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nBAM. BAM. BAM.

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"We're sorry! Please spare us~

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"Venerable Lord! You are almighty and peerless. Please be merciful~

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"W-We won't do it again. We promise~

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"Beg your pardon. We beg your pardon, Milord!

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nThe sounds of kowtowing and begging resounded in the area but unfortunately, the one they were begging had no intention to listen or their pleas. He was even staring at them with a detached gaze and the look on his eyes was like looking at dead people. He had no sympathy or affection towards them.

nTowards his enemies, Hei Anjing is colder than glaciers. Unmoved and cruel to the point of death. Among the rest, only Ye Tianyu did not beg for his life. He was still dazed when he felt so useless after his strongest attack at point-blank range failed. In the end, this person's stubbornness made him speak things that he hadn't thought much about before talking.

nWith bloodshot eyes, he glares at Hei Anjing with a maniacal smirk on his face. Since he knew that his life and death were under this person's control, he became fearless as he knew that this evil god would never spare them.

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"So what if you blocked my attack? Even though I am weaker than you are, what can you do in your current state!? You want to kill Uncle!? A half-dead person like you? Hah! Didn't you sacrifice your vessel and half of your soul to revive that traitor!? Using your soul core as Ye Xiajie's source of life.

nHehehe~ that moron didn't know right!? Yes! How would he know? That is the foolish person who's lost his life and mother because of his father! Uncle had no affection towards his own family. He just wanted to use them to be able to kill someone from the Mo Clan. Isn't Uncle's goal already halfway fulfilled?

nThe eldest young master of the Mo Clan is a dying man. Because you are so foolish to forcefully create a connection of destined fate with that traitor. And it wasn't even an equal contract!? As you choose to bear all the pain the two of you should share. Hahaha~

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nYe Tianyu laughed like a madman. Since he knew his death was unavoidable, he spoke out about everything he had hidden in his heart. He had always been jealous of Ye Xiajie. After all, no one in Vearth didn't know how loyal a Mo is towards his counterpart. It is a true love unbound by any laws. Just true feelings and emotions. Something everyone had wished to have.

nPeals of crazy waves of laughter echoes within that enclosed domain, the one laughing is Ye Tianyu. Everyone was looking at him with eyes like they wanted to plug up his mouth and Hei Anjing listened to his words without emotion in his eyes.

nJust when the rest thought that the God of Destruction would kill the current heir of the Ye Clan, the unusual quietness coming from the side of Hei Anjing maybe made the situation even tense. Ye Tianyu laughed as if it was his last. But the words Hei Anjing says next rendered everyone speechless.

nHei Anjing said,

"I choose to bear everything. The pain and all the sacrifices. This is because he is the person I love the most in this world. He is my everything and the reason to continue to exist. Since there is no one more important than him. Not my title, not my power, and not even my life itself. Only for one reason, Ye Xiajie is this Lord's one and only other half.

nYou are not me. How could you judge the choices I've made and how can you understand my actions? This is because you will never be me and you can never be him.

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nYe Tianyu's laughter suddenly paused and looked at Hei Anjing with extremely incredulity on his face. Not only him, everyone inside that heard Hei Anjing's words were staring at him with the same astonished expression on their faces. They were like children unable to comprehend a foreign language.

nThen they heard coughing sounds coming from Hei Anjing's side.

nCough. Cough.

nHei Anjing coarse and a bit muffled words were heard,

"But you've got one thing, right? I did use my soul core to revive A'Xia and is running out of time.

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nCrimson blood trickles at the corner of his lips and eyes. This is something that would never appear on someone's soul form but Hei Anjing used his qi to materialize his vessel even for just a few hours. When he did that the injuries of his soul surfaced on his physical body itself.

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"Though I'm weaker than my original strength, it is enough to clean up the enemies of my husband...

" said Hei Anjing at his moment his argent eyes glowed with the strength it only took one move for him to forcefully pull out their real souls in their current vessels.

nThe souls that were dragged out of the bodies weren't similar to the appearance of their souls. Most of them were wearing cultivator robes worn only by those who practice immortality. These people try to struggle but fail to escape. Soul chains appeared on their necks, wrists, and ankles. Then they were pulled into a soul prison made from eternal ice.

nWith their undying souls, they could only suffer in that icy hell until their souls faded into existence. Hei Anjing isn't willing to let them go, they are still after all their enemies. Inside the domain, silence descended in that ruined dimension. Except for Hei Anjing, another existence no longer exists. Ye Tianyu and his minions were all personally captured but the cause of Hei Anjing using his real powers at his weakest state only worsened the injuries in his soul.

nThe vessel he had currently created disappeared as only his soul remains. But the solidity of his soul when he first woke up in the system space had long gone. He could already see beyond his palms and stared at the ground under his foot. This means that his soul is almost transparent and about to fade.

nHei Anjing murmured,

"I'm running out of time. Before this soul fragment disappears I need to completely gather A'Xia's soul.

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nOnce the ice dome disappeared the area where the Imperial Palace used to stand no longer existed instead a huge and deep crater was left behind. Not even a ruin or debris can be found on it, just a single and huge hole. Above it, Hei Anjing floats above, once the sunlight hits him his fading figure makes them feel like they were looking for a heroic hero who sacrificed everything to save the world.

nHis gaze is distant yet nostalgia glitters within those silvery orbs. As if remembering a gentle memory in the past. At this moment, Hei Anjing is indeed reminiscing a part of the past recorded in his memories. With everyone's eyes on him, emotions of awe and fear crossed from those countless gazes but among everyone, only Ye Xiajie's eyes left a lasting emotion.

nChuckling a bit,

"Heh~ at that time only his black eyes stared at me with a clear gaze. There is no reason at all. He was just looking but at that moment you've already caught my attention. A'Xia, do you still remember?

" mumbled Hei Anjing before completely disappearing into that world.

nEver since he lost his vessel his soul felt heavy and tormented by pain. This shows how much this world rejects his soul. Want to force it to enter reincarnation.

nThe fading visage of Hei Anjing's soul made Warden Lou and Prisoner Yun Ming panic for a moment. They didn't know whether the Venerable Lord's soul had completely disappeared or just returned to the Nether System's Space.

nYun Ming in the body of Feng Wu suddenly grabs his lover's collar with panicked shows within those orange orbs.

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"A'Lou what is happening here!? Explain it to me properly! Where has Lord Hei gone!!?

" asked Feng Wu.

nMajor Drake Izar looked confused himself. He isn't like Zhi Yue or the Lord God who had a connection with the Venerable Lord's soul. He couldn't answer his lover's questions as he truly didn't know the answers to them.

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"C-Calm down, Ming'er. I also don't know what happened. For now, let's look for the Lord God and System Yue. I think I know where they are...

" said Major General Drake as he grabbed Feng Wu's hand.

nBut when they turned around they saw the students looking at the huge crater with shock imprinted on their faces. They had witnessed a huge ice dome created by their leader suddenly disappearing and watched as the same beautiful figure of Hei Anjing's soul faded to nothingness. He suddenly melted in thin air leaving nothing behind.

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"W-Where is the leader?

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"Is that really him just now?

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"He suddenly disappeared!!!

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"What the hell is happening!?

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"Where is he!!!?

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"No way! Is he gone for real!?

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"I don't believe this. I CANNOT!

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"No. NO!!! This is not real!

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nThe children were in disbelief but the fact they had seen the scene of Hei Anjing's soul fading is real. Their tears couldn't help but fall at this moment. Mixed emotions caused chaos within their hearts. The throbbing pain inside their chest is too unbearable.

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"We couldn't even say goodbye to him.

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"This is so... Unfair~

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nSounds of crying linger in the area. No one knew who started it but a video before Hei Anjing completely disappeared was recorded and shared in the Star Network. Once Hei Anjing's soul had left the world the controls in Star Network were returned to their original state. Everything that Hei Anjing tried to hide before had come out to light.

nThe original scenes of when he was Feng Jing. Videos, when he went to that hidden mansion and massacred all, zergs in it. When he met Alula Celeste in that beehive Zerg. Every truth was released on the Star Network leaving everyone who had watched it bewildered.

nThey never knew how much Hei Anjing as Feng Jing did to protect the younger generation.

nNot only he had eliminated the zergs at the central region of the abandoned star, Planet Citlali. He had also protected the soldiers during the war. A recording of him saving the Marshal was also recorded as well as how he captured all those unknown souls who took over the vessels of the Imperial Clan.

nEvery action that Immortal being had made was something to protect the Empire. But that person who had protected them all this time is forever gone. He had left forever. Thinking about this, everyone's eyes were full of sadness and tears. They can only cry out the pain stifling in their hearts.

nAmong the masses, the children and the Feng Clan were the most affected. They were that person's family even though it was only temporary.

nFeng Mansion, in the living room.

nA huge holographic screen shows a video compilation of Hei Anjing as Feng Jing plays before them. Feng Luna and Mrs. Altair had longed to cover their faces as they wailed. The men were motionless but one can see that their eyes were red as they held back their tears especially when they saw Hei Anjing's fading figure who was looking out of nowhere with a smile on his face.

nFeng Tian and Lieutenant General Altair could only console their wives. These two were too emotional upon witnessing the figure of Hei Anjing vanishing to void. Even though he had seen him smile at the end, seeing him disappear still made their hearts ache a lot. That was their darling, the son that had accompanied them for a few months. Though the time they had spent was short, they had truly treated each other as family.

nXue Xia said,

"My darling was smiling at the end. Old man, did we show darling enough love while he was still here?

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"Un! Un!

" Old Man Feng Xuan said as he instantly covered his eyes, unable to utter a single word.

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