The Fall of the Yiling Patriarch

Note: This chapter is a combination of the book and drama but moreso, I have changed certain circumstances of the book to make it more suitable for me. Love it and cherish it.

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"Wangji" hearing brother's anxious voice, it spurs me out of my meditation and I look at his extremely worried eyes.

I stand up at once and my hands are ready at the hilt of my Bichen.

"Wangji" he pauses "it's Young Master Wei". The name stops my heart.

Wei?

"We just received a terrible news, Young Master Wei has murdered Jin Zi Xuan and Jin Zi Xun. The ghost general has massacred the entire Lan Lingjin Sect".

Jin Zixun? Wei's Shijie! My eyes seek my brother's and I immediately step out of Jingshi. My Wei needs me. No matter what happens today, I choose to stand by him and him only.

"Wangji" my brother stops me "choose wisely. Today either you're with us or you're with him" his voice is solemn "if you choose not to stand by our side, then the consequences will be grave. If you step out of Jingshi today, then it would be a declaration of your loyalty to him".

I turn to look at my brother. How can this heart choose brother? My soul is out there and that's where I belong. I belong to him and him only. I bow and with one last look, I step out of Jingshi.

Whatever are the consequences, I will deal with them wholeheartedly. But not tonight. Tonight I am his.

I am coming Wei. Please be careful.

Searching for you at all highs and lows, I visit the every single place I could think off. Even walking upto the Burial Mountain, where they tell me what had happened. The Lan Lingjin clan had accosted you and Wen Ning and that the Wen siblings have willfully sacrificed themselves for the betterment of you and the rest.

Wei, where are you? Assuring them on behalf of you, I see a distressed A Yuan crying his heart out and calling your name.

Wei.

Leaving them behind, I fly to one place where you could go, but it seems I reached there a little late. The fury and chaos of your name rings around the Koi Tower. You were here.

"He's moved towards the Nightless City" someone yells "let's get that demon".

Demon? Wei! No.

"Hanguang-Jun" a feeble voice calls out and I turn to watch a young frail women walking towards me.

Wei's Shijie. I bow and she coughs. The baby in her arms is crying due to the commotion around.

"Hanguang-Jun, A Xian was here. I wanted to meet him. But he ran away before I could talk to him" she coughs and I am about to hold the baby but I back away "Please find him for me. He needs us. Please" she wheezes and I nod "Also tell A Xian, I don't blame him. Please" I nod once again and fly away.

Nightless City.

I am coming Wei.

Following his footsteps, I reach the gates of the Nightless City where bodies lay on the ground and the resentful aura is extremely strong. I hear the tune of Chenging and I find him on the parapet, dark, gloomy and not the man I have come to know of. No. In place of him is a man who has sold his soul to the Diabolical Realm.

The man in front of me was not Wei Ying.

Not my Wei. He was truly the embodiment of the Yiling Patriarch. A man the world feared.

But he was the man I loved.

Amidst the siege that was planned against him were all the clans fighting with Wei and his dark energy. They're here with a sole intention. To kill him and till my breath serves my body, I shall protect him tonight.

"Wei Ying" I call for his attention and he turns to face me.

"Hanguang-Jun" he smiles eerily "I was waiting for you. I knew the day would come when we would be at the opposite ends. Seems the destiny did not disappoint" he points the Chenqing at my direction "Shall we give it our all today?".

No Wei.

Before I could speak, he attacks me with the resentful energy and I had to use my Wangji.

"Give up Lan Zhan" he mocks "You know your music has no effect on me" he laughs and I use my Bichen against him. Blocking me, he jumps back and I fly close to him.

"Wei Ying, listen to me. I am on your side" I look at him with conviction and his eyes widen "Tonight we fight together". He closes his eyes, but then an attack is attempted on him and he grins. Flying away, he stands on another wall and laughs, his Chenging produces even more horrifying music and except the Yunmeng Sect, all other Sect are being defeated.

Fighting on behalf of him, my Bichen is bloodied to the core and even though I fight, my eyes lookout for Wei. Amongst the chaos, we hear a familiar feeble voice. I turn and so does he and we both are shocked to see, it's Wei's Shijie.

The once controlled Wei looses his focus. No Wei. Don't loose your focus.

"Control them Wei Ying" I shout but he's too lost. In an attempt to reach his sister, he gives up on the battle.

No no no.

I watch in horror as a sword is about to pass through him and I scream "Wei Ying" but at the end, it passes through a heart. Not Wei's but his Shijie's. To protect him, she sacrificed her life.

Have you ever seen your loved one descend to madness? That night I witnessed my heart, descend to utter madness. He lost his sense to live. He lost his purpose. Unable to comprehend that it was because of him, his Shije was killed, he gives up.

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My Wei gave up.

Watching him ascend to the cliff, his maniac laughter rings out and with the power within him, he produces the Stygian Tiger Seal.

"You all want to kill me because this? How pathetic has my life become? All for this?" Tears pour out of his eyes and blood spouts from his mouth.

"Wei" I call his name as a plea "please stop!"

He spiritually breaks the seal into two parts and the dark matter surrounds the entire arena.

"Hand yourself to us, Yiling Patriarch, we might spare your life" I turn and it surprises me to see one of the elder of the Gusu clan directing his wrath towards Wei.

No.

Not just one elder but 33 of them in total.

'If you choose him today, then your loyalty is declared' I remember my brother's words 'if you step out of Jingshi, then face the consequences!

I will.

I slowly walk in front of Wei, covering him, my back towards his front and I point my Bichen at the direction of the elders. The entire city is stunt.

Hanguang-Jun has declared his loyalty. Tonight he stands by the Yiling Patriarch's side, and not just tonight, the stars bear witness that this Hanguang-Jun will stand beside his Wei Ying for all eternity to come.

"Wangji!" an elder roars "have you forgotten who you are?" They form a circle and take their stand to fight. My only reply is to tighten my hold on my Bichen. Anger clouding them, they charge and I don't back down.

The night is the witness to the siege. Not only was it against the Diabolical king but tonight it witnessed the same clan members against eachother. An adolescent teenage against masters in their own forms. What no one expected was the fearsome warrior he was. It wasn't his name which was at stake, it was his heart. His soul. His love.

Covered in blood, battered and bruised, I walk away from all the elders lying on the ground, injured gravely to turn towards Wei. What I see rips me to the core. At the edge of the cliff he stands and his eyes seek mine.

Senile.

No Wei.

WEI YING COME BACK

BUSUCLOUD

Walking close to him, I take my chances tonight. Embracing him, I try to transfer my spiritual powers to him and whisper "Come Back to me Wei" but his answer shatters me the most "Get lost" he keeps whispering back. Unrelenting, I try to save him but that wasn't what fate had for us.

He suddenly pushes me away and looks back at the massacre the night had brought along. With a smile, he takes a step backwards. With one last roughe tear falling freely with nothing more to care, I realised what he was going to do.

No no no no no.

He jumped.

Wei!!!

No.

Sprinting towards him, I catch his arm and I hold onto it with my dear life.

"Wei Ying" I whisper.

"Let go, Lan Zhan" he musters up the last amount of strength he had and smiles"I am exhausted. Let me go"

"No, Wei Ying. Please" tears fall freely from my eyes and my blood from my arms drop onto his face "Please don't give up".

"Lan Zhan, I wish I had more time with you, maybe next lifetime" with one last force, in that jerk, the ends of my forehead ribbon entangles with his fingers and as he leaves my hand and falls, my band gets undone and it flutters with him to the other relam.

Right in front of my eyes, my world comes to a stand still. Watching him fall into the depths of no land, I fall on my knees. Seconds turns into minutes. Minutes turn to hours. The silence within me tears apart.

Agony.

Sheer agony.

Unbearable pain.

Unspeakable pain.

An unheard wail ruptures out. Never have I heard this. What is this?

And soon I realise it's coming from me. Within me. The horrifying wail is that of a lover who has truly lost his love.

Nothing can ever describe that moment.

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