Zhou Xingdou's expression softened slightly, but not because of the Empress of Desolate Heaven's apology, but because the system's voice sounded almost simultaneously with the Empress of Desolate Heaven's voice:

[Ding! Congratulations, host, for helping an important person on the cultivation path of Xiao Tianzuo, the Son of the World, to be resurrected, thus gaining the favor of the world's destiny. You have gained Destiny Points!]

[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have received a reward: 100 Yuanxiang Zun Medicine.]

Yuanxiang Supreme Medicine: The system has specially made a supreme medicine for the Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Force. Once the host breaks through and enters the Yuanxiang realm, consuming one of these medicines can evolve into one million Yuanxiang microparticles.

This was undoubtedly an unexpected surprise for Zhou Xingdou. Even he hadn't expected that the resurrected Empress Huangtian would gain luck points from Xiao Tianzuo.

In just one day and one night, less than two days, Zhou Xingdou obtained two sets of 50,000 luck points and one set of 30,000 luck points from Xiao Tianzuo.

In total, Zhou Xingdou has obtained 130,000 luck points from Xiao Tianzuo. After deducting the luck points that Zhou Xingdou owes, he now has 88,800 luck points.

This has returned to the amount of luck he had before he cleared it, so it would be impossible for him not to feel a little happy.

He then heard the Empress of Desolate Heaven's apology, but naturally didn't bother to dwell on it, though he still coldly reminded her:

"I will not hold it against you for using the power of my bloodline, but if you dare to defile the bloodline of my Zhou family, I will annihilate you, from the highest heavens to the deepest hells."

Zhou Xingdou was not joking. Although it was only a trace of insignificant bloodline power, it was still Ziwei blood, and he could not allow this bloodline to spread.

Empress Huangtian did not think Zhou Xingdou's words were excessive. After she extracted such bloodline power, Zhou Xingdou only gave her a warning, which could be said to be extremely lenient.

Since others were lenient, the Desolate Heavenly Empress naturally had to be sensible and made a promise:

"Don't worry, I'm not interested in love. If I were to marry someone in the future, you would be the first person I would consider. I would never taint your bloodline."

However, her words immediately made Qing Yanjing's eyebrows furrow slightly, but she ultimately didn't say anything. She wasn't the kind of jealous woman who would fight for favor because of someone else's words.

Since the Desolate Heaven Empress had already made such a guarantee, Zhou Xingdou naturally didn't care about these things anymore, otherwise he would seem too petty.

To be honest, he wasn't very interested in women like the Desolate Heaven Empress. As the Desolate Heaven Empress herself said, she wasn't interested in love and romance; she found such women boring.

I'm afraid he'd be like a corpse lying in bed, incapable of feeling any pain.

So Zhou Xingdou changed the subject and said:

"What is your current cultivation level, and when will you be able to recover to your full strength?"

Even though Zhou Xingdou restored the physical body of the Desolate Heaven Empress, her cultivation was gone, leaving only her soul. Even if she were reborn, it would take time for her to recover her cultivation, let alone start cultivating again.

Empress Huangtian did not hide anything and slowly said:

“Your bloodline power is very strong, and I don’t need to rebuild my cultivation foundation. As soon as I took over this body, I recovered to the Dharma Body realm of the Dao Refining Heaven Realm, but it will probably take more than a month to recover to my full strength.”

This speed is already extremely fast. If Zhou Xingdou hadn't prepared a physical body for him, even if Xiao Tianzuo had the strength to resurrect the Desolate Heaven Empress in the future, it would probably take years for the Desolate Heaven Empress to regain her full strength.

Zhou Xingdou looked at the Desolate Heavenly Empress and asked with a focused gaze:

"What are you going to do next? Take revenge?"

A person whose soul has resided in a tiny object for millennia is definitely restless now that they have regained their physical body, especially given the hatred they harbor; they cannot possibly stay by Xiao Tianzuo's side indefinitely.

Empress Huangtian nodded, then shook her head:

"I have thought about it, but I am not strong enough right now. If I am discovered, I will surely die."

"So for the next month or so, I plan to go out and travel around, look for the treasures I left behind, and also find out what's going on with my loyal subordinates."

But Empress Huangtian's words elicited a disdainful laugh from Zhou Xingdou:

"A loyal subordinate? Ten thousand years have passed, what are you thinking?"

"Leaving aside whether they have changed their minds over the course of ten thousand years, would the one who betrayed you let go of those who remain loyal to you?"

In Zhou Xingdou's view, the behavior of the Desolate Heaven Empress was no different from suicide. Zhou Xingdou even doubted how this woman managed to establish an imperial dynasty.

In retrospect, it makes sense that he was betrayed and died. Someone with that kind of intelligence would have been killed by the enemy even if he hadn't been betrayed by those around him.

Empress Huangtian frowned slightly, seemingly agreeing with Zhou Xingdou's reasoning, but her mind remained made up.

"But I need to find my old cave treasure vault, otherwise even if I recover my cultivation, I will not be able to reach the level of combat power I once had."

Zhou Xingdou looked the Desolate Empress up and down. To be honest, he found it hard to believe that someone with such an appearance and temperament could have such an empty mind.

However, since he's in a good mood now, it's not advisable to say too much.

"If I'm not mistaken, the one who betrayed you should also be the one who knows you best. If I were him, after your death I would search for the treasure trove you left behind. Even if I couldn't touch the treasures inside, I would still place some things there in case you come back to take them after you are resurrected."

Hearing Zhou Xingdou's speculation, the Desolate Empress frowned, but still refused to believe it:

"Impossible. No one else knows where my treasure vault is. There's no way she could have found it."

Zhou Xingdou glanced at the Desolate Heavenly Empress and snorted coldly:

"madness!"

"An old hag of her age, yet so foolish. People from the Desolate Heaven World are truly strange."

Originally, the Empress of the Desolate Heaven didn't care about being called stupid, but Zhou Xingdou's comment about her being an old hag made her face darken.

If it weren't for the fact that this person had been kind to her, and that she hadn't taken it upon herself to extract Zhou Xingdou's bloodline power, the Desolate Heaven Empress would probably have already gone berserk.

After all, no matter how old a woman is, she doesn't want others to say she's too old, and she certainly doesn't want to hear others call her an old hag.

Before the dark-faced Empress Huangtian could speak, Zhou Xingdou spoke again:

"Since you don't believe me, I'll accompany you. If there's no ambush, I'll concede a round, and I'll help you when you seek revenge. But if there is an ambush..."

At this point, Zhou Xingdou paused, looked up at the Desolate Heaven Empress, and revealed a hint of amusement.

Empress Huangtian felt a little uncomfortable under Zhou Xingdou's gaze, because she always felt that Zhou Xingdou's eyes could see through everything, and that she was as naked in front of him.

Although Zhou Xingdou has not yet revealed his conditions for winning, the conditions he has offered have made the Desolate Heaven Empress somewhat tempted.

Not to mention that Zhou Xingdou's physique, which surpasses that of the Heavenly Realm, allows him to restrain other enemies, giving her an undisturbed battle against the treacherous wolf.

Even Zhou Xingdou's endless stream of miraculous methods might help him in battles at the Initial Realm.