The Endless Promise {COMPLETED}

157. Closest Of 'Friends'

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'Zhurong Fen!'

Fei Yun knelt upright to behold the beautiful person before him, and his hand subconsciously lifted, reaching out for her like he had done so many times in his dreams.

'A-Fen...!'

Fei Yun opened his mouth to speak, but his tongue felt incredibly heavy, and all he managed was an intelligible stutter.

'A-Fen!!' He mentally repeated her name. 'Impossib-!!!'

"'Impossible!'... Right?" Zhurong Fen spoke, a small smirk on her lips.

She leaned down and gently caressed his face. "A-Yun... My dear A-Yun. Even when the truth is staring you in the face, you still won't see it!" She pushed his chin aside and straightened, as Fei Yun sat heavily in disbelief...

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Meanwhile, the newly awakened Mortals were still wondering which black dragon was responsible for all this?

And how it all tied to the real villain and mastermind.

"Everyone!" Yin Xing called out, drawing their attention back to him. "There is more to the story, but I will let you see it for yourselves."

He held out a hand and a glowing scroll appeared over it, along with two stars circling it.

"I set out to search the stars merely to clear my brother's name, but I didn't expect to find a problematic star." His tone had taken on an unusual bitter note.

"This star defied the laws of the skies, and though its owner still lives, it was cleverly hidden in the Fate Sea region, mimicking the dead!"

He had been looking for the late Sky Empress's star within the Fate Sea region when he had found a strange star.

And now, they all watched as the edict rose up with the two stars, expanding to cover the skies.

This time, Yin Xing cast a different spell, more powerful than the last...

It was essentially like the resounding edict which had proclaimed Bailong guilty in the past, but this edict held visions from the two stars, and this time, it enshrouded every living soul within Yu Shui City in a final vision, including the Immortals and demons.

It was also much shorter than the previous one as it only focused on two individuals...

Feng Yuexia, the Late Sky Empress...

And Zhurong Fen, Princess of Sky Realm, and 'Late' Floral Deity.

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On the night of Zhurong Fen's birth, the infant absorbed all her mother's powers somehow, leading to her mother's death.

The Medicine Immortal had never seen this before...

But the infant's primordial form was a Grand Triple-Tiered Crystal Ice Lotus... An extremely rare Primordial form among flowers, with only one presently in existence:

The child's maternal grandmother and the current Floral Deity.

This form blessed Zhurong Fen with immense powers, including the Flower-Heart Technique which would allow her to infuse her qi into other flowers without any significant loss, and was especially useful for nurturing the floral young, growing them to their full potential.

This made Zhurong Fen the best choice as the next floral deity, and that, coupled with her father's immense grief, led to her banishment to the Floral Realm.