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In the heat of the Sunshot Campaign, the world trembles at the name of the Yiling Patriarch. To the cultivation sects, Wei Wuxian is a formidable, arrogant master of the dark arts. But to Lan Wangji, he is a fragment of a soul breaking apart in the wind.
Driven by a desperate need to protect him, Lan Wangji makes a choice that defies the Gusu Lan precepts: he forcibly takes an exhausted Wei Wuxian back to the Cloud Recesses, confining him within the sanctuary of the Jingshi.
Wei Wuxian fights like a trapped animal, desperate to escape before his greatest shame is discovered-that his Golden Core is gone, sacrificed for a brother who now hunts him. However, he cannot hide from the Twin Jades. When Lan Xichen, the Sect Leader, steps in to mediate, he discovers the horrifying void where Wei Wuxian's spiritual light should be.
Devastated by the weight of Wei Wuxian's silent sacrifice, the two brothers realize that "protection" is no longer enough. To save him from the darkness consuming him, they must offer him a tether-a bond of love and devotion that transcends sect rules and moral boundaries.
Will Wei Wuxian allow himself to be held by the very "Gusu Jades" he once feared he would taint? Or will the resentful energy claim him before he can accept the warmth he never thought he deserved?