Lady Three and Chichi did not quite understand Zhao Changhe’s joke, but only he himself knew that it was a subtle test aimed at the blind woman.0

He had two main theories regarding her identity: one was that she was a spirit of the Heavenly Tome, and the other was that she was… the Night Emperor.1

The fact that she was responsible for the words in the announcements of the Tome of Troubled Times had already been confirmed. This seemingly confirmed the first theory and should have ruled out the second. Still, Zhao Changhe could not help but probe further. By claiming to be the Night Emperor’s cook, he was more so referring to his feeding her the cosmetic elixir. This was a line only he and she would understand, and he wanted to see how she would react.1

She showed no reaction.0

So, it seemed she really was just the spirit of the tome.1

If that was indeed the case, it made sense. It would explain why she was bound by rules such as being unable to reveal the affairs of the world and forbidden from engaging in worldly disputes. When the ancient god or demon at Kunlun was stunned by her involvement, that made more sense now, too. If the Heavenly Tome represented the utmost treasure of the Heavenly Dao, then the spirit of the tome was, in a way, a manifestation of the world’s will. Who had ever heard of the world itself...0