"Okay, I will also tell you about myself. By the way, you can call me Anna," Anna readily agreed to Tania's condition to share information about herself. Both were primordial creatures now, and Anna felt there was no need to hide her identity any longer as she also removed her mask. She guessed Tania must have known about their mission due to her blood inheritance, so there was little to conceal. Moreover, Anna wanted to build trust between them, hoping to ask Tania to travel with her in the future.

Tania was greatly pleased by Anna's response and began to share her past. "I was the queen of the Divine Phoenix Clan in the immortal world, and I had reached the peak of the Immortal Emperor realm. During an adventure in an ancient rune, I obtained the primordial blood essence of a primordial phoenix. This blood essence is a highly coveted treasure for our clan, as it allows us to evolve into primordial phoenixes and advance to the Dao realm—a dream for all phoenixes. However, news of my possession of this treasure spread to the other three divine beast clans through traitors within my own clan who also desired it. The kings and queens of the four divine beast clans in the immortal world possess similar power levels, maintaining a balance. If I were to advance to the Dao realm, the Phoenix Clan would become the most powerful, disrupting this balance."

At that moment, Tania paused, taking a deep breath to calm her rising anger, which was causing the surroundings to heat up. A deep sadness lingered in her eyes as she spoke of the traitors, and Anna, noticing this, immediately said, "Are you okay? If you don’t want to talk about it, you don’t have to. I don’t want to reopen your wounds."

Tania was surprised by Anna's sudden thoughtfulness. Her expression softened, and her sadness and anger receded as she replied, "Thanks for asking, but it's alright. I just thought about the past when my most trusted people colluded with the other three clans to eliminate me. I raised them from birth and trained them, yet they betrayed me. That's why I felt a little sad when I recalled them. But it's alright now; I have lived two more lives since then, and my feelings about my past and my clan are not that great."

In truth, Tania felt great at that moment, excited about the new beginning of her life. She was even more grateful to Anna for giving her this opportunity. She continued her story, speaking as if she were recounting someone else's tale.

"When I was about to advance to the Dao realm and was at a critical juncture, the clan heads of the other three clans burst into my cultivation ground, attacking me in my defenseless state with the help of my clan's traitors. I immediately realized that someone had betrayed me; otherwise, they would never have been able to enter. In my vulnerable state, I knew I would likely die or become a cripple without my cultivation. So, I made a quick decision to seal all my cultivation and the primordial blood essence into my soul. After they destroyed my body in their combined attack, I protected my soul and sent it into the reincarnation cycle of the mortal world. The side effect was that my memory was also sealed, and I fell asleep."

Anna had mostly pieced together Tania's story based on the common tropes of the cultivation world—acquiring a treasure and being backstabbed by those one trusts. She felt a surge of anger towards Tania's former clan members and decided that if Tania agreed to travel with her, she would help her take revenge and destroy the divine beast clans in the immortal world. Instead, she asked what she wanted to know the most. "So, how did your soul end up in the hands of that so-called Heavenly Dao?"

Tania's face flashed a cold smile as she answered, "When I voluntarily entered the cycle of reincarnation in the mortal world, an organization was also seeking souls with great luck. My soul was special, so they captured me while I was still asleep, dividing my soul and sending one half to another world and the other half to this mortal world to be reborn. They wanted my soul to merge once again after traveling to another world, hoping to harness the luck of both realms." She looked into Anna's eyes and added with a smile that made Anna's heart skip a beat, "Once again, thank you, Anna, for your help."

Feeling a surge of nervousness, Anna decided to tell the truth. "A... So, Tania, as I said, it was not my intention to help you." At this point, Anna was fidgeting and continued, "I was only going to help you for entertainment, and when my inheritance told me to have you beside me..." Anna paused, her eyes darting everywhere. Tania completed her sentence with a teasing smile in her eyes, "So you tried to manipulate me, hmm?"

Anna looked up in surprise, realizing Tania understood her intentions. She said in a barely audible voice, "I’m sorry; I just wanted you to join my clan and cook for me regularly."

Tania found Anna's shyness endearing and wanted to tease her further but controlled herself, responding with a soft look, "It's okay; I don’t mind. If I were in your position, I would have done the same. But seriously was my cooking so great ?"

Anna felt relieved hearing Tania's response and asked again, "Really? You're not angry? And yes your cooking was great. This was the first time I ate food here."

"Yes, I'm not angry. Now, why don’t you tell me about yourself, Anna now if you satisfy me I will again cook for you?" Tania replied in same tone when Anna asked her to cook previously.

Anna, now completely relieved, decided to share everything about herself, even though there wasn't much to tell. She recounted her journey from another world, her grandmother, the dungeon, and how she met Tania. Tania listened with interest and exclaimed after Anna finished her story, "Wow, so you are also from Earth!"

"Yes, I was from Earth. When I saw your soul traveling here, I wanted to watch my web novel come to life, as the Heavenly Dao is using scripts from the web novels here," Anna admitted, her expression turning embarrassed.

Tania burst into laughter, saying, "Hey, Anna, just how bored were you?"

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Anna replied, her embarrassment deepening, "Well, I was trapped in the dungeon for so long, only training, so I wanted to have fun."

Tania laughed even harder at Anna's expression. Seeing their relationship building positively, Anna asked, "Hey, Tania, now that you know about our mission and its steps, I wanted to ask you something."

Tania shifted her demeanor to a serious one and said, "Yes, I know our mission and its steps, and I also wanted to ask you something."

"Why don’t you ask first, then?" Anna said, feeling a little shy about asking, as this would be her first traveling companion and friend—or maybe her future girlfriend.

"No, you speak first," Tania replied unexpectedly, knowing what Anna was about to ask. As this was what Anna was going to do already I the first place. But previously it was on the feeling of gratitude from me and this time , Anna was asking as an equal, and Tania found Anna's shy expression adorable, wanting to tease her further.

Finally, Anna asked what she wanted to know. "Tania, do you want to travel with me and complete our mission together? It’s not like I want to do this together or anything; it’s just that our cultivation levels are now the same, and we have to follow the same steps to complete our mission. So, you can travel with me and become my first friend here." The last sentence was spoken so softly that only Anna could hear it, but Tania, being a Heaven Realm cultivator, easily caught it. Her smile widened as she answered, "Okay, I will travel alongside you as your friend. I was also going to ask the same thing, but I wanted to hear it from you first."

"Ehh? You were already planning to have fun—oh sorry, I mean travel with me? Then why didn’t you say that?" Anna asked.

"Well, I was enjoying seeing your shy expression," Tania replied.

Anna decided to ignore that statement but felt happy inside. After her memory was restored from the seal, Tania sometimes acted like Anna's grandmother. As an Immortal Emperor in her previous life, Tania must have lived many years, while Anna was still inexperienced, akin to a cub. She found herself teased by both, but she didn’t dislike it. Anna guessed her type must be the older sister or "Onee-san" type of women.

However, Anna insisted on a condition for traveling together. "There is a condition for traveling with me: you must allow me to have fun along the way and not stop me. Like my grandma."

Tania immediately agreed, thinking it was a small price to pay, though she would later regret this promise in future.

"Okay, now that you’ve agreed, what do you want to do after we leave here?" Anna asked.

"I have some karma to settle with the mortals who were my family," Tania replied with a cold smile.

Hearing this, Anna's expression brightened as if she had found an interesting toy to play with. She insisted, "No problem, but you have to listen to my arrangements in dealing with them, as you promised not to stop my fun time."

"Well, I will follow your arrangements. Satisfied?" Tania answered.

"Now, let’s get outside from this ring pocket dimension." After Tania suppressed her cultivation, they both emerged from Anna's bamboo house.

"I wanted to say this earlier, Anna, but this house is the best treasure house I have ever seen," Tania remarked.

"My grandma made it for me," Anna replied proudly. And after looking at the plates where she had eaten Anna said "Hey you said you were going to cook for me"

"Well said only if your answer satisfy me:" Tania replied with a smirk on her face.

"No fair I want to eat something " Anna demanded in same cute tone when she demanded something from her grandma and grandma always completed her demands. Similarly Tania was also unable to resist as compiled to her demand and they both had a small lunch. Once again anna had this thought that this was why her preference was Older sister type women.

After diner Anna said "Hey there is something in the forest center arranged for you inside the Dark forest by the Heavenly Dao, do you want to take a look there first,"

"Ok lets go there first " Tania agreed.

Then, both stepped out of the house, and Anna stored it inside her inner world. And they both stared at the beautiful sky for few seconds.

They were both looking forward to their new journey, and were even more determined to complete their mission and become true gods of this world.