What did extra chances to break through and even more seeds really mean? Li Yuan mulled it over.1

Above him, thin, pale snowflakes fluttered down again. They landed on his face, his shoulders, the tips of his hair—soft, almost warm.0

It’s falling far more often than back when I lived in Gemhill, Li Yuan thought. An entire winter there might see this kind of strange snowfall once; now, I’ve already seen it several times.0

He frowned and looked up. A perfect moon hung in a clear sky, yet warm snow whirled across the mountain ridges, something that could exist only in another world.0

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Hundreds of kilometers away, an old village lay hidden in drifting fog. Every house was full, yet everyone...0