Chapter 525 - An Injury to the Soul (1/2)
Jinde sighed. ”Well, never mind that. Tian is what his name suggests: Heaven, the one who governs all immortal realms and judges our races. There is an old story about how he fell in love with a god but things didn't turn out well and that god finally fell. To a certain degree all three races were involved in his fall and thus Tian cursed all of us.
”I don't know if you can imagine this. Three races with just a few people as exceptions were cursed just like that, a lot of their powers taken from them and constraints placed on them that they didn't know before.
”I don't know about the specifics of the curses that were placed on the gods and demons. I only know that the gods lost most of their physical powers but could keep all their magic while the demons and dragons lost part of their magic but kept their physical strength.”
”Both the demons and the dragons?”
Jinde nodded. ”Mn, even though the dragons don't like to admit it but our races are of the same origin. Once, there was just one race and it only separated into the demons and dragons after a long time.”
Leng Jin Yu felt intrigued. He had managed to gather quite a bit of information about the gods in the short time after his ascension but he knew next to nothing about the demons and dragons. Especially the latter was maddening considering he had been a dragon in his past life and was now married to one.
He sighed. ”It's a pity I can only remember a few images from my past life. I guess a lot of things would be easier if I was like the Son of Heaven and had managed to gather those memories.”
Jinde reached up and cupped his cheek, his golden gaze saddened. ”I'm sorry. It's my fault.”
”What are you saying?” Leng Jin Yu hugged his lover's waist. ”This isn't your fault. If anything, it would be mine because of what I did in my past life. Had I stayed true to you, I might not have died yet.”
”That's not it.” Jinde lowered his gaze and sighed. ”This actually has to do with the curse I told you about. Since we've already come to talk about it … Maybe I should tell you about this too. Dragons … can only fall in love once. That is part of the curse Tian placed on us. I can't say for sure how it happens, if it's destined or more of a coincidence, but for every one of us, there is that one person we will be drawn to. ”And sometimes when we've fallen in love and the time is right we will exchange a part of our soul.” He looked up and took Leng Jin Yu's hand, placing it on his chest.
”I didn't know but Chun Yin … he had already given part of his soul to me. I guess it was that night before he found out she was pregnant even though I can't say for sure. Normally, as partners, we should have died together. In that case, the part of your soul you had given to me would have been returned to you. But unfortunately, I found out too late and failed to kill myself in time.”