When the Wind Rises in Yin Shi: Against the Current

The sound of falling rocks thundered in his ears as the consciousness of Xiu, of the Huyan Jueluo clan, shattered and re-formed amid unbearable pain.

“We weren’t born on the same day, in the same month, or the same year, but we hope to die on the same day, ”

The echo of the oath had yet to fade when Xiu’s eyes flew open. Zhang Fei’s anxious face filled his vision. A wave of Alpha pheromones washed over him, carrying the raw scent of grass and earth and making his head spin.

Something was wrong.

This felt wrong.

“Eldest brother! Are you all right?” Guan Yu’s voice came from his left, accompanied by the steady, mountain-like presence of an Alpha, so powerful it was almost suffocating.

Xiu pushed himself up. The rough ground beneath his hands confirmed where he was: the Peach Garden, the brotherhood oath, the rockslide. Everything was just as he remembered from the beginning, but the air held more than the fresh scent of plants. Pheromones layered over one another, impossible to ignore.

Alpha, Beta, Omega.

The rules of this world were clearly imprinted on his senses, like a second instinct.