"Betrayal..."
Hidden in a remote corner, Yun Xi bore witness to everything that had just transpired atop the mountain.
Former brothers and sisters from the same courtyard had turned on one another. Zi Ling and Su Baiqian struggled to resist, but were nonetheless corrupted, while Xinning—the one who should have stood with them—struck out and cast Li Fan's scroll into the pitch-black prison of the Dark Firmament.
Within the prison of utter darkness, all ties to the real world are severed. Li Fan would endure a torment of endless isolation across the fabric of time and space.
The Quiet One's voice echoed faintly, still serene yet dispassionate, as it said:
"The end of the first story… once, there was one who rose from the innocence of youth to the pinnacle of supremacy, only to step into the heart of the dark tide, utterly alone."
