Three Imperial Cities, the slanting sun spilled down. Before Thirteenth Prince's Manor, savage beasts roared, and two carriages stood across the entrance. The sorrow of parting hung in the air, too painful to bear.
"Your Highness."
Shi Yu and Shi Qing bowed together, their eyes brimming with tears. All their countless reluctance now became teardrops that silently fell.
"Have a safe journey."
Ning Chen looked at the two women, a gentle smile appearing on his face.
Could he bear to part with them? Of course he could not. Though they had not spent long together, humans were not grass or trees—how could they be without feelings? Yet in this heartless devil world, he had no choice.
Only by casting away this last warmth could he truly harden his heart and stir this world into utter chaos.
The two women boarded the carriage, and the curtains fell. The savage beasts roared and began to walk forward.
Inside the carriage, the sobbing could no longer be suppressed. Each mournful cry was unbearable to hear.
Before the Crown Prince's Estate, Ning Chen stood quietly and watched the departing carriages. From beginning to end, he did not say another word.
The human heart had feelings, but Ning Chen had no choice but to be heartless.
No one knew how long he stood there. The slanting sun sank beyond the horizon, its lingering glow falling across his plain clothes. The heartless man turned and entered the estate.
With a bang, the gates closed. From then on, all emotions of the devil world were shut outside his heart.
Night descended. Within the Crown Prince's Estate, a dragon's roar shook the heavens. Fallen leaves swept together, gathering Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy and transforming into a hundred-zhang Giant Dragon. It roared and coiled through the air, its