Yin Qingcheng hadn’t expected it.
Someone actually came to her, asking her to kill Lu Ye!
The mere thought of Lu Ye suffering in agony made her heart ache so much that she could barely breathe.
They wanted her to kill Lu Ye? They wanted her to kill Lu Ye?!
Hahaha...
Of course, she would help them! Help them thoroughly!
"I can help you kill Lu Ye," Yin Qingcheng said, staring intently at Jiang Tianming. "But what price are you willing to pay?"
"What do you want?" Jiang Tianming asked in return.
She wanted Lu Ye!
But she couldn’t say that.
She wanted all of Lu Ye’s enemies and friends to die!
But she couldn’t say that either.
"I want the Three-Life Stone!"
Yin Qingcheng finally stated her demand.
Lu Ye should be reaching the Three-Life Realm soon, right? With the Three-Life Stone in her possession, she could forcibly insert herself into Lu Ye’s past, present, and future lives.
She would carve herself into every day, every moment, every drop of blood, every strand of soul — she would engrave herself so deeply into him that he could never be free of her.
"The Three-Life Stone..."
Jiang Tianming’s expression stiffened.
That was the lifeblood artifact of the Lord of the Three-Life River. Acquiring it was almost impossible.
The only way would be to kill the Lord of the Three-Life River.
The Lord of the Three-Life River was also an emperor-level existence. To kill such a being, the Jiang Clan would have to pay an enormous price.
But they had no other choice.
Such was the nature of familial bonds.
No matter how powerful one became, the blood ties of one’s youth, the warmth of family, the sacrifices made by the clan — these would become both one’s greatest strength and the heaviest shackles.
"May I ask what method you intend to use to kill Lu Ye?" Jiang Tianming inquired.
"I can open the Chaos Dojo," Yin Qingcheng said flatly.
A terrifying gleam appeared in Jiang Tianming’s eyes.
"The Chaos Dojo?"
"Yes. When the time comes, if you want to enter yourself, you can personally go and kill Lu Ye," Yin Qingcheng said, fixing her gaze on him.
"And how can you be certain he will enter the Chaos Dojo?" Jiang Tianming asked hastily.
Yin Qingcheng’s lips curled into a faint smile.
"If you were the number one prodigy in the world, and the Chaos Dojo — such a colossal opportunity — opened, would you not go?"
Jiang Tianming pondered for a moment.
He quickly reached a conclusion — of course, he would go!
The Chaos Dojo was a unique space that existed beyond the Nine Heavens, within the boundless chaos.
It was as if it were a brand-new world in the process of being born, where new Daos manifested everywhere.
Normally, Daos were obscured by mist, and cultivators had to expend tremendous effort to comprehend them fully.
But in the Chaos Dojo, Daos appeared as if they were standing upright in the open, without concealment, allowing cultivators to observe and study them freely.
Moreover, some Daos were still in the process of forming — pure Dao Essence floating in the air. If one could absorb it, it would greatly deepen their Dao comprehension.
Once the Chaos Dojo opened...
No one could imagine how intense the competition would be.
However, in the Chaos Dojo, one’s physical body could not enter — only their Dao Manifestation could appear.
At that point, whoever had the strongest Dao, and whoever could wield their Dao most effectively, would gain the upper hand.
Of course, if one’s Dao Manifestation was destroyed within, it would deal a devastating blow to their cultivation, potentially leading to the collapse of their Dao and even causing physical death.
For cultivators, was there anything more terrifying than the collapse of their Dao?
Well, Shangguan Huanling was an exception.
"Can we set a contract?" Jiang Tianming asked.
Yin Qingcheng nodded.
"Yes!"
The two established a contract, and Jiang Tianming departed to begin preparations for acquiring the Three-Life Stone.
Yin Qingcheng closed her eyes. Threads of Primordial Morning Mist continued to seep into her fingertips, causing her body to tremble in agony.
But her stunningly beautiful face was filled with exhilaration!
Although she had ascended to the Seventh Heaven and Lu Ye was still in the Third Heaven —
So what?
No one could stop her from seeing her husband!
Anyone who dared to stand in her way... would die!!!
...
Lu Ye had just paused his cultivation.
He gazed at Jiang Die, who was trapped within the Human Emperor Banner.
How powerful.
Despite receiving so much Soul Essence, Jiang Die’s soul remained remarkably intact.
A normal soul — no, even the soul of a powerful cultivator — would have collapsed under such intense infusion of Soul Essence.
Why was Jiang Die able to endure it?
Was it because, in her past life, she had once borne the Dao Fruit of a Great Emperor?
That seemed plausible.
Even though she had only become a Great Emperor with his help, a Great Emperor was still a Great Emperor.
No matter how weak the Dao Fruit was, it was still a Great Emperor’s Dao Fruit.
According to what Lu Ye knew —
Even in his past life, there was only one Human Emperor Banner that contained a Great Emperor’s soul as the primary soul — the Human Emperor Banner of the Demon Ancestor.
A Great Emperor could fall.
Even a Heavenly Lord could fall.
But capturing a Great Emperor’s soul? Almost impossible.
Thus, apart from the Demon Ancestor, no one else knew how terrifying or mystical a Human Emperor Banner with a Great Emperor’s soul as its primary soul truly was.
Now, Lu Ye had one.
"If only I had known..."
Lu Ye muttered those three words to himself.
If he had known, he wouldn’t have destroyed Zhuque’s soul. That way, the Human Emperor Banner would have two Great Emperor souls as its primary souls.
Forget it.
In the future, if he could get his hands on the Demon Ancestor’s Human Emperor Banner, he could make up for the lack of eight primary souls.
As for Yue Hongling and the others?
They wouldn’t die anytime soon.
Lu Ye wasn’t planning to kill them personally either.
In this life, they hadn’t directly attacked him. As for the grudges of the past life, he would let them return to the dust and the earth.
But when the Dark Calamity struck, Yue Hongling and the others likely wouldn’t survive.
All he needed to do was wait.
Wait for them to die and collect their souls immediately. That would suffice.
Jiang Die’s soul appeared outside the Human Emperor Banner.
The black gown she wore transformed into a purple one. Her exquisite face remained as flawless as ever, her eyes now a deep, haunting purple. She showed no expression, resembling a lifelike porcelain doll.
Shen Xitong came out too, circling around Jiang Die curiously.
"Ding, Brother, she’s so angry right now!"
Lu Ye could also feel Jiang Die’s rage, but he didn’t care.
"She doesn’t seem to know that you once sacrificed a life for her. You died for her, and even after death, you had no regrets. Too bad you killed her too quickly," Shen Xitong said, her tone filled with discontent.
Lu Ye sighed.
He hadn’t expected Jiang Die to act so recklessly — to directly charge at him and unleash a full-powered attack.
Yue Hongling and the others had all been reborn, yet none of them dared to act so brashly against him.
But Jiang Die dared to. And when she did, Lu Ye responded with lethal force.
When Lu Ye decided to kill someone, it was terrifying.
Jiang Die, her expression emotionless, suddenly blinked.
Lu Ye... once died for her?
How... how could she not know?
