"Where... am I?"
Chu Ling opened her eyes and saw countless arcs of light streak past before her.
A flood of memories surged from her Mental Sea.
One after another.
In those memories, she held Gu Shen as the Dead Sea swallowed them.
In those memories, she curled herself up and hid within the cracks of a stone sculpture.
In those memories, she watched the Golden Dream wrap around her like gauze curtains.
Memories... These memories had been cut into countless fragments, and now they all came rushing back at once. She remembered everything that had happened while she had "slumbered," and she saw the scene before her clearly.
This was the Dead Sea, the place where she had first been born.
She should have died in the last Billion Lion's Awakening war, but Mr. Turing had preserved her consciousness within the Array Box.
And so.
She awakened once more.
And this time, awakening alongside her... was that Love Fire Seed, not yet extinguished.
Layer after layer of golden ripples spread outward like brilliant radiance.
The tip of the Source Tower was illuminated by dazzling light. Meng Xizhou cast the final wisp of brilliance from the Light Fire Seed into the statue of the Lord of Love, and in return, the entire Dead Sea lit up as bright as day!
The Love Fire Seed met no obstruction from Chu Ling's mind and instantly fused with her.
The Lord of Love had passed away a thousand years ago, and the final relic she left behind in this world was, in fact, Chu Ling.
So...
There was no need for Choosing a Master at all.
Chu Ling was the most suitable master for the Love Fire Seed.
It was only because both the Fire Seed and its host were in a state