As night and dawn quietly passed, the sun rose once more.
The world and the city before them emerged from darkness again, bathed in sunlight as they welcomed a new day from the remnants of their dreams.
The last day.
Huai Shi awoke from his brief dream and gazed at the sunlight falling upon him.
After a short day of vacation, he felt none of the expected ease or relief. Instead, the weight on his heart only grew heavier, until he could not help despising himself for looking so ugly.
For his own happiness, he had not hesitated to toy with the trust and feelings he could not afford to betray.
He had poured his dependence into Luo Xian and made promises to Lily.
He had given Chu Qingyu the companionship she needed and shown Fu Yi the honesty she valued most.
And he had offered Ai Qing the one request from him she could never refuse...
How ugly.
But between who he was now and who he had been before, which one deserved more contempt?
He had always known what they wanted. He had merely pretended not to see it. What he did now was nothing more than a response delayed for far too long.
Yet even for such a tiny response, they had chosen to believe in him.
This was the sin he had committed, one beyond forgiveness.
If justice and morality truly had a judgment to pass, then when he welcomed the new world, they ought to cut him into eight pieces and tear his corpse to shreds.
Precisely because of that, his resolve became all the firmer.
Even if he had to destroy the world, so be it!
At this moment, as everyone's gazes gathered upon him once more.
The stagnant Present Realm was swallowed by