Helped You? Then You're a Bastard!

Out over the Eastern Territory's sea, a figure walked across the water, moving slowly. Each step sent ripples spreading out, and gradually, the sound of a bell began to ring from within him.

Yixian was in an exceedingly strange state. One half of his face was twisted with struggle, while the other was cold beyond words.

Golden light shone through his skin, gradually enveloping him.

On the horizon, it was like a blazing sun slowly rising.

"Ah!"

Suddenly, Yixian's agonized scream rang out from within the golden light. In an instant, the glow became like a raging flame, roasting his body. Soon, fire leapt up, and his clothes caught alight in a flash.

Amid the flames, Yixian kept screaming as he stumbled onward.

Before long, a figure wreathed in dazzling golden light emerged from the fire, its naked body enveloped in radiance.

When he appeared again, Yixian's face was utterly devoid of joy or sorrow. Every hair on his body had been burned away, and the bell rang even louder within him.

Dong! Dong! Dong!

The sound echoed across the boundless sea. For a moment, all things fell silent; the wind stopped and the waves stilled, as though time itself had frozen.

He continued forward, one step at a time. With each stride, he covered more ground, and his pace quickened.

In the end, the bell still rang, but he had vanished...

"What should we do?"

When Drifter came out of the cabin, he turned back sorrowfully to look at the figure inside, still buried beneath the blankets and crying nonstop. He truly had no idea what to do.

Coconut had woken up, but after snatching the wad of paper, she had kept right on crying.

The people of Ziqiang Sect knew only that Yixian and Coconut had feelings for