The Endless Promise {COMPLETED}

188. Farewell

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As Luoyin had told Weiyan, some matters had to be resolved...

And so he wore a cold expression as he boldly walked into the Sky Palace Throne Room... This time, free and blameless.

Only Tianlong, Fei Yun, and Yin Xing were in the vast empty hall, and Luoyin raised an eyebrow at Yin Xing.

Yin Xing merely smiled at him.

"Ehehe, Elder brother, I'm only here to collect a certain Star!" He explained with a playful bow.

Fei Yun had broken the Fate Spell, leaving Weiyan's fate to run properly, and now her star lay carefully within Yin Xing's inner sea.

"I'll go put it back where it belongs." He said with a serious sigh. "I'll leave you to discuss."

Yin Xing vanished, leaving the three old friends alone.

Forgetting all pride, Tianlong and Fei Yun instantly fell to their knees, apologizing to Luoyin, each stating the many ways in which they had been deceived, or misguided, or manipulated...

Luoyin had never seen them in such a pathetic state, and he nearly softened...

These were his friends after all... those he had once held so dear in the past.

But...

He had also once knelt in this very hall before them, after they ripped out his own heart... after they killed so many on Caoyang...

...and all they had done was blame him and hurl insults at him...

And then they had done such an awful thing to Liwei!

Had proceeded to foolishly let countless mortals approach Caoyang and die.

And then there was Fei Yun's recent inexcusable mistake with Zhurong Fen...

Some things could not be so easily forgiven, and Luoyin held up two fingers, making his two former friends freeze in place, unable to move or speak.

"I came today simply because Lao Bao says you won't let him be if I don't show my face." Luoyin spoke, burying every hint of pity he might feel.

"It also won't be good to leave things hanging, so I came to say... Leave the Old man alone. He won't convince me, and I won't meet you again.

"Perhaps, the endless waves of time will bring us to a point where seeing you both won't resurrect the worst of memories, and perhaps, it won't."

He turned and was suddenly at the door.

"Either way, this is Farewell. I won't even deign to live in the same realm as you two. And I can read your thoughts... After all you caused, no one is asking you to step down in some 'righteous' repentance. Sit firmly in those positions which went to your head, and fix that which you've broken!"

With those words, he took another step and vanished from their sight.

His aura loosened and they could move again, but both merely plopped to the floor.

"I knew it was useless..." Tianlong spoke into the echoing silence. "I knew there was no hope, and yet I had to try -!" His voice broke, and Fei Yun reached over to pat his shoulder.

"He also knew we would try to give up our positions..." Fei Yun said with a sad sigh, his own tears flowing.

Both deemed themselves unworthy...

As Sky Emperor, Tianlong had easily fallen to manipulations and his own pride, slaying innocents in righteous anger, and nearly casting the world into darkness.