"Xiayuan, your merit is yours. This time, you failed to bring the Overlord we agreed upon, but not only will I not hold it against you, I'll even credit you with a merit. However, we will not accept this Primordial Qi Immortal Venerable. Leave him here." I interrupted Xiayuan.
I didn't know whether Xiayuan had failed to understand or had been brainwashing this Primordial Qi Immortal Venerable on the way. He immediately said, "Creation Immortal Venerable, that Candle Overlord left his territory devastated, with the living suffering and dying everywhere. The Primordial Qi Immortal Venerable wiped him out many years ago! Aren't we precisely lacking an Immortal who can reverse the Heavenly Dao War, like the Primordial Qi Immortal Venerable? Why not invite him to cross the cycle of reincarnation with us?"
I knit my brows, while the Primordial Qi Immortal Venerable's face turned from furious to livid. He was holding back from erupting, probably because Xiayuan had spoken up for him. The Three Primal Ones were of one body, and seeing Xiayuan suffer a setback, Shangyuan stepped forward with an air of age and authority. "Creation Immortal Venerable, by inviting one Primordial Qi Immortal Venerable, we can gain the help of both the Origin Qi Immortal Venerable and the Primordial Qi Immortal Venerable. Why wouldn't we invite him? This is no longer merely a matter of the merit of bringing them here. That merit should have been great enough to reverse the situation! It belongs to the Three Primal Ones. How can it be erased so casually?"
The old woman Zhongyuan also said coldly, "Exactly! We should have been the ones with the greatest merit! What does the Nine Directions Overlord count for? We invited the Primordial Qi Immortal Venerable here, and that merit alone surpasses the Three Dao