In the end, Ning Xiang still failed to persuade her other self to leave with her.
According to the Hundred Ghosts King, she could not leave Ghost-Crying Island. As for how she had managed to go to Tianxuan Island to kill Lu Qingchen, that was purely because of her bone-deep hatred for him. That obsession had sustained her long enough to leave for a little while.
Though even she did not know why she hated Lu Qingchen so much.
"Back when Bai Xi captured me, there was always a voice in my head telling me never to let anyone control me, and never to give up my pursuit of freedom, no matter what."
Ning Xiang was moved by her spirit.
Yu Tingchao said, "So what does that have to do with taking more than a hundred husbands?"
The Hundred Ghosts King said, "Excellent question. I'll answer it this time, but don't ask again. There's no connection. My bedchamber is simply too big, and leaving it less than full feels like a waste of space."
"Besides," the Hundred Ghosts King added smugly, "seeing so many handsome men fighting jealously over me, battering one another bloody for my sake, does wonders for my vanity."
Wow, that sounds amazing!
Seeing how accomplished her own divine soul had become, Ning Xiang basked in reflected glory.
"Oh, right. I want to know why I can't send messages outside."
"Ghost-Crying Island isn't part of the mortal world. Naturally, it can't communicate with the outside." The Hundred Ghosts King lazily lifted her eyes.
"Then how am I supposed to contact my parents?" Ning Xiang murmured to herself.
She could not take this fragment of her divine soul out with her, and her parents had no way of learning where she was. Who knew how worried they must