Shi Hao had never imagined this. He had wanted Meng Chuan to help persuade Willow God. Perhaps she could stay.
They could all remain together, not a single one of them leaving.
But instead, Meng Chuan had said he was going too...
So they were just leaving me behind?
Shi Hao could not accept it. His heart ached.
Why wouldn't they take me too?!
"You're entering the Origin Gate as well?" Willow God asked, puzzled.
"What, you can go in, but I can't?" Meng Chuan said with a smile.
"I understand why you want to go. The Nine Heavens and Ten Lands truly aren't suited to you now. After recovering this far, there's little more they can offer you."
Meng Chuan continued, "And if you can break through the Origin Gate with the Ancestral Sacrificial Spirit Technique, I believe you'll be very, very close to that step."
Entering the Origin Gate would bring Willow God nothing but benefits. It could help her advance further.
If she stayed in the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, every step she took along the Immortal Dao would require a long period of recovery.
Besides, regaining her former peak was easy. Surpassing it was hard.
A heroine born between Heaven and Earth—how could she languish here forever?
Simply put, entering the Origin Gate meant chasing her dream.
Meng Chuan had told Willow God all his suspicions before. He suspected the Origin Gate was connected to Quasi-Immortal Emperors.
With that possibility before her, how could she not be tempted?
Meng Chuan supported her decision. Breaking through the Origin Gate would only improve her chances of becoming a Quasi-Immortal Emperor.
She had to go!
"What about you?"
"I'll go with you," Meng Chuan said. "But I'll only send one of my Ten Fiend Spirit Bodies."
"I'll stay