ike a mouth gasping its f

in the tomb cast flickering shadows on the stone walls ghosts of forgotten emp

coffin was

spilled over the velvet interior. He lay in stillness, as if sleeping beneath the weight of d

ment her fingers brushed the

und, but wi

an with tear-streaked cheeks placing a baby in a golden cradle, chanting spells older than time.

the coffin

was Z

asn't Zhou wen but another per

This was about restoring an empire. Zhou Wen wasn't just the protagonist of the novel he was the last living heir of the Dr

arated at birth. One raised in shadow, the other in

as, had written a new chapter. And Li Me

red. His eye

wn. Not

o

hou Wen's w

y. Thunder cracked across a cloudless horizon

is knees, clutching his chest, gasping

burned again. And this time..

e her

ng - The Sea

have time

boy's eyes s

he s

hy have you

nt magic. Li Mei turned back to the boy, but his body was gone vanished into mist.

ens," she whispered, "but the

ed only one brother cou

just condemn

Zhen wan Cam

ndemned? What