"You're treating us as your new playthings, aren't you?" I said, utterly speechless. Fairy Haoxi giggled and replied noncommittally, "That depends on how you see it. Besides, taking you up there won't be easy. We'll both have to give something, won't we?"
"Brother Tian, she's occupying your shadow and can even read your thoughts. That's extremely disadvantageous for us Genesis Immortals. How about finding her a body? Once we get up there, you can merge back into one," Zhao Qian said.
"Mm, I suppose that's the only way. Fairy Haoxi, what do you think?" I asked.
"Sure. When in someone else's home, follow their rules. But I have to say, it's astonishing that Immortal Venerable Xia's mind is still stuck at the Mortal Immortal stage while his body has already reached the level of a Genesis Immortal Venerable," Fairy Haoxi said with a smile.
"What do you mean?" I asked in return.
"You don't know? The Primordial Immortal created the heavens and earth, after which living beings began to emerge and mortals came and went in endless succession. The extraordinary eventually became immortals. After countless years as immortals, and after however many cycles and eras they endured before the Heavenly Dao was complete, how much could wives, children, relatives, and friends amount to? In such a long stretch of time, they were probably no more than fleeting clouds and smoke. In the end, they couldn't stay by your side. Take me, for example. I've also lived through more springs and autumns than I can count, and long ago lost all unnecessary feelings for everything outside myself. Yet are Genesis Immortal Venerables like you, who worry about everything at every turn, really so rare? A Genesis Immortal Venerable after only a century is unprecedented. In the case of other immortals, it