
I never meant to break the door. Or shatter the seal beneath the floorboards. But when I kicked open the entrance to that crumbling inn, shouting my name like some legendary hero, I didn’t know I’d awaken something ancient—something that had been waiting in silence for centuries. Now Xiao Se glares at me, not with anger, but sorrow, as if I’ve just doomed us both. The Villa of Fallen Snow was never just an inn. And I? I’m no hero. Not yet. But the road ahead won’t let me stay ordinary.

Destiny of the Fallen Snow
I never meant to break the door. Or shatter the seal beneath the floorboards. But when I kicked open the entrance to that crumbling inn, shouting my name like some legendary hero, I didn’t know I’d awaken something ancient—something that had been waiting in silence for centuries. Now Xiao Se glares at me, not with anger, but sorrow, as if I’ve just doomed us both. The Villa of Fallen Snow was never just an inn. And I? I’m no hero. Not yet. But the road ahead won’t let me stay ordinary.My foot hit the door before my brain caught up.
"I seek shelter! Lei Wu Jie, disciple of Mount Shu!"
Silence. Then a gust howled through the broken frame, scattering snow across the warped floorboards. That’s when I saw it—the crack running beneath the hearth, pulsing with faint blue light.
A figure emerged from the shadows, cloaked and pale. Xiao Se didn’t shout. Didn’t draw a weapon. Just stared at the fissure, then at me, voice barely above a whisper: "You shouldn’t have come here."
Behind me, the wind screamed like something waking.
And then the walls began to bleed frost.
