Huo Ling'er had not entertained any wild notions about being someone else's reincarnation.
She did find the Immortal Phoenix egg strangely comforting, though.
But she was not a protagonist like Shi Hao. Why would her life be tangled in so many plots and twists?
"This Immortal Phoenix egg shares your affinity, and there's a certain connection between you that seems almost fated," Meng Chuan told Huo Ling'er.
"You can choose to keep the egg with you and cultivate alongside it."
"That way, you'll gradually receive the fortune within it, and the egg won't suffer the slightest harm."
"It will benefit you both immensely."
"A trace of a True Spirit imprint may remain inside the egg. It might be her last hope."
Meng Chuan continued, "Or you can choose to refine the egg directly and absorb the divine matter within."
"Then you'll bring to completion what this Immortal Phoenix failed to achieve in life."
"In other words, you'll undergo Nirvana."
Of the two choices, the second plainly seemed better.
Undergoing Nirvana with an Immortal Phoenix egg would push Huo Ling'er's talent to an unprecedented peak.
She would inherit everything from the phoenix maiden of the Immortal Ancient Era except her Primordial Spirit and memories. She would gain fortune that defied the heavens, becoming something like a descendant of the Ten Fiends.
Seeking life in the jaws of death, the phoenix maiden had begun her Nirvana. All the fortune and heritage of the Immortal Phoenix Race lay hidden within this egg.
Had her soul survived, she would have returned to the world.
The benefits Huo Ling'er stood to gain from refining the egg directly were easy to imagine.
Her talent would then be second to none. Among the ordinary Heavenly Prodigies of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, she would fall behind