Just like the freezing winds outside, a storm had begun to brew within Yu Sui's heart.
It wasn't just the bitter cold of the world....
It was the frost that comes from betrayal.
His breaths grew heavier.
His chest burned with a fire threatening to rise like a wild blaze.
Yet still.....
He tried to calm himself.
Su Tao Jue mantra quietly try to calm him, letting its ancient rhythm steady his spirit.
The sacred art worked as it always had...its power soft, yet absolute.
Yu Sui, for all his rage, for all the black curse that marked his soul,
Could not be consumed by it...
Not while Mo Yan stood by his side.
As long as he was with him,
The darkness could never take him.
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Master Lee Wen Speaks...
Master Lee Wen continued, his tone grave, explaining everything in detail.
"These lands… are now filled with two things," he said, "Cold winds… and betrayal."
Beneath the snowy veil,
behind the pale purity of winter.....
Hid the darkest intentions.
And now they were rising again.
He revealed the truth buried 25 years ago....
that the disaster back then was born from one vile cause:
A plot to send Yu Sui back into the Black Heaven.
To discredit dark magic.
To brand it as evil, destructive, cursed....
despite the balance it had once offered.
And to do so, they had betrayed and killed Mo Yan in cold blood.
That's why...
The Holy Library of Hei Lin San Sect was infiltrated.
Vital scrolls had been stolen.
Not just any scrolls....
but those that contained rituals and instructions for breaking a prophecy.
Worse yet....
The stolen scrolls were intentionally fragmented,
each part separated to ensure that if one piece were stolen,
the ritual would remain incomplete.
That was the only reason Yu Sui and Mo Yan's reincarnations had been successful.
Their enemies did not possess the full ritual.
Still.....
The faces behind the betrayal remained hidden.
They only knew one name:
Kinji Yo.
But Master Chang Shi believed that Kinji Yo was only a pawn.
A mere piece on a board controlled by someone far more cunning....
perhaps even many hidden hands.
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The Throne and the Truth
That is why now, after all these years,
They could no longer remain shadows of power.
It was time to return to their thrones.
It was time for Mo Yan to rise as the High King.
It was time for Yu Sui to reclaim his place.....not just as the bringer of justice, but as the true ruler of Hei Lin San Sect.
To this day, many still kept his crown safe...
believing that only he was fit to rule.
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A Room Full of Silence
As Master Lee Wen's final words faded into silence,
the room became a grave.
Not a single whisper.
Not a single breath.
The atmosphere mourned...not for the dead.....
But for the truth they had unearthed.
Each face was composed.
But deep within...
A dagger had been twisted.
For even now…
Even after all the bloodshed, the loss, the wars.....
People still sought only the throne.
Not the truth.
Not justice.
As if the great tragedy had taught them nothing.
The ones loyal to Yu Sui tried, truly tried, to understand him...
To walk in his shadows,
To feel the pain he had swallowed for lifetimes.
But as they all knew.....
"Where poison lies, no bees come.
No fragrance lingers where rot dwells."
And now...
A decision had to be made.
Yu Sui.
Mo Yan.
It was time.
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The Calm Before War
They all exhaled...long, heavy, deliberate.
Faces stiffened.
Hands tightened around the hilts of their swords.
Blood had begun to boil.
The body...
Ready for swift, decisive violence.
The eyes....
Only knew one goal:
Either they fall.....
Or the traitors do.
There was no in-between.
This was the line.
Now or never.
Not a single cup of tea was touched.
As Yu Sui and Mo Yan rose,
so too did everyone else.
There was resolve, yes.....
but also the bitter taste of danger.
Their enemies…
Some were unknown.
But perhaps...some were far too familiar.
This was no longer just a threat to their lives.
This was the spark of another war.
And if it came.....
It would be no battle of honor.....
Only a tragedy of pure destruction.
Because there was a secret chess game being played behind Mo Yan and Yu Sui's backs whose pieces were revealed today.