"Yes." The Queen Mother of the Nine Heavens said, "The situation has gathered enough momentum. I'm going there to help Lord Haotian and the others. After this... perhaps we'll never see each other again."

Fang Jian smiled and said, "That's not necessarily true."

The Lady of the Nine Heavens stepped forward and said, "You misunderstood. I'm not saying that you won't be able to go there in the future. But by the time you can go there, I'm afraid I'll have already fallen."

Fang Jian asked, "Have you made any plans in the three realms of this world?"

Jiu Tian Xuan Nu shook her head and said, "With my current level of cultivation, it would be useless even if I set up a plan here. If I die there, I won't be able to return to the lower realms to reincarnate and cultivate again, unless I am a cultivator in the Pure Realm."

Fang Jian fell silent after hearing this. After a moment, he raised his head and said, "I want a wisp of your spirit as a souvenir."

The Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady's phoenix eyes flickered as she stared at Fang Jian and whispered, "You can have whatever you want."

Fang Jian was stunned for a moment and was about to speak when the Queen Mother of the West came forward and hugged him tightly with her arms outstretched.

Fang Jian's body stiffened, and a captivating fragrance filled his nose, and he felt soft all of a sudden.

A moment later, Fang Jian also stretched out his hands and hugged Jiu Tian Xuan Nu tightly. Their eyes met, and they understood each other tacitly.

The Lady of the Nine Heavens said, "I put on lip balm today, and it tasted bitter."

"Bitter?" Fang Jian was a little confused.

The Lady of the Nine Heavens nodded and said, "Yes, it's very bitter. You'll know when you try it."

Fang Jian's breathing quickened, and then he kissed her fiercely. For a moment, their lips were connected, entangled and inseparable.

After an unknown amount of time, their lips parted. Fang Jian calmed his breath and said, "You lied to me. It was obviously sweet."

The eyes of the Lady of the Nine Heavens were filled with tenderness. She stared at Fang Jian and said, "It will be sweet only if you taste it. If you don't taste it, it will be bitter."

Fang Jian said, "Then I'll try it again."

...After an unknown amount of time, Fang Jian and Jiu Tian Xuan Nu tidied up each other's messy clothes and hair, and walked out of the Zushi Pavilion hand in hand.

Although there was still tenderness on the faces of the two at this moment, Jiu Tian Xuan Nu had already regained her former decisive and murderous state of mind.

The two stood on the jade platform outside the Zushi Pavilion, quietly watching the misty clouds floating in the mountains and rivers below. After a moment, Jiu Tian Xuan Nu said, "Then I will leave."

Fang Jian nodded and said, "Take care of yourself. I'll come up to find you."

"Yes." Jiu Tian Xuan Nu responded, then looked at Fang Jian and said, "But you have to promise me that you won't go up there before you reach Yi Qing Jing. It's too dangerous there."

Fang Jian smiled and said, "Don't worry, I will go up when I am strong enough, but you have to wait for me."

The Lady of the Nine Heavens also smiled and said, "I will definitely wait for you, forever. I will assist the Lord of Heaven in recreating a heavenly palace 'up there.' When you come up, I will promote you to a high position."

Fang Jian raised his right hand and said, "It's a deal."

The Queen Mother of the West also raised her left palm and slowly placed it on Fang Jian's right palm, with their palms together and their hearts connected.

"Alright." Lady Jiu Tian Xuan Nu withdrew her left hand and said, "I'm leaving now. I'll leave the rest to you. For the past two hundred years, I've been battling for supremacy with Jade Sky Goddess, planting countless hidden dangers within the Three Realms. I'll be working on you from now on."

Fang Jian smiled and said, "They are all trivial matters."

The Queen Mother of the West gave Fang Jian a final, deep look, then transformed into the void and returned to Daluo Heaven to return all authority to the Jade Emperor. She then resigned from all her honorable positions, bid farewell to the Jade Emperor, the Four Imperial Emperors, and the Two Principles Emperor, and was then led away from this world by a ray of fairy light.

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Where the Queen Mother of the West is going is a top secret, and only the Jade Emperor knows it. Even the Four Emperors do not know it. The public statement is that the Queen Mother of the West is going to experience the trials and tribulations of life, and will not return to heaven for trillions of years.

Jade Sky Goddess announced to the public that she was going into a death retreat. Although she had regained the Dao of the Pure Land, she had never revealed it to the public, and therefore declared to the public that "I will never come out of retreat until I attain the Hunyuan Dao Fruit."

In the Taiwei Yuqing Palace, the Jade Goddess hugged the siblings Jiang Yidao and Jiang Yide, gave them some magic weapons, then gave them Taoist magic, and instructed them on many things before reluctantly letting them leave.

Finally, the Jade Sky Goddess and the Jade Emperor said goodbye. There was not much to say goodbye to between husband and wife. The Jade Sky Goddess took the Jade Emperor into the bedroom.

An hour later, Jade Sky Goddess and Jade Emperor had dressed neatly again. Jade Emperor looked at his wife and felt that she was both familiar and unfamiliar.

After thinking for a moment, the Jade Emperor smiled and said, "There's something I haven't dared to ask you."

Jade Sky Goddess's eyes were filled with spring as she asked, "What are you talking about?"

The Jade Emperor asked, "Do you have a family up there?"

Jade Sky Goddess burst out laughing and said, "There's a sour taste in what you said."

"That's right," said the Jade Emperor, "if you have a family up there, don't forget the three of us, father and son."

Jade Sky Goddess spoke softly, "What are you talking about? I have accompanied you through billions of lives, and I will be your wife in every life, even in the afterlife."

The Great Celestial Venerable heaved a sigh of relief upon hearing this and said, "Okay, then I'm relieved."

Jade Sky Goddess then instructed, "Take good care of Yi Dao and Yi De, and also, be a good Great Celestial Venerable. I think the Three Realms of this world are very complex. If you do well as a Great Celestial Venerable, you will have great opportunities."

The Jade Emperor nodded and said, "Don't worry."

Jade Sky Goddess nodded and said, "Yes."

Afterwards, the Jade Sky Goddess stared at the Jade Emperor, and then her figure slowly dissipated into a wisp of fragrant wind, and disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye, as if she had never appeared.

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