*Era of the Origins... The Confines of the Kingdom of Nothingness...*
The sky of the first era was nothing more than an open wound, an expanse of purple clouds and violet lightning where Khao energy stagnated like a gaseous poison.
The smell of the end of the world saturated the air: a bitter mixture of iron, sulfur, and spiritual decomposition. In the middle of the smoking ruins of a draconic outpost, two silhouettes ran at breakneck speed toward a spatial rift that shimmered with an unstable glow.
BaiShe, whose white linen tunic was now soiled with ashes and blood, maintained a steady pace despite his lack of Qi. At his side, Yi Lan, the Hundred Faces Demoness, acted as a shield, her nine pink tails whipping the air with predatory nervousness.
