LIGHTNOVELWORLD Chapter Six Hundred Twenty-Nine: Choice
When Sang Zhe heard Xu Hongyi’s voice, he was momentarily taken aback.
But soon, he snapped back to reality.
As a Primordial Deity, naturally, someone meddling with her causality wouldn’t go unnoticed.
“…Xu Hongyi?”
Sang Zhe fell silent for a moment and quietly said, “Is that you?”
“It’s me, brother! Can’t you recognize my voice?”
“I mean, did you do this?”
Xu Hongyi’s voice seemed to carry a hint of confusion.
“What?”
Sang Zhe remained silent.
At this moment, he had the causality line between Sang Ying You and Xu Hongyi in his hands.
Through this line, Sang Zhe could clearly see—
Some invisible force was gradually devouring Little Ying You’s vitality through this line.
…It really is her.
In that split second, Sang Zhe found it hard to describe the complicated emotions swirling within him.
He wasn’t being hypocritical. He had treated Xu Hongyi like this before, and he had instigated it. Even if it was now being thrown back at him, he felt he had no grounds to complain.
Yet, just confirming this fact made Sang Zhe feel inexplicably dejected.
In the end, it was because of him that his family was dragged into this mess.
But now wasn’t the time to dwell on such emotions.
Sang Zhe immediately attempted to sever the causality between Little Ying You and Xu Hongyi.
However, that thin thread turned out to be unexpectedly resilient. No matter how hard he tried, it wouldn’t budge.
Sang Zhe suddenly recalled that Yan Rouwan had mentioned something similar to him before.
The causality of Primordial Deities is the strongest. It seems this isn’t something that can be easily cut.
“Brother… why are you ignoring me again?” Xu Hongyi’s voice rang out again, tinged with a hint of loneliness, as if pondering where she had upset Sang Zhe.
Sang Zhe fell silent for a moment before speaking again:
“What did you do to Little Ying You?”
“I—I didn’t do anything.” Xu Hongyi’s voice was very sincere. Anyone who heard such earnestness would instinctively think she was speaking the truth.
Sang Zhe was almost convinced too.
If he hadn’t seen with his own eyes the thread in his hand gradually taking his daughter’s life away.
“I give up.”
Sang Zhe said decisively, “Spare Little Ying You, I can fulfill any of your demands.”
“Whether you want the power of the rules of Tianbao Dizang or the primordial spirit of the First Deity, they’re all yours.”
Suddenly, there was silence on the other end.
At this moment, Nian Nian and Yan Rouwan, who were studying the causality line, noticed the oddity and looked quietly at Sang Zhe.
Sang Zhe forced himself to remain calm, patiently waiting for a response.
After an unknown period, Xu Hongyi’s voice echoed again.
“But I—”
“Really did nothing.”
“Why doesn’t brother ever believe me?” Her voice carried an even deeper sense of grievance than before.
“Whether before or now, it seems brother has always firmly believed I’m just a girl who tells lies.”
“But I might have lied to a lot of people.”
“…Yet I have never lied to you, brother.” Xu Hongyi’s voice seemed to carry a hint of choking.
Sang Zhe pressed on, “Then how do you explain Little Ying You’s current condition? The Causal Lotus has already revealed that your causality is currently consuming her life.”
Silence suddenly descended on the other side.
A few breaths later, Xu Hongyi’s voice came again.
But this time, it was not in Sang Zhe’s ear, but behind him.
“It really isn’t me.”
As the figure of the girl in red suddenly appeared in the room, Nian Nian and Yan Rouwan reacted like startled cats, instantly filled with murderous intent and wariness, glaring at her.
Including Zhang Xiaoying, everyone in the room felt that the moment Xu Hongyi appeared, the whole room plunged into a suffocating tension as if their hearts had stopped beating.
Any slight movement from anyone could trigger catastrophic consequences.
Yet, Xu Hongyi did nothing.
She still wore that pure, clean red dress, like a blooming fire lotus.
In her arms, she held the Little Blood Demon Yi Yi, who had fallen silent and turned into a puppet.
Looking at Little Ying You, there was only a flash of confusion and loneliness in Xu Hongyi’s beautiful eyes before her gaze drifted back to Sang Zhe.
“I truly don’t know what happened.” She seemed to feebly argue, and all the light in her eyes seemed to be hoping Sang Zhe would believe her.
Sang Zhe didn’t respond.
He silently took a few deep breaths in his heart, then calmed down and carefully examined the situation.
…The first thing he could confirm was—
Whether Xu Hongyi was lying or genuinely unaware of the situation.
The Causal Lotus wouldn’t lie.
What was draining Little Ying You’s vitality must be the causality between her and Xu Hongyi.
And what was most important now was how to sever this causality.
However, the causality of Primordial Deities is too strong and cannot be forcibly cut; this was the biggest problem.
“I don’t know if you really don’t know.”
Sang Zhe organized his thoughts and slowly spoke: “But the most important thing right now is that I must save my daughter’s life.”
“So, as long as you have a way to save her, even if you’re lying to me, it doesn’t matter. You can ask for anything.”
Xu Hongyi’s beautiful eyes flickered with a hint of loneliness.
Turning to glance at Little Ying You, who was curled up in pain on the bed, Xu Hongyi tightened her hold on Yi Yi and whispered:
“I don’t know what happened at all.”
“But if we want to save her, there’s a way.”
Sang Zhe’s voice instantly turned urgent, “What is it?”
“You know.”
Sang Zhe was momentarily stunned.
Looking at Yi Yi in her arms, he seemed to understand what she was saying.
…Xu Hongyi’s power of rules is restoration.
This ability could reset everything, even allowing a being to reset to a point where they were untouched by causality with the world.
When Xu Hongyi saved Yi Yi back then, she wanted to do the same. But one of Sang Zhe’s words made her change her mind.
Indeed.
Even if she could use the restoration power to reset all the causality on Little Ying You.
It would also mean that Little Ying You’s causality with her and Little Ying would vanish as well.
After that, Little Ying You wouldn’t even be able to exist as his daughter; she would only become an orphan little girl with no ties to the world.
“Not possible.” Yan Rouwan, beside them, frowned, “What’s the difference between this and killing Little Ying You?”
“But we don’t have time.” Nian Nian also became flustered for once, “Little Ying You can’t hold on much longer.”
Zhang Xiaoying remained silent.
Her hand remained tightly clenched in Sang Zhe’s, her beautiful eyes brimming with tears, gazing silently at Sang Zhe.
Sang Zhe knew she couldn’t bear to make that decision.
Only he could make this decision.
And it would be the most painful decision of his life.
After a long time, he took a trembling breath, and when he opened his eyes, they were filled with exhaustion, yet he still calmly spoke.
“Listen to me. Little Ying You’s life is more—”
“Brother, you really don’t have to suffer so much.”
To everyone’s surprise, Xu Hongyi’s voice suddenly rang out.
Everyone looked at her.
Xu Hongyi shook her head calmly: “There’s no need to force a restoration for Little Ying You.”
“A line can be cut from either end.”
“So, the one being restored… I can’t just be that person?”