I heard that I became the villain Bai Yueguang after I died

There is still wind and snow on the God-Devouring Mountain.

The demon statue had fallen, like a wild beast lying dormant on the ground, casting a long shadow.

Xie Chenzhou stood in the shadows and looked up.

After thousands of years, the original appearance of the stone statue has long been unrecognizable.

There are a few arcs occasionally that look inexplicably familiar.

It seems like I have seen it somewhere before.

Xie Chenzhou's fingertips hanging by his side moved suddenly.

In the country of Guixu, ferocious beasts were crawling under the statue of the goddess.

"..."

He approached the spot where the idol had stood.

Strangely, the area was not covered by ice and snow, revealing a patch of black soil.

Digging down, a long wooden box appeared in front of him.

There are many seals on the lid of the box, as if some rare treasure is locked inside.

Xie Chenzhou opened the box, looked at the seals in silence for a few seconds, and gently brushed them with his fingertips.

The lid opens automatically.

A warm and clear light emerged.

The light faded, and he could finally see what was inside.

That is--

A piece of dead branch.

Xie Chenzhou frowned slightly, picked it up and sniffed it.

Mulberry branch.

A withered mulberry branch was protected by someone with many secret methods and buried under the statue of the demon god with great care.

A full ten thousand years.

It is not difficult to imagine how important it is to that person.

But why is it mulberry branch?

Xie Chenzhou put it back into the box and continued to look into the pit.

There's one more thing in there.

There was a porcelain vase placed right next to the box, but it was broken.

There is still a familiar smell in the fragments.

That was...Xie Chenzhou's own breath.

His frown deepened.

Luo Ping'an's words suddenly rang in my ears.

"The oracle said that one day, the demon statue will fall, Xiao Huashan will appear, and the three hundred miles of yellow springs will bloom into a sea."

"When the sky begins to snow black, you will lose your immortality, and He will return."

Xie Chenzhou was silent for a moment, then suddenly lifted up his sleeves and drew a bloody mark with the fragments.

The wound no longer healed automatically.

Xie Chenzhou threw away the porcelain shard and performed a healing spell in a clumsy manner.

The wound still hasn't healed.

Then he understood.

——Something is stealing his immortality.

"What was the exchange I made with Heaven..." he murmured.

Everything seemed to be shrouded in thick fog. I couldn't see where the road was, nor could I see the people hiding in the fog.

Now, the oracles have come true one by one, and the "Him" that Luo Pingan mentioned is about to return.

Xie Chenzhou pinched his brows and was about to put the box away when suddenly, a glowing light floated out from the box and quickly sank into his body.

The sound of ancient bells rang in my ears.

A sigh came from between heaven and earth.

"You came."

He was suddenly stunned.

……

A whole night passed and Xie Chenzhou still didn't come back.

Sang Nian was getting a little restless and was about to go out to look for him when the palace door opened with a creak.

She breathed a sigh of relief: "You're finally back."

Sure enough, there was a familiar figure standing at the door.

Hearing her voice, he raised his eyes slowly and looked at her with a look that she couldn't understand.

Sang Nian felt that something had happened, so he quickly went over to meet her:

"What happened?"

Xie Chenzhou suddenly hugged her tightly, as if he wanted to rub her into his bones and blood.

Sang Nian was even more worried: "Are you okay?"

"...It's okay." After a long while, he replied.

Nothing is wrong.

Sang Nian patted him on the back:

"Tell me the truth, don't lie to me."

Xie Chenzhou remained silent.

Sang Nian guessed something and asked him tentatively:

"You know...Bi Ke is dead?"

Xie Chenzhou was silent for a moment:

"Well, earlier, Qing Gui came to me to ask for forgiveness, and I punished him to guard the Boundary River, and he was not allowed to come back without being summoned."

Sang Nian finally understood why he was so abnormal:

"...You also know that it was actually Bi Ke who killed your mother?"

Xie Chenzhou let her go and sat down like a wandering soul:

"I just found out."

Sang Nian slapped his lips in annoyance.

Xie Chenzhou said: "Tell me, what did she tell you?"

Now it was Sang Nian's turn to hesitate.

Xie Chenzhou looked at her calmly, tapping the table with his fingertips:

"Go ahead."

Sang Nian walked up to him reluctantly and briefly summarized what Bi Ke had said.

After listening to this, Xie Chenzhou just nodded, "I see."

He was a little too calm, Sang Nian was puzzled:

"Aren't you sad?"

Xie Chenzhou's eyes were filled with confusion:

"A little."

Sang Nian hugged him distressedly:

"Don't keep it in your heart. If you are sad, just talk to me."

Xie Chenzhou put his arm around her waist and asked her for a long while without any context:

"Do you want Xiao Zhuochen and the others to come back to life?"

Sang Nian shook his head: "They are not me, they can't come back."

"What if I could?" he asked.

"Of course I thought about it." Sang Nian said, "They shouldn't have died in the first place."

Hearing this, Xie Chenzhou's eyes dimmed, he pursed his lips, and hugged her tighter.

"Don't think about it." Sang Nian gently touched his head, "It's all in the past, we should look forward."

Xie Chenzhou rubbed his face on her clothes:

"Ah."

"You're acting weird today." Sang Nian asked, "What are you hiding from me?"

Xie Chenzhou said in a muffled voice:

"I'm injured."

Sang Nian immediately became anxious:

"Where's the injury?"

He lifted his sleeve, revealing the long and narrow wound.

It didn't heal and it didn't bleed anymore, which looked a bit weird.

"How did you get hurt?" Sang Nian asked him while casting a spell to heal the wound.

He said, "I drew it myself."

"Why are you——"

Sang Nian was about to get angry, but suddenly realized something and his eyelids twitched:

"You can't heal automatically after being injured?"

Xie Chenzhou raised his face, his pupils dark:

"Nian Nian, I will no longer live forever."

"Likewise, it is no longer immortal."