The Endless Promise {COMPLETED}

187. An Unfamiliar Calm

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In the past, after Bailong (Yin Xiaolong) surrendered, Tianlong had reluctantly released Yan Liwei (Weiyan) in accordance to the Oath.

But he had sent Yan Liyun a telepathic warning to never let him set eyes on Yan Liwei again.

Of course this had led to the Thousand years of Yan Liyun Sealing Liwei to prevent her from going after Bailong.

"At the time, Father's heart was broken to see you like that, but letting you out meant risking your death!" Yan Linfeng explained at present, amidst tears.

Back then, Yan Liwei was much too heartbroken to consider how her father had felt, and the instant she sensed Bailong's aura, she had deceived him and escaped, eventually finding Bailong and freeing him.

She would never regret saving Bailong! Not even now!

But her actions had come with heavy repercussions.....

Tianlong and Fei Yun had flown into a rage, and rather than let Liwei be in death, they had sealed her Star right within Sky Palace, dooming her to an endless cycle of bitter mortal rebirth.

Her rebirth cycle had been cruelly set by Fei Yun himself, her Fate resetting each time she died...

Yan Liwei would be born into a loving mortal family, but then lose that family and be cast into a lifetime of immense suffering as an orphan, and then she would die before twenty and be reborn to repeat the cycle.

Of course, this had also led to the Memory Spell, making the entire world forget her existence, except a handful of Central Immortals like Fei Yun, who had cast the Fate Spell, the previous Night Immortal, who had sealed her Star, and then a few others, including Sun Liang, who had been right by Tianlong when it happened.

And this was why Sun Liang and Fei Yun had hated Weiyan after she survived Caoyang!

The Memory Spell cruelly allowed Bailong and the Swallows keep Liwei's memory, but never recall her face, and as an extra punishment, the Swallows were exiled from Sky Realm.

But unlike Bailong, Yan Liyun knew full well the tragic fate his daughter had been cast into...

"Which true Father's heart can bear such a thing?" Yan Linfeng sobbed. "Father wanted to take his own life, rather than live never seeing your face again!

"But he said doing such a thing wouldn't help you in any way... So he wronged himself instead!"

Yan Liyun had cast himself into endless sleep, using his shared blood and father-daughter bond in a powerful spell which bound his fate to Liwei's, sending his consciousness through her lifetimes.

At this point, Weiyan had collapsed to her knees, bitter tears falling.

Her father, that proud king of Swallows, had chosen endless sleep, sharing her rebirth cycle, each time born before her as some random stranger, who would then find her and raise her as an adopted child.

Linfeng sighed. "The last thing he said was that he would spend his life, just to shelter you from the rain, 'even if only a little'..."

The Fate Spell was powerful enough to ensure Liwei still suffered in some way and died before she turned twenty.

But with her father's presence, those bitter lifetimes had been reduced to mild suffering. All she had faced were an early death, and the inescapable discrimination that came with being an orphan in their world.

Flimsy things, really...

When all was considered, her father had provided her with more than 'a little' shelter from Fei Yun's rain of cruelty, and at present, Weiyan remained bowed to him, her forehead to the ground.