Chapter 480: Surging Black Mist

Gift?

Mo Sangyu didn't know what to say anymore.

The entire Demon Abyss's Pure World Hong Lian turned into a Hua Hai, blooming together across this land—just a gift for her alone?

"Thank… thank you."

Mo Sangyu wanted to refuse, but she truly couldn't, "I… I owe you…"

Lin Chuan laughed out loud, cutting her off, "You don't owe me any favor."

"Then…" Mo Sangyu hesitated, "Shall I call out another me to keep you company?"

"She is you, you are her."

Lin Chuan looked into her eyes, "They're all the same."

"The same?"

Mo Sangyu was momentarily dazed.

If someone had spoken to her like that before, she would have beaten the person mercilessly.

But now, it really seemed the same.

That pure girl seemed no longer to need her protection; a person who would truly protect her had appeared.

At this moment, the soul‑rending pain struck again.

Mo Sangyu felt something bubbling in her mind; in the end, she only felt dizzy and giddy, glanced at Lin Chuan,

thinking, this person should be trustworthy, right?

And she simply fell asleep.

Lin Chuan watched Mo Sangyu lying on the grass; a transformation was occurring on her body, two auras colliding and merging, gradually evolving toward a perfect direction.

"Are you about to return?"

Lin Chuan had a premonition that everything was about to return.

He looked toward the Heavenly Dome, and the Causal Seal in his palm gradually solidified, a nearly colorless line formed by the convergence of karma, pointing into the distance.

"Before that, let's first eliminate the unstable calamity."

Lin Chuan rose, waved his hand to seal the deepest layer of the Demon Abyss, forbidding any living being from entering this space.

The Pure World Hong Lian gradually closed, enveloping the sleeping Mo Sangyu, protecting her.

Space rippled, and Lin Chuan had already vanished from the spot.

……

Outside the Star Ring Realm.

Chaos Universe.

Bai Ze fled here; within the realm of living beings, including the Star Ring Realm, there was no longer any room for his survival.

But the moment he set foot in the Chaos Universe, he realized the outside world also seemed unable to accommodate him.

Given his level, moving within the Chaos Universe was already arduous; chaotic currents or terrifying entities roaming the Chaos Universe could easily slay him.

Not to mention he was already in a state of oil exhausted and lamp burnt out.

Bai Ze sensed Lin Chuan's aura beginning to stir again, fearing the pursuit had arrived.

"We have no choice but to go all out."

"If I plunge into the depths, I still have a sliver of hope."

"Perhaps I can find a path to become an Immortal, reversing the opportunity."

Throughout the ages, many aspiring Immortals have entered the deep Chaos in desperate situations; they never returned, but that doesn't mean they have fallen.

Perhaps they have already ascended by alternative means, leaving the world of Heaven and Earth, completely carefree.

Bai Ze also held this belief.

But he would definitely return.

Returning here, to prove himself, becoming a Red Dust Immortal beyond the world, he liked that feeling of playing with the world, fooling all beings.

If it were merely self‑solitude, it would be very boring.

Just as he was about to leave, a voice suddenly rang beside his ear.

"Lost beings, come to me."

The hollow voice, laced with irresistible magic, in an instant made Bai Ze seem to see a broad avenue.

"Who?"

"Is it the Nine Immortals stationed outside the Star Ring Realm?"

Bai Ze focused and guessed.

"No."

Sweat quickly seeped across his forehead in a dense pattern, and he guessed the source of the voice—it was Black Mist, the Darkness that had long sought to devour this world.

Even when faced with a dead end, Bai Ze had never considered allying with Black Mist.

Because he knew clearly that becoming a pawn of Black Mist would not only destroy the world that gave him life, but also trap himself for a lifetime.

The pride of the Bai Ze clan would not allow him to do so.

He fought fiercely with Lin Chuan, vying for his own path to Immortality, because he realized the opportunity on that road existed only once.

It must be contested!

Now he has lost, and that is a loss.

Even if he walks toward Black Mist, it is still a loss, only a harsher one.

"Get out!"

Bai Ze roared.

He couldn't help but feel dread; Black Mist's spiritual intelligence is truly growing stronger, and perhaps one day it will actually seep into the Star Ring Realm, into the realm of living beings.

That would be a calamity for this Shi Jie, and all living beings would be wiped out.

"Lost living beings, how about making a deal with me?"

The hollow voice sounded again.

"Get lost!"

Bai Ze could not sense the voice's source, could not drive it away, and realized his own insignificance; even if he walked a new path to ascend to Immortal,

he would probably still not be able to defeat the Black Mist.

"My power, do you really not want it? It can help you reverse everything."

The hollow voice rippled.

A strange mass of energy appeared in the void, and Bai Ze, watching the surging power, found his breathing become rapid.

"Brand-new power."

Grasping this power might allow him to reverse.

Bai Ze's heart was conflicted.

Quickly, he suppressed the conflicted emotions, and the confidence of being a member of the Bai Ze clan rose in his heart.

"Black Mist wants to use me, then why can't I use it?"

"It's only a mass of energy; can I still not control it? As long as I'm not greedy, I can retreat unscathed."

The Black Mist is not invincible in the world.

Since it can be blocked by the Nine Immortals outside the Star Ring Realm, that shows there is hope of reaching it.

"Give it a try."

Bai Ze gritted his teeth, prepared to risk death in a single strike, and headed toward the Starry Sky where the Nine Immortals were stationed; if he failed, he could also provoke the Nine Immortals to act and have them slay him.

He would rather die than be a pawn.

The Bai Ze clan, born knowing heaven and earth, understanding Karma, mastering the universe, stabilizing the five elements, treats the Shi Jie as a board and the living beings as pieces.

"Be a pawn?"

Impossible, this is the final bottom line for a member of the Bai Ze clan.

After countless thoughts, Bai Ze reached through the void to grasp that energy, sensing carefully; it was a very pure, completely impurity‑free strange energy.

It has never appeared in the two great realms of living beings.

He could hardly imagine that the Black Mist, full of devouring aura, could give birth to such refined energy.

Nevertheless, Bai Ze remained cautious, probing repeatedly, confirming no danger, before he finally seized that refined energy.

"I've really obtained it."

Bai Ze was emotionally excited.

Soon, in the void ahead, another mass of energy surged again, even purer, larger, and full of temptation.

Subconsciously, Bai Ze wanted to grasp it, but he held back.

"Can't."

"My goal has already been achieved; continuing further would only let the Black Mist control me."

Take what is good and stop; Bai Ze only needs this energy to heal his wounds, cut Karma, and the vast world can be attained.

He has never relied on the Black Mist to defeat Lin Chuan.

"Black Mist, you have greatly underestimated Bai Ze."

"The thing you offered is tempting, but still far from enough to make me greedy to death."

"I must say, you have some spiritual intelligence, but not much."

"Return to your womb and cultivate for tens of thousands of years before fighting me again."

He sneered a few times, Bai Ze turned and left, but after only a few steps, a severe pain erupted in his chest, hard to suppress.

Something is spreading rapidly inside his body.

It wants to occupy his body.

"How could this be?"

He clearly checked so many times, yet was still deceived.

Incredulous, Bai Ze immediately headed toward the Starry Sky suppressed by the Nine Immortals; even if he dies, he will not become a pawn!