Fu Hua Voluntarily Laid Down Her Armor, Willingly Letting Go of Fifty Thousand Years of the Past

"There was a difference." Tang San's voice slowly rang out, unhurried yet suppressing all the unrest. "Su Mei's formatting had forced Fu Hua to forget. Otto's deal allowed Fu Hua to choose to let go herself. The difference lay in who held the initiative."

Gu Yuena raised an eyebrow slightly. "So you think Fu Hua didn't get the short end of the deal?"

"Whether she lost out depends on what she wanted." Tang San looked toward the Light Screen, which had already gone dark in the Void. "She wanted the Divine Continent to remain safe. Otto gave her his promise of Schicksal's protection. She wanted Li Sushang to live. Otto used the Life Support Capsule to preserve her life. As for the title 'Immortal Chi Yuan'... do you really think someone like Fu Hua cared about a name?"

His words plunged everyone into silence.

Chang Gongwei slowly said, "What she cared about was never the name. What she cared about was everything that title represented, everything she had no choice but to bear. Su Mei spent eighteen years trying to erase her past and failed. Otto used a single deal to make her set down the burden of that past herself, and he succeeded. This wasn't losing to Otto—it was Fu Hua herself finally finding a step that let her move on."

"So..." Lei Xiang's brow furrowed even more tightly. "Su Mei's earth-shaking scheme ended up making Otto's wedding dress? Su Mei spent eighteen years forcing Fu Hua into a desperate corner, while Otto needed only one canyon rescue and a single deal to obtain everything he wanted?"

"Su Mei lost to Fu Hua's memories." Rong Nianbing took over, his gaze distant. "What Otto won was Fu Hua's exhaustion. A soul that had carried its burden for fifty thousand years