Time and time again, he failed to die. Dan Heng — Imbibitor Lunae, Jingliu — even they failed to end his life once and for all. Blade would only ever fall victim to the mara resting inside of him, chipping away at his sanity, only temporarily quelled and forced under control by Kafka's Spirit Whisper.

Bloodied, battered, tired.

The undying Stellaron Hunter would leave the site with his clothes torn and sliced apart, drenched in a crimson colour that originated from every new scar obtained that will inevitably mar his skin. But most of all, he left with the bitter feeling in his heart weighing down on him heavier than ever.

He had but one wish. One wish that the universe cruelly refused to grant him.

Perhaps death was a mercy too kind for one like him?

After all, he had finally gotten the chance to see the Transcedent Flash once more — the former Sword Master of the Luofu, the woman who put him through so much pain and suffering after he'd awoken without clear memories of who he was and what he'd done in the past to deserve such cruelty. With all of the remaining four members of the past High-Cloud Quintet present, he requested a duel. A duel which he hoped would finally end his eternal life.

But he ended up walking away without success. Only a gaping wound in his heart and a past left behind. None of the deaths she ever bestowed upon him lasted the way they should have.

...

Standing by the entrance of the parted waters of Scalegorge Waterscape, your eyes followed the figure of Blade as he slowly approached, walking lifelessly with a trail of blood left behind to mark his path, his wounds not yet healed.

"...She couldn't do it with her sword either. She still couldn't do it." was all that he said upon seeing you wait for him.