Kunlun Mountain Part 4 - The Return

Epilogue 5 - Honghui and Shao Wan 3

The Return

It was three months to the day, that Gaogui and Ye Hua finally returned.

Waking up on Kunlun Mountain, Gaogui was surprised to find the entire school empty, not even Chang Shan was there to welcome him back.  Though for several minutes he had laid quietly as his memories came back to him and his energy was allowed to stabilize.

Looking down at his body he saw the throbbing of his red energy bursting out of his abdomen, and in a second he realized that he had just ascended.  Though the pain of his trial was still very raw.  It had been extraordinarily traumatic for him, and though he knew that Ye Hua would be going through the same pain, at that moment, he was the last man alive that he wanted to see.

Flashes of his trial flew through his mind.  Ye Hua had not only agreed to fight for the girl, but he had literally gathered his entire army for it, which forced him to do the same.  And not only did their battle spark a war between their own Royal line, but the anti royal factions united which saw a three way war eventuate.  One for the girl, one for their Royal line and one against each other.

It was ugly, deadly and a terrible waste of life, including that of Ruolin, who had been taken prisoner in order to flush their armies out.  Not only did Ye Hua and himself battle to save her, but they had to watch as her head was taken from her shoulders before his eyes.  The war then took a dive as they then turned on each other.  In the end, both had lost their lives when their private battle attracted the attention of the enemy who took them both out, thus ending their Royal line and collapsing their fathers rule, who in the end was also beheaded along with their mother and their maids.

Taking a deep breath he rose off the dais.  The tears were not far from the surface but he stumbled his way into the Hall only to find it empty, but what had him flying off the mountain, wasn't the silence, but the large maps of the Ghost Realm along with what looked to be battle formation strategies.

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Ye Hua too awoke in his own chamber and like Gaogui, the memories of his trial were still too fresh to let go.  And like him, he was still harbouring hate for that boy, that it took some time for him to realize it had just been a trial after all.  Though the sounds of the battle and the stench of blood was still with him, including the sight of Gaoguis head lying in a pool of blood.  It was the last thing he saw before his life too was taken.

Traumatized and in tears, he remained in his bed for some time until eventually he noticed his energy.  Releasing a short snort of air, he shook his head at the High God energy buzzing from his body and though he felt he should be ecstatic to have ascended, he could only cry for the loss of lives and the trauma that would live with him for some time.

And that being the face of the woman he had loved.  His last memory of her, was being led towards a low boulder and her head slammed down hard onto it.  Her beautiful face was bruised and bleeding but what hurt him the most was the way her body too had been abused, she was naked and blood was dripping from her swollen folds.  He would never get over that vision, and nor would he forget her laughter in the face of her enemies as they cut off her head.

In their Mortal lives, he had been a twin of Gaogui and they had loved each other as one would expect from twins.  Their bond went beyond mere soul connection, they were truly one.  So to end their trial in hatred for each other over a woman was hard to take, because it hurt more than anything.

Eventually he too left his chamber to seek out a maid.  He was thirsty, but to his amazement, not only was the entire Palace nearly empty but a stuttering maid who almost fainted at his feet, informed him that the world was once more at war and the Celestial armies were gathering above the Ghost Tribes lands.