Chapter 32

Gu Yanshang remembered everything. Even if his soul dissipated, he could never forget Yan Yunqing, and Yan Yunqing would never recognize him. Perhaps, to him, he was someone Yan Yunqing would never notice. "You are neither destined nor fated; forcing things will not yield results!" The Heavenly Emperor's words still echoed in his ears, lingering for a long time. Yes, it was his disbelief in fate and his stubbornness that led to this outcome.

The creaking sound of the door opening interrupted his thoughts. It was Lin Jinxuan, the man he had been longing for. "What? You want to kill me, or come here on behalf of your beloved to demand an explanation?" Gu Yanshang scoffed before Lin Jinxuan could even speak. Gu Yanshang felt like a fool. He was clearly in his own story, yet he couldn't teach Lin Jinxuan to love him. In truth, he had many opportunities to keep Lin Jinxuan by his side, to make him dependent on him, but he could never do it. Lin Jinxuan was free; he belonged to the light, and couldn't be like him. Gu Yanshang thought deeply. Lin Jinxuan looked at Gu Yanshang. He couldn't understand him. He didn't understand why the man before him poured such deep emotions into him. But he was destined to be unable to accept that profound love, because those emotions didn't belong to him.

After Gu Yanshang finished speaking, Lin Jinxuan didn't reply. He didn't know why, but he just wanted to come and see him. He felt that Gu Yanshang was lonely at this moment, and he felt a pang of heartache for him. He was shocked by his own thoughts. Before he could think about it further, Gu Yanshang had already driven him away with words. Since things had come to this point, he wouldn't make a fool of himself. He turned around and left. The moment he turned to leave, the light in Gu Yanshang's eyes went out. He wanted to give up, but that didn't mean he would let them rewrite the ending he had written!

Yan Yunqing, you can go home now. No one can disturb you anymore. Your path to godhood shouldn't have been marred by these events. It was my appearance that disturbed everything. Perhaps I, a monster born into the abyss, shouldn't have craved hope for life or yearned for light. But I feel pain and suffering too. Let's not talk about this anymore. Get some sleep. When you wake up, everything will return to normal, except that world will be missing me…

Yan Yunqing returned to the temple. Mu Siyan was still the same, but he felt a sense of unfamiliarity. Why? They had known each other for over two hundred thousand years. Where did this sense of unfamiliarity come from? To Mu Siyan, Yan Yunqing was nothing more than a petty thief who stole his identity and divine office. He still hadn't won Yan Yunqing over. Yan Yunqing was destined to be his. But what he didn't know was that in those three worlds, Yan Yunqing and the petty thief he considered to be had a soul bond.

In those three worlds, the fake is ultimately fake. You Zeqing looked at the person trapped in the abyss and mocked him for being truly foolish, daring to mock the gods. He deserved this fate. But unexpectedly, the dying man used his last bit of strength to tear himself apart completely, burying himself with him in the darkness of the abyss! The abyss dissipated, and that person also vanished in the small world. The Heavenly Dao erased his existence. No one remembered him, no one remembered everything he had sacrificed for his love. Pitiful, tragic, and lamentable!

Out of boredom, Yan Yunqing secretly came to the mortal realm and heard this story. A tightness gripped his chest, a terribly painful feeling. He couldn't believe there really was such a fool in the world, willing to gamble everything for someone impossible. But the pain in his heart told him that he seemed to have encountered something similar…

The Heavenly Emperor took pity on him and protected his soul, but did not preserve his memories. After his reincarnation, his parents named him Bai Juntang. However, he was destined to be lonely from birth. Because of his personality, he was called a monster. At first, his parents would protect him, but this did not last long. After his parents died, he knelt there, grinning with his teeth, and was met with a beating. They said that his birth was unlucky and that he had caused the death of his parents. They said that he was a monster who would not cry when his parents died, but only laugh!

Those voices were too shrill. For the first time, Bai Juntang hated himself. He wouldn't hurt himself because he knew his parents would be heartbroken. So, all of them, go to hell. In this life, he had still committed the sin of killing. Covered in blood, he looked at the terrified people and heard them calling him a monster. If you can't speak, then don't speak anymore!

Yan Yunqing appeared, standing before his blood-soaked self. Yan Yunqing didn't utter a word of reproach. He had a special feeling for this unfamiliar child. He comforted the bloodthirsty child before him, holding him close: "It's alright, it's all over!" For the first time besides his parents, Bai Juntang felt light emanating from someone. He hugged him tightly, thinking this would hold him back, but he was wrong…

This time, unlike in his previous life, he wasn't imprisoned in a quagmire after committing murder. Instead, he was in the temple. Mu Siyan was extremely dissatisfied with him; he couldn't understand why Yan Yunqing would take that punishment for the child. Bai Juntang was also full of murderous intent towards him, but after Yan Yunqing appeared, his eyes turned to expectation. Mu Siyan had never seen such a fickle person! Yan Yunqing himself didn't realize that when he saw Bai Juntang, his eyes became gentle and affectionate. Mu Siyan felt a strong sense of crisis; he had to complete the unfinished wedding and ceremony. He wanted Yan Yunqing to belong to him forever!

Bai Juntang noticed Mu Siyan's change, his eyes instantly turning fierce. Yan Yunqing patiently comforted and reassured him, and seeing Bai Juntang relax, coupled with the calming incense, he quickly fell into a deep sleep. Seeing this opportunity, Mu Siyan expressed his desire to become divine partners with Yan Yunqing. Yan Yunqing frowned; he couldn't accept it, but his mind told him that he should love him, like him, so why should he refuse? Therefore, he accepted the proposal. When Mu Siyan heard his acceptance, he knew he had succeeded…

On the eve of the wedding, he was worried about the child Yan Yunqing had brought back, so he imprisoned him in the abyss in his own name—a punishment for someone who had committed murder! In the temple where the wedding was to be held, he wanted to control Yan Yunqing's power, so that no matter what he wanted to do, Yan Yunqing would be unable to resist him. Just when he thought everything was in place, Bai Juntang shattered it. This time, he carried the love hidden deep in his soul to Yan Yunqing with the wind. At that moment, he understood that Bai Juntang was Mu Siyan from those different worlds. But it was too late. Bai Juntang sacrificed himself, perishing together with Mu Siyan. He was never a petty thief; he had always been Mu Siyan. The fake Mu Siyan was forever in the Temple of the God of War. Looking back on everything, he only wanted to shield Yan Yunqing from all darkness, so that he could live freely in the sunlight forever!