Chapter 1310

From that day on, Liu Yuenong often claimed she was cold and, every few days, went to Ye Yu for a bear hug.

At first, since he wanted to survive safely in the mystic realm, Ye Yu didn’t refuse.

But later he gradually sensed something was off.

At the beginning he wasn’t sure.

Not until Liu Yuenong started letting her hands wander.

That was thoroughly unpleasant.

"I turned into my true body to hug you so you wouldn’t be in danger. How can you treat me like a free music teacher?"

"You’re really not playing by the rules."

Ye Yu thought that if he confronted her to her face—maybe not to force an apology right then—she would at least look a little ashamed.

Who would have thought Liu Yuenong would brazenly say, "I’m following my heart. If I want to do it, I do it. Only then can I avoid fixating on other impossible wishes."

"You’re not allowed to resist. Only if my thoughts flow freely can I find a way to break the mystic realm faster. Worst case, once my strength rises, I can smash the mystic realm and we’ll walk out."

Hearing that, Ye Yu was speechless.

To be honest, his greatest wish right now was to leave the mystic realm.

But with his current strength, it was simply impossible.

So pinning hopes on Liu Yuenong offered a better chance of success.

After weighing pros and cons again and again—

Ye Yu decisively shut his eyes and struck a die-hard pose.

"Go ahead."

From that day on, Ye Yu became Liu Yuenong’s bear-shaped body pillow.

Even so, each day he would ask as a matter of course, "Do you have a way to break the mystic realm today?"

Liu Yuenong’s answer was always two words.

"Almost there."

Days passed one by one.

Months slipped by.

Between Ye Yu and Liu Yuenong, a special bond took shape.

Whenever she opened her arms, Ye Yu would automatically shift into his demon-god true body and provide the bear-hug service.

A lone man and a lone woman, in such close contact day after day—naturally, unusual feelings would grow.

Clinging to those four words, thoughts flowing freely, Liu Yuenong leaned against the big black bear under the starry sky and whispered, "Honestly, even if the two of us never get out, that’s fine."

At that, Ye Yu sat up at once.

"Hm? How can you have a thought that dangerous? Why not go out? How can we not go out?"

Because he moved too abruptly, Liu Yuenong slid right off the bear belly.

Thumped onto the grass, her face darkened on the spot.

She raised a hand and made a gesture: lie down.

Ye Yu was about to say something, but the next second a powerful force pressed him flat.

"Well then. Divine Lord power sure packs a punch."

Liu Yuenong climbed back onto that warm bear belly as before.

"Are you really dense or just pretending? I mean I want you to hold me like a bear forever."

At that, Ye Yu’s expression became very interesting.

Was that a confession? Why in that tone? No shyness? At least make it a little alluring?

In truth, as a grand master of romance who could charm all six realms, Ye Yu wasn’t exactly surprised by Liu Yuenong’s confession.

After all, who spends every day with someone they don’t like?

If the bodies are together, the hearts will follow sooner or later.

He just hadn’t expected the confession to start by scaring him.

"Don’t you dare actually decide not to leave."

Seeing Ye Yu stay silent, Liu Yuenong quickly added, "You’re not allowed to refuse. If you refuse, my state of mind will be damaged, my emotions will swing wildly, my thoughts won’t flow, and who knows what will happen to the mystic realm?"

"So understand—this isn’t a multiple-choice question. Got it?"

The corner of Ye Yu’s mouth twitched twice.

"So what you mean is, I’m required to agree?"

Liu Yuenong nodded and added, "And you can’t just agree out loud—your heart has to agree."

"Fine, fine, we’ll do it your way. I’ll hold you like a bear from now on. We’ll become Dao partners and be together forever."

With that, Ye Yu wrapped Liu Yuenong into his arms with his bear paw.

Her heart surged with joy at once.

Liu Yuenong was a smart woman. Naturally she heard the subtext in Ye Yu’s last sentence.

If he was the one to propose becoming Dao partners, that meant he had accepted her in his heart.

It was delightful beyond words.

Because Liu Yuenong’s emotions shifted so dramatically, the pitch-black night suddenly turned blazing bright.

Then night and day began to flip back and forth without stopping.

The surrounding space turned to scattered starlight and shattered all at once.

Seeing this, Ye Yu couldn’t help widening his eyes.

"No way. It breaks the mystic realm just like that?"

"You’ve got to be messing with me."

Liu Yuenong was just as incredulous.

"Why did the mystic realm open now of all times? We haven’t even gotten to the follow-up. You’re completely messing things up!"

Just as she was considering whether to cast a taboo divine art to reopen the mystic realm—

A familiar voice sounded.

"Hey, what the hell is this?"

Ye Yu and Liu Yuenong turned at the same time. In the distance stood Luoshu in his lapdog form, staring in disbelief.

He dashed over, circled them once, rubbed his eyes, and asked, testing the waters, "Who are you?"

Ye Yu glanced down at his demon-god true body, then shifted straight into human form.

"I’m Ye Yu."

"You can’t be Ye Yu!"

Luoshu shook his head again and again, then continued, "Ye Yu couldn’t have entered the mystic realm, and there’s no way he reached late Great God stage!"

Ye Yu had reached late Great God stage while inside the mystic realm.

But in Luoshu’s memory, even if that kid was heaven’s favored, at most he was at peak New God stage. How could he have crossed two major realms?

"It makes no sense at all."

Ye Yu said helplessly, "The whole process is complicated. I’ll explain it to you in detail later."

"No, don’t ‘later.’ Start with how you two ended up hugging. I’ve got the patience to listen."

Luoshu’s face was deadly °• N 𝑜 v 𝑒 l i g h t •° serious.

Meanwhile, in the ruins of Ancient Sword Gorge—

Heng Xuanzhen was laying out a grand array to deduce Ye Yu’s whereabouts.

She had never stopped believing that this demon god wasn’t dead.

So she meant to see where Ye Yu really was by this method.

A lifesaving debt must be repaid. The divine clan of Ancient Sword Gorge never owes anyone.