So, he didn't become demented; he just... became more gloomy and reckless. That's why he wouldn't allow Xiaoxiao to come to him.

“Fengguang…I’m sorry, I forgot to look for you…” Fang Yue’s dark eyes held a deep loneliness that could move anyone.

Feng Guang buried her head in his chest and said in a muffled voice, "I understand, I don't blame you, and you shouldn't blame yourself... I don't want to see you abusing yourself anymore."

To have one's own ribs removed is an extremely painful thing for anyone, let alone to have one's own consciousness removed, which is an indescribable mental torment.

She understood that as his consciousness faded, he would forget many things, but even if he forgot many things, he would still lock himself in this dark room, watching these dolls that resembled her day and night... and enduring the pain of not being hers day and night.

Fengguang's heart was clenched tightly. She knew this man loved her, but today, she suddenly realized that he loved her even more than she had imagined.

“Fang Yue…it’s my fault. I’ve been gone for seven hundred years…” She had thought that with Xiao Xiao by his side, he wouldn’t be so lonely even if she left. But she was wrong. She gripped his collar tightly. “I don’t know…I can’t understand the pain you’ve endured for these seven hundred years, Fang Yue. This isn’t fair…Separating from you was only a few days ago for me. I’m so much better off than you. This isn’t fair to you…”

She blamed herself, felt guilty, and even more so, hated herself for her powerlessness.

Her cries had a heart-wrenching power. Fang Yue gently wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes with his slender fingers and said slowly, "It is because of Feng Guang that I have been able to live to this day. You are the most precious treasure in the world. I have gained you, so I have to suffer some hardships. Feng Guang, this is fair. Look, haven't you come back to my side?"

“This is different!” She sat up from him, cupped his face in her hands, and lowered her head, her misty eyes fixed on his beautiful obsidian eyes. “This is different… Fang Yue, since we got together… nothing good has ever happened to you. I… I’m your jinx…”

“Feng Guang is wrong.” Fang Yue smiled gently. “The person who made Feng Guang worry and run around, who made Feng Guang endure the pain of giving birth to her child, who made Feng Guang suffer a sword and had to use the Longevity Curse… it was all me. I am Feng Guang’s nemesis. If Feng Guang hadn’t chosen to be with me, you would still be the respected senior sister of the Xuanmen outside, and in private you would still be that lazy and playful girl.”

"But...but I just want to be with you. I chose you, and I've never regretted it."

“We will be together for all eternity, even if… our glorious days become filled with anxiety because of it, I have no intention of letting go.” Fang Yue also sat up, so he could let her sit on his lap in that position, and he could easily hold her in his arms. “Fengguang, I can’t bear the pain of losing you again. If you leave again… there will be many, many more lives in this world… that will go with you.”

Naturally, it will start with the Xuanmen sect, which she values ​​most.

It was clearly a threat, but she couldn't help snuggling closer into his arms. "Fang Yue, I won't leave. It's just that I've lost my magic now, so you'll have to take extra care to protect me."

"It's alright, no one in this world can hurt you anymore." Fang Yue kissed her lips, and a new round of entanglement ensued.

Seven hundred years have passed, and they have lost far too much time, but he will make up for it all in the future.