2 Jiutian Xuannu

Darkness, that was everything that Izan was able to perceive. He couldn't see anything, sense anything nor hear anything. Izan wasn't able to know how long time it took, but as time passed by, he could feel that his emotions became calmer.

Izan had figured out that he must have died while sleeping, even now he wasn't able to let out tears. But even so, he felt saddened that he couldn't see his family once more.

"It seems like you are awake."

A female voice sounded out throughout everywhere which shocked Izan. Even when he couldn't see anything, he tried his best to glance everywhere to see if something was different. Izan sharpened his senses, not wanting to miss out on any details, be it if he saw something or if the voice spoke again.

"Heh, you are very cautious, aren't you?" The voice chuckled as it tried to mock Izan for his pitiful attempt of finding her.

The darkness surrounding Izan slowly vanished not long after, what replaced it was a golden room. It had barely any furniture, just two humongous thrones, on the opposite side of a gigantic diamond table.

On the golden throne sat a woman in her twenties, she had black hair reaching down to her waist, her skin was white and seemed soft. If spoken correctly, she looked Chinese with white skin. Izan glanced at her face, she had brown eyes and she seemed to have a soft smile plastered on her face as she stared back at Izan funnily.

"I won't talk about how 'rude' it is to watch someone without speaking." She waved her hand as she gazed at him as she continued speaking. "My name is Jiutian Xuannu and I am here to guide you. But before we speak about that, do please sit." Jiutian gestured him to sit on the throne.

Izan broke out from his daze as he stared at the other throne, it looked truthfully very scary. It was dyed in red, as if it was blood. Luckily enough, Izan couldn't smell blood, he struggled a little bit before walking towards the throne and sat on it. Izan felt it was weird that it was soft and comfortable, it took him half a minute before he set his eyes on Jiutian Xuannu.

"Ah, let me introduce myself too, I'm Izan …" Izan felt something was weird as he furrowed his eyebrows, he couldn't remember his last name. Before Izan was able to think further about it, he heard Jiutian speak.

"I know. As I mentioned, I am here to be your guide." As always, Jiutian smiled softly as she never put her gaze away from Izan's body.

"Guide for what?" Izan tilted his head slightly as he asked carefully.

"What did you wish for? What was it that you wanted that badly? I am here to stay by your side to make sure that you will be able to fulfil your wish." Jiutian explained as she gestured him to tell her his own wishes and dreams.

Izan stayed quiet for a while, seconds swiftly turned into a minute. After two whole minutes, Izan breathed out heavily before glaring into Jiutian's eyes without faltering. "I want to rule. I want to dominate…" Izan spoke with a firm tone as he narrowed his eyes slightly.

Even after Izan spoke out his innermost thoughts about dominating everything, Jiutian didn't mock him or look at him strangely. Not even two seconds after Izan finished speaking, Jiutian flickered her hand, creating a mirror behind Izan. "Souls are very mysterious if I have to say." Jiutian spoke as she continued smiling. "They are bound by fate, karma and many other things. Even after all these of chains upon the soul, they can still manage to escape the control of all these things."

After Jiutian finished speaking, she raised her left hand and gestured Izan as she continued speaking. "You have already escaped your bindings, your soul is not chained by anything any longer. The body you had was keeping you chained, your soul has made a perfect image of a body for yourself. Do have a look."

Izan had a bad premonition, but he complied with Jiutian and stood up from his throne to glance what was behind him. It was a large mirror, nothing to special about it. But even so, it shocked Izan by what he was seeing.

A 20 year old looking man, he was around 6'2 tall with blood red hair reaching down to his neck. He had white skin looking tender and soft. When Izan glanced at his own face, he was flabbergasted by the sight. Hawkish nose, defined cheekbones, concrete jaw, scythe shaped eyebrows and dark eyes as the abyss which were shaped as black holes. That wasn't enough, because when he released a smile, it looked devilish which would devour any females effortlessly.

"Hehe, shocked, aren't you?" Jiutian smiled brightly as she saw the flabbergasted expression of Izan.

Izan could only nod in reply as he was dazed for a rather long time. Even when he had heard her say that this was the body his own soul created, he couldn't help but ask. "Why? Why this body?"

Jiutian waited for two seconds before answering. "This is the body you have dreamt about."

As earlier, Izan could only nod in return. Izan slowly turned around towards Jiutian, he opened his mouth and asked carefully. "Is it possible for you to tell me the truth of why you are 'guiding' me and helping me?"

Still as ever, Jiutian smiled softly as she kept her eyes on Izan. "There are many things I cannot tell you about. But, I can say that it was my own choice to help you and guide you." Jiutian stopped for a moment before continuing. "You might still have concerns and doubts about me, but I do hope that you will trust me in time."

Izan was a very perceptive guy, he could see the shadow of loneliness in the eyes of Jiutian as she hoped that Izan would trust her. Not sure why, Izan felt his heart tightening. Izan snorted loudly as he strode with large steps towards Jiutian while narrowing his eyes.

Jiutian felt a heartache which was about to rip it into pieces when she heard his snort and him narrowing his eyes as he strode towards herself. She lowered her head slightly as she gritted her teeth, trying her best to stay calm and not show any clues towards Izan.

Jiutian forcefully held back her tears, she tried being strong as she kept her smile which showed her sadness and her eyes devoid of hope. She could see Izan nearing her, the nearer he came, the faster her heart would beat. The moment Izan neared her, she closed her eyes, not wanting to see what he would do.

She had her own reasons of not telling Izan about everything, as they would harm him in the long run. Jiutian was ready to become hated by Izan, but she gritted her teeth and didn't open her eyes, she just waited for the pain or the oral abuse from him. But, what Jiutian expected didn't arrive for a very long time, there were no pain or oral abuse. What Jiutian felt was something warm, something familiar…

Izan hugged Jiutian in his embrace softly, not wanting to let her go any longer. Not even seconds later, he could hear sobs and could feel his clothes becoming wet from tears. The more Izan saw Jiutian suffering, the more his heartache pained him.

"I will trust you no matter what." Izan said in a deep voice near Jiutian's ear. "You said you were mine. Become mine forever, never leave me. Alright?" Izan was very possessive and he didn't want to lose Jiutian.

When Jiutian heard his deep voice of claiming her as his, she couldn't help but smile and return his hug as she continued sobbing while crying because of happiness.