"Moon Sea Senior, we meet again."

Within the Heavenly Prison of the Protector's Residence, suppressed by the Seven-colored Bodhi Bracelet, with one hundred and eight Soul-locking Gold Threads piercing her Primordial Spirit, Moon Sea True Venerable sat coldly on the withered grass.

Even though she had become a prisoner.

The ethereal aura of this Primordial Spirit True Honor continued to captivate, like a celestial being punished and sent down to the Mortal World from Guanghan Fairy Palace.

With slightly disheveled black hair hanging down her cheeks, Moon Sea True Venerable raised her gaze towards Qi Xiu standing before her, then slowly closed her eyes again.

"If Song Baiyi hadn't suddenly turned traitor, you juniors wouldn't have defeated me.

But defeat is defeat; I have no intention of speaking further.

If you've come to humiliate me, then proceed.

But if you've come seeking the method to return to the future, please refrain from asking."

Fully aware of Qi Xiu and Hu Tianzong's motives for meeting her, lacking the Phoenix Emperor Heritage to heal her old ailments, Moon Sea True Venerable's tone was icy.

She had reached the end of her path.

Unable to heal her old wounds, returning to the future would only postpone her demise by a few years.

Whether she died here or in the future made no difference.

Though as a Primordial Spirit True Honor, she could be suppressed by Song Baiyi, extracting the method to return to the future from her was futile.

Moreover, she believed Qi Xiu and Hu Tianzong would never reveal her identity as someone from the future to the Great Tang Upper Protector.

"Moon Sea Senior, after a thousand years of planning, manipulating the grand scheme, and resorting to covert harm against the Ancient Sect Nobility's prodigies to set up the Great Array, to return to this Great Tang Dynasty.

This was all for your old ailments, wasn't it?

If I could heal your wounds, could you, in exchange, provide us with the method to return to the future?"

Through Song Baiyi, Qi Xiu had learned the urgency of Moon Sea True Venerable's desire for the Phoenix Emperor Heritage.

It was precisely because he held this leverage that he dared to meet the Primordial Spirit True Honor.

"You think you can?"

With a mocking laugh, Moon Sea True Venerable opened her eyes to look at Qi Xiu, her gaze full of disdain.

Did he believe that with the True Dragon Inheritance, he was invincible?

If healing her injuries were truly so simple,

she wouldn't have needed to plot for a millennium, risking the Dao Alliance's reprisal, to reach this Great Tang Dynasty.

"I indeed cannot, but for the Great Tang's Imperial Medical Bureau, it should not be difficult."

Upon hearing this, Moon Sea True Venerable's expression subtly shifted.

"You can enlist the Great Tang's Imperial Medical Bureau? Ridiculous!"

Her tone was questioning, yet her gaze assessed Qi Xiu, eyes flickering with an unusual light.

"I don't have that influence, but if the Great Tang Upper Protector makes a request, the Imperial Medical Bureau would likely honor it," Qi Xiu said slowly.

Her pupils suddenly tightened, recalling Song Baiyi's attitude upon hearing Qi Xiu belonged to the True Dragon Clan, Moon Sea True Venerable's countenance wavered.

If this was true, then perhaps what the junior said was not false...

Noticing the change in Moon Sea True Venerable's expression, Qi Xiu chuckled inwardly, then pressed on:

"From what I know, Song Baiyi has already reported to the Xuandu Bureau to have you, an unregistered person, suppressed in the Endless Hell.

So Moon Sea Senior must make a quick decision, otherwise, delaying too long might mean that even if the Imperial Medical Bureau's personnel arrive, it would be too late."

Qi Xiu deliberately paced his words tightly.

Enticing Moon Sea True Venerable while not allowing her time for deep contemplation.

It was aimed at her original despair, which now suddenly flickered with hope.

Moon Sea True Venerable's thoughts raced, flashing thousands of times in an instant; Qi Xiu's schemes were trivial before her.

But with her powers suppressed by the Seven-colored Bodhi Bracelet and her Primordial Spirit pierced by Soul-locking Gold Threads,

her thoughts lay dormant, unable to flow.

Her cognitive abilities plummeted to rock bottom, coupled with the hopelessness over her unhealed wounds, leaving her spirits depressed, this was undoubtedly her worst state.

Even so, Qi Xiu wasn't confident this Primordial Spirit True Honor could be convinced.

The prison grew gradually silent.

Moon Sea True Venerable hesitated but remained silent, clearly still pondering.

Hu Tianzong was about to speak but was stopped by Qi Xiu, who lightly shook his head.

The timing was right, pressing too hard might backfire, making her sense something amiss.

After a full quarter-hour passed.

The time wasn't long, yet for Qi Xiu and Hu Tianzong, they counted every second.

"If what you say is true, I can make this deal with you."

Upon hearing Moon Sea True Venerable finally compromise, Qi Xiu and Hu Tianzong breathed a sigh of relief, worried she might stubbornly choose eternal suppression in Endless Hell, leaving them in the Great Tang Era.

"However, you must first heal my injuries before I reveal the method to return to the future."

After a brief pause, Moon Sea True Venerable stated her condition.

Having lived for thousands of years, even trapped in such a desperate situation, she wouldn't be easily manipulated, her experience meant she wasn't naive.

"What if you go back on your word after we heal you?"

Frowning, Hu Tianzong shook his head in disagreement; as someone nearly sacrificed into her Great Array, he had no trust or goodwill towards the Primordial Spirit True Honor.

If not for the necessity of her to return to the future,

he would directly suggest Qi Xiu have Song Baiyi eliminate her.