Long before the crowded streets and lecture halls, the world was ruled by warriors and spirits.
It was an age where monsters roamed the land twisted beasts born from corrupted energy. They crawled out of forests, rose from the sea, and gathered under the command of a dark force known as the Abyss Court.
Villages burned. Kingdoms fell. And only a few warriors stood between the world and ruin.
Among them were four names spoken with both hope and fear.
Liangjun of the Phoenix,
also known as the Guardian of Flames.
Liangjun carried a long sword that glowed like embers.
When he fought, a phoenix of fire rose behind him, its wings spreading across the sky. Off the battlefield, he was kind and quiet. He helped children, listened to elders, and never spoke loudly. But when someone he loved was threatened, something inside him changed. His fire became merciless.
Hualing of the Nine-Tailed Fox,
also a Guardian of Illusion.
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Hualing moved like flowing water. Her spear shone with soft silver light, and behind her danced the spirits of a nine-tailed fox. She was calm, humorous, and deeply emotional. She laughed easily, teased her friends, and trusted people more than she should.
With tears burning beside him, Liangjun once whispered to her words that would shape both of their lives:
“In my next life, I wish I never met you… because loving me destroyed you.”
The sea came, and the world ended.
Years later.....
In a world with no monsters.
No phoenix.
No fox.
No memories.
University hallways buzzed with students moving between classes.
Hualing walked through the corridors, holding her books close. She suddenly slowed down, a strange tightness forming in her chest.
At the other end of the hall, a boy named Jun looked up from his phone.
For a brief moment, their eyes met.
Neither of them spoke.
But both of them felt it
like a memory trying to surface.
Like fate had other plans.
