticeably better. She waited until the sky was dark before summoning Zixie Qing. She intentionally left her with more time to rest.
When Zixie Qing arrived, the demon empress wasted no time and directly asked, "Are you ready?"
Zixie Qing nodded, "I am ready."
"You have one last chance to regret!" The demon empress said hopelessly.
"I will never regret it!"
Zixie Qing's response was just as the demon empress expected.
The demon empress closed her mouth, shut her eyes, and said nothing more.
Then she shouted sharply, "Soul separation platform. Heaven and earth open! The heavenly demon's soul wishes to separate; the ninefold soul separation suffers for a long time. Those with grievances shall not enter!"
With a sweep of her hands, a dark high platform suddenly appeared before Zixie Qing.
The black stone steps extended all the way to her feet.
"Thank you!" Zixie Qing bowed, straightened her delicate body, and lightly stepped onto the first step; she paused slightly.
The demon empress's eyes flickered with a glimmer of hope.
But Zixie Qing's right foot had already stepped up, steadily climbing higher; her white clothes did not tremble in the slightest.
Finally, she reached the soul separation platform.
The demon empress's gaze was sharp, and with a clap of her hands!