You don't want your secret to be revealed by others, right?

"The ultimate application of the Infinite Path, a causal killing..."

Lin Yue slightly raised an eyebrow, finally understanding what the true ability of this divine artifact was.

The Infinite Path represented a profoundly mysterious essence of the universe.

Everything could be reduced to infinitesimally small existences, yet there were inseparable connections between them, connections that would not break even across endless starry skies.

The true ability of this divine artifact battle saber, 'Infinite Starry Sky,' was to utilize these connections.

"It's quite effective against avatar-type techniques."

Lin Yue mused to himself, then flipped his hand and put away the divine artifact battle saber, preparing to leave the mansion.

"I'll go find the Empress first. After obtaining the Taichu Divine Power from her, then I'll go to the Seventh Princess to learn the Heart Medicine Detoxification Method."

...

The Imperial Palace.

Yao Shen Lake was perpetually shrouded in a misty haze, faint points of light glimmered, beautiful and mysterious.

In the Lake Heart Pavilion, Lin Yue watched the lake surface for a moment, then saw the Empress, as usual, transformed into a palace maid, walking across the lake.

"Why transform into a palace maid every time? Is it necessary?"

Lin Yue gave the Empress a half-smile, half-skeptical look, "It makes it seem like we're up to no good."

"Up to no good?" the Empress retorted.

"It doesn't matter to me." Lin Yue shrugged nonchalantly, adding, "After all, I've done nothing improper."

The Empress opened her mouth, but did not say anything, unwilling to argue with him.

"Why did you seek me today?" the Empress huffed.

"There's something important, of course." Lin Yue looked at her and said, "The divine power within you, you can hand it over to me now."

"Now?"

The Empress was momentarily taken aback, furrowing her brow, "You want it now? Do you realize how terrifying the divine power within me is? Even if you're unwilling to wait until after Proving and Transcending, at least you should wait until after Harmonization into Saint, shouldn't you?"

Although she didn't know exactly which Ancient God's divine power her body harbored, the power extracted from the Human Ancestor had already been weakened, and after integrating into her body, it weakened again, yet it remained extremely terrifying. Needless to say, the source of this power must be incredibly fearsome.

And this guy dared to attempt refining such terrifying divine power without even harmonizing?

"I dared to ask you for it, naturally, I am confident."

Lin Yue shook his head slightly, then pointed his fingertip lightly, an awesome sharpness appeared instantly, condensing three inches before the Empress's forehead.

The Empress felt an overwhelming sense of pressure, causing her pupils to shrink slightly.

She immediately understood that the realm of Lin Yue's finger already surpassed her own True Water Path of Taiyin after her Harmonization Perfection.

How could this be possible?

From the initial formation of Harmonization to its Perfection, although the strength did not greatly increase, there was still some improvement.

"You are..." The Empress looked at him in disbelief.

"I have already harmonized." Lin Yue lied casually, "I just deliberately disguised my aura, pretending to stay at the level of Great Cultivator."

The Empress finally realized.

After all, once harmonized, the real battle for the Crown Prince would begin, and Lin Yue had the Twelfth Prince as a mortal enemy. Naturally, he needed to disguise and hide until he was fully prepared to buy more time.

Still, it was quite astonishing.

It was only the 31st year of Celebration, and he had been cultivating for just over a decade. At thirty-plus years of age, he had harmonized into Saint, breaking through to an existence contrary to the heavens.

Truly remarkable.

"I didn't expect you've already harmonized."

The Empress couldn't help but take another look at Lin Yue, saying, "Is your Dao Heart sufficient?"

Almost perfect... Lin Yue muttered in his heart, but said aloud, "Wandering the human world these few years, barely enough."

"I didn't expect you to harmonize so quickly..."

The Empress slightly bowed her head, sighed, then looked up at him, saying, "Now that you've awakened your past life's memory, do you have anything you want to tell me?"

Lin Yue had already prepared an excuse, shaking his head, "I've just broken through. My Primordial Spirit hasn't fully transformed and stabilized, so I haven't had time to integrate the memories."

The awakening of memory comes after the transformation of the Primordial Spirit, but the transformation of the Primordial Spirit also requires some time.

He could just use this time gap.

"Won't you stabilize for a bit longer?" the Empress asked.

"Not necessary." Lin Yue shook his head, "Besides, although I hid my cultivation, the Crown Prince already knows. It won't be long before I receive the Sealing of King, so I need to prepare quickly."

Whether or not the Empress believed him, she remained silent for a while before softly saying, "You want it now?"

"It's said that refining divine power is extremely troublesome. The sooner, the better." Lin Yue nodded slightly.

The Empress again fell silent for a while before speaking softly, "Tonight, I'll quietly come to your residence to find you. By then, secretly let me in, don't let others know."

"Secretly?" Lin Yue was stunned.

He suddenly had some guesses about the method the Empress would use to transfer the Taichu Divine Power to him.

Could it be...

Nonetheless, he wouldn't refuse and immediately nodded, "Alright, I understand."

The Empress lowered her head silently.

After a while, she suddenly looked up at Lin Yue, her eyes fixed on him, saying, "Are you still Xiahou Shou?"

Lin Yue's expression remained unchanged, calmly saying, "Xiahou Shou is already dead, now I am Lin Yue."

The Empress remained silent for a moment, taking a deep breath, "That's good...I owe you, and I will repay you."

She said nothing more, turning to leave.

Lin Yue watched her departing figure, feeling a stirring in his heart, his eyes revealing a hint of thoughtfulness.

But... he still didn't understand what kind of mindset she had.