His Sacrifice

I tried my best not to tremble, but I couldn't help it. I should've known … Blood for blood … Those scars on Bai Ye's chest … I should've known …

"We told him that we had no idea how long it would take," Luo Ji continued. "Could be years, decades, centuries. The ritual had to be performed every month, nonstop until the last bit of demonic power was cleansed from the blades. We didn't really believe that anyone would be able to follow this through, but judging from the fact that you are sitting right now in front of me, it looks like he has succeeded."

I nodded numbly. "It took him over two hundred years …" I said, my voice so tiny that I could barely hear it myself. "He brought me back twelve years ago, and he had spent all the prior years trying …"