The heaven and earth turned to black as the darkness swallowed anything in the world of Inferno. The sky within this world was devoid of light and only darkness is present at this moment.
The Ye Guis had long known about the powers of their creator. This total darkness is the domain of the God of Void. The abyss is his power himself. No one knew how to live in darkness as they had forgotten about this feeling after they were born.
As a baby, before coming out into the world they only knew about darkness. They cannot open their eyes inside their mother's womb and their world is filled with water. But in that place, they had lived for 10 months and one could say that humans had lived in pure darkness in those 10 months.
After being born and exposed to the light, they had forgotten how to survive in darkness. In the end, surviving in the darkness alone as humans are social animals is an impossible thing to do. But the God of Void is an exception, as a being born in the darkness himself. Abyss is his home, his power, and his sanctuary. Everything the darkness holds is under his control. He is the strongest in the darkness.
After the Ye Guis and the Hei were captured in the darkness he asked System Yue to materialize in human form and left the sleeping Baby Jing in his care.
"Yue, take care of Jing'er. Your priority is to protect him, stay in my shadows, and don't come out unless something happens." said the God of Void.
[My lord, are you going to fight? The aura I feel on you is already too weak. There are two Celestial Immortals and hundreds of Mythical Immortals in there. Is it because of your soul artifact? You are blocking its effect on Young Lord Hei all this time!?]
"…. Just do as you are told. Have you messaged Zhi Yang yet?"
[I did. But when the Ye Guis left Vearth they destroyed all the space portals connected outside and Lord Hei Sian had to create one that is connected to this world. They are on their way. Please hold one, My lord!]
"I see…" replied Xia Jieye as he allowed himself to be swallowed by darkness and take control of it. Using his senses within the darkness he could see anything in that black domain.
The people of Ye Guis and the Hei Clan had gathered on a spot surrounded by fire made by the Ye Guis. Their main element is still fire after all. Dew fireballs float all over the group as they observe their surroundings. Xia Jieye observes them in silence like a looming assassin that can reap their lives in that darkness.
Ye Mo is hiding behind his father but he looks calm even in this situation. Among the others, only some cultivators below Mythical could hide their fear especially for those in Hei who had never experienced this before.
"Darkness on the north, south, east, and west. When our qi was all used up there would only be darkness in this world."
"No.no.No! T-This is not possible. I don't want to die. Not here!"
"I'm not afraid of the dark but why… Just why do I feel so terrified of this darkness."
Those with weak mentality had acted this way, "Let me out. Let me out. Let me go. I don't want to be here. I DON'T WANT TO DIE. AAHHH!"
Suddenly a weapon was stabbed through his heart. This sword is made of black material and the blade of the sword itself retains an obsidian color. No one noticed where the sword had come about. It seems to just materialize out of nowhere.
Everyone was shocked and terrified about such a sight. They've all raised their vigilance in case the owner of the domain had attacked again. With a weapon in their hands, they look around only to see darkness and darkness alone increase their fear to the fullest.
"Rise your guard. He is here!" said the current leader of the Ye Gui race. Among them, he is the calmest as he has gotten used to this kind of darkness for serving the God of Void for a very long time. His clansmen followed his order, despite their fear they still increased their vigilance which at the very least lessened the probability of being the next target.
As expected, the next targets were chosen from the Hei Clansmen who came with Hei Yinan. They were killed one by one in the darkness and only their screams could be heard.
AAAHHHH! SAVE ME! I DON'T WANT TO DIE! AAAAHHHH! PLEASE SPARE ME! NOOOO!!!
Their numbers started to diminish at a fast pace and mostly those in Hei suffered from this death. When Xia Jieye is about to attack someone in the Ye Gui race they could barely block it or dodge it away but there are also some who couldn't block him. His attacks were precise and cruel. All slashes and stabs were hitting all vitals on the human body.
Some got their neck slashed, stabbed in the heart crippled with their limbs and some were even cut to half horizontally and vertically. It was a ruthless sight to behold but the darkness itself hides it from their naked eyes. It was as if the darkness had eaten their corpse but in reality, it was there wherein they died only hidden within the darkness.
The current leader of the Ye Gui glanced at Hei Yinan and they had exchanged something between their eyes like they were planning something. It was this time that the current leader started spouting words trying to make the God of Void appear. He had taken the Artifact, the Book of Life and Death, from his son's possession when he saw him using it one day.
In the beginning, he didn't believe that it was their creator's artifact. Moreover, it is a soul-bound one. This is a soul artifact that only an Immortal Ruler can possess. It could affect anything and anyone within Vearth. Only when he saw the effects did he know this thing was real. This is their creator's real soul-bound artifact.
Ye Mo was frightened by what his father was thinking. When his father saw this artifact his reaction wasn't joy like he had felt but instead more fear.
"F-Father, what are you going to do!?" asked Ye Mo with a trembling voice. He grabbed his father's robes in that darkness and tried to steal away the artifact. He had a premonition that his father was planning something completely selfless.
Ignoring all the dying people around them his father smiled at him for the first time. Ye Mo was taken aback and was stunned for the first time in his life. He was suddenly enveloped in a warm embrace and heard his father's gentle voice as if coaxing him.
"Mo'er, I had to remove your and you're people's name from our race genealogy tree. You are now not affected by the restrictions of our race. Leave freely and do not come back for revenge." his father whispered to his ears.
Ye Mo mumbled, "F-Father what are you talking…" he was suddenly pushed away by his father, and Hei Yinan had grabbed him.
"Please leave my son somewhere safe." said the current leader of the Ye Gui to the old immortal of Hei.
Hei Yinan nodded his head and pulled out something from his robe. Then he threw it above them and then an overwhelming and blinding light appeared within the dark domain. This caught Xia Jieye surprised and almost felt blinded by the light. Even so, he unconsciously protected his shadow behind him. Covering his hurting eyes which were forced closed Xia Jieye heard the voice of his creation.
ARGH!
That split second was enough for the current leader of the Ye Gui to know where their creator is. He jumped towards that person holding the Book of Life and Death.
He said, "Please forgive us. I have sinned of harming the Lord!" said the current leader of Ye Gui.
Only then did Xia Jieye understand what he was planning to do. He wanted to self implode to destroy his artifact and fatally hurt him. This will allow the rest to escape from him.
Xia Jieye yelled, "YOU DARE!"
"I'm sorry my lord."
"Since you choose to do this! Then everyone can die with us!" said Xia Jieye in the last moment before the current leader of Ye Gui exploded. He took back his domain and chained the rest to where they were. He shrank the darkness covering him and his shadows in that split moment.
The sound of frightened screams can be heard all over the place.
"No. I DON'T WANT TO DIE!"
"Run! FUCK! What is this chain for? I can't remove it."
"Ahhh! NO, I… I DON'T WANT THIS! Lord Creator, please forgive me!"
"I… I give up."
Hei Yinan saw only his left hand was caught in chains while Ye Mo had both his ankles chains. He unhesitatingly cut off his left hand and the child's legs before creating a space crack to jump in it. But the self-imploded range of a dying Celestial Immortal is big. It was enough to cover half of the World of Inferno.
As if the star had exploded, half of Planet Inferno had turned to nothing. Within that explosion, the Book of Life and Death was destroyed and the backlash of the broken soul weapon returned to the owner, Xia Jieye. His Soul core cracked by the backlash and the aftereffects of the self-imploding of the former leader of the Ye Gui race.
There are almost no survivors after half of the planet had exploded. This was what Mo Baojun and the rest had witnessed on their way to Inferno.
Mo Yue said, "What is this? Explosion? Where is our son and Xia Jieye?!"
"Calm down, honey. Xia Jieye would protect Jing'er," said Hei Sian.
Mo Baojun noticed the cause of the blast. "This is… A Celestial Immortal chooses to destroy his foundation and cause this! How about the two of them?"
Shen Siwang has a grim expression on his gentle face for the first time. As Xia Jieye's alter ego, he felt something really bad had happened to him. He couldn't control his expressions.
"Sigh! Let's go!" said Shen Siwang as they hurriedly approached that half-dead place.
Meanwhile in the world of Inferno.
A small black mass of ball flew far away due to the effects of the explosion but this black ball was unharmed by the explosion itself. This is a secured small protection domain that Xia Jieye erected at the last moment.
In that split second, the God of Void had pulled out Baby Jing and System Yue from his shadows and ordered the darkness to protect them while Xia Jieye himself had wrapped his body to the baby in his arms and protected him with his life.
The explosion did not affect them but the backlash of the destroyed soul-bounded artifact was felt by Xia Jieye. An extremely painful feeling struck his very soul and felt it being ripped apart. Blood gushed from his seven orifices and couldn't help but cough a mouthful of blood.
COUGH!
System Yue had smelled the strong scent of blood within that darkness. He knew his lord was fatally injured. No, it is better to say that he is already dying. The sounds of Xia Jieye's coughing had awakened Baby Jing. His small hands reached out in the darkness to touch Xia Jieye's face.
"Xhia… XHIA?" A soft voice of the baby was heard in that darkness.
Xia Jieye felt he heard his name being called though it wasn't clear his name he felt that Baby Jing is calling him. He swallowed the blood gathering in his throat and laughed in happiness. This is the first time he heard Baby Jing call his name.
Chuckles
"Xhia… XHIA~"
Xia Jieye whispered his voice is hoarse as his throat is damaged but one could still recognize it was him who was talking.
"Baby, are you calling me? You called me Xia right?"
"Xhia… Xhia… XHIA~"
"Hahaha~ Nice. At least… You remember who I am. Cough! Jing'er I might… Not be able to see you grow up. Xia is extremely sorry."
"Xhia? BUH~"
"I will… Definitely return. Baby wait for me okay? Don't get hurt, have fun and grow up well. We will see each other again in the future. Since the light element is useless to you I will lend you my Blood element okay? Though it can only heal physical wounds with your immortality it should complement." said Xia Jieye as his eyes were already blinded and could no longer see. After passing the blood element to Baby Jing he heard familiar footsteps coming over them.
Cracks~
So when the darkness surrounding them broke, revealing Shen Siwang and the rest would no longer see them. His weakened appearance is so pale. He is bloodless as white and was covered by blood all over. His eyes were closed and trails of blood could be seen. What is worse is that his existence is fading. Everyone was shocked by his current state. Despite that Baby Jing within his arms is uninjured and untainted by dust and dirt.
Shen Siwang wanted to ask what happened to him but seeing his alter ego's state he couldn't ask anymore due to shock. He knew that he cannot be saved as his counterpart. He knew how bad Xia Jieye's Soul is.
Shen Siwang, "You…!!!"
"Siwang, your promise." said Xia Jieye.
Shen Siwang gripped his hands and said, "I promised. I will do it."
"Hahaha, that's good then. The parents of Jing'er, can you take him? I'm too dirty," said Xia Jieye. Since he couldn't see, he didn't know where Mo Yue and Hei Sian were.
Mo Yue approached him with tears on his face and hugged Xia Jieye and his son in his arms.
"Thank you. Thank you for protecting him," said Mo Yue.
Xia Jieye didn't reply as he was already looking in Mo Baojun's direction. Among the four, this person's coldness is the hardest to ignore.
"Tyrant God, Mo Baojun. In the last moment of this life, I wish to bestow to you the throne of the Ruler God that controls life and death. Live as you see fit and stabilize all realms with the Origin God. Do you accept it?" asked Xia Jieye.
Mo Baojun hesitated for a moment and looked at the blind man in front of him. He didn't know how much he owed this man. The life of their nephew was protected in exchange for this Ruler God.
The request to pass the throne was ongoing only when Mo Baojun accepted that he would become the new lord of Life and Death but not the God of Darkness. Xia Jieye has two official titles. One is the God of Void or the God of Darkness. This is the source of his existence which cannot be passed to anyone. The other is the God of Life and Death. This is the title the Origin had given to him to help Shen Siwang take control of everything in existence. This is why he was known as his alter ego.
This is the title he was giving him away together with the throne as one of the two Ruler Gods that protect the Origin as Shen Siwang does.
Mo Baojun answered, "I accept."
After the Ruler God's title was passed to Mo Baojun, Xie Jieye's soul started to fade. He is about to enter reincarnation as he is already dying before they could even arrive. He held on a bit to securely return Baby Jing to safety and give Mo Baojun his position.
Xia Jieye said, "With that title, you should be allowed to see the Origin. Just ask Siwang to bring you there next time." Then in the last moment before his life faded he healed his eyes revealing pure black irises. After giving Hei Anjing the ability to control blood his red eyes turned dark as only darkness remained in his being. He stares at Baby Jing with a doting smile.
Hei Anjing who is now in the arms of his Dad, Mo Yue had extended his small hand to touch Xia Jieye's face. Feeling the small force of being pulled by the little one he bumps his forehead with the baby. Then they both smile at each other. The scene is beautiful yet tragic. This unforgettable scene only lasted for a few seconds as Xia Jieye's soul faded away slowly to nothing.
"Wait for me, Jing'er. I will find you soon."
Only then did Xia Jieye vanish into this world. As expected, the moment Xia Jieye disappeared Baby Jing cried all the way until he was exhausted from falling asleep. Shen Siwang kept his promise and sealed all memories of Xia Jieye in Baby Jing until he had reached enough strength to protect himself.
That's their first lifetime and first farewell.
