They finally arrived at the Buddhist temple in the East Palace. The wounded Qiao Zhiyuan activated the switch of the statue. After throwing a fire, he quickly took the also seriously injured Su Mulige down the secret passage and escaped from the Zhaoyang Kingdom's palace.

The Crown Prince of Zhaoyang, Su Mutiansheng, and his Crown Princess Gongsun Muxue were both burned to death in the fire set by Su Mutianjun in the East Palace.

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"Su Mutianjun forced his father to abdicate, murdered his brother, and ascended to the throne with such bloody means. He is simply not a human being!"

Hua Qingcheng's eyes filled with tears after listening to Prince Su Mu's story. She felt sorry for the tragic experience of the young Su Mu Lige, but was also deeply moved by the love between Su Mu Tiansheng and Gongsun Muxue, who had been together through thick and thin.

"Your Highness!"

"I originally thought that after death I would be able to walk the Yellow Spring Road with Mu Xue, but it was not to be. After enduring the pain of being burned by the blazing fire, I found that my soul had come to a gloomy and cold well."

"Well?" Hua Qingcheng was slightly surprised.

"Yeah." Su Mutiansheng nodded.

"The well cover is engraved with the Qiankun Bagua seal, and there's a spiritual lamp burning in the well. This... is a soul-locking well."

"In order to please the new emperor, the Imperial Master Ran Qiyue imprisoned my soul in the Soul Locking Well for a full forty-nine days before placing my soul into a thousand-year-old guqin, intending that I would never be reborn."

"Prince Su Mu, why is the Crown Princess's soul in that black jade?" Hua Qingcheng asked in confusion.

"Su Mutianjun knew very well that I and Mu Xue were deeply in love, so he specifically asked Ran Qiyue to separate and suppress our souls, hoping that we would never see each other again."

"Perhaps the heavens took pity on my soul and my wife's souls. An immortal descended to the mortal world and summoned Mu Xue's soul to inhabit this black jade on my body. Thus, my soul and Mu Xue's souls were reunited."

"Immortal?"

Hua Qingcheng swallowed. Is it that powerful? Even gods have it?

"Yes. Although I didn't see his appearance clearly, I know that he is an extremely tall, majestic, and handsome god." Su Mutiansheng showed reverence on his face.

"What kind of god is so powerful?" Hua Qingcheng rubbed his chin, looking like he was thinking seriously.

"Grand Prince Huaguang!"

"Maybe I'm ignorant and haven't heard of it." Hua Qingcheng shook her head.

Hua Qingcheng believed what Su Mutiansheng had said before. As for the immortals, Hua Qingcheng just regarded it as an illusion caused by Prince Su Mu's mental trance.