"If my senior sister and I never manage to slay a deity, are we supposed to grow old and die in this divine path world?"
"The benefits Fellow Daoist Guan gave us years ago—were they merely the price of our lives?"
"..."
Shen Mo's brows knotted tightly as he listened. Having been dragged onto an immortal's chessboard without knowing anything, reduced to a chess piece unable to control his own fate—this helplessness truly left a fire burning in his heart.
Yet whether it was the Three-Heads Six-Arms True Immortal Technique or the mutated Soul Refining Banner, both had rendered immense, indelible service along his path of cultivation. As for the Ice-Clear Jade Immortal Art Chen Mengze had obtained, there was even less need to mention it; in a sense, it had changed her destiny... Thus, although he was furious, he could not simply vent it upon Guan Ling!
Of course, another reason Shen Mo had not turned hostile was that they still needed Ghost Gate Pass to send them back to the Profound Yellow Immortal Realm.
"It was my fault for not informing you of the details beforehand. I ask that you both forgive me, Fellow Daoists!" Guan Ling rose and bowed with cupped hands, offering a highly sincere apology.
Though she said this, she would not alter her original methods merely to rescue her master.
If she had revealed the truth, then among the cultivators selected through the first trial, a considerable number would surely rather forgo all manner of benefits than enter this divine path world, where the immortal path had vanished without a trace and deities ran rampant.
Moreover, her actions would also become known to her master's enemies from before his death!
As for cultivators who died in the divine path world, Guan Ling saw them