Paragon of Sin

”No… ”

Plop.
Plop.
Plop.

Droplets of crimson blood fell without end on the cold ceramic tiled floor of the hall.
A ghastly silence overtook the night filled atmosphere.

A body, a male corpse, laid on the floor.
He was sprawled on the floor, holding his own throat with both hands, and eyes as wide as full moons.
The chaotic blood lines in his eyes were filled with malicious hatred and disbelief, as if unable to accept that he had died like this.

The droplets of blood originated from an object with a particularly pure silver sheen.
A saber.
Holding this saber was a young man.

His hair was as black as an unlit night with a unique pair of contrasting silver eyes that gleamed with an unexpected purity.
He was without clothes, holding only a saber, and stood upright while looking at the corpse before him.
On his face was a light smile, gentle and pure.

A bloody smell flowed into his nostrils, but it couldn ’t affect him in any manner.
In fact, he looked down towards the only other warm body in the room.
A young girl who was on her knees, also without clothes, just a few inches away from his body.
Her mouth wide and dripping with obscene liquid.

Her eyes were wide and in shock with tears seemingly ready to burst into existence.
She obviously couldn ’t believe the events that had transpired.
It was like a nightmare where one could only wish to awake from.

”S-senior br-brother…Yu… ” her words were filled with disbelief and sadness.
Her mental faculties went haywire as her mind could barely make sense of what lay before her.
A wave of despair surged into her mind as she recalled early memories and recent events.

Their first meeting.
On that autumn morning during their sect selections.
He was unassuming but contained a unique hidden quality that attracted her.
He had relied on himself, progressing through cultivation with a fierce momentum until he captured her heart and mind.

It was as if all things were meant to be.
When she was in his embrace, she was enlivened and happy.
Then, the nightmare began.

The tragedy of the cultivation world.
A rival sect, stronger than hers, used various reasons to justify war.
Without suspense, the sect ’s resources were taken and her fellow junior and senior brothers and sisters were killed, captured, or escaped for their lives.

She and her senior brother Yu Jin, her love, escaped after the collapse of their sect.
He had claimed several enemy lives, escaped the pursuit of many, and survived.
Until…

Her eyes traced towards the young man.
His black hair was spiky, full, and long.
He had glistening silver eyes that beat back the worldly darkness.
This young man was a core disciple of the enemy sect, and he had captured her after hunting them down with other members of his sect.

With her captured, her fate was no longer in her hands.
A tragedy of an enemy, a tragedy of a weakling, and she knew she would suffer the tragedy of being a woman.
However, she trusted with all her heart, all her soul, that Yu Jin would arrive and save her.

She believed him.

She believed in him.

And just like she had thought, her senior brother Yu Jin had arrived with heroic fanfare and deadly killing intent.
Just moments ago, despite her current actions and position, she felt a blossoming strand of warmth and happiness.

Then, hell descended with a swipe of a saber.

The young man slightly smiled, looking towards her as if he had not claimed her lover ’s life.

”You can continue. ”

His words caused her to shiver as the taste in her mouth she ’d forgotten returned.
The rancid memories rushed into her mind like a flood.

To survive, she had to buy as much time as possible.
Even doing unsavory things in hopes to buy enough time.
Her eyes revealed hatred, dense and uncontrollable.
They burned with an ardent killing intent.
A will to fight to the death for revenge, for vengeance, for her senior brother, was born.

However, when the sheen of the saber met her gaze, her courage deflated like a popped balloon.
Reality set in immediately.
With her cultivation base, her strength, the most she could do was lunge and be beheaded at this distance.

Like a light at the end of the tunnel, her eyes glistened as she looked at the young man ’s manhood.
It was beyond the norm in dimensions, an organ of god-crafted quality, and sufficient for any man to be proud of.

She knew that her life would come to an end, either in terms of freedom or her actual life, so how could she allow this man to live peacefully?! With haste, she intended to use her jaws and rip off the only thing that would ensure the most amount of pain.

”Sigh… ” a soft exhale sounded like a whisper of a death god.
The young girl panicked, lunging forward, but a brilliant silver light slid swiftly across her neck.
Before she could continue, her head slid off her shoulders and with a heavy thud, landed on the ceramic floor.

It rolled slowly due to the momentum and stopped only when the crazed eyes faced the corpse of Yu Jin.

”At least in death, you two will be together. ” A swishing sound echoed as the young man with silver eyes, black hair, and a slim frame waved the saber in his hand about.
The loose blood shot away and left only the silver blade clean.

”Wei Wuyin, are you decent? ” A soft, melodious voice echoed and entered the hall.
A masculine figure appeared, filled to the brim with muscles, a bronze skin, and dressed in scarlet animal fur.

The young man named Wei Wuyin turned his gaze impatiently towards this voice.
Despite the softness and feminine characteristics of his voice, his body was brimming with a unique sense of masculinity.

Coldly snorting, ”It seems your Yin Echo Method has reached a new peak. ” Wei Wuyin waved his right hand and a scarlet robe appeared from his storage ring.
He wasn ’t quick or slow as he dressed himself up.

The set of clothing, including the scarlet robe, originated from his sect and held not only its colors but its insignia.
On his back was a black dire wolf of legend atop a mountain, with its claws lunging forth in a frightening pounce.
Its eyes were beyond fierce and filled with killing intent.

”Indeed it has, jealous? ” The masculine bearing yet feminine sounding man jeered, a peal of hearty laughter echoing out.

”Jealous? ” Wei Wuyin laughingly responded, as if he heard the funniest joke in the world.
Then, as if he recalled something, he looked at the young man whose throat was sliced and held no sign of life.
”Chu Yan, did you need to lure him here? It ’s not as if he could ’ve killed me. ”

Chu Yan frowned.
A faint light of disappointment surged in his eyes, but he quickly covered it up with a trace of indifference.
”I have no idea what you mean.
This young man bypassed our defenses using some unique methods and entered your impromptu palace, how was I to know? Only the surge of Qi allowed me to realize my mistake. ”

Those words were said without a hint of truthfulness.
His very words and reactions alluded to his involvement, but he obviously didn ’t care.

Wei Wuyin didn ’t even feel the need to look at Chu Yan ’s expression, as if it was irrelevant.
”You ’ll receive the appropriate reprimand for negligence.
Clean this up. ” After commanding such, he started to walk towards the entrance to which Chu Yan entered.

”Of course, ” Chu Yan said with false respect.
The punishment for negligence was just a subtraction of resources, nothing too serious.
He wanted to get this over with, so he walked over.

As Wei Wuyin walked past Chu Yan, his eyes turned sharp, flashing a murderously dreadful light.

Slink!

Chu Yan felt an abrupt sense of deadly crisis, not expecting Wei Wuyin to make a move at this moment.
When he wanted to react, a blade had already entered his temple and pierced into his brain.
He had many words, regrets, and memories that flowed through his brain as it was punctured and subsequently destroyed.
Unfortunately, they would never see the light of day.

As Chu Yan ’s corpse fell, his head in a bloody, unrecognizable mess, Wei Wuyin strongly sniffed, gathering a wad of saliva, and coldly spat on his corpse.
”You ruined my fun, so do you even need to live? Piece of trash. ”

With a carefree gait, Wei Wuyin walked outside and met the guards who were stationed outside of his quarters ’ doors.
His eyes casually swept these men, remembering their faces.
”Lieutenant Chu Yan died from a sneak attack of an intruder.
I killed the intruder as a result.
Clean up the mess, I will report it to the sect. ”

The guards were shocked hearing this, their mouth agape.
While they did not expect Wei Wuyin to die to the intruder, they didn ’t expect Chu Yan to fall to his own scheme.
Their hearts grew cold.
They felt a shade of calamity loom over.

—–

It was in autumn.
The tree leaves were transitioning into a beautiful color, flowing about wildly in the wind like dancing fays.
Littered about were a tart smell and colors ranging from red, yellow, purple, black, blue, orange, magenta, and brown.

Sitting atop a tall, thick tree branch, Wei Wuyin looked quietly at the surroundings.
A camp was set not too far away from him.
This camp held various young, old, and strong men and women.
They all adorned purple outfits with a patch on various parts of their clothing depicting a crescent moon.

No one in the camp had noticed his arrival or his gaze as it swept about wildly in thought.

”The last camp… ” his words were soft and filled with disdain.
His sect, the Scarlet Solaris Sect, which held the Legendary Dire Wolf as its symbol, had declared war on this Violet Moon Sect.
It was without much pretense, and while there were many established reasons for the war, he knew the truth.

It was for a woman.

A particular, yet an extraordinary woman.

She was the Violet Moon Sect ’s Sect Leader ’s descendant, unsure if she was a sister or niece or granddaughter, but they were related.
Born with great natural talent, a countenance reminiscent of a fallen immortal fairy, and a powerful faction, she was beyond blessed.
However, in a world of cultivation where the strong take from the weak, beauty and talent of such level was guaranteed to attract envy and lust.

Her fate now?

He knew for a fact that she had already been captured, given to the young lord of their sect as a present.
Her fate was now to be seen as a toy, a prisoner, restricted and used as one pleased.

Looking towards the clear skies that held a light blue hue, Wei Wuyin shook his head.
He lamented with pity in his eyes, ”She ’s wasted on that fool.
If she was with me… ” a cold, callous