Trigger Warnings: For the next 8 chapters, head the NU trigger warnings (r*pe, physical and mental abuse). If you prefer to skip those chapters, you can go directly to chapter 270, I’ll put a short summary there so you won’t miss anything essential and can continue with the story.
Luo Wei had considered various scenarios before coming to Northern Yan. He had thought that Sima Qingsha might curse him like the rest of the Northern Yan people, or perhaps he would imprison him, or even worse, to restore his own honor, Sima Qingsha might disregard societal norms and execute him in front of the tomb of the late Emperor Sima Changtian. That is why, before coming to Northern Yan, Luo Wei had arranged an escape route for the people he cared about, intending to leave his fate to chance after arriving in Northern Yan. He knew he couldn’t defeat Long Xuan, so he could only resign himself to destiny. Luo Wei never imagined that Sima Qingsha would harbor a different kind of intention towards him.
After falling into the hot spring, Luo Wei was forcibly held underwater by Sima Qingsha. Choking on several mouthfuls of water, Luo Wei’s dazed mind was jolted awake by the water.
“Luo Wei,” Sima Qingsha pinned him down, calling his name with a tone that was both sinister and filled with indescribable emotions.
“Let go!” Now fully awake, Luo Wei knew what Sima Qingsha’s actions meant. Someone like him, who had once been forced under others for a long time, would know. Luo Wei struggled, but it was difficult to exert force underwater. Despite this, relying on his swimming skills, he managed to break free from Sima Qingsha’s grasp.
Sima Qingsha underestimated Luo Wei’s strength; he hadn’t expected Luo Wei, who appeared frail, to possess such strength. At least, the kick Luo Wei delivered to his knee underwater caused him some pain.
Trying to stand in the pool, Luo Wei realized that the water was too deep, and his feet couldn’t touch the bottom.
“Let go?” Sima Qingsha, seeing Luo Wei attempting to swim to the other side of the pool, spread his arms to block Luo Wei. “Luo Wei,” he asked, “are you still going to command me now?”
“If you want to kill me, then kill me,” Luo Wei said plainly, realizing he couldn’t escape.
“Kill you?” Sima Qingsha said, “If I kill you, I’ll be laughed at by everyone in the world. Is someone who lacks manners worthy of being the ruler of a country? Luo Wei, you really can only harm me!”
Luo Wei retreated until he felt the coolness of the pool wall against his back. He had no way to retreat further.
Sima Qingsha stood before Luo Wei, pressing him. “Luo Wei, have you ever regretted it?”
Luo Wei replied immediately, “I did.”
“You’re still lying to me!” Sima Qingsha suddenly became furious, grabbing Luo Wei’s throat and roaring, “Have you ever truly regretted what you’ve done to me? Have you ever told the truth?! Luo Wei, I treated you sincerely. From the moment we met, I harbored no ill intentions towards you. What about you? Have you ever had any feelings for me? Or were you just using me? Speak!”
Luo Wei couldn’t breathe. Instinctively, he tried to pry Sima Qingsha’s hand away, but he had already exhausted all his strength in the struggle earlier. Now, he had no energy left. Gradually, Luo Wei stopped moving, resigned to the idea that he might just be choked to death by Sima Qingsha. Under Sima Qingsha’s hateful hand, he wouldn’t last a day, let alone a year.
At that moment, Sima Qingsha was also considering simply strangling Luo Wei to death. As long as he died, he wouldn’t have to think about him anymore. Not harboring any hatred towards him would only show that he was disloyal and unfilial. Once Luo Wei died, he would be free. Feeling his captive’s body going limp, devoid of resistance, Sima Qingsha was about to end this person’s life. He reached out his free hand to wipe the water droplets off Luo Wei’s face, wanting to take one last look at him. He saw Luo Wei’s lips turning purple.
Luo Wei closed his eyes, just waiting for his last breath.
Suddenly, Sima Qingsha released his grip. He still couldn’t bring himself to do it. He didn’t want to kill Luo Wei.
Luo Wei began to breathe again and coughed violently.
“You can’t die,” Sima Qingsha pressed Luo Wei against the pool wall, crazily tearing at Luo Wei’s clothes. He raved madly, “Until you’ve repaid what you owe me, you can’t die! You made me, Sima Qingsha, the laughingstock of the world. How can you just die? Can the dead still feel pain?! I won’t let you die! You, you can’t die!”
Luo Wei’s body went limp. He futilely tried to stop Sima Qingsha from tearing off his clothes. “Let me go,” he pleaded.
Sima Qingsha didn’t want to hear Luo Wei’s voice anymore. He covered his mouth and nose with his hand tightly, causing another bout of suffocation, making his vision go black.
“You’re here to repay a debt, Luo Wei,” Sima Qingsha seemed to have suddenly found a reason for himself. He wasn’t disloyal or unfilial; he just wanted this man to live to atone for his sins. He didn’t want him; he just hated him.
A sudden intense pain caused Luo Wei’s eyes to widen, his pupils dilated in agony.
Sima Qingsha seemed to to have gained some joy that he had never experienced before. The feeling of a man’s body was like this, not as soft as a woman’s, but tighter. There was even a peculiar feeling when he moved in and out. The pain made him feel the joy of love, and the excitement of conquest.
Luo Wei, who was already unconscious, was awakened by the pain. “Get out,” he opened his mouth wide, not knowing where he was. The surge of strength made him scream, “I can’t stand it anymore, get out!”. He pushed Sima Qingsha vigorously away.
Sima Qingsha lifted Luo Wei up and fiercely slammed him against the pool wall, pushing forcefully into Luo Wei’s body with all his might.
Luo Wei screamed again, as if his abdomen had been punched deep inside, and his internal organs were being crushed and about to burst out.
The guards, palace attendants, and eunuchs standing outside the hot spring pool were all startled by Luo Wei’s frightening screams, unable to imagine what kind of punishment the Prince Jin was enduring inside.
Blood emerged from beneath the two figures, dyeing the small area of water red little by little.
Luo Wei’s head leaned on Sima Qingsha’s shoulder, unconscious, like an inanimate object.
Sima Qingsha too seemed unconscious as he stood in a pool of blood, pursuing a pleasure he had never experienced before. The smell of blood mixed with the steam and gradually filled the entire water chamber. The bloody smell was nauseating, but for Sima Qingsha, at that moment, it was like returning to the battlefield, imagining himself galloping into battle, leading his troops to conquer all, and the person beneath him, Luo Wei, was his current battlefield.
Sima Qingsha spent the day in this hot spring room. Whenever he felt uncomfortable in the water, he would carry Luo Wei ashore, and when bored on the ground, he would take Luo Wei back into the water. A man who had always been self-disciplined was now indulging without any care.
Luo Wei woke up in pain, then passed out again, repeatedly, but no longer made any sound.
At first, Sima Qingsha disliked hearing Luo Wei’s voice, but now he wanted to hear again Luo Wei’s unconscious pleas, “Why aren’t you speaking?” he asked Luo Wei whose eyes were wide open, but devoid of focus.
Luo Wei’s lips seemed to move twice, but when Sima Qingsha placed his ear against them, he couldn’t hear Luo Wei’s voice.
“Has His Majesty come out yet?” Another courtier came to find Sima Qingsha.
Eunuch Qian, stationed outside the door, shook his head.
“Has His Majesty eaten?” The trusted courtier inquired.
“We sent in a few bowls of ginseng soup and blood swallow porridge,” Eunuch Qian replied.
They didn’t know that Sima Qingsha hadn’t eaten anything all day. He had forcibly fed Luo Wei those bowls of soup and porridge. He knew Luo Wei’s body couldn’t bear it without these nourishing foods. If he did not rely on these great supplements to survive while he toyed with him, he would die in this water room.
“Has His Majesty said when he will come out?” the courtier asked again, as some urgent state affairs required Sima Qingsha’s decision.
Eunuch Qian was about to speak when they heard another scream behind the stone wall, making their hearts skip a beat.
In the hot spring, Sima Qingsha’s two fingers had penetrated into Luo Wei’s body. As Sima Qingsha wished, Luo Wei screamed again, tears streaming from his eyes, but he soon passed out, and no matter how Sima Qingsha manipulated him, he never woke up again.
Boundless Dao 
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