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Jiang sat crossed legged in his room and then decided to send his spirit inside the heavenly golden space, he had some questions to ask the spirit of the jade cauldron.

Once Jiang sent his spirit into the space he saw the spirit of heavenly jade cauldron lying lazily on the top of a floating mat made up of red roses, where she got these things from Jiang had no idea, before he could call out to her she said "I have been expecting you, master, it took you quite a while though"

"The, space seemed to have changed yet again" Jiang commented casually as he walked towards the newly erect platform that had the cauldron situated in the middle while the spirit of the heavenly jade cauldron floated closely behind him.

"I built that for you, it's better to cultivate alchemy there" The spirit of the cauldron appeared to be excited.

After Jiang took his place behind the cauldron and faced the spirit of the cauldron he stared at her deeply hoping she did get the message he was trying to pass unto her with his eyes but she appeared to be completely oblivious, Jiang couldn't take the suspense anymore and said "Are you really going to make me ask you before you tell this empress elect what he wants to hear" Jiang didn't have to hide his gender before the spirit of the cauldron, he was certain that the spirit knew his true gender already.

Jiang realized that of late he had really gotten fond of the title of empress elect, there was something about addressing himself that way that made him feel special, wanted and not alone.

Jiang felt like whenever he closes his eyes he could hear the mesmerizing voice of someone addressing him as "My empress.." a smiled graced Jiang lips as he thought about the only person who could address him as such but he quickly caught himself and began to pat the cheeks of his spirit body in the space.

"What was that?" Jiang didn't expect an answer, he just thought he must have gone crazy due to the beating he got from Jun Tang, because after that time sometimes when he closes his eyes he begins to hear impossible things, although at first, he didn't pay attention to it and had believed it was his imagination but now the situation is completely different especially since the frequency in which he is made to hear the voice has increased tremendously and this all began after his so-called stroll with Fang Mu.

Alarm bells began to ring in Jiang 's brain once again.

Why he will be hearing that man's voice from time to time whispering into his ears sweet nothings was incomprehensible.

Sometimes when Jiang closes his eyes, he will hear the voice whisper sweetly, almost seductively "My empress" other times it will be "My love or My Angel" and the list goes on.

Actually, this was all the emperor's doing, according to the emperor his empress had to hear his voice every day in other for his empress to always have him in his heart, so before leaving he left such a voice imprint on Jiang.

The spirit of the cauldron could sense Jiang's change in attitude, there was this assurance of oneself that he was lacking before but now had, there were confidence and authority in his statement that was hard to miss.

"Master I wouldn't dare ask that of you" she answered

Jiang's wandering mind was brought back to the present situation "Then what are you waiting for" Jiang questioned.

"Master I know you want to know about the ring which you now own and I will tell you all that I can but there are some things which I still can't say," the spirit of the cauldron said.

"Say what you can"

"the ring you own is an artifact called the heavenly defying golden space and just as the name suggests it was birthed by the elements of Tang Qin Shang for the purpose of defying the heavens, you see in Tang Qin Shang cultivators cannot ascend the heavens, they cannot truly shed their mortal flesh and become immortals because the heavens have closed the gates of ascension and this is due to a heinous crime committed by the founder of Tang Qin Shang who was also the first emperor of the lands as well as the first owner of the two artifact created by the elements of the land"

"Wait, there are two rings, two of the heavenly defying golden space" Jiang shown surprise in his eyes.

"Well the other is called the Void destruction all-purpose path, I can't recall all of its functions since a part of my memory seem to be missing but I know it and your ring are a pair, I also am not certain if it's a ring like yours or not" the spirit of the cauldron said.

"Wow" Jiang was speechless and had to take a while to let it all sink in and when the spirit believed Jiang was ready to hear the rest of the history of the ring she continued speaking

"You see the founder of Tang Qin Shang had destroyed all the temples of the gods and had ordered mortals to worship him as a god, mortals forgot the god of light who blessed them with good health and prosperity, they didn't appreciate the god of war who protected them from invasion of evil spirits from the underworld neither did they worship and respect the god of creation who created all beings, who the mortals and cultivators cared about and loved was the founder of Tang Qin Shang, who then was the most powerful in the land as well as his enchanting empress thus the heavens decided to punish all of Tang Qin Shang" Jiang listened intently, his eyes sparkled and appeared to look like that of a curious cat who was anticipating the climax of something super amazing.

"Chaos descended on the land and the once peaceful Tang Qin Shang become a land filled with blood and division, even the gates of ascension was closed and whoever tried to ascend will immediately be disintegrated by just one bolt of lightning, it was no longer a tribulation lightening but an execution lightening that cultivators experienced upon ascension, The first emperor and his empress lost all their children and couldn't bear more, also for some reason the cultivation of his wife was lost and her body couldn't take in the elements no matter what, as a result of the calamity that befell him, he neglected the people that had once called him god and only looked into finding a solution for his wife's condition, as time went on things got worst in the lands, there was war and the once united Tang Qin Shang got divided, different rulers emerged, insolvable plagues fell on the people and the same people who had destroyed the temples of the gods sort to build them back but how could they build temples made not by man but by the gods themselves" The spirit of the heavenly cauldron took in a deep breath, she looks to be getting weaker as time passed by.

Jiang didn't notice the state of the spirit of the cauldron who in all earnestness could also be called the spirit of the heavenly defying golden space, Jiang was too excited to hear the rest of the story so he said eagerly "Then what happened"

"Even with the absence of the temples, the people still didn't give up and will every day under the sun ask for forgiveness from the gods, even the first emperor joined in to seek for forgiveness, one day a huge amount of mana, made of all elements began to congest in a certain area in Tang Qin Shang , the influx of mana was so much that whoever encounters it will instantly combust, the citizens even feared that their end had come and the gods had finally decided to wipe them all out although that wasn't the case since once the mana completely congested a tall golden temple was formed purely of the elements and a way of redemption was being given to the people, it was to pass a set of trials and this trials must be passed by the cause of the problems of the land which was the first emperor and his empress but the first empress requested to carry out his beloved trials since she was unable to do so, permission was given to him, the first emperor did indeed pass the trials but was within an inch of his life by the time he was done, he was also gifted with the birth of both artifacts forged and formed by the golden temple which as it broke down formed the artifacts, Heavenly defying golden space and the void destruction all-purpose path".

"Is that all, everything turned back to normal once the artifacts where formed" Jiang believed that wasn't right, it didn't feel right.

"Of course not, the first emperor was instructed that with both artifacts he and his empress could tear space and time, go to the ascensions gates and force it open, since the elements of Tang Qin Shang had blessed him with these artifacts he and his people will be pardoned of all sins once this was accomplished, it might sound easy but it wasn't since the person to assist him, his empress was now a complete trash, nevertheless the first emperor didn't give up and hurried back to the palace but on getting there he found out that his empress had been poisoned and there was no cure, before she died he had worn her one of the artifacts, hoping for a cure but her breath had seized and she was no more..." At the end of the statement, the spirit of the space as Jiang would like to regard it as, went into a deep slumber.

Jiang felt bad for letting it overwork itself by talking so much "Rest well" Jiang said to the sleeping spirit on his mat made of roses and then went on to check on the herbs planted in the space, Jiang chose to use this time to weed his farm of herbs.