Chen Changsheng looked at Soul Supreme's dejected expression and said faintly, "Did your wife truly die of old age?"
"Yes."
"She had already taken Longevity Pills three times by then, and I had used every other means of extending her life."
"But there was never enough time. Even though I became a Supreme Pill Master, I still couldn't refine a true Longevity Pill for her."
"Then why didn't you preserve her as a reserve foundation?"
Faced with Chen Changsheng's question, Soul Supreme gave a miserable smile. "Because her talent was limited."
"I exhausted every resource I could draw upon, but in the end, she could only reach the Fourth Grade Immortal King realm."
"How could a Fourth Grade Immortal King piled up with resources become the foundation of the Pill Domain?"
"So you went to the Tower Master to demand a method for lifting the limit on the number of Immortal Pills?"
Chen Changsheng asked again. Soul Supreme nodded.
"That's right. I truly had no other choice then, so I could only seek help from the Pill Tower."
"But that was the very foundation upon which the Pill Tower stood. How could they possibly tell me so easily?"
"So I could only choose to seize it by force. Perhaps if I defeated the Tower Master, I could obtain what I wanted."
Hearing this answer, Chen Changsheng pursed his lips.
"And the result was that you lost—completely."
"Yes!"
"I lost completely!"
"I thought that once I became a Supreme Pill Master, I would at least be able to glimpse the Tower Master's back. Who could have imagined that I would lose so thoroughly?"
"Forcibly seizing the Pill Domain's foundation and maliciously attacking the Tower Master—either crime was punishable by death."
"But the Tower Master spared my life for the sake of