Wait, How Did My Digital Girlfriend Become a Sword Immortal? Chapter 996: Let's Go Home

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As the Heavenly Dao of the Canglan Realm.

Before Hades even opened his mouth after kneeling at the door, Chen Huaian already knew why he had come.

"Sir, I know this request is a bit excessive." Hades's voice trembled as he begged. "But perhaps only you can accomplish it. I... I want to revive my wife, Noreki!"

Chen Huaian looked helpless.

He and Li Qingran were in the middle of something important!

He had just been looking forward to experiencing the Valkyrie version of Li Qingran, which would have taken at least three hundred rounds. Now Hades had barged in like a wrench thrown into the works, akin to being forced to cut off mid-poop to answer a phone call. Sure, he could answer the call, but it was damn annoying.

Seeing the frustration on Chen Huaian's face, Li Qingran chuckled mischievously and poked his waist, whispering, "Master, go take care of business. There are plenty more days ahead. Why rush this moment?"

With that, she planted a kiss on Chen Huaian's cheek.

Even a Sage abides by causality. Now that he had become the Heavenly Dao of the Canglan Realm, Hades and the others had contributed to that. Poseidon's karmic debt had been settled when Xindra was healed, but Hades had yet to receive his deserved reward.

With that thought, Chen Huaian straightened his clothes and stepped outside in a single stride.

"Hades."

The God of Death looked up but dared not meet Chen Huaian's gaze, speaking timidly instead. "I'm sorry to interrupt your cultivation, but I have a feeling you won't be staying in the Canglan Realm much longer. I fear that if I delay any further, I'll never have another chance."

Hades's intuition was quite accurate.

Chen Huaian's lips curled into a slight smile.

There really wasn't much left to do in the Canglan Realm. Once Li Qingran achieved godhood, he would take her and leave Canglan to return to the Cangyun Realm.

However, he hadn't forgotten the help Hades had given him.

He had already planned to revive Hades's wife before leaving.

Since Hades had come seeking him now, so be it.

Let it be done now!

Hades's wife, Noreki, was originally a "Lycoris Radiata" that had absorbed the essence of heaven and earth in the desolate wildlands of the World Beasts.

After cultivating for a hundred thousand years, she finally took human form, and it was during that time she met the legendary Battle Master Hades.

Later, Hades obtained the Divine Position of the God of Death, and Noreki became his goddess-queen.

But after that, many things happened that led to Noreki's death.

Chen Huaian extended a single finger, gently pressing it against Hades's brow.

In that instant, ten thousand years of the Death God's past flashed before his eyes like a revolving lantern in his Sea of Consciousness.

He saw the two of them supporting each other through the barren wastelands.

He saw Hades's stubborn determination to break the taboos of divine law just to extend the life of his wife, a World Beast.

Finally, the image froze on the destructive dragon's breath from the Golden Dragon King.

The Golden Dragon King had judged that Hades extending Noreki's life violated the rule that deities must not actively interfere with the development of the Canglan World. Noreki's lifespan had reached its end, and she was meant to die of old age. Hades could not use divine power to disrupt the balance of life and death.

But that was merely the Golden Dragon King's excuse.

There were countless cases of deities interfering with the Canglan Realm's operations. Divine Trials and Divine Position inheritances were the most blatant examples of such interference.

Yet the Golden Dragon King wouldn't prohibit interference that benefited itself and the Silver Dragon King.

And so, it inflicted Divine Punishment on Noreki, reducing her to ashes with a single breath of dragon fire.

Behind this act was nothing more than the Golden Dragon King showcasing its authority and brutality.

Poseidon's daughter being cursed into a sea monster was a similar act, a means for a tyrant to display its tyranny.

Such things, the Golden Dragon King had done far too many times, which was why most deities feared the power of the Gold and Silver Dragon Kings.

"These Gold and Silver Dragon Kings... died as they deserved..."

Chen Huaian shook his head and focused his mind.

As the Heavenly Dao of Canglan, in this world, he was the law itself.

He turned around and casually reached into the void.

Boom—!

In that moment, the River of Time in the Canglan World seemed to let out a dull, resonating hum.

The mighty current of time, surging ever forward, was forcibly halted for an instant beneath his fingertip.

From the scattered, long-extinguished embers of fate, he pulled out a wisp of pure Remnant Soul.

As Chen Huaian closed his fingers, a single Lycoris Radiata, vibrant and radiant with a dark crimson luster flowing through its petals, materialized in his palm out of thin air.

He held the flower out to Hades, who stared dumbfounded. A glint of mischievous amusement flickered in Chen Huaian's eyes. He lowered his voice and said with feigned seriousness, "The karmic bond is set, but one final step remains. All you need to do is shout out loud: 'Arise, my beloved!' And this obsession will be fulfilled."

Hades gazed at the Lycoris Radiata in his hands.

He had a strong premonition that this flower was his wife.

He couldn't comprehend how Chen Huaian had done it.

But...

Since Chen Huaian told him to do this, saying it would bring his wife back, then he just needed to obey.

He lifted the vibrant flower, his reverent posture like that of a pilgrim before a shrine.

"Arise! My beloved!"

Saying it once wasn't enough.

He screamed those words again and again, words that felt even a little embarrassing, with ever-increasing volume.

"Arise! My beloved——!!!"

Chen Huaian's skin crawled, and he shuddered.

The next second.

Buzz—!

The Lycoris Radiata suddenly burst into full bloom, its red petals spreading wildly like flames in all directions.

In mere moments, the area outside the Divine Temple transformed into an endless sea of spider lilies, stretching as far as the eye could see.

At the center of this flower sea, the silhouette of a young woman slowly materialized. She wore a fiery red dress, standing silently as a gentle breeze lifted her purple-red hair, blending with the colors of the flower sea into a resplendent painting.

Hades looked at that silhouette, which had appeared in his dreams countless times, as if struck by lightning.

He staggered to his feet, his throat choked with sobs, unable to utter a sound. He could only shuffle step by step through the sea of flowers, his trembling voice calling out that name.

"Norele..."

"Nor... Noreki..."

"Is that you? My Ji!"

When the young woman turned around, revealing a face that, while not stunningly beautiful, held a smile of endless tenderness, the two embraced tightly.

Standing in the distance, Chen Huaian watched the scene and let out a long sigh.

Good heavens, although the characters and the setting weren't quite right, the plot had been forcibly recreated, alright.

As the couple embraced, Chen Huaian felt the last lingering obstruction in his heart dissolve like smoke.

The final strand of karma owed in the Canglan Realm was now completely settled.

He looked up at this sky, which he had once split with a single sword stroke and later mended with his own hands.

He smiled, turned around, and walked back toward the little house.

The young woman had already changed into a Plain White Long Dress and was leaning against the doorframe, her eyes curved into crescent moons as she looked his way.

Chen Huaian met Li Qingran's gaze and finally spoke the words that had been brewing in his heart for so long.

"Let's go, Qingran."

"Let's go home."

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