Wait, How Did My Digital Girlfriend Become a Sword Immortal? Chapter 758: Are all the people in the Canglan Realm mortals?

Back came the all-too-familiar interface for choosing.

A huge array of "Battle Souls" waited to be picked.

To prevent any favoritism from Chen Huaian, a helpful note sat in the upper right: 【There are no useless Battle Souls, only useless Soul Masters】.

Chen Huaian brushed off that message, zeroing in on the decision before him.

【Battle Soul: Mother's Love Grass, Skill — Mother's Embrace】

【Battle Soul: Meat and Bone Rabbit, Skill — Sacrifice】

...

What on earth are these things?

Chen Huaian knit his brows while scrolling further, his expression easing bit by bit.

Items like scythes, kitchen knives, and spatulas were obviously low-grade Battle Souls, without question. Yet, the interface displayed every Battle Soul from the Canglan World, so among the junk, a few treasures lurked.

For instance: Heaven-Smashing Hammer, Blue Electric Tuna, Tender White Tiger, Evil Fire Rooster, Seven Treasures Glass Tower... These appeared somewhat decent. Not completely ordinary, but they sure packed more fighting power than a mere kitchen knife.

Facing over ten thousand pages of Battle Souls, Chen Huaian had no way to sift through every one.

He just let Heaven's Calculation pick the strongest ones for him.

In the end, just a single choice remained on the screen.

【Innate Dual Battle Souls】

Chen Huaian hit confirm.

Suddenly, two new choices emerged:

【Battle Soul: Su Xian Sword — Longing for the Master, condensed into sword light, cutting away all impurities!】

【Battle Soul: Master — You'll never know who the man behind me is.】

【Please select the starting Battle Soul and hidden Battle Soul for your Electronic Girlfriend.】

【The starting Battle Soul is the first Battle Soul your Electronic Girlfriend awakens, which will be the Battle Soul displayed during her development phase. The hidden Battle Soul is a Battle Soul that will not manifest upon awakening, serving as your Electronic Girlfriend's hidden trump card, safeguarding her in the later stages of her world journey.】

Chen Huaian: "..."

Making the Battle Soul the Su Xian Sword made sense.

After all, it was Li Qingran's bound flying sword for life.

But turning him, the Master, into a Battle Soul... what did that even imply?

He'd scanned the entire list of selectable Battle Souls earlier, and no human ever showed up as one, did he!?

Still, since the Electronic Girlfriend Game deemed these two the mightiest Battle Souls, Chen Huaian swallowed his complaints and selected them anyway.

【Please select a birthplace for your Electronic Girlfriend!】

【Starry Cloud Great Forest, Soul Remnant Village, Sunset Forest, Battle Soul City, Slime Academy...】

"A forest as a starting spot doesn't sound secure." Chen Huaian mused over the listed locations. Without any details provided, he had to go by gut feeling.

In the Cangyun Realm, demonic beasts usually lurked in remote mountains and ancient woods, so the Canglan Realm's forests likely followed suit. Villages came off as poor and isolated, hindering access to vital info and supplies.

Cities and academies both struck him as solid picks.

But from what he recalled, slimes were those creepy beings from Western tales that spat acid to dissolve women adventurers' outfits. An academy tied to them didn't inspire trust, so no thanks.

Battle Soul City looked promising.

It screamed bustling urban hub.

Plenty of resources and news there, perfect for Li Qingran to blend in fast.

"I pick you!"

【Birthplace confirmed — Battle Soul City】

【Main Quest 7.0 completed. Please send the Electronic Girlfriend into the Small Thousand World within one month. Quest reward has been issued.】

"Oh..." Chen Huaian paused in surprise. The quest wrapped up so easily? It left him feeling oddly dismissed—like he was nothing more than a mindless selector.

"Wait, where's my quest reward?" Chen Huaian checked his inventory, digging around.

Main quests typically offered hefty prizes.

But after a thorough hunt, nothing turned up.

Then... the Phoenix's Nirvana Flames under him flared up wildly, nearly swallowing him whole. A fierce heat blasted through every inch of him in an instant.

When Chen Huaian finally snapped to.

The flames died down, and the heat ebbed away.

He found himself sitting bare in the chilly Rebirth Basin.

"Oh... so the reward was just speeding up This Venerable One's body rebuild." Chen Huaian felt at a loss. How was this any better than nothing? He could've rebuilt in the Nirvana Flames on his own time.

Plus, he wasn't in that much of a rush...

This game's getting lazier by the minute!

"Master..." Li Qingran had just come back from the Far North, still carrying the frost on her, when she hurried to see how Chen Huaian was doing. What she saw was—Chen Huaian totally exposed, gazing vacantly at the wall.

Her cheeks burned crimson right away.

Though she'd shared closeness with Chen Huaian before, that happened in the dark of night.

Not like this, in full daylight...

She spun away fast, but her breath hitched faster than usual.

"Master, you... why are you without clothes..."

"Ah!" It hit her late, and she whirled back to face Chen Huaian, eyes sparkling with delight. "Master, your body's healed?!"

Chen Huaian eyed Li Qingran, now inches away, while he remained uncovered. A touch of awkwardness hit him too, so he casually summoned some robes to cover up and nodded. "Yeah, as your Master mentioned before, it was no serious issue. The Divine Ability just worked even better than anticipated, hastening the healing a lot."

While talking, he flexed his arms and legs to demonstrate for Li Qingran.

Confirming Chen Huaian was truly okay, Li Qingran let out a deep sigh of relief deep down, yet her resolve to venture into the Small Thousand World stayed firm.

On her trip, she'd already gotten the full scoop from Zhang Mengchu and Su Qinian. Beyond battling and forging the mind, trips to Small Thousand Worlds for trials could feature realms with laws that block the Great Thousand World's cultivation paths, using their own unique systems.

A Small Thousand World's cultivation setup was bound to be weaker than the Cangyun Realm's.

But mastering a fresh system and grasping its variety could sharpen a cultivator's insights.

Above all, returning from a Small Thousand World to the Cangyun Realm meant the clashing systems forced the Cangyun Realm's Heavenly Dao to translate the foreign realm into local cultivation strength via some ratio.

That's the big reason Cangyun Realm cultivators chased Small Thousand World adventures so eagerly.

If luck favored you in a world with an alien system and you pulled off a safe exit, skyrocketing in power was on the cards. Way bigger gains than any secret realm.

Of course, alien systems and unknown lands spelled risks too.

"Master, your wounds may have mended, but your disciple is set on training in the Small Thousand World. It's known as the Canglan Realm."

Li Qingran had mulled this over plenty.

Sticking to normal cultivation wouldn't let her catch up to her Master ever.

So extreme steps were needed.

To ease Chen Huaian's worries, she added, "I've learned it's a mortal-only world, lacking any Spiritual Energy. Your disciple's trip would focus purely on heart-tempering."

Her real scheme, though, was treating it as a launchpad to a Small Thousand World boasting a unique cultivation path. Once inside, her Master likely couldn't steer her much.

All mortals?!

Hearing that, Chen Huaian sought confirmation.

Canglan Realm.

Battle Souls.

World Rings.

Mother's Love Grass — Mother's Embrace.

A twitch pulled at his lip as he stared at Qingran oddly. "Disciple, you... are you certain?"

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