Would Seeing Me Make Him Happy

After waiting for quite a while and making sure he wasn’t chasing after her, Lily Bai patted her chest, overflowing with the joy of surviving a disaster.

He actually let her go!

It was almost unbelievable.

She was grinning like an idiot when her Messenger Charm lit up.

It was Luna Lian.

Suddenly, Lily remembered her brother Bobby Bai’s situation and quickly answered. "Luna! Did you check on my brother?"

Luna Lian’s famously gentle voice came through: "I’ve been treating him for a few days—he’s much better now. With one more ingredient, he’ll be completely cured."

"Luna! You’re literally the cutest goddess in the world!" Lily cheered, bouncing with excitement.

One trip to the Underworld, and everything was suddenly amazing!

This gloomy place was basically her life’s turning point!

She was seriously determined—no more worshipping the gods, she’d only worship Lord Hades from now on!

"But there’s one ingredient missing for the medicine I need to refine."

"What ingredient?"

"The Inner Core of a Five‑Element Earth‑Soul Beast."

"Five‑Element Earth‑Soul Beast?" Lily’s jaw slowly dropped. "Isn’t that... isn’t that one of the Primeval Demon Wilds’ great demons?"

Aside from that one, she’d never heard of any other spirit beast like it anywhere.

"Exactly! There’s only one Five‑Element Earth‑Soul Beast in the Primeval Demon Wilds. But no one can get in there!" Luna Lian’s voice was full of anxiety. "I’ve asked everyone I could, and they all say it’s impossible. Lily, I heard your master once entered the Wildlands Tribulation Thunder Array—can you think of any way?"

Lily Bai fell silent.

Primeval Demon Wilds...

She never wanted to set foot in that place again for the rest of her life.

"Lily, Little Shrimp has to get the medicine within half a month, or... he really won’t make it." Luna Lian added.

Lily Bai took a deep breath and said, "I’ll figure something out. Hanging up now—wait for my news."

After ending the call, she retraced her steps at top speed back to Yellow Springs Volcano.

Maybe Damian Black hadn’t gone far yet!

Although, honestly, the odds of that were basically zero.

With his Swiftstride, he could be tens of thousands of miles away by now.

But when she got there, to her surprise, Damian Black was still there.

He was sitting on a black cloud, shoulders slumped, head bowed, almost melting into the darkness—a picture of pure gloom.

She wasn’t sure if she was imagining it, but the moment he saw her, his eyes seemed to light up, and that gloom vanished instantly.

Okay, definitely just her imagination!

Would seeing her really make him happy?

Ha!

She flashed Damian Black a huge, sunny smile.

Damian stood up, expressionless, and asked coldly, "Why did you come back?"

"I suddenly realized I hadn’t properly said goodbye to Your Majesty the Demon Emperor!" Lily Bai said. "Thank you for your generosity in sparing my life! On behalf of my Father Emperor, my Empress Mother, and especially my brother Little Shrimp, I thank you!"

With that, she gave a deep, formal bow.

You can never go wrong with extra etiquette!

Gotta rack up those favorability points.

Damian Black looked at her coolly.

Lily Bai straightened up and flashed him another smile. "So... Your Majesty the Demon Emperor, I actually have a favor to ask—would you help me?"

"A... favor?"

"Mhm..." Lily cheerfully ignored the threatening edge in his voice. "I just wanted to ask, that Five‑Element Earth‑Soul Beast in the Primeval Demon Wilds—is it under your command?"

Every Demon Slayer has a dossier of the Demon Emperor’s major subordinates.

But the Five‑Element Earth‑Soul Beast isn’t listed among them.

Damian Black: "So what if it is? So what if it isn’t?"