All Chapters of Longing Beyond The Deep: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Stella Everette remembered me three days later.She hurried to the prison and found me sitting in a corner, fully healed and writing something."Lucian, I'm here to take you home," she said.I put away the piece of parchment in my hand. Unlike before, I didn't angrily demand to know why she had treated me this way.I simply nodded, walked out of the cell, and left her behind.Stella watched me walk away, her brows furrowing in irritation.She thought I had no reason to throw such a childish tantrum just because she had forgotten to let me out.With that thought, she quickly caught up to me and explained, her voice edged with irritation."Louie wasn't doing well, and his injuries were worse this time. I was so busy taking care of him that I lost track of time. That's why I didn't let you out sooner."When I still didn't answer, her frown deepened. Her tone grew reproachful."If I didn't come, couldn't you have found a way out yourself?"You expect me to think everything for y

Just then, Snowdrop, who had been peeking at me from outside the door, quietly slipped inside.She was my only friend in the mortal world.I instinctively tried to hide, but she still saw me in this state.She stood there for a long moment before bursting into tears.As she sobbed, she came over and pulled my hands away from my face, smearing her tears and snot all over me."Lucian, how did you end up like this? You look terrible!" she cried. "You've always cared so much about your appearance."I sighed to myself, but all I could do was gently stroke her face and smile as I told her I was fine.A sudden warmth spread through my palm. I looked down and saw that Snowdrop had placed her demon core in my hand."Lucian, you can protect me from now on," she said.I couldn't fight her off, and she forced the demon core into my mouth.The depleted spiritual energy within me was instantly replenished, and my face quickly returned to normal.As I held Snowdrop in her true form, I reme

Beyond the three realms, there was another place called the High Heavens.It was where the gods lived.Estelle and I were the only two gods left there.The world was already complete, so our only purpose was to keep the High Heavens running.Life was so boring that we both wanted to die.Then one day, a demonic abyss appeared where the immortal and demon realms met.It showed up without warning and began swallowing everything around it. Anything that came too close was pulled inside.Even the greatest warrior of the immortal and demon realms couldn't stop it.Estelle and I fought for two days and nights. In the end, I barely beat her with a surprise attack.That made me the one who had to enter the abyss and die.I almost did, too. I would have perished if Estelle hadn't slipped a sachet containing half of her divine power into my pocket.I fell asleep inside the sealed demonic abyss and became part of it.I could never leave. So, in a way, I was half dead.Later, Estelle

Just when I was tired of hearing all the gossip, Stella finally arrived.She looked exhausted as she slowly walked toward Louie through the foul wind rising from the demon cave.Then she avoided the hand Louie reached out to her.She said flatly, "Louie, if you truly want to atone for your sins, then I won't stop you."Louie jolted in shock, as if he couldn't believe Stella would say that. He sank to the ground in a daze.A sharp rock beneath his feet scraped his knee and left a bloody mark. He cried out in pain and reached for Stella again."Stella, I'm bleeding. It hurts so much," he whined.If he had acted like this before, Stella would have dropped everything and tended to his wounds herself. She would have used the finest healing treasures to treat him.But now, Stella only glanced at him before taking a step back. "This little injury is nothing compared to what Lucian suffered."When he heard my name, Louie's eyes widened. He trembled with anger, and his voice became shr

Louie knew Stella would never hurt him.He took her hand without a second thought and leaned into her arms. "Stella, I hurt my foot. You'll have to help me back."Stella smiled gently at him and nodded. "Alright."I watched Stella from the crowd and got goosebumps all over my arms.I had seen that look on Stella's face only once before, when I was still very young.Once, I snuck into the human world just for fun. There, I trusted a heavily made-up woman who led me straight to a notorious brothel.Just as the madam was about to strip me and inspect me, Stella burst in.Young Stella wore the same faint smile she had now as she took the madam back to the demon realm.She threw the woman into a prison that held the most vicious demons in the realm.Stella never told me what happened to the madam, but I figured it out.Once the two of them were gone, the crowd had no reason to stay and soon broke up.I walked to the edge of the cliff and watched the lava churn and splash far belo