Chapter 389: She Decides to Go Back! 

Su Nian opened her attribute panel and began searching for some perverted entries. 

Her fingertips traced through the air, and a light blue screen soon emerged. 

She actually found one.

[(Charm Veins): Increases the host’s physical attraction and obedience toward the master. ]

The line of text on the screen glowed with an ominous pink shimmer. 

Su Nian’s gaze locked tightly onto the final sentence.

[(Charm Veins IV2): The host’s body will display marks visible only to the master…] 

[If the current host does not receive the master’s companionship for forty-eight hours, unknown effects will occur…]

Her neck tightened, making her breathing hitch. 

Those four words felt like an invisible noose, slowly wrapping around Su Nian’s heart and bringing a wave of inexplicable panic.

She had been deducted humiliation value because of failing the “sleeping together” task. 

Now it was not only difficult to gain new humiliation value, but the unknown effects of [Charm Veins IV2] made her feel even more uneasy.

That night.

Deep within Big Mountain Island in the Endless Sea, the ocean climate was naturally unpredictable. 

A storm arrived mixed with a cold front.

Fierce winds whipped icy rain that slammed hard against the wooden cabin temporarily built on the giant turtle’s shell, producing loud pattering sounds. 

The wind howled mournfully.

Inside the small wooden cabin that Su Nian had hastily built on Big Mountain Island, she wrapped the blanket tightly around herself, yet still felt no trace of warmth.

There was no thick, soft bed like the one in Shadowmoon Manor, and no constant temperature magic array set up by that man. 

The room felt empty, as if it were longing for something. 

Longing… for that man’s warm embrace? 

Pfft!

For some reason, she kept feeling that the cabin was hollow, and her own heart felt just as hollow.

She pulled the blanket over her head and forced herself to close her eyes. 

Su Nian shook her head fiercely, trying to fling the terrifying thought out of her mind. 

She was not thinking about that bastard! 

She needed to sleep! 

But in the darkness, her senses became unusually sharp.

The howling of the wind, the drumming of the rain, the dull roar of waves crashing against the turtle shell, and… her own heartbeat growing louder with every beat.

Even so, the young woman’s mind was already wandering.

After all, the feelings she had developed for Chu Tian during those two months were real.

It was only because of the past events that she felt deceived, angry, and furious… but that did not mean those emotions had simply vanished.

The next morning.

Su Nian sat up from the bed with two faint dark circles under her eyes.

“This is so annoying! Insomnia is the worst.”

She irritably ran her fingers through her golden long hair, a few strands stubbornly tangling around her fingertips.

She decided to shift her focus to practical matters—building up the Big Mountain Island base.

Since she could not calm down to cultivate, she would use busyness to numb herself.

The reason she had not slept well last night was probably because the wooden cabin here was too crude. 

If she built a better house, things would improve…

However, when she confidently tried to draw funds from her storage ring to purchase building materials, the cold system notification sounded once again.

[Everything Belongs to the Master]: While the host is in this state, all wealth created and everything the host possesses belongs to the master. Any important decisions and spending of wealth must obtain the master’s approval.

A line of blood-red text flashed on the light screen before her eyes, glaring and eye-catching.

[Warning! Detected that the host is attempting to mobilize the master’s wealth. This action has not received the master’s permission!]

It seemed there had been such a negative status before.

It should be a sub-entry under the [Recognition State]. 

Su Nian finally remembered.

How despicable!

Why was it like this?

Forget about thinking of other ways to gather one hundred million humiliation value. 

Even preserving her current humiliation value was now a problem. 

On top of that, the [Everything Belongs to the Master] status made it difficult for her to even lie low and live as a rich lady.

An uncontrollable thought rose from the bottom of her heart, carrying a hint of expectation she herself had not noticed: If she returned to that man’s side, everything would go back to normal. 

Maybe…

No, she would still deal with the demon race as the saintess. 

Whether it was continuing to accumulate humiliation value toward the one hundred million goal, she had encountered difficulties and had no other way…

But, she had only escaped for such a short time… 

If she went back without a second thought, wouldn’t that make her look stupid?

Like a little wife who threw a tantrum and ran away from home, only to realize she forgot to bring money and then slunk back in disgrace.

‘No…’ Su Nian bit her lower lip.

At the very least, she had to stay away for three full days to let that big bad guy know that she had a temper too!

In the following time.

Su Nian stayed alone on the island. 

Since she had no way to buy materials, she could only entertain herself…

That’s right.

Just play!

She would treat it as a vacation. 

She had suffered a blow, so she naturally needed to adjust properly.

“Little Green!”

“Little Green!”

A cyan giant dragon let out a cheerful cry and lowered its head from the clouds.

She rode the dragon and soared into the sky, weaving and tumbling through the thick sea of clouds. 

Su Nian leaped onto the dragon’s back, letting the fierce wind mess up her golden hair. 

She tried to use the weightless feeling brought by speed to dispel the irritation in her heart.

She also dove into the deep sea, dancing with schools of fish among the colorful coral reefs.

The cold seawater wrapped around her body and temporarily suppressed that inexplicable heat.

She caught a wild boar, clumsily started a fire, and roasted meat that came out with a burnt smell, hard to swallow. 

She lay on the beach, watching the tides rise and fall, watching the sun rise and the moon set.

Su Nian found many things to do for herself, leaving no gaps.

She did this also to prevent herself from continuing to overthink.

However, what was meant to come would always come.

“Ding dong. The host has been away from the master for forty-five hours. If the host does not receive the master’s companionship within forty-eight hours, unknown effects will occur.”

The system notification was emotionless, yet it stirred up massive waves in Su Nian’s mind.

[Time remaining until “unknown effect” triggers: 2 hours 59 minutes]

A string of cold countdown numbers hung over her head like the Sword of Damocles. 

An ominous premonition gripped Su Nian’s heart tightly. 

She began to seriously doubt whether her so-called “escape” had been the right decision after all.

Time passed minute by minute in torment.

She could no longer calmly enjoy the sea view, nor could she find even a moment of peace while playing with her contract beasts.

Finally, the forty-eight-hour deadline arrived. 

The sea breeze remained salty and damp. 

When the countdown reached zero, the world did not undergo any earth-shattering change.

However, Su Nian felt a strange heat slowly rising from the deepest part of her body.

At first, it was only a faint warm current lazily flowing through her limbs and bones.

But soon, this warm current turned into surging lava, scorching every inch of her skin and every cell.

As expected!

That damn system had no intention of giving her any good outcome!

“Mmm…”

She let out a low, unbearable moan. 

An abnormal, alluring pink flush spread across her snow-white skin.

The flames inside her body seemed to want to boil her blood.

She curled up, trying to use magic-condensed water to lower her body temperature, but it was futile.

At this moment.

The young woman’s body had become abnormally sensitive.

Just the touch of the slightly cool sea breeze on her arm sent a shiver through her that she could hardly endure.

Even more terrifying was that her mind uncontrollably began to crave a certain scent, a certain touch…

It was the scent that belonged solely to that man.

She desperately wanted to smell that familiar fragrance, to touch that man’s body… that firm and warm embrace that could completely envelop her. 

The scent that carried a faint aggressiveness yet felt so intimately familiar to her.

If she did not receive the master’s “companionship” for forty-eight hours, her body would produce a strong, addiction-like craving reaction.

Her reason screamed madly, despising this lowly desire. 

Yet her body had completely betrayed her will. 

How could she crave that man! 

That bastard demon who had put a collar on her, imprisoned her, and taken away everything from her!

But her body’s instincts were roaring wildly.

She wanted to return to that man’s side.

She wanted to be embraced by him, to be possessed by him.

She wanted him to fill the unbearable emptiness deep within her soul in the roughest way possible.

Humiliating tears welled up and spilled over, sliding down her burning cheeks and dripping onto the floor, leaving small dark stains.

She actually… craved that bastard who had always bullied her!

This realization crushed her more than any torture ever could.

Just as she was about to be completely swallowed by this wave and lose her mind, a fluffy figure with a purple glow approached.

It was Little Violet.

The Purple Domain Spirit Cat worriedly rubbed its head against her cheek, letting out a low, soft whimper from its throat.

It did not understand why its powerful master was showing such a pained expression.

The contract beast’s pure and concerned purple eyes brought a sliver of reason back to Su Nian.

With a trembling hand, she pulled up the system panel.

Reality was cruel.

Her humiliation value was continuously decreasing because of the failure of the “sleeping together” task.

Her body was repeatedly scorched by the flames of desire.

Her spirit was on the verge of collapse under the mad tearing between reason and instinct.

She finally understood in despair that continuing like this was simply impossible.

Avoiding the problem would not solve anything.

As long as the [Recognition State] and [Charm Veins] statuses remained, she would never truly be able to leave that man.

There was only one way out.

Return to his side. 

Continue playing the role of the conquered little slave girl. 

Continue accumulating humiliation value until she reached the one hundred million goal, became a god, and continued to endure everything he brought.

Only then could she completely remove all the negative statuses and gain true freedom!

An extremely humiliating yet only correct decision took shape in her mind.

Su Nian slowly lifted her tear-streaked face with charming, misty eyes.

Her voice, hoarse and broken from crying and the torment of desire, carried a cold, bone-deep resolve.

She reached out and stroked the spirit cat’s soft fur, as if drawing the last bit of strength from it.

“Little Violet…”

“Take me… back.”

Facing Su Nian’s request, Little Violet naturally obeyed.

The purple light faded, and the familiar outline of Shadowmoon Manor emerged in the night.

Cold air rushed into her lungs, yet Su Nian felt no chill at all. 

The scorching flames inside her body had already twisted all her senses into a craving for one specific existence.

She had returned.

She had escaped for less than three days, only to come back in such a wretched manner.

What a pointless escape!

It was simply… the biggest joke.

Of course what made Su Nian feel even more ashamed was… she now urgently needed to find that man and “use” him to relieve her current abnormal state.

How was she supposed to bring up something like this?