After fooling around for a while.
An Lin extended a formal gesture of gratitude to the Night Monarch.
If it weren't for the Night Monarch, his Little Xie would not have progressed to become a divine tool so easily.
Thus, he rode on Da Bai's back and continued to rub Little Xie's cheeks as he bade farewell to the Night Monarch.
The return journey was an extremely smooth one. When Little Xie made her breakthrough, a pillar of divine light had knocked a massive hole that extended all the way into the depths of the abyss, thereby providing them with a shortcut to the surface.
With a passageway leading from the Abyss of Evil to the surface, the entire abyss didn't seem all that terrifying anymore.
Aside from a few ghostly wails here and there, they didn't encounter any other paranormal activity that was worthy of note.
Soon, An Lin returned to the surface on Da Bai's back.