He will not consider sending Daji and Lilith to the inner gate at this moment.
It's not that the outer gate cannot function without the two of them.
The main issue is that the inner gate is currently overflowing with management talents. The Little Universe is filled with their own people, so it wouldn't cause any significant problems. Hence, it would be more appropriate for the two of them to thrive at the outer gate.
In view of their overly enthusiastic behavior, which was somewhat annoying, Li Jing grudgingly made them a promise.
They could enter the inner gate after serving at the outer gate for another fifty years and cultivating some successors.
With this promise, Daji and Lilith didn't cling to him persistently anymore.
Fifty years.
For these two deceitful women who have lived through countless years, it would pass in the blink of an eye. They just needed to endure.
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