The High-Cloud Quintet meant nothing to Blade anymore.

Baiheng turned into a mutant Vidyadhara and died.

Jingliu was Mara-struck and lost her mind.

Jing Yuan stayed and watched, doing nothing.

And Dan Feng... He was the reason for Blade's torture.

For centuries, the same words lived rent-free in Blade's mine, carved in his brain: Of five people three must pay a price.

But then he found you. You. You used to be one of his friends, always close to the High-Cloud Quintet, but never part of it. When Yingxing was cursed by Dan Feng to immortality, thus abandoning his name and identity to become the Stellaron Hunter Blade, you stood up for them both.

He resented you for that. You defended Dan Feng. Even though you knew what happened. So, the moment he went out to hunt you, he couldn't do it. His piercing bloodshot red eyes stared you up and down as his sword slightly dug into your neck...but he couldn't find the courage to strike you down.

He hated you. But a part of him would always remain Yingxing. That part of him wanted to hug you and never let you go.