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Western Extremes.
Not far from the Deathless Tomb, a mysterious carriage stood in the wind and snow.
Horses normally couldn’t survive in a place like this. Yet the ones pulling the carriage were not only alive, they were full of energy. That in itself was deeply unnatural.
Meng Xingxian had landed inside the carriage’s cabin with a thud. She didn’t get up right away. She wasn’t injured. She was simply stunned.
It wasn’t the fall that shook her. It was the storm of emotions swirling within.
She felt…utterly outmatched.
Even when the Crowmother had guarded the Deathless Tomb for so many years, Meng Xingxian had never lost hope. Even if she had to throw the entire Nine Flames Tribe into the flames today, she would never have wavered.
But now…she was afraid.
Her thoughts, unbidden, began to race backward through time. Memories twisted and reassembled, forming a vague, almost dreamlike version of the truth. A possibility took shape in her mind. All living beings are just pieces on his board, and he’s the one playing the game.
Li Yuan sat quietly, watching her. His voice was calm and cold.
“Should I call you a citizen of Xia…or a daughter-in-law?”
In the darkness, Meng Xingxian gasped softly. But gradually, she began to calm down. A sultry smile spread across her face. She opened...
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