The day she was raised to the altar, I was sent to a mass grave.
Lu Yuan was the lowest-ranking “polluted” student at Shengyao Academy. Unable to practice any magic, he could only survive by scavenging trash.
His younger sister, Lu Li, was a once-in-a-century genius “Resonator,” worshiped by the academy’s teachers and students alike.
She personally signed the expulsion order that got him kicked out of the academy.
She watched as he was sent to the Black Corrosion Cavern, where the “source of pollution” was buried.
Lu Yuan didn’t die.
Deep inside the cavern, he touched an ancient contract array and was implanted with the “Soul-Devouring Curse.” His body became half-demonic, and every night his soul burned in agony. In return, he gained the ability to read other people’s memories.
In the memory of a noble, he saw Lu Li.
In the scene, she knelt before a black-robed figure, her forehead battered and bloody.
“Please... don’t touch him. He isn’t the source of pollution. Let me join the Celestial Council. I’ll do anything you ask...”
Only then did Lu Yuan realize just how much loneliness his sister, whom he had hated for three years, had endured to protect him.
Every cruel thing she had said and every cold-hearted thing she had done over the years had been meant to push him away from danger.
What he had thought was abandonment was a fortress she built for him with her back turned.
Now he would offer himself as a sacrifice and tear apart the sky of lies.
Not for revenge.
But to tell her:
“You don’t have to bear it all alone anymore.”
