His elaborate efforts were merely to create a virtual world, wanting to return to the years when he fought alongside Luo Yingbai. And when the heavenly thunder struck just now, though brief, Luo Yingbai still held him tightly once more.
His wish fulfilled, only a moment of joy. If after everything, he would still have to experience endless separation and waiting, Ge Panming would prefer this moment to be the end.
Luo Yingbai sighed deeply, the sigh finally transforming into a smile at the corner of his lips. Countless crystalline fragments flew out from Ge Panming’s body, and Cang Ling Yue Yi appeared before Luo Yingbai.
What was dispersing were the resentful and malevolent energies Ge Panming had accumulated after being contaminated by demonic qi. What remained was the one soul and one spirit of the pure Xiao long spear that had never been corrupted.
Luo Yingbai bent down, placing his hand on the other’s head. Cang Ling Yue Yi returned to the blade. Perhaps, after all blood debts were repaid, the other soul fragments would return, and he could reconstruct a complete form.
He had his own ending, but Luo Yingbai did not want everything to end. Instead, he took the initiative, his sleeve billowing like clouds, striking a thunderbolt back to the originally calm sky!
In an instant, wind and clouds raged furiously. The altar beneath Luo Yingbai scattered like dust, the pillars supporting the earth showing signs of collapse.
Thousands of meteors broke through the sky, falling and splashing.
He did not dodge or hide, fearlessly looking up, watching the most magnificent astronomical phenomenon of his life.
Ge Panming thought this heavenly tribulation came because of him and would stop with him. But as memories sealed in Luo Yingbai’s protective charm surged forth, he suddenly remembered that he was the one who should never have been tolerated by heaven and earth.
He should have long ago had his soul scattered, with no future life, not entering reincarnation. The fact that he could stand here now was because of…
Xia Xianning.
“Xianning…” Luo Yingbai took a deep breath.
He murmured softly, “I’m sorry. Although your carefully planned schemes always failed because of me, this time, I still don’t want to agree to you.”
Luo Yingbai said: “So, you sealed my memory because you were afraid I would cause trouble? No wonder I can’t remember anything.” Xia Xianning said softly: “Yes.” “Now I understand everything I didn’t understand before.” Luo Yingbai said: “Back then… when we were trying to catch Yue Huan, you were trapped in the Great Palace Formation, and the formation’s eye asked you three questions. The third question was, ‘If what you love cannot be obtained, how much of this flesh and blood remains, and how long can it hold on?’ Now I understand the meaning of her question.” Xia Xianning said: “Don’t talk anymore, rest for a while.”
” Luo Yingbai grabbed his hand: “When I perished together with the Ghost Extreme Emperor, my body and soul scattered. You exchanged lives with me, wanting to bear the calamity for me. That Weibo post, was it you…” He became somewhat breathless towards the end and started coughing. Xia Xianning patted Luo Yingbai’s back and said: “Yes, it was me. But you never listened, so I had no choice.” Youchang Terrace created worlds according to worldly principles, while Wuchang Cliff could specifically reverse their life paths. Xia Xianning’s main purpose in bringing Luo Yingbai to be reincarnated together was to obscure the heavenly secrets and make the heavenly tribulation fall on himself. This way, exchanging one life for another, he would suffer soul destruction for Luo Yingbai, allowing Luo Yingbai to return to the Heavenly Court as his original self. But the conception was good, the process was incredibly difficult. Xia Xianning’s first failure was when Luo Yingbai regained his divine power and memory after reincarnation, unwilling to let his junior brother bear these tribulations, and actively summoned the heavenly tribulation to end the reincarnation. To prevent his resistance, Xia Xianning sealed Luo Yingbai’s memory and divine power in his personal protective charm. “
But with this seal, the accumulated merit was lost. The second and third reincarnations failed, with Luo Yingbai dying while saving others – once in a fire saving Peng Xuan, another time saving a child from a knife. This made Xia Xianning realize that Luo Yingbai had his own loved ones and unresolved karmic ties in the human world.
After much consideration, he dispersed part of his divine power into the Weibo account, guiding Luo Yingbai to resolve life’s kindness, repay karmic debts, and accumulate merit – precisely seven lifetimes.
However, each wish fulfilled on Weibo consumed Xia Xianning’s divine power, and by the later reincarnations, he could barely maintain his memories. They had finally reached this point, but Ge Panming’s appearance disrupted the balance. If the protective charm hadn’t shattered, Luo Yingbai wouldn’t have summoned the heavenly tribulation, and the direction of the heavenly thunder would not have been Youchang Terrace.
Xia Xianning slowly bent down, burying his head on Luo Yingbai’s shoulder. The oversight from the first reincarnation must never be repeated – he could not afford to lose. Luo Yingbai said: “Xianning, I have one request.” Xia Xianning clasped his hand, and Luo Yingbai’s eyes pleaded: “Don’t try again.”
You know that no matter what we attempt, we only have one life between us. If one lives, the other dies. Since we’ll be separated anyway, what’s the meaning of your efforts?” He had asked Xia Xianning for many things, almost all in jest. For truly difficult requests, Luo Yingbai would silently bear them himself. Xia Xianning nodded heavily and slowly. Luo Yingbai deliberately laughed: “I was worried about my father’s accounting when I returned, but now I don’t need to be afraid. Xianning, live well in this lifetime, take care of them. If you can make them forget me, that would be even better… When this lifetime ends, return to your true self and wait for me in the heavens. Maybe one day, I’ll come find you…” Luo Yingbai’s voice grew softer, gradually becoming a murmur. Xia Xianning was silent for a moment, covering his eyes with his hand, feeling a bitter ache. Through repeated separations, why did they have such an ending? Not because Luo Yingbai did something wrong, but precisely because he sought to protect more people. From birth, they had extraordinary abilities and status, bearing responsibilities different from ordinary people. The cruelty of fate would not disappear due to the light’s illumination.
Children unable to attend school, wronged girls, men running and crying in the rainy night carrying dying loved ones, mothers reluctant to leave their young children… When people encounter pain and hardship, they always pray for heavenly protection, always hope for miracles. Xia Xianning felt Luo Yingbai’s eyelashes lightly brush against his palm, then stop moving. He removed his hand; Luo Yingbai had closed his eyes. Xia Xianning’s fingers reluctantly caressed his face, then moved away, taking out his phone and quickly typing something. Soon, another familiar red-lettered Weibo post appeared on Luo Yingbai’s account— Xia Xianning: @White Brother Fortune Telling Master, live well, don’t remember me. …Love you forever. As the final period was typed, the commission completed, Xia Xianning’s face instantly turned pale, with blood seeping from the corner of his mouth. The divine power recently recovered was peeling away from his body, but Xia Xianning seemed unaware of the pain, anxiously staring at Luo Yingbai. Watching color return to his face and his injuries reverse, Xia Xianning finally relaxed, involuntarily revealing a smile.
