In a dark underground entrapment with no light, he could hear the creaking sound of the gate moving.

His heart became filled with hope, one he has lost ever since he was thrown into the entrapment knowing how cruel his father can be once he sets his heart on someone.

He heard footsteps in the direction of the cell where he is held in shackles, he waited for whoever it is to open the door to the cell so he can at least see a ray of light. Just as he wished, the door to his cell was opened exposing his eyes to the light making him squint his eyes.

"Bohai," He heard someone call, he opened his eyes to look at who it is clearly, only then did he realise it is actually Meng Hui.

She stood away from him while tears pooled in her eyes as she watched him in such a miserable condition, he has turned very skinny and frail. His hair is left down, his lips chapped and his face as pale as a sheet.

She rushed towards him, holding his face in her hand.

"You have really suffered," she remarked as tears strolled down her face.

He knew it...she was going to come for him, even if his father abandons him here, Meng Hui will never let him be here forever like his father threatened.

"Xiaomeng," he muttered as his strength is not able to support his voice.

"Why did you have to help her? you wouldn't be locked up in here if you didn't help her," she asked in hopes that he now regrets his decision and loathes the one who made him land in this awful place while she is enjoying her life with her family.

"S-she she d...didn't do anything wrong," his words were more like a whisper, she removed the bottle she was hiding in her chest then helped him drink from the bottle. If the sect leader knew she was going to bring the bottle with her after begging him for so long to let her see him then he wouldn't have let her in.

He gasped for breath after tasting his first drop of water ever since he was locked in here, even water now feels like a privilege he could never get.

"I have pleaded with the sect leader to let you out,"

His eyes bulged immediately, as the days passed by he had almost lost hope in leaving or Xiaomeng saving him.

"Did he say I can leave now?" his voice was filled with desperation.

She looked away from him then returned the bottle to her chest before looking at him again with a downcast expression, she was hesitant but her hesitation was making him feel frustrated, he wished he could yell at her to speak quickly but he doesn't even have the strength.

"He accepted but on one condition...." she was sure he would never accept it immediately but she is determined to make it happen no matter what because that is the only way she can save him and help him retain his position.

"Please tell me,"

"Your father wants you to kill Huo Lan," she disclosed, making her gaze firm on him in order to coerce him.

His eyes widened and his heart dropped immediately he heard her, he couldn't believe his ears.

After his father found out about him informing Huo Lan about the competition, he also found out that he is in love with Huo Lan including the fact that he even brought her out of the sect once but he wants him to kill the woman he loves with his own hands.

"Never...father wouldn't ask me to do such a thing," he shook his head profusely but she held his shoulder tightly and looked straight into his eyes.

"The emperor sent a letter to the sect leader, offering to make you a prince while you maintain your position in the martial world. Do you not know what that means?"

She tightened her grip on his shoulder.

"You will attain the power you always wanted. Huo Lan defeated Huo Yi Lang who is the strongest cultivator and the moment the entire world finds out you killed her you will be deemed the strongest, do you still not want to kill her?" she can't believe he won't accept it.

No one knows Bohai more than her and his hunger for power, everyone knows the four sects were stripped of the royal titles to cut down their power but if he becomes a prince then...he will be a thousand steps forward to attaining the real power he wants.

She could see it in his eyes, he is giving in.

He shook his head to dismiss the thought from his head, he couldn't even believe he considered it for a moment.

"Huo Lan is no longer a monster to the world, I will be deemed a sinner if anyone finds out about this,"

She smirked then inserted her hand into her chest, bringing out a dagger with intricate designs on it.

"The glory is useless but what about her power?" she unsheathed the dagger, causing a bright blue glow to spread around the entire cell.

He couldn't understand what she means but he remembers seeing his father holding that dagger before he hid it in his secret compartment.

"This is the spirit siphon dagger, guess who used this dagger?" her smirk widened.

The name does ring a bell but he couldn't pinpoint where exactly he has heard the name of the dagger.

"Everyone thinks the flame power cannot be tampered with but Huo Yi Lang made this dagger from the body of many flame sect disciples and he used it to draw power from the former sect leader of the flame sect to increase his strength,"

His eyes widened.

"Are you telling me to absorb Huo Lan's power using this dagger, you have gone mad!" he yelled using his last bit of energy.

Losing her spiritual energy will make her mind crumble and her soul will shatter, it is even worse than death.

"Why can't you?!"

"Huo Yi Lang was a monster at heart so he did something so despicable, she will be worse than a dead person. Moreover, I have the wind and water element in me so it is impossible," he retorted.

She initially thought he wouldn't agree to the second idea but his last sentence gave her hope, if he is already considering the effect on him then it means he will bend sooner or later.

She held his shoulders again.

"It doesn't matter, Huo Yi Lang managed to acquire the spiritual power of the four main sects so why can't you, Huo Lan might be weak in martial art but she has a great amount of spiritual strength so as long as you absorb it you will become unrivalled,"

"No, no...I will rather stay here for life than do such a despicable thing," he looked away from her coercive gaze, she removed her hands from his shoulder.

"I will come back in three days, if you don't make up your mind then you will not only lose the power and glory but you will have to spend the rest of your life here until you die," she turned back coldly and left, once again subjecting him to the darkness of the entrapment.

He had already gotten used to the light in just a few minutes that he started screaming in desperation after she left even though his voice is not loud enough to even go past the cell.

He could feel his head spiralling and his mind entering total disarray with her words replaying in his head, he has been hearing whispers and having hallucinations for a while because of the dehydration but her words are triggering it once again.

'Kill her' he heard a whisper in his head

'Kill her'

It kept repeating itself, he shook his head profusely to get rid of the thought.

The images of Huo Lan holding Huo Yi Lang in the air with her hands strangling his neck were also flashing in his head, his clenched fist and the envy he felt in his heart while he watched was too evident for him to deny.

He shook his head again, if only his hands weren't held up by the shackled then he would have hit his head several times already.

Suddenly the image of Huo Ying glaring at him before she carried Huo Lan out of the ring flashed again for the nth time since he has been locked up.

He has never for once forgotten that demeaning look she gave him and he knows just what he did to warrant it.

She definitely saw him jerk up from his seat even before she noticed Huo Yi Lang's sneak attack on Huo Lan but she saw him hesitate then slump back to his seat, only then did she return her focus to the ring only to see Huo Yi Lang about to land her sister a sneak attack.

He could have saved her in time without anyone getting hurt but for that split second, the thought of the incident at the market entered his mind,

What if she is really that formidable to possess the lost power of the extinct ice clan and flame power?

That was what he thought for the split second.

"No, no, no!" he yelled repeatedly.