The heat of regret, the regret of not being able to help Zhi Qiang, the regret of failing to bring peace to this world which is the purpose this time why he was born and the last is, until the second he stands on the edge of death, only one person fills his heart, fills his mind to the full. Considering her alone was causing him so much pain, he hoped to be able to see her again. her figure appeared before him, her clear eyes, her charming smile, her voice that sounded sweet to his ear. All that he would never see or feel again. his chest tightened. The tears that flowed more and more rolling with large and thick droplets. 'Nhamso'.
But the second his last breath. His body suddenly felt light, lifted into the air. His chest no longer felt tight. His dark eyes opened and closed, weak. Between conscious and unconscious, he saw a glimmer of light rolling from the center of the room.
"You passed the test" a faint voice sounded. The second that voice spoke, whatever he was feeling, disappeared in an instant. He could breathe, his body hit the ground again and he stood there, although when his feet touched the ground he staggered, the pain in his chest disappeared. Like it never happened in the first place.
He opens his eyes wide, searching for the source of the familiar voice. The same voice he heard in his vision. From the corner of darkness, a figure emerges, from its silhouette. A tall, slender man, his body is not too bulky. And the second his face was in a place of sufficient light, Xuan Yuan's eyes opened wide, shocked.
He was the tall man they had met at the foot of the iceberg, who had accompanied them all this time. But he never thought that this man was the voice that spoke to him in his vision. How could this happen. That means he's been tricking them all along.
"You..." his words caught in his throat. He was unable to utter another word, not if he was still in a state of shock. But when he was able to get over himself from his shock "How? We saw you fall in that dark and deep hole."
"Don't be surprised, I'm Gyalwa." He introduced himself while looking down slightly at Xuan Yuan "Well, we should know and test how pure your heart is? And do you deserve to get your sword back or not" replied Gyalwa with a smile.
"Y-you are the shadow that wants to kill me in my dreams" Xuan Yuan recognized his form immediately. He scrutinized Gyalwa closely. He wanted to know what his purpose of doing that was.
"At that time, I wanted to test whether your courage was big enough to claim your sword. Even though I scared you, but you still come here. It shows that you are not afraid of anything. And persistent in achieving what you want to achieve" replied Gyalwa calmly and relaxed while smiling at him. Standing in front of him like a kind and caring man.
"Zhi Qiang, where is Zhi Qiang?" Xuan Yuan asked not wanting to waste time, because he would not calm down before seeing him.
"Don't worry, he's fine" he replied still in the same tone.
"I want to see him" he snapped at Gyalwa impatiently.
Instead of giving Xuan Yuan what he wanted "You need to draw your sword here first" his words sounded firm but still smiled at him.
"I want----" he argued
"No, you need to draw your sword first, he can't see how you draw your sword" he cut off Xuan Yuan's words firmly.
"Why?" he squinted his eyes, confused.
"He's not a Dragon clan" he replied curtly
"And neither you are" he replied with the same fact.
"We are the guardians you entrust to guard your sword" he argued patiently, he could understand why he behaved like that because he had not seen the past, when he handed his sword to him to guard.
Xuan Yuan was silent, his mouth opened to say another word, but instead closed again without making any sound.
He narrowed his eyes sharply at Gyalwa. Until he said "Let me show it to you" he extended his hand to Xuan Yuan, for him to take.
Xuan Yuan hesitated for a moment, but still stretched out his hand. the moment his hand touched Gyalwa's hand, his body jerked backwards. If it weren't for Gyalwa's tight grip, he would have fallen backwards.
His body was pulled into a very strong wave, his heart was beating fast because the wave made his chest feel heavy by the pressure of the wave that carried him to the past. In an instant in his vision, he was already standing in the same room in the cave.
After killing Xuan Lung, Xuan Ti went to the coldest iceberg on earth ever have. A mountain where no one dared to set their foot there. Because they would freeze to death only at the level five kilometers from the Mountain. He thought this was the right place to hide his sword.
"Your Majesty why did you bring us here?" said Gyalwa as he bowed his head to Xuan Ti.
"I need your help, I will be leaving this world for a while, I can't take this sword with me" Xuan Ti said as he raised his right hand holding the Mei Long Sword. "I want you to guard this sword while I'm not around, I will return at the right time and draw it back"
"Your Majesty, this sword is the strongest sword in the history of the heavens. It will surely invite the greed of power-hungry humans to claim this sword, and we don't have enough strength to guard it." Xian Tian dared to say in front of the Yellow Emperor. They thought there must be a reason why Xuan Ti couldn't bring his swords together back to heaven. But they didn't dare ask. They felt unworthy to keep the strongest sword of all time. And what if there is a power far stronger and more powerful than them came and claimed the sword, if that were to happen, there would definitely be chaos, if this sword fell into the wrong hands. They thought.
"No need to worry, I will put and protect it with a powerful old spell, which only I can unlock. No one can pull it apart but me" Xuan Ti vouched for them.
The two bowed obediently, listening intently to every word that Xuan Ti said.
"But when I come back, you won't recognize me, because I take the form of a human body. I chose to be born as a human. Serve the punishment and make amends for the mistakes I'm doing now. For that you can't just believe it, you have to do a test, my eligibility to claim this sword"
"But, Your Majesty, this is your sword, why do we have to do some tests on you when you come back?" asked Gyalwa. Of the two, Gyalwa is the wisest in action. But he can also act otherwise just to carry out his duties. To trick his opponent.