The night was quiet. Moonlight trickled through a gap in the window and fell across the edge of the bed.
Tang Guo sat silently in the darkness, tears sliding soundlessly down her cheeks.
On the bed, Tang Yichen slept fitfully, as though trapped in a nightmare. His little face was pale, his breathing faint, and his delicate brows tightly furrowed.
Watching her terminally ill brother, Tang Guo felt her heart fill with tenderness and despair, but she dared not sob aloud for fear of waking him.
The moonlight grew ever more serene, spilling silvery light through the room and across a floor strewn with heartbreak.
"Mu Linsen won't die." An utterly emotionless voice sounded behind Tang Guo.
Tang Guo trembled slightly and turned toward the figure in the black-and-gold trench coat, a fragile spark of joy in her eyes.
"Really?"
Bai Ye gazed at the sleeping Tang Yichen, his eyes fathomless.
"Yes. Not only will he survive, he'll live for a long, long time."
With that reassurance, Tang Guo smiled through her tears. They made her light brown eyes glitter as though filled with moonlight.
"Little White, have you found a way to save him?"
Bai Ye nodded. "His forbidden disease has already infected his body and soul. For someone powerful, that would be a gift they could only dream of, a foundation for awakening a domain.
Unfortunately, he's too young, and he's only just awakened. He hasn't had time to develop his supernatural ability to its peak, so that gift has become a curse.
God-Taboo Object 008, the Forbidden Flower, can absorb forbidden energy. Once he contains 008, he can live in symbiosis with it. That will not only treat his forbidden disease, but also give him a long lifespan."
At the mention of a god-taboo object, Tang Guo