Unintentional

If she could truly become Dao companions with Yuan Yan, it would bring enormous benefits to both her own Dao path and the Witch Clan's future.

Besides, even if Yuan Yan truly had such intentions, she could still stall for time until this Calamity Cycle ended.

If several Ancestral Witches of the Witch Clan could attain the Hunyuan Great Firmament Golden Immortal realm in the future, while the remaining Ancestral Witches safely survived the Calamity Cycle, then if Yuan Yan's character failed to satisfy her, she could simply go back on her word then.

But now, she felt that she might have thought too highly of herself. Yuan Yan was very indifferent toward her and did not seem to welcome her. Judging by his attitude, he probably had no interest in her.

And that was indeed the case. Yuan Yan truly had no interest in Jiufeng.

However, it was not because Yuan Yan had devoted himself solely to the Dao after transmigrating, severing all desires and refusing the company of women.

Cultivation meant cultivating oneself, one's original heart. If he cultivated himself into someone devoted only to the Dao, without desire and unwilling to approach women, like a stone, would he still be himself?

Still, although he retained his desires and was not averse to women, he believed he could indulge in desire without becoming lost in it.

He also understood that, as a transmigrator, his heart was somewhat chaotic, not as pure or resolute as those Innate Divines born and raised in the Primordial World.

To make up for this flaw, temper his Dao Heart, and forge his will, he had countless times deliberately lowered his defenses and fallen into Yuan Ling's mental illusions during the years before.

Within Yuan Ling's mental illusions, he had been an emperor holding