Chapter 479: The Gift I Give You

The Witch instinctively wanted to retort, but held back.

Silently passing through the final barrier, she arrived at the lowest level of the Demon Abyss.

The aura of destruction had scoured this land, annihilating everything; no living being remained, and mountains, rivers, and seas were all leveled to the ground.

Nothing was left.

Only a barren stretch of scorched black soil remained, emitting a searing heat yet carrying a chill that pierced the soul.

"This is too terrifying."

The Witch was shaken. "It's hard to imagine—what would it be like to endure wave after wave of destruction's breath, right at the very center?"

"Lin Chuan... is he really still alive?"

"If he's dead, how can I ever repay the kindness I owe him?"

At this moment, the Witch felt a pang of sorrow.

She seemed unwilling for Lin Chuan to fall.

Actually, it had little to do with repaying a favor; she simply didn't want it, but she had been unwilling to admit it before.

If Lin Chuan were truly gone, she would cry.

That would be too embarrassing.

How could the cold-blooded, ruthless Witch, who swore to live a life of proud solitude, weep for a man? That would be too degrading!

So! Lin Chuan, you can't die!

"You absolutely cannot die!"

Mo Sangyu thought, her heartbeat quickening, faster and faster, her breathing growing more rapid, and her pace also quickening.

From a hesitant stroll at the start, to an anxious jog, and finally to a frantic sprint as if her heart were on fire.

But the space here was shattered.

She couldn't teleport through space; she could only follow a vague sense of direction and charge toward a general area.

She didn't know how long had passed.

Mo Sangyu felt she was nearly depleted; on this soil that had yet to recover its vitality and order, even spiritual energy was pitifully scarce.

She gulped down bottle after bottle of spiritual liquid, her heart growing more anxious and aggrieved.

The internal conflict had long since vanished.

Even she herself hadn't noticed that the moment she started running, only one voice remained in her mind.

A very, very long time passed.

Mo Sangyu's vision was nearly blurring.

Finally, she saw, at the far end of the scorched earth, a blood-red lotus flower in bud, waiting to bloom.

"Lin Chuan!"

She dashed over, but her shouts received no response.

The unresponsive space made her increasingly panicked, and she felt despair for the first time—not only the pain from her physical body being scorched by this burnt land,

but also her soul! A tremor from the depths of her soul, as if something were tearing apart her mind.

Only when she reached out and touched that Hong Lian did her heart gain a measure of comfort.

Inside the Hong Lian, a faint trace of life force could still be felt.

"Cough, cough~"

Then a light coughing sound arose.

"Lin Chuan!"

Mo Sangyu became excited. "Lin Chuan, how are you?"

Inside the Hong Lian.

Lin Chuan lay on the lotus throne, his complexion ruddy; Bai Ze's Annihilation Formation had indeed given him some trouble, but that was all.

It was far from the point of being on the verge of death.

Why hadn't he gotten up yet? Naturally, he was faking it.

Because he had sensed Mo Sangyu's arrival and knew this was a good opportunity to deepen their bond.

"I... cough, cough, cough, I'm fine."

Lin Chuan deliberately refrained from using the power of the Sword of All Beings to heal his injuries, his voice weak.

"Wait for me."

Outside, Mo Sangyu grew anxious.

She forcibly pried open the petals of the Pure World Hong Lian and squeezed inside.

It was the first time she had seen Lin Chuan in such a disheveled state, and she couldn't help but feel distressed. She helped him up from the ground and leaned him against her embrace.

Lin Chuan was about to ask why.

"Don't talk. Take this."

The Witch's domineering side emerged as she stuffed a large bottle of pills into Lin Chuan's mouth.

"Th... thank you."

Lying in Sangyu's arms, Lin Chuan found her gentle and reliable in this critical moment. "Sangyu, why are you here?"

"I... can't I come?"

As soon as she spoke, Mo Sangyu resumed her cold and proud demeanor. "If I hadn't come, you would have died on this shattered soil."

"I've repaid your favor now, haven't I?"

She hadn't said two sentences before she brought up the favor again.

Lin Chuan smiled. "If you think it's repaid, then it's repaid. Matters of the heart—you give, I take—can't be explained clearly."

"Hmph! I'm not listening to your nonsense." Mo Sangyu pouted. "Anyway, after this, you and I are even. I won't owe you anything anymore."

Lin Chuan grinned. "Then how about I give you one more gift? Do you want it?"

Mo Sangyu's eyes widened as she suddenly remembered something.

"Earlier, I saw all the Hong Lian power in the Demon Abyss converging toward the deepest layer of the abyss. Did you cause that?"

Recalling everything that had happened.

Mo Sangyu sensed something was wrong.

The first time she met Lin Chuan, she had noticed that this guy's control over the Hong Lian was even greater than hers.

Now he could even command all the Hong Lian in the entire Demon Abyss from afar. There had to be a secret behind it.

Could it be that Lin Chuan had obtained some kind of mysterious inheritance?

"Well, I'll tell you about that later." Lin Chuan smiled.

"Later again?"

Mo Sangyu really wanted to know, but out of pride, she couldn't keep pressing him, so she could only grit her teeth and let it go.

Over the next few days.

The two of them stayed together in the shattered lowest layer of the abyss, chatting and slowly recovering.

Lin Chuan wasn't in a hurry. He still firmly held Bai Ze's Causal Seal.

Once the Causal Seal solidified again, it would mean Bai Ze's death.

Sitting on the lotus throne, gazing at the pitch-black scorched earth, Mo Sangyu sighed and casually remarked,

"Such fertile soil was destroyed just like that. What a waste of countless heavenly treasures. Who knows how long it will take to recover."

She had once set a goal to claim this place for herself.

To become the strongest in the entire Demon Abyss!

But before her dream could come true, this land of her dreams was destroyed. She hadn't even had the chance to see what it looked like when it was prosperous.

"Actually, it can recover very quickly."

Lin Chuan said with a smile.

As he spoke, he thrust the Sword of All Beings into the ground.

Dense life force spread in an instant, crossing a hundred li, a thousand li, and spreading to the invisible end ten thousand li away in the blink of an eye.

The scorched black soil and cracked earth began to heal frantically.

Starting from the Sword of All Beings, tender new sprouts shot up rapidly, brimming with spring vitality, turning from a patch of emerald green into a riot of colors.

Then, large trees rose straight from the ground.

Simple birds and beasts began to be born.

Mo Sangyu watched this scene, her eyes filled with shock, as if she were witnessing the rapid evolution of an entire world.

Before her, Pure World Red Lotuses bloomed one after another.

Soon, they turned into a sea of flowers.

Mo Sangyu swallowed hard. She had never seen such fertile soil. It seemed that all the Red Lotuses in the entire Demon Abyss were now growing in this single sea of flowers.

She looked at Lin Chuan.

Lin Chuan looked back at her. "How do you like this gift I prepared for you? Do you like it?"