"Then can you tell me—was I really killed by Chi Yao?"
This was the greatest doubt in Zhang Ruochen's heart. From what Fang Yu had said earlier, he could clearly hear that Fang Yu had been hinting all along that what he had witnessed back then was not the truth. That was why he asked this question.
But he had clearly seen what happened back then with his own eyes, so he had to know what had truly occurred. Otherwise, he would never get past this hurdle in his heart, and that would do him no good in his future cultivation.
"How should I put this? Our Empress is immensely great. She unified the entire Kunlun Realm. It could be said that no one is greater than our Empress. Throughout all these years in the Kunlun Realm—throughout these eight hundred years—no one has been greater than our Empress. After all, she unified the entire Kunlun Realm, slew the Demon Emperor, slew the Evil Emperor, and destroyed the Buddhist Emperor. In short, she gathered every scattered force in the Kunlun Realm into one, becoming the undisputed and unrivaled Empress. It could be said that no one in the Kunlun Realm is more formidable or powerful than her now. The entire Kunlun Realm needs her to save it, needs her to change it, needs her—not you. I admit that the future you may be able to save the Kunlun Realm. After all, that old bald donkey chose you, so I believe in that old bald donkey's judgment. But the Kunlun Realm needs the Empress now, and it will need the Empress in the future too. There is only one thing to say: in the future, perhaps, maybe, possibly, more or less, there is some chance that the Kunlun Realm will need you