Chu Ge and his partner clearly knew nothing of what was happening far away.
They were sleeping soundly.
The elixir Little Flame had refined that day had worked astonishingly well for both of them. They had felt nothing during their hour of cultivation before bed, but as they slept, their bodies and souls began integrating and evolving on their own, producing an effect even Qiu Wuji had never anticipated when choosing this elixir.
Because even now, Qiu Wuji had not quite understood what was going on with this avatar of hers.
It was clearly an illusory body. In theory, this body did not exist and could only count as a soul body. For instance, when she left this world and returned to the book, her body vanished too. It did not leave an empty shell behind for Chu Ge to play with.
Just thinking about that sent chills down her spine. Oh dear, how terrifying...
Yet although this body did not exist, it looked no different from a physical body in everyday life. It got dirty and hungry, and now it even had periods.
This was not how immortal cultivation worked.
In theory, creating a body required tremendous power, far beyond what this mere divided soul could accomplish. Even her true self could not create flesh out of nothing. She would need vast quantities of treasures as a foundation for developing a body, and the success rate would still be very low. Even if she succeeded, the resulting body probably would not be this lifelike.
After all, a cultivator in the human realm who had yet to ascend truly lacked the ability.
She seemed used to it in everyday life, and rarely discussed the subject with Chu Ge... How could she casually discuss her body with a man? Honestly, did