I looked at Bu Ting with a sneer: "I want to fight Liangjie Mountain, wouldn't I go myself? Why must I borrow the will of the emperor?"

"What you want to give, I don't want. Go find someone else!"

At that time, I didn't think too much.

I only knew that once I inherited the Emperor's will, I would no longer be myself.

I am not afraid of death, but I cannot and will not impassively order the people of Liangjie Tang to their deaths.

Jiang Chen sneered, "This is not up to you."

"Do it!"

As I shouted sharply, I attacked Jiang Chen.

I knew that my resistance was meaningless, but I couldn't do nothing and just let Jiang Chen impose the Emperor's will on me.

What I didn't expect was that as soon as I moved, my body stopped uncontrollably.

I turned my eyes to look around, only to find that all of us seemed to be frozen in place, unable to move.

Jiang Chen said coldly, "Each of you has been exposed to the Qi of Life."

"I can tell you that the source of the Qi of Life is the Jianmu (divine tree) buried deep underground."

"My symbiotic divine tree is also part of the Jianmu. It had already merged with the Jianmu body when I unlocked that corpse."

"So, I can also control the Qi of Life."

Jiang Chen walked slowly towards me: "Li Po, if I had a choice, I would never let you inherit the Emperor's will. You've lucked out."

Jiang Chen reached out and grabbed my shoulder, dragging me towards the coffin: "Please, Empress, activate the Emperor's will."

Nangong Yunmeng sighed, "Since you have decided to do this, I won't say any more."

Nangong Yunmeng raised her hand and slapped the crystal coffin. The heavy coffin lid rose in response, and the Emperor's remains, suddenly exposed to the air, turned into a pile of humanoid ashes in the blink of an eye. Only a crystal-like object remained in the broken skull.

Was that the Emperor's will?

To be precise, it was the Tianjing (sky crystal) that stored the Emperor's will!

Nangong Yunmeng sighed, "A generation of emperors has turned to dust after all. Only his will lasts in the world."

As Nangong Yunmeng reached into the coffin, Old Liu suddenly shouted, "Don't let her touch the Tianjing! She's not Nangong Yunmeng!"

Jiang Chen subconsciously raised his hand to block Nangong Yunmeng, but Bu Ting hurriedly stopped him, "Jiang Chen, don't be presumptuous, she's the Empress!"

Jiang Chen retracted his outstretched hand.

Old Liu said anxiously, "Jiang Chen, have you never experienced love between a man and a woman?"

"No matter how much resentment a woman has towards a man, wouldn't she feel sorrow when she sees his bones turn to ash and lament that the Emperor has turned to dust?"

"Are those the words a woman who once loved him deeply would say?"

Jiang Chen suddenly woke up and slapped Nangong Yunmeng, but it was too late. Nangong Yunmeng had already grabbed the Tianjing in her hand: "Jiang Chen, long time no see."

"Fake Empress Nangong Shou Xin!" Jiang Chen exclaimed, and struck at his opponent with both palms: "Return the Tianjing!"

At the same time, Bu Ting also rushed towards Nangong Yunmeng from the other side. Just as the two men's palms were about to touch Nangong Yunmeng at the same time, Bu Ting suddenly flicked his sleeve and unexpectedly struck Jiang Chen's arm.

At such a close distance, Jiang Chen naturally couldn't avoid it. The only way to break the opponent's killing move was to fight back.

However, Jiang Chen relied on his zombie body, ignored Bu Ting's palm strike, and rushed straight at Nangong Yunmeng.

Nangong Yunmeng stopped at this moment and smiled, "Jiang Chen, you are still so headstrong!"

In the next moment, Bu Ting's palm struck Jiang Chen's right arm joint. The zombie body, impervious to swords and spears, was broken at the elbow by Bu Ting's palm.

The true qi in Bu Ting's palm transformed into black snakes, but its momentum did not diminish as it struck towards Jiang Chen's other arm.

In the blink of an eye, Jiang Chen's arms were broken one after another.

Although Jiang Chen's arms were broken, he rushed towards Nangong Yunmeng like a mad tiger.

With Jiang Chen's speed, he could turn a person into mincemeat even without using his arms, but Jiang Chen only rushed out two steps before his legs were cut off at the knees by a hidden blade from underground.

When I looked again, Yue Yingdao (Moon Shadow Thief) was silently standing not far from Nangong Yunmeng with two daggers in his hands: "Holy Lord, we, the Eight Thieves, should have paid you back what we owed, right?"

My eyes couldn't help but widen: Nangong Yunmeng is the Reincarnation Holy Lord?

Shouldn't the Reincarnation Holy Lord be a man?

Nangong Yunmeng shook her head: "You're mistaken. I'm not the Holy Lord, I'm just his subordinate. You can call me Nangong Shou Xin, or you can call me He Lingbo."

He Lingbo?

That was the previous generation's Holy Maiden of the Reincarnation Division!

I only knew that after Zhu Zining took over, the previous generation's Holy Maiden of the Reincarnation Division had disappeared without a trace.

I didn't expect her to be hiding in the Yin-Yang Inn.

He Lingbo said indifferently, "The Holy Lord has decreed that the Eight Thieves have completed their mission by subduing Jiang Chen. If they want to leave, let them go!"

He Lingbo waved her hand impatiently, "You can go!"