The Endless Promise {COMPLETED}

183. Past Mysteries

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At the now desolate Abyss of No Return, Feng Lian had foreseen Yu Wang's return...

...and she felt a stab of anger towards Fate, which had toyed with her and Yu Xuan!

But she had just overcome the so-called Love Tribulation after all...

Her heart was indeed tempered, calm enough now to see the bigger picture.

She would never let Yu Xuan's sacrifice go to waste, but most importantly, she would never let the world go to ruin if Yu Wang ever roamed free!

However, after her fight with Yu Wang, and with these last visions, her lifeforce was already spent.

She might not last more than a few days...

It was better to pour even more of her essence into the stars, boldly breaking the Star Edict one final time to trace the trail of events behind Zhurong Fen's existence...

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Yu Xuan had completely sealed Yu Wang, but there was something they had missed.

The murder scene in that secluded valley, where Yu Wang had first surfaced and killed Feng Lian's father...

Bits of his demon aura had remained, and somehow, they had found their way to the closest remnant of his essence.

The half buried in the Floral Realm!

There, Yu Wang slowly grew his strength, feeding off the flowers in those fields.

But only Yu Xuan could truly break the Demon Seal!

And besides, since Yu Wang had only ever existed as a small part of Yu Xuan, he would also need a dragon body exactly like Yu Xuan's... a body with a similar core and pearl.

But since Yu Xuan was no more, Yu Wang turned his sights towards Yu Xuan's blood dragon relatives.

That meant either a member of the demon royal family, all of whom Yu Wang had already killed...

...or a member of Sky Realm's royal family.

The choice was simple!

For thousands of years, Yu Wang used his ice essence to create Zhurong Fen, an empty vessel, and then planted her false soul within the previous Sky Empress, the Floral Deity's daughter who had returned home for a visit.

But Yu Wang underestimated Yu Xuan's determination to keep him in check, and Feng Lian smiled as a familiar face appeared in the Stars, filling her heart with warmth.

Even in death, Yu Xuan was determined to fulfill his promise and never let Yu Wang have his way!

So Yu Xuan would eventually be reincarnated somewhere far from Sky or Shadow Realm... the two realms which had led to all this.

Hidden in the mortal realm, he would be born as Yin Xiaolong, whose mere existence would become a stumbling block on Yu Wang's path, directly interfering with his resurrection...

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The visions broke as Feng Lian ran out of power, but a smile remained on her lips as tears streaked down her face.

"Hao! Hen hao!"

She didn't know what would happen after that, but since Yu Xuan had laid the groundwork, then she could only make things a little easier for him!

Drawing a breath, she performed a final series of complex seals.

Her phoenix aura burst forth, more powerful than it had ever been, but there was a sad air of finality as she swept her arms counter-clockwise, then clockwise, making tiny white orbs appear around her.