This Is Your Return Gift!

This feeling was not unfamiliar to Fang Zheng.

Bone-chilling cold flowed through every blood vessel in his body and into the depths of his soul. The pain it brought felt like being burned alive. The darkness in his heart began to surge and emerge, as if someone had thrown a bomb into the blazing fire of passion, waiting only for the right moment to explode...

This was the power of the Abyss—the dark side of humanity, the power of Dark Souls.

Sure enough, burning him had been the right choice.

As he endured the erosion of this power, Fang Zheng quietly rejoiced deep down. Abyss, darkness, evil—these were things every world possessed. Where there was light, there was darkness. That was why he had chosen to preserve the Flame of the Abyss as well. Fang Zheng had no intention of becoming a saint. Everything had two sides. Before children like Cui and Xia Shi, he would naturally show his gentle, calm side. He would tell Yoshino bedtime stories or go to a café for a cup of coffee brewed by Chino.

But on the other hand, when faced with enemies, he would kill them without mercy. Once he confirmed that someone posed a threat to him, Fang Zheng's first reaction was to kill them, eliminate the threat at its root, and leave no weeds behind.

Just like in Shana's world. Fang Zheng thought Shana was nice, but he hated that maid. So he used the Prophecy Mage's power to give her a choice—her death made Shana very sad, but to Fang Zheng, it was neither here nor there. He did not like that woman, nor did he feel the slightest guilt over it.

Of course, he would not let Shana know about this. Strictly speaking, aside from changing the direction