There was nothing to hesitate over, nor any need to go through courtship. In countless days and nights of dreams, the Undying Empress and Jiang Ming had already become as intimate as two people could possibly be.
So much so that whenever she saw Jiang Ming, even in reality, her legs went weak.
Jiang Ming held her and kissed her for a while.
A stroke of her head, and she knew to kneel of her own accord.
A pat on her backside, and she knew which position to assume.
Everything followed its natural course, like water flowing into a channel. They truly were the perfect partners, their friendship enduring through the long days and nights, a match made in heaven.
Ten years later.
The Undying Empress lay limp amid a sea of Phoenix Blood Flowers that resembled an ocean of flames. Although she did not want to move so much as a finger, she could feel that she had grown stronger. Her physical body was about to break through. She could already feel that transformation-the true transformation into an emperor's body.
This was a realm she had never been able to enter. Not just any ninth-heaven Quasi-Emperor could possess an emperor's body.
Normally, only Great Emperor corpses that had awakened intelligence, naturally born Saint Spirits, direct offspring of Great Emperors and Ancient Emperors, or those with physiques such as a great accomplished sacred body or heavenly tyrant body could possess an emperor's body after breaking through to the quasi-emperor ninth heaven.
But now, the Undying Empress, who yearned for power, could feel that her body had broken through, attaining an emperor's body. She felt that her lifespan had increased by a full thousand years.
Combined with the nourishment of Jiang Ming's vital essence, she had directly undergone a rebirth, living