.
Yu Wang, the Demon King, had turned to face Luoyin, Kai Zhen, and Old man Bao...
...with a face identical to Luoyin's!
"Are these old eyes failing me?" Old man Bao whispered without realizing.
Yu Wang and Luoyin had the exact face and build, and Luoyin felt a bit like when he first saw the original 'Zhang Luoyin' in the mirror.
But this was even more glaring, and the two seemed like the manifestation of a living Yinyang.
On one side was Yu Wang, pale as death, bloody irises, clothes and hair darker than the deepest night.
On the other side was Luoyin with his original moon-silver hair, gold irises, and light-blue robes.
"Do you own that face...? Or are you simply misleading us?" Luoyin calmly asked, but his thoughts were in disarray.
His 'Yuan Jing' technique was still active...
But unlike with Yu Wang's giant body, Luoyin could find no flaws or illusions in the body before him.
That body which looked exactly like his, really seemed to belong to the demon king within it.
But the demon king was at least five hundred thousand years older than he had ever been...
What could it mean?!!
As if sensing Luoyin's chaotic thoughts, a self-satisfied smirk curved Yu Wang's lips upward.
"Hmph. Shouldn't you be used to this by now?" He began. "Except with 'Zhang Luoyin', he stemmed from your immortal life, whereas..."
A wicked gleam flashed in Yu Wang's eyes, and his voice turned soft as he finished,
"...you're nothing but a tiny bit of essence I once discarded..."
Time seemed to stop in Luoyin's eyes.
The winds were still and Yu Wang's words and their implication flew around in his head.
'L- lies!'
"Hmph! How conceited! You really thought you were some legendary genius?" Yu Wang taunted. "Tch. You only excelled thanks to mere remnants of my power!"
Everyone of his words stabbed through Luoyin...
Was he really just some piece of the demon king's essence?!
'No way...!' He thought.
But even if he ignored Yu Wang's words, or discard what his own eyes were seeing, how cover he explain the strange similarities in he and Yu Wang's aura?
Yu Wang's crystal shield felt much stronger than his had ever been.
Yu Wang was also much older than him.
Even if their appearances were some sort of coincidence, could he pretend he wasn't related to Yu Wang in some way?!
But Old man Bao's calm cut into his thoughts.
"Xiaobai, do not listen to a devil." He said, placing a firm hand on Luoyin's shoulder. "No matter the distant past, you were born to my grandniece and the East Sea King some fifty or so thousand years ago..." He sighed.
"From then till now, will you discard your Immortal and Mortal lifetimes? Disregard all your experiences? Will you belittle the relations you've shared with us? With Xiaowei, or your countless friends and family?
"All because of a few words from some stray devil?"
Yu Wang scowled in protest, but Old man Bao gave a nod.
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The Endless Promise {COMPLETED}
FantasyYin Xiaolong, the fearsome black dragon, is finally dead. But as the world rejoices, he awakens - reborn as Zhang Luoyin, a powerless human poisoned by his own family, and who is identical to his former self. Even worse, he must marry Xu Weiyan, the...
