Demonic Delusion

[New Opening Arc: When the Dream Awakens]

Leng Xiao picked up Shi Lingxi and slowly walked away. "From now on, wherever we go, I'll take you with me. I won't leave you alone again."

Only after his back had vanished, as if he had never been there, did the wind-blown petals dance through the air and ruffle the old nun's frost-white hair. His words drifted on the breeze and circled in her ears: "Abbess, today we part, and may never meet again in this life. This humble one takes his leave. Please take care of yourself!"

Abbess Tingxiang smiled faintly and shook her head. "The valley gate opened seventeen years ago. Now it is time to seal the valley again. After decades of rising and falling in this world, we live without memories, die without regrets, meet without company, and part without knowing when we'll meet again..."

"Why meet at all? Why meet at all!"

Her stooped figure disappeared into the depths of Tingxiang Valley, swallowed by the heavy darkness, leaving not the slightest trace. Why remember? Why remember?