"If that's the case, my lord shouldn't interfere lightly."
Over the years, Chu Yao had collected a great deal of information on the Perfection Rituals of the Way of the Scholar. Although every person's Perfection Ritual was unique, careful analysis still revealed a few patterns. During the early planning stage, one could seek outside help. Jiang Sheng and Mei Meng were typical examples: they laid their plans early, then closed the net at the end. But when it came to the most important part—the final catch—the person had to carry it out personally. No one else could do it for them. Jiang Sheng had to cut off the Sovereign's head with his own hand; Mei Meng had to personally kill the one who had stolen her country.
If someone else got to the target first, the ritual would fail.
Otherwise, Ning Yan wouldn't have given Jiang Sheng the chance to kill Zheng Qiao and avenge her late husband. That opportunity mattered more to Jiang Sheng! The same principle applied now.
Ning Yan's Perfection Ritual required her to sever her own path to survival—to break before she could rebuild, and to find life through death. That meant [Zixu] and [Wuyou] had to be eliminated by her own hand, whether through sacrifice or slaughter. If the lord helped Ning Tu Nan, the ritual would fail.
"People still have to live! Wuyou isn't Tu Nan. Even if [Wuyou] possesses Ning Yan's complete memories and feelings, it's only a part of Tu Nan, not the real Tu Nan."
It was much like the digital immortality promoted at the end of the previous human civilization. People had tried to copy the memories and feelings of every surviving human being onto a network. As long as the mainframe kept running, humanity could shed the constraints of