"This is not... the price of 'nothing more than that.'"
"Can't we try some other method...? The way you've already resigned yourself to this is making me feel... rather unhappy."
After listening to Fang Qing's account, Xiao Yun spoke in a low voice.
Fang Qing's voice carried a hint of laughter. "I didn't expect even you to oppose this so fiercely—what, are you feeling a little regretful because I'll only be able to stay in the Divine Realm from now on, meaning you won't be able to recover my corpse?"
"I'm really sorry. Back then, I tricked you into joining this organization by saying, 'If I and the others die, you'll have to help collect our bodies.' And now, the one corpse you coveted most has gone up in smoke."
However, hearing Fang Qing's half-teasing words, Xiao Yun showed no sign of softening.
"I lost interest in your corpse a long time ago. I just don't want you to go through all this," Xiao Yun said calmly. "I know you don't like this. If you can't return to this world, it'll... be too painful for you."
Fang Qing fell silent when she heard Xiao Yun's words.
She stopped joking and merely sighed softly. "But there's nothing I can do. Authorities, gods... things like this were never something my personal will could overturn."
"Besides, I'm already very satisfied that I managed to delay all this for so long, and that even now I can continue delaying it without completely becoming a god myself," Fang Qing said wistfully. "I'm also very grateful to the current 'God of Game'... for helping me delay it for so long."
Listening to Xiao Yun and Fang Qing's conversation, Qianhuan could not hold back either. "Can't we think of some way to fix this? If you have