Inside the underground water-and-ice rock palace within the White Jade Mountains, Han Lin stood alone, piecing together the sequence of events that had led to the deaths.
The Soul-Searching Banner was completely useless on anyone who had been dead for too long. In other words, it was entirely ineffective here; it only worked on the recently deceased.
Could Empress Ruoshui have orchestrated this scheme? On one hand, she didn't want the two of them to be together, and on the other, she looked down upon this male cultivator of low cultivation. Or perhaps the male cultivator was simply toying with Su Yaqing's affections, and Empress Ruoshui was merely looking out for her own sect's disciple.
Chapter 116