Lan Wangji, king of jealousy, goes over and takes Wei Ying's hand to remind him. He's the one Lan Wangji chose. "I couldn't hear him. He didn't say much of anything, just that there were two Kingdoms. The Red and the White. The Red... became domineering, and cruel. They fought and lost."

He shakes his head. "This Kingdom is in ruins. I would say, hundreds of years." Which means it's likely that The Queen has a power of immortality, or has stolen one, or is supplementing with their Golden Cores.

He doesn't think she's cultivated her own immortality, after all. And if the myths are true and she has ascended to heaven, she wouldn't be stuck here doing such petty things for power. She'd be asking for their worship, not their cooperation.