The vitality of the body can be prolonged, but the soul will keep decaying, only through continuous evolution can new vigor be infused into it.
Therefore, the limit of a Golden Core expert's lifespan is merely eight hundred years.
Zhao Shiwen merely achieved a False Core through shortcuts, and her soul was even less than that of a genuine Golden Core expert, so her lifespan would be even shorter.
With no path ahead of her, she naturally took to the road of seeking power.
Just like the chief eunuch in the imperial palace, who, upon being castrated, easily steps onto the wrong path with the control of power, and once set upon it, never looks back.
Zhao Shiwen was the same, and there was nothing particularly strange about her maneuvering.
It was a mere case of bias and fraud, though her behavior was somewhat excessive.