She was pursuing someone else. There was no way she would stop for him.
Xiao let go of that unrealistic longing in his heart.
Now she had appeared before him again.
She was about to die.
Xiao had a way to save her. Though he specialized in the art of killing, he knew a little of the immortal arts of healing people, too. But the price for the caster was enormous. And success was far from guaranteed. Even if the spell worked, she would regress to the state of an infant and lose all her memories.
Everything demanded an equal exchange. To pull someone on the verge of death back from the gates of hell, even someone as powerful as him would have to sacrifice nearly all his immortal power.
If he saved her, he would never again be able to use the Yaksha arts or stand on the battlefield, and his contract with the Geo Archon would have to end.
All that would remain was the immortal's long life.
Theme: The ebb and flow of an all-consuming bond in a desperate situation
