"So, am I dead or not?" Ye Yang asked the question that mattered most.
The ball of light flickered faintly, and a somewhat muffled voice came from within. "Uh... you could say you're dead, or you could say you're not."
"Explain it clearly!"
"The instant you were struck by the spatial lightning, I extracted your soul in time. Your physical body... was indeed completely destroyed."
Ye Yang's heart sank. "So I'm in a soul state right now?"
"That's right."
"What's the difference between that and being dead? Can I still go back? Back to that world?" Ye Yang's voice was urgent.
The Sun God asked in return, "Do you mean your original world, or the world you just left?"
Ye Yang barely hesitated. "My original world... I probably don't have anything left to miss there. Even if I went back, I'd be all alone. Of course I mean the world where Fairy Tail is!"
The Sun God's tone became certain. "Of course you can!"
But then his tone shifted, carrying a warning. "However, you will have to pay an enormous price—you will lose all your power. The abilities granted by the system, the authority of the sun, the Magic Power you cultivated with such effort... all of it will disappear. You will become a true ordinary person. Even so, do you still wish to return?"
Instead, Ye Yang breathed a sigh of relief, and a carefree smile appeared on his face. "Of course I do! Someone is waiting for me. So what if I have no power? It's not like I can't survive without it. Trading all my power for my life and a chance to go back is a bargain no matter how you look at it."
"Hahaha!" The Sun God laughed heartily. "What an answer that surprises me,