[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-investing-in-the-reborn-empress-she-actually-cal":3,"chapter-investing-in-the-reborn-empress-she-actually-cal-investing-in-the-reborn-empress-she-actually-cal-chapter-62":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Investing in the Reborn Empress, She Actually Calls Me ‘Husband’",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},596435,846,"Chapter 62: Girl, Do You Want to Become Stronger","investing-in-the-reborn-empress-she-actually-cal-chapter-62",62,"\u003Cp>Primordial Heavenly Lord!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Chulong had never heard of this name before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in her understanding, the supreme beings of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths would add the character ‘Heaven’ to their titles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, the Martial Emperor, the founding ancestor of the Great Yu Dynasty, was known as ‘Hongtian.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heavenly Lord?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did that mean he was revered by all Nine Heavens, standing above them?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just this title alone was enough to prove the man’s unfathomable power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, $2f an ordinary person dared to call themselves a Heavenly Lord, they’d better only go out at noon—because sooner or later, disaster would find them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, $2ust the mention of his name could mysteriously stir the heavens and earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If true, that would be utterly terrifying!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Have some tea.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An ethereal voice drifted over, and the celestial phenomena abruptly vanished, as if everything that had just happened was an illusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Chulong’s mind went blank, and she nodded dumbly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as the tea touched her lips, $2 surge of pure vitality spread through her body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She recognized this—it was a tribute offered by a major sect to the Central Plains, a treasure her father, Emperor Jingtai, had bestowed upon her siblings but never her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eldest brother, the Crown Prince, had taken pity on her and shared a small portion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Out of the corner of her eye, Jiang Chulong noticed a spring nearby. The mysterious man had used its waters to brew this tea...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are here because, many years ago, I once dropped an ancient ring.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Only those blessed with great fortune and extraordinary talent can resonate with it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Primordial Heavenly Lord across from her raised his teacup.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He paused, not drinking, but simply turning it in his palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So... it was because of the ring...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Chulong murmured in realization.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Great fortune?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Extraordinary talent?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Um... Heavenly... Heavenly Lord, Senior.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I... might not be... the person you’re looking for.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her head drooped, nearly burying itself in her chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her birth had cost her mother’s life, earning her Emperor Jingtai’s lifelong disdain—almost to the point of loathing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a child, she hadn’t understood, thinking all imperial children lived in the cold palace without new clothes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even on her father’s birthday, a day of celebration across the realm, $2er mere presence, sneaking in just to catch a glimpse of him, could turn the banquet into an execution ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The palace maid who had inadvertently revealed the news to her had been sliced to death, her bloody gaze fixed on Jiang Chulong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for talent...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Talent?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had never practiced martial arts—no one dared to teach her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she knew well that without the bone in her chest, she was no genius.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her elder brother, the Crown Prince, who possessed the True Dragon Body and had taken her bone, must be the real prodigy...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Heh... Little girl, do you doubt this lord’s judgment?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"N-no... I wouldn’t dare...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Jiang Chulong, youngest daughter of Emperor Jingtai.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The unhurried, soothing voice continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Chulong froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had never introduced herself—how did the Heavenly Lord know?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Born with a Sword Embryo, bearing the Heavenly Lord’s Imperial Sword Bone—yet it was stolen by kin.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now, you are hunted by the Sky Patrol Guards.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Chulong: \"!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her lips parted slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How did the Heavenly Lord know everything?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In truth, she hadn’t even known the name of that extra bone in her chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To obtain the ancient ring and stand before me—how is that not great fortune?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But... but that bone... I don’t have it anymore.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She bit her lip until it turned pale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Heavenly Lord’s Imperial Sword Bone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This senior called himself the Primordial Heavenly Lord.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surely, he had summoned her because of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is a good thing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Primordial Heavenly Lord said calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes widened, filled with confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A Sword Bone can elevate one, but it can also shackle them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Losing it allows you to forge your own path—how is that not a blessing?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the Barren Realm, a child once had his Supreme Bone stolen, yet later grew a second, then a third.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One day, when you stand high enough and look back, all this will be but a fleeting shadow.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His tone was so matter-of-fact, as if the Sword Bone were nothing extraordinary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stand high enough?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Chulong was still bewildered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Barren Realm?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Supreme Bone?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t fully grasp it, but it sounded incredible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she had once stood high too—if the Sword Bone meant so little, why had her brother taken it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Young and ignorant—that’s to be expected.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Primordial Heavenly Lord chuckled, as if amused by her naivety.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Nine Heavens and Ten Earths have witnessed eons. The Great Yu Dynasty is but a ripple in the river of time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the Primordial Era, the Heavenly Court ruled over the Thirty-Three Heavens, commanding the stars and shaping all creation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Back then, its sovereign was Lord Haotian, who endured 103,000 tribulations—each lasting 129,600 years—before mastering the Great Dao.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t just speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He painted pictures in the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The clouds above swirled and shifted, forming vast, breathtaking scenes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Golden light spilled endlessly, auspicious colors streaked the heavens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through the colossal Southern Heavenly Gate, thirty-three divine palaces stood in splendor, seventy-two celestial halls shimmered like the Milky Way, while true dragons and phoenixes soared freely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jade plates held elixirs forged in violet crucibles; the Moon Palace’s endless jade trees stretched beyond sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was all so vivid, so real.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Chulong’s eyes reflected the heavenly spectacle, entranced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this was just a glimpse—what must the true Heavenly Court have been like?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From this fragment, she could almost touch the glory of the Primordial Era.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Heavenly Lord wasn’t exaggerating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to this, the Great Yu Dynasty was indeed insignificant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>103,000 tribulations? Each lasting 129,600 years?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, she didn’t even try counting on her fingers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They wouldn’t be enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sudden breeze scattered the clouds and mist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Primordial Heavenly Lord’s voice turned wistful:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All things must end. Without achieving immortality, even the mightiest fade into oblivion.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now, I am but a remnant of a soul.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A remnant?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her heart clenched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If just a fragment of his soul held such power, what had he been like at his peak?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Heh... The tides of time are unpredictable.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I never imagined that a ring casually discarded in the distant past would one day bear fruit.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Indeed!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I wish to take you as my disciple, to impart all I know.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My request is simple: when you grow strong enough, help me return to life.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Girl, do you wish to become stronger?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His words carried an unshakable certainty, an infinite confidence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Do you wish to become stronger?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Do you wish to become stronger?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Chulong clutched her chest, as if her heart might leap out at any moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To help the Heavenly Lord—surely, it would be an impossible task...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet in that instant, images flashed before her: her mother’s gravestone, Emperor Jingtai’s cold gaze, her brother’s bloodstained dagger, Aunt Mei’s desperate sacrifice to divert the Sky Patrol Guards...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, she didn’t know how to refuse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Um... I... I’m willing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Louder. I can’t hear you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m willing!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good! That’s the spirit!\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1204,"2026-05-30T17:19:00.269Z","2026-06-01T04:31:46.286Z",1,"novelbin.me","9333759722851f2a61867050b6705a630f545b3ec23f2bfccd7364c25538c06e","investing-in-the-reborn-empress-she-actually-cal-chapter-63","investing-in-the-reborn-empress-she-actually-cal-chapter-61",737,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Finvesting-in-the-reborn-empress-she-actually-cal-cover.jpg"]