Er Ming Submits, and Tang San Loses an Arm!

"Why does Jiang Xiu so believe I will succumb to this illusion? Who gave him the courage?"

A hint of confusion and doubt appeared in Er Ming's eyes, but being in the illusion, he could only watch, because the burning Divine Power of the Seven Old Demons was still restricting him.

In front of the wooden house, Xiong Xiaoling nestled against Er Ming behind her, whispering, "A-Tai, from now on, you're all I have—"

Upon hearing this, Er Ming, who was standing next to Jiang Xiu, trembled violently. "A-Tai" was Xiong Xiaoling's exclusive nickname for him.

The current timeline is after Xiong Xiaoling's entire village was burned to death, and he rescued Xiong Xiaoling.

Now, everyone connected to Xiong Xiaoling has perished in the fire, leaving only Xiong Xiaoling Er Ming one remaining.

"Don't worry, Xiaoling, I'll always be by your side and will never abandon you!"

As expected, Er Ming behind Xiong Xiaoling responded with a firm look in his eyes.

Upon hearing this, Xiong Xiaoling nestled even closer, the confusion about the future in her eyes slowly dissipating, replaced by deep affection.

Seeing this scene, Er Ming, who was standing next to Jiang Xiu, also showed a look of reminiscence in his beast eyes, but the next moment he became somewhat inexplicably melancholy.

"At the time, I thought love could conquer all, but in the end, I was wrong about her; she still left—"

Jiang Xiu raised an eyebrow upon hearing this, but didn't say anything more, instead giving a meaningful smile.

The scenes within the illusion kept changing, Er Ming and Xiong Xiaoling settled down in a small wooden cabin in the forest. Er Ming was in charge of hunting, while Xiong Xiaoling was in charge of weaving and cooking. They lived a very cozy life.

It even carries a hint of a secluded life where men farm and women weave.

Er Ming, standing beside Jiang Xiu, watched this scene with a smile on his face. These were arguably the most interesting years of his long life.

He has people he loves, and even more people who love him.

But in the illusion, Er Ming's eyes always carried a trace of hesitation and gloom, because he knew that he was Soul Beast, while Xiong Xiaoling was a human, and they were different races.

As the illusion shifted again, a resolute look appeared in Er Ming's eyes. He was going to reveal his true identity to Xiong Xiaoling!

One morning, Er Ming left the cabin through the morning mist, leaving behind only some words and a map on the ground inside the cabin.

Upon seeing this, a trace of melancholy appeared in Er Ming's eyes, who was standing next to Jiang Xiu, because he knew exactly what those words and that painting meant.

The words acknowledged his identity as Soul Beast and stated that he would spend ten days going out to do some things.

As long as Xiong Xiaoling remains in the wooden house for ten days, it proves that Xiong Xiaoling doesn't care about his identity as Soul Beast, so he will continue to stay with Xiong Xiaoling.

That map showed the safe route out of the forest.

Watching Er Ming walk past him in the illusion, Er Ming slowly reached out his hand, wanting to say something, but he couldn't utter a word.

"Er Ming, if you had the chance, would you still choose to reveal your identity to Xiong Xiaoling?" Jiang Xiu said softly at this moment.

"Yes!" After a moment's hesitation, Er Ming said slowly with a firm look in his eyes, "If I don't tell you, I'll never get over this, and I'll never see Xiong Xiaoling's true colors!"

"Since she's gone, it proves she never truly loved me, and I have no reason to stay!"

Seeing Er Ming's determined expression, Jiang Xiu's lips curled up, and he thought to himself, "You'd better not change your expression later."

Within the illusion, not long after Er Ming left, Xiong Xiaoling slowly woke up. Upon seeing the words and map on the ground, her entire body suddenly stiffened.

"Idiot! Idiot!" Tears streamed down Xiong Xiaoling's face.

And she cried for the entire day.

It wasn't until the next morning that Xiong Xiaoling composed herself and slowly began packing her belongings.

"See? She's the one who wanted to leave me! I don't need to feel guilty at all! We just parted amicably!"

Er Ming, standing next to Jiang Xiu, looked somewhat excited, as if he wanted to prove something.

But what he didn't notice was that Xiong Xiaoling's eyes were already filled with determination.

Jiang Xiu remained silent as he listened to Er Ming's words.

In the illusion, after packing her belongings, Xiong Xiaoling carefully closed the door of the wooden cabin and headed out of the forest following the route.

After Xiong Xiaoling left, Er Ming, who had been hiding in the shadows observing the scene from within the illusion, emerged in anguish and indignation.

He had truly fallen in love with Xiong Xiaoling, but Xiong Xiaoling surprisingly chose to leave!

In a fit of grief and rage, Er Ming transformed into his true form Titan Giant Ape, smashing their cozy little wooden house, where they had lived for so long, into ruins with a single punch, and roaring as he charged into the depths of the forest.

He's heartbroken.

At that moment, he felt as if the whole world had abandoned him, and he had become a failure.

"See? She made the choice first. I just gave in to her. As for destroying the wooden house, consider it the end of this relationship for me."

Er Ming, standing beside Jiang Xiu, looked at the ruins before him with a bitter expression on his lips.

The next moment, Er Ming forcibly suppressed his bitterness, turned to look at Jiang Xiu beside him, and said in a deep voice, "Now you should know, I, Er Ming, have no inner demons!"

"Now this illusion should end!"

"However, to thank you for helping me overcome the thing I least wanted to see and for allowing me to see Xiaoling again, I won't kill you when I get out."

"Overcoming inner demons? No, the real show is just beginning." Jiang Xiu said with a slight smile upon hearing this.

"What do you mean?!" Er Ming paused, his eyes filled with confusion.

Jiang Xiu didn't say much, but instead flicked his hand slightly, and the illusionary time quickly passed.

In the blink of an eye, the sun rises in the east and sets in the west.

"What are you doing!" Seeing this, Er Ming suddenly felt uneasy.

"Could it be that Xiaoling will come back after she leaves?!"

Jiang Xiu silent, only accelerating the process.

Before long, five days had passed.

Er Ming seemed to have guessed something as well, his eyes fixed intently on the entrance to the cabin.

On the sixth day, a familiar figure appeared, and it was Xiong Xiaoling!

"No, no, no! That's not how it is! How could Xiaoling possibly come back—"

Er Ming shuddered violently, his eyes bloodshot. With his powerful God Level strength, he was now unable to control his body; he was trembling.

Because he himself destroyed the cabin back then!

"You clearly gave her ten days back then, so why did you run away as soon as she left?"

Jiang Xiu said softly, "Actually, back then, the one who didn't believe in this love wasn't Xiong Xiaoling, but you, Er Ming."

"No!" Seeing Xiong Xiaoling about to see the ruins of the cabin, Er Ming could no longer hold back and rushed forward frantically, trying to hug and stop Xiong Xiaoling.

But his burly body simply passed right through Xiong Xiaoling, because this was from a third-person perspective.

Er Ming could only watch helplessly as Xiong Xiaoling saw the small wooden house that had become ruins, and could only see Xiong Xiaoling frozen in place.

He can't do anything, he can't change anything.

"Clatter!"

Upon seeing the ruins of the small wooden house, Xiong Xiaoling dropped the package she was carrying.

"A-Tai, where are you?"

How did our home become like this?

Xiong Xiaoling stared blankly at the scene, her body trembling uncontrollably.

"Xiaoling! No!" Er Ming looked at the girl, his eyes filled with disbelief.

It turns out Xiong Xiaoling is back; he was the one who made the mistake.

Just then, Xiong Xiaoling asked with sorrow in her eyes, "A-Tai, did you do all this?"

"You're such an idiot, an idiot!"

"Can't you see that I'm already carrying your child? A woman follows her husband wherever he goes, so why didn't you just tell me you're Soul Beast?!"

What an idiot! Even if I gave birth to your baby, I could never leave you!

Upon hearing the word "child," Er Ming once again.

Xiaoling already has his child!

"Could this be the origin of the Yuanen Family?!"

Er Ming couldn't bear to imagine what would happen next.

"Er Ming, look at what's that on the ground."

At this moment, Jiang Xiu pointed to the packages that had been scattered on the ground.

Inside the package were fresh mushrooms and a plucked white chicken.

This was exactly what Er Ming Xiong Xiaoling fed Er Ming when they first met.

"I was so stupid, really." Er Ming murmured, his eyes glazed over as he stared at the falling mushroom.

"Boom!"

Just then, a thick, dark cloud drifted in from the sky.

Soon, a torrential downpour began in the area. Er Ming shuddered in the rain. He wanted to rain on Xiong Xiaoling, but the cold raindrops passed right through him and mercilessly dripped onto Xiong Xiaoling.

Because this is a third-person perspective----

"Fake! Fake! These are all fake!"

Seeing Xiong Xiaoling shivering in the rain, Er Ming's eyes turned bloodshot, and he growled as he looked at Jiang Xiu beside him.

"You made all of this up, didn't you!"

"This was all recorded by the Yuanen Family, specifically by Xiong Xiaoling. You may not believe it, but it's true," Jiang Xiu said softly.

Looking at Jiang Xiu beside him, and then at Xiong Xiaoling in the rain, Er Ming clutched his head and shook it frantically.

"No! I don't believe it! I don't believe it!"

"I can't tell! I really can't tell!"

But with the Yuanen Family around, he already understood that Xiong Xiaoling was indeed pregnant with his child back then, and it was very likely that all of this was true!

At this moment, Xiong Xiaoling moved. She whispered as she picked up the things on the ground and ran towards a tree.

"This couldn't have been done by A-Tai. After all, he loves me so much, how could he destroy our home?"

"The cabin must have been blown down by the wind, that must be it—I'm carrying A-Tai's child, I absolutely cannot get sick—"

"A-Tai just went out on business. It hasn't been ten days yet; he'll be back on the tenth day—"

"When A-Tai comes back, we'll rebuild our home together. It's okay—it's okay—"

Looking at the small, thin figure under the ancient tree, Er Ming's eyes filled with even more pain, because he knew very well that he would not be coming back.

He never even returned, in order to escape this place of sorrow.

"Jiang Xiu, let me in! Let me in! I don't want to watch anymore! I want to stay in this illusion forever!"

Please help me, please help me, please----

Er Ming could no longer bear it and roared furiously at Jiang Xiu. He didn't want to see the dejected look in Xiong Xiaoling's eyes, and he didn't want to see that figure trembling in the cold rain.

"Er Ming, I'm sorry, there's nothing I can do. Besides, this is all fake; it's an illusion, isn't it?"

Jiang Xiu said softly.

"No! It's true, it's true! Xiaoling still loves me!" Er Ming shook his head frantically.

"This world may be fake, but love is real!"

Jiang Xiu looked at Er Ming, a slow smile spreading across his face. He knew that Er Ming's mindset had begun to change.

Immediately, Jiang Xiu waved his hand lightly, and the illusion transformed once more.

After the rain stopped, Xiong Xiaoling began to tidy up the small wooden house, which had become ruins, her eyes still filled with determination.

"A-Tai will definitely come back. It hasn't even been ten days yet; he'll definitely be back."

In the blink of an eye, another four days have passed. Xiong Xiaoling has already built a simple little nest out of wooden planks and even cooked a pot of warm chicken stew with mushrooms.

Xiong Xiaoling stayed in front of her little nest, constantly looking outside, waiting for someone to return.

But this was destined to be impossible; the pot of chicken and mushroom stew was destined to gradually lose its warmth as the wood burned to ashes.

Time passed, and Xiong Xiaoling's belly grew bigger and bigger.

"A-Tai, it's been so many ten days already, why haven't you come back yet—our baby seems to be due soon—"

The illusion kept changing, and Xiong Xiaoling's voice kept reaching Er Ming's ears.

"A-Tai, my stomach hurts so much, I think I'm going into labor. Where are you? If I die, will I be able to see you again? ---"

"A-Tai, I didn't die. Our child was born, a boy, and he looks a lot like you—"

"A-Tai, you come from the primeval forest, and meeting you is the greatest blessing of my life. So let this child's surname be Yuanen —hmm—let's call him Yuanen Sitai— "

"A-Tai, please come back. Let's live a good life together as a family. I've finished building the cabin bit by bit—"

"A-Tai, our child is growing up----"

"A-Tai, I'm sick, I'm bedridden and can't move. It feels like I'll never see you again—"

"You were so foolish back then. After that fire, you were all I had left in my world. So what if you're Soul Beast? You were all I had."

The illusion slowly dissipated, finally settling on Xiong Xiaoling closing her eyes in melancholy.

Er Ming was completely stunned by this scene. It turned out that during his absence, Xiaoling had been missing him terribly.

"I can't do anything, I can't do anything at all----"

Er Ming seemed to have his Dao heart shattered, staring blankly at Xiong Xiaoling on the bed.

When he tried to touch Xiong Xiaoling, his hand passed right through Xiong Xiaoling face.

Because this is a third-person perspective----

Last time he could still feel the Dongji's warmth, but now he could only stare blankly.

But just then, Jiang Xiu's voice slowly rang in Er Ming's ears.

"Er Ming, if I could revive Xiong Xiaoling, would you be willing to follow me?"

These words struck Erming like Er Ming, instantly filling his dazed eyes with excitement.