For you, I bear the fate...

Wen Xi's nails dug into the flesh, but he seemed unaware of the pain and didn't even notice the blood that was drawn.

Tears fell, and Wen Xi choked up and said, "I have the destiny to bear the calamity, because my mother blocked it for me, so I was only left with one breath, and I was able to wait for the old man to rescue me. If I couldn't bear it..."

"Then you will be doomed, your body and soul will perish, and your destiny will search for its next master, the Emperor of Fengdu. He steps down once every three thousand years, and then you have the chance to choose someone else."

Cheng Yan sneered, "My silly junior sister did give birth to a child after all. She possessed the radiance of motherhood. She couldn't bear to see you disappear from her presence, so she took the responsibility for you. So, her death was due to your fate. This is indeed true, but it was her own choice, so it has nothing to do with you!"

"Although I really don't want to say this, but Yayan can condense her soul for a longer time just for you, so I can't help it."

Cheng Yan raised the corners of his lips and smiled dotingly.

"You're right. Mom did die because of my fate. It was her own choice, and it's the truth."

Wen Xi took a deep breath and wiped the tears from her cheeks. She stared at Zhang Yayan's sleeping face and pursed her lips. "Then tell me, when the evil spirits surrounded us, why did you stand aside and do nothing? Cheng Yan, you seem to love my mother very much, but why did you do something so disgusting?"

The smile on Cheng Yan's lips gradually disappeared, and he looked at her coldly, "Do you remember?"

"I don't need to remember to know what you did."

Wen Xi scoffed, "You're talking as if Mom died because of me, but you're also the murderer. Do you want to put everything on me and show off your deep affection? Stop being ridiculous, Cheng Yan, you're the same!"

"I don't!"

Cheng Yan's ghostly aura condensed and he appeared in front of Wen Xi, raising his hand to strangle her neck.

Wen Xi dodged quickly, and the golden beam of light stabbed towards Cheng Yan, leaving a wound on his soul.

"Why do you only have a soul? That's because you never crossed the Naihe Bridge to reincarnate. You've been wandering between the Yin and Yang realms. You were indeed looking for my mother, but when you saw how happy she was after her reincarnation, you became jealous and resentful. That's why you watched coldly the day the evil spirit appeared. You wanted my mother to ask you for help, but the only condition you were willing to help was that she go with you alone. You wouldn't care about the child's life or death."

Wen Xi said coldly, "You underestimated a mother's love for her child. Then, you thought, if my mother died and her body no longer existed, then she and my father would not be able to continue their relationship. So, her soul being with you would be a good idea. But you didn't expect that there would be too many evil spirits rushing over, and they were completely out of control. Seeing that my mother's soul was about to dissipate, you reluctantly saved one of her souls, and then you have been working hard to revive her. Am I right, Cheng Yan?"

Cheng Yan ignored the wounds on his soul body, clenched his fists, and stared at her intently, with dark and turbid air constantly emerging from his body.

At this moment, Wen Xi knew that what he said were the facts that happened that day.

"Cheng Yan, you are so pitiful. I am my mother's choice, and you are just the poor guy who was not chosen!"

Wen Xi ruthlessly tore at his scar.

"That's enough, shut up, shut up!"

Cheng Yan's eyes turned red with anger, and the dark and turbid air around him burst out, hanging in the air like a bloody mouth, trying to swallow Wen Xi into his stomach.

Wen Xi sneered, "In the name of rescuing my mother, you teamed up with Zhai Wujiang to commit countless crimes and kill countless people. Do you think my mother is happy? Stop being so hypocritical and stop using her to cover up your ambitions. The dark and foul aura you possess is proof of that. You were involved in the chaos in the underworld back then!"

"I didn't know what exactly happened back then. Later, after having Lu Pan investigate thoroughly, I learned that someone took advantage of the unrest in the underworld to sneak into the forbidden land of the underworld and take away the dark and turbid air. That person was you, Cheng Yan!"

Wen Xi looked at him coldly and questioned, "Besides taking away the dark and turbid air, what else did you let go of? You should know it in your heart."

"You really have the style of the King of Fengdu. Wen Xi, who are you to ask me? I did all this just to revive Yayan. At least now I have gained something. And what about you? What have you done for your mother?"

Cheng Yan asked back with disdain, his expression ferocious.

"Is there something wrong with your brain? You've been hiding my mother for so many years and covering up the truth. What do you want me to do?"

Wen Xi rolled her eyes at him, determined not to be brainwashed into self-pity by him.

Zhang Yayan's soul flashed out excitedly again. She stood in front of Wen Xi, looked at Cheng Yan with dissatisfaction, and shook her head very firmly to express her dissatisfaction.

Cheng Yan's ferocious expression froze. He scratched his hair in frustration and unhappily took back all the dark and turbid air.

"Ya Yan, don't you understand? I am your most important relative. I have been with you for so many years, and we had feelings for each other in our previous life. I don't care whether you get married in this life or have children. I just hope that all this will end, that you can recover your soul and be with me forever. Do you understand? I have done so much, why don't you have me in your eyes?"

Cheng Yan frantically asked, "Do you really have to make me get rid of all the relatives and children you care about before you will even see me?"

Zhang Yayan was startled. Her soul flew over and pretended to hit him, but she passed through Cheng Yan and could do nothing. She floated in the air, her gentle eyes filled with tears, and her eyes were filled with endless emotions that she wanted to express.

Cheng Yan panicked. He was at a loss as to what to do. "It's my fault. It's all my fault. Yayan, don't cry. I've let it go now. You can have whatever you want. As long as I can repair your soul and be with you forever, I can help you get whatever you want."

Zhang Yayan continued to sob and shook her head. She opened her mouth and said, "Ayan, stop it. I don't want anything, especially you hurting so many innocent people to save me. Even if you can really bring me back to life, just thinking about you killing so many people to restore my soul makes me panic. I would rather die."

Cheng Yan was stunned where he was, tears welling up in his eyes, his eyes full of stubbornness, "Ya Yan, I won't let you say anything nonsense. Anyone can be shattered to pieces, but you can't. I want you to stay with me, for eternity, and no one can stop this."