Linlang Pavilion

As Ningshou Palace collapsed into a massive crater, the two deities, Step Heaven and Earth, died without even bone fragments left behind.

Empress Dowager Li stared at the scene in a daze, utterly bereft.

"Godmother, you want to do it?" Chu Danqing casually handed her a knife.

For revenge, one naturally had to do it personally.

Lu Wanyi froze for a moment, then silently accepted the knife.

Empress Dowager Li came back to her senses as well, terror in her expression as she opened her mouth to speak.

Yet she had only just parted her lips when Lu Wanyi drove the knife into Empress Dowager Li's throat.

"Twist it, then pull it out," Chu Danqing reminded her.

Lu Wanyi was not Li Qingying. She had never trained in martial arts.

Chu Danqing's reminder came at precisely the right time, allowing Lu Wanyi to swiftly kill Empress Dowager Li.

[Mission complete. You obtained: Paradise Points ×30000, Attribute Points +6]

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[Trial Mission: Kill Emperor Zhang and the Four Dukes and Eight Counts within 1 hour]

[Trial Difficulty: SSS-rank (Abyss)]

[Trial Reward: Return Qualification, Paradise Points ×50000, Attribute Points +8]

[Trial Failure: Paradise Points -100000, Random Attributes -4, Forced Return]

The good news was that the Return Qualification had finally arrived.

The bad news was that Emperor Zhang was doomed. Even Lu Wanyi could not save him—Paradise had said so!

"Godmother, we'll go find Emperor Zhang next." Chu Danqing said, "With such a huge commotion, he still hasn't come out to take a look. It seems he's holding back for something big."

Chu Danqing liked that behavior from his enemies, and not for any other reason.

It was because a Brilliant-grade gleaming treasure chest had appeared atop Empress Dowager Li's corpse.

That meant the previous buildup had come