When the order known as the "Erasure Plan" came down, Lin Qiye aimed his blade at his only living blood relative, his younger brother Lin Jiuyin.
With no way back and no choice, he ended his own brother's life in the most decisive manner, forever branding himself with the sin of fratricide. And so, a revenge began.
He thought it was over. He had no idea this was only the beginning of everything that would bind them together.
Lin Jiuyin returned from the darkness of death, stripped of every trace of dependence and affection, with nothing left but bone-deep hatred and obsession. The boy who had once relied on his big brother became the coldest of avengers, advancing one step at a time, determined to reclaim everything from the brother who had killed him with his own hands.
And Lin Qiye, now standing on the opposing side, wore the glory of a Night's Watchman, while his heart had long since been drowned in endless guilt.
He did not dodge, retreat, or fight back. He let the younger brother he once had turn his blade on him, accepting every act of revenge and every wound as an act of atonement.
A war between brothers sparked by the "Erasure Plan," and a bond of blood that could never be severed.
Revenge and guilt intertwined, hatred and tenderness entangled. When the older brother wanted only to atone and the younger brother wanted only to destroy, the brothers who had once depended on each other to survive would ultimately meet their fated, tragic end on the border between light and darkness.
