To the most awaited chapter!

|Few Days Ago|

Wei Ying's POV:

"You love him." This wasn't a question from me nor a conviction, but one could consider it as a mere statement.

"I do." The smile on his face hides the pain and longingness of his heart. How did I know? Years ago I too once bore the same anguish as him. We are indeed two kings who fell in love with two souls just born for us.

I, a Diabolical King, Wei Wuxian aka The Yiling Patriarch found my soulmate in Lan Zhan, my Angel, and the one in front of me is the Ghost King Supreme himself, Hua Cheng, who lived and died to be with his Dianxia, the Immortal God, Xie Lian.

Now the question of utmost importance is how did a Diabolical King meet the Ghost King Supreme?

If not for Hua Cheng saving me all those years ago, Lan Zhan's Wei Ying wouldn't have survived the fall in Nightless City. To explain my past with Hua Cheng, I need to tell you all a story.

I wasn't always the so called Diabolical King. I, like any other being was a mere human, with abilities that was endless. I was known to be a boy with bright future. I too once had a family, was loved immensely, was taught to stand by what is right and protect the weak. Maybe I thought of myself to be indestructible and omnipresent, until that one night, where my own deeds drove me to insanity.

That night I lost my sister, my brother, my friend and my new family. Everyone dear to me were killed because I chose a path that was unheard off, a path considered to be a taboo. A path that would change one's heart and temperament.

I chose the path of diabolical cultivation.

That night, every single Clan planned a siege against me, to overthrow me, to over power my reign. To kill me in an instant. Unable to bear the pain in my heart, this Wei Wuxian, took that one ultimate step. From the cliff of Nightless City, unable to process the in-depth pain in my soul, I jumped and hoped for oblivion.

Everyone despised me, hated me, loathed me, save one. Him. My Lan Zhan. Hanging by the thread of one last hope, he caught my hand as we both precariously dangled at the edge of the cliff and his eyes pleaded me to stay.

How could I?

What did I have?

My soul was too broken. I was at the end of my sanity, or so I thought. It was when I begged him to 'let go' of my hand or more so to let me wither away, he knew there was no turning back for me. Did he leave my hand? No. Until this very day I regret to have forced him see me at my lowest. It was I who pulled my hand away, for one, this soul was scared that Lan Zhan would fall from that very cliff along with me, without a second thought.

That one moment was all it took for me to pull my hand away from his and with that all my regrets were only mine to be held. As I fell and the darkness welcomed me to its bosom, every remnants of my soul's dispersed save for a speck of dust which tethered to his cry 'Wei Ying'. It was his final despair that made me want to grab hold of his love for me. Back then I was truly unaware for why did I not choose the abyss that was calling my name? But now I realise that fate had a story to write between a Diabolical King and his Angel.

It was then, when my soul, a speck of dust was floating around aimlessly that I came across Hua Cheng.

He asked me two questions which I would never forget. First was "Do you wish to live?" and my answer was "Yes."

His second question was "Why?" and there was just one reply from me "For him."

Carefully he took me back to his realm and for next thirteen years he nurtured my soul. If not for Hua Cheng, I wouldn't have found my Lan Zhan. Hua Cheng never asked me any questions and I never gave him answers. It was once when I was recouping that this soul told him about my life and Lan Zhan.

The day I left Hua Cheng's realm, I promised him that in life, if he ever needed my help, all he had to do is call me and I'll be there for him. No questions asked.

Now it's time for me to pay him back. The soul in front of me is nothing more than a speck of dust, same as I once was in front of him. So this time it was me who posed two questions in front of Hua Cheng.

"Do you wish to live?" and his answer was "Yes."

My second question was "Why?" and his reply was "For Dianxia."

Perfect.

~Present Day~

Wang Yibo's POV:

Banging at the door and receiving no reply from Xiao Zhan, I barge into his room only to find it empty. Just as I was about to turn, the bathroom door opens and out walks a person who looks nothing like Mr. Frost. If anything, he looked more like a scorching heat and for sure I am going to get burnt.

Draped only in a towel, his hair is dripping wet, but what makes me gasp is the sight of his bare upper half. The sheer number of bite marks on his body... Did I do all this?

"Who... How...?" I stammer as he liesurely backs me against the walls. The drops of water from his body was now sticking onto mine.

"A naughty vampire did this to me last night, apparently I am so sweet, he sucked my blood and yet kept asking for more." His cool breath fans my face and I could smell is his Aqua colonge. Alluring. 

"Is it paining...?" My words trail off as my gaze lands at a huge hickey on his neck.

"Not paining," pushing me against the wall he insinuates "but I am burning."

What?

"Did you leave this on my neck?" I pull the collar of my shirt down and show the mark.
Feigning surprise he smirks "Oh this?" Thumbing the mark he shakes his head "It was you who in middle of the night insisted on going to the gym and working out. You hurt yourself."

Really?

"Um, alright. I'll get going." Pushing his chest slowly I sprint away from his room and place a palm on my thundering heart. Be calm. It was then I saw Oreo with Wangji, Seiji and Sizhui that my soul felt lighter.

Family.

Xiao Zhan's POV:

I smirk at his retreating back. Of course it is me who gave you that hickey, Yibo. Who would ever dare to touch you when you're mine?

One day I'll tell you everything. One day.

Dianxia* : You're Highness (Lovingly called by Hua Cheng.)

Hua Cheng and Xie Lian are characters from author MXTX's Novel Heaven Official's Blessing. To know more about them, please read my new Fanfiction Crimson Rain Sought Flower.)