Long Haochen's Choice (Part 1)

"You win."

Those four simple words came from Elieks's mouth with extreme difficulty. His Soul Body floated there blankly, his eyes filled with incomprehension and disbelief. It was as though something most important within him had been stirred, causing his Soul Body to fluctuate unstably as layers of white light continuously showed signs of dispersing.

But Long Haochen and Cai'er were completely immersed in the joy of their reunion and did not notice his change at all.

"Cai'er, Cai'er..." Long Haochen kept murmuring her name. At this very moment, the grief so deep it was greater than death in his heart had changed because of Cai'er's appearance, becoming extreme fear. He feared that the Cai'er before him was false, that the tiny sliver of hope he had finally found would shatter just like that.

So he held her tightly, as though he wanted to meld her into his body. He called her name over and over.

Long Haochen still clearly remembered how he had felt when the Demon God Emperor pierced through his heart. As darkness drew near, there had been no hatred or pain in his heart—only endless reluctance, reluctance and longing for Cai'er.

As darkness gradually descended, Cai'er's figure blurred. Only then did he become afraid of death. His final thought had been: Will I never see Cai'er again?

And now, he was alive again, and his Cai'er had finally returned to him. How could the surging joy and flame of hope within him possibly be described in words? Holding her tightly, the extreme terror in his heart gradually became extreme happiness. If this was a dream, then he hoped he would never wake up.

"If you wish to be together forever, then calm yourselves first." A gentle voice, carrying a powerful soul tremor, jolted the two from