They fled through the moonlight for two full hours. Through bamboo groves, across streams, over a ruined stone mountain—the Light Spirit Hall signal flare bought Lu Xingchen enough time. By the time Shen Ming shook off the intercepting forces and resumed pursuit, they'd vanished into the morning mist on the mountain road. But Lu Xingchen knew this was only temporary. Shen Ming's target was the Spirit Vein Sanctuary—the forbidden power of "light and shadow fusion" sealed within. And he—Lu Xing...