As Celia gazed upon Xia Tian’s new life, she could not assist however discern a stark distinction. Over time, he underwent a change right into a full-blown troublemaker, his mischievous nature rising extra distinguished with every passing day.

Previously, after they had been collectively, he had at all times been severe. Nonetheless, now it was a rarity to witness him in that state. His seriousness had grow to be as elusive as a fleeting rainbow, changed by a continuing amusement derived from toying with ants. It was as if he took pleasure in randomly snatching one up, cruelly breaking its fragile legs, and relishing within the sight of its determined wrestle for his leisure.

Nonetheless, Celia’s as soon as radiant smile step by step dimmed. A fragile mix of hysteria and anticipation started to envelop her because the long-awaited reunion with Xia Tian drew close to.

She dared to hope that the ‘current day’ throughout the phantasm held the important thing to breaking free from the perpetual cycle.

This endless mirage was lastly on the verge of shattering, granting her the chance to reunite with Xia Tian in the end. Deep inside, she yearned for his forgiveness and the possibility to reconcile their fractured bond.

If she hadn’t already been consumed by her obsession for him, now, after spending an immeasurable period of time misplaced in a delusional fantasy, she had undoubtedly crossed into the realm of obsession.

The anxiousness and anticipation escalated to such a fervent diploma that she might virtually hear the pounding of her personal coronary heart, reverberating loudly in her ears.

Oh, how might Ceilia not be painfully conscious of Xia Tian’s merciless strategies?

He took pleasure in mercilessly shattering individuals’s hope, relishing of their devastation, however solely after he had lured them into false hope and expectations.

He firmly believed within the delicate stability of life, the place something able to bringing pleasure and goal may also deliver an amazing sense of despair.

The exact same factor that had the facility to stir tears of happiness in your eyes was additionally able to evoking tears of profound disappointment.

Solely the issues able to bringing you the best happiness have the potential to inflict the deepest sorrow.

So, if the mere presence of your lover had the flexibility to fill you with utmost pleasure, then their sudden disappearance would undoubtedly shatter your coronary heart into irreparable items.

Feelings wield a pointy blade, chopping via our souls with equal power in each instructions.

So, what’s the key to avoiding disappointment then?

Is it to cease feeling happiness altogether?

It is actually an attention-grabbing perspective. If nothing on the earth brings us pleasure, then nothing would have the facility to make us unhappy both.

That is why it is essential to be cautious when interacting with others and to acknowledge whose presence brings us probably the most happiness.

As a result of if somebody’s lover brings them probably the most happiness, their dying would undoubtedly deliver the deepest sorrow. The enemy might destroy them by taking their cherished one away.

Below the crafty schemes of manipulative people, our personal feelings may be turned in opposition to us.

Feelings ought to be seen as a software, not one thing we grow to be depending on. Shedding ourselves to our feelings can result in our downfall.

Chasing after happiness alone is a futile pursuit, because it at all times has its counterpart lurking within the shadows, ready to emerge.

Because of this those that relentlessly pursue happiness usually discover themselves engulfed in melancholy.

It is the rationale why those that smile the widest usually cry probably the most after they’re alone.

Maybe this is the reason many philosophies advocate for minimizing materials needs.

However is that the suitable philosophy to comply with?

An excessively rational method?

Turning into like Buddha?

Or is there one other method?

Possibly turning into god, like Xia Tian, may very well be the answer. To defy the common guidelines to allow them to now not have an effect on us may be the one method.

Turning into Xia Tian may be the one method. Maybe the aim of free will is just to attain this—to grow to be the gods of our personal existence.

Alternatively, one might select neutrality for his or her total existence, however what that means does such an existence maintain?

Throughout the first chaos cycle, Xia Tian had already foreseen it and had made the choice for himself.

The demerit of a balanced world turned crystal clear to Xia Tian. He summed it up completely: “A good world which is balanced in its personal unfair method…”

Now, Xia Tian held Ceilia firmly hooked up to himself. She had witnessed an amazing surge of feelings that had been too quite a few to rely. From their moments of foolish laughter to her personal self-cursing for letting him down, she had skilled all of it.

Her curiosity had step by step reworked into anxiousness and nervousness as she intently noticed his journey. From time to time, her coronary heart would race uncontrollably, threatening to drive her to the brink of insanity if something had been to occur to him.

*Ba-dump!*I feel it is best to check out

*Ba-dump!*

*Ba-dump!*

Nonetheless, the long-awaited second she yearned for by no means arrived. After lastly reaching the current day, all she might understand was a profound sense of guilt, as if begging to be punished. And simply as Xia Tian turned again and disappeared into the portal, her coronary heart sank.

“No… No!” she whispered desperately.

“Wait!” she cried out, her voice full of panic.

Ceilia’s eyes brimmed with tears, their shimmering depth reflecting her deep longing as she stole one final look at her fading phantasm. With out hesitation, she launched into a mad chase after Xia Tian, whose type was vanishing with every passing second.

“Do not go!” she pleaded, her voice breaking with despair.

“Dad!”

She screamed, her voice echoing however her phrases falling on deaf ears. Being incorporeal, she was invisible and inaudible to Xia Tian, caught in a heart-wrenching state of being unable to succeed in him or acquire his consideration.

Ceilia’s eyes trembled uncontrollably, channeling her anguish as crystalline tears floated gently from her ethereal type. She continued to hop and soar , leaping and falling to her knees earlier than Xia Tian, who had returned to the sanctuary of his manor.

However regardless of Ceilia’s relentless efforts, her tears and pleas went unanswered, yielding no fruitful outcomes.

*Boooom!*

A deafening shockwave erupted, violently shaking the environment as she unleashed each ounce of her energy in a determined try to understand his consideration. However very similar to her ethereal physique, her powers appeared futile, unable to have an effect on the tangible world.

“N-No, d-don’t *sob* l-leave me…”

This heartbreaking cycle persevered for numerous years, every passing second etching deeper sorrow into Ceilia’s weary eyes, now stained with the traces of numerous tears. Maybe, she reluctantly acknowledged, she was actually useless.

The glimmer of hope, an opportunity of reuniting with him, felt like a fleeting dream, slipping via her ethereal grasp as Xia Tian solid forward with a brand new life, a life that now not included her.

After which, after years of desolation, a spark of hope ignited inside her when, on a uncommon event, Selene inquired, “Darling, what turned of that enchanting pink-haired lady you as soon as held expensive…”

“Y-Sure!” Cecilia’s voice quivered with anticipation, her coronary heart skipping beats as she anxiously awaited Xia Tian’s response.

Nonetheless, all hope was ruthlessly crushed as Xia Tian shook his head, his solemn gaze piercing via her ephemeral existence. “She died,” he declared, his phrases delivering a ruthless blow to her fragile spirit.

These heartless phrases shattered the remnants of hope, leaving Ceilia’s eyes clouded with despair.

*THUD*

Buckling underneath the load of her damaged soul, she sank to her knees, her being shattered and irreparable.

Unconsciously, the passing years turned woven into the tapestry of Xia Tian’s life, as he continued on his journey with Nyx and the others, accompanied by his toys.

As Ceilia sat immobile amidst the laughter and tears of these round her, she appeared like a statue in a forgotten manor, rooted to the identical spot. Her existence appeared to spring to life solely within the moments when he reappeared, whether or not with Isabelle or another person.

But, it was as if no one observed or cared about her pitiful state, as they carried on with their mundane, on a regular basis actions.

If that weren’t sufficient torment, a scene unfolded earlier than Ceilia’s eyes that appeared to fracture her sanity. Nyx approached, cradling a small bundle in her arms, and with only a single look, it was unmistakably the kid of Xia Tian and Nyx!

In that second, Ceilia’s physique jerked to life, stumbling ahead for the primary time in what felt like an eternity. The braveness welled inside her veins, compelling her to substantiate the id of the new child together with her personal eyes.

However the merciless actuality that awaited her froze Ceilia as soon as extra, for it wasn’t solely Nyx, however the different daughters of Xia Tian who adopted in her wake, every with their very own treasured little one. Their faces bore radiant smiles, like a sunbeam piercing via stormy clouds.

“I-It might have been me,” she chuckled bitterly, the sound laced with self-deprecation. Earlier than lengthy, her laughter escalated right into a wild, maniacal outburst, pushing her to the very fringe of sanity itself.

But, a glimmer of hope ignited inside her because the shadow of Xia Tian loomed within the distance, approaching with every passing second.

“D-Dad…” she stammered, her voice trembling with a mixture of desperation and longing.

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A/N: Xia Tian strategies are actually curel, however do not imagine its over, infact it is simply starting!