Chapter 239 (continued)

Clearly, Li Yang's words exposed the truth that Lianxin was so eager to conceal.

The precise figure of "one in ten million" made it impossible for Lianxin to keep the truth hidden any longer.

Lianxin smiled wryly, "Fellow Daoist, even if there's only a one in ten million chance, I will still give it a try."

Li Yang's heart suddenly clenched.

She was just trying to trick Lianxin, but she didn't expect the odds to be so low.

That makes sense. If a new world could be created so easily, the Divine Venerable of the Upper Three Realms wouldn't have had to go through all that trouble!

If each Lianxin becomes a new Lotus Domain, then the Astral Realm long ago be like the Realm Domain, freely connectable.

Li Yang took a deep breath and said, "I respect your mission, but you can't act recklessly. Everything can be planned carefully, including creating a new world."

She said firmly, "Come back with me first, and I'll help you figure something out!"

Lianxin shook her head and said, "I can't go back with you..."

"Why!" Li Yang asked again, "Once we're confident, we can return to the Lotus Domain again. When we come out, you'll be in the Spatial Rift again, and then..."

"I can't bear to leave." Lianxin finally couldn't hold back anymore. His eyes were lowered, and his voice was choked with a barely perceptible sob. "If this continues, I will be even more reluctant to leave you, and then... I will not be able to endure the loneliness here for millions of years."

He finally looked at Li Yang, his silver-gray eyes clear and aloof, yet seemingly flickering with tiny flames. "Fellow Daoist, I will forget my mission because of you."

Li Yang felt her heart pound, and something thick surged out, instantly coursing through every nerve in her body, causing an indescribable and intense shock to her already sensitive mind.

"Lianlian..." she murmured.

"I've long been used to being alone, and I enjoy being alone," Lianxin said slowly. "In the Lotus Domain, I can't hear any sound, and I can't even sense the existence of petals and Lotus Leaf. I stay in the center of the Lotus Domain, guarding countless lotus seeds. This isn't painful for me; on the contrary, it's quite pleasant."

He continued, "So when I first came to this Spatial Rift, I didn't feel uncomfortable. There was nothing here, it was very quiet, and all I had to do was wait. Even if there was only a one in ten million chance of success, this was my mission. I had nothing to worry about, and I didn't feel any pain."

Even if the God King of Space takes me away from here, I will still choose to play dead to deal with everything. I am very good at isolating myself from my surroundings, because from the moment I was born, I was destined not to belong to this world.

"So those 900,000 years passed in the blink of an eye for me, no different from the days and nights I spent in the Lotus Domain. Until your teacher brought me back to the Huaxia Realm Domain... I sensed your presence..."

"It's strange, isn't it? I've isolated myself from everyone, yet I feel a strong sense of familiarity only with you."

"I don't know why, and I still can't figure it out, but at that moment I chose to ask you for help. And then..."

He hesitated for a long time before finally saying to Li Yang, "I stayed in your Spirit Sea and saw the vastness of the world, the complexity of human nature, family ties, friendship... and so many close connections that cannot be severed and that you don't want to sever..."

Listening to Lianxin's explanation, Li Yang understood the meaning of the mission to eliminate the Heart Worm.

Rather than saying she was the worm in Lianxin's Heart Worm, it's more accurate to say that the entanglements of the old world became the worm in Lianxin's Heart Worm.

The Lianxin is destined not to belong to that world.

So even though he lived for countless years, he never had any connection with that world.

The Lotus Domain isolated him.

He is also isolating himself.

It wasn't until Li Yang appeared that this thick wall was broken down, allowing him to truly experience everything from the old world.

His longing for the old world became Heart Worm.

How can he create a new world if he can't let go of the old one?

The probability of this creating a new world is less than one in ten million.

Therefore, Lianxin's current fate of staying in this Spatial Rift is almost certainly certain death.

Li Yang grasped his hand and said, "Tell me, do you want to leave with me?"

Lianxin: "..."

Do you want to be with me?

Fellow Daoist!

"Tell me."

[The task to eliminate the Heart Worm is at 10% progress.]

"Fellow Daoist," Lianxin said, enduring the excruciating pain, "I want to... I really want to, but..."

"Then there are no buts!" Li Yang said decisively, "Your mission is to create a new world, but you can't complete it here, so come back with me!"

"But we went back..."

"Even if it takes my entire life, I will help you find a foolproof way to create a new world."

"..."

Li Yang added, "Even if I can't find a solution in the end, I'll come back here with you."

Lianxin: "!!!"

"Everyone dies eventually, but if you've lived a fulfilling life, then dying here with you in the end isn't such a bad place."

Li Yang added, "Besides, you still have a chance to create a new world."

"But I..." Lianxin couldn't imagine that moment. If he had accompanied Li Yang throughout his life, it would have been impossible for him to live alone after her death.

Let alone a lifetime, even this brief companionship has already...

Li Yang: "We'll see when the time comes!"

She said firmly, "You're not allowed to die right now!"

Lianxin: "Fellow Daoist..."

Li Yang softened her tone and said, "You still remember, right? My Heaven and Earth Contract with Daowu."

Lianxin's heart leaped into his throat, and he quickly said, "Fellow Daoist, you won't lose to him!"

"You're that confident in me?" Li Yang said. "You should know that if it weren't for our symbiotic relationship, I would have died in many of the previous crises!"

Lianxin: "Impossible! I'm completely useless. Besides, now that you have the Divine Venerable of Evil, he..."

At this point, Lianxin felt a piercing pain and resentment.

"I am a dying person, and I need to collect lifespan..." Li Yang told Lianxin this biggest secret of hers. She said, "I don't know why, but if you are by my side and you are worried about me, it will increase my lifespan."

Lianxin looked bewildered, clearly not understanding what Li Yang meant.

Li Yang: "At first, I only had a few years left to live, but you would add a year, two years... later even a thousand years... and then even ten or twenty thousand years!"

"You've helped me a lot on so many occasions! If it weren't for your lifespan as a safety net, I would never have dared to Risking Life so desperately!"

Li Yang looked at him intently and said seriously, "Lianlian, I need you."

Lianxin: "!"

Li Yang said softly, "Would you like to come back with me?"

Lianxin simply couldn't refuse; all he could manage to utter was, "Okay."

In fact, after returning to this Spatial Rift, Lianxin had already prepared herself to die.

He knew very well that he no longer possessed the conditions to create a new world.

Whether it was because he could never let go of Li Yang, or because he had devoured the God King of Time.

Lianxin's resistance to cannibalism also stemmed from his mission.

He cannot get involved with anything in this world.

And devouring is undoubtedly the biggest entanglement.

This will intensify his selfish desires, making him increasingly unable to bear the loneliness of creating a new world.

And after the new world is created, he will become the foundation of the new world.

Just like the Lotus Domain, it exists eternally in the most hidden corner of the Astral Realm.

For the absolutely pure Lianxin, this is not painful.

But for Lianxin, who was already harboring such thoughts, it would be so painful that her new world would collapse!

Lianxin finally understood.

He can never go back.

Even if he forgets Li Yang, even if he erases all memories of their time together, he can never go back.

It turns out that his mission had long since been limited to the option of death.

Since death is inevitable, I might as well spend more time with Li Yang.

Just like Li Yang said, if you've lived a fulfilling life, death is a good place to go.

Lianxin looked at Li Yang, finally daring to look into her eyes, and said, "Fellow Daoist, I want to go back with you."

Li Yang smiled, hugged him tightly, nuzzled his neck, and said, "No taking it back."

Lianxin: "!!!"

Although Li Yang was only a spiritual being, the impact on Lianxin was probably even stronger than physical contact.

He was somewhat at a loss, his body stiff as a log.

[The task to eliminate the Heart Worm is at 0% progress.]

Li Yang never imagined that the failure of a mission could make her so happy.

What a load of rubbish mission!

She never wants to finish it in her lifetime!

It's just a lifespan of a few hundred thousand years, isn't it?

If she doesn't want it anymore, then let it stay there forever!

Li Yang's heart was filled with indescribable joy.

It was at this moment that she clearly realized how important Lianxin was to her.

After coming into this world, she was first accepted by her teacher, and then by Lianxin.

Lianxin has been by her side throughout her journey.

For Li Yang, the constant scrolling through social media was the greatest psychological comfort.

Is she brave?

She's actually very timid!

But it was because Lianxin guaranteed her lifespan that she was able to do so many unimaginable things!

Lianxin also sensed Li Yang's joy.

And because of her joy, he felt doubled joy.

He wanted to leave with her, right now.

Wherever Li Yang goes, he wants to be by her side.

Moreover, Li Yang's words reminded him.