"That makes sense... But your wife, children, and entire household..." Qing Limò looked at me with some guilt, probably realizing that I was now putting the greater good before everything else.
I smiled and asked in return, "Don't you think I'm selfish and self-serving, concerned only with my position of hegemony?"
"I admit it, I admit that before this I... I underestimated you too much. I didn't know you had the whole world of immortals at heart. But now I do, don't I? Fine, how do you want me to put it...? Should I say I admire you? Or should I say I revere you?" Qing Limò glared at me, though she looked a little embarrassed.
"That won't be necessary. I want to go back too, but if I leave, not only will this realm be destroyed, I won't be able to look after the Nine Heavens either. Some things are more important than others. I won't let Divine Lord Hua's second thermonuclear core rise to the position of the Pure World Heaven. Otherwise, everything will be too late. By then, let alone Sky City—even everything in this world may soon cease to exist." I let out a bitter sigh.
"Mm... Everything will be destroyed, won't it? I won't let Divine Lord Hua have his way, either. Brother Xia... from this moment onward, whatever you ask me to do, I, Qing Limò, will do it!" This time, Qing Limò had made up her mind.
"Relax. If I really ask you to do something, you may not actually follow my arrangements to the letter. Just do what you think is right. As for anything else, I have no interest in making you do it." I smiled.
Qing Limò's role was still extremely important. As the Grand Sage Master of the Nine