Wait, How Did My Digital Girlfriend Become a Sword Immortal?

Chapter 949: Save My Daughter

..."Hah!"

So it's true that when people reach the peak of speechlessness, they really do laugh.

Eve was so angry she laughed.

She had lived endless years, seen countless humans, demigods, even deities, but she had never met someone like this.

"Is it possible—" She took a deep breath, raised the branch in her hand a little higher, and enunciated each word clearly, "That what I'm holding in my hand is a branch of the World Tree."

She stared into Chen Huaian's eyes, gritting her teeth:

"And actually, I am the—mother—in the story?"

Chen Huaian blinked.

Then he nodded with a serious expression: "Then why didn't you just say so directly? Why tell this Venerable One a story?"

He paused, then spat out two words with disdain: "Sick."

Eve: "..."

She took a deep breath.

As the Goddess of Nature and Life, she possessed boundless cultivation, divine tolerance, maternal gentleness—

But at this moment, all she wanted was to smash this World Tree branch in her hand right into this man's face.

How could such a lovely girl like Li Qingran have such a detestable husband?!

...

The sword was finally sheathed.

The two sat facing each other on the deck.

Between them was Li Qingran, immersed in her cultivation.

The girl sat cross-legged, her eyes slightly closed, the faintly discernible flame mark between her eyebrows slowly rotating.

Dark golden light flowed around her body, making her cheeks appear alternately bright and dim.

She was completely unaware of everything happening in the outside world.

Chen Huaian glanced at her, the ice in his eyes melting for an instant before returning to calm.

"Speak." He looked at Eve. "What do you want to know?"

Eve remained silent for a moment, then slowly spoke: "You, where are you from?"

"Cangyun Realm." Chen Huaian didn't hide it—at this point, hiding was meaningless.

Whether Eve was sincere or not, he could tell at a glance. Since Eve was sincere, he had no need to conceal anything.

Coincidentally, Eve and the Golden Dragon King were also at odds. After all, no one could accept their daughter being turned into a sea monster like that.

"It's the Upper Realm of the Canglan Realm." He added, "It has a stronger cultivation system than this world."

Eve's pupils contracted slightly.

Upper Realm.

A stronger cultivation system.

She suddenly remembered that sentient flame, remembered the living will within that flame—

So that's how it is.

She was silent for a while, then asked again: "What do you want to do in the Canglan Realm?"

"This Venerable One needs enough Million-Year World Rings." Chen Huaian said calmly. "Some of this Venerable One's powers are sealed and require World Rings to lift the restrictions. I heard the Sea God's Divine Trial can grant Million-Year World Rings, so I came."

Eve was stunned for a moment, looking at Chen Huaian, a flicker of complexity flashing in her eyes.

"If..." she hesitated, "If all your powers were unsealed, what level could you reach?"

Chen Huaian thought for a moment, saying seriously: "Without a reference point, it's hard to say."

He looked at Eve, his tone flat: "But it should be enough to easily crush you to death."

Eve: "..."

So she really didn't like conversing with this man.

Not a shred of gentlemanly demeanor!

However, Chen Huaian's words were worth her serious consideration.

She was the Goddess of Nature and Life, a Chief God-level existence.

To be easily crushed to death—

What did that mean?

She raised her head, looked at Chen Huaian, and said slowly: "The Golden Dragon King will not allow any existence stronger than it, or capable of threatening it, to appear."

Her voice was soft, but each word carried weight: "So, sooner or later, it will make a move against you."

Chen Huaian raised an eyebrow.

Then, he smiled.

That smile held no fear, no tension, only a faint hint of mockery.

"If you want to deal with the Golden Dragon King, just say it directly." He looked at Eve. "No need for insinuations."

Eve pursed her lips.

Was her hostility that obvious...

Well, an existence of this level, how could they be led around by a few words?

"Yes." She met Chen Huaian's gaze frankly. "I want to deal with the Golden Dragon King."

"For your daughter who was cursed into a sea monster?"

"Yes."

A flash of pain crossed Eve's eyes but was quickly suppressed: "I've waited endless years, tried countless methods, but I've never been able to lift that curse. The World Tree branches can only soothe her, allowing her brief moments of clarity, but they cannot completely dispel the Golden Dragon King's curse."

She looked at Chen Huaian, her gaze burning:

"But perhaps you can do it."

"You come from the Upper Realm, possess more powerful strength, a more advanced cultivation system, perhaps..."

"So, I want to beg you."

"Beg me for what?" Chen Huaian asked.

"Save my daughter, or—" Eve enunciated each word clearly, "Help me deal with the Golden Dragon King!"

Chen Huaian did not respond immediately.

He looked at Li Qingran sitting between them.

The mark between the girl's eyebrows had become increasingly clear, the dark golden light slowly receding, as if the absorption was nearing its end.

"What about Poseidon?" he suddenly asked.

Eve was startled, then understood what he was asking.

"He..." She paused, complex emotions flashing in her eyes. "I don't know."

"What I can be sure of is that I will stand on your side. For my child, I am willing to pay any price."

"But Poseidon..."

She shook her head:

"He hates the Golden Dragon King, but he also hates himself, hates this world. His personality has long since become twisted. I don't know what choice he will make."

Chen Huaian nodded, seemingly not surprised by this answer.

Hades did say Poseidon was suspicious and very difficult to deal with.

If even the God of Death found him troublesome, then he must be hard to get along with.

"Then let's go pass his Divine Trial first." He said calmly. "We'll cross that bridge when we come to it."

Eve looked at him, a flicker of gratitude in her eyes.

"Thank you."

Chen Huaian didn't speak, just casually waved his hand.

...

A while later.

Between Li Qingran's eyebrows, the dark golden flame mark suddenly blazed with intense light!

A wave of scorching heat erupted from her as the center, distorting the surrounding air.

Chen Huaian raised his hand and waved, an invisible barrier enveloping Li Qingran.

If left unchecked, the ship would probably catch fire soon.

He quietly watched Li Qingran.

The girl's eyelashes trembled slightly as she slowly opened her eyes.

Within her originally clear eyes, there was now a trace of dark golden flowing light.

That flowing light slowly rotated within her pupils, like two miniature flames quietly burning.

She blinked, and the flames vanished, but when she focused again, the flames would reappear, making her entire gaze mysterious and profound.

And the most prominent feature was that single flame mark between her eyebrows.

Dark golden.

Only the size of a fingernail.

Yet it seemed to contain the power to incinerate all things.

"Husband—"

Li Qingran called out softly, her voice still carrying a hint of drowsiness from just waking up.

When she saw Chen Huaian was right beside her, her eyes immediately curved into crescents, and she pounced over, once again becoming that girl who loved to act spoiled.

"Husband! I feel like I've become so much, so much stronger!"

She hugged Chen Huaian's arm, her eyes sparkling:

"And... and Senior Vermilion Bird also told me!

She said from now on she'll be my partner! I can call her for help when fighting!"

The corner of Chen Huaian's mouth lifted slightly as he reached out and rubbed her head: "How does it feel?"

"Hmm..." Li Qingran tilted her head in thought. "It feels... like there's an extra ball of fire inside my body.

That ball of fire isn't Senior Vermilion Bird, but it shares the same origin as Senior's flames.

It's very obedient. Wherever I want it to burn, it burns there.

And—"

She lowered her voice, leaning close to Chen Huaian's ear, whispering:

"And that ball of fire cultivates on its own! Even when I'm lying around doing nothing, it's helping me improve my strength!"

Chen Huaian chuckled helplessly.

This lazy girl.

When he wasn't in the Canglan Realm, Li Qingran worked hard every day.

Now that he was in the Canglan Realm, Li Qingran had clearly become much lazier.

"Then cultivate properly!" He ruffled Li Qingran's hair. "If it cultivates automatically, and you cultivate together, wouldn't that be double the speed?"

"Mhm, mhm!" Li Qingran nodded vigorously, then looked at Eve, grinning, "Sister Eve, look, have I become more powerful?"

Eve looked at her, a flicker of complexity in her eyes.

This girl... after waking up, the first thing she did was pounce on Chen Huaian, smiling with crescent eyes and acting spoiled.

That kind of trust, that kind of dependence, that unreserved joy—

Eve suddenly felt a bit envious.

Envious of Li Qingran.

And also envious of Chen Huaian.

This feeling, she had once had it too, a very, very long time ago.

Only now, perhaps it could never be regained.

She lowered her eyelashes, smiling softly:

"Mhm, you've become more powerful."

"And—" She paused, looking at the flame mark between Li Qingran's eyebrows, saying sincerely, "It's very beautiful."

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