A Carefree Dream of Nanke (Abandoned)

Blood had flowed several inches; the wound still gaped beneath the blade's edge. He gasped, utterly lost, his mind blank and empty. It was a complete defeat, with no excuses to make. She stood expressionless. Only the sword in her hand still gleamed, its blade swift and deadly. They faced each other, and time stopped in that instant. To kill or be killed: neither seemed to have the right to choose. Corpses littered the ground. Among them were his brothers and her family. A deathly silence fell. He had killed her family; she had killed his brothers. Life and death circled around him, gnawing at his wounds. The only thing he could not, and would not, forget was the faint scar on his face. Ten years had passed. The scar had not faded one bit, nor had the hatred or the shame. The memories could not fade, either. Ten years had passed. Though he was now the master of the martial world's greatest gang, the Black Gate, Xiao Changtian had never escaped the shadow of that day. Sadly, she left him with a scar, but took his pride; she spared his life, but took the whole story with her. In the martial world, Xiao Changtian was the sole survivor of that battle. But in his heart, he was also the only loser. After all, the person who had utterly defeated him back then was merely an eight-year-old girl who had turned into a demon. Theme: