"Heh, heh, heh..." He Pingsheng explained with a chuckle, "Don't be surprised, Your Majesty. I meant in the future, not now!"
"Once I have the strength to contend with a Great All-Encompassing Golden Immortal, I'll go after his life!"
The empress felt a weight lift from her shoulders. "So that's what you meant!"
Next came secluded cultivation!
He Pingsheng entered seclusion to continue consolidating his cultivation while tempering his Divine Sense!
After all, even after reaching Supreme Unity Golden Immortal, his Divine Refining remained at the eleventh layer of the Golden Immortal Chapter.
Moreover, it was time to cultivate the Chaos Golden Scripture alongside it.
Time passed quickly. In the blink of an eye, three months had gone by.
Three months later!
After Empress Jade Bottle devoured that supreme-grade Divine Marrow, her depleted Origin was replenished.
Her cultivation and combat strength both returned to their peak!
He Pingsheng also ended his seclusion.
"He Pingsheng, what should we do now?" the empress asked as she looked at him.
He Pingsheng said, "If that scoundrel Lan Tuo wants to kill me, can Your Majesty keep me safe?"
"Ha, ha, ha..." Empress Jade Bottle laughed heartily. "Rest assured. My cultivation has now fully recovered. As long as you're within my Jade Bottle Immortal Enclosure, there's nothing Lan Tuo can do to you!"
"However, you mustn't leave my Jade Bottle Immortal Enclosure. If you leave it, I'll be too far away. I'm afraid that scoundrel Lan Tuo could kill you in an instant, and even if I wanted to save you, it would be too late!"
He Pingsheng said, "Understood!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
"As I mentioned before, when Your Majesty was unconscious, I brought you here through the Heaven-Inlaying Pearl!"
"And my Heaven-Inlaying Pearl is still at Lan Tuo's Daoist Grounds!"
"Would Your