"Yo, Han Shun, I have another thing for you to look at. You're going to like it," Master Han Ye offered.

Han Shun stopped his training and looked at his Master with a hostile gaze. He had always been hostile to anyone right now. Maybe because the rage in his heart had clouded his judgment.

All he wanted to do was to be strong enough, so he could just imprison Bai Gege by his side. He didn't care even if Bai Gege didn't like it. As long as Bai Gege was by his side, then everything would be okay.

"What is it?" Han Shun asked. He knew it would be something bad, but honestly, he was already at his lowest. He didn't care about anything else.

Han Ye smirked. He wanted to show the scene of him taking the virginity of Han Shun's beloved Bai Gege.

But it would make everything develop way too fast, and Han Shun would probably attack him as well. His main goal wasn't to be hostile with Han Shun.

In fact, his main goal was to join Han Shun.

So he showed one scene;

—

Han Shun saw his beloved Bai Gege talking with an old man who he instantly knew was the old version of Han Min. The time between the mortal and immortal realm ran differently, so it wasn't surprising that Han Min was already old by this time.

They talked about something until a sentence from Bai Gege hurt Han Shun;

"It's nothing. I'm just happy that you grew up to be good. I wished Han Shun could be like you," Bai Gege said.

"W—What happened to Young Master Han Shun?!" The old Han Min asked.

…

Bai Gege went silent. Maybe he felt ashamed to have taught a treacherous man like Han Shun.

"I don't want to talk about it, Han Min. I was just happy you didn't grow up to be like him," Bai Gege said. He turned around and added, "I'm pretty tired today. Let me rest."

— End—

"He saw you as a disappointment, Han Shun," Master Han Ye said, taunting Han Shun even more.

"I know that. I KNOW THAT HE HATES ME! NOW SHUT UP AND LEAVE!" Han Shun summoned a giant dark hand out of the blue and attacked Master Han Ye.

Han Ye shrugged it off and ignored the dark hand that came toward him.

The dark hand disappeared before it touched Han Ye, "Told you that you're never going to be as strong as me unless you trained seriously."

"And you will never be able to defeat Bai Gege, so you could bring him here when you're so weak like this."

Han Shun gritted his teeth, he knew he wasn't as strong as Master Han Ye, and he was still trying his best to reach his level. He'd do anything if he could obtain Bai Gege in his hand!

"Oh, I almost forgot to show you something," Master Han Ye opened his palm, and a shiny marble shone through the dark desert of the underworld. It started floating up like a sun that slowly rose to the sky.

The shiny marble stopped mid-air, and Master Han said, "That is the last piece of marble that you can use to obtain the strength of at least 99% of mine. It contains one extremely powerful soul named Monster Matthew. Though, he actually has many names and aliases. He will be your true key to obtaining my power."

Han Shun's eyes widened. He was hungry for power. The faster he could get it, the better. So he flew up impatiently, wanting to touch the shiny marble floating mid-air, and swallowed it.

But when he touched it, there was a sudden explosion coming from the marble, and Han Shun was thrown away.

BOOM!

"ARGHH!"

Master Han Ye chuckled when he saw this ridiculous moment. He approached Han Shun again and said, "That one marble is special. You will never be able to touch it unless you're worthy enough. Right now, you're too weak for him. So it's best for you to continue training until that marble found you worthy."

"… Yes," Han Shun nodded. He was solely focusing on the shiny marble floating mid-air. It was his golden ticket to be able to escape this literal hell and reunite with Bai Gege.

"Oh, one more before I leave," Master Han Ye patted Han Shun's shoulder, "If you want, I can bring you to your Bai Gege right now."

…

"What for?" Han Shun asked.

"I know that you missed your Bai Gege a lot, so I'm being generous here. But I don't think he will accept you, though. Don't you see how disappointed he looked when he talked about you with Han Min about your disappearance?"

…

"I don't want to meet my Bai Gege right now. I am still too pathetic to face him," Han Shun said. "I know that he is not the one to blame for this, but I'm also feeling angry because he doesn't want to listen to my reason. I did everything because I wanted to keep up with him. I want him to recognize me faster, so he will never think of finding another disciple."

"I see. It's up to you then. I was just giving you an option, just in case you want to meet him again," Master Han Ye said,

"I do want to meet him, just not now. I'll meet him when I'm worthy," Han Shun said.

"I'll leave now. Just continue your training, and you can meet me again after you've successfully swallowed that shiny marble," Master Han Ye saw how determined Han Shun was. He was craving his power, but it wasn't for himself.

He was craving because he wanted to be with his Bai Gege.

Master Han Ye sneered in his heart, 'You're just like me. We did everything for Bai Yunyu. But there is no happy ending with him. It'll always be bitter, and he will kill us both. I guarantee that.'