High Martial Arts: Gains one point of health per second, sweeping across the heavens.

Su Jie's voice trembled, and his eyes reddened, as if he might burst into tears at any moment:

"Do you know how I've been all these years? I think of you every day, the moment you became my Daoist partner, and every word you ever said to me."

I want to forget you, but I can't. I thought you were dead, and I wanted to avenge you...

Su Jie secretly gave himself a thumbs up. With acting skills like this, it would be a waste not to win an Oscar on Earth.

His supposed travels through the Chaos Sea and the claim that Jiang Rou'er was his Daoist partner were all fabricated. He wanted to see how Jiang Yue'er would cooperate with his performance.

Su Jie did all this not for fun.

He had learned most of the details about Jiang Yue'er and Jiang Rou'er from Bai Zhi.

What Su Jie needs to do next is to completely break down Jiang Yue'er's psychological defenses.

But what he wanted was not just her submission.

What he wanted was for her to completely drop her haughty attitude and truly see him as her master.

Only in this way, once they get out, can he truly control her and utilize her identity and resources.

After leaving, he was still outwardly just a prospective Dao Child of the Primordial Temple, a ninth-order Supreme.

The Lord of the Primordial Beginning will formally bestow upon him the title of Dao Child, but while that title is certainly prestigious, it is not irreplaceable within the power structure of the entire Primordial Continent.

After all, looking at the entire Chaos Sea, there are at least ten ninth-order supreme beings, both openly and secretly, from all sides.

If he marries Jiang Yue'er, it will be equivalent to forming an alliance with the Heavenly Maiden Temple, and his influence among the nine temples will increase dramatically.

Xuan, on the other hand, was controlled by him using the Supreme Slave Talisman, and could be publicly declared to be his closest friend.

The Dao Child of the Temple of Myriad Laws is his brother, and the Dao Child of the Temple of Heavenly Maidens is his Dao Companion. With these two relationships, plus his identity as the Dao Child of the Temple of Origin, he will have unprecedented influence within the Origin Temple system.

More importantly, he needs cover.

The Lord of Morning Light knew about his Void Body and that he possessed the blood of the Chaos Emperor, but the Lord of Morning Light had never seen him in person.

The Lord of Tianyan Palace had promised not to reveal his information, and the Holy Light Creation Pool would not be traded away in the short term.

As long as he doesn't reveal his true aura and doesn't use the power of the Chaos Emperor's blood in public, that old schemer won't be able to find him.

Who would associate a promising young prodigy who married the Daoist of the Heavenly Maiden Temple and became sworn brothers with the Daoist of the Myriad Laws Temple with the "thief" who stole the Holy Light Creation Pool in the primordial universe?

When the time is right, he could even secretly eliminate the Lord of the Morning Light Palace.

Of course, his current strength is far from enough.

Although after he advanced to the Primordial Supreme, the pair of peak cosmic treasures within his body, the Chaos Emperor Wings, unlocked new powers.

The damage from the fourth wing skyrocketed to tens of billions of constant power.

But billions of constant power are not enough in the face of eight eternal cycles.

That old man was, after all, the master of the Temple of Light, who had lived for countless epochs and possessed numerous trump cards.

His basic combat strength alone has reached tens of billions of constant power, so Su Jie cannot kill him yet.

But given his rate of growth, that day won't be too far off.

Because his Chaos Emperor Wings will continue to grow, it will be enough once he breaks through to the eleventh level of Eternal Supreme.

At that time, a single feather from the Chaos Emperor's Wing would be enough to make the Lord of the Morning Light Palace kneel and call him "father."

Therefore, in Su Jie's plan, hunting down the Lord of the Temple of Light was secondary; his primary goal was to become the de facto head of the Nine Holy Temples.

The most important thing right now is to put on a good show, securely bring Jiang Yue'er under my control, and accumulate enough chips for the upcoming power struggle on the Primordial Continent.

Therefore, simply making Jiang Yue'er submit is not enough; making her a slave is even worse.

Using the enslavement talisman on Xuan was already like dancing on a knife's edge.

Xuan's master is the master of the Temple of Myriad Laws, a being of the Nine Eternal level. He can easily sense whether the soul state of his personal disciple is abnormal as long as they meet.

But he still used it because Xuan and Jiang Yue'er's situations were different.

Xuan is a man, a Daoist disciple of the Temple of Ten Thousand Laws, proud and unyielding.

You can't buy this kind of person with emotions, nor can you move them with benefits.

He had no value to Su Jie other than being useful, so Su Jie used the enslavement talisman without hesitation.

As for whether the Lord of the Temple of Ten Thousand Laws will discover it, Su Jie is gambling on time.

He didn't need Xuan to obey forever; he only needed to delay Xuan's meeting with the Lord of All Laws.

But Jiang Yue'er is no match, and the Heavenly Maiden Palace Master is even more troublesome than the Master of the Myriad Laws Holy Palace.

According to Bai Zhi, the Heavenly Maiden Palace Master's attention to Jiang Yue'er far exceeded that of an ordinary master and disciple, almost to the point of "stalking".

If he used the enslavement talisman on Jiang Yue'er, the Heavenly Maiden Palace Master would definitely find out.

At that point, let alone a marriage alliance, the Heavenly Maiden might even kill him outright.

He had to make Jiang Yue'er follow him willingly and wholeheartedly acknowledge him as her master.

The quickest way is to destroy her Dao heart, turning her from a high and mighty Daoist into a little woman who depends on him.

As for what Jiang Yue'er would think, Su Jie didn't care at all. It was just a flag. He had already spared her life. Wasn't that enough?

Su Jie snapped out of his reverie, his gaze falling on Jiang Yue'er's face, and continued his performance.

"Do you know how long I've been looking for you?" His voice was hoarse, carrying a resentment that had been suppressed for countless years.

"I have drifted in the chaotic sea for countless years, traveled to hundreds of universes, and killed countless enemies. Every time I thought I was about to find you, it was all in vain."

His eyes were red-rimmed, and his Adam's apple bobbed, as if he were trying to hold back tears.

"Later, I came to the Primordial Continent and heard that there was a Daoist named Jiang Yue'er in the Heavenly Maiden Temple. I felt that was you."

"I just happened to come across this Primordial Ceremony, and I figured you'd definitely come in. I went to great lengths to get into this battlefield, just to see you."

Su Jie paused, his voice suddenly dropping, filled with barely suppressed jealousy and grievance:

"But when I found you, you were sparring and training with other men. How could you do that?"

"Do you know how I felt back then? I felt like a fool, waiting for you for so many years, and you had long forgotten me."

As Jiang Yue'er listened to his words, a complex mix of emotions welled up inside her.

She knew she wasn't Jiang Rou'er, but the deep affection and pain in Su Jie's words didn't seem fake.

He truly waited for a woman for countless years and truly gave everything for her.

But the person he was waiting for wasn't her; it was Jiang Rou'er.

She bit her lip, a sudden pang of jealousy rising in her heart.

Why does Rou'er deserve the love of such a man?

Jiang Yue'er, who has lived for tens of thousands of years, is surrounded only by a group of sycophantic ants and covetous rivals.

No one was truly kind to her, and no one waited for her.