ISSTH Fanfic

Outside of Mount Daqing was a whistling violet wind. Fog roiled about, covering the entire mountain, and eventually, Yunjie County.

Within the city, the lamps inside the houses were instantly extinguished, except for one house…. Inside that house, the lights danced, illuminating a middle-aged man who stood next to the window. It was impossible to tell what he was thinking.

The sounds of weeping could be heard within the bedroom. Through the cracks in the door, the silhouette of a woman could be seen. She held a boy in her arms, and tears streamed down her face.

The boy had intelligent eyes, but right now, they were filled with confusion and puzzlement.

The violet wind blew the violet fog until it completely covered Yunjie County. Far up above in the black night sky, a violet sun suddenly became visible.

The violet sun caused an indescribable pressure to suddenly weigh down on Yunjie County.

It was at that moment that the man pushed open the front door and walked out into the violet fog. The woman wiped the tears from her eyes and looked back at the boy for a moment. Then she turned and walked away.

She was beautiful, gentle, and her tears seemed to be filled with infinite reluctance to part. However, she left the boy behind in the room, frightened, confused and helpless.

"Dad…. Mom…." cried the boy. He seemed to be growing more frightened. He ran out into the fog.

"Dad…. Mom…. Where are you? I'm scared…." The boy's voice was young and tender and quivered when he spoke. He seemed terrified. The wind around him was cold, and the fog was all-encompassing. However, it couldn't do anything to suppress the boy's cries, which echoed out into the fog.

His sobbing grew more and more shrill as he ran. He suddenly tripped and fell, scraping his knees and tearing his garment. His hair was in disarray, and tears streamed down his face to fall onto the ground. All he wanted was his dad and mom, but what he didn't notice was that behind him, a black, spectral hand stretched out toward his head from within the fog.

The spectral hand reaching out toward the boy, but at that moment, a man appeared behind the boy. He gave a cold snort as he gripped the spectral hand between his fingers and then snapped it off.

The spectral hand disintegrated into powder, and a bloodcurdling scream could be heard. A ghostly figure flew off into the violet fog.

The boy was alarmed, but then he turned his head, and a look of joy appeared on his face. Tears rolling down his cheeks, he rushed into the arms of the man.

"Dad… where did you go? I couldn't find you. I…"

The man did not pursue the ghostly figure. He knelt in front of the boy, his face filled with both love and doubt. Gazing at the boy, he reached out and tousled his hair.

He was silent for a long moment before he spoke out in a soft voice, "Don't cry, Hao'er. Mom and dad must go away for a while. We'll all see each other again one day."

As soon as he heard the words, the boy reached out and grabbed the man's robe tightly. "Where are you going? I don't want you to go…."

The man didn't say anything. He patted the boy's head, and then, after another long moment passed, said, "The Eastern Lands."

His expression was filled with intense love, and pain. Then he reached out to touch the boy. His hand flickered with glowing light, and the boy's eyes closed, and he fell asleep.

The man held the boy in his arms as he turned and walked back into the house. He gently placed the boy down onto the bed, then stood there watching him. Time passed, and he finally sighed.

After another long moment, the man leaned down and kissed the boy on the top of the head. When he raised back up, his expression was one of both pain and farewell.

As he wanted to leave though, he felt rich spiritual energy behind him. Turning his head, he saw an illusory image of the Mountain and Sea Realm, with the mountains above his body, yet the seas beneath him.

This illusion sent chills down his spine, but he knows that this must have been the karma that the Outsider spoke about. The only thing he could do is to travel to the Eastern Lands and continue being the Prison Warden of the Ninth Mountain for the rest of the 9993 years until he will be released from this very planet.

Now knowing that his only son is surviving his Seven-Year calamity, he left the house and walked off into the violet wind and fog. He left Yunjie County, left Mount Daqing, and disappeared.