Light Snow, Leaving the Dust Behind

Light snow falls, becoming one with the dust.

Was it fate? Was it destiny?

Such incomparable beauty: for whom did she let her years slip away...

‘All who betray my clan, spy on my clan, or disturb my clan shall face Heaven's punishment!’

Standing above all creation, pale lips parting one word at a time, her cool voice rang across the entire snowy mountain...

Some fled in panic, some bowed without pause, while others stood amid the endless white snow, gazing up at her, unafraid and unmoving...

Why... why...

Her eyes seemed to brim with tears. Her anguished cries could only be swallowed down, caught in her throat and lodged in her heart...

The staff in her hand felt as if it weighed a thousand tons, too heavy to hold. All she had to do was raise it high and point it at the earth, and everyone who had set foot on the snowy mountain would be reduced to ashes in an instant...

But... how could she do that...

“Your Highness, how can we allow the sacred land of the snowy mountain to be sullied again? How can the people of the Qixue Clan endure any more humiliation? This old servant implores you: put the snowy mountain first! Put our clan first!”

The entire clan knelt and bowed their heads.

Her brilliant gaze swept across the world. A strange smile curled her pale lips as her trembling hand slowly rose...

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