The Way of Canglang

He was the only remaining ember under the butcher's knife. After ten years of running away, he and his six brothers burned down the devil's cave, only to witness the dragon slayer growing sharper scales and claws. In the flames of power and revenge, he missed his childhood sweetheart, but found a confidant who could watch the ashes cool together. In the end, he killed his fallen brother and retired with his wife - when the biggest change in the world was forced to turn into ashes, it became the sound of the final settlement of the world's chess game. The ashes are not the end, but the beginning of the earth's rebirth after the ambition is burned out.