The forces that she had built up could surpass some forces of normal sects.
Azief then ask when did she break through the grandmaster realm and how. She answers it is because of him.
Azief did not understand and ask her to explain.
She herself always wonder why she was stuck at the same realm for years.
When she regains back her memories after an injury fighting a mountain tiger, she once again regains her past desire.
She regains back her memory and with her memory her desire to kill the Emperor is once again awakened.
But she was also torn on whether to kill the Emperor first or to seek Wu Qi first. Now that she knows Wu Qi is still alive, it was like light, hope, dreams, love, joy, happiness and her future all once again returned.