"Bai Yunyu is mine now."

Huang Shu stopped. He stared at the sword and then glared at Xu Jiansheng, "Move before I rip that grin off your face."

Xu Jiansheng had no intention to move. In fact, his gaze darkened as he grinned maliciously. He pushed the tip to Huang Shu's neck until there was a drop of blood from Huang Shu's neck, "A disgraced Emperor dares to talk big. What can you do without your army?"

Huang Shu's lifeless eyes lit up after he got taunted. He stared at Bai Yunyu. He saw that Bai Yunyu had no intention to stop him.

In fact, Bai Yunyu turned his back as if he didn't want to watch and didn't seem to care about what would happen next.

Huang Shu didn't care about anyone else other than Yunyu, so he said, "Bai Yunyu, I will take you back after I kill this bastard who dared to covet you from me."

Huang Shu jumped back and did a somersault in the air. He landed beside the sword that he hadn't use for a while. He put it beside Yunyu's glass case in case someone wanted to rob his wife's body while he was sleeping.

Turned out, he still had to use the sword, but to get his wife back. He didn't care who this man was, but if Yunyu wouldn't forgive him after what he did, then it was better to kill everything first and take him, so they could have a talk together.

Huang Shu would try his absolute best to compensate, so his wife would forgive him. He believed his wife would forgive him. Yunyu always forgave him in the past, no matter how many mistakes he made.

Huang Shu unsheathed the sword and took a stance. Meanwhile, Xu Jiansheng pointed at the Garden of Serene Harmony outside with his sword, where flowers still bloomed beautifully for now.

"I will wait for you there," Xu Jiansheng said. He jumped up high and landed in the middle of the beautiful garden. This garden was personally taken care of by Yunyu himself when he was still an Empress.

Huang Shu stared at Xu Jiansheng and chuckled. He walked to the Garden of Serene Harmony and prepared his stance. Both of them were ready for a life and death duel. Meanwhile, Yunyu only stared at them from afar, watching as if he wanted to know which one would win.

Xu Jiansheng was confident that he could win, so he said out loud, "Yunyu! Once I'm done, let's get married and build this country together!"

…

There was no answer from Yunyu, which somehow agitated Xu Jiansheng. He suspected that Bai Yunyu still hadn't let go of Huang Shu yet. Huang Shu himself was ready and attacked first.

"HYAH!"

Huang Shu lunged at Xu Jiansheng with his sword, and Xu Jiansheng dodged to the left. He attacked with the sword, but Huang Shu deflected it.

CLANK!

Both of them were skilled swordsmen, and their swords clashed in this beautiful garden full of flowers built by their beloved Bai Yunyu.

Their swords cut the flowers in the garden mercilessly as Bai Yunyu watched them. It had been almost an hour without any of them giving up. Huang Shu and Xu Jiansheng were both unrelenting, especially with Yunyu here.

[Pupa, do you think which one will win this duel? It's Xu Jiansheng, right? Huang Shu has been out of shape for so long. Even he has a full, unkempt beard right now.]

[Pupa: Are you rooting for Xu Jiansheng?]

[… not really. Actually, I'm rooting for Huang Shu a bit, especially after seeing how bad his condition is now. He has truly fallen into a deep depression and on the brink of madness. When I see his eyes finally sparkled full of life after he saw me again, I can't help but feel pity for him…]

[As much as I hate him, I won't lie that I still like him more than Xu Jiansheng…]

[Maybe trash deserve trash, Xu Jiansheng is too good for me…]

[Pupa:… the winner will be Huang Shu.]

[Huh? What?! Huang Shu?!]

[Pupa: Yes, Huang Shu will win this.]

[How could you say that? Xu Jiansheng is younger and well trained!]

[Pupa: You underestimate Huang Shu. He is the best fighter and swordsman in this world besides you. He will win this duel with a big gap, trust me.]

Yunyu became worried. He kept staring at the duel. He couldn't let Xu Jiansheng died because this was the only chance for him to force Huang Shu to use that Rewind Stone. He kept staring, and then what Pupa said finally became true.

Huang Shu struck Xu Jiansheng wrist, causing Jiansheng to scream out of pain with his bloodied wrist and lost a grip on his sword.

"ARGH!" Xu Jiansheng winced in pain. His right arm was impaired because Huang Shu cut right in his artery. Xu Jiansheng also lost his balance and fell to the ground. Huang Shu still had his dark gaze. Even after so long, he was still undefeated. Only Yunyu was better than him.

Huang Shu walked towards Xu Jiansheng and pointed his sword at Jiansheng's neck, "Any last word before I put an end to your terror? I can't wait long. I need to embrace my wife."

Xu Jiansheng scoffed. He had lost. He admitted it. Huang Shu was truly a powerful man even after so long. But the person whom he worried about most was Yunyu instead. He didn't know what would Huang Shu do to Yunyu after this.

"Kill me if you want. You're a fallen Emperor in the end."

"That, I don't care, I don't care about this Empire if there is no Yunyu in it."

Huang Shu raised his sword, ready to strike Xu Jiansheng, but before he could do it, a man suddenly jumped and landed between them. He snatched the sword from Huang Shu's hand with his sleeve.

"It's done. Stop this."

Huang Shu didn't react much. He knew that Yunyu was a lot more forgiving than him. But at last, he came victorious.

He stared at his wife and then said, "Bai Yunyu… no, wife… there has been a lot going on between us. I know that you won't accept me that easily but…"

Huang Shu grabbed Yunyu's hand and kissed it gently. His body also trembled as he realized how cold it was, Yunyu was really dead back then, but he was brought back to life as a ghost with a body in some shamanic manner.

He really killed his wife.

"I… I'm sorry, wife. I really am… an idiot…" Huang Shu said as he caressed Yunyu's cheek. Everything about Yunyu's condition hurt him so much that he didn't know if he deserved forgiveness from Yunyu.

"I will make up for everything, and we will—ACK!"

Huang Shu suddenly felt a sharp pain in his chest. He stared at Yunyu with a bewildered expression and saw that Yunyu also had the same expression.

Huang Shu looked down and saw a sword had pierced his heart from behind.

Xu Jiansheng took a cheap shot and attacked Huang Shu while he was having his time with Bai Yunyu.

"Bai Yunyu loves me, not you. He wants me to kill you, and we already planned this, you bastard Emperor," Xu Jiansheng said.

Huang Shu fell to the ground, still with a bewildered expression. He stared at Yunyu, demanding an answer.

"Bai Yunyu… is this… true?" He asked while bearing the pain in his heart. He knew he wouldn't survive long, but he wished he could get an answer from Yunyu first.

But Yunyu didn't answer. With the shocked expression on his face, he let Xu Jiansheng hugged him from behind and kissed his cheek, "Of course, it's true. Isn't that, right, my Bai Yunyu?"

Bai Yunyu was too shocked to react. It took him time to process, and it took him even longer to answer, as he was tongue-tied.

Huang Shu wished Yunyu would deny it, even just once, but no words came from Yunyu's mouth.

Huang Shu gritted his teeth. Maybe it was really his fault for hurting his wife. That was why his wife decided to love another man while he was grieving, depressed and on the brink of insanity for months.

But he still had that thing to redeem himself.

Yes, he should use it now, because if Yunyu didn't love him anymore… it's better to start again.

Huang Shu took out an egg-shaped jade stone from his pocket. The jade stone had a purple energy inside, swirling around as if waiting to be released. Yunyu knew instantly that it was the same energy from Urduk and also Lee Yongsun.

"That stone—"

With both love and bitterness in his eyes, he stared at his wife and said, "Yunyu, I've failed in this life. But I promise I will make up for everything I did for you. I will do everything correctly this time, so please forgive me, wife, for all my mistake in this timeline…"

Huang Shu used all his remaining strength to crush the jade stone, which actually crushed for real. The purple energy inside the stone was released and shot up to the sky, creating a thick dark cloud that filled the sky.

And then, a hole was created in the middle, and it started sucking everything like a black hole.

Yunyu was shocked by the sudden black hole.

He darted his eyes at Huang Shu, to which the latter scoffed in his last breath and said, "This time… I will… make sure…"

The world got sucked to the black hole into emptiness, Bai Yunyu got sucked up to the air like a vacuum alongside everything in this world.

[Pupa, what would happen next!?]

Yunyu asked as he was flying to the black hole while hugging Pupa.

[Pupa: I don't know! But this is the power of Rewind Stone for sure! Better stay together!]

Pupa and Yunyu got sucked into the black hole and gradually lost their consciousness once they were inside.

…

…

[Pupa: Ding! A hidden plot had been triggered, Manipulating Memories!]