.
Yu Wang had directed a killing blow right at Feng Lian's heart...
But though the attack flung her back, his black dragon scales somehow crawled out of her skin to protect her heart!
Feng Lian raised surprised eyes to find Yu Wang wearing an equally surprised expression.
"Impossible! There should be nothing left of him!" Yu Wang raged.
His aura suddenly surged and he placed a hand to his head, letting out a shrill scream.
He fell forward to his knees as his aura swirled in disarray, the force of his aura shattering even more of the cliff-side.
The floor gave way beneath Feng Lian's feet, and she found herself free-falling into the depths, but a pair of strong arms suddenly wrapped around her, and Yu Wang rose into the air with her, gently landing back atop the cliff.
He released instantly her and leapt away, staring at her over a distance, his eyes back to their original brilliant gold.
"A- A-Xuan...?" Feng Lian stared uncertainly at those brilliant gold irises.
But Yu Xuan suddenly bent over, hacking out a flood of black blood.
Feng Lian instinctively stepped forward, but Yu Xuan held up a hand.
"Don't come here!" He thundered, pinning her with a cold look. "I'm already beyond sav-...!"
He froze as Feng Lian appeared right in front of him, her arms wrapping around him.
It began to rain but both seemed oblivious.
Time seemed to stop.
In that moment, Feng Lian explained all that had happened against Yu Xuan's rapidly beating heart.
She had never hated him...
In fact, she had refused to believe he was guilty, and in her craze, she had rushed to read the Stars, going as far as forcefully breaking the Star Seal without an edict, all to find Yu Xuan.
And there, she had uncovered the hateful actions of the Sky Emperor and her own father...
Yu Xuan was weakened after they broke his Seal, giving Yu Wang temporary power.
But knowing that Yu Xuan would eventually awaken and regain control, Yu Wang fled to Shadow Realm, where the dark flame's power would be strongest.
All through those years, Feng Lian had worn the mask of repentance, only as an excuse to find Yu Xuan and break Yu Wang's hold over him.
But it was too late...
With the violent and demonic miasma within Shadow Realm, the dark flame had thrived, slowly killing Yu Xuan.
All that was left was a bit of his essence, preserved within the Phoenix feather and triggered if Yu Wang ever tried to harm Feng Lian.
Like now...
At the Abyss of no return, the two had remained hugging in the rain, knowing there was no hope, yet refusing to let go.
...until a powerful demonic aura pulsed from Yu Xuan.
"The dark flame is trying to reawaken, and I can't hold it off for much longer." Yu Xuan said, and then he suddenly pushed her away.
"A-Xuan!" She made to approach, but with a wave of his hand, a crystal clear shield appeared, locking him within an inpenetrable dome.
"A-Lian, I'm presently nothing but an echo... A lingering whisper. It was my good Fortune to meet you in this life, so forget a lowly person like me ever existed!"
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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...
