"One step, two steps, three steps, four..."
With every step, a bloody footprint marked the endless stairway of clouds. Rolling thunderbolts struck her from time to time.
"Twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two... eighty-nine, ninety, ninety-one... ninety-nine, one hundred..."
At last, she stopped. She could not take another step.
A bone-chilling wind swept by. The necklace around Ye Xi's neck suddenly snapped and rolled down the cloud stairs to the ground.
"With my blood as a curse, for all eternity, may love go unanswered, and may all that is gained be destroyed."
Her voice was utterly calm. There was none of the half-smile she wore when angry, nor the gentle, lowered-eyed smile she usually gave people. It was simply, utterly calm.
Beneath the mask on Ye Xi's face, scarlet blood dripped, drop by drop.
Core Message: Keep a clear head, even when it comes to love
This novel is the sequel to "Promise Zero". If you are interested in reading it or can't understand it, you can read that book first.