At that thought, Nuwa said with some resignation, "Since things have come to this, what arrangements do you intend to make for the Queen Mother of the West, Purple Light, and even Xi He and Changxi?"
"Well..." Yuan Yan sank into thought.
After pondering for a moment, he reached a decision and said gravely, "Once they finish their work and enter the Inner Chaos with the cultivators of the Yingzhou Immortal Island Lineage, I'll tell them the true relationship between me, Yuan Jie, Yuan Lun, and Yuan Ling."
"Then we'll see what they choose!"
If the Queen Mother of the West, Purple Light, Xi He, and Changxi learned that Yuan Jie, Yuan Lun, and Yuan Ling were his Three-Selves Dao Bodies rather than brothers born of the same origin, and changed their minds about taking their relationships further and becoming his Dao Companions, he would not force them. He would keep a certain distance from them from then on.
Of course, he, Yuan Jie, Yuan Lun, and Yuan Lun were not brothers born of the same origin; they were his Three-Selves Dao Bodies. That fact could not be exposed.
Although he could not possibly kill the Queen Mother of the West and the others to silence them over this, he still needed them to swear Dao Heart Oaths and Heavenly Dao Oaths not to reveal a single detail.
And if their resolve remained unchanged and they still intended to become his Dao Companions, he would not refuse them or shut them out!
Of course, Yuan Yan did not voice those later thoughts about what arrangements he would make after the Queen Mother of the West and the others chose. But he knew Nuwa would understand his meaning.
"Hmph!" Nuwa did indeed grasp what Yuan Yan meant and could not help