Han Li faltered slightly upon hearing this, then said, "You'll be harmed as well if the process fails? That's something that I failed to consider. Having said that, risk and reward always come hand in hand. If you manage successfully fuse with that immortal puppet, you'll immediately attain Golden Immortal Stage power, so I think it's still worth a try. Are you willing to take a gamble, Brother Xie?"

After slaying Zhong Luan, Han Li had been able to spend the past 200 years in relative peace, but he had never been able to shake off this prevailing sense of apprehension. Hence, after accumulating sufficient resources, he had constantly been cultivating arduously in the hope that he would be able to manifest a time law thread after reaching the late-True Immortal Stage so that he would be better equipped to take on Golden Immortal cultivators, but that endeavor had proven to be unsuccessful up to this point.

Now that he had been presented with the opportunity to potentially gain a Golden Immortal Stage ally, he naturally didn't want to pass it up.

Daoist Xie fell into a hesitant silence.

"I won't force you to make any decision...