"Still unwilling to hand that thing over?"
Outside Heaven-Cleansed Star, the voice of the Lord of Ten Thousand Deceptions Who Deceives Heaven traveled across space into Shen Jingli's ears. "Are you waiting for the dragon qi Chu Xisheng promised you? But how much use could it be? How many more days could it help you hold out? Eight, or ten?"
Mockery laced his voice. "Besides, dragon qi is not merely something akin to the faith and incense offerings of living beings. It is also intimately bound to the Human Race's destiny. If you borrow the Human Race's strength today and draw dragon qi into your body, sooner or later you will have to repay it. You may even be assimilated by dragon qi and fall under that Human Sovereign's control. Isn't that drinking poison to quench your thirst?"
Shen Jingli's expression was cold and stern. She showed no reaction.
How could she not know the dangers of drawing dragon qi into her body?
But she had enough confidence in her own Method of Purity to reap its benefits and avoid its harms as much as possible.
Shen Jingli no longer cared about that little price.
Right now, even holding out a few more days would be good.
This starry expanse was in the midst of immense upheaval. By holding out a few more days, she might last until a change favorable to her arrived.
"Chu Xisheng must be very close to becoming the Wish-Fulfillment Sage, mustn't he? If you don't find a way to stop him, tens of thousands of years of planning will all flow down the river. Are you truly willing to watch that fellow gain complete mastery over this heavenly order?"
Shen Bore coaxed her patiently. "What meaning is there in your persistence now? The Mending-Heaven Origin