Having many children brings many blessings; the struggle for power begins with marriage.

As a great emperor, Empress Tianhong was naturally able to control her desires for men and women.

However, ever since she became pregnant with Lu Chen's child, the child inside her has been frantically absorbing her killing power, which has forced her to seek out Lu Chen to cultivate in order to avoid her cultivation regressing.

However, no matter how much she and Lu Chen practiced dual cultivation, her cultivation level was still difficult to improve, which led to a vicious cycle.

Moreover, after experiencing the malevolent energy from killing Lu Chen's Seed of Life, she no longer had such a strong urge to kill. Instead, she wanted to keep killing Lu Chen's Seed of Life.

Destroying the seeds of life not only accumulated malevolent energy for her, but also gave her a sense of vengeful pleasure.

Over time, she gradually became addicted to this kind of thing.

At first, she and Lu Chen would only practice together for a long time at a time. She would only seek out Lu Chen for dual cultivation when her cultivation level fluctuated.

However, during this period of time, even if her cultivation level did not fluctuate, she would still go to Lu Chen for dual cultivation.

The thought of being tricked by Lu Chen made Empress Tianhong want to take revenge on him, and to do so, she wanted to destroy Lu Chen's life seed.

To kill Lu Chen's life seed, she needed to engage in dual cultivation. However, during dual cultivation, she would feel that she had been tricked by Lu Chen, which further intensified her desire for revenge against him.

Then, in order to get revenge, they would engage in dual cultivation.

This creates a vicious cycle.

Upon hearing Empress Tianhong's reminder, Lie Hongyun was slightly taken aback, not understanding the meaning of her words.

However, Lie Hongyun still respectfully said, "Thank you for the reminder, senior."

Empress Tianhong glanced at Lie Hongyun again and said, "You have a familiar aura about you. Have you been to the outer realms?"

Lie Hongyun said, "In my previous life, I did indeed go to the outer realms, and I perished there."

Empress Tianhong fell into deep thought. She felt that she had seen Lie Hongyun somewhere before, but she just couldn't remember where.

At this moment, Lie Hongyun looked at Empress Tianhong and suddenly felt a very familiar feeling towards her, as if she had seen her somewhere before.

Strange, why does she feel the same way?

At this moment, Empress Tianhong released her divine sense to examine Lie Hongyun's body and check if there was any causal relationship between them.

After a thorough investigation, nothing was found, and there was no causal relationship between them.

Lie Hongyun knew that Empress Tianhong was investigating her. She also checked whether there was any causal relationship between her and Empress Tianhong. Her conclusion was the same as Empress Tianhong's: there was no causal relationship between them.

Perhaps it's simply because they both follow the path of ruthlessness that they feel an instant connection upon meeting.

Just as Lie Hongyun was thinking this, Empress Tianhong suddenly spoke up: "That's not right..."

Upon hearing Empress Tianhong's sudden remark, Lie Hongyun was taken aback, then asked, "What has Senior discovered?"

Empress Tianhong said, "There can't possibly be no cause and effect between us."

Lie Hongyun was puzzled. Why couldn't there be no cause and effect between them? They had no relationship, so how could there be cause and effect between them?

Empress Tianhong continued, "The karma between you and me is too clean. You and that person have a karmic connection, and so do I. The karma between you and me cannot be so clean."

Upon hearing what Empress Tianhong said, Lie Hongyun immediately realized what was going on.

Yes! Even if she had no connection with Empress Tianhong in her previous life, she and Empress Tianhong have already crossed paths in this life because of Lu Chen. How could there be no cause and effect between them at all?

If there is no cause and effect, then it means that the cause and effect between them has been severed, which is why there is no cause and effect at all.

They didn't know each other in their past lives, so how could they sever their karmic ties?

If it is a severing of cause and effect, then it means that one of them did it. Why would one of them sever the cause and effect between them?

Empress Tianhong said, "It seems we did have a connection in our past lives. Because we severed our karmic ties, I have forgotten who you are."

After severing the cause and effect, the two will gradually forget each other until that person disappears from their memories forever.

Both women were puzzled. One was a great emperor who controlled killing in her previous life, and the other followed the path of ruthlessness. How did they come to cross paths? Most importantly, why did they take the initiative to sever their karmic ties?

Normally, the Great Emperor severs causality because this causal relationship cannot be resolved by them now, and they can only sever it at the risk of being devoured.

Although the Great Emperor possesses the ability to sever cause and effect, it is not without cost. The backlash from severing cause and effect may severely injure a Great Emperor. Of course, the backlash from severing cause and effect is related to the magnitude of the cause and effect.

If it's just a small cause and effect, even if it's severed, there won't be a strong backlash. But for those small causes and effects, the Great Emperor's strength is enough to easily resolve them, so there's no need to actively sever them.

At this moment, in the vast palace, the two women looked at each other, both wanting to know what their relationship was with this woman in her past life.

After a long pause, Empress Tianhong finally spoke, saying, "Now that the karmic ties have been severed, there's no need to bring up the past."

Although they didn't know why they wanted to sever ties with each other, they must have made this decision under duress. Perhaps for them at that time, severing ties was the best option.

The past is the past. They have now ushered in a new beginning, and there is no need to dwell too much on what happened in the past.

Lie Hongyun said, "What you say is true, senior."

Empress Tianhong continued, "Alright, you can go about your business now. As for how you choose to proceed, that's entirely up to you."

Although Empress Tianhong said this, she knew in her heart that Lie Hongyun had no choice, and soon Lu Chen's harem would have another woman added.

Now that it was all in Lu Chen's mouth, how could that bastard Lu Chen let it go? Although Lu Chen seemed like he wouldn't make things difficult for her, that was just an act.

Empress Tianhong has been with Lu Chen for so many years and knows him very well. In her eyes, Lie Hongyun is the next person Lu Chen will play with.

Perhaps knowing that Lie Hongyun had some connection with her in her past life, Empress Tianhong felt a pang of regret when she thought about what Lie Hongyun would go through.

Lie Hongyun did not stay in Empress Tianhong's palace any longer. After bowing to Empress Tianhong, she left the palace.

After leaving Empress Tianhong's palace, Lie Hongyun looked towards the edge of the universe. She was not in a hurry to make a choice. Even though Empress Tianhong had said that dual cultivation with Lu Chen would be beneficial to her, she planned to wait and see.

She wanted to first see what the Great Xia Dynasty was like. (End of Chapter)