nopy like a god's final blessing. Li Mei moved through the shadows like a thread woven by an unseen hand, guided by the fli

hing inside her whispered no, insisted that this path mattered

threshold of the forgotten

one lions flanking the gate had long since cracked, their jaws frozen mid-snarl, their eyes hollow with warning

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isappeared after the first rebellion that nearly shattered the empire. He was rumored to have had power

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lls lay scattered across pedestals, ink faded but not forgotten. Gol

h mortal and celestial realms. And in the center, enshrined i

history, Her fingers hovered over the in

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er like frost. An unwante

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locks began t

ancient

Mei's hand shimmered with runes that weren't there before. Outside, far above, Zhou Wen sti

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se she had left him and wondered o

iding open and what rose from

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